Odds And Ends
Lots of stuff going on today…
At the Counterterrorism Blog, Walid Phares argues that General Abizaid was whistling past the graveyard at his most recent Congressional appearance; says Abizaid, it’s not a matter of more troops, but of training more Iraqis (to which I reply, yes, that’s fine, but if the Iraqis won’t take on the militias, what’s the point?). Nevertheless, Abizaid has a point…a bigger American footprint doesn’t solve the problem of the Iraqis learning to control their own security…
Mickey Kaus drops a tantalizing hint that Mark Warner may have had good reason to drop out of the 2008 race…and then just leaves us hanging. More gossip, Mickey!…
“The Hobbit” without Peter Jackson? Say it ain’t so!…
Those who consider Fred Goldman a ‘moneygrubber’ might wish to reconsider:
The O.J. Simpson book saga took another twist Tuesday when his former sister-in-law, Denise Brown, accused the media company behind the project of trying to buy her family’s silence for “millions of dollars.”
Simpson’s book, “If I did it,” was a sequel few had dared conceive, with Simpson — acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend but later found liable in civil court — describing how he would have killed them.
A spokesman for News Corp., owner of Fox Broadcasting and publisher HarperCollins, confirmed that the company had conversations with representatives of Nicole Brown Simpson’s and Ron Goldman’s families over the past week and that the families were offered all profits from the planned Simpson book and television show, but he denied that it was hush money.
“There were no strings attached,” News Corp. spokesman Andrew Butcher said.
Denise Brown told NBC’s “Today” show Tuesday that her family’s response was “Absolutely not.”
“They wanted to offer us millions of dollars. Millions of dollars for, like, ‘Oh, I’m sorry’ money. But they were still going to air the show,” Brown said. “We just thought, ‘oh my god.’ What they’re trying to do is trying to keep us quiet, trying to make this like hush money, trying to go around the civil verdict, giving us this money to keep our mouths shut.”
RIP, Robert Altman…
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