Dems Melting Down Before Our Eyes

Reid has closed down the Senate, invoking an obscure rule to close the chamber to the public to have a super-secret debate on the lead-up to Iraq.

If Ken Mehlman and the GOP are smart (and there is no guaranty, from what I've seen lately) they will slam the airwaves with all the quotes from Clinton administration officials, John Kerry and other leaders of the Democrat party warning about WMDs and Saddam Hussein - something they should have done four years ago.

In the meantime, let Reid and company continue this stunt. It's obvious that they've fully succumb to the MoonBat.org/Soros/Moore wing of the party. It's almost embarrassing to watch...almost.

Round-ups and opinion from Lorie Byrd, Captain Ed, Ace, Powerline and BullDogPundit.

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I Am Crushing Your Opposition! Crush! Crush! Crush!

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. When I read this quote:

Republicans said that any attempt to deny Alito a yes-or-no vote would return the Senate to the brink of a showdown that was avoided last spring only when seven lawmakers from each party brokered a compromise. This time, they said they would crush Democratic opposition.

It reminded me of the show "The Kids In The Hall"!

"Look at me you Democrats! I am crushing you! Ha, ha!!

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Gratuitous "Star Wars" Geekiness

It's out today!! Yes, I had to get it immediately. Especially since Wal-Mart has this bonus DVD packed with it.

Like I really need a one-hour DVD that essentially gives a "VH1 Behind The Music" episode about Anakin and Luke Skywalker, as told by R2-D2 and C-3PO.

Yes!!!

UPDATE: 11/2/05 6:30am
No!! Anyone undecided about whether or not they should plop down the $5 for this "bonus" DVD should forget it. Not only is it just a plain old summary of the Star Wars story, but it doesn't even include stuff from "Revenge of the Sith". It's obvious that this was made a couple of year ago. Lame. :-(

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When Liberals Attack!

Michelle Malkin's new book, Unhinged!, comes out today. She put up a post promoting it and it looks like a good one. As a teaser, she also posted a collection of mugshots from whacked-out Lefties who've been arrested for attacking Republicans and Bush/Cheney supporters.

Go check 'em out here. Pretty damn funny! You may have heard of some of them already. These people are clearly mentally ill. Interesting how you never read about Republicans or Conservatives doing goofy stuff like this. It's always Libs, suffering from BDS*.

*Bush-Derangement Syndrome.

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MoonBat.org Rallying The Fringe

MoveOn.org is emailing its petition to oppose Sam Alito:

Bush's ploy to woo the far-right could reshape the High Court for decades to come—but we don't have to let that happen. The president's rock-bottom approval ratings and the scandals engulfing virtually every Republican leader have broken the spell of the right-wing spin machine. If we all speak up, together we have the power to stop this radical nominee.

Reads like an opening crawl to a Star Wars movie, doesn't it?

The email pulls quotes from the likes of "Tailspin" Teddy Kennedy and John Francois Kerry warning of the darkness spewing from Mordor the White House. Of course, neither of these two Senators had any problem voting for Alito in 1990 for his current seat on the Federal Appeals Court.

Here come the fireworks!

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Even In Oils, He's A Perv

Having your family situated so the a portrait of Bubba Clinton has his hand on your daughter...Ewwwww.

Check it out at Right Wing News.

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Thank You, Mr. President

I always thought Sam Alito would be a good pick but as I read through everything written about him, the more LOVE his pick. And the icing on the cake is the reax on the Left. Their heads are exploding!!!

Decision '08 has a list of the top ten posts at Daily Kos. Very amusing to see them losing it.

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Tolkien Geek Update

The Two Towers, Book Three, Chapter Five is posted.

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The Confirm Alito Coalition

Well, there are a lot of choices that would have been just as good, but very few that would have been better. Samuel Alito is an excellent pick that will so unite Republicans that it'll be like like the last four weeks never happened.

Frankly, I'm tickled over it.

And I'm signing up for the "Confirm Alito Coalition" over at Blogs For Bush!

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Trick Or Treat?

