Ritz !!

SCOTUS!

Nice !!

Fitz !!

Good morning, Christy! Can’t wait to read your take on SCOTUS. Glenn’s been kicking ass on it.

Mornin’ Christy.
Hope Fi enters the REM phase this morning.

I’m jonesin’ for some Hamdan.

Hilda! I have a small collection of those calendars.

Mornin’ Redd.

I love the picture up top. I could be me. ‘Cept I never wear shorty nightgowns

T- at 6 — she’s at preschool this morning, so I’ll be able to write with abandon (as soon as the coffee finishes brewing…it’s been one of those mornings…)

Mornin’ Redd

the site just ate my comment so this may appear twice.

Love the pix up top. I looks like me. Except I never wear shorty nightgowns. The room even looks a bit like mine.

Everytime I type a comment and hit submit, The comment disappears and the site says “no new comments” as if I had hit “refresh”

Am I triggering moderation or something?

Be advised, everybody:

New posts don’t appear, and the ‘refresh comments’ button is not operative. Once you submit a comment (or want to see new ones), refresh the page.

xo

tommy

Christy ….Hamdan is only 185 pages… whats taking so long for your take? *snark*

SWEET!

Hey, Christy!

Jane came through Pittsburgh now it’s your turn!

We’d love to see ya!

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Ok, this is weird. now this thread is fixed and the previous thread is exhibiting the same “disappear the comment” behavior.

There’s ghosts in the machine today

Less OK

I was wrong, this thread is NOT fixed. You have to switch back and forth beween threads to get comments to appear.

Website is broken

Spork — I actually get up to Pittsburgh once in a while — usually to the Barnes and Noble at Robinson Town Center. Next time we have plans to come up, I’ll let you know and we’ll see if we can all go grab some mexican food and margaritas at that yummy restaurant over by Sam’s Club. (The peanut loves all things guacamole at the moment, so that works well for us. *g*)

lhp - what Tommy Yum said @ 12

Wake up, you sleepyheads, Happy Morning!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQI2KlAurOg

Christy;

Again, just gotta give kuddos/props on the graphic…
‘ReddHedd’ indeed.

And lhp, too?

We’re truly blessed (Dad and his family; I only got a dusting in the sideburns).
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Today’s Globe has a movie review:
http://www.boston.com/news/glo.....of_troops/
…”In many ways, Bazzi is the movie’s moral anchor. He points out how absurd it is that the military doesn’t provide much education about the region, which leaves the troops disconnected from average Iraqis. His cultural sensitivity and fluent Arabic put him at odds with a few of the men in his company. One says to Bazzi’s camera, “Today, we kill Bazzi and anybody who looks like Bazzi.” It’s hard to tell how much he’s kidding.

All three men see chaotic explosions of violence. But the Guard gets stuck with some mundane details, too. Bazzi watches the dumping of a septic tank, for instance. And a lot of time is spent escorting and baby - sitting supply trucks for the Halliburton construction subsidiary, Kellogg, Brown, & Root, whose monopoly on the region and the war is farcical.

We learn that, at the mess hall, KBR charges the army $28 per empty plate. The profligacy starts to make Moriarty angry. He’s also impatient with the slow pace of the war. As a matter of stir craziness or real fanaticism, he advocates nuking the country. But like a number of troops who show up in the footage, Moriarty turns cynical and increasingly disillusioned about the point of being in Iraq. They suspect that it’s more about oil than any freedom.

While the men headed to the Middle East, Scranton stayed in New England and interviewed the women they left behind: Moriarty’s wife, Pink’s girlfriend, and Bazzi’s mother. They give the film emotional counterweight, helping us to better understand their men — especially Moriarty, whose rah-rah attitude starts to make a different kind of sense.

Before he left, his job as a forklift operator was eliminated. In the meantime, he took care of his kids while his wife went to work, and during his deployment, in his instant messages to her, you get the sense that this tour in Iraq is really redemptive for him. Shrewdly, Scranton sticks around for the homecoming, so we can see how the war ends up leaving Moriarty at a loss in civilian life.”…

looseheadprop and all — I’ve notified our volunteer tech guy and we’ll see if the glitch can get fixed. In the meantime, the easiest way to check for new comments is to just hit the “refresh” for your browser — refresh the whole page and the new comments pop up. When we get this glitch ironed out, I’ll let everyone know. Thanks!

