Robert's Stochastic thoughts

The Three R's. Whatever happened to the Senate Intelligence Committee ? I was just wondering when the Senate Intelligence Committee phas...

OK OK TPM Will run AP stories whether I like it or not. Besides, I like this one . "Sen. John McCain, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Ro...

The Battle of Washington has Begun Karen DeYoung, Ann Scott Tyson and uncounted anonymous sources drop a blockbuster on Petraeus. Actually...

Talking Points Memo posts a nonsense containing story from the Associated Press AGAIN This one is even worse than the one I quoted below ....

Moon of Alabama (via the TPMpire ) Writes of Michael E. O'Hanlon In today's introducing text O'Hanlon notes: Nonetheless, t...

Am I Two Hundred Years Old ? Half my age Ezra Klein writes Am I A Hundred Years Old? Songs from the upcoming Britney Spears album have, pred...

I am checking the lede paragraph of stories on Iraq on the web pages of the Washington Post, New York Times, L.A. Times, CNN, and La Repubb...

By Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer 8:20 PM PDT, September 3, 2007 BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military buildup that was supposed to calm...

When Is a Surge Not a Surge David Cloud reports "On a surprise visit to Iraq today for meetings with his commanders and top Iraqi offic...

The Goldenberg Variations Ilon Goldenberg has a magnificent figure showing how the DOD has re-cooked the books. Everyone is linking to this...

Ezra Klein and the non libertarian Megan are waaaay too kind to libertarians here via here . The non-libertarian Megan stated this well a f...

Burying the lede II Blockbuster article in the Post * Paragraph 20 -- Quoting the lie White House officials say Rove had two basic rules: th...

Talk about burying the Lede Paragraph 24 ! of a story on Wikiscanner in the New York Times by KATIE HAFNER And The New York Times Company is...

On the quest for Matthew Yglesias's Inner Economist and a good Lobster Roll. Yglesias writes The family was talking yesterday about why...

REPO Man meats Spinal Tap . An important aspect of the subprime derivatives meltdown is AAA ratings of senior tranches of securities repa...

long comment on this Very excellent post by Jonathan Schwarz I know it is frustrating that people who make false claims on matters of docum...

I call on my fellow Peanut Oil drenched dirty Ghoulies to drown NotStephenColbert in Ghoulash. In spite of my Austrian name, I am, in fact ...

Leila Fadel of McClatchy is singled out for praise by Brad DeLong and Matthew Yglesias. I have a problem. I think she pushed back against ...

One Third of the way their Terry Moran of ABC has gotten a brain "MORAN : Divisiveness! Anger! Ruthlessness! That's what you call ...

Blood from a Stone II TPMmuckraker informs As previewed by ABC News , the report warns of over two dozen population "clusters" in ...