You probably just assumed that Elana Kagan has been on the Supreme Court for months, stone cold legislating from the bench and making everyone have gay abortions without their guns or whatever, but in fact she still has to be confirmed by the full Senate. Is this a thing that will happen? Probably! The New York Times has a convenient chart of Senators, and what they think of our future Judge-Dictator. [NYT]- The recently signed nuclear arms treaty, though — the Senate’s not going to deal with that any time soon. Come on, they’re just nuclear weapons, what harm are they doing anybody? [NYT]
- Did someone try to assassinate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? Is the definition of “homemade grenade” broad enough to encompass pretty much any explosive thingie made at home, including celebratory firecrackers? Do Iranians still get excited enough by visits from the president to throw homemade firecrackers, or possibly excited enough to attempt to kill him with a grenade? [The Guardian]
- A U.S. District Court will be ruling on Proposition 8 today, probably in California’s afternoon, so look out for that and prepare to be elated/depressed. [CBS 47]
IT'S MORNING IN AMERICA
August 4, 2010
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The nuclear arms treaty? If they vote for it, then they’re “disarming America,” but if they vote against it, they’re disobeying Reagan.
Hmmm. Well, if Obama wants it, it has to be filibustered. That’s what the pocket guide says.
I haz confooshun. Is this Morning in America?
[re=631646]proudgrampa[/re]: sometimes ya gotta add a “u” to it.
It seems that Shitter Vitter isn’t the only GOPer who acts like a baby (I don’t know if the others pay for it though.) They throw shitfits when they can’t find his binky or have a poopy diaper or when it is something important.
I’m always prepared to be elated/depressed. I’m a Bipolar-American.
[re=631646]proudgrampa[/re]: YES YES IT IS. It is TOO EARLY MORNING in America for your morning editor to remember to put the right tags on, apparently.
“The semi-official Fars News Agency initially said a “homemade grenade” was thrown but changed the report within a few minutes, referring instead to a “homemade firecracker”, which it said was thrown as a “sign of joy”.
I bet the dude they arrested will still be giggling all the while as I’mADinnerJacket’s goons joyfully hammer his kneecaps and pull off his fingernails. Don’t forget to hose the joy off the walls when you’re finished with him.
If America loses our ability to blow up the world 50 times over, then all we’ll have left to defend ourselves is a military that’s merely as large as the rest of the world’s combined; clearly, we can’t give up any of our nukes and throw them into the sun, no matter what that commie illegal immigrant Superman says.
DESTROY! SUPERMAN!
Can’t believe you missed the big news of the day – Tom Friedman comes out of the closet:
“There are several reasons why I don’t object to a mosque being built near the World Trade Center site, but the key reason is my affection for Broadway show tunes.“
JFK killed, RFK killed, MLK killed, Regan wounded, Aminadinnerjacket missed, it seems the more evil you are the better chance you have of avoiding an assassination.
[re=631661]red sky[/re]: Well, you know who ELSE narrowly avoided assassination.
[re=631667]proudgrampa[/re]: George Wallace?
This just in: Bristol Palin Dumps Levi … again. Not that it’s important, of course.
[re=631667]proudgrampa[/re]: Jerry
PackarderGrahamerHudsonerHuppmobile. Oh shit, Jerry somedamned chunck of Detroit iron.[re=631661]red sky[/re]: Oh, plus, Lincoln. Except, also, on the other hand, I saw a politically incorrect guide that sez he’s worse than Hitler and Stalin, combined and rolled into one person. So I guess that disproves your theory?
If this treaty passes, how will we nuke all the deep-water oil spills? Tweety wants to know!
[re=631661]red sky[/re]: Bush only had a shoe thrown at his head. So, yes.
[re=631661]red sky[/re]: Jimmy Hoffa?
[re=631681]TGY[/re]: Thank God People magazine is there to cover the hot issues of our time, even when “Us” drops the ball.
[re=631658]Johnny Zhivago[/re]: God, that’s such an amazing Friedman sentence, complete with hilariously absurd non-sequitor. “There are many reasons why I like ham, first among them being way raindrops roll off the wings of a butterfly”
In other news, that NYT article is actually pretty interesting. Heh, I love Olympia “Don’t call me a RINO” Snowe’s take:
“Ms. Kagan has won the support of all ten Solicitors General who have served since 1985, including five Republican appointees, and she has also earned the support of over fifty deputy and assistant solicitors general who have served over the last forty-two years”
…what, we’re supposed to trust people whose job it is to deal with constitutional law EVERY DAY? Please. The constitution belongs to all of us, not to experts! I learned this at Glenn Beck U!
I’m pretty sure Homemade Grenade is an emo/thrash band out of Hays, Kansas.
“stone cold legislating from the bench”… I love that line.
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