Politics Plus

With a single story dominating the media, there is little news.  On the home front, I’m starting to recover.  Also, my apartment still had no water.  On the personal front, my Ducks are playing Auburn for the national championship this evening, so I’ll ne taking a nap so I can stay awake to watch.  I am current on comment’s.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today it took me 3:41 (average 4:34).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From LA Times: The sentencing hearing of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, convicted last year on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering, has begun in an Austin courtroom.

DeLay was one of the chief architects in the transformation of the GOP from a political party into a criminal enterprise.  I’m not at all confident, but I hope they give him some serious time.

From The Vile Plutocrat: Lawyers and media pundits in Nigeria are accusing the government of acting illegally by agreeing to settle criminal bribery charges against Dick Cheney out of court.

I suppose it’s too much to ask for Nigeria fo follow their laws and convict Cheney, when our own government wont convict him for far worse crimes here.

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OGIM!

I’m up do date with comments, but doubt that I shall visit any blogs today, because of chores that need doing here and the Wildcard Festival of the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today it took me 3:47 (average 4:04).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From TPM:

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) literally accused the Republican leadership of the House of being a bunch of big old liars on the floor of the House last night. But that isn’t exactly what he meant.

I have never questioned Limpy’s mendacity, and never will.

From Right Wing Watch: I don’t know about you, but when Cindy Jacobs tells me that she has received an "urgent prayer alert from our good friend Chuck Pierce concerning California," my ears perk up … especially when that prayer alert entails God warning that failure by the courts to uphold Proposition 8 will result in California being destroyed by a massive earthquake.

LMAO!!

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May the Orb bless your team!

I’m still feeling down, but I have a full slate of articles today, I’m up to date on comments, and yesterday I finally got out to visit around twenty blogs on our blogroll.  That felt good!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today it took me 3:22 (average 4:35).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From USA Today: Now that he’s made his departure plans public, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs can focus on his next big event: His favorite college football team’s bid for a national title.

And should his Auburn Tigers beat the Oregon Ducks on Monday night, Gibbs says he is planning a special D.C. celebration.

A toilet paper roll on a White House tree.

I hope that damn DINO doesn’t let the door hit is butt on the way out, and my Ducks are going to kick ass!

From Think Progress: Today, the New York radio station WOR announced that Glenn Beck’s nationally syndicated radio show will be dropped on January 17, 2011.

WOR is one of the nation’s largest radio markets.  May all other stations follow suit.

From Mother Jones: With the White House apparently favoring Gene Sperling, currently a counselor to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and an NEC director during the Clinton years, for the post [NEC Director], some progressives and Wall Street critics have expressed dismay or discouragement, as they point to Sperling’s supposed Wall Street ties. But how upset should they be? Sperling is hardly a Wall Street insider. In fact, he’s the rare economic power-player in Washington who didn’t fully cash in after leaving government service. He might be the wrong guy for this game of political/policy football.

Sperling might not be so bad after all.  David Corn is a credible source and he did his homework for this article.  I encourage you to click through.

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Let’s find Dino’s jobs circumcising conscious gorillas.

I’m running a little behind today, because I came down with a cold and overslept.  I’m feeling like something that should be buried in the deep end of my cat box, but could not pass up having some material to work with.  I did, however, stay up to date on comments.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today it took me 3:58 (average 4:59).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From TPM: A few years ago, Tim Griffin was a key figure in of the biggest scandals in the Bush administration. Democrats said — and the Justice Department Inspector General later concluded — that the Bush White House and Justice Department pushed out U.S. Attorney H.E. "Bud" Cummins III to give Griffin, a former aide to presidential adviser Karl Rove, a plum spot as interim U.S. attorney that would pad his resume.

Now Griffin, who was elected to Congress from Arkansas in November, has been named by House Republicans to be a member of the House Judiciary Committee — the very same committee which took a close look at his own role in the scandal that ultimately lead to the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

They clearly have no shame whatsoever.

From Huffington Post: The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not protect against discrimination on the basis of gender or sexual orientation, according to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

We all know where LGBT folks stand in the hierarchy of the extreme fascist right.  Congrats, Ladies!  You have been assigned the same status in the pecking order.

From Me: Don’t be upset if Senate rules reform doesn’t come up for a vote tomorrow.  As long as the appropriate motion is made and accepted on schedule, they can defer the voting to negotiate the actual changes without losing the ability to approve it with 51 votes.

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What’s up in your world?