Rove in Omaha: the Aftermath
As Heath mentioned on Friday morning, The Brain was scheduled to give a closed to the public speech on Social Security and then rub elbows with folks who wanted to pay big bucks to have cocktails or...
View ArticleCorporate Liability for war crimes?
Last month the federal court for the Southern District of New York held that corporations could be held liable under international law for violations of jus cogens or "higher law," the laws among...
View ArticleFriday Night's All Right for Rockin'
As long as I've been around here Friday and Saturday nights were the time to post non-political, fun or otherwise non-Rove diaries. As a long-recovering record-store-guy these are some of the most...
View ArticleThat sounds like rock and/or roll-uh
I thought it was fun to drop some record reviews and a unintentionally provocative throwaway poll on a Kossack Friday Night so here it goes again.Nouvelle Vauge - This is the coolest, literally, thing...
View ArticlePalmeiro Lied. Nobody Died.
As most of you might have heard by now, Rafael Palmeiro of the Baltimore Orioles (and former Cub) tested positive for steroids not long after becoming only the fourth player in baseball history to have...
View ArticleThe Bush Family's Warrior Friend, Chang
I just came across this doozy on a local blog which probably wouldn't take the traffic so I won't link it but it appears the Bushes have a mystical Asian warrior helping them. More than an hour into a...
View ArticleThe Same as the Old Song
I haven't done this for awhile but I thought it was about time to throw out some new records. Most of these are new albums from established artists because fall is the time to release big records.Liz...
View ArticleYou want Popcorn? Try NE-Gov
As if you couldn't guess, the Nebraska gubenatorial race for 2006 boils down to the GOP primary race...and it's going to be good. Gov. Dave Heineman took his seat after Mike Johanns was summoned to...
View ArticleMitt's in for 2008
This caught me by surprise tonight. I guess it's because here in Nebraska a visit from the governor of Massachusetts is an everyday occurrence. Apparrently Mitt touched base with the NE and IA GOP...
View ArticleWorst Final Four Ever!!!!
I spent awhile scanning the diaries for Armando's inevitable triumphant diary on the Florida Gators championship Monday night but I realized maybe Armando doesn't hang on our every word when college...
View ArticleNE-Gov Shocker
It looks like incumbent Dave Heineman, who took the place of Ag. Sec. Mike Johanns, has weathered the storm of the coach, Tom Osborne's run for Nebraska's governor's seat. A year or so ago when...
View ArticleNorth Central Midterm Super Tuesday Update
As Markos pointed out in his election day post The Iowa and South Dakota gubernatorial primaries are worth watching today both for their connection to the 2008 presidential race and the effects on the...
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