Finally, FINALLY, someone is standing up to the RIAA and taking them to task over their racketeering.

The woman is countersuing the RIAA on pretty much every little illegal thing they've been doing (hiring a company that installs spyware, claiming debts are owed that do not exist, filing lawsuits that they have no intention of seeing through, making threats and falsely representing facts, etc).

GO BABY GO!

It's one thing to protect one's interested from criminal activity. It's entirely another to repeatedly break a whole raft of laws while doing so.

Tanya Andersen files countersuit against the RIAA!

Fine. In the intervening weeks, I've watched Bush speeches regularly, and the twitch has remained a constant, although not in extemporaneous appearances. Now, this week, in his press conference announcing the nomination of Harriet Miers, the President has broken through that barrier

I'd previously linked to the video. The discussion of it is hilarious.

The Blog | Harry Shearer: What's He Doin'? | The Huffington Post

Federal prosecutors have accepted an offer from presidential adviser Karl Rove to give 11th-hour testimony in the case of a CIA officer's leaked identity but have warned they cannot guarantee he won't be indicted, according to people directly familiar with the investigation.

What this means is Rove's lawyer, Bob Luskin, believes his client is defintely going to be indicted.

Lawrence O'Donnell is such fun. Does this mean when Rove actually is indicted that Bush will can him? Well of course not, he's innocent until proven guilty after all.

And if you believe Rove will be canned I have some prime real estate a few miles west of LA to sell you too.

The Blog | Lawrence O'Donnell: UPDATE: Plamegate: the Next Step | The Huffington Post

When asked why he is supporting President Bush's new nominee to the Supreme Court, Reverend Dobson, founder of the Focus on the Family, said, "I can't reveal it all, because I do know things that I'm privy to that I can't describe, because of confidentiality."

This is after he admitted, "It was leaked to the media that I've had conversations with Karl Rove and the White House, which is true."

James Dobson being anywhere near the top of the political food chain goes beyond wrong. That a Supreme Court nominee has been discussed with him by the White House makes me physically ill.

Cenk Uygur: The Christian Republic of America

The Republican-controlled Senate overwhelmingly approved a measure Wednesday that would set standards for the military's treatment of detainees, a response to the Abu Ghraib scandal and other allegations that U.S. soldiers have abused prisoners.
"Our enemies didn't adhere to the Geneva Conventions," he said, referring to the international agreement on the treatment of prisoners of war. "Many of my comrades were subjected to very cruel, very inhumane and degrading treatment, a few of them even unto death.
"But every one of us -- every single one of us -- knew and took great
strength from the belief that we were different from our enemies, that we were
better than them, that we, if the roles were reversed, would not disgrace
ourselves by committing or countenancing such mistreatment of them."

'Bout god damn time. You cannot chunk the Geneva Convention claiming its quaint without replacing it with a better standard and expect people to "just trust you" while huge abuse scandals are going down.

Senate sets standards on detainees / Lawmakers defy Bush to overwhelmingly OK McCain bill in response to Abu Ghraib

Watch Bush's jaw. What the hell is that?

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Texas grand jury has brought a new charge of money laundering against Rep. Tom DeLay

There's a second shoe, do I here more coming?

CNN.com - DeLay indicted on money laundering charge - Oct 3, 2005

"But I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down," said Bennett

Well yeah, condemning that would probably be a good move.

White House Condemns Bennett's Remarks - Yahoo! News

Moving to protect the Frist inquiry from any future criticism for not being thorough, the SEC changed its status to formal from informal and gave investigators subpoena power to force individuals to talk or to produce documents or e-mails.

And now, stepping into the batter's box for the defending Republican
Scandals...

SEC upgrades stock sale probe of Senate's Frist - Sep. 28, 2005

I believe that the greatest threat to liberty in the United States is posed by the religious right, largely comprised of Christian fundamentalists. Across a broad spectrum of issues they want to move the law in a radically more conservative direction, ultimately threatening our freedom.

Conservative doesn't describe them properly. Reactionary would be a better word.

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