What's Been Going On

Though I haven't been writing, I have indeed been reading and these are the items that have drawn my interest.

Patterico, playing to lovers of lawyer jokes everywhere, is ready to make a good start end it all over the Harriet Miers nomination to the SCOTUS. Check out all of his subsequent posts.

Steve H., previously one of Ann Coulter's many worshipers, is kicking her to the curb. He says that it’s over her faulty logic in her stance on Miers, but I think it’s because of her refusal to eat roast pork on a spit, or cornbread or flan or darn near anything else.

Rep. Curt Weldon goes ballistic (in a good way) over Able Danger and the Defense Intelligence Agency's apparent attempt to smear its whistle-blowers. AJ Strata has more and Captain Ed has much more. (Background is here.)

The Wilson-Plame maze still goes on, allegedly to determine who blew the CIA cover of one Valerie Plame after her husband, Joseph Wilson IV disputed the White House's claim that Saddam Hussein had attempted to acquire nuclear weapon materials from Niger. I’d be the last to say that I have a handle on who might have done what, but one issue I don’t find ambiguous is this: according to this standard, no law has been broken. Remember that the next time some legislator goes off on a tangent about wasting time and money (like that’s ever going to happen). Tom Maguire is the best source for all things Plame and Roger Simon smells a snipe hunt.

And, as Florida stares another hurricane straight in the eye, Val P. puts on his hurricane deflector hat. (Is it made of tin-foil?) Speaking of tin-foil, one wonders what George W. Bush has against his little brother. After all we just know that the president is producing these things from his hurricane machine located in the bunker deep beneath the White House. Right? Right? Or is that type of schizophrenic paranoia applicable only when the local government is incompetent?

On a serious note, Val also observes that Cuba will catch the worst of Hurricane Wilma, for specific reasons.

Comments

[Val Prieto]

Thanks for the link, Juliette!

And just to clarify, my hurricane deflector hat is made out of polished, high gloss titanium. I had a tinfoil one, but it tended to block Rove's "special" messages.

[ilyka]

I think it’s because of her refusal to eat roast pork on a spit, or cornbread or flan or darn near anything else.

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[Chevy Rose]

I haven't been by for a couple of weeks, and this post reminds me to thump self on head for being so slow.
Great posting, particularly Ann Coulter and her change in diet..:)

[bleedingbrain]

Hi Juliette,

You are back indeed.

Glad to see you.

[Fausta]

If you haven't already, buy Steve's cookbook, Eat What You Want and Die Like a Man : The World's Unhealthiest Cookbook. You'll laugh hard, and gain weight, too. Just don't have your cholesterol tested after trying out the recipes or your doctor will have a conniption.

[Justin]

Re: the Plame investigation: I hope all the conservatives have their "perjury is no big deal" arguments lined up if indictments do come down. (-:

[ErikZ]

Yeah, Ann is pretty thin. Maybe she gets her energy from being hungry all the time.

I prefer my women to be a bit more solid. Fat or muscle, give me something besides bones. I don't want to be bleeding internally from a good hug.

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