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*** John Hawkins interviews Peter Schweizer, author of "Reagan's War: The Epic Story of His Forty Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism."

*** I enjoyed this video of Sean Hannity trying to take credit for Rathergate.

*** Some folks just know how to have a good time:

Tammy Jean Warner said late husband Michael Warner had an alcohol problem and enjoyed giving himself wine or sherry enemas because his body would absorb the spirits more quickly that way.

"That's the way he went out and I'm sure that's the way he wanted to go out because he loved his enemas," she told the Houston Chronicle.

Michael Warner, 58, died on May 21 and was found to have a blood alcohol level of 0.47 percent, or nearly six times the level considered too drunk to drive in Texas.
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"He did coffee enemas, he did Castile soap, Ivory soap," she said. "He had enema recipes."

How quaint.

*** Arthur Chrenkoff once again rounds-up the good news from post-election Iraq.

*** Captain Ed looks approvingly at a NYT article about the Eason Jordan blogswarm.

*** And an Iranian blogger faces trial and imprisonment for dissent:

"Excuse me, Miss, but here in my hand I have a warrant for your arrest," said a middle-aged man with a few days' growth of beard. "Please do not make any noise as you walk calmly to the Mercedes parked at the corner."

When the man approached me, I had just left a bookstore. It crossed my mind to resist, but I thought better of it.

In the car, I was flanked by two broad-shouldered men in black jackets. The man with the arrest warrant drove up Enqelab Avenue and waved the arrest warrant to assure me they were not kidnappers. "We are from the judiciary branch, and everything will be done within the framework of Islamic law," he said. "Do not worry. The whole thing should not last more than a couple of hours."

I was annoyed but relieved, and not especially surprised. Arrest and interrogation of anyone who writes stories critical of the regime has become commonplace in Iran. I am a blogger, and I have written often and honestly about life in my country, so it's an occupational hazard.
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I remained in prison for 36 days. Now I am awaiting trial. On my release I was reminded, "Be thankful to God that we arrested you. If you had been detained by the intelligence department of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, they would surely have beaten you. Here you were our guest."

The promise that "everything will be done within the framework of Islamic law" certainly wouldn't make me all that comfortable.

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Posted by: tee bee at February 14, 2005 11:50 AM