Ned-Rootz!

TRAIN SPOTTING.

Hee HAWWWWWWWWWWWWWW Biden

Way to go Mr. Biden! You did good!

Got on wrong train…blinded by his teeth

“Stamford” or “Stepford” make sense to me – is “Stemford” just a typo?

Ah, geez, I misspelled the word I was asking about – “Stempford.” It’s Monday, all right!

78% – of CT responders would rather have Lamont than Lieberman! hah

Maybe someone should poll Diebold workers…

Tigin is not far from the Stamford station, either. There’s lots o’ options for transport into “the city that works” other than Amtrak.

hilarious.

He had just whitened his teeth and couldn’t do a thing with ‘em.

So if Biden missed his train, couldn’t he have shown up late, or were there so few people that everyone was gone in half an hour? (And would anyone want to vote for a candidate who can’t even catch a scheduled train?)

Kobe had the trots this morning and I had some blogs stuff to handle so I couldn’t go to the Biden event at the last minute, but I’m hearing it was a complete bomb, nobody was there except the LieberYouth and Joe was terrified to face the crowd. He snuck in the back door.

Meanwhile Ned is doing four events a day out in public, extremely accessible for anyone who wants to go talk to him.

The Holy Joe Cut-and-Run juggernaut continues. Congrats to DeanFan84 and Neal who drove all the way to Stamford to be the Biden Welcome Wagon Committee.

Damn trains.

Why did Joe Biden miss his train
1) Didn’t have his daily “Big Gulp” coffee from 7-Eleven 34%
2) Stumping for Lieberman might pose a problem for Biden’s Presidential goals in 2008 61%
3) Honest mistake 5%

202 votes so far. POLL HERE: http://connecticutblog.blogspo…..train.html

EPU’d from a previous thread. You guys are going too fast for me, this Monday morning!

* * *
Slightly off-topic, but did anyone else hear David Brooks avow that Lindsey Graham is a “judge” in the naval reserve?

Doesn’t Judge Advocate General just mean he’s a lawyer in the military?

Does this mean I’m smarter than David Brooks?

Egad, Lieberman’s campaign is one for the textbooks on “how not to.” Pathetic. Cannot even keep establishment endorsements steady a month out from a primary.

On an entirely different note, I think a thread on the state of Iraq is pertinent. The violence there seems to have achieved yet another high in intensity and insanity. The reports of drills being used for torture reminds me of stories about the killing fields in Cambodia. The situation seems to be sliding ever faster into Dante-like horror.

BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Biden is such a loser. I hope when Boxer comes to Conn. there are legions of Women their to tell her she doesn’t have the facts about Holy Joe and his support for Womens rights etc. I hear from friends in NY they plan on going there to rally when she goes to let her know, that there ARE consequenses to her actions. She better be arnmed with the facts and not show up and spew Holy Joe talking points or she will get back what she gave to CondiLiar in spades.

I just can’t imagine how Joe Biden would miss an opportunity to hoist a cold one at an honest to goodness Irish Pub …

unless Lieberlager is now toxic.

mwahahahaha.

Anne — it was a typo. ooops!

REAL Democrats don’t want to go hear Biden talk his crap anyway!

Repost from last post, hit the post?

Off Topeka… but here is the trancript of
Bush’s Chicago press conference, re: Fitz.
Disregard if it has been posted before…

The Prez is really fast on his feet, heh?

Q Thank you very much. Mr. President, the work of U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald in prosecuting alleged corruption is well-known herein Chicago, as well as nationally. It’s my understanding that technically, he hasn’t been reappointed to his position, and serves at
your pleasure. Do you have any plans to formally reappoint him to the post, or any position at Department of Justice?
THE PRESIDENT: As a special prosecutor?
Q And would you give us your assessment of the job that he’s doing?
THE PRESIDENT: I don’t have any plans to reappoint him because I haven’t thought about it. I will now think about it, now that you
brought it up. The only — I can give you an assessment of how I thought he handled the case in Washington. I haven’t been following the cases here. I thought in Washington he handled the case with professionalism, he was very professional about it. You didn’t see a lot leaks, you didn’t see a lot of speculation, you didn’t see a lot of people kind of dropping a little crumb here for the press to chew on. And I really thought he handled himself well. But as far as reappointing him as a special prosecutor, I don’t know whether the Attorney General is going to do that, or not. That’s his choice to make.

