July 29, 2005

July 28, 2005

Skyline

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from the roof of my new apartment.

Rosey Grier's Needlepoint for Men

Needlepoint For Men, originally uploaded by Extreme Craft

Rosey Grier's Needlepoint for Men came out in 1973. At 6'5" and 300 pounds, the NFL defensive lineman didn't care if you thought he was a sissy or not.

Check out the whole set. (via)

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July 27, 2005

July 26, 2005

I Didn't Do It

The "I Didn't Do It" crowd is back in the Whitehouse, read this astitute analysis from Digby:

This is the second time in 25 years that we've had a two term GOP president who has to be portrayed as dumb, distanced and out-of-it in order to cover for his staff running amuck. They're always out of the loop, aren't they? Never quite in charge when the bad shit happens, only the good. It's time for the Democrats to start tying this into a bigger narrative about national security. These tough guys, these people who are going to keep us safe, seem to continually elect presidents who are clueless about what's going on around them. Or, at least, that's what they are always forced to use as an excuse when they fuck up.

Funny...

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July 22, 2005

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July 19, 2005

Bush's Shiny Thing

What was that about Karl Rove?

AP reports that John G. Roberts Jr. (a more complete - but biased - summary of his views is also available) will be his nominee to replace Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. We wonder which "Senior Whitehouse Officials" burned journalists when they fed them information about the dueling Edith's.

The game is on.

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July 18, 2005

Your Republican Congress

Republican Congressman Rep. Tom Tancredo (CO-6) had this to say about bombing Muslim holy sites:

A Colorado congressman told a radio show host that the U.S. could "take out" Islamic holy sites if Muslim fundamentalist terrorists attacked the country with nuclear weapons.

Rep. Tom Tancredo made his remarks Friday on WFLA-AM in Orlando, Florida. His spokesman stressed he was only speaking hypothetically.

Talk show host Pat Campbell asked the Littleton Republican how the country should respond if terrorists struck several U.S. cities with nuclear weapons.

"Well, what if you said something like -- if this happens in the United States, and we determine that it is the result of extremist, fundamentalist Muslims, you know, you could take out their holy sites," Tancredo answered.

"You're talking about bombing Mecca," Campbell said.

"Yeah," Tancredo responded.

The congressman later said he was "just throwing out some ideas" and that an "ultimate threat" might have to be met with an "ultimate response."

Spokesman Will Adams said Sunday the four-term congressman doesn't support threatening holy Islamic sites but that Tancredo was grappling with the hypothetical situation of a terrorist strike deadlier than the September 11, 2001, attacks.

emphasis added

This is your Republican Congress, people.

Good thing the Congressman has a functioning cortex, because he is too dumb to breathe on his own.

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Don't Reply to Spam

We get letters:

Crap I was a dumbass and responded to a spam email you guys have (featured) on your website. At first i was emailed to help this lady and she will give me some money. It sounded to good to be true. So after a couple days of exchanging info (My freaking phone number and address) I looked her up on yahoo and found this site with the same letter:

First, I must apologize if my mode of first contact is not acceptable to you and also solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly private and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried

My Name is Sylvia Letana,I am the only dauther of late Mr. and Mrs Fred Nzinga...

What should I do now. And is this for sure not real? For some reason I still have hope that this is true and she needs help. But I really know its fake and I feel like a real dumbass. Well plz email me back.

We are not sure if this is spam itself, so we will go ahead and answer here.

There are three issues here, with the first item being most important, the second being something you should follow from now on, and the third being superfluous.

First, you are so screwed. Totally. Screwed.

It is amazing what you can get with a name, address, and phone number. We just hope that you did not send your Social Security number, or your Mother's Maiden name because if you did my friend, you have just became a statistic.

What you need to do is to alert your bank, credit card companies, utility, phone companies, and whatever other company you have an account with, that you think you are the victim of identity theft, and put a hold on everything. At the same time, ask if there have been any changes of address or charges on every account in the last 30 days. Each company should have some method of dealing with fraud, and for "locking" your account to change. Greg Storey just went through this, and there are many good tips which you should follow.

Do this now.

