Live from the Nuke Free Zone

In a shameful example of how not to empower a party,
the Democratic Party of Sonoma County, California
recently enacted a policy demanding that Democrats elected to
local, non-partisan offices should only appoint Democrats to
local commissions when there are multiple qualified applicants.
Officers who failed this party loyalty test by appointing
the best person for the job regardless of party
would […]

Apologies for not having an actual post. Here are some interesting links:

Chinese man Shi Tao sentenced to 10 years for telling an American about
a public statement by the Communist Party; Yahoo.hk helped arrest him.
Erotic text website Red Rose Stories shut down on federal obscenity
charges. Not clear which federal law was invoked. Worth noting:
US District
Judge Gary […]

Here’s a bunch of linkage:

New vaccine prevents most common form of cervical cancer
An earthquake
in Pakistani Kashmir is reported to have killed between 15,000-30,000.
Arab League diplomatic convoy attacked in Iraq, two guards killed

Slacktivist is shocked at letter-writers following up a newspaper story
on prison abuses by declaring that all criminals deserve any torture or
abuse they receive, including […]

Okay, I usually tend to stay clear from Social Phenomenon For Its Own Sake as often as not, mainly because it jams my pretentiometer against the high end of the scale and risks damaging the needle. But alas, I was pointed at this article over at Samizdata, which purports to be a glossary of blogger’s […]

So there’s this game on the Web: a budget simulator where you can try your hand at balancing the federal budget. Go ahead, put your skills where your mouth is. From what I’ve heard, it runs the calculations as realistically as possible without biasing toward any political whitewashing.
I’m wondering just how well Congress […]

Okay, what is it with the Profoundly Stupid Things Being Said And Done lately?
One of the downsides to being a political blogger is that I have to keep up on the news. This tends to result in me wishing more and more often to lean towards the American half of my dual citizenship, if just […]