Bay State Librul

one more time -

just how much is Ned paying the Lieberman consultants ?

and your little dog, too …

JAG’s are the top lawyers in each armed service. Dunno if the Coasties have a JAG, but I’d be a bit surprised if they didn’t.

Courts Martial work rather differently than civil courts, and JAGs are somewhat different than the Chief Counsel of a civilian government department (e.g., HHS has a Chief Counsel who heads the legal department.)

BC

Maybe Biden snuck off the train at Penn Station. Time for a Biden Fugitive poster!

Or maybe one of his aides gave him bad advice and he tried an Amtrak pizza. We may never hear from him again.

Anne 6: Stamford Stepford = Stempford?

Actually, a big scene in the original Stepford Wives was filmed in Darien, the next town west on 95, in the aptly named Goodwives Shopping Center. Named for the bordering Goodwives River (more of a brook really), but oddly appropriate.

Raw story has a developing story that Snow job and Helen Thomas got into it at the presser today.
I hope Helen got him good.
LOL

Maybe Joe had the trots, too…makes train travel potentially pretty..um..embarrassing.

But Kobe has better hair…and probably, teeth.

*G*

(Hope Kobe’s tummy is feeling better!)

Anne#27…LMAO!

It’s about 3 hours from Wilmington to Stamford, and Biden “missed his train”. Seems like he didn’t really want to be there, or there would have been better planning. Are we to believe Biden was intending to travel for six hours just to spend a couple of hours in a bar for Lieberman? If this were serious he’d be staying overnight or would have planned to fly.

Why do I imagine Biden talking to Joe like that Kids in the Hall character: “Slipped my mind. But I feel awful about it…”

and since there are no ROADS between Stamford and Wilmington, Biden just couldn’t make it

no if Boxer can be convinced to miss the loserman bus too …

Joe Biden that is…

Countertenor: 23

So Brooks IS an idiot for saying Huckleberry is a judge in the naval reserve. :)

(I LOVE your name!0

Franco — Nobody really gave fuck-all about Biden, folks were just showing up for fun. People are seriously pissed about Boxer. I would expect to see a very large organized response to her visit.

Kobe better be gobbling Imodium that day because I won’t miss it for anything.

OT– there is a great discussion wrt torture over at wapo with Stephen Miles, MD.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..00868.html

Jack Walsh
Thank you for posting that. I have had my antennae up ever since I heard shrub was going to Chicago, on his birthday, to have lunch with Daley, while the jury was deliberating the Daley City Hall hiring scandal case.

Somewhere I read that Daley was told of the guilty verdict WHILE eating with arbusto.

I think it was meant to be another one of those (cue the JAws shark attck music) threantening situations meant to intimidate ole’ Fitz.

Thing is, it probaby went right over his head. So, bush got himself a photo op with Daley just as Daly’s admisn was being ajudged corrupt, all for nothing.

Irony, I do so love irony.

Little Dog Too 15 – if you’re conscious you’re smarter than Bobo.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve taken that train too.

Big plus if you pull an afternoon run, they have a bar car…..

so which Joe is the Stamford Wife?

…and your little dog, too @ 15:

Evidently.

From Online Newshour, June 30, 2006:

DAVID BROOKS: Well, I’ve noticed that on Capitol Hill they’re chomping at the bit to get involved in this, because they have felt that their branch of government has been disrespected and they really want to get aggressive.

And I think there are — I mean, there seem to be — Arlen Specter has been very aggressive in trying to — and some people, like Senator Frist, want to give the administration essentially what they have.

Others — and this is an ally of John McCain, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who’s a military judge, wants to create a military system with congressional approval. And from what one is hearing so far, there tends to be pretty bipartisan interest in that, Carl Levin and Lindsey Graham.

Professor Conflate strikes again

;>)

and your little dog too …

Not to put too fine a point on it, but yes. But you already knew chuckleberry was an idiot.

BC

Both Joes have missed the boat.

Yikes! Echoing your little dog: You guys are going too fast for me, this Monday morning!

Was thinking about Kyl and Graham–esp. Graham–while I was running errands this morning, and these thoughts stuck with me [sorry if I’m redundant, but that suits the ol’ stay on message….repeat, repeat, repeat….]

