Liberal Talk Radio

Native Arabic speakers can’t get security clearance because they, you know, lived in Arabic-speaking countries. Brilliant.

I want to key off of something that Bruno posted about Democratic Strategery where he wrote that “. . ..the Dem base does have certain litmus tests . . . support for education, the environment, social security, universal health care.”
I occurred to me that maybe one reason the Republicans are so good with their message [...]

Great Slate article on intellectuals and soccer.

Check this poll out, that gives player ratings for US v Italy.
Note the ratings of the Italian players. Note also that many of the voters on this site are likely to be US fans. So …
Take a look at the ratings of the users vs the “experts” on Soccernet’s panel. Generally, [...]

Not long after starting to sell organic produce, those hippies at Wal-Mart are looking to conserve energy with their truck fleets. In addition to selling ethanol at some stores,
CEO H. Lee Scott outlined other plans like working with companies to increase truck efficiency from average of 6.5 mpg to 13 mpg and add [...]

Steve Benen makes the important point that tone is more important than substance when courting the Democratic base:
Murtha is highlighting the fact that the Democratic base frequently responds more to tone than policy positions. Activists and many progressive bloggers are more than willing to put aside issue differences they have with Murtha because he doesn’t [...]

Apple Computer recently shelved plans to open up a facility in India. Why? According to an article in BusinessWeek, “India isn’t as inexpensive as it used to be.”
Turns out that rising wages and incredible growth mean that the nation with the heretofore bottomless pit of 1.2 billion people is running out of [...]

Fear not, BATP fans… this week’s episode will be available for your consumption later on tonight. If you need something to listen to today, I suggest the latest installment of Somebody Swiped My Sunday Times!

I’m not above admitting that I let out a hearty yelp on Saturday afternoon when the U.S. almost took the lead against Italy. It was called back, however — something about being offsides — and the U.S. team left the “pitch” with a tie — not “nil-nil” but 1-1.
The apparent apathy in this country (next [...]