Second, you (and this goes for everyone else out there) should never, ever respond to messages from strangers who offer free or outlandish "opportunities." Ever. If you don't know them, don't respond - especially if there are attachments - which you aren't opening ever (right?). Your penis will never grow longer (or girthier), your website won't ever attract millions, that sweet lady in Africa isn't really in trouble, and no one ever is the executor of a large inheritance. Ever. Especially if your "long lost relative" is from Africa and you are Honkey McWhiterson - it just isn't true.

Trust us on this one.

Third, you now owe us a brand new computer for being so incredibly foolish to give out your personal information over email. While you are buying us that spanking new computer, why don't you just buy yourself one while you have your credit card out - which seems to be your natural state when on the internet. That way your system won't be 0wNed (w00t!) when you eventually open an attachment, or download some wallpaper or screensaver and have your Windows machine crash due to spyware. We know you will eventually throw it out anyway, so you should just short-circuit that waste of $1,000 and buy two Macs, and give us one in the beginning.

Think how much more efficient that will be.

This next sentence will sound harsh - it is, but so is life. You are lucky that you have a fully-functioning cervical cortex, because handing out personal information over email to some dude in Nigeria is perhaps the stupidest thing we have ever heard. We know it sounds like an "incredible opportunity" or that you want to help someone out in times of need, just don't do it. Seriously, Don't do it, period. In fact, you might have just received a penalty flag on that play; please put down your keyboard, and stay off the internet for 10 days. Sorry, those are the breaks.

So good luck with fixing your mistake - hopefully everything will work out in the end. Just keep track of your account, and don't respond to spam and click attachments.

We will be waiting for our computer - the 20 inch model will be fine.

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July 15, 2005

July 14, 2005

Rove Supporters are in favor of outing CIA Agents

You should listen to CSPAN, now. Via TPM, comes this note about what is happening in the Senate now:

Harry Reid just introduced an amendment to the homeland security appropriations that would prevent anyone who discloses the identity of a covert CIA operative from having a security clearance. There will be 90 minutes of debate, and then a vote.

Watch it on CSPAN, and watch those Senators who are in favor of no consequences for outing CIA Agents vote against this amendment.

Late Update
Looks like the Democratic amendment failed. So the GOP is on record that it is A-OK for those who leak classified information to keep access to classified information. Boggles the mind.

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Quatorze Juillet

ChampsElysée14juillet-01, originally uploaded by Julie70

Today is Quatorze Juillet (Fête Nationale) - or more widely known as Bastille Day - a celebration of freedom from oppression. Marking the day the French people began the overthrow of King Louis XVI by storming the Bastille, we should reflect on how much our two countries are similar, and not let the politicians who want to divide us, have the day.

As I wrote last year, French-bashing has all but become a full-fledged sport in this country, and I am ashamed of it. Both of our countries are experiencing tremendous changes in demographics, security, and position in world politics. Both of our countries need each other for the mutual defense against those who seek to destroy independence, both foreign and domestic. Especially since France is our #1 anti-terror allay. It is my hope that those who think the French are pushy and stuck-up actually visit France and find a people who are full of life, joy, and wonder.

Just as last year, a Frenchman - David Moncoutié - won today's stage at the Tour de France. Moncoutié is sure to never go hungry or thirsty in France again for his breakaway with 37 km to go in Stage 12 win. The crowd was so loud, the EuroSport audio feed had to be tuned down.

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All You need to Know about Rove & Valerie Plame

The government outed a secret agent, and her sources in Europe may have died as a result. This woman risked her life for her country. We need to bring the leakers to justice.

Steve Laniel

Everything else is pure smokescreen. Case Closed.

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July 13, 2005

July 12, 2005

Read My Lips...

Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Karl Rove Right to Jail

You know, this is a pretty simple issue: Karl Rove's lawyer already spilled the beans that he had disclosed to Time reporter Matt Cooper about Valerie Plame. As corroboration, the Time emails from Cooper to his editors also substantiate this fact.

Setting aside legal matters, looks like another President Bush has trouble keeping promises.

President Bush had pledged at the beginning of the Plame investigation in June, 2004, to dismiss any leakers in the case.

Read his lips: "No leakers."

Well Mr. President, Karl Rove is one of your leakers.