These guys must think they’re channeling Jack Nicholsen and “you can’t handle the truth…” so they must bear false witness. Their speech may be protected, but that doesn’t make their tactics any less reprehensible. Accountability, ethics, “at long last Senator, have you no shame” all work for me!

And we should be pressing the ones who can hold them accountable for “conduct unbecoming.” Their fellow Senators who should speak out [Biden & LIE-berman, anyone?], the chain of command, their state bar associations, and, yes, the media who have a perfect opportunity here to show THEY have spines of their own.

Now back to your regularly scheduled “oopsie” programming.

Christy and Jane, you are hot, hot, hot!

You know, it’s the height of stupidity and ignorance that our august senators have taken to referring to the Attorney General as “general”. It’s not a rank, it’s an adjective. God does that irritate me.

Prairie at 43 — It’s just one of those Mondays…and there’s lots more to come…

Jane 13

I’m sure you know this, but after Kobe’s torsion last month, you should watch him closely any time anything is different in his nether regions.

I imagine they tacked his stomach, but that is not a sure thing, preventatively.

Not trying to alarm you, and I know you are a the BEST mommy, but with my own brood, I have to err on the side of neurotically attentive.

If only they could talk.

BTW, do you have a torsion kit? Primarily a long section of aquariam tubing.

Jane#33…..I give my Sergei 1/2 of an antacid tablet with the immodium. The Vet told me it helps the doggies body absorb the immodium quicker and makes it more effective. I have done it and it works. My little guy gets this problem every other week. We are so glad you are there to let us know what is going on. THANKS

So, bush got himself a photo op with Daley just as Daly’s admisn was being ajudged corrupt

This seems like rather maladroit imagesmithing…

Kinda OT, but can’t stop mulling over Mary’s excellent post re GOTV. Looks like ACORN is trying to get out the vote in a number of states by ballot measures to increase the minimum wage (by state, rather than waiting for legislation to pass at the federal level). Will putting the minimum wage issue on the November ballot GOTV that we’re looking for? Seems like a good start to me.

Boxer’s staffer couldn’t explain why Boxer endorsed loserman

I just called, and the staffer claimed that stafferes couldn’t answer “political” questions

Boxer is hiding behind a technicallity

time to find another candidate for California’s junior Senator

“Does this mean I’m smarter than David Brooks?”

Hell’s bells, little dog, even this guy is smarter than Bobo Brooks (gots sharper claws too). The video has an unexpected storyline.

My Biden (doesn’t) take the morning train…

and your little dog, too 45 — no I don’t have a torsion kit. Where would I find one?

All the dogs have had the trots for the past few days, I had to switch their dry food because I couldn’t get Organix here (had to go with Newman’s Own organic). I mixed what I had of the Organinix for a couple of days with the new food but I think it’s just a switch issue. I didn’t want to leave Kobe and have him suffering because he couldn’t get outside for a long time, though.

Darblack 39

Thank yew!

And to think he has a column in the NYT. Kinda goes to show how shallow the RW bench is as far as credible writers and thinkers go.

Boxer is hiding behind a technicallity
time to find another candidate for California’s junior Senator

Maxine?

Franco 46 — good tip. I will do that, thanks much.

I’m so far behind on comments – too busy this morning. But from the Santorum thread

The Quinnipiac poll found that more than 40 percent of those who said they would vote for Mr. Casey said it was primarily a vote against Mr. Santorum.

Isn’t this something that appalls the DLC, and Biden, and Lieberman, and Brazile, and .. .

That “one issue” thing of voting against someone you feel has been a failure in representing your interests?

Surely Casey is going to go public with a statement that he really doesn’t want those “one issue” votes from people who are just negative on Casey.

Right?

Am I starting to understand DLC/DSCC politics yet?

On the previous topic of Rick Santorum, We at The Great Society are trying to help Ricky out.

Please join us in helping Rick write his master stroke of redefinition ‘50 Things You May Not Know about Rick Satorum.’

Because, y’know, we care.

to Lotus at 50

I don’t know anything about you, but the answer is yes

freepatriot at 49 — well, technically, the staffer in Boxer’s office is correct, they aren’t supposed to talk about campaigning issues. But they can take messages from people who call in about campaign issues. And they can also give you the name and phone number of a person with whom you can speak about campaign issues who can answer your questions. ;-)

franco 26

helen thomas deserves our thanks and support. she is a sane voice in this upside down country.

give ‘em hell, helen!