Hah! Major treat for Conservatives! The word is that the President Bush is naming Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court! Formal announcement to come at 8:00am.

Erick at RedState.org called it yesterday (actually he's been talking about it since Friday). What's even better, he points out that there are 19 Democrat Senators currently still in office that voted in favor of Alito for his elevation to the Circuit Court in 1990. Can't wait to hear the squirming from the likes of Senators Kennedy, Biden and Leahy who thought he was just fine fifteen years ago. Heh.

The verdict from Democrats and Liberal interest groups will definitely be: Scary!!

Happy Halloween!! This should be fun.

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Giants v. Redskins

UPDATE: GIANTS WIN!!!! Racking up 36 points against a tough Foreskins defense. And Washington? All they got was a rock. Happy Halloween, guys!

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This week, an emotional match-up:

The Giants buried their late owner, Wellington Mara earlier this week. The players genuinely loved the old man. And John Mara's eulogy for his father made even the toughest and stoic men in the congregation weep like five year old girls. Unlike certain megalomaniacal owners in the league - ahem, Jerry Jones - Mara was humble, yet inspirational. He loved the game of football almost as much as his family and his church. And he had the kind of passion for his team that I don't think exists in the NFL ownership anymore.

The Redskins are playing well; indeed much better than anyone ever expected. But not only are they due for a let-down, their opponent this week is playing for more than a better division rank. They're playing for Well Mara.

Dismiss this all as sentimental hogwash if you want, but in today's league with so much parity between opponents this kind of intensity almost always makes a difference.

No go on out boys, and win one for the Duke!

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Is That All There Is?

John Podhoretz is his column today about the Fitzgerald investigation:

That's all, folks. The grand jury in the most hotly watched Washington political-legal investigation since Whitewater concluded its business yesterday by returning charges against one man and one man alone — who, the grand jury alleges, didn't tell the truth about when and how he discovered a piece of classified information.

Scooter Libby was not charged with the misuse of that information, or with the unlawful exposure of an undercover agent, or with involvement in a conspiracy to reveal her identity. He is, it is worth repeating, charged only with lying about his knowledge of it.

But that didn't stop the folks at MoonBat.org from trying to make chicken salad out of chicken... Well, you know. They fired out an email literally within minutes of the conclusion of Fitzgerald's press conference:

"This is one of the biggest scandals to rock the White House in America's 229-year history."

Really? Well, that's their story and they're sticking to it. And they want their members to write letters with their talking-points: "Our tool makes it easy to write to your local paper". Their tool of course is a form that allows you to fill in your name and address and cut and paste "talking points" about the grand "Bush Lied" conspiracy theory of Iraq into the body. Then it emails your "letter" to the publication of your choice. I fully expect to see one next week in my local paper (just one of course, as the editors are smart enough not to publish "repeat" material).

It didn't matter what the result of this investigation was, the Moonbat's knee-jerk response was always going to be the same: "The American people must know this important truth: Today's indictment is about a cover-up of the lies that led our nation to war in Iraq." Yadda, yadda, yadda. Whatever guys.

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Diane Lane Photo of the Week

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Tolkien Geek Update

The Two Towers, Book Three, Chapter Four is posted.

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A Let-Down For Libs

There aren't too many details at this time. But it looks like one idictment for Scooter Libby, with five counts: obstuction of justice, perjury (2), making false statements (2). None of the indictments relate to an "outing" of a CIA operative. It appears neither Libby nor anyone else in the administration was deemed to have "outed" Valerie Plame. Did anyone, technically speaking? Who knows? We certainly don't know who Robert Novak's source it yet.

The indictments have to do with the investigation. And while we don't have Libby's side of the story, Fitzpatrick deemed that the answers he gave had the appearance of being intentionally misleading. Libby has officially resigned and no doubt will have his day in court.

Legally, I can't really comment on the indictments as I don't speak legalese. I need to look at the analysis of others. There are still a lot of unanswered questions here.

Politically, while this isn't a great outcome for the administration it's basically a big goose-egg for the Democrats and others on the left when compared to the hopes and dreams they had of perp walks, handcuffs, jackets over the head...and oh yes Karl Rove.