Will you fire Karl Rove? Response:

President Bush, at an Oval Office photo opportunity Tuesday, was asked directly whether he would fire Rove in keeping with a pledge in June, 2004, to dismiss any leakers in the case. The president did not respond.

We thought not - looks like yet another Bush family fib.

Why not fire Rove? Because Rove owns half of D.C. - and the President knows this.

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Tour de France Google Earth Maps

Tour de France Google Earth Maps, originally uploaded by plemeljr

Are we the very last to have tried out Google Earth (the re branded Keyhole)? This is such a killer application, that we can hardly speak. Unfortunately, Google Earth is windows only - which is a shame, because we will not be able to use it on our Mac. What makes Google Earth such a killer app, is that users can create, save, and export their paths/trips and share them.

The best application of this feature we have found, are these amazingly (wonderful!) put together Tour de France maps which allows you to follow le Tour along as the race progresses.

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July 11, 2005

Ad Tag

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It is amazing what a single sticker tag can do to a well-oiled PR campaign.

Rove in Africa

So the tide is turning: the media have finally had enough of Karl Rove and blood is in the water. Via Atrios comes this interesting blurb from Mike Isikoff on where Rove could have received information about Valerie Plame/Wilson's status as a covert CIA agent:

ISIKOFF: But the problem that people in the White House, Rove among them, may have is how did they know that Valerie Plame, or Wilson's wife worked at the CIA? What we do know is there was a classified State Department report that said this, that was taken by Secretary of State Powell with him on the trip to Africa that President Bush was then on, and many senior White House aides were on.

That classified State Department report appears to have been -- or may well have been the source for the information that Rove and others were then dishing out to reporters. And if that's the case, there still may be -- we don't know yet, but there still may be an instance where classified information was provided to reporters.

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We wanted to fix down which trip this actually was, to see if Karl Rove was there. The trip in question seems to have been around 3 June 2003 when the President was actually in Egypt - the week before he was meeting with Ariel Sharon. From articles culled from Lexis-Nexis, it does seem that Karl Rove was on the trip, as was then Secretary of State Colin Powell, and then National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.

Please note that Rove's presence was reported as quite a surprise from both the American media, and also the foreign press.

Update - 12 Jul 2005
It seems that the trip Isikoff is referencing is the trip to July 7-12 2003 not the 3 June trip. Rove was not on the July 7-12 trip. Novak "outed" Plame in his 14 July 2003 article. See Valerie Plame Leak Timeline.

Steve Clemons this Bolton Chief of Staff Fred Fleitz could be the connection.

Please come with us on a trip through Lexis-Nexus:

Continue reading "Rove in Africa"

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Tour de France Rest Day

Tour de France (Luneville-Karlsruhe), originally uploaded by m4tik

Even though today is a rest day on the Tour de France, it doesn't mean that you shouldn't (or can't) get a Tour fix today.

Check out all of the Tour de France photos on Flickr, and the SIRIUS Tour de France/ Lance Armstrong Reports which you can download as a podcast.

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Great Spam

We just received this awesome piece of spam in our mailbox, and we wanted to show it to our reader(s):

Dear Sir,

I am sending you this unsolicited mail because of an urgent need for your help.

I am Anastasia Pichugin from Russia. I am the wife of Alexei Pichugin the Chief Security officer of Yukos Oil. My husband is presently serving a jail term for murder that he did not commit. He is in jail because he refused to give the Russian Government information regarding the case of his boss Mikail Khordorsky who is also in a Russian jail, after the Russian Government sold his oil company Yukos.

After visiting my husband in jail last week, he asked me to look for a foreigner who will claim and invest the sum of $275million he kept with two (2) banks in Western Europe. He wants the funds moved because the Russian Government confiscated all his Estates in Russia and are now trying to have his funds abroad frozen, hence my contact with you.

I am urging you to help me move and invest the funds in your country. I have the paper of the accounts and will give you all the necessary information you may require towards moving out the money.

Please respond via mail for now as my phone is bugged and I cannot discuss with you on it.

Your earlier and prompt response will be appreciated.

