Sunday AM Thread

Good morning, all.  Don't forget to adjust your clocks - spring forward!

This Sunday Times Magazine article arrived too late for Libby.

Comments

[Jane]

Don't forget to spring forward everyone!

[Deagle]

Heh...well I wanted to say that but did not feel like I had the authority...

[Deagle]

I have been waiting for hours for the crew to wake up! Heh...

[Deagle]

Mercy... what time is it out where you are Jane? Must be an early riser (way too early).

[Nick Kasoff - The Thug Report]

You put "http" in your link twice, so it doesn't work to click it.

Nick Kasoff
The Thug Report

[Jane]

It's 8:30 here, and time is awasting!

[miriam]

new link to times article

If you go to the link which appears on the address line and just delete the http stuff, you'll get the article.

[Nick Kasoff - The Thug Report]

Pelosi cautions Bush not to veto an Iraq bill

She claims that Bush's intent to veto a bill with a mandated withdrawal schedule "offers only an open-ended commitment to a war without end that dangerously ignores the repeated warnings of military leaders."

So what exactly does a bill with a pull-out schedule offer? How about, "Hey, insurgents, just wait a few months and you'll be able to do whatever you want." Insane!

Nick Kasoff
The Thug Report

[Sue]

Cool. Not only does Pelosi want to micro-manage the war, she also wants to tell the president he can't use his veto pen. Seems to me she can do what is allowed in the constitution, instead of jabbering on and on. Get enough votes to override the veto. Should be simple if she is really speaking truth to power. (That term is starting to really make sense to me.)

[Sue]

I would love for someone (it won't be MSNBC) to show the juror a clip of Andrea Mitchell stating everyone knew, her bafflegab trying to walk back on it, and ask the if it would have caused them to rethink Russert's credibility.

[kate]

Pelosi clearly thinks she is quite important. We are confusing the European left who now think we have a parliamentary form of government because our media hasn't been clear that Pelosi is no more important than Hassert.

[stevesh]

Did That Last Entry Say "Tom Maguire"?
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The host and 2006 TIME Man of the Year is guestblogging over at Instapundit.

Congrats!

[Pofarmer]

Yes, Pelosi and Reid seem to think that they are king and queen. Suddenly the leadership positions in the House and Senate are the most important positions in the U.S. govt. Who knew?

[Christopher Fotos]

Enjoy the cool gig at Insta, Tom. Also may I suggest you read My 15 Minutes, All Because of Scooter, by Denis Collins, if you can bear it.

[Other Tom]

Lucianne this morning posted a link to the BBC video, "The Great Global Warming Swindle." The thing is 75 minutes long, but I sat transfixed, nursing a single Bloody Mary through the whole thing because I couldn't bring myself to go downstairs to replenish. I truly hope this thing gets huge circulation throughout this country and worldwide. As a starter, I would hope that it gets shown in every school that has made its students sit through Al Gore's propaganda piece. And you can bet your bottom dollar that this thing won't get Oscar consideration. Really a fabulous piece of work. I'll make my computer-ignorant effor to post the link here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9005566792811497638&q=great+global+warming+swindle&hl=en

[boris]

LinkyDinky

[Christopher Fotos]

It's very good, OT, although one of the scientists used in it says he was filmed under false pretenses, never would have appeared in it if the knew what the theme was, and that contra suggestions believes very strongly that human-CO2 contributes significantly to global warming. I'm totally on board with the movie, but there you go. I learned this on the Hot Air thread.

[stevesh]

CSPAN has a long interview* with Pam Hess (UPI) on her present impressions of war. HotAir (Via Memeorandum) has a short video of the interview. She gets it: cut the finger pointing, get it done. Her respect for the military and the Iraqi people is bracing.

*the full CSPAN link doesn't run very well at this point (realplayer fubar)

[Other Tom]

That's very interesting, Christopher. Do you happen to know which scientist? That's exactly the kind of thing the dissenting scientists accuse the IICP (or whatever that UN outfit is) of doing. I disapprove of it strongly no matter who is doing it.

