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Protein Wisdom Watch: SO…..Anything Been Happening?
Protein Wisdom: More from the tolerant left
Michelle Malkin: “FRISCHED:” UNHINGED ACADEMIC OF THE YEAR
DAMN!
Glad you are back up, Jeff.
Update:
Patterico says Deb Frisch is still yapping, FLAPPING her gums…… and digging holes.
I’m not sure there’s room for a pool in our backyard, but I’m consulting with Deb Frisch to find out for sure. Nobody knows more about digging holes than she does.
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Daily Kos Watch: Maryscott O’Connor – “Something is Rotten in Blogmark”
Maryscott O’Connor says her liberal Web log, My Left Wing, is “one long, sustained scream.â€
Now she is screaming at Markos Moulitsas “Screw Them†Zuniga. (H/t Ace)
Go here and read it if you want some early evening whine.
Allah and Ace both weigh into the NUTroots.
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Left Wing Blogosphere Watch: The LEFT, Online and UNHINGED
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Michael Ramirez on the United Nations and Kim Jong-Il’s Missile Launches
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California Election 2006 Watch: Phil Angelides As California Governor Would Sign Bill Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y, center, offers her support to California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides, right, during a news conference in San Francisco, Friday, July 7, 2006. Looking on at left are state Controller Steve Westly and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, second from left. Angelides will face California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the fall election.
Contra Costa Times: Angelides throws support behind same-sex marriage
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides said Friday that if he unseats Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in November, he would sign a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in California.
Angelides talked about the issue the day after New York’s high court upheld that state’s one-man, one-woman marriage laws and as a California appeals court prepared to consider whether a trial judge erred in declaring the state’s marriage laws unconstitutional.
“I would sign the marriage equality bill because I believe if we can get behind people to build a lasting relationship, that is a good thing,” Angelides said at a news conference where Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., urged voters to support him.
The California Legislature last year became the first lawmaking body in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage. Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill, saying it was up to voters or the courts, not lawmakers, to settle the matter.
The measure’s sponsor, Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, plans to reintroduce it in December after the election.
Clinton, who does not support same-sex marriage, refused to answer questions about Thursday’s court ruling in her home state, but she made a brief pitch on Angelides’ behalf during the $1,000-a-head fund-raiser.
The next sound you hear is the air going out of the California Democrat Party’s balloon attempting to deny California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger re-election.
A super majority of voters in California do NOT support GAY marriage.
If Arnold ever thought he had trouble motivating conservative fundamentalist Christian voters to turn out and vote for him – well, they are motivated now.
Even Hillary Clinton who made a very brief fund-raising appearance for Angelides in San Francisco yesterday would not touch this HOT issue. Hillary is very smart politically and knows this issue does NOT have majority support by the voters and she wants to be President.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton , D-N.Y, left, embraces California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides after endorsing him at a news conference in San Francisco.
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President 2008 Watch: Rudy Giuliani IS Running
Well-connected public figures report that they have been told recently by Rudolph Giuliani that, as of now, he intends to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.
And he will beat John McCain and then Hillary.
But, Captain Ed and his commenters have reservations because of his position on three bell-weather conservative issues:
1. Abortion
2. Gay Marriage
3. Guns
Novak mentioned that 1 of 3 would have to be modified for Rudy to be palatable to the RIGHT.
The former mayor of New York was on top of last month’s national Gallup poll measuring presidential preferences by registered Republicans, with 29 percent. Sen. John McCain’s 24 percent was second, with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich third at 8 percent. National polls all year have shown Giuliani running either first or second to McCain, with the rest of the presidential possibilities far behind.
Republican insiders respond to these numbers by saying rank-and-file GOP voters will abandon Giuliani once they realize his position on abortion, gay rights and gun control. Party strategists calculate that if he actually runs, he must change on at least one of these issues.
Flap does not think these big three issues will be much in play in 2008. They may play well in television commercials that John McCain will run against Rudy but I do not think they will stick. Giuliani’s competence and standing will be too great for McCain’s gutter attacks. And…….
MCCAIN CANNOT BEAT HILLARY
By 2008 primary season:
Abortion will be kicked to the states by SCOTUS.
Civil partnership rights but NOT marriage polls well.
No one is talking about confiscating or regulating firearms.
The HOT issues will be:
1. War on Terror
2. Foreign policy – containing Islamofascism, China, North Korea
3. Homeland and Border Security/Illegal Immigration
Captain Ed:
In the end, though, if the race came down to these two men, McCain would likely beat Giuliani in the primaries, because the base will not turn a blind eye to someone who opposes so many of their key positions — even if he has earned the admiration and respect of all involved. Fortunately for the GOP, we expect to see many more candidates throw their hat into the ring, such as George Allen and others who give conservatives a real choice in the primaries.
Somehow Flap does not see McCain beating Giuliani. Why?