Wake up, you sleepyheads, Happy Morning!

Oh, that’s just wrong.

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Blank Kludge

I’m more of a strawberry blond, but look much redder in photos for some reason. And way too plump this summer.

Mmm, that pic just feels good, dudn’t it?

Ahhhhh, morn-ing!

Some thoughts on Hamdan.

The constitutional law is one thing. How it all plays politically is another thing.

This morning’s WaPo includes this analysis:

Now the Supreme Court has struck at the core of his presidency and dismissed the notion that the president alone can determine how to defend the country. In rejecting Bush’s military tribunals for terrorism suspects, the high court ruled that even a wartime commander in chief must govern within constitutional confines significantly tighter than this president has believed appropriate.

(don’t know why my comment gets cut off; will post the rest in a second)

That’s true as constitutional analysis. Will it prove to be true as political analysis? In other words, how will political Washington and the President himself react?

Some hint is given by Tony Snow, the President’s spokesman, in the same article:

Snow later disagreed that the ruling undercut Bush’s authority. “I don’t think it weakens the president’s hand, and it certainly doesn’t change the way in which we move as aggressively as possible to try to cut off terrorists before they can strike again,” he said.

This is the old declare-victory-even-when-you-lose approach, and it often works. It means two things: first, the President is not likely to respect the broader meaning of the Court’s ruling; second, he is rallying his Republican allies with a signal not to respect it either.

If the President says that the ruling changes nothing, and the American people do not pressure him to change how he governs, then nothing will change.

Let’s let Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, in a 2003 Boston College commencement address, tell us the story of President Andrew Jackson:

In 1832 the Cherokee Indian tribe lived on land guaranteed them by treaty. They found gold on that land. Georgia tried to seize the land. The Cherokees sued. And eventually the Supreme Court, in Worcester v. Georgia, held in favor of the Cherokees. Georgia then refused to obey the Court. President Andrew Jackson reportedly said, “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” And Jackson sent troops to evict the Cherokees, who traveled the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma, thousands dying along the way.

Justice Breyer was sanguine in his 2003 speech that, 200 years later, “that losers as well as winners will abide by the result, and so will the public.”

In his concurring opinion in Hamdan, Justice Breyer again expressed his faith, believing that if President Bush wants the power to use military tribunals, he will go to Congress to seek it: “The Constitution places its faith in those democratic means. Our Court today simply does the same.”

We will now learn whether that placement of faith is justified.

The statement by Tony Snow suggests that it is not. We can, instead, expect the President to act as if his power is not impaired by this decision.

And that will be the greatest tragedy for our democracy.

We’re all way too plump this summer, lhp — it’s our Saturdays, doncha know. And looky, there’s another one coming right up! YuMOla!

looseheadprop at 24 — you and me both, honey. We’re going to start the South Beach diet soon — I need to take off some weight due to my arthritis issues, which can be tough when any substantial exercise exacerbates the problems. So we are trying to tweak diet to start with and I’m going to try doing some regular yoga and see if the stretching and muscle toning help.

looking forward to it Christy !

recognize Katyal’s name, but who are the others ? are any of them JAG, was wondering if there’s some reg that keeps them from publicly commenting - again, they and Katyal are my hero’s

and Christy, Mary, LHP, Imm and ALL the other Lambie Lawyers -

it’s to y’all’s credit that I will be tivoing the Georgetown discussion in the event non blogging life gets in my way today

George at 20

Is that supposed to make me buy something?

That is just terrifying!

Folgers PAID soembody to make that?

Please tell me that is spoofing a real commercial

Why do I find that illustration so incredibly erotic?

G’mornin Redd!

Three cheers for the old man — John Paul Stevens “gets it” even at a ripe old age!

And before the Re-thug-licans start belly aching about this decision, let’s remember that 3 of the 5 justices in the majority were appointed by Republican presidents. Why don’t Republicans love freedom?

Now here is a serious thought, however: in a footnote J. Stevens cited the famous Youngstown Sheet & Tube decision, and even the dissenters cited it. Does this foretell the legal demise of the illegal NSA wiretap program? (I think so…)

Keep up the good work!