The fact is, if you were to ask your co-workers who Scooter Libby is, very few would know. In fact, I guaranty at least one of them would answer: the orange muppet with the google-eyed glasses. Hell, most people don't even know who Karl Rove is but they may have at least heard the name before.

Anyway, we need to wait and see how this plays out to accurately gage the fallout but if I was a Rove-hating Liberal today, I'd be pretty disappointed.

UPDATE: 2:55pm
Listened to the press conference. Here's my take-away:
1) Neither Libby nor Rove nor anyone else knowingly or intentionally "outed" Valerie Plame.
2) Someone's statements or actions did lead to Plame being "outed". Exactly who that person is has not been revealed and that person is not being charged with any crime
3) Prior to Libby's testimony, there was no crime committed. Libby committed a "crime" by saying he first learned of Plame's investigation on a certain date and they have testimony that he in fact knew and said so prior to that. It's this false testimony that "obstructed" the investigation and that is a crime under the rules of a grand jury investigation.

So the ideas that 1) the revelation of Plame's identity was something the White House did to "get back" at Joe Wilson and 2) that this can be extrapolated to a scenario that the whole WMD charge was fabricated by the White House as a justification to got to war in Iraq are completely out the window.

More analysis as this percolates.

UPDATE II: 3:55pm
One thing that I can't quite figure out. By "outing" a CIA operative, you're not saying they worked for the CIA, you're revealing that they were operating "covertly" for the CIA. Near as I can tell, Libby (or any one else, including the reporters) never said or is reported to have said that Plame was a "covert" agent. When asked by a reporter at the presser, Fitzgerald would not say whether or not Plame was, in fact, classified as a "covert" agent.

So was she really, then? I'll have to do some searching around about that.

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What's Happening Besides Indictment Speculation

Basically, everyone's waiting to here what information Fitzgerald will release today and working themselves into a frenzy trying to guess.

In the meantime, here are some other interesting things happening on the web:

- Hugh Hewitt, who wrote a book about the growing influence of the Blogosphere in the world of media (and a pretty darn good one at that), writes an op-ed in - of all places - the NYT chiding his fellow Conservatives about the Miers nomination and withdrawal.

- The WaPo chronicles the disaster that was said nomination, revealing that it pretty much didn't have a prayer from the get-go.

- RealClearPolitics looks at the short list for a new nominee.

- Speculation is already buzzing that the pick will be Sam Alito or Michael Luttig.

- Speaking of picks, Jay Novacek picks the Giants over the Redskins this weekend. Will they win one for Well?

- Looks like Sulu is gay.

- And lastly, a women who hung herself was mistaken by neighbors as a Halloween decoration. You can't make this stuff up.

That ought to tide you over until the press conference.

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Profiles In Liberal Hypocrisy

Mmmmm. This is an interesting quiz. It's a .pdf taken from Peter Schweizer's new book: "Do As I Say (Not As I Do)" that came out on Tuesday. I've read Schweizer's "Reagan's War". This man does his homework.

Can't wait to read it.

Thanks to John Hawkins for the heads-up!

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Halloween Costumes I Hope To God I Don't See On My Front Doorstep

I got these via email, so I don't know the original source. Brings new meaning to the word "scary".

Some of these might be considered NSFW, so click "Read More" to see 'em as they're below the fold. more...

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Top 10 Worst Album Covers Of All Time

I'm still laughing at this one. The commentary is priceless! Perfect for a Friday.

Thanks to Joshua McPeak for the link.

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Fine Young Cannibals

Well, not really. But this is pretty disturbing anyway. A company that makes imitation human flesh - for eating. From their FAQs:

HufuTM is designed to resemble, as humanly possible, the taste and texture of human flesh. If you've never had human flesh before, think of the taste and texture of beef, except a little sweeter in taste and a little softer in texture. Contrary to popular belief, people do not taste like pork or chicken.

Say it with me: Eeeeewwwww!

h/t: The Corner

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