Roosh has a link to the pictures of Iraqi prisoner abuse by US Soldiers. Needless to say, that kind of crap needs to be heavily punished, and anything remotely like it stopped. We've got enough problems convincing the Arab world of our intentions, without this kind of behavior.

And who says crafters aren't political? This lady made herself a Dick Cheney purse.

Suprisingly, I'm writing this from the Wichita airport. They've added free workstations all along this terminal since the last time I was here with a pretty big desk, DSL connection and power outlets. I couldn't be more suprised.

John Kerry: Bring It On!
Terry McAuliffe: Call off the Republican attack dogs.

The Kerry website is tweaking its D-Bunker thread about his military medals because of the ABC video thats to air on Monday. The original D-Bunker article is here via Google's cache.

Notice the current 'Right Wing Fiction' is John Kerry lied about throwing his medals during a Vietnam War protest. The ABC video on Monday will prove this 'fiction' to be a truth, so look for this Kerry explanation to be altered yet again.

UPDATE: Kerry responds on GMA. His reply hinges on his distinction between ribbons and medals that he thinks was clear, but nobody else reported back at the time. Gibson nails him w/ the last question - which he never answers:

GIBSON: let me ask you, too, about two other things that you have said. subsequent to that. 1985, you said to ""the washington post,"" it is such a personal thing i did no want to throw my medals away. then 1996, you said to the ""boston globe,"" i didn't bring my own medals to throw because i didn't have time to go home and get them. which one was it?

UPDATE #2: The NY Times and the LA Times are both misrepresenting Kerry's miltary dates of service, for some unknown reason. Incompetance perhaps?

UPDATE #3: I'm bring some of my comments from this thread (see comment 4) up to here because they help further explain my position here:

I'll agree, there would be nothing dishonorable about throwing away the medals. But there is something dishonorable about misleading the public in 1971 as to what you did, and then years later claiming he "never ever implied that I did it" all the while blaming Republicans for circulating a myth. A myth that turns out to be of his own creation.

Kerry's got troubles come Monday morning. ABC is going to air a video where he claims to have thrown away his Vietnam War medals. The same medals he told the Boston Globe in 1984 that he did not throw away. The same medals that he told ABC in December:

I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them.

I sense another 'I voted for the $87 million before I voted against it' moment. Perhaps, 'I threw away those medals for the cameras before deciding it was wrong and retrieving them after the cameras left'.

This is about the most interesting thing I've seen in the last week: Hey Crackhead - Why don't you own a crackpipe?

There's a reason that there isn't much crime here in Kansas - the would-be criminals are stupid. A guy in Kansas City was arrested after 'Rob bank' was one of the items on his 'to do' list.

Tiger Woods talks about his time at Ft Bragg.

Kerry continues to trip over himself everytime Bush leaves an opening. With all the trouble in Iraq, and Bush's poor performance at the recent press conference, I figured we'd be getting a heavy dose of Kerry to capitalize on the opportunity. Instead, he goes on Meet The Press and lies/misstates/flipflops on his military records.

Kerry, in an interview Sunday on NBC's "Meet The Press," was asked whether he would follow President Bush's example and release all of his military records. "I have," Kerry said. "I've shown them -- they're available for you to come and look at." He added that "people can come and see them at headquarters."

But when a reporter showed up yesterday morning to review the documents, the campaign staff declined, saying all requests must go through the press spokesman, Michael Meehan. Late yesterday, Meehan said the only records available would be those already released to this newspaper.

Bush has a history of saying he's not going to release certain documents, and then he ends up releasing them. Thats irritating enough, but promising the public something, and then snatching it back before they get it seems worse.

Boy, Diego Maradona sure has gained weight since his soccer days. I wouldn't have even recognized him without the photo caption. Check out the photo essay to see his transformation over the past 20 years.

Powell in hot water over Woodward book. It'll be interesting to see what kind of cabinet changes Bush makes/proposes/hints at over the next few months are the election cycle heats up. Based on this story, I wouldn't be suprised to see Colin Powell resign - which would be a political disaster for Bush. I'd like to see Bush replace Cheney as VP and Ashcroft as Attorney General. Both are little more than political liabilities at this point.

He wouldn't give it to the media last night apparently (I didn't watch), but today Bush has apologized for mistakes made during his term. Here's one:

In hindsight, it appears that I was premature in declaring an end to major combat operations in Iraq. I thought we had toppled the dictator. But as long as vermin like al-Sadr seek to glorify themselves, using false religion to oppress the people, the dictator lives on. He lives on in the hearts of the radical clerics who killed and then mutilated the bodies of Americans as surely as if their own hands were stained black from the charred flesh. I'm sorry that my statement caused some to believe that the war in Iraq had ended. It has continued for more than a decade and will not end until evil men like al-Sadr are purged and the cowl of fear is lifted from the face of the Iraqi people."

Go read the rest.

