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Episode214.mp3 The Professor goes back to church, Bruno goes to the fair, and many, many, Republican Party operatives seem poised to go to jail. Plus: Energy (non-)policy. Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:00:00 PDT 34:20

Some of my friends and I have a phrase we like to use, “NFA,” short for “Not F**king Around.” It’s usually used to refer to someone or something that’s dead-serious, hard-core, no B.S. I think this qualifies as NFA.

…because I know they want to hear it from me. Rumors of a 2006 phased withdrawal from Iraq have gotten the Dems pretty vexed. They see the Rove boogey man behind the wheel: Republicans will exploit images of the troops coming home just in time for the ’06 midterms. “Mission Accomplished!” et. al. And certainly [...]

No, we haven’t gone bye-bye. Episode 214 is running a day late. We’ll have it ready to go by tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. Thanks for your patience.

Perhaps you’ve heard by now that the City of Philadelphia is working to bring free Wi-Fi to the entire city. Today I was reading Wired and saw another piece on Andrew Rasiej, who’s running for public advocate in NY on a platform of free Wi-Fi for everyone in New York City. Rasiej and the folks [...]

This has to be the most accurate AND loopy analysis of John Roberts and the nomination process: The squads of Roberts’ friends and allies that the White House has dispatched to reassure the far right must know something that enables them to persuade others that Roberts is reliably on their team. If he actually were [...]

For what it’s worth, Utah is the only state in the union where the President’s approval rating is above 60 percent. I’ve got to stop writing… I’m starting to feel bad for the guy.

It seems I shouldn’t be so dismissive of my instincts. Yesterday I said: My gut instinct (and I don’t know why anyone should believe my gut, per se) says that he’ll end up getting nominated 70-something to 20-something. Pretty low for a Supreme Court nom, but wide enough to secure a “bipartisan” meme in the [...]

Few Flaws or Voters Seen in King County. I have to say it wasn’t much of a race. I voted, but I can definitely see why one wouldn’t. Most of these races are nonpartisan, and so the top two vote-getters end up advancing to the general election in November. So the only races worth watching [...]

Harry Reid throws down the opposition punch. Feinstein hasn’t decided. My gut instinct (and I don’t know why anyone should believe my gut, per se) says that he’ll end up getting nominated 70-something to 20-something. Pretty low for a Supreme Court nom, but wide enough to secure a “bipartisan” meme in the media. If the [...]