FOX News again shows us 'fair and balanced'

I think it's terribly revealing of human nature when people, under the stress of an emotional circumstance such as a terrorist attack, just blurt out what's on their mind. Sort of a momentary direct link to their subconscious. From Chris Bowers:

Brit Hume thinks it's time to invest:

I mean, my first thought when I heard -- just on a personal basis, when I heard there had been this attack and I saw the futures this morning, which were really in the tank, I thought, "Hmmm, time to buy."

Brian Kilmeade thinks the attacks were a good thing for the Western world:

And that was the first time since 9-11 when they should know, and they do know now, that terrorism should be Number 1. But it's important for them all to be together. I think that works to our advantage, in the Western world's advantage, for people to experience something like this together, just 500 miles from where the attacks have happened.

The day before the attack, Fox's John Gibson wrote:

So it would have been a treat, actually, to watch the French dealing with the problem of their own homegrown Islamist terrorists living in France already.

Which is why he wrote yesterday that it would be good if France was bombed:

The bombings in London; this is why I thought the Brits should let the French have the Olympics -- let somebody else be worried about guys with backpack bombs for a while.

Even though the attacks were targeted at Arab areas of London, finally Fox assures us that Arabs living in London are not real Londoners:

... these people are, If necessary, prepared to spill Arab blood in addition to the blood of regular -- of non-Arab people living in London.

This is about as offensive as coverage can get.

Yes. Yes, it is.

You may have noticed...

... that I've been playing around with the site, adding some graphics.

The newest one, to Howard's right up top, is for the Velvet Revolution, a non-profit organized to bring together the many disparate elements calling attention to election irregularities that began in 2000, and specifically regarding the questions surrounding paperless electronic voting machines.

One of the warriors of that cause lost his battle with pancreatic cancer last night, and the little flag link above is my small tribute to his tireless efforts.

RIP, Andy. The fight goes on.

From an e-mail between friends

... one of whom lives in the United Kingdom:

It's ironic that acts of terrorism encourage international warfare to defeat terrorism, and of course that has the effect of increasing the numbers of terrorists.

And also increases the number of acts of terrorism, I might add (despite the efforts of Condoleeza Rice to suppress the truth).

So, with George W Bush leading us around in this circle, we should be due for another war shortly ...

Rehnquist pulls the chain tomorrow?

World Net Daily, via Kos, breaks the rumor. A formal announcement to come Friday morning.

If the chief justice steps down, it would create the first simultaneous high court openings in 34 years. In 1971, President Nixon appointed Rehnquist and Lewis Powell when Justices Hugo Black and John Marshall Harlan retired.

More:

In his column, Novak said a Rehnquist retirement would enable President Bush to nominate Attorney General Alberto Gonzales despite fierce opposition from the president's own political base.

It's going to get a little hotter this summer (for everybody).

Update (7/9): Even the conservo-blogs grow weary of the "now he will, no he hasn't yet" chatter.