[clarice feldman]

Mark Steyn:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/steyn/291111,CST-EDT-steyn11.article>Political Cloud is Over Fitzgerald

[clarice feldman]

Asgari is in our hands and is an intelligence gold mine on Iran:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1497034.ece>Asgari

[Neo]

Like that one clarice

[Neo]

Appears that cloud of the White House come from Fitzgerald's fried asp.

[Christopher Fotos]

OT: "Professor Wunsch," his full name and affiliation are in an Independent link in this Hot Air item and though I read it last night it's not opening at the moment. Producers deny misleading anyone etc. The documentary is still quite amazing, including a malaria scientist who had to threaten a lawsuit to get his name off the IPCC report. Apparently it's not uncommon for the IPCC to ignore requests by disillusioned scientists to have their names withdrawn from that series of reports.

[Other Tom]

Here's an excerpt from a report on Wunsch, and the producer's response, from a British newspaper.

"Durkin [the producer] said: 'Carl Wunsch was most certainly not "duped" into appearing in the film, as is perfectly clear from our correspondence with him. Nor are his comments taken out of context. His interview, as used in the programme, perfectly accurately represents what he said.'

"Channel 4 said: 'We feel it is important that all sides of the debate are aired. If one of the scientists featured now has concerns about his contribution, we will look into it in the normal way.'"

[UglyinLA]

.
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OT

Great video.

Its a shame that global warming is being debated through the media. What we really need is a no-holds barred debate between Al Gore vs Martin Durkin. In fact, Gore should have to explain how he buys carbon offsets from his own company, Generation Investment Management, and how GIM profits from his promotion of global warming.

By the way, the narrator's voice sounds like the same guy on the "What Happened on the Moon" documentary.

[RichatUF]

clarice...

I'm skeptical about this...because of the various leaks. There are Iranian moles in our IC, ask Bob Bear, he was roped into a murder-for-hire investigation because an Iranian communication picked up by the NSA said he was planning a hit on the left's favorite dictator Saddam Hussein

False Defector...Aldrich Ames and Vitaly Yurchenko

[clarice feldman]

The Times UK seems to have very good leads into British intelligence; the Asgari story has been reported by a number of credible sources. I'd consider it a disinfo campaign to rattle the Iranis but Asgari's family does all seem to have left Iran at the same time, and the Times story says Mossad worked this and I have every reason to believe Mossad has very good ops inside Iran.

I am thus suspending my normal scepticism about such reports.

[glass]

Book TV had Peter Lance on last evening flogging his new book "Triple Cross" and he mentioned Fitzgerald prominently in his talk.
Don't know Mr. Lance's credibility but here is one link.
http://www.peterlance.com/Peter%20Lance/Home/9B3205D2-F0A3-429A-BADC-EE246B437296.html

[clarice feldman]

Buy tobacco fields in Tennessee, plant truffles and get rich:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/03/the_tennessee_truffle.html

[vnjagvet]

Fred Thompson is a straight talker and an excellent attorney. Here's his take on the Libby case from Fox News Sunday Transcript;

I'd do it [pardon Libby] now. This is a trial that never would have been brought in any other part of the world. This is a miscarriage of justice.

One man and his wife and 14-year-old and 10-year-old children are bearing the brunt of a political maelstrom here that produced something that never should have come about.

These people knew in the very beginning — the Justice Department, this Justice Department and the special counsel knew in the very beginning that the thing that was creating the controversy, who leaked Valerie Plame's name, did not constitute a violation of the law.

And then they knew that it — someone did leak the name. And it was Mr. Armitage. It wasn't Scooter Libby.

But he evidently wasn't a designated bad guy, so they passed over that and spent the next year drilling in a dry well and finally got some inconsistencies or some failure to remember out of Mr. Libby and made a prosecution out of it and went to trial on a he-said, she-said perjury case and faulty memory, when practically every witness in the trial either had inconsistent statements, told the FBI one thing, told the grand jury something else, inconsistent between the witnesses that were presented at the case, and sometimes both.

And yet at the end of the day, the only person that the jury got an opportunity to pass judgment on was Scooter Libby. It's not fair. And I would do anything that I could to alleviate that.

It doesn't get much clearer than that.

