Was Nifong Using Racial Politics?

I note Baldilocks, today, noting the Mike Nifong case... a case that DavidL has done so well in tracking. I have always said, that the idea was about getting himself reelected.  I’ve also suggested repeatedly that the implications of

Bit notes: Given we are dealing with the NBA playoffs, such as they are, just now, I thought it appropriate to dredge up this old chestnut:

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NBA commissioner David Stern should get the Oscar for best actor.

No,

As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher’s Council hold a vote every week on what they consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around…  per the Watcher’s instructions, I am submitting

The San Franciso Chronicile, reports California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s  stirred up a hornets’ nest when he when he urged Latinos to “turn off the Spanish television set”

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger knew he was setting himself up for plenty

The BBC has failed to promote proper debate on major political issues because of the inherent liberal culture of its staff, a report commissioned by the corporation has concluded.

The report claims that coverage of single-issue political causes, such as

I had a chance to get a few words in with Joe Kaufman of Americans against Hate, earlier today, and I thought I’d fire a few questions at him.

What is posted here is edited only for flow.

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John Venlet opens his editor and says:

Editors at the Boston Globe implore, Please, not another Cold War.

Okay, but let’s review what the editors say as they blather on in this piece.

Bush, dedicating the Victims of Communism Memorial

James Joyner over at OTB notes that Yasir Arafat’s Nobel Peace Prize was Stolen.

He quotes several folks:

Maynard @ Tammy Bruce: “This violent criminal act is completely pointless. If Hamas had been willing to wait just a few months,

Yeah, no kidding, Ace.

Look, gang, Ace does a pretty fair job of leveling that Psychotic idiot, Greenwald. I was laughing out loud over that one for quite a while. Ann Althouse does a pretty fair job, as well… But

(Coral Springs, FL) Tonight, June 16, 2007, Congressman Keith Ellison will be a featured speaker at the First Annual Banquet of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Minnesota). This, after CAIR had just been named an “

I’m going to get into some heavy quoting here, but it’s to make a point.

Fox News Sunday, today:

Chris Wallace: General, we have less than a minute left. Let’s get to the bottom line here. Do you feel that

Bit notes: Another Father’s day is here… and I find myself as ill equipped to deal with the day as I have been in past years, though I’ve come to understand, that is OK… that nobody else, in reality, knows