Sincerely Yours,

Anastasia Pichugin

Do spam writers now employ screenwriters, because as spam goes, this one was pretty good. Especially humorous is the topical information about the Russian government seizing large industrial corporations (which they are doing) and the writer being the wife of security chief Alexei Pichugin (pro-Pichugin site) who has already been sentenced to 20 years in prison for murder. The part about the phone being bugged, so email is the only way to contact "Anastasia," is also particularly great.

Oh, that's good.

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July 9, 2005

London Stands

london_stands, originally uploaded by dario.agosta

A series of London Tube Symbols, remixed into protest signs.

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July 8, 2005

July 7, 2005

The Corrections Page

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How many times have you read a website, only to see the following phrase (or a variant of):

Weblogs are better than X, because weblogs are self correcting.

Yeah, a Google search brings up over 22,000 instances of this phrase. The phrase has some merit: the more eyes on the ball, the better chance for corrections to occur.

However, we were always ambivalent to the veracity of this phrase; basic human nature always interferes with any grand experiment, even-though weblogs are a great equalizer and offer opportunities not only of expression but of real community building. The problem is the proverbial "bear in woods" situation: if an infinite amount of webloggers correct themselves, but no one listens (because the post scrolls past the front of the page - or the heightened ADD the web finds itself in), are they really correcting themselves?

You would think by now that with all of the talk about self-correcting blogosphere, there would be a place where you could publicly correct yourself. Yes, there are blogs such as Regret the Error, which track newspaper errors, but there isn't a website which chronicles blogger's errors.

So with that in mind, we built the Corrections Page around the idea of creating a shared space where we can all air our dirty laundry. It is our little experiment to see if the weblogging community can really "self correct." In the spirit of openness, we've placed the first correction - a slight one, but we will be combing our archives for errors, omissions, and full-blown wrongness.

The Corrections Page is built using Ben Hammersley's fantastic Movable Type hack which powers the venerable LazyWeb. To place a correction, all you need to do is to place a trackback via your blogging software du jour to the following address:

http://www.correctionspage.org/correcttb.cgi

There is a RSS feed for people to use while following at home. We want to know what people think about this service, so please leave some feedback in this post.

Good Luck! And keep it up, you self-correcting wonder-blog-o-sphere!

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Multiple Explosions in London

NOTE: for the next day or so there will be mass confusion and unsubstantiated rumors. Remember all of those reported bombings in DC on September 11th? Our thoughts go out ta all Brits today.

At least seven explosions rock London - at least two confirmed dead.

All Tube and Mass transit shut down. This map shows where suspected bombs are.

There is already a Flickr Pool and there are photos from eyewitnesses.

This Wikipedia Entry is surprisingly up-to-date.

This Metafilter thread has eyewitness and local coverage.

A Letter To The Terrorists, From London

First Person stories:

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July 6, 2005

Stage 5: Chambord - Montargis

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More Tour de France news - just be warned that for the next three weeks, TdF posts will increase exponentially. Today was a fairly uneventful Stage 5 from Chambord - Montargis (183 km) but the big story is the sportsmanship of a certain Texan.

Today, Lance Armstrong declined to wear the Yellow Jersey out of respect for fellow American David Zabriskie who had crashed within 3km of the finish. This is a huge deal - what other sporting event would you see the winner of an event decline the fruits of that win out of sportsmanship? Whatever you think of Lance and his 6 wins, he is the consummate sportsman and a gracious winner.

What people don't realize or understand about pro cycling is that each rider has long memories, and each are completely versed in the history and pageantry of the sport. There quite many gentleman's agreements which occur during the Tour - stopping when your adversary falls is merely the tip of the iceberg. Not taking advantage of mishaps, falls, or tragedy is another.

This is what Lance had to say:

Yesterday was really close and without that crash it probably would have come down to hundredths of a second. In light of that and the tradition of the last 30 or 40 years in the Tour de France where nobody really has taken a yellow jersey after a crash, I decided to leave it empty today out of respect for Dave Zabriskie and the tradition of the race. We watched the race last night on TV back at the hotel, and that was a very serious crash.

That didn't sit well with TdF director Jean-Marie Leblanc, who stopped the race before exiting the neutral zone at the beginning of the race:

Tour director Jean-Marie Leblanc got strict about the rule book, which states that the overall race leader "must wear" the yellow jersey.