[windansea]

Enjoy the cool gig at Insta, Tom. Also may I suggest you read My 15 Minutes, All Because of Scooter, by Denis Collins, if you can bear it.

I posted this article yesterday, the comments are now open and are kind of funny, Denis is catching the ire of both left and right

JOM field trip to the WaPo comments?

[boris]

I disapprove of it strongly no matter who is doing it.

This is actually an example of the reason why it has been hard for skeptics to cut against the current. In the video Professor Wunsch provides a good explanation for the connection between ocean storage of CO2 and atmospheric concentrations. This helps explain why CO2 levels lag rather than lead temperature change.

IOW his legitimate science and explanation were "used" for the nefarious purpose of explaining the actual relationship between CO2 and temperature. He does not want HIS research to support those evil climate skeptics.

There was no implication in the video that his input was anything other than the science.

[boris]

Lesson learned from Professor Wunsch: If evil climate skeptics use YOUR research to support their WRONG WRONG WRONG propaganda, immediately DENOUNCE them lest your good reputation be ruined by infered association with hellspawn.

[Semanticleo]

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/16872058.htm

Don't you think you should get aboard the story of US atty firings, Maguire? I mean, before you lose your credibility as a the Don Quixote of Legal injustices (chuckle)

[Gary Maxwell]

I agree with Boris. I watched the video in its entirity and looked to see if Prof Wunsch was ever made to look as if he was debunking global warming. He was simply quoted as to the ocean and its co2 content and that co2 is released from the ocean when temperatures rise, not vice versa. Unless he has more specific complaints, I actually fail to see how he was "duped". But it is more likely that its not comfortable to be in the faculty dining hall, cuz he has blasphemed. Probably can go see the latest play on campus without someone speaking ugly to him.

[clarice feldman]

vnjagvet--there's talk that Fred Thompson might throw his hat in the ring. I certainly hope he does.

[Pofarmer]

Don't you think you should get aboard the story of US atty firings, Maguire? I mean, before you lose your credibility as a the Don Quixote of Legal injustices (chuckle)

So far I fail to see the injustice.

One news report(ABC radio, I think) happened to mention that these prosecutors might have been let go for not pursuing certain cases fast enough(Jefferson anyone?).

Once again, the truth is probably somewhat different than the lefty spin. Not to mention that these folks serve at the pleasure of the President, and their replacements are being vetted in the normal way.

[Pofarmer]

Presidential advisor Karl Rove and at least one other member of the White House political team were urged by the New Mexico Republican party chairman to fire the state's U.S. attorney because of dissatisfaction in part with his failure to indict Democrats in a voter fraud investigation in the battleground election state.

[vnjagvet]

Clarice:

The balance of the interview was about that very subject. Extremely interesting. The gist of it is he's considering it carefully, and is not anxious to pull the trigger immediately for reasons he explains.

A point he makes is that money raised now tends to be spent now -- at a time where it makes little difference.

One problem he doesn't have is name recognition.

[clarice feldman]

vnjagvet--He's a rather well-known actor besides his political career--and in the latter has a reputation re the Blanton matter for successfully fighting corruption.Conservatives like him quite a bit.

[Semanticleo]

Purged Prosecutor: DoJ Offered Me "A Deal"
By Paul Kiel - March 11, 2007, 1:37 PM

It's easy to get lost among the scandals and subscandals that make up the administration's firing of eight U.S. attorneys, but one chief allegation is that the Justice Department did its best to discourage the prosecutors from talking to the media and Congress about the firings.

Bud Cummins, the former U.S.A. for Little Rock, Arkansas, testified before Congress about a call he received from Justice Department official Michael Elston in late February with the following message: if the prosecutors didn't stop talking, the Justice Department would hit back.

[bio mom]

And Bill Clinton fired ALL of the U.S. attorneys in place when he took office. Grow up already.

[topsecretk9]

Semanticleo

8 vs. 80.

Totally unvexed by this. In fact, in hindsight, I think Bush should have followed Clinton's example and purged the place of 80 on day 1 too.

[PeterUK]

I find amazing parallels between the Global Warming Swindle and the Libby trial.A political scam,dubious evidence,a hysterical political elite and MSM all snowballing until it becomes a belief system,an analogue of the fall of the human race.
This is a new pardigm of the way we are to be governed.

