Day February 3, 2006

Abramoff’s evangelical soldiers

The Nation details the Abramoff/Ralph Reed/Christian Right connections. Given this duplicitous den of thieves, it’s a challenge to determine who is the sleaziest. However, after due deliberation, Reed gets my vote, as he always piously wraps himself in the sanctity…

Anger over cartoons of Muhammad escalates

Protests erupted in the Muslim world and militants issued threats against Europeans on Thursday in response to the publication in Western media of controversial caricatures of the prophet Muhammad. Muslims, who consider any depiction of God and the prophets blasphemy,…

True bribes?

Gov’s gift to PUC official questioned Schwarzenegger gave Susan Kennedy $25,000 after he received that amount from AT&T. Days later, she voted to OK its merger with SBC. Sleazy, sleazy, sleazy.