Nightly Ramble:We’re At the Hermann

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This is the “We’re at the Hermann” Edition

•  A Wide Latina:  Joyner notes a typo at  the house of Matt

This morning, James Joyner speaks to… and quotes… a Ezra Klien article:

Since obesity has somehow become our unofficial theme this morning, I’d be remiss not to mention Ezra Klein‘s observations about trying to eat healthy at Cheesecake

In my new Pajamas Media article, this morning, I look at one of the more overlooked lessons of Jackson’s death; The way the story got to us:

On the day Jackson died, I went looking in the mainstream media for

Send  in the clowns, there ougbt to be clowns, video:

And there are.   Didn’t clowns used to funny?

Hat tip:  Gateway Pundit.

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• A Pretty Pathetic Presidential Picthing  Performance: Did you guys see this in Pittsburgh? Neither did I, but a freind did.  Joyner apparently noticed it

If Sonia Sotomayor were a horse, thny would shoot her.    Ok, Sotomayor was never going to convince Rush Limbaugh to support her, but her weak and unconvincing testimony hoa lost support from Eva Rodriquez,  Washington Post:

I’m surprised and

Just to show that I have a non-judgemental side, I present  this interesting tale posted by Darleen Click, Protein Wisdom:

There is a good case to be made that