Ace - North Korea Says It No Longer Considers Itself Bound By Terms Of Armistice - Like it ever has
Betsy - The Politics of the Sotomayor Nomination - "So my advice to the Republicans: play it straight. Don't demagogue her. Question her on her controversial opinions and make sure that they get a full airing. Then vote your consciences. Some Republicans will vote for her because they sincerely believe that senators shouldn't reject a competent nominee whether President Bush or President Obama makes the nomination. Others will find her opinions on such issues to be enough to vote her down. Ignore all the interest groups who have a vested interest in making this as heated as possible. After all, who would donate to them if they didn't raise a major fuss. But I didn't like it when they did that for Bush's nominees and I don't like it now. We can at least be consistent in how we behave. And look to this as an opportunity to have a full debate about judicial philosophy. When expressed well, the conservatives have a winning hand to play. I've seen it time and time again in my own classes. When kids are presented with the descriptions of originalism and the living Constitution arguments, they are evenly divided. Then I show them a telecast of a discussion between Justices Scalia and Breyer on judicial philosophy and quite a few kids change their mind after they hear the arguments put forth by the two justices. This is a debate worth having and a nomination hearing is a good place to have it."
I agree. Barring a major screw-up on Sotomayor's part this is a done deal but the opportunity is there to make this nomination useful to us.
Flopping Aces - A Memorial Day Tradition Comes to an End - "in 2004, a new tradition began to “honor” Memorial Day and the recently fallen: 'Cartoonist Garry B. Trudeau on Memorial Day will devote his comic strip “Doonesbury” to listing U.S. military personnel who have been killed during the war in Iraq. Comic strip historians say it is the first time such a eulogy has been presented in the comics, and it echoes the war dead roll call Ted Koppel delivered April 30 on ABC’s “Nightline.' (...) Apparently in 2009, both traditions have been scrapped. (...) Opposition to the war was not about principle and patriotism. It was about partisanship. Even before 9/11, Trudeau had it in for Dubbya (they knew each other back in Yale). A little honesty, please?"
Honesty is asking a bit much
Hot Air - Hmmm: Chrysler dealers shut down in Obama bankruptcy are mostly Republican? - "I’m skeptical that this is as bad as it looks — it’d be politically suicidal, for no benefit greater than petty revenge"
I don't often agree with Allahpundit but I do here. As I said yesterday this just seems too raw but this is what the numbers are showing so far. I believe that ther are people going over them in greater detail now. Oh and it isn't just GOP donors. Hillary donors have been hit too.
Bring the Heat Bring the Stupid - Bradley Fighting Vehicle gunnery circa 2002
Caption This - Legion of Gay Superheroes - I laughed my ass off at #4
D=S - The laser-sighted XM-25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System and the Lightweight .50-Caliber Machine Gun. - a magazine fed 25 mmm grenade launcher and a .50 cal machine gun that weighs in at half the weight of the M2 with less than half the recoil. pics at the original post
and a post by Newt Gingrich - Coming This Summer: Health Care Wars - laysout at an alternative to Obamacare(I haven't read the proposal yet. If it sucks let me know)
Becky - Sotomayor Will Eviscerate Second Amendment - I don't think Becky actually puts forth much of an argument here. Yes Sotomayor would like to overturn Heller and prevent incorporation of the 2nd Amendment but Becky hasn't shown she is capable. Her record on this subject is another arrow in the quiver against her however.
Other Stuff:
Al-Jazeera - Dozens feared dead in Lahore blast -
As many as 30 people are thought to have been killed in a bomb attack on a police station in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.
Police said that more than 200 people were hurt in the attack on Wednesday, which destroyed the police station and damaged offices belonging to Pakistan's spay agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI).
sounds like the typical al-Qaida style suicide attack
BBC - Cuba announces new austerity plan - Cuba has announced it will introduce an austerity programme in June to try to offset the impact of the international financial crisis and reduce energy use.
I am not sure just who much more austere they can get
CNN - GM moves closer to bankruptcy - NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- General Motors said Wednesday it has fallen far short of the bondholder support it needed for its proposed debt-for-stock offer, virtually guaranteeing that the nation's largest automaker will be forced to file for bankruptcy court protection within the next five days.
DAWN - Mingora to be cleared of Taliban within three days - PESHAWAR: Pakistan vowed Wednesday to wipe out the Taliban from Swat’s main town of Mingora within three days, as fierce fighting raged during a month-long offensive to crush the insurgents.
Yahoo Politics - Democrats Up Three on Generic Congressional Ballot - Support for Democrats is up one point from last week, while support for the GOP has dropped a point. The latest results mark the lowest level of support for the GOP since April 12, while they mark the highest level of support for the Democrats since the end of March.
Yahoo News - Survey: Most economists see recession end in '09 - WASHINGTON – More than 90 percent of economists predict the recession will end this year, although the recovery is likely to be bumpy.
Washington Post - Obama Integrates Security Councils, Adds New Offices - President Obama announced yesterday that he will merge the staffs of the Homeland Security Council and the National Security Council to speed up and unify security policymaking inside the White House. (...)
The White House also will add new offices for cybersecurity, for terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction, and for "resilience" -- a national security directorate aimed at preparedness and response for a domestic WMD attack, pandemic or natural catastrophe, officials said.
Seattle-PI - Joel Connelly "Political extremists start smearing a would-be Supreme" - Apparently opposing a candidacy and pointing out a candidates record on issues now constitutes smearing. Where was this outrage against smears when they were being used against George Bush?
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