[windansea]

It doesn't get much clearer than that.

sounds like Fred reads JOM

the Justice Department would hit back.

you mean they might defend themselves, que horrible! In Cleoworld only noble whistleblowers like Joe Wilson are allowed to speak

[topsecretk9]

I am hoping Rocco checks in - he's made some great comments about the Niger "reporting" and timing

Since the well secured and monitored DRC uranium mine (i.e. same assurances Niger proclaimed) sustained a black market operation going back years by the highest officials there, I noticed this passage that is similar to Rocco's findings on Niger

Butler Report:

494. There was further and separate intelligence that in 1999 the Iraqi regime had also made inquiries about the purchase of uranium ore in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this case, there was some evidence that by 2002 an agreement for a sale had been reached.

This sounds like the same "delegation" Wilson was sent to ignore. Also, the more that comes out about this those Niger "forgeries" are looking more and more like a decoy.

[SlimGuy]

PUK

Two of my daily reads are EU Referendum and Melanie Phillips.

Seem like all you have to do to predict the situation here is read what they wrote a year or so ago and compare it to todays news here.

[topsecretk9]

Better question for Cleo.

Could you please defend Clinton's firing of the entire career staff of U.S. Attorney's please?

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PUK

Yeah, and isn't funny that they are all peeing their pants over global warming yet think terrorism and planes crashing into buildings is a made up scare tactic.

[Rick Ballard]

"One problem he doesn't have is name recognition."

Vnjagvet,

I'll take his face recognition and high 'Q' anyday over name recognition. Put his name under his picture for a bit and he will do just fine.

I don't even hold the fact that he was a very successful attorney against him.

Much.

[clarice feldman]

Picture a presidential debate w/ Thompson on one side and Obama or Hillary! on the other.

[Syl]

My little pc is over 5 years old and it changed to Daylight Time like a good little robot. Because of the change in 'rules' (used to be 1st weekend in April) CNN told everybody if your pc was over two years old good luck. :)

Well, Joe still uses Win98 and his didn't change. But I have XP and keep the door open for automatic updates from Microsoft.

I've yet to regret that decision.

[PeterUK]

Clarice,
You've got to let Hillary talk,it's your best asset,look what it did to Bill.

[PMII]

I could get excited about Fred Thompson running......

[DSW]

New Mexico. Joe and Val. Running for President. AG NM problem. AG. NSA charter, VOA charter, Public broadcasting charter, NPR(kinda); Specter-Congressional powers protector. Well, where did CIA analysts go-DoD. NSA goes civilian, but it's a military operation-judges and Congress wanting to control the military. Specter(as in ghost, spook, boo, boo man, Scary Larry) keeps thinking agencies chartered at Congress work for Congress. They don't, they work for the President and not Cogressmen;although most OOs plan careers around Congressmen and becoming one-standard trade craft for operations officers.

Gonzalez shouldn't resign. Plame should resign. The CIA should resign and NSA should be cancelled unless it stays military. Charters out of Congress. Forget it. Cancel all of them and the Department of Peace, etc. jokes should stop.

[Pofarmer]

I could get excited about Fred Thompson running......

Here, here.

[Gary Maxwell]

I am sure Scooter is enthusiastic in his support of Thompson. The pardon would come sooner than later according to quotes from the Senator ( retired) from Tennessee.

[Pofarmer]

Oh, the horror, the scandal, the dread

Weh's account calls into question the Justice Department's stance that the recent decision to fire Iglesias and seven U.S. attorneys in other states was a personnel matter - made without White House intervention. Justice Department officials have said the White House's involvement was limited to approving a list of the U.S. attorneys after the Justice Department made the decision to fire them.

Ya'll are gonna have to find a new scandal, I think. If this is the best ya got then???????

[danking70]

I hate this spring forward BS.

They should only allow setting your clocks back.

Fascists!

[PMII]

"I hate this spring forward BS.

They should only allow setting your clocks back."

You could have set your clocks back......It's works just as well

[Sara (The Squiggler)]

Neo-Libs?

