It appears as though maybe at least one candidate for Obama’s Senate seat was willing to play some serious ball in exchange for Blago’s “golden thing.” Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s camp was told last year that U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) would raise up to $5 million in campaign cash for the ex-governor if he was appointed to President Obama’s U.S. Senate seat, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. The

I haven’t really pushed the Tax Day Tea Party movement here, because you can find references to the activities everywhere, but Roxanne, lead blogger for what may well be the lead site, asked that I share my views with you and link to her site. What do I think about it? I agree with Donald Douglas: I tell you what: In my experience of 25 years of political participation and

In addition to my post, there’s a new (well-written and informative) Wiki up regarding Mr. Wone and the case. Perhaps someone with Wiki-fu can take my piece on Dean Johnson and Jeremy Conklin and wiki that up, too. Little Miss Attila has a post up drawing the patterns in the two together, and numerous commenters have provided interesting reads on the stories, including that the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit

Jane Hamsher shows for a counter-Tea Party rally in DC that draws a couple dozen people. She claims that Fox News is financing the movement, though she later moves the goal posts. Just how far those goal posts are going to be moved is the question of the moment. Do go view the video of her frozen smile as she begs off answering the interviewer’s question. Really, the whole disinformation

Slate’s Daniel Politi on the day after Captain Phillips’s rescue by sharpshooters and the crew of the Bainbridge (link and emphasis mine): The American service members acted when the pirates appeared to be getting nervous and recognizing they they had no way out. The LAT talks to one elder in the port city of Eyl, a pirate haven, who says the pirates had dropped their demands for a ransom and

Reading about Dean Johnson’s gay NYC life isn’t something that everyone’s going to want to do. He moved there as a young man, just when the punk scene was getting going at legendary venues like CBGB’s. He became a doorman at a club and then a dancer, before becoming a party impresario of the gay scene and the frontman for a couple of outlandish, in-your-face gay bands. He wrote extensively

as far as I know, so please keep in mind that there’s still a fund-raiser going on. Unlike a certain person mentioned in the post directly below, Jeff isn’t paid by a magazine conglomerate to stroke his ocicats publicly. So, please do give generously, if you appreciate this blog.

Via Stacy McCain comes news of my mention, along with Jeff, happyfeet and Darleen at Wolly’s blog: That kerosene piss-off between Protein Wisdom’s Jeff Goldstein and Patterico? Totally my instigation. Using a series of aliases, pseudonyms, CIA cut-outs, and identity thefts as I moved from cybercafe to cybercafe, leaving an untraceable trail, I fomented a feud between these two whose circle of hostility widened as other bloggers felt compelled to

I realize that the Triduum is the most important event in the liturgical calendar, and as many of you know, I’m a pretty passionate follower of Jesus the Nazarene. What really bothers me, though (thanks to Karl for pointing this out) is very aptly expressed by Rich Moran, here, where he assumes the Good Friday position. From now on, if I feel the urge to bash Limbaugh or other righties

is . . . DOA. President Barack Obama has recently completed the most successful foreign policy tour since Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow. You name it, he blew it. What was his big deal economic programme that he was determined to drive through the G20 summit? Another massive stimulus package, globally funded and co-ordinated. Did he achieve it? Not so as you’d notice. Barack is not the first New World ingenue