Recess!

Think Progress has a story that the pretzeldint is going to recess-appoint that peckerwood quack Holzinger to be surgeon general. Can we please give some of the democrats detention so that we won't have a recess?

How convenient

This is a case of the chicken in the Fox house.

Bush to be interviewed on Fox.

Yesterday, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino held a news briefing aboard Air Force One where she went over President Bush’s media schedule. His two upcoming appearances? Fox News and Fox Business Channel.

I am afraid I will have to pass. I can barely stomach reading about Chimpy

Florida to declare war on Georgia

Georgia Gov. Perdue said to be developing WMDs.

Disclaimer: I grew up in Atlanta and spent a lot of time at my aunt's house at Lake Lanier. So this stuff is especially interesting to me.

Florida backs away from water war truce
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 11/09/07

One week after it appeared Georgia, Alabama and Florida had reached a temporary truce in their latest fight over water, Florida notified federal officials that it objected to a proposal to keep more water in Lake Lanier.

On Thursday night, Florida sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, opposing the short-term plan to reduce releases into Florida from Lanier.

The corps, which proposed the reductions, said stemming the flow downstream could help extend metro Atlanta's water supply by as much as two years. That could be long enough to get the region through the historic drought that started in spring 2006.

But Florida's objection to the proposed cuts could be moot.

The final decision still rests with Fish and Wildlife, which has until next Thursday to determine whether federally protected mussels and a fish species could survive with less water. If the service approves the changes, the corps could begin phasing in the reductions immediately.

Florida would then have the option of asking a federal judge to keep the waters flowing from Lake Lanier at their current levels.

For metro Atlantans, the stakes are high: If drought conditions don't improve, the state could be forced to take steps, such as rationing water, that haven't been seen even in the arid West, such as Southern California or Las Vegas.

(more here)

I won! I won!

Hey look what Splotchy doodled for me. And I only had to send $32,000 to the Third Nigerian Bank for shipping and handling.

Fashion week never ends

REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk

And if you keep it in your closet, it will be back in fashion in 15 years.

Writers Strike prompts outsourcing

REUTERS/Jason Lee

Production has begun in China for Mod Squad 2007

Sarkozy inspects the Bush family jewels

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

"Madame, it is a lovely cubic zirconium."

"C'mon Frenchie, vittles is on the table."

Caption contest

FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

I see Chertoff is staying busy.

Happy Dance Time

It was a dark and stormy night, but there was a faint glimmer of hope.
Update: Bastards. I have learned that sending Kucinich's bill to the committee is tantamount to burying it in the seventh chamber of hell. Loyal reader and all-round smart person PiNY tells us that Conyers is beholden to Pelosi. (She phrases it differently, but that's what she means.)

Impeach Cheney

They are NOT going to table Kucinich's resolution to impeach!

I'm listening to the play by play.

From Raw Story:

(Update at bottom: House poised to kill impeachment resolution, vote to table likely to pass)

(And Dewey Defeats Truman)

This is getting interesting the rethugs changed their votes to allow the resolution to go ahead. What are they thinking? I think they are trying to do too much second guessing....

UPDATE: It's going to the judiciary committee! Go Conyers!
Update: See PiNY's comment. Conyers and the committee w0n't do a d*mned thing.

First Tuesday in November, irony much Dennis?

Kucinich says he will force House vote on Cheney impeachment
From Raw Story

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) announced he would move to force a vote next week on his resolution calling for the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney.

“The momentum is building for impeachment,” Kucinich said in a statement on his Web site. “Millions of citizens across the nation are demanding Congress rein in the Vice President’s abuse of power.

Kucinich said he plans to introduce a privileged resolution, which would have priority for a House floor vote, on Nov. 6. A vote on the measure would be required within two days.

Finally, ripples in the pond. Now if they will only grow into waves.

Caption/pun contest

REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

A man from the Otaiba tribe kisses his camel during the Mazayen al-Ibl competition to find the "most beautiful camels", in the desert region of Shaqra, 186 miles from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 1, 2007.

RNC secret plans revealed

(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)

In the wake of Mel Martinez' resignation, the RNC has formulated plans to ensure there will be no lack of red states in the future. Air Force One is shown above during a campaign flyover.

Schlock and awww

from Telegraph.co.uk

Dammit Lynne, I ordered pigs in a blanket.

Feckin' eejit

Old image from Reuters

Story from thinkprogress.org

Bush: ‘war on terror’ critics are ‘disingenuous or naive.’

Today in his speech at the Heritage Foundation, President Bush attacked critics of the term “war on terror,” saying that “people who deny we are at war are either being disingenuous or naive.” He added, “We are at war — and we cannot win this war by wishing it away or pretending it does not exist.” ...

I'm sure the folks over at the Heritage Foundation are still toweling themselves off.

I would pay good money to see some one ask him, "What does disingenuous mean?"

Possible response: "Well it means, won't get fooled agin while our childrens is learning."