Comments on: NYT slaps NSA judge over possible conflict of interest

By: honora

honora — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:19:25 +0000

Or, if you prefer: they want the terrorists to win, but don’t want America to know that they want the terrorists to win.

Mark Jaquith on August 24, 2006 at 5:57 AM

Could you elaborate a bit on this: the NYT want the terrorists to win. Meaning, they want the world to convert to Islam? They want planes to crash into the Empire State and Chrysler buildings? Please explain.

By: thirteen28

thirteen28 — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:17:53 +0000

When do I get my Karl Rove secret decoder ring? It said 6-8 weeks on the box of Right Wing-Os, but I just want to make sure!

You don’t get one. Rove, along with Chimpy McBushhitlerburton and other shredders of the constitution bugged your phone and intercepted your emails and HotAir comment posts and no know you are a subversive trying to destroy America.

Alternatively, you will get one, but you won’t notice that it’s got a bug in it to transmit your every thought to the Dept. of Subversive Surveillance at the NSA.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:09:55 +0000

NY Times, LA Times, Wash Times,…those damn right-wing newspapers. When will it ever end??

By: Kid from Brooklyn

Kid from Brooklyn — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:33:04 +0000

Ok, Allah. Now you want to trot out conservative hotties “uncensored”? This borders on porn, dude. And, I’ll have you know that

This is a family mother****ing blog, man.

Allahpundit on August 18, 2006 at 5:00 PM

By: Sticky Notes

Sticky Notes — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:31:13 +0000

Judge Anna Diggs Taylor ACLU Card Surfaces…

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By: Iowa Voice

Iowa Voice — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:09:46 +0000

Even The New York Times Questions The NSA Ruling…

Not the results, mind you…just the possible conflict of interests involved.

Related post: Judge Who Struck Down NSA Program May Have Conflict Of Interest

Hat tip to AllahPundit….

By: mikeyboss

mikeyboss — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:05:56 +0000

Regrettably, it was left to a conservative group…

More subtle bias, I think. God forbid a conservative group be the one to catch it.

By: mikeyboss

mikeyboss — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:02:28 +0000

I think the bleeping is an example of what Jimmy Kimmel produces as “Unnecessary Censorship”.

By: tormod

tormod — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:48:55 +0000

The NYT has got a migrane that won’t be going away for awhile. Sit back and enjoy the situation, they won’t reconcile this. Asking the impossible, logical question to lock-up their 486 minds should be everyone’s new favorite hobby. THANK YOU, JUDICIAL WATCH!

By: Mark Jaquith

Mark Jaquith — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:57:31 +0000

Possible NYT strategy: decry conflict of interest, so as to deflect from ineloquently argued decision.

Or, if you prefer: they want the terrorists to win, but don’t want America to know that they want the terrorists to win.

When do I get my Karl Rove secret decoder ring? It said 6-8 weeks on the box of Right Wing-Os, but I just want to make sure!

By: Old War Dogs

Old War Dogs — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:37:42 +0000

NYT: A Matter of Appearances…

When Judge Anna Diggs Taylor was given the job of deciding whether the Bush administration’s wiretapping program was unconstitutional, she certainly understood that she would be ruling on one of the most politically charged cases in recent history. S…

By: Kini

Kini — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 06:16:11 +0000

Just like the Times! It’s a joke!

By: Allahpundit

Allahpundit — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 05:19:07 +0000

So why the beeps? Beats the “beep” out of me.

It’s a joke to make it look like she’s swearing. Geez.

By: EFG

EFG — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 05:16:30 +0000

MacStansbury, I don’t think those “beeps” are there to cover up MKH swearing. That was a You Tube copy of her Vent at Hot Air, and I’m pretty sure, no, I’m positive she wasn’t swearing on her vent.

So why the beeps? Beats the “beep” out of me. I’m sure that there is either a good reason for it, and it just went over both of our heads, or it is some sort of inside joke, somewhere, and since we’re not “cool” or “with-it” or “hip”, we’re just not gettin’ it.

I dunno. I lean towards it being some sort of joke that we’re just not understanding. So dock yourself a bunch of “cool points”, and console yourself with the knowledge that somewhere, someone is laughing at you and me and having a real blast at our expense.

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:36:12 +0000

The editorial would have been objective without this embed:

While the judge clearly erred in not disclosing this involvement, it wouldn’t seem, based on the known facts, to rise to the level of a conflict of interest reasonably requiring that she recuse herself from hearing the case under existing ethics rules.

Alas, not a right-wing newspaper :)

By: Defector01

Defector01 — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:19:55 +0000

NYT and I agree
Someone pinch me
and yeah this is so freakin obvious only a rose tinted glasses wearing kossack couldn’t see this

By: MacStansbury

MacStansbury — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:18:39 +0000

Okay, somebody's been watching a little too much Daily Show. Although, I do dig me some MKH. Even with the bleeping. Mouth like a sailor on that one, I tells ya.