[windansea]

On Fox just now:

THOMPSON: I want to see how my colleagues who are on the campaign trail do now, what they say, what they emphasize, what they're addressing, and how successful they are in doing that, and whether or not they can carry the ball in next November, and mainly whether or not they can reach the American people, inspire the American people to do the tough things that we're going to need to do.

...

CHRIS WALLACE: And if you search your soul and if you listen to what they're all saying and it doesn't seem to you that they're catching on, making sense — whatever — then what?

THOMPSON: Well, I'm going to give it serious consideration.

[Sara (The Squiggler)]

Joe Wilson Knew Of Niger Forgeries In Detail

Joe Wilson, CIA Operative?

[maryrose]

cleo:
Justice department can fire whomever they choose. Clinton fired 80. These attorneys were dragging their feet prosecuting dem criminals to help their candidates win .Just because these lawyers are having a hard time finding a job they are fighting to get back on the government dole because it is a cushy job where they can sit on their laurels and delay prosecutions of cases. Fire them all.. or in a monarchy-off with their heads.

[maryrose]

cleo"
Since when is it a criminal offense for Domineci or Wilson to make a simple inquiring phone call?
look how many late night conversations Clinton had with Lewinsky! Let's indict Clinton or subpoena him...oh wait..

[Neo]

PeterUK:
I find amazing parallels between the Global Warming Swindle and the Libby trial.

It is also very close parallel between the runup to the Iraq War and the Global Warming Swindle.

Dubious intelligence from the "experts" in the field, potential expenditure of large amounts of human and monetary treasure and a dependency of a plan as you go basis.

It took David Kay a year to firmly decide that "we were all wrong". I wonder how long it would take for the similar finding with "Human-initiated Global Warming" ?

My guess .. 10 year at a minimum.

[royf]

semicleo

Here's what I think about the Justice Dept firing DAs.

Swift justice (US Attorney General Janet Reno replaces all 93 US Attorneys from Bush administration)

JANET RENO FIRES 93 US ATTORNEYS

DAN ROSTENKOWSKI

Source: Time
Published: April 5, 1993 Author: Unknown

Time, April 5, 1993

People: Reno, Janet - Personnel management
Rostenkowski, Dan - Investigations
Gov Agncy: United States. Department of Justice - Officials and employees

Full Text COPYRIGHT Time Inc. 1993

Last Tuesday, after being on the job only 11 days, Attorney General Janet Reno had the Justice Department moving and shaking. She requested the prompt resignation of all 93 U.S. Attorneys around the country "to build a team" that represents "my views" and those of the President. Although expected eventually, the move triggered alarms at the Washington prosecutorial office, which has been probing the finances of a key Democratic floor captain, House Ways and Means chairman Dan Rostenkowski. Reno insists there was "no linkage"' between the dismissals and the probe, which insiders say will continue.

[Sara (The Squiggler)]

Remember Lance and his excellent live blogging at the Libby trial for the Maine Web Report?

From his post today:

Generally speaking, do you consider yourself a liberal, moderate or conservative? (IF “LIBERAL” OR “CONSERVATIVE”, ASK:) Would you say you are very (liberal/conservative) or somewhat (liberal/conservative)? ALL ADULTS

Very liberal…………………………………. 6
Somewhat liberal ………………………… 15

Moderate……………………………………. 34

Somewhat conservative……………….. 27
Very conservative ……………………….. 14
Refused …………………………………… 4

Total Liberal………………………………. 21
Total Conservative…………………….. 41

This, from a survey sample where 47% are Democrats or Democrat leaners vice 43% Republicans or Republican leaners, where 68% think the country is on the wrong track, and 65% disapprove of President Bush’s job performance.

Worth reading it all.

[clarice feldman]

Sara, It is no secret that Wilson claimed knowledge of the forgeries he couldn't have had lawfully--and which was in any event wrong--(SSCI said so). OTOH I find AJ's thesis that Wilson was a NOC preposterous.

[SlimGuy]

Liked the Macsmind article with the smackdown by Imus to Schumer over the Walter Reed issue.

http://tinyurl.com/2b8w6t
The point is that Democrats are playing this up as a problem that just popped up during the Bush administration. But on the Imus Show on Friday, Don had on Senator Chuck Schumer and nuked him in place on his hypocrisy.

