From The Paper Chase (U of Pitt law): Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, predicted Thursday that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will resign from his post at the conclusion of current investigations into the allegedly-political firings of federal prosecutors. Specter’s comments followed others made by Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Wednesday, who suggested that by remaining in his position, Gonzales was harming the Justice Department.
a half-hearted attempt to reaffirm my conservative bona fides, 13
From a security perspective—and as a matter of permanent US policy—we should never, ever preemptively take the use of tactical nukes off the table when dealing with a foreign enemy. That being said, in this particular instance, I’d be tempted to opt for fire hoses or sausage canons—or maybe even some Barry Manilow piped in over a loudspeaker system if things get really desperate. After all, we wouldn’t want a
Peter Fonda comments on the World Bank’s clearing of Paul Wolfowitz on Ethics charges, coupled with Wolfowitz’s agreeing to resign at the end of June
Fonda: “This reminds of the time when the studios tried to get Hopper blacklisted for allegedly doping his horse with LSD during the filming of True Grit. What happened was, Universal kinda leaked this bogus story to Variety to justify the lousy distribution they were going to give his The Last Movie—which the suits just didn’t feel, you know?—even though they knew from Warren Oates that the horse in question
Illegals registering to vote?
My, how convenient! Not that I’d presume to tell them what to do, of course (because of the Otherness), but were it me, I’d probably vote myself some free healthcare, free college tuition, provisional citizenship (keeping alive my free healthcare and tuition), and maybe try to get a ballot initiative together that would require Bexar County, TX to provide me with a new Dodge Nitro. From the WOAI: Hundreds of
Question
I can’t be the only person who pores over the entirety of this post and comes away thinking only one thing: “Wait, Yanni used to bang Linda Evans? The fuck…?” That’s like finding out Zamfir was the meat in a coke-dusted Kristy McNichol, Tatum O’Neal sex sandwich. My childhood has been cheapened. Seriously. Now I know what Kierkegaard was on about with all his blather about dread.
Inside Higher Ed [Dan Collins]
starts my day off right with an email link to an article posing the question: A missing student is found dead, in portable toilet, in apparent overdose. How can colleges prevent such tragedies? Wow. I hardly know where to begin with this, but it seems to me that the usual college reaction would be to ban portable toilets. They also have a bit on the Dartmouth Trustee Elections which Joe
Bolton Flaps Unflappable BBC Interviewer [Dan Collins]
”That’s not the way we do things here.” Poor John Harrumphreys. Oh, it’s much more than strap-on. It’s Bolt-on.
The Sacrament of Abortion [Dan Collins]
What? Mr. Bishop-of-Rome-Guy presumes to lecture us on morality? Who died and made him Pope? We’re Congresspeople, goddammit! A group of 18 Catholic House Democrats publicly disputed Pope Benedict XVI’s recent condemnation of politicians who support abortion rights, saying that “such notions offend the very nature of the American experiment.” On his flight to Brazil last Wednesday (May 9), Benedict said Catholic politicians in Mexico City who recently voted to
Have I Mentioned Cole Hamels? (CraigC)
After he struck out the first four batters, I called a friend of mine to ask if there’s a special category for perfect games where every batter strikes out. The best we could come up with is a Kryptonite Sombrero. I’m still a little worried about his back problems, but barring injury, it looks like he’s a lock for at least one of these in his career. A perfect game
