A confidential draft of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been posted on the internet by U.S. officials, months before its scheduled publish date. According to the Guardian, it's an attempt to water down the impact of the final report when it is released next year.

Or is it an attempt to show the true facts prior to the "official" administration report.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/...

Suffered minor stroke at 8 pm local time
Was unconscious entering hospital.
Regained consciousness and is undergoing tests.
Prognosis unknown

Age 77
Weight Obese
Job function: Israeli Prime Minister since 2001

What this means is unknown. Sharon is known as a source of stability and of the past of Israel.

Has John Bolton started his shake-up at the UN?

According to a Reuters article
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17256031.htm

The US delegation has requested that the UN scrap much of a draft UN reform plan that is in its final stages.

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Just in at a news conference.
He will stay on and finish out his term, and defend his "honor" but he can't do both and run a re-election campaign.

Oh, and he is going to sell his house, which is what originated the scandal and donate a portion of the sale to local charities.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/07/14/news/breaking/7005133253.txt

Thanks to Josh Marshall at TPM for being the first to note it.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_07_10.php#006115

Was at No More Mr. Nice Blog's site and there was an interesting entry talking about Kerry supposedly losing his first congressional race because of a "video" of him "urinating on the flag."

http://nomoremister.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_nomoremister_archive.html

Note: He got it from the Freeper website. Someone called the Sean Hannity radio show and said it existed. Even some in that group say it's not true.

A very interesting editorial from a University of Colorado professor. His argument is that voters are irrational and have no coherent belief system. For example, the editorial states a large proportion of people see no contradition between lower taxes and increased governement services.

Informed Voters? You Decide

Didn't know where to link this as there won't be a new open thread until much later in the day.

Philip Carter gives a nice rundown on the Padilla case and the constitutional history surrounding it. The one argument against it is that the government never said that it's actions against Padilla were constitutional in the first place.

http://www.intel-dump.com/archives/archive_2004_06_00.shtml#1086235981