[Syl]

Remember the discussion last night where (I don't remember which one of the lefties) was arguing that our democracy works because we have institutions in government that, basically, go their own way and fight the political leadership? As if that's a good thing. LOL

And it was pointed out that these so-called institutions (oh, like the CIA and Justice Dept.) are merely bureaucracies that are there to implement the policies of elected officials.

The left can't stand that because the 'wrong' officials were elected.

And thus the stupid snit about the attorneys. The left/dems are worried that the elected officials have found their moles in the JD.

The left/Dems are so transparent. You'd think they would be embarrassed by how stupid/silly they look.

[Sara (The Squiggler)]

Clarice: We are not in disagreement re: AJ's charge. But ... I am still very bothered by that radio interview that was replayed on Levin's show last week by Mark Simone. I didn't hear it live, but my son did and he informs me that it was actually a replay ofan interview Joe did 3 years ago. He clearly says that he was the leaker and the leak was the info about Niger as opposed anything about Val or her CIA status. When taken along with the recent revelations about the Congo uranium, it makes me wonder if talking about Niger in context with uranium was far more damaging and the reason why the OVP was so upset beyond what appears on the surface. It does not explain, however, the lack of an NDA for Wilson. If one were very suspicious and had a tendency to cabal theories, it is almost as if the CIA wanted him to leak. He tells Simone that he first started leaking 2 months before the Kristof column. Do we know what he was doing 2 months earlier? I don't have the timeline in front of me, how does that line up with EPIC?

I don't really see how we, as outsiders, could possibly get to the bottom of this.

[SlimGuy]

Just a couple of reminders about Courics new producer Rick Kaplan and his history

Clinton booster from way back

At ABC when they had the Food Lion investigation mess.

Behind the "Operation Tailwind" false reporting of US troops gassing civilians in Laos while at CNN

[Sara (The Squiggler)]

It is 87 degrees outside my house today and we have the pool temp up to 80, so I'm off to do some water back therapy. See you all later.

[richard mcenroe]

"Pelosi cautions Bush not to veto an Iraq bill."

What's she gonna do, not vote him a third term. Translation: "We don't have the votes to override a veto...'

[Sara (The Squiggler)]

Especially since the votes to override a veto have to come from the Senate and not Pelosi's House.

[Syl]

and 65% disapprove of President Bush’s job performance.

You should have heard CATO blasting Bush last night on BookTV because of his spending and expansion of govt.

And the moonbats believe 'job performance' means only Iraq.

Again the libs/dems are sooo transparent and just look silly. They obviously aren't self-aware but much of the rest of the country is on to them.

[SlimGuy]

In other new another Clinton shill is moving into the already highly regarded AP to be to manage the politics section.

It's Ron Fournier.

http://tinyurl.com/2phn5g

[Gary Maxwell]

Actually both Houses of Congress must vote to override a veto. The Overide must be by a supermajority, ie more than 51%. I think, but did not check, the number is 66% but it could be 60%.
Either way its a high hurdle and neither House could accomplish it today given how closely control is divided.

[Gary Maxwell]

My quick research says its 2/3s to override. Happens historically only about 4% of the time that is has been attempted. No change of that happening here.

[SlimGuy]

Anybody keeping track of the the unforced errors Pelosi has made?

I have lost track.

[Cecil Turner]

My quick research says its 2/3s to override.

That's correct (2/3 of both Houses, Article I, Section 7):

If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law.

[clarice feldman]

Will just have to have a Rick Kaplan watch--Although Couric apparently was not told he was coming until after it was a done deal so perhaps she'll just perkily stab him in the parking lot.

[Dwilkers]

Good to see you over at Instapundit TM.

Soon we'll be saying "I knew Maguire way back before he was famous..."

*sniff*

[Gary Maxwell]

Ditto TM but do you feel like a thorn among roses? Megan and Ann are smart and good looking, but one out of two aint bad cowboy.

[SlimGuy]

Clarice

Since he is 6'7", I cringe to think of the target options!

