Tom Maguire, Jeralyn Merritt, and Arianna Huffington (among others) have done yeoman’s work covering the Plamegate story in all its intricate prosecutorial, grand jury, and media permutations, and soon—thankfully—Patrick Fitzgerald should let us all know what provisional conclusions his long investigation has yielded.  But in advance of that, let’s not forget the chain of events that brought us to this point—beginning with an October 15, 2001 CIA foreign government service

Last evening I noted that Hugh Hewitt, in his rebuttal to George Will’s critique of the Miers nomination, raised several serious questions aimed at those of us who’ve expressed particular concern over the nominee’s purported political positions on to affirmative action, quotas, and proportional representation—positions that, in my case, I’ve been arguing are a better political “litmus test” for discerning her likely judicial philosophy (in lieu of a judicial track

Everybody will soon be talking about this George Will piece, which echoes many of the arguments Miers critics have been making for several weeks now—but which does so in so forceful a manner that it can fairly be said that all the cards are finally on the table, and that the President (and other Miers defenders) are going to have to call or fold.  From “Defending the Indefensible” (Wapo): Such

Miers:  “I’m sorry, Miss…?  Is it too late to turn half those hamburgers into cheeseburgers?  And while we’re at it, better give me 3 small fries to go with the 3 large and the 3 supersized fries.  As long as we’re leveling the gustatory playing field, there’s really no legal reason I can see why midgets and dwarves shouldn’t be equally represented…”* **** update:  “Oh.  And go ahead and really

And yet somehow, it’s still not as horrific as escargot or cuisses de grenouilles… (h/t Tom Pechinski; background here)

—Lame excuse, eh?  Fine.  Just for that, you’ll get nothing and like it.

Here are the tools you’ll need to caulk your bathtub efficiently: 1. A caulking gun 2. caulk 3. A utility knife (sharp) 4. A bead head 5. A bead cleanup tool 6. A rag (dampened and ultimately disposable) None of these items is particularly expensive; most will cost a buck or two (except for the caulking gun, which can be purchased, even on the high end, for less than $10).

Miers:  “Hmmm.  Better let me have a vanilla shake, a chocolate shake, and a strawberry shake.  After all, equality of representation and showy gustatory diversity are the most telling indicators that one has achieved a progressive and culturally enlightened lunch, are they not…?* **** More here, here, and here; rebuttals here and here and here.  Background here and here.

Fake but…well, let’s just leave it at fake.  Because personally?  I think the whole elliptical bit still has legs.

Compliments of John Derbyshire, writing at the Corner: […] All the windsocks are now pointing in the direction of more socialism. As the population ages, Americans will want more leisure, drugs, health care, nursing homes, security. As the Jihadist threat continues to metastasize (from the MidEast to Indonesia, Thailand, Africa, the Caucasus, Europe), we shall want the state to have more police powers, more scrutiny of us and our lives.