... July 14, 2010, workinprogress.firedoglake . com/2010/07/14/
don-blankenship-booted-from-chamber-of-commerce-board:
As recently as June 29, Massey was listed as a member of the Chamber’s Board. But now, his name doesn’t appear on the list of current board members, and his specific profile page has been deleted from the website.
"June 29" is a link to Google's cache, and his former page is at...
Three days before the failed terrorist attack over Detroit, the Obama administration was briefed about the possibility of terror attacks over the holidays (link). This is of course similar to the infamous "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US" report that George W Bush received shortly before 911:
President Obama received a high-level briefing only three days before Christmas about possible...
... wish.
UPDATE: Jane Hamsher of FireDogLake was at the event. Her description here, video here. The video has anti-abortion activist Randall Terry being ejected from the meeting. Rather than putting on the stunts described at the link, he could have actually done something effective and put Moran, Hamsher, and all their friends on the defensive. Those who want to defend cheap stunts and childish...
... among them:
* Marcy Wheeler of Firedoglake for the blog post "Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Was Waterboarded 183 Times in One Month" [1]. As it turns out, the 183 is each instance of water being poured, and not individual sessions; see this. She not only won an award, she got the brass ring, twice: "Just last month, Marcy Wheeler made the front page of the New York Times after she became the first...
... doesn't like.
* Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake - who recently appeared with Corsi at bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/14970 - doesn't have any concern about the circumstances of the detention, then goes on to promote her Bloggingheads appearance and smear Corsi (Alternet: peekURL.com/zk1z2vz)
* "Drew" (jossip.com/anti-obama-author-deported-from-kenya-20081007) uses a photo of Corsi standing with a...
... America's Voice - stopped by FireDogLake earlier today for a chat with their readers: firedoglake.com/2008/05/04/fdl-welcomes-frank-sharry-of-americas-voice
While he answered questions from others, he failed to answer a few I posed despite the fact that few others asked him anything and he had over 20 minutes to think up a good response; more below.
He also gave what will hopefully turn out to...
Howie Klein at FireDogLake is welcoming Josh Hoyt (aka Joshua Hoyt), executive director of the ICIRR (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights) to discuss matters with their visitors [1]. That group is a virulent supporter of illegal immigration, and they and their president Juan Salgado helped organize the major Chicago illegal immigration marches last year. Salgado also serves on an...