Journamalists just sometimes don’t think it’s their business to help it break out: Given his role as chairman of the State Canvassing Board, I believe Ritchie’s collaboration with Franken in the course of the recount to be inappropriate and improper. As a member of the State Canvassing Board, Ritchie serves in a quasi-judicial administrative capacity. During the recount, any communications between Ritchie and the Franken campaign that excluded the Coleman

Because I think Jim Treacher totally deserves third-best humor blog accolades. (Oops. On second thought, prolly not the best time to tease Jim.) Fly, my pretties! Jesus’ Genitals might be able to find his penis with one of these. CNN’s Beauchamp moment? Confederate Yankee does some investimagating. The Karmanic Onevergence: are Sully and Dan Brown atoning? IGNORE RTO’S GOOD NEWS FROM IRAQ! Are you ignoring it? IGNORE HARDER, BITCHES! Morons

Roland Burris, Junior Illinois Senator Designate: Mayan skull flattening: I’m not saying. I’m just saying. You know? More Burris: I’m so smart, I learned humility in a week.

After eight years and at his final news conference as President, NPR concludes that Chimperor Boooooosh is capable of reflection. Meh. Better late than never. Related: As I watched President Bush’s final tango with reporters this morning, I was reminded of how Chicago Sun-Times columnist Carol Marin described President-elect Obama’s press conferences thus far: “As ferociously as we march like villagers with torches against Blagojevich, we have been, in the

You can’t fault these pro-Hamas demonstrators for discrimination: they want to kill ALL the Jooos. Jihad Watch via Gateway Pundit: Denmark pro-jihad demonstration (thanks to Clarebunny) features Muslims chanting “Down down Israel, down down USA, down down democracy, down down Denmark”; a Muslim making the Nazi salute (at :41); a Muslim saying, “We want to kill all the Jews, all they Jews should be slain, they have no right to

Clarice recollects what everyone’s forgotten–or never understood–about the Scooter Libby conviction: But Libby was acquitted of the only charge before the jury that he leaked her identity to reporters and lied about it. In fact, the evidence at trial showed Libby did not disclose Plame’s identity to reporters Robert Novak (Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and CIA spokesman Bill Harlow did that), or Bob Woodward (Armitage, again), Walter Pincus

A lawyer for Amy Winehouse’s jailed husband said Monday his client will be seeking a divorce on the grounds of the soul diva’s alleged infidelity. Attorney Henri Brandman said he had been instructed by Blake Fielder-Civil “to commence divorce proceedings on the grounds of Amy’s adultery.” Winehouse and Fielder-Civil married in Miami in May 2007, but he was arrested six months later over an assault. In July he was sentenced

People with megaphones screaming about wiping Israel off the map and telling Jewish kids they’re gonna effing die, burning American and Israeli flags, waving Hezbollah banners and . . . Che pasa? But hey, all those Joooos need is a little lovin’, right? Greenwalds can begin lecturing on tribalism any time, now. You can vote for 5 Feet of Fury under Best Canadian Blog at the weblogawardsthingie, along with Treacher