House Democrats voted 99-58 to strip William Jefferson of his committee seat. Josh Marshall points out Pelosi has done this once before, when Ethics Committee co-chair Allan Mollohan attracted negative publicity for connections between earmarks and real estate investments. For the sake of precedent I would have preferred that Pelosi wait for the indictment rather …
Archives for June 2006
Supreme Court Strikes Down Weakens Knock-And-Announce
Say goodbye to another corner of the Bill of Rights: June 15 (Bloomberg) — Prosecutors can use evidence seized by police during a home search even though officers violated the Constitution by failing to knock or announce their presence before entering, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled. The justices, voting 5-4 in a Michigan case, today …
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The Only Explanation: Arlen Specter Has Been Replaced By An Android Running Windows ME
Arlen Specter, 6/11/06: Absolutely not. That was an erroneous report. If anybody has violated the law, they’ll be held accountable, both as to criminal conduct and as to civil conduct. And in no way did I promise amnesty or immunity or letting anybody off the hook. Via Greenwald, Arlen Specter’s proposed legislation: Section 801 of …
Talking Turkey
The other day I mocked a few people who seem to think the most important aspect of Bush’s visit to Iraq was the opportunity to once again revisit the bogus claims that Bush help up a ‘fake turkey’ in a previous visit to Iraq. As the person I was chiding was a Democrat, predictably, the …
Astronomers Locate Hell
The European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton telescope has turned up something truly weird (possible subscription wall): Astronomers have spotted a huge cloud of fiery gas speeding through a distant cluster of galaxies. They say it is the biggest object of its kind ever seen. The gas ball contains more matter than a 1,000 billion Suns, and …
Who You Rollin’ With?
Bob Saget. Illest Mutha F—a in a Cardigan Sweater. Definitely NSFW.
Bush’s Conference
There was actually a part of the press conference today when Bush, if you could get past the stammering, stuttering, etc., actually said something that made a great deal of sense: But I understand why people, Richard, are concerned, because progress is hard to see. You know, it’s one thing to say, we’ve got Zarqawi, …