[PeterUK]

"Soon we'll be saying "I knew Maguire way back before he was famous..."

That will be MR Maguire if you please,now comb your hair and straighten your tie.

[stevesh]

***so perhaps she'll just perkily stab him in the parking lot.***

I'm lost. Is this the "Brief Legal Seminar" thread? What's Katie doing in the parking lot? In Atlantic City? Kaplan's a Dean?

Clarice wins the thread. Again. LOL

[SunnyDay]

Book TV had Peter Lance on last evening flogging his new book "Triple Cross" and he mentioned Fitzgerald prominently in his talk.
Don't know Mr. Lance's credibility but here is one link.
http://www.peterlance.com/Peter%20Lance/Home/9B3205D2-F0A3-429A-BADC-EE246B437296.html

The back 1/3 of the book is documentation. He does not appear to have an agenda, seems to treat everyone the same. The biggest issue, and he addresses it also, is 20/20 hindsight - passing judgment in light of our current knowledge, on what people did in years past. His book is not light readingm but everyone should should make the effort and read it anyway.

There's no doubt in my mind Fitzgeral put his career agenda ahead of public safety when he was at SDNY; no doubt in my mind that everyone with any say in it, whitewashed events leading up to 9/11. They were complicit in it by their inattention and careerism.

Take your blood pressure pills, and read this book.

[SunnyDay]

why does thing thing keep erasing my info?

[Dwilkers]

Heh. Pardon me, MISTER Maguire then.

Next thing you know he'll get knighted. You know, just like DICK Armitage.

[Gary Maxwell]

OT but bugging me

Well I just read the Ayman al Zawahiri screed against Hamas. So where are the global testers to explain this to me? I thought it was all about Palestine. So Hamas grudgingly and with their fingers crossed state in English but not Arabic that they will respect prior agreements and treaties and AQ gets all up in their grill? I am so confused, unless maybe its not about Palestine at all. And unless maybe its about an ideology who wants to conquer to world. Of course I must just be too simple to get the nuance here.

[PeterUK]

Dwilkers,
Yes but,if he gets a knighthood,will he wear it?

[clarice feldman]

Gary, you're not simple.
Kaplan's 6'7"--Yes, intesting target choices for the perky one.

I am certain this guest appearance will not in any way diminish TM's emotional connection to the masses nor scotch his revolutionary fervor.
(Though it is a bit off putting for him to attend the ZAN UF dirt farmers' collective rally with specks of caviar and truffles on his tie.)

[hit and run]

I mean, it's not as bad as thinking that Tuesday is a Monday, but it's nearly 6:30 PM here, and we're hanging out on a Sunday AM Thread.

If Tom's gonna be too busy guest blogging over at instapundit, perhaps he would consider a guest blogger here?

Gimme the keys!

Muwahaaahahahaaahah

[PeterUK]

Don't know Clarice,
Free run of the Instapalace with all those electrical good manufacturers pushing freebies to review,could turn a man's head.

[clarice feldman]

Well PUK, you and I could decamp to Chuckey Tennessee and gorw hazlenuts and truffles..just saying..we have other options.

[Syl]

I guess the MSM doesn't think 15% will be enough for the next election so they're packing the 'court of public opinion' with even more Dem partisan gunslingers?

Heh.

The issues will come down to fighting the war on Global Warming vs fighting the war on Jihadis.

We can kill two birds with one stone by saying we're using Global Warming to fight the Jihadis who already live in the hottest parts of the globe. They will melt like the wicked witch of the east without the necessity of firing any more shots.

[SlimGuy]

Well now if all the early entrants simulate DOT crash dummies and out to fill the void of desperation we end up with Fred Thompson debating Al Gore (whose senate seat he filled), it would be high drama and also comedy.

The question is, is that where we want to go?

[PeterUK]

Clarice,
You read my mind,Truffle Offsets for all those poor Third World people who will be denied electricity by Algorism.I'm sure Nancy would be glad to fund Truffle Etiquette Outreach organisations to keep truffles off the ties of Africa.The Africans will probably be relieved that punitive taxes on flying will keep the hoipoloi out of their homeland.
Truffle Aid here we come.