Lotus 50

Whew! A-DORable picture, BTW.

Mary,

You take votes where and how you can get them. But voting against Santorum doesn’t bode well for Casey’s long-term viability.

Although that ignores the value of incumbency in a campaign.

BC

puppethead 29, Nice call on the KITH reference.

for Boxers taxpayer-funded Senatorial office worker to explain Boxers political endorsements would be quite illegal. Do you want Santorums office staff working on your dime on his reelection campaign? Senatorial staff must be outside of election politics.

looseheadprop, have you seen this op-ed?

The president’s inattention will be welcomed by the Chicago political establishment, which despises Fitzgerald and opposed him from the start, when he was nominated by former Illinois Sen. Peter (no relation) Fitzgerald, widely considered to be renegade (i.e., he refused to take orders from the goniffs). In a word, establishment Republicans and Democrats want him gone.

And there’s good reason to think he might be, aside from the president’s non-assurance. One of the chief practitioners of Illinois establishment politics is Republican operative Bob Kjellander, who brags (whether true or not) about his friendship with Bush chief political strategist, Karl Rove. Despite Kjellander’s engineering Bush defeats in Illinois and other Midwest states, the White House (Rove?) thought he was pretty hot stuff and brought him to the Beltway where he is engineering who knows what political disaster.

Kjellander also will be credited with the coming GOP election disaster in Illinois, thanks to his help in selecting state Treasurer Judy Barr Topinka to run against incumbent Blagojevich. She’s a dear lady, a treasured “moderate,” but not a gusty independent willing to stand up to the political establishment.

The point is that Kjellander (pronounced Shelander), a Republican national committeeman who has received $800,000 in unexplained fees through a state bond-borrowing deal engineered by Democrat Blagojevich, is no fan of Fitzgerald’s either. No one, in other words, in the political establishment in Chicago or Washington, is pushing for Fitzgerald’s reappointment.

totally OT, but we are on puppy watch at my house today. one of my (not yet ex) husband’s bitches is due to deliver a litter any minute.

little labs.

More links posted at http://www.firedoglake.com/200…../#comments on the Kyl and Graham issue.

Anybody who enjoyed the links at 50 ^ (Fiona?), much more on this page.

Good luck birthin’ them lablets, lhp!

Christy, consider it this way

Boxer endorsed loserman AS MY SENATOR, that makes it my business

if the staffer can’t talk about it because it’s a political issue, then my Senator SHOULD HAVE KEPT HER MOUTH SHUT

Boxer chose to endorse loserman as a SENATOR, she should explain her actions AS A SENATOR

donm’t go and do something and then claim you can’t speak about it because of a technicallity, that pisses me off

if you’re willing to endorse somebody, you better be ready to explain why

I tend to get a little bit rude at times (by my own measurement), and some poor staffer just experienced that phenomenon, so I know that I’ll be remembered

I think it’s funny that people keep telling me “there’s no need to be rude”

right after I get “Rude”, I seem to get results. I got kinda rude at the lumber store last week. 5 minutes later they found the order that they swore for a half hour that they didn’t have

no need to be rude ???

I was rude, and you found my shit

seems to me that there WAS A NEED to be rude

don’t try this at home kids, I’m a trained idiot

Jane 52

You can put together your own bloat kit (not torsion kit, duh.)

This website will tell you how:

http://www.kifka.com/Elektrik/BloatFirstAid.htm

I guess it’s pretty common in Borzois and other sight hounds.

Rescue Remedy is also recommended but in my case, it would be for me. :)

That “one issue” thing of voting against someone you feel has been a failure in representing your interests?
Surely Casey is going to go public with a statement that he really doesn’t want those “one issue” votes from people who are just negative on Casey.

IOYIKADINO.

Jane – re: torsion kit –

It’s my understanding that one of the things the vet will do if symptoms of torsion are present is to try to pass a length of tubing into the alimentary canal and into the stomach to see if gas pressure can be released that way. How one would know one was in the right place – in the stomach/not in the stomach – is the part I would feel hinky about.

I would also guess that unless one has some expertise with the procedure, it would carry some risk of puncture.

I think if it were me, I would find out the location and telephone number of the nearest 24 hr emergency vet, and how to get there, just in case.

