Brace yourselves, kids.  Because once Ms O’Donnell gets rolling, she’s as committed to her anti-Bush dementia as Sisyphus was to his rock. Frankly, it’s almost heroic, in sad, gulled kind of way.  Think Persephone in horrific stretchpants and a taste for peachfish over pomegranates. Anyway, some of the commenters over at Hot Air—including Debbie Schlussel — seem to think that Elisabeth Hasselback didn’t do enough to counter Rosie’s roiling stream

’the hell…?

From The New York Times: The former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales testified today that contrary to Mr. Gonzales’s earlier assertions, the attorney general was involved in discussions to fire United States attorneys. “I don’t think the attorney general’s statement that he was not involved in any discussions about U.S. attorney removals is accurate,” the former Gonzales aide, D. Kyle Sampson, said under questioning at a

Ardeshir Arian, writing for Pajamas Media: […] legislation (AB-221) by Republican Joel Anderson of El Cajon, and Democrat Jose Solorio of Anaheim [requires] state pension funds to divest from companies that do business with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Iranian-American community and many exiled Iranians are supporting this legislation. Several prominent Iranian-American activists [testified] in support of AB-221, and Iranian groups as far away as Sweden and Turkey are

From the New York Times: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia told Arab leaders on Wednesday that the American occupation of Iraq is “illegal,” and he warned that unless Arab governments settle their differences, foreign powers like the United States would continue to dictate the region’s politics. The king’s speech, at the opening of the Arab League summit meeting [in Riyadh], underscored growing differences between Saudi Arabia and the Bush administration

me: “So.  You see that Al Gore flick yet?” 5” of snow covering my teak patio furniture: me: 5” of snow covering my teak patio furniture: me: 5” of snow covering my teak patio furniture: me: “Yeah, me neither.” me: “But I’m pretty sure it fucking sucks.”