Day January 17, 2006

D.C. bungee trip

Our 60 hr. portal-to-portal-and-back trip to D.C. is over, we’re back in L.A., if a bit jet-lagged. Sue’s interview went well. We shall see if they make an offer and then decide if we accept. A cousin who lives in…

Socialist torture victim wins in Chile

Tip via reader Daniel A torture victim in the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship, a former defense minister and a medical doctor, socialist Michelle Bachelet parlayed her ability to connect with voters into becoming Chile’s first woman president. Her father was tortured…

Al Gore’s speech

Former Vice President Al Gore, charging that President Bush’s record on civil liberties posed a "grave danger" to America’s constitutional freedoms, on Monday urged the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Bush’s authorization of warrantless domestic surveillance by the…

Dumb and dumber

Lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s October 23, 2000, e-mail to his business partner Michael Scanlon was, as usual, not subtle. "Would 10K for NRCC from Suncruz for Ney help?" Scanlon shot back: "Yes, alot [sic]! But would have to give them a…