I can’t help but feel that Bush is going to retaliate in some way for the Hamden decision. That’s what bully’s do.

Good morning, everyone. Love that pic, Christy! It’s perfect.

OT-Remember Claude Allen? Another one of Bush’s cronies under arrest? His trial for shoplifting/theft was supposed to start today in Maryland, but has been continued. Damn it. That would have provided some much needed entertainment while we’re wating for Fitz.

Christy -

When you get aroud please let me know.

Robinson Town Center is icky.

Pittsburgh’s better than that. Not much better, but still…

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A fine-looking woman with sleepy-warm flesh, seen from the viewpoint of someone about to skip over and envelop her in a rolling hug?

Why, gee, Bob IP, I just don’t knowwww . . .

since we’re really talking about the Triscumvirate or CheneyAddingtonRumsfeld, everyone needs to be thinking in terms of their standing M.O. - find a path around it - am willing to bet it has already been discussed as to how best set up a Military Supreme Court - untouchable and outside the purview of the current SCOTUS -
traitorous, inapplicable crap, but I bet it’s been discussed how best to imbue some Military body with those imaginary powers

later, everybody. need to take “mr. peepers” to the playground.

hey, it’s my 3 yo son!

bob at 32 - because she’s hot.

The clock says 6:30 and the bed is made.
She must be hitting the sack early.

What’s the story on that pic? It’s very intriguing.

I am just gonna love seeing Frist et al try to circumvent the law:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Congressional hearings on Guantanamo set

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court’s rebuff of the Bush administration’s Guantanamo military tribunals knocks the issue into the halls of Congress, where GOP leaders are already trying to figure out how to give the president the options he wants for dealing with suspected terror detainees.

That way forward could be long and difficult. Congress will negotiate a highly technical legal road %u2014 one fraught with political implications in an election year %u2014 under the scrutiny of the international community that has condemned the continued use of the Guantanamo prison.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200.....hat_s_next

The comment problem is fixed. We moved to a new database server last night and forgot to update the comment script with the new server. Sorry about that everyone.

Christy about yoga and arthritis, I have RA and I find yoga to be a great exercise that does not impact my joints. Personally I like the DVDs that Rodney Yee outs out. There’s a good DVD called AM/PM Yoga that he guides you through a very simple session for the AM part. It was a great introduction for me being a novice.

Also I use Yoga for Strenght, another of his DVDs.

Between that and walking it’s helped me physically. I also had success with swimming.

Thanks Jamie– you really are so good to us. ;)

Refresh comments should be working now gang. Was a glitch from a server switch from last night — the fabulous Jamie (who blogs at Intoxination) fixed it in five minutes flat. Genius!

Christy,
I tried South Beach, it did not work wel at all. And all the reliance of artificial sweetners set up massive cravings. When I gave it up, I had a horrible 10 sugar binge (not a healthy thing for a hypoglycemic) and wound with a net gain of 5 lbs.

Trying the Sonoma diet right now b/c it sounded like my normal summer food cravings (salads fruit protein grilled on the bbq).

I was a little wary of putting grain in my diet (hypoglycemis kinda need to eat like diabetics) but I have been doing so sparingly (they want you to eat only whole grains) and have given up diet coke.

Those who knew me from my prsecuting days would fal down in shock to learn that I have gone from a minimum of 2 liters a day of diet coke and quit cold turkey.

I have almost eliminated all artificial sweetner. I have been using 1/2 teaspoon og honey per big soupbowl of coffee and eliminated all sweetes (except a tiny bt of chocolate at night–my only cheating)

I have only relost the extra 5 lbs in 2 weeks of dieting, but the side benefits are amazing

I have moster energy during the day. My productivity has virtually doubled. I am going to bed early for the first time in my life and REALLY REALLy sleeping (I have been a nightowl/insomniac literally since birth)

And my wrinkles are fading. My “botox frown” wrinkles are noticably better. My mother asked me yesterday if I had “something done”

It’s all summer type food. And it’s hard to eat it all in a single day. It feels like I am constantly stuffing my face (most days I don’t get it all in) the cravings are gone, so cheating (except the choclate–A girl’s gotta live doesn’t she?) is really not an issue

It’s jsut not a quick fix, this seems to be slow steady weight loss (it’s only been two weeks, let’s see if it peteres out). there was an article in some Women’s magazine about how you can stick this dit=et while eating fast food (I ‘m not a big fast food person, but I will see if I can find the article).

