Malkin posts what was turned over as the result of a reader’s FOIA request to see how it was that Team O! were able to use the .gov domain for campaign financing purposes. If you’re a civil libertarian and a constitutional lawyer whose words have been read into the record on the floor of the Senate, I don’t see how you can possibly not be a bit concerned about this.

Chris, over at Beth’s My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, reports on a story that I’d seen but neglected a couple of weeks back: I’m still trying to figure this one out. A drunk woman and her husband are at the Minnesota-Iowa football game. She has to pee. I’m guessing the conversation started this way: “Hey honey, I’m going to the bathroom”. “Ok, see you in a few”. She staggers to

Oompa Loompa doompadee doo We’ve got another demand for you Oompa Loompa doompadah dee Twelve percent raise and medical free What do you get from Loompas on strike? Scabs getting beat and their head on pike Let’s work together and do what we can To keep out cheaper chocolates from Japan You’ll get no You’ll get no You’ll get no You’ll get no You’ll get no market share Oompa Loompa

Joe Conason on how the Obama Transition Team brought this snarking on themselves through no fault of their own. Also, Vera Baker: if Blago has info on how she ended up in the Caribbean, things might get very interesting.

who would later get pregnant by boy whose mother would be charged with drug crime. Related. Also. Kathleen Parker: Should a person NOT be considered for Senatorial appointment simply because her name happens to be Kennedy?

Illinois Governor Blagojevich to Make Statement to the Press!!!

Eeeeeeeevil partisans force Jones-Kelley to resign. Speaking of which: why there are no Southrons in Obama’s cabinet. (h/t Insty)

Fortunately, folks like Ed Morrissey aren’t letting the issue just fade away: Could Blagojevich and his legal team be sending a message to Barack Obama? Take me down, and some of your team will go with me. It sounds like the Chicago way, a strategy that Blagojevich might employ. Who would know the dirt better than Blagojevich? Unfortunately, Obama can’t do much to call off the dogs now even if

Iowahawk takes up Christopher “Santa” Kringle’s request to Congress for a slice of the bailout pie, here. Iowahawk credulously and uncritically accepts the testimony of Toyweek columnist Charles Kessler in this passage: Veteran market watcher Charles Kessler of ToyWeek said SantaCorp’s labor cost structure was a significant factor in its recent struggles. “After the 1982 strike SantaCorp offered the UET a generous pension plan promising free lifetime candy canes and

from the spittle-we-hope-flecked sock minions of Gleens.