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Category: US Politics

  • Exit polls posted by Slate

    Slate has published exit polls, and it looks like John Kerry is leading. Slashdot cover the story of the publication of these secret polls.

  • Weblogs inundated

    Foxnews, Sky news and BBC news are all reporting stories on how weblogs are likely to be the first news souces for many people during the election. You know things are really bad when this happens: C:>ping www.instapundit.com Pinging instapundit.com [63.247.138.238] with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out.…

  • George Bush or John Kerry?

    Were I a US citizen, my vote would be going to, you guessed it – John F. Kerry. Early indications are a big turnout. An interesting few days to come no doubt. And I am having serious difficulty getting into the BBC news website – not often that happens.

  • Would Turkey split the EU and the U.S. ?

    Would it? Ian Bremmer in the IHT seems to think Turkey might split the EU and the US.

  • E-voting problems

    Well Florida voters got their first taste of the problems that could end up becoming endemic throughout the US, but some clever people have put together a problem that could arise. Hehe. Thanks to Dan for the link. Having problems voting? Vote for Bush!

  • Bush's Bulge

    So even Kevin Drum is suspicious about the now infamous bulge in President Bush’s back. I have to say I am pretty convinced after looking at these photos. The question is, what they hell is it? And will we be seeing more of it in the future? The Register meanwhile suspects foul play with a…

  • Rumsfeld weakens a pillar of war

    Don Rumsfeld with something surprising today: The actual words Mr Rumsfeld used in his comments on Monday to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York were: “To my knowledge, I have not seen any strong, hard evidence that links the two.” He also said he had seen the intelligence “migrate in amazing ways”, without…

  • Passport radio chips send too many signals

    Bruce Schneier, a security technologist and author of “Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World.”, writes in todays IHT. He discusses the future use of RFID technology in passports. I think he is right to be wary of technology that is not as secure as it should be. This is a very…

  • Sanctions worked: George Lopez, David Cortright

    George A. Lopez, Director of Policy Studies at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame and David Cortright, President of the Fourth Freedom Forum and Research Fellow at the Kroc Institute, argue in favour of the sanctions regime in Iraq during the 1990’s. Writing in Foreign Affairs,…

  • Presidential Debate

    I stayed up extra late (5am) to watch the Bush vs Kerry debate. I think Kerry did pretty well, Bush just kept repeating himself. I think Kerry proved himself to be articulate, and for the first time I actually thought he looked presidential. Dan Drezner has a good summary of the debate, which he live-blogged.…