Insty: MOUTH BUT NO MONEY on Proposition 8? Generally, when I “beat the bushes” for contributions, I also contribute myself. Apparently Andrew Sullivan feels differently, or perhaps there’s some mistake somewhere. Maybe that’s because he’s generally on the receiving end of the beating. NTTAWWT. There’s lip service, and there’s service. NOTE: The following is posted at the donations website linked by Andrew: Contributions to No On 8 are not deductible

How about we give Chrysler and GM a billion dollar line of credit for every Detroit Lions loss this season?

a fascist gets his press credentials.

I can’t go into details, but my impression is that the whole mess started because the governor had been considering appointing a political rival, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, to the Senate so she wouldn’t be able to run against him when he went up for re-election in 2010. Apparently, Obama’s people weren’t happy about the idea of Madigan coming to Washington, and there were some pretty heated conversations between

Claudia Rosett’s take on Blago’s Kipling quotation: If …. Kipling Only Knew If you can keep your job while all about you Are fielding bribes and blaming it on you, If you can duck the Feds while all men doubt you, And bleep-ing show the charges are untrue, If you can fight and not be tired by fighting, Or, being wiretapped, profess surprise, Or argue that there will be no

Over at Power Line, B. Goldwater has the story of a whistleblower blog about ACORN (and SEIU): “According to a meeting held between ACORN staff, and members in Chicago on July 19th 2008, Mesirow Financial was hired by the ACORN Board to ‘conduct a thorough review of CCI’s financial management and controls, make whatever recommendations they see fit….’ “During the 3 day board meeting that began on December 12th 2008

I saw these slippers at Claire’s, where I went to collect my daughter at the mall yesterday (another nightmare that I don’t particularly want to relive), for $16.

Stoking teh star-maker machinery behind the popular blog. OUTRAGE: No Liz Stephans

Australian and New Zealand researchers have used ancient DNA from penguin fossils to make a startling discovery that may change the way we view species extinctions. A team from the University of Adelaide, the University of Otago and Canterbury Museum in New Zealand, has identified a previously unknown penguin species while conducting research on New Zealand’s endangered yellow-eyed penguin, one the world’s rarest penguin species and the subject of an

Today: Hi: 21° Snow developing by late morning. Snow may be heavy at times this afternoon. Snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches. Highs around 16. Southeast winds around 10 mph this morning…becoming light and variable. Chance of snow near 100 percent. Lo: 16° Snow until midnight…then snow likely after midnight. Areas of blowing snow after midnight. Snow may be heavy at times until midnight. Additional snow accumulation of 2