Posted by digamma @ 5:55 pm EST
- Atrios links to a nightmarish New York Times story about a German woman married to an American who can’t enter the country after a trip home despite advice from an INS official assuring her she would be able to. His commenters seem to think this is all the fault of the “brownshirts” in the Bush administration, but it seems to me that back in the halcyon Clinton days, you could still get seriously screwed by bureaucrats who gave you conflicting information.
- The French law banning religious symbols such as Muslim headscarves and Sikh turbans in public schools may also ban beards. I admit I wear my beard (more of a Van Dyke, really) out of a deep-rooted belief that my pudgy cherubic face looks ridiculous otherwise. The nice thing about this law is that despite everything the US does to piss off the Muslim world, France is managing to take the spotlight away.
- Although I’m hosting it on my webspace, I stole this from Atrios. Please do not put me in the duck pit. Supposedly this actually aired on CNN last night.
Brilliant.
- Howard Dean’s insane rant on Monday night is the talk of the country. Every day, I question my support for him more. But I’m sticking with him for three reasons - one, my primary is in six days, after which I can stop holding my nose, sit back, and wait until November to make my next decision; two, I’m not going to renege on my promise to drive some of his supporters around on the day of said primary; three, I don’t see an alternative I like better, and on primary day, your only choices are the least evil and not voting at all.