All of America finally decide to impeach the president at the same time for some reason? The quick drop-off suggests that everyone quickly learned who’d take over.

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There are now two places on Earth where New Orleans isn’t a half-abandoned wasteland: Micheal “Brownie” Brown’s mind and Google Maps. MORE »

* Gonzo makes it through almost three minutes of questions from the press today. [The Swamp]
* John McCain still proud of McCain-Feingold, can’t remember back any further. [Captain's Quarters]
* National ballistic missile defense made out of sugar cubes. [C&L]
* Al Qaeda’s intellectual property is safe with Google. [Jawa Report]
* Duncan Hunter has someone write a blawg post for him. [Blogs for Bush]
* Jim Webb “was BORN FIGHTING and will CHOKE A BITCH if need be.” [DCeiver]

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* Congressional Republicans push through change to health insurance rules at the buzzer. [WP]
* Meanwhile, Democrats fail to extort concessions from oil and gas companies. “Wait ’til next year,” they say. [WSJ]
* That’s when they’ll be relying on younger members’ “energy” and “intensity” to get everything they want from the 110th Congress. [WP]
* State department intelligence on Iranian nuclear terrorists powered by Google. [WP]
* William Jefferson wins reelection, reaffirms superiority of the American political system. [WP, NYT]
* Iraq Study Group’s report exposes rift among Republicans. James Baker and Lee Hamilton claim they got no beef with President Bush, and want to know who you callin’ “surrender monkey?” [WP, NYT]
* Barack Obama goes to New Hampshire, tells giant crowd that he doesn’t trust his own hype. [WP, NYT]
* In his farewell speech today, Kofi Annan will rip White House policies in the only dapper, civilized, and slightly accented way he knows. [USAT]
* Havana-born Republican congresswoman calls for the assignation of Fidel Castro, dog bites man. [NYT]
* Republican Presidential hopefuls kiss Bush family ass, dog bites man. [LAT]

Google’s home page has this little “How to of the Day” feature with links to WikiHow, “The How-To Manual That Anyone Can Write or Edit.” MORE »

We’re used to seeing the Administration clumsily torn apart by the liberals, but the Wall Street Journal blog has some of the cruelest comments about Bush that we’ve ever seen. Plus, they don’t bring up global warming or civil rights … just plain hatred.

Bush was interviewed by “Mrs. Moneypenny” or whoever over at CNBC. He was asked if he likes to get busy on the Internets. His reply:

Occasionally. One of the things I’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps. It’s very interesting to see that. I forgot the name of the program, but you get the satellite and you can — like, I kind of like to look at the ranch on Google, reminds me of where I want to be sometimes. Yeah, I do it some.

Sure, it’s retarded, but it’s fairly honest for Bush: I would like to be on that land I bought in 1999 when they said I had to be Texan. I kind of like to be very far away from here and this fucking job that I’m always fucking up. Just let me go home, Cheney, please ….

But the comments are savage. We’ll post some, after ye olde jump.

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• White House proposes that new, stricter sanctions on North Korea include weapons, Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter collection. [WP, NYT]

• “Axis of evil” still only 33% invaded. [WP]
• How the hell did they get that bomb anyway? [LAT]
• Papers publish polls. Probable voters pretty pissed at GOP. [WP, NYT, USAT]
• Democrats need to gain 15 seats to take control of the House, Republicans admit they plan to lose between 7 and 30. [WP]
• Hispanic population in US largely unregistered, those who do vote are open to pandering. [WSJ]
• South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon to become new UN Secretary General. [NYT]
• Google buys YouTube for $1.65 billion, a price that was buoyed by the cute cat videos you uploaded last week. [NYT]

Everybody’s favorite friendly hippie tech giant isn’t just enabling evildoers in China these days. The “Don’t Be Evil”wonkette go folks at Google are getting busy with D.C. MORE »

Above, a search query (”how to find a chick to fuck if i am married”), from a US House of Representatives computer, that led to racy-ish group blog girlspoke. Congress is on recess, alas, which makes it either a staffer (unlikely: numerous trend pieces in print and on television suggest that they are constantly surrounded by scantily-clad interns) or, someone without a district to go home to. That’s right: Eleanor Holmes Norton. MORE »

• Yesterday Sen. Chuck Schumer “seemed to say that as long as Lieberman promised to caucus with Dems and vote for Harry Reid as majority leader, Lieberman would still be in Schumer’s good graces.” This made Howard Dean’s brother and chair of Democracy For America, Jim Dean, totally mad. He had no choice but to send “Dear Supporter” emails earlier today. [Hotline On Call]

• Don Imus and White House Press Secretary Tony Snow mocked President Jimmy Carter yesterday. “Imus called Carter a “dope” and claimed his presidency had ‘humiliat[ed] America,’ drawing laughter from Snow.” [Think Progress]
• Is it constitutional to prohibit pregnant women from smoking? [Hit and Run]
• Yahoo meaner to China than Google, according to Reporters Without Borders. [Winds of Change]
• Joe Wilson may bring civil suit against Karl Rove. [Wizbang]