Hope for Kobe’s sake and yours that he’s just having diet issues…

What cracks me up is that Bush didn’t know what the reporter was talking about when asked if he’d reappoint Fitzgerald. The term of a US Atty is 3 (or 4?) years, and Fitz has been in Chicago since Sept. 2001. Bush answered as if he had a choice to reappoint him as Special Prosecutor in the CIA leak case.

Those are two different animals.

Anne 27 LOL

and your little dog – the military’s courts martial proceedings are different than regular courts. I don’t know much about them at all, but in general they a tiered system where lesser charges get a proceedings where only a military officer might be presiding – not even one who is a lawyer or JAG, on up through a much more formal proceeding for more important crimes that includes a panel of judges who receive appointments from the Judge Advocate General’s office.

Given that Graham is an officer and JAG, I would be very surprised if he hasn’t been appointed by JAG office on its military judges list.

Of course, as I mentioned, for some proceedings it is a matter of officer review without any requirment that the presiding officer have legal training per se.

[Non-sequitor - once upon a time (I don’t know if this is still the case or not) some states did not require that candidates running to be judge be lawyers.]

SO — I would tend to think Brooks is right, even without looking things up.

Eli 72 –

is that YOKOONO’s sister?

lhp – for a minute there, I thought maybe your soon-to-be-ex had a harem or something, and thought it sounded very new-agey that you might be in the delivery room…

glad we’re talking labs…*g*

Our first lab gave birth to 10 puppies three days before I gave birth to my first child.. was kind of a wild place – puppies, new baby. Craziness ruled.

OT: As always, the fake news is more accurate than the real news. “The Onion” has this article up from its 2001 archives:

Bush: ‘Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over’

Here’s the link: http://www.theonion.com/conten…..ecial=2001

Mary,

New Mexico doesn’t require magistrate judges be attorneys.

I’m not sure that it’s a statutory requirement for judges above that level, but above the magistrate level judges are appointed by the Gov, then run in a contested election. After that they run for retention.

For the initial appointment you need a bar recommendation, which is tantamount to requiring admission to the bar.

BC

JAG you are?

(said with British accent)

“please pass the Grey Poupon”

The very best doggie doc in the world is at Norwalk Vet on Connecticut Ave. He is Dr. Charles Duffy and his wife Janice (also a vet there)is a real sweetheart. My little Bichon had ITP and went thru heck and Dr. Duffy was wise, kind, and wonderful throughout the ordeal. I actually resuscitated him one terrible day and Dr. Duffy was truly amazing and attentive– my sweetie survived for another good year and then passed from renal failure.

http://norwalkveterinaryhospital.com/index.html

“IOYKADINO” Has some prepared as sashimi last night. Joined all th edogs and little ones with runs around thi splace

:~)

lhp – with anyone else, the reference to their “soon to be ex”-s bitches would be about something else entirely. *g*

Fat labby puppies are about the cutest thing on the face of the earth. I hope we get pics later.

Frank Probst — that was a classic the day the Onion first published it.

Bargain C – once upon a time, KY didn’t require even a bar recommendation for Circuit Court judges. I don’t know what the rules are now (I should too). I do remember they had a coroner running against the sitting judge at one point when I was growing up and the coroner (who had no medical background) was not a lawyer.

I think sometimes you just assume certain things in life, and then you find out just how untrustworthy that word “assume” can be.

>>>>>>>>>>

So far, I’ve got:

I Owe You KADINO?

when did Boxer endorse the Lieberman ? I know I’ve had limited blogging time the last week and a half, but how in the hell did I miss that one ?

Stirling Newberry says it’s almost an obligation, and we should look to see what she does (personal appearances, steer $$ his way, etc.) not what she says

but I am a little stunned – I tend to think of her in the same way as Russ, but geesh, that’s so very, very DLC …

If Only Young Inebriated Kennedy Ate Dinner In New Orleans?

Leslie in CA at 65

Thank you so much. I had not seen that Op Ed. It is quite good and I am feeling much more external validation for my paranoid view of the Bush visit.

Saturday Night Massacre is never too far down on my list of thangs worth worrying about. Not that I am a chronic worrier or anything.

So, OK maybe I am a chronic worrier, that doesn;t make me a bad person. *g* ;-)

OT: New Troll in Town

Could this be what Representative Peter Hoekstra, Republican of Michigan, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is talking about?
~

it’s OK if you’re a democrat in name only

“Ooops” being our theme, I guess this isn’t truly OT . . .