So much for Roberts’ goal of unanimity, tsk tsk. Slapped down by his own Associates, first big chance they get. I’d love to hear O’Connor’s reaction — if anyone gets wind of that, please share, okay?

Congrats Jamie! the move was invisible to users and the only bug was the comment script? good work!

Refresh comments should be working now gang. Was a glitch from a server switch from last night %u2014 the fabulous Jamie (who blogs at Intoxination) fixed it in five minutes flat. Genius!

That explains the weird symbol-thigies last night.

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Gimme a J!

Gimme an A!

Gimme an M!

Gimme an I!

Gimme an E!

WOO-HOO for JAMIE!

The “liberal runaway judges” argument is dead in the water this time…

The Current Supreme Court

Justice John Roberts
Appointed by: G W Bush

Justice John Paul Stevens
Appointed by: Ford

Justice Antonin Scalia
Appointed by: Reagan

Justice Anthony Kennedy
Appointed by: Reagan

Justice David Souter
Appointed by: G H W Bush

Justice Clarence Thomas
Appointed by: G H W Bush

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Appointed by: Clinton

Justice Steven Bryer
Appointed by: Clinton

Justice Samuel Alito
Appointed by: G W Bush

[Moderator: this comment is so good that I took the liberty of reformatting it for better legibility.]

lhp’s a new woman! Beautiful news, and congratz, dearie.

EPU’d–Mornin’ all, seems the “Party of Life” will stop opposing a vaccine that can save 3,700 American lives a year.

I personally know someone whose daughter died of cervical cancer. No insurance, they couldn’t afford medical care. Great country.

THANKS JAMIE !!!

and lhp,

your comment on diet is intriguing as hell - are you attributing restful sleep AND fading wrinkles to no sugar ?

I am so glad you folks are legal junkies so I don’t have to be. Thanks for your work.

*stumbles to coffee pot for second cup*

TheOtherWA says: “That would have provided some much needed entertainment while we’re wating for Fitz.”
June 30th, 2006 at 6:40 am

How about this? http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13623380/

cbl, you pastry-specialist, you — DON’T LOOK!

Ooops … hope Jamie didn’t wander off too far . . .

legal eagles,

interested in hearing y’all’s take on this fella Orin Kerr (SCOTUS Blog linked to him yesterday)

have only recently encountered his work in the NSA/TELCOS/Privacy issues and suits swirling about, thinking he was the go to guy on Comms/Privacy and here he is being referenced on Hamdan (he clerked for Justice Kennedy) cursory exam shows he’s been batting a 1000 on the EFF/ATT stuff

just wonderin’ what y’all think

Stephen-
If that wasn’t on msnbc, I would have thought that was a joke. Unbelievable.

Stephen Parrish, that’s sweet! I’d almost forgotten about that case.

And Josh Marshall thinks Allen is working a plea deal, depriving all of us of a good trial. Of course, if he’s whispering interesting things in the prosecutor’s ear, that could be ok too. ;)

Prof at 26 & 27

How right you are. Someone has to hold the administartion’s feet to the fire…

i hope I got the metaphor right.

I share the concern that Bush will find a way to ignore this ruling. What’s the enforcement mechanism? There was a telling moment after the ruling when he was careful to call it a “finding” instead.

another one bites the dust!

MSNBC personality Rita Cosby yesterday went from the floodwaters of Pennsylvania into the fire of 30 Rock.

After a grueling nine-hour meeting involving Cosby, her agent and top NBC News and MSNBC execs, the third-rated cable news network announced that her weeknight show, “Rita Cosby: Live & Direct,” will be canceled in early July.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new.....3418c.html

looseheadprop @ 46

let’s see if it peteres out

Let’s see if you could find another way to say that . . .

;)

Seriously - hooray for healthier eating and happier people! (And a good night’s sleep definitely makes for happier people!)

