The Kos-Vention

This weekend's Kos Convention in Chicago guarantees to be a real barn-burner.

I hope every orange-hearted Kossac has a spectacular time.

Steve Gilliard: Requiem For A Beautiful Man

This evening, news broke that Steve Gilliard, co-proprietor of The News Blog, had died early Saturday, June 2nd, at age 41.

Steve was an avatar of military history. Superimposing the present disaster in Iraq with past military failures made for chilling reads; his crisp insight, his background knowledge, his articulation of a horror not yet fully wrought. His fierce sense of outrage, his passion and hunger for justice comforted us, because he articulated our very same heartbreak.

And when we had lost, and lost big, he kicked us. He demanded we get back on our feet and implored us not to quit.

His candle is extinguished and we are all the colder for it.

His partner Jen wrote for The News Blog until she could no longer as Steve lay ill. Peace and healing to you.

For Steve, I leave this from Romeo and Juliet:
"Take him and cut him out in little stars and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night and pay no worship to the garish sun."

A beautiful man. A just man. Steve Gilliard, 1966-2007.


You can dig backwards in the archives here: stevegilliard.blogspot.com

It never ceases to amaze me

How many years we have been on this fascinating case, and yet only a few dedicated people have done the Lord's work covering it.

Jane, Christy and Swopa at Firedoglake:
http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/27/rashomon-spin-and-media-coverage-of-the-libby-trial/

Jeralyn Merrit at TalkLeft:
http://www.talkleft.com/section/mbalibbytrial

Marcy Wheeler at NextHurrah:
http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2007/01/the_testimony_d.html

Just work backward.

Thanks to all these and many more unsung heroes for keeping the candle lit in the darkest moments of our lives.

Plamegate Perfect Storm

Seems Patrick Fitzgerald is about to unleash the flames of Hell.

Should be a nice week ahead.

Sleep well, fellow Americans.

UPDATE: Scooter Libby. Couldn't happen to a more deserving individual.

PlameGate

Atrios has it all.

http://atrios.blogspot.com/

The Horse by a nose:

http://mediawhoresonline.com/

Now let's see how FauxNews is going to spin this.