Desperate times call for desperate measures. Apparently, the Clinton camp has sensed that it’s third and long (and has been… for some time!) And, as time keeps ticking off the clock, the play is… go for the bomb! Anyway, while this Buzzflash piece observes that today’s bomb is the Clinton camp releasing pictures of Obama in traditional Somali attire during his visit to Kenya in 2006… to the Drudge Report of all places… and one wonders. Thus far, any and all attacks of this nature have only reminded us why so many of us can’t stand the (ruthless, self-serving) Clintons…...

This week, I decided to be all “convtroversial”, and pick a teeny-bopper icon that has… problems. So I give you Jamie Lynn Spiers, who I read recently was nice enough to visit her big sister Britney in the mental home… what a nice sister! Meanwhile, Daddy says that Ralph Nader (who?) is running for President, so check out “He’s Baaaaack!” over at American Street. Daddy says at 74, Ralph is even older than McCain. That seems really old to me… that’s as old as some of my grandparents! Well, it’s back to school this week… so, what else can I...

I was surprised to see that WaPo put up this op ed from not just one, but both of the only two Guantanamo detainee attorneys whose interviews were so extensive that they took two days, Brent Mickum, whose interview is posted here, and Joseph Margulies, whose interview has not been published. Brent and Joe happened to be among the earliest attorneys ever to visit detainees at Guantanamo, and have been at the forefront of the Guantanamo litigation since its earliest days. The subject of the WaPo op-ed concerns their representation of Abu Zubaydah, one of the “high value” detainees at...

Bruce the Veep has come up with a three-fer, on the subject of Sen. McCain and his… troubles. First, we learn that in the ultimate “hoist on your own petard” situation, McCain may be locked into too-low federal funding limits (limits he himself opposed raising!) and may open himself to charges of at best hypocrisy (McCain-Feingold was after all, his idea!) and at worst criminality (up to five years in jail and stiff fines!) if he tries to opt out, though if he is stuck with the federal spending limits… he can’t spend money til’ August! Part of the problem...

Candace is asking her friends to make a call to action, specifically, as enumerated on her blog here, she’s asking for letters of support for her client, Al-Ghizzawi, now resident of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who is evidently dying of medical neglect at the hands of our government, despite our government’s inability to even say exactly why it is we are holding him in the first place. Candace has brought an emergency motion before U.S. District Court Judge John Bates with respect to medical treatment, and at this point… is looking for your help. (As usual, since Candace often lets me...

The Unseen Editor sends along this Grey Lady hit-piece on Republican Presidential nominee (if we can’t say it now… then when?) Sen. John McCain, weaving in vague and unproven allegations of improprieties (including not so vague innuendo of a possible romantic relationship between the now 71 year old Sen. McCain and 40 year old telecom lobbyist Vicki Iseman). Supposedly, as he did with the Keating Five scandal in the 80’s, it seems McCain used his clout to try to lobby regulators for the benefit of some of Ms. Iseman’s clients. One can draw their own conclusions as to what this...

First, happy birthday to TD Mom. And then… it’s his tenth win in a row, but TD college classmate (people, on this blog, it’s always about me) Barack Obama has won his home state of Hawaii’s Democratic caucuses to add to his huge win in the Wisconsin primary making ten in a row. This forces former inevitable dynastic front-runner Hillary Clinton to not only win the Ohio and Texas primaries in two weeks’ time, at a time when Gallup is polling that she is losing support among Latinos and older women, but win them decisively to turn back the avalanche...

Daddy has said that as long as traffic from the bubblegum set keeps showing up here just to look at pictures of their favorite teeny-bopper heroes, I can keep writing this feature on Sundays. (He also says I am obliged to link to his weekly Sunday American Street post, this week’s being “It’s legal because the Spanish Inquisition was worse!“) Enough about Daddy. Now let’s talk about Vanessa. I don’t like her that much. Of course, because of that, I don’t have too much to say about her. I wonder what Zac sees in her. Then again, I don’t care...

The broken record paradigm of the Bush Administration has a number of variations, suich as a record of breaking nearly 800 continuous years of the Magna Carta, or his record budget deficits, or his record numbers of “signing statements” or record attendance at protests against he and his policies or American lawlessness and universal derision… But in this case, it’s that Bush sounds like a broken record, when chiming in that “Congress is endangering America“. Man, how often have we heard that? Ever since 9-11, he has asserted continuously that the Democrats threaten our safety, unless they cave to his...

Given that some point in the next few months, the Supreme Court is extremely likely to hand the Bush Administration its third loss (in a row) with respect to issues associated with its warehousing of overwhelmingly innocent men it is holding at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, one continues to be amazed (disappointed but not surprised, actually) at the Bush Administration’s refusal to back down with respect to its favorite gulag. Now, we learn that the Administration intends to use its time machine to pretend that it never tortured anyone, and, relying on magically “clean evidence” obtained by the FBI years after...