Ernie Els has already posted a weblog entry about his experience at the Masters this year. Its alot more text than I would have expected, but here's bottom line:

All in all, I�d say it was the best back nine I�ve ever played in my 11 years at the Masters. I felt like I�d given it everything. Now I had the agonising wait to see how Phil would finish. I knew by then that he�d birdied the 16th to tie me at eight under par. I sat behind the green for a few minutes, but then decided it was best if I went off to the practice green and hit a few putts. I just wanted to gather my thoughts and get myself mentally prepared for a possible playoff.

The putting green is not far from the 18th green and I knew Phil had hit a good shot into 18, just from the gallery�s reaction. Then a few minutes later I heard a huge cheer and I knew he�d holed for a birdie to beat me by won. That split-second moment when you know it�s over is a horrible feeling; it mentally knocks the stuffing out of you a bit, to be honest. But what can you do? I had a feeling it was going to be my week and overall I played well. But Phil beat me. That�s how it goes. I�m sure in a couple of days I�ll reflect on the week and be able to take a lot of positives from the way I played.

Showing more stupidity than I thought possible, the RIAA is trying to get music download prices up to $2.99 per song. Yep, $30 for an album sounds about right.

Well, well ... Phil Mickelson won The Masters. I really didn't think he had it in him - and thru the first 10 holes, it didn't look like he did. What a great finish though. Some additional thoughts:

Did that monkey on Mickelson's back get a little green jacket too?

Has Tiger Woods called Butch Harmon yet? Did the telecasters ever mention that Tiger vomited near the 1st green on Sunday? I didn't hear it mentioned.

Could Sergio Garcia have been any more disinterested in being interviewed by Dick Enberg after his round? If you saw The Golf Channel's evening coverage, you saw that Garcia has some serious issues right now, telling Kelly Tilhman to 'Make sure you remind everybody what Tiger shot'. If he doesn't win something soon, he's going to morph into this generation's Colin Montgomerie.

With a strong 2nd half of the season, and continued Tiger struggles, how long till Phil takes over as #1 in the world rankings? (He'll probably need another major this year, or 5-6 more wins).

Who's left now as the 'best player never to win a major'?

Can you balance the Federal Budget? I took a quick run thru it, and actually increased the deficit by about $49 billion. Oops.

Did the government pick on the wrong guy by going after Howard Stern? FCC Now Engaged In Fight It Can't Win.

Between this idiocy, the porn crackdown, and the insecurity of Iraq, Bush is doing his best to lose my vote.

Here's the full Masters leaderboard.

UPDATE: Yikes, Tiger is +3 thru 6 holes.

A former Labor MP from Northern Ireland is suggesting the US & Britain open up negotiations with Bin Laden. Appease, appease, appease.

ESPN has an article that basically asks, Whats Wrong With Tiger Woods. I'm still not picking him to win the Masters, but it sure seems like every time the media starts asking whats wrong, he turns around and wins 3 of 4 events and shuts them up.

ABC News is challenging The Drudge Report and created a breaking news page.

Some of you are currently using a certain other Web site as your homepage because you are under the misguided impression that it is the best place for BREAKING news and DEVELOPING stories that are IMPACTING now.

But given that elsewhere the focus is often entertainment news or earthquakes (geological ones, not geopolitical ones), we bet that a lot of you in this presidential year would like a one-stop shopping place to go to get all the information on the election -- faster than the AP (Sorry, Fournier.), more colorful than cable, and more direct than calling Howard Fineman.

Thats all well and good, but as it currently stands, they've got no chance in hell of overtaking - or even denting - Drudge's chokehold on the breaking news position. The ABC site's biggest problem currently is its design.

Drudge's site - ugly as it is - is perfect for presenting breaking news. Not alot of text for each story, various font sizes and colors for attracting attention - all very basic, but very effective.

The ABC site just runs all the stories together with just a bullet point separating each with smallish fonts and line heights that are way too short. That style is impossible to read quickly or to scan for new info if you are a returning visitor. Plus, of the 11 items in their 'Noted Now' section, only 3 of them have links to a story - and 1 of the links is in an entirely different format than the others. Not to mention how far down the page you have to scan before the actual content starts.

Its good to see that books such as Gulag: A History and Khrushchev: The Man and His Era which lay bare the truth of life in the former Soviet Union have each been recognized with a Pulitzer Prize.

Here are the original NY Times reviews for Gulag and Khrushchev.

This might be the best idea for a magazine cover ever.

When the 40,000 subscribers to Reason, the monthly libertarian magazine, receive a copy of the June issue, they will see on the cover a satellite photo of a neighborhood - their own neighborhood. And their house will be graphically circled.

Its Masters week again. And for the 1st time in many years, I do not expect Tiger Woods to win. I also don't think any of the other big names (Els, Love, Singh, Mickelson) will win this week either. I've just got a hunch that we are going to be looking at an odd winner come Sunday night. Maybe Stuart Appleby.

Even though Martha Burk and her gang of activists aren't around this year, the Masters will still be commercial free on TV.

John Daly's wife has pleaded guilty to federal money laundering charges today as part of a drug ring she and her parents operated from 96-02. Daly married her in 01.

