Liberal Talk Radio

Watch out for Ken Jennings — his media instincts are solid. Today, he Drudges Jeopardy:
“Jeopardy!” ace Ken Jennings, who won $2.5 million during his 74-game winning streak, has a few unkind words to say about the show — and dapper host Alex Trebek.
“I know, I know, the old folks love him,” Jennings writes in a [...]

Thanks to Bruno and el Contrarioloco for getting the juices going on what’s been a day of personal frustration (watch this space for a description of the planes, trains, and automobiles (and boats!) trip I’m set to take this weekend for no good reason).
Anyway, here’s the problem with the Kurdistan idea they’ve been discussing — [...]

Excellent analysis of the limits of bombing raids in today’s WaPo, courtesy of Philip Gordon of Brookings:
Far from bringing about the intended softening of the opposition, bombing tends to rally people behind their own leaders and cause them to dig in against outsiders who, whatever the justification, are destroying their homeland.
Further on down Gordon rehashes [...]

I find the thought of a redeployment to Kurdistan, which the Contrarian alerts our attention to, somewhat heartening. Having American troops in Kurdistan AND Kuwait would allow us to keep an eye on Iraq without having to be knee-deep in civil war. Two quick thoughts:
One, this plan would give us some sort of [...]

Peter Galbraith explains in the Times how you can keep American troops out of harm’s way while saving face, maintain an eye on threats from Al Qaeda and — although he doesn’t address it directly — allow the U.S. some sort of permanent or semi-permanent base in Iraq. One word, Benjamin — “Kurdistan”:
Seeing as we [...]

Elsewhere in the P-I is the story of a non-profit that sells reliable used cars to low-income Seattlites. Getting caught in the endless cycle of bad cars and high repair bills is tough for the poor, so this addresses a real community need.
Even beyond the cost of the car, though, low-income neighborhoods don’t have [...]

Seattle has installed the first set of red-light cameras, and after a successful pilot program, they go live this week. You’ll receive a $101 ticket in the mail if you run a red at the following intersections:

Rainier Avenue South and South Orcas Street, with cameras facing north and south.
Denny Way and Fairview Avenue North, [...]

A ship carrying 5,000 new cars is about to flip over in the North Pacific. Creepy. Rescue efforts have been, um, error-prone:
Earlier Monday, a Coast Guard plane dropped three life rafts, but roiling waters pushed the rafts underneath the dipping port side of the ship, AP reported.
Doh!
Rescuers tossed an additional raft along the [...]

The only thing wrong with this 2006 election guide is that we didn’t make it first.
Enjoy!

[That line sounds much better in my head when I'm pretending to be Jeff Foxworthy].
Nonetheless, what’s it say about you when a Nobel Peace Prize winner tells a bunch of kids she “would love to kill” you?
Ugh … 2.5 years left of this jerk-wad Bush.