David Souter Retiring From Supreme Court

9:59 pm EST April 30th, 2009 | News | 143 Comments

So I’m hearing.

UPDATE: NBC is confirming. NPR has it.

Here’s what I wrote about this a little while back:

But, should a Supreme Court vacancy come up – which is more likely than not to happen a few times over the next 8 years – you must nominate a competent, well qualified liberal to the bench. We have to live for likely several decades with the George W. Bush picks of John Roberts and Samuel Alito, and anything less than an ideological counterweight to those two would be an extraordinary mess.

Topic: Supreme Court

Alcee Hastings & Your Tax Dollars At Work

8:49 pm EST April 30th, 2009 | Politics | 8 Comments

Hastings is reading some weirdo language in an amendment pushed for the hate crimes bill.

Topic: Humor

New Transformers Revenge Of The Fallen Trailer

7:56 pm EST April 30th, 2009 | Movies | 3 Comments

As usual, contains Megan Fox.

UPDATE: GI Joe trailer is out too. Just need Wuzzles: The Movie and we’re set.

Of Course.

7:53 pm EST April 30th, 2009 | News | 11 Comments

“Secession-ready Texas has received most federal disaster assistance of any state.”

Wish we’d quit acting like conservatives are an actual thing and not a big episode of punk’d.

#tcot Fail

7:05 pm EST April 30th, 2009 | News | 2 Comments

Yes, conservatives are totally kicking our rears on Twitter. Can’t compete.

Michael Steele’s Personal Friends & Family Piggy Bank

4:23 pm EST April 30th, 2009 | Republicans | 4 Comments

That’s what donors to the RNC seem to be putting their money in when they contribute. But then, if you’re the kind of person who would donate to the Republican party…

Topic: Michael Steele

John Edwards Is A Douchebag

12:50 pm EST April 30th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 63 Comments

First of all, for what he did to his family. Clearly inexcusable. But also what he almost did to America. Had Edwards somehow attained the Democratic nomination, this story would have surely killed his candidacy and elected John McCain. I can’t believe what an asshole this guy is.

Elizabeth, 59, who is terminally ill with cancer, speaks in far more detail than before about her husband’s infidelity in her new memoir, “Resilience,” due to be published May 12 by Broadway Books. A copy was obtained by the Daily News.

Despite feeling deeply deceived, Elizabeth Edwards nonetheless publicly stood by her husband’s side, lending his candidacy the aura of a warm, loving family life.

But she had actually wanted him to quit the race to protect the family. Edwards admitted the hanky-panky to her days after declaring his candidacy in 2006 – almost a year before the National Enquirer reported it.

Topic: John Edwards

Remember The News

10:50 am EST April 30th, 2009 | News | Comments Off

Make sure you check out news at News America Now …

The Current State Of Intellectual Conversation On The Right

3:14 am EST April 30th, 2009 | News | 13 Comments

Yes. Yes, he is demanding that we take back the Panama Canal. Yes.

This one? This one is a bonus:

Lest you think that pushing Sean Hannity and the program he hosts as intellectualism is some kind of liberal invention George Soros gave to me this morning, look no further than the Heritage Foundation’s own website.