For two days now, Alan Colmes has been pushing the angle that because Supreme Court nominee John Roberts is a “partisan,” he should be excluded from the High Court. Because he’s a partisan. Meaning, because he’s a Republican.  Meaning that, for Colmes, at least, a Republican President—if he wishes to proffer a viable nominee—need find someone who has either no political leanings (do such creatures exist?), or else nominate someone

Via FOXNews.  No details yet.  Developing… update: As Michele notes in the comments, FOX has removed the breaking news banner from its web site (the banner linked to their general coverage with no specific details of arrests).  Don’t know that they’ve issued a correction, but no one else has the story, so take this story with a grain of salt. **** update 2:  AP has this (thanks to Matt) ****

To this point, speculation about how the Democrats plan to go after Bush Supreme Court nominee John Roberts has been limited to fairly mundane legal and procedural strategies —eg., insist that he answer legal hypotheticals about Roe v. Wade and other settled law and try to use his answers to show that he is “out of the mainstream”; demand the White House hand over documents they are legally bound to

Because really, who are we to judge…? **** (h/t Bill)

Before leaving this morning to take S*tchel for his 18-month checkup, I caught the bulk of the Tony Blair / John Howard press conference, where “reporters” peppered the two leaders with ridiculous, grandstanding “questions” about their culpability, as members of the Iraq coalition, in bringing terrorism “to the streets of London.” Howard—much to his credit—seized the opportunity to point out the number of al Qaeda attacks (the Bali bombing, the

Or something like that.  Me, I try to think of them as God’s own little Spotted Owls. **** (via Museum of Leftwing Lunacy)

From the Independent Online: Up to four bombs hit London’s transport system on Thursday, exactly two weeks after more than 50 people were killed in blasts on underground railway trains and a bus. London police chief Ian Blair said there were four explosions or attempted explosions in what he called “a very serious incident”. He said casualties were light and the bombs appeared to be smaller than the ones that

Wow.  No guns, no Jews, and an unlimited suckle off the state’s plump entitlement teat.  Now all that’s left to do is name Kim Jong Il ruler for life, and International ANSWER will finally have its paradise on earth… **** update

Josiah “Jed” Bartlet RU-486 A nice glass of gingerale, not too cold One box Trojan® Shared Pleasure™ condoms with Warm Sensations™ Somebody “vaguely Canadian-sounding” One-a-Day Prostate Health Multi-Vitamins (w/ Lycopene) A plate of herring (in cream sauce, w/ onion) (T) Margaret Cho / one of Nancy Pelosi’s cardinal red power suits “Queen whatsherface—y’know, the Black one from that Richard Gere movie.” **** related, in that ‘distant cousin you accidentally made

BECAUSE OF THE HYPOCRISY!*