"There was no negotiation," Armstrong said. "Jean-Marie said: 'You don’t start in the jersey, and you don’t start tomorrow.' So I said 'OK."'

So there you go.

There was no major change in the General Classification, with Lance Armstrong still in Yellow.

Tomorrow's 199 km Stage 6 from Troyes to Nancy is quite a dog from every pasture. Four 4th Category climbs and three Sprints will see multiple breakaways with the peloton catching them throughout the day. Lance and the Disco boys will try to stay out front again, as the peloton still hasn't left their nervousness. Johan Bruyneel of Discovery Channel might try to get big George Hincapie out front during the sprints in order to shoulder the Maillot Jaune from Lance. As always, the final 10 km will be a great sprint to the finish, listen to it on Eurosport WMA Feed tomorrow morning.

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Average Joe: Olympics Edition

Annie Fannie Strikes Back, originally uploaded by SNLfreak5104

The day of reckoning has come and passed - the clock has ticked down. This morning it was announced in Singapore that London has won the 2012 Olympics bid.

If the 2012 Olympics bid were like Average Joe, then "Average Joe" New York - Met's cap and all - lost to dapper Bespoke-clad London (with or without monocle is unknown). New York got voted out in the second round - only Moscow was cut before NYC. That could be NY2012's or the NYC Chamber of Commerce's new tagline:

New York City - Not as bad as Moscow

In all seriousness, NYC's bid never had a serious chance to win the 2012 bid. The Olympics have been in the USA in Salt Lake City (2002) & Atlanta (1996) and in Vancouver (2010) - the IOC has been said to prefer to distribute the Olympics across the globe, and it has been in North America perhaps too frequently. Yes the stadium fiasco undoubtedly affected the bid, but as we wrote before, this falls squarely on the shoulders of Mike & Dan for not adequately planning. This wasn't Politics Bringing down Development, but rather the process working: a huge white elephant stadium was stopped from being approved.

In the end, we are quite happy with London receiving the Olympics bid. Let them have the crowds, construction, and associated pain which the Olympics bring.

Check out these NYC 2012 Party from yesterday, and all photos with the Olympics tag.

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July 5, 2005

TdF TTT

Yellow Down! Yellow Down! David Zabriskie fell before the last 1k!

CSC came in 2 seconds back of Discovery Channel!
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Wow, what a finish! Stage 4 today was the Tours - Blois Team Time Trial (TTT) of 65k. It was a battle between Discovery Channel and CSC with the Disco boys starting out slow and picking up time on CSC at every time check.

But the big news is that American David Zabriskie (CSC), who won the Stage 1 Individual Time Trial and held the Maillot Jaune for the first three stages, fell at the 3 km mark. It appears that his foot came out of his clipless pedals, with Zabriskie going over the bars and getting cut up pretty well. His CSC team had to continue on to finish the TTT, but came up 2" slower than Lance Armstrong's team Discovery Channel.

Zabriskie was a class act all three days he wore the Maillot Jaune, and we feel for him - this is no way to lose the mary jane. What a tragedy! Zabriskie was bound to lose the Maillot Jaune in the next few days, but losing it in this fashion is just unfortunate. People will be talking for days about the affect Zabriskie's fall had on CSC, falling 2 seconds slower than the Disco boys.

So Lance Armstrong is in Yellow again - a bit earlier than he probably wanted - whomever wears Yellow is in charge of leading the Peloton, thus doing more work. The next few days - Chambord - Montargis and Troyes - Nancy - will be fairly flat, but the Peloton will still be nervous and more falls will occur. Whether or not Lance would be in yellow, the Disco boys would keep him up in the front to protect him from crashes.

The General classification after stage 4 is (full results):

  1. Lance Armstrong (USA - DSC)
  2. George Hincapie (USA - DSC) at 55"
  3. Jens Voigt (GER) - CSC) at 1’04"
  4. Bobby Julich (USA - CSC) at 1’07"
  5. Jose Luis Rubiera (ESP - DSC) 1’14"

Other notables:

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Wood iPod

CIMG0065, originally uploaded by ZapWizard

This sets the bar high for iPod hacks: the Redwood iPod. Not just a veneer, but rather this woodworker took off the white plastic front, and replaced it with a hand-crafted redwood front.