I wonder if this photo of Kerry taking communion at a Protestant Church on Palm Sunday (thats a no-no for Catholics - see section 30) is going to hurt him with Catholics? I don't get the feeling that alot of Catholics are going to vote for him anyhow because of his stance on abortion, but this can't be helpful. [via The Corner]

Here's the latest on the Kos affair.

TalkLeft is trying to defend Kos by turning this into some vast right-wing blog conspiracy.

And because of what has transpired (John Kerry's site de-linked Kos), Atrios is making changes to protect himself and his political advertisers from criticism.

Feeling the heat (see original post), Kos backtracks in classic John Kerry style. I really did feel something for those dead americans before I rhetorically spit on their graves.

Of course, this retraction (sort of) only comes after his original bile has been sent tumbling conveniently down the memory hole (screenshot of post).

I also quite enjoy him admitting that he lies to his readers:

My language was harsh, and, in reality, not true. Fact is, I did feel something. That's why I was so angry. - Kos

But, as Oliver says, Its not the crime, its the coverup.

I was angry that five soldiers -- the real heroes in my mind -- were killed the same day and got far lower billing in the newscasts. - Kos

Does anybody believe that? One paragraph after admitting he lied about his own feelings, we get this. Please. The only reason these Blackwater folks got such huge media play is because of what happened to their bodies after they were killed. You know that, Kos knows that. So why's he pretending he doesn't.

And even if you do believe it, is it any better than his previous position. That somehow these folks deaths aren't important or aren't worthy of mourning and compassion because they left their families behind and volunteered to be there? Because they are paid better than actual miltiary folks?

I was angry that these mercenaries make more in a day than our brave men and women in uniform make in an entire month. I was angry that the US is funding private armies, paying them $30,000 per soldier, per month, while the Bush administration tries to cut our soldiers' hazard pay. I was angry that these mercenaries would leave their wives and children behind to enter a war zone on their own violition. - Kos

Our entire miltiary is made up of people who volunteered to leave behind wives/children/parents/friends to serve their country - in a war zone if need be.

Absolutely disgusting. I'm almost stunned that he would be smart enough to figure out that the 1st post was over the top, yet stupid enough to turn around and write something so idiotic.

A middle school student who was suspended for wearing a 'Barbie is a Lesbian' t-shirt by her school has just received a nice fat $30,000 check from said school after she sued them.

Natalie Young, now 15 and in high school, wore the shirt to middle school in April 2002, leading school officials to send her home for the day despite the absence of any official dress code.

Always good to see a kid fight back. I'm not a big proponent of using the legal system to fight this battle, but if its necessary to get results in individual cases I can live with it.

Something is very fishy about this kidnapping case in Wisconsin. I wouldn't be suprised if we find out that this girl is schizophrenic.

UPDATE: More weirdness here:

A Department of Revenue employee who called 911 Wednesday after spotting Seiler in the marshy area near the DOR building is not talking to the media, but WISC-TV in Madison confirmed more information about the 911 call. A high-level police source told WISC-TV that the DOR worker must have talked to Seiler in the marsh. Seiler allegedly told the woman she was a college student and she goes to the marsh to relax. The woman told the 911 dispatcher she also saw Seiler on Monday and Tuesday.

UPDATE #2: Well, that didn't take long. Police say its all a hoax and they have video of her buying the tape, knife and rope she claims she was bound up and threatened with, plus her computer was being used while she was 'missing' as well.

Portland Trailblazer Damon Stoudamire is trying to get the evidence thrown out of his marijuana possession case. This is the case where Damon got caught walking thru Tuscon airport security with a bit of weed wrapped up in tin foil.

His attorneys asked Justice Court to throw the evidence out, saying airport police failed to obtain a search warrant or to read Stoudamire his rights.

Judge Paul Simon twice denied the motion. Now Stoudamire's lawyers will plead their case to Superior Court Judge Virginia Kelly.

This is such a lame attempt, this lawyer ought to be laughed at by the Judge.

Kos reveals himself to be a disgusting human being. Nothing like gloating over the deaths of Americans because you disagree with their politics.

I feel nothing over the death of merceneries. They aren't in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war for profit. Screw them.

He should be ashamed.

UPDATE: Kos has spiked his own comments - removing them from the site altogether. A nice little screenshot of his bile will live forever. Note, that link also has contact information for those that advertise on his site - apparently this little tirade has already cost him 1 advertiser.

Damn jobless recovery, Bush will never lead us out of the 'tech bubble / terrorism recession'. 308,000 jobs added in March. Um, wait.

10 of the 15 members of the EU failed to file the Kyoto Protocols plan for reducing pollution as promised. At least the US was honest in saying we had no intention of complying.

After 3+ year of Bush/Chimp references, the Right finally has someone to target their animosity on: Crush Kerry and John F Kerry Sucks. Overall, not nearly as catchy as Bush/Chimp.

The Mighty Righty has got a kick-ass logo.

From the mastermind behind Gawker and Fleshbot - we now get Kinja:

Kinja is a weblog portal, collecting news and commentary from some of the best sites on the web. Visitors can browse items on topics, everything from food to sex. Or they can create a convenient personal digest, to track their favorite writers.