Re health, I got turned in the right direction by walking a half hour a day in the park, pilates once a week for developing core strength, and eating more protein and less starchy stuff. People tell me I look great, what can I say.

i second spork 36.
pittsburgh has bright spots but you have to venture closer.

new thread! http://www.firedoglake.com/200.....panked-me/

Ilson at 62;

Yes! Yes! I can’t stand that woman. I’ve never seen her show because i have to mute her insipid ads when I watch Chris Matthews.

Christy, I’m a fan of pilates. You can try the tapes that don’t require equipment and are floor exercises.

Spork at 36 and Squirrel Hiller at 67 — we’ve spent a lot of time in and out of Pittsburgh, especially in the last year with trips to the zoo. :) But with the peanut in tow, lately it’s been all about being near a mall with a kiddie play area — South Hills Village or Robinson Town Center — that also has a proximate good book store. As she gets older, we’ll be able to get back to regular Pittsburgh visits with more fun stuff like baseball games and thai food and such, but for now, giving her space to play and wear herself out so momma and dad can have some book store time is a huge plus. (And everyone in the book store appreciates it, too.)

Not to change the subject, Jane, but Wot Is It Good 4 has National Security Whistleblowers Coalition’s Whistleblowers’ dirty dozen. “The following members of Congress, by their action or inaction, have stood against real investigations, hearings, and legislation dealing with government whistleblowers who have exposed waste, fraud, abuse, and or criminal activities within government agencies.”

Notice the first name on the list. And there’s our good buddy Rape Gurney Joe!

1. Senator Hillary Clinton
2. Senator Mike DeWine
3. Rep. David Dreier
4. Rep. Dennis Hastert
5. Senator Orrin Hatch
6. Rep. Peter Hoekstra
7. Senator Jon Kyl
8. Senator Joseph Lieberman
9. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger
10. Senator Rick Santorum
11. Rep. James Sensenbrenner
12. Rep. Mark Souder

http://wotisitgood4.blogspot.c.....dozen.html

another one bites the dust!

Such a voice!

Like a canary drowning in hot tar.

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Christy-

To heck with the bookstores!

The peanut would love to just sit and watch the fountain.

You know it’s true!

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spork will hate this idea but take the peanut to idlewild park in ligonier on rt 30. excellent place to let a feral peanut run free.

squirrel hiller @ 74 sez:

idlewild park in ligonier on rt 30. excellent place to let a feral peanut run free.

There’s Kennywood…

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I haven’t posted a Diary at DailyKos before. Just did (under another user name).

It is a better version of what I posted here in the comments. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/6/30/104417/481

PS, is this blogwhoring?

Kennywood

a little less bucolic but, hey, you can see a working steel mill up close and personal!

PS, is this blogwhoring?

Yes. But it’s a noble persuit.

Nicely done.

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Love that picture up top.

May sound weird, but it probably epitomizes my ideal of beauty.

OK, I’m old-fashioned and very un-hip.

But I don’t care–That redhead is hot!

I’d buy one of those calendars in a heartbeat.

Re exercise: Just found myself a book called MEGAYOGA (Megan Garcia, DK pbk, $15, ISBN 0-7566-1947-5). Lots of advice on modifying the traditional poses to compensate for extra flesh, weak joints, and the other flaws that female-in-particular flesh is heir to. First yoga manual I’ve found that doesn’t start with the attitude, implicit or explicit, that “If you can’t manage postures invented by slender males, go lose weight or get stronger and THEN come back here”…

Christy,

If that is you in the pic at the top Mr. ReddHedd is a lucky guy.

Christy,
I just saw your artwork on this post and was caught by surprise (pleasantly). The artist who created that famous Hilda series is a man by the name of Duane Bryers. He lives in the Tucson, Arizona area.

Ironically, since this is a political blog, his daughter is running for Congress in my district. It is rated the 3rd hottest race in the country with a heavily contested primary. Her name is Patty Weiss. She does her own blog on her website and started to blog on DailyKos too. I am very enthusiastically supporting her. A progressive woman, with great integrity, who is working her butt off on this campaign.

Since this is end of the quarter, I guess I should put in a plug for donations to her campaign.

Maybe you can do a blog interview with her sometime? She really enjoys working with the netroots and how creative people have been in using the technology.