Check out the whole gallery and the Mod thread.

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July 4, 2005

Happy Birthday

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Happy Birthday, America! May American Exceptionalism continue to flourish during these difficult times.

July 3, 2005

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July 1, 2005

2005 Tour de France

Lance Armstrong having won another TdF!, originally uploaded by belfast-biker

This weekend, the world will be focused on tiny Fromentine, located on the French coast, for the beginning stage of the Tour de France. This year Lance Armstrong is sponsored by Discovery Channel, the Postal Service's sponsorship having expired after last year's Tour win. Lance will defend his 6-time TdF win over 21 stages (excellent stage overview) with virtually the same team he rode with last year. Even though Lance fell a week ago, it has been reported that Lance is in fine shape and is determined to win his 7th victory at the Tour.

Saturday's stage Fromentine - Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile ITT is 19 km individual time trial - longer than the traditional shorter Prologue and can be watched on OLN live 8:30-11:30am ET. OLN also replays the day's stage throughout the day - the 8pm prime time version is especially good because they are able to package extra footage and commentary, without interrupting the near-constant race coverage.

For updates, check out the always awesome Tour de France blog and ESPN's TdF page.

...And you should really be reading the articles on The Paceline - you have to register, but then you can read posts from people on Lance's team such as Dan Osipow, who has this awesome tidbit:

Man capris are still here:

While many thought we had seen the last of the man capris running around at the Tour last year, the questionable fashion statement appears to remain in vogue. Many a cameraman/journalist was spotted sporting the look today. It all took a turn for the worse when nearly all of the members of Rabobank wore tracksuits avec man capris to the medical check up. Yikes.

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O'Connor Retires

Wow the rumors are true - Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announced her retirement once the Senate confirms her successor.

Here is Justice O’Connor's letter to the President:

Dear President Bush:

This is to inform you of my decision to retire from my position as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States effective upon the nomination and confirmation of my successor. It has been a great privilege, indeed, to have served as a member of the court for 24 Terms. I will leave it with enormous respect for the integrity of the Court and its role under our Constitution’s structure.

Sincerely,

Sandra Day O’Connor

Wow, we thought the legislative session would be busy, but looks like we will be treading into a whole different level bizarro-world soon.

While the battle over confirmation for the Chief Justice would be fierce, the retirement of O'Connor presents itself to Conservative groups an opportunity to critically alter the composition of the Court. O'Connor was often a pivotal swing vote on issues from the juvenile death penalty to abortion to affirmative action. I'm sure the Dobsonites are just salivating at the prospect of effecting a regressive change on the Court.

Prediction: This summer will suck.

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Bolton Update

Wow, after multiple failed cloture votes, the President's nomination for UN Ambassador John Bolton (history) looked like he was on the track to be the first Ambassador to take the position via a recess appointment, things are changing - quickly.

The ever vigilant Steve Clemens is reporting that the Bolton will not get a recess appointment, and that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will bring up his nomination along with a "U.N. reform" package sometime next month. So either Bolton did not agree to a recess appointment (which would have effectively neutered his power) or the White House thinks that we all have "Bolton fatigue." If Bolton is not recessed appointed during the Fourth of July recess, it won't be because of some new-found reverence for tradition and respect for the Constitution by the Bush administration; rather, it would be based on ego: would Bolton allow for the embarrassment of a recess appointment?

Hopefully in a week we can applaud the administration for not unprecedentedly using the recess appointment for Bolton, hurting American diplomacy when it is sorely needed.

We agree with Steve that the White House is seriously miscalculating on fatigue factor; yes - the summer funnies will start soon, but there is a perfect storm brewing between Bolton, the Downing Street Memos, and the ongoing Plame invaestigation. Extending the clock only helps the opposition.

If Bolton will be scheduled for another vote, it would not be at least until the third week of July - and there are only three legislative weeks between now and the August recess (see schedule). During this period the Senate also has to take up the beginning of the budget process and any emergency appropriations which will undoubtedly occur. It will be a busy three weeks for the Senate.

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