1. McCain would never win in New York or California.
2. McCain appears old and is old,
3. McCain touts himself as a “maverick” and NOBODY trusts him.
George Allen will be a good vice president candidate.
Forget the rest…..either too much baggage (Gingrich) or too little name identification (Romney, First)
Suppose Giuliani actually stands by his views and the Republican Party – enough of it anyway – moves toward him and he actually gets the nomination without altering those positions. [I just saw Novak reaching for his beta blockers.-ed. Make sure he gets proper attention.] It would certainly make things easier for the Republicans in the general election with a candidate (the hero of 9/11) outflanking the Dems in almost every important direction. And the public would get what it seems to want – someone socially liberal but strong on defense. That would constitute a sea change in American politics. Of course, I could be a dreamer, as someone once said. But I’m not the only one. (via Glenn)
Most voters do not impose litmus tests on their candidates but vote on their “feel” or instincts. All of the early polls say voters trust Giuliani. This election will be Rudy’s to lose.
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North Korea Watch: United States Supports Bilateral Talks with North Korea
U.S. envoy to the six-party talks Christopher Hill, 2nd right, meets his South Korean counterpart Chun Young-woo as U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Alexander Vershbow, right, participates in Seoul, on Saturday July 8, 2006.
AP: U.S. offers bilateral talks with N.Korea
A U.S. envoy expressed support for China’s proposal to hold informal six-nation talks on the North Korean nuclear threat and offered to meet bilaterally with the North on the sidelines of those discussions.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill was in Seoul as part of a regional tour to coordinate the international response to the North’s test-firing of seven missiles on Wednesday. The tests caused international outrage but also division over whether North Korea should be punished.
Over Chinese and Russian objections, Japan on Friday proposed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would impose sanctions on North Korea and order the communist regime to stop developing ballistic missiles.
The United Nations Security Council will meet and decide soon the direction of economic sanctions against North Korea for Kim Jong-Il’s Fourth of July missile launch escapade. Flap surmises this concession to bilateral talks may have been a concession to China in order to buy their abstension in the UNSC.
Flap handicaps a tough resolution, including sanctions will pass by the end of the day.
Kenzo Oshima(R), Japan’s Ambassador to the United Nations , speaks to the media beside John Bolton(R), United States UN Ambassador outside the Security Council chamber at UN headquarters in New York. The United States and Japan challenged China and Russia to back sanctions against North Korea , calling for a UN Security Council vote on the Stalinist state’s missile tests.
Stay tuned…..
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North Korea Watch: North Korea Threatens “Stronger Physical Actionsâ€
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Michael Ramirez on the United Nations and Kim Jong-Il
The United Nations Security Council meets in about 8 hours.
Will they pass a tough Japanese written resolution against North Korea?
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Day by Day by Chris Muir July 8, 2006
Discuss this blog post and MORE…. at the FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blogs, My Dental Forum
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North Korea Watch: North Korea Threatens “Stronger Physical Actions”
Kenzo Oshima(R), Japan’s Ambassador to the United Nations , speaks to the media beside John Bolton(R), United States UN Ambassador outside the Security Council chamber at UN headquarters in New York. The United States and Japan challenged China and Russia to back sanctions against North Korea , calling for a UN Security Council vote on the Stalinist state’s missile tests.
Reuters: N.Korea issues new threat
North Korea threatened on Friday to take “stronger physical actions” after Japan imposed punitive measures in response to its barrage of missile tests and pushed for broader sanctions at the United Nations.
Japan introduced a draft U.N. Security Council resolution on Friday that would clamp down on missile-related financial and technology transactions with North Korea, but it was unclear whether veto-holding members China and Russia would approve the step.
China’s U.N. Ambassador Wang Guangya said if the draft is put to a vote “there would be no unity” in the council in sending a message to North Korea. But he did not say whether China would use its veto power to kill the resolution or abstain and let the measure go through.
“All possibilities are on the table,” Wang told reporters at the United Nations in New York.
China must be irate that the United States, Japan and their allies would dare to put forward a resolution that would actually punish/sanction North Korea. China wants to hold the power and allow North Korea to continue to be a thorn in the side of America.
Japan’s revised draft, co-sponsored by the United States, Britain and France, says that no nation can procure missiles or missile related “items, materials goods and technology” from North Korea, or transfer financial resources to the isolated Communist country’s dangerous weapons programs.
The United States WILL force the action tomorrow in the UNSC. Is Iran watching?
You betcha…..If China vetoes the resolution then it becomes clearly evident to the world community that the UNSC is a meaningless and useless body – a “paper tiger.”
The G-8 meeting which starts in a week will be even more contentious if either Russia or China forces a postponement or vetoes this resolution.
Flap bets that China and Russia will abstain tomorrow morning.
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North Korea Watch: Japan Proposes United Nations Sanctions on North Korea
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North Korea Watch: North Korea Test Launches 7th Missile
North Korea Watch: United States Accuses North Korea of Trying to “Intimidate Other Statesâ€
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