Collateral: A Dept. of Defense report counted 2,688 cases of "rape, sodomy and indecent assault" in 2007. But what's behind these numbers? BradBlog: N
May 18, 2008

Collateral: A Dept. of Defense report counted 2,688 cases of "rape, sodomy and indecent assault" in 2007. But what's behind these numbers?

BradBlog: News of several big voting rights victories. (Yes, you read that correctly - positive news about voting rights!)

Halfway There: The son of Tricky Dick and whistling past the elephant graveyard.

AMERICAblog: Joe Sudbay on how members of McCain's lobbyist-heavy staff keep a-swirlin' down the drain. Will his chief strategist be the next to go?

Talk to Action: Hey, California rules in favor of gay marriage and it's not the end of the world as we know it. In fact, Frederick Clarkson feels fine.

at-Largely: Mini-"appeasement" roundup - Larisa Alexandrovna's spectacular smackdown of George W. Bush (the inimitable Mike Malloy reads it on-air here). Cernig wonders who's appeasing whom. And great Prescott's ghost, what's that over the White House?!

Guest roundup by Brad Jacobson of MediaBloodhound. That's all for today, appeasers! Send submissions and tips to mediabloodhound at yahoo dot com.


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