Raw Story: Ground commanders’ questions about detainee treatment went unanswered

Anybody can have an off day, ya know … Biden, Lieberman, Boxer, Bush, Cheney, Addington, Yoo, Rummy, Myers, Sanchez, Centcom, JCoS … just anybody. Tra la.

I will play amateur therapist and say it was pretty darn passive agressive of Biden to miss the train like that.

Updated above…

hey mui,

the good Senator was just biden his time and simply lost track

sorry punaise, I’ll be over here

I suppose it is quite plausible that anyone could be late for their train. Anyone at all.

http://apoeticjustice.blogspot…..train.html

ALL ABOARD!

cbl – fair game!

May Sen. PearlyWhites find his ass biden home by the good peeps of Delaware one day soon.

Just a little Iraq-induced scheduling problem, eh? Makes perfect sense.

jetlag is a bitch

Looseheadprop,

I’m paranoid like you…
We are on the verge of a constitutional crisis… and I fear we lack the courage of an Eliot Richardson.
I’m still waiting for the next loafer to drop.
John Dean knows it well….

Jack

I’ll pile on, mui, and say that it is pretty darn narcissistic, too.

good one, cbl!

there is a dunkin’ donuts at the Stamford Station…can’t honestly say which, if any, immigrants run it, though– never noticed, myself.

amtrak, however is grievously hardly ever on time… I am suprised that Biden missed the train; rather he could still be waiting thanks to deadeye dick and his energy cronies– no funding for you, amtrak!

so since Biden arrived on Saturday but Lieberman blamed Bidens no-show on his late arrival from Iraq, does that mean you are implying Lieberman was lying ?

IANAL but is that what you-all call “a leading question” ?

The instances like those in the rawstory link – they go directly to DOJ/OLC for culpability IMO.

OT…

Calling Mainers…Mary Jane, Susan, Blank Kludge, Valley Girl are you here yet? A proposed Lake breakfast sometime this month in Ellsworth area. (This was originally to have been coincident with Yearly Kos but too much else intervened.)

Any interest out there?

Mary at 83

No, I am not the jealous type. I wish he would find someone who loves him. We would all be happier, and he would stop giving me such a hard time about the divorce if he had a happy future to look forward to.

I wish him well. I just don’t want to be married to him.

Please expand on that, Mary . . .

Your 103, that is.

I think Senator Biden deserves some props here . . .

He read the handwriting on the wall, noted the cement overshoes on Weepin’ Joe’s feet, and realize he could be next — which is exactly the message we are trying to send.

Thank you, Senator Biden — for putting self preservation ahead of Leaverman preservation.

Jeez, you can even snooze on the Acela Express. The seats are super comfy, the lights are not bright and the train gently thrums you to sleep.
This is the lamest excuse imaginable.
I’m beginning to think that Schumer et al may be seeing some numbers that are not all that favorable to them. Holy Joe is going to ruin everything for them if he isn’t reined in or stopped.

little dog –
And to think he has a column in the NYT. Kinda goes to show how shallow the RW bench is as far as credible writers and thinkers go.

Greg Sargent has a great post up about this very topic. Personally, I’m reminded of a great term I heard in a techie context a few years ago: “Well, that had zero information content!”

Jeez, you can even snooze on the Acela Express.

Asshole-a Express for Biden. oops, is that mean?

-ck- 108-ish I hope you are right — that is what I first thought. Someone on his staff said, if you have any hope of winning theDem primaries for Pres., best not get your picture taken with Lieberman right now.

Which is why Hillary was so smart to come out wit THE most principled position and to do it early: “I will support whoever the democrat voters of Connecticut choose.”

Is that so very hard, Joe? Barbara? Evan? etc.? This is, after all, the Democratic Party, not the pity party — that’s down the hall.

Mary, if you’re still there. . . . About a week ago you did a series of three posts on the history and context leading up to the Hamdan decision. They are extremely helpful in undertanding the decision and must reads. A few threads later you did a couple of posts on “History,” A, B, C, D, etc. I thought of these because they collectively were more helpful and a far better read than the John Dean article — also good, but not as complete — referenced earlier today in “A Matter of Ethics.”

Do you have quick links to these posts, and if so, can I trouble you to leave a link at the end of the “matter of ethics” thread, so that we’ll all be able to find those five or so posts. Thanks much.

