Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

Republicans do not trust women.

The lights are all blinking red.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

“They all knew.”

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

Jesus watching the most hateful people claiming to be his followers

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

The arc of the moral universe does not bend itself. it is up to us to bend it.

Hi god, it’s us. Thanks a heap, you’re having a great week and it’s only Thursday!

75% of people clapping liked the show!

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls 2 years from now.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Museums are not America’s attic for its racist shit.

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Who Woulda Thunk It?

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Imagine that- David Corn, author of The Lies of George W. Bush, has turned into a right-wing apparatchik and apologist for the Bushhitler administration:

If Gannon/Guckert did receive preferential treatment–because of his ideological bent or any other reason–that would be wrong and a matter for the White House to explain. But let’s move on to his personal (or other professional) life. Bloggers have made much of his apparent effort to earn a buck as a prostitute for men. This is not gay-baiting, they say, it’s hypocrisy. The question is, hypocrisy on whose part? On Gannon/Guckert’s? He’s been accused of being a gay-baiter. But how true is that? As part of my investigation, I had my assistant, Alexa Steinberg, search through a collection of Gannon/Guckert’s articles for pieces on gay-related themes. She found eight pieces. Most were straightforward accounts of political tussles over gay marriage.

Paging Gertrude Stein. Paging Gertrude Stein.

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Kelo vs. New London

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Scotus heard Kelo vs. New London yesterday:

If New London can seize people’s homes so private developers can build a hotel and convention center, what will cities do next? several Supreme Court justices asked during arguments Tuesday.

Can a city decide to get rid of the Motel 6 and put up a Ritz-Carlton, asked Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, because the luxury hotel would produce more taxes?

“That would be OK?” she asked.

“Are we saying you can take from A and give to B if B pays more taxes?” asked Justice Antonin Scalia.

Susette Kelo, sitting in the back of the cavernous court chamber, was encouraged by such questions. Kelo is the lead homeowner in a landmark case that pits a group of New London homeowners against a city that sees their property as crucial to its development plans.

Arguing on behalf of New London, attorney Wesley Horton told O’Connor, “Yes, your honor, it would be” appropriate to replace a lower-cost motel with a plush hotel.

A city, in this example, would be exercising its time-honored right of eminent domain, Horton said. The homeowners countered that what was really at stake for New London was whether developers and the city would make more money.

This is the most important case the Supreme Court has heard in ages, and it gets to the very foundation of our republic. Private property rights and protection from a capricious and overbearing government is why we started this little experiment. That is what our Constitution and Bill of Rights are all about. Check out our list of grievances with good ole King George III. In the recent past, governments, under the guise of environmental protection or iminent domain or whatever excuse they can muster have been attacking us on this front. The SCOTUS needs to take a stand.

An interesting debate can be found here.

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Just Deserts

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The Opinion Journal nails this one:

“After an egregiously long delay, Attorney General John Ashcroft finally did the right thing yesterday when he recused himself from the investigation into who gave the name of a CIA operative to the columnist Robert Novak. Mr. Ashcroft turned the inquiry over to his deputy, who quickly appointed a special counsel.”

In the recent annals of press freedom, there are few more regrettable sentences than those two from a December 31, 2003, editorial in the New York Times. The special counsel that the Times was cheering on, Patrick Fitzgerald, is now threatening a Times reporter with jail, and in a way that jeopardizes the entire press corps. This is what happens when liberals let their partisan disdain for a President obscure their interest in larger principles.

The Times was hardly alone, let us hasten to add. Well-nigh every liberal newspaper in the country was calling for Mr. Ashcroft to recuse himself and name a “special counsel,” in the hope of nailing the Bush Administration official who had “leaked” the name of CIA analyst Valerie Plame. The idea that there might be some First Amendment equities at stake was overlooked amid the partisan frenzy, and in any case Mr. Novak was expendable because he was a conservative.

If you want a crystal clear example of liberal hyperventilation regarding the Plame affair, I would recommend perusing Kevin Drum’s Calpundit archives. Kevin still, to my knowledge, will not cede that Wilson is a liar and a fraud.

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Hot Monkey Love

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From the “You Can’t Make This Shit Up” files:

Two fired caretakers for Koko, the world-famous sign-language-speaking gorilla, have sued their former bosses, claiming they were pressured to expose their breasts as a way of bonding with the 300-pound simian.

Nancy Alperin and Kendra Keller, both of San Francisco, claim they were subjected to sexual discrimination and then wrongfully terminated after reporting health and safety violations at Koko’s home in Woodside, an upscale town in the south San Francisco Bay area.

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Cuddly Ape or Hairy Pervert?

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Out of the Closet

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Not enough is being made of this story:

Thousands of couples joined Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and first lady Janet Huckabee in renewing their wedding vows at a Valentine’s Day ceremony supporting the state’s voluntary covenant-marriage law that makes divorce harder to obtain.

“There is a crisis in America,” the Republican governor told a crowd of 6,400 at an arena Monday night. “That crisis is divorce. It is easier to get out of a marriage than (to get out of a) contract to buy a used car.”

Before the Huckabees renewed their wedding vows, they signed legal papers converting their 30-year marriage to a covenant marriage. Organizers of the event did not ask other couples to convert their marriages.

Under the 2001 Arkansas law, couples getting a covenant marriage agree to seek counseling before they wed and before they seek a divorce. A covenant marriage also requires a two-year wait before a divorce becomes final, except in cases of adultery, abuse or imprisonment for a felony.

From the Instapundit I see that Ann Althouse and John Scalzi have some choice comments on the issue. Ann states:

I must say I find it utterly repugnant for a political figure to make a big public show of upgrading his marriage to a “covenant marriage.” I don’t particularly approve of the trend of private celebrations that involve some married couple renewing their wedding vows. (What are you saying about vows if you have to renew a vow?) But for a state governor to participate in a spectacle like this, thrusting his private life into a gigantic rally, is just appalling.

I agree, but before I discuss this absurd covenant marriage bit, let’s review another related issue:

Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele and former Oklahoma Congressman J.C. Watts have issued a statement calling for Howard Dean to apologize over remarks he made while addressing the Democratic Black Caucus last Friday.

First, the offending statement:

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