Attorney and frequent commenter Donald Quigley sends along this interesting bit of analysis regarding a Tenth Circuit Court decision that effectively does to the Commerce Clause what Kelo did for takings and eminent domain—namely, extended it to the point where there is no longer any logical constraint on its power. Writes Don: You may recall a series of BS Supreme Court decisions (e.g. Wickard, Raich) in which purely intra-state activities
October 14, 2005
Deconstructing Harr(iet)
In a long and interesting comment thread to this pro-Miers post by Beldar, which itself excoriates NRO for abandoning a pretense of neutrality (an odd demand of an opinion journal), Hans Gruber sums up his disappointment with the Miers nomination this way: […] Now [the President] hands us another nominee, this time a former Democrat and supporter of racial preferences, who has never written or commented publicly about any issue
October 13, 2005
I can see for Miers and Miers (updated)
RedState’s Erick Erickson reports on yesterday’s RNC conference call between Ken Mehlman and a small group of conservative bloggers critical of the Miers nomination (most of whom remain unswayed even after Mehlman’s GOP charm offensive). Here’s the part that caught my eye: […] Mehlman call did have one interesting tidbit that tickled my legal ears. In the beginning, Mehlman said we could learn about Miers from what she had done
October 13, 2005
Grieving Mom Cindy Sheehan and 70s Kung-fu expert and counterculture icon Billy Jack discuss strategies for twenty-first century anti-war activism while ostensibly maintaining their commitments to fighting global terrorism, 9
“…So I told Schwarzenegger’s people, ‘California is suffering each day as its law enforcement, corrections and firefighters are called to a war in Iraq, which does not protect the people of California, leaving the state in a weakened position. California tax dollars are also disproportionately spent on this war. California men and women are killed and maimed in this war, and their families are left in ruins, as I too
October 13, 2005
protein wisdom: the Pajamas Media profile
And you all thought I was kidding about the Oktoberfest clippers… Profile here.
October 13, 2005
“Cells at France’s Palais de Justice condemned as ‘squalid and inhumane dungeons‘“
From the Telegraph UK: The European Council’s commissioner for human rights has described conditions in the prison in France’s most august court building as the worst he has seen. Alvaro Gil-Robles said the cells in the historic Palais de Justice in Paris were squalid and inhumane. Describing them as “dungeons”, he said: “It is incredible that people are imprisoned in such conditions, without ventilation and without natural light. I have
October 12, 2005
Literary revisionism, 5: “If instead of being a romantic paean to the end of childhood, Salinger’s ‘Catcher in the Rye’ showed libertarian tendencies” (from the protein wisdom conceptual series)
Holden Caufield: “If you really want to hear about, some people are phonies. In fact, now that I think about it, most people are phonies. But hey. That’s their right, I guess. So, y’know, whatever. “Say. Who wants to grab a sandwich?”
October 12, 2005
“I say to you: that we are in a battle, and that more than half this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media. And that we are in a media battle in a race for the hearts and minds of our nation”—The ZAWAHIRI-ZARQAWI COMMUNIQUÉ
CentCom has posted the full text of the Zawahiri-Zarqawi letter (in both the Arabic and an English translation), along with a thematic summary and gloss (posted in the extended entry):
October 12, 2005
My third very brief ontological discussion with the Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi I bought by mistake over the weekend
Me: “I mean, the last thing you want to do is fall victim to identity politics. Because once you do that, you’re nothing, man. You’re just like every other Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi in the world. You’re a type. A commodity.†Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi: Me: Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi: Me: “Okay, yeah. Bad example.” Me: “I’ll go get some ice.â€Â