By the way, my use of “democrat” in my Hillary quote was attempted snark, but it appeared too subtle after it went up. Sorry….

NYT:Brazen Daytime Violence Continues in Baghdad

By KIRK SEMPLE and JOHN O’NEIL 12:43 PM ET

More than 40 people died today, even after a plea from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for Iraqis to “unite as brothers.”

. . .

Is Biden at work today? What about Joe? The Senate just convened after their latest break.

inquiring voters want to know.

re: dog’s digestion – my big guy gets some “simple bloat” once in awhile… good ol’ Gas-X and a nice slow walk seems to break up the problem pretty quickly… not always pleasant for the people but the dog always feels much better

Jack Walsh,

Earlier today I somewhat disagreed with someone who, in a flattering way, compared Pat Fitz with an Irish boxer. I don’t think I would ever describe Pat as agressive or combative. Just determined and firm.

However, I have NEVER worried that Pat lacked courage. In fact the thing that first struck me about him, many years ago, was hoe very much courage he did have, and how much courage and determination it took for someone as painfully shy as he is, to become a courtroom lawyer.

Biden: I just flew in from Iraq, and boy are my arms tired!

new post – just bagged me a fitZero

Sen. Dorgan, one of our few senators interested in oversight, holding hearings on
“Federal Funding For Local Law Enforcement”
—or lack thereof—on Cspan 3.

Biden was probably just miffed cause he did not get his normal summons to any of the Sunday blather forums and is still in a funk.

Many horrifying details in that article I linked at 114, btw … here’s a cut from mid-story:

While Baghdad has been ravaged by Sunni-Shiite bloodletting in recent months, even by recent standards the violence here on Sunday was frightening, delivered with impunity by gun-wielding vigilantes on the street. In the culture of revenge that has seized Iraq, residents all over the city braced for an escalation in the cycle of retributive mayhem between the Shiites and Sunnis that has threatened to expand into civil war.

Speaking to the Kurdish regional parliament in the country’s north today, Mr. Maliki, a Shiite, said “our destiny is to work together in brotherhood to defeat terrorism and insurgency.” The country’s president, Jalal Talabini [sic], called for calm and warned that the nation was “in front of a precipice.”

a member of the largest Sunni coalition in Parliament, Ayad al-Samaraie, responded to the rampage by calling today for the United Nations Security Council to send peacekeepers to Baghdad, since what he called the “occupation forces” were unable to restore order, The Associated Press reported.

The violence coincided with an announcement by American military officials on Sunday that they had formally accused four more American soldiers of rape and murder, and a fifth soldier of “dereliction of duty” for failing to report the crimes, in connection with the deaths of a teenage Iraqi girl and three members of her family.

Emphasis mine.

new thread

http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..h-dudgeon/

it’s OK if you’re a democrat in name only

Correct. It probably would have helped if I hadn’t tried to spell an acronym phonetically (and didn’t even do a very good job of that)…

Mary @ 76:

According to Graham’s senate bio:

Since 1995, Graham has continued to serve his country in the U.S. Air Force Reserves and is the only U.S. Senator currently serving in the Guard or Reserves. He is a colonel and is assigned as a Reserve Judge to the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals.

This round to Bobo… But the Liberal Inquisition never rests

;>)

Redshift 110

Thanks for that link.

I’m hearing it was a complete bomb, nobody was there except the LieberYouth and Joe was terrified to face the crowd. He snuck in the back door.

Well, the event was hosted by the Irish-Americans in Connecticut (formed, we were told, to help cheerlead for the Good Friday accords of eight years ago led, on this side of the pond, by Bill Clinton and, IIRC, George Mitchell). Hence the Irish Pub.

I am sure of only one thing – being a reporter is not so easy – but I would guess 40-60 people were there, with the middle aged well-represented (I counted myself twice since to pass as any kind of Dem I need to induce a mild schizophrenic state…).

Lieberman did in fact come in the back door, and it was planned to avoid any surprises out front, but I never saw anything that could pass as a “crowd” of non-supporters actually gather.

But a caveat – for a good chunk of the time I was inside some Irish pub with frosted glass windows, so to scan for excitement outside I had to tippy-toe to peek through the regular windows, and I rarely deign to do that in pubs of any type. My nose for news was pressed against the glass but I could only make out hairstyles and disembodied heads on the sidewalk. Kinda weird; where was Hunter S. Thompson when I needed him?

