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A spy in the White House. Fascinating. And if you're like me, you probably thought that the spy game was probably not what it used to be....

Petition for the Withdrawal of the Nomination of Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court

David Frum at National Review Online has a petition up calling for the withdrawel of Harriet Miers' nomination for SCOTUS:

WE ARE REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVES who supported the election of George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. Today, we respectfully urge that the nomination of Harriet Miers to the United States Supreme Court be withdrawn.

The next justice of the Supreme Court should be a person of clear, consistent, and unashamed conservative judicial philosophy.

The next justice should be a person of unquestioned personal and political independence.

The next justice should be someone who has demonstrated a deep engagement in the constitutional issues that regularly come before the Supreme Court ? and an appreciation of the originalist perspective on those issues.

The next justice should be a person of the highest standard of intellectual and legal excellence.

For all Harriet Miers? many fine qualities and genuine achievements, we the undersigned believe that she is not that person. An attempt to push her nomination through the Senate will only split the Republican party, damage the Bush presidency, and cast doubts upon the Court itself.

Sometimes Americans elect Republican presidents, sometimes we elect Democratic presidents. Whatever the differences between the parties, surely we can at least agree on this: Each party owes America its best. There is a wide range of truly outstanding legal talents who share the president?s judicial philosophy. We believe that on second thought President Bush can do better ? for conservatism, for the Supreme Court, for America.

If you are also underwhelmed by this appointment, go take a look at it and sign in to make your feelings known. It couldn't hurt to at least reinforce the message to the Pres. and his staffers.

The Jawa Report has a massive summary of some of the latest news on Joel Henry Hinrichs, the kid who wound up killing himself with a bomb outside of last Saturday's OU game. The warrant used to search Hinrichs' apartment...

Another Version of the Red States!

This map speaks for itself. The Chief notes that it's interesting that many of the "red states", are once again, red! Any possible significance of this will be left to Pat Robertson.

Question the "timing" until a goddamn bomb goes off, then blame Bush for not doing more to stop it. Perfect sense from the "reality-based" community....

Sicily, Italy to be Linked

Here's a brief video clip about a planned bridge between Sicily and the the Italian mainland at the Straits of Messina.

That would be a really cool piece of engineering - the only snag could be the cost, which is of course something of a political football with elections upcoming.

Time will tell.

Sheikh Khalid Yassin shares his worldview with the Australian public, then proclaims himself "not as radical" as John Pilger. Interesting reading, if you want to see what one Islamonutter thinks about AIDS and the fashion world, to name two examples....

No ballet can beat this: If someone will eliminate the White Sox, I have nothing more to fear....

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