As to the event being a “bomb” – who knows? There were several media outlets (WCBS 880 radio, CH 8 CT News, NY Times, that I saw). Lieberman spoke a bit, so maybe a news station got a useful soundbite (but for my money, he did not deliver soundbites well; I did not see any staffers tearing out their hair, but the campaign guy was already balding).

Possible news – Lieberman was asked about Bill Clinton coming to campaign for him – Clinton worked on the first Lieberman campaign in 1970, and Joe was the first non-AR Senator to endorse Bill in ‘91 (we were told), so who knows? Anyway, Lieberman did not announce a date by any means, but he did not rule it out (why would he?)

For myself, the event was a bomb because Jane missed it (goes without saying, but I said it).

I did meet Ed Anderson, who was very calm and cogent chatting with Mark Leibovich of the NY Times outside after Lieberman left. Ed apparently blogs at My Left Nutmeg as TrueBlueCT (IIRC, and sic?). Leibovich recently did the Kennedy/Ohio story, works in the Times Washington Bureau, and is in CT doing a piece on Lieberman. I did not infer from the Kennedy story that he is a fan of lefty blogs, but mileage may vary.

Other tidbit – Joe announced that John Lewis had more or less endorsed Lieberman up in Hartford; take that, Maxine. I have not researched that.

I may have an opportunity to attend other Lieberman events, and I guess I ought to check Lamont’s schedule, too.

And a bit of local lore – the Goodwives River opens into a useful cove which was once an active fishing port. Back when fishing captains built homes on the river, they would sail away for months at a time and the good wives would stay behind. No news on the activities of the not-so-good wives. So there you go – amaze the natives.

Any thoughts on why Hillary gave Lanny Davis the green light to go after Ned on Washington Journal yesterday?

O/T but wanted to get this out, incase you all had not seen this news report (the murdered man’s brother in London is a friend of mine. Naturally, it’s made front page in the evening papers (Evening Standard).

Campaigner knifed to death in US

A political campaigner from north London, tipped for a glittering career, has been stabbed to death in the US.
Police said Alan Senitt, 27, was trying to protect his female companion when they were targeted by armed robbers as they walked home in Washington DC.

The former chairman of the Union of Jewish Students (UJS), from Pinner, had moved to the US to work on Democrat Mark Warner’s presidential campaign.

Two men, a youth and a woman have been charged with murder.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/eng…..164356.stm

Scarecrow – if you’re still around, I think I can find the last three, more organized posts, so I’ll do that. They hit a lot of stuff other than the Graham Kyl mess, but I’ll link them there.

darkblack – as well it should not. *g* BTW, in case no one has mentioned it the last hour or so, you are an absolute genius db.

JayinVT – that is a horribly sad story. I’m sure the woman he was with and his family are beyond horrified and traumatized. Condolences for your friend – their brother sounds like a very special person.

scarecrow – Mary’s Hamdan posts can be found here , here, here, here, and here.

Note: These links are to the first instance I could find of Mary’s brilliance in each of those threads.

(And moderator, I’ve never attempted so many embedded links before, so if this gets stuck, I’m sorry for the extra work. Will click all the ads twice today ;-)

lhp, are you here now?

Re: lindsey graham

I think Dark Black hit it at 126 above. He is a military judge in the Reserves. Within the military legal system that is kind of a term of art- all military attorney are “Judge Advocates,” but some (O6 and up) get appointed as “military judges” – they preside at courts-martial and things like that.

How is it that an appearance by Joe Biden would help any candidate. This guy loves to hear himself talk and talk and talk. Not that this is unusual among political types, but he just seems so ineffective. (Except for MBNA) Heck I still have not gotten over the Clarence Thomas hearings back when Joe the Hair Plug chaired the Judiciary Committee. Now that was a disaster.

Don’t worry all, I am on my way to ct. on the 25th of july, to knock out the remaining 12 people who still are backing the lieberman. My dad still lives in orange, where I grew up, and I will be rounding up as many mishpucka as I can to get to the polls on the 8th, even if I have to buy all of them pizza at sallys, or corned beef sandwiches at that deli in amityville, which I forget the name. See you then, give em hell ned!

Hmmm, 163 miles sounds like a little over an hour on a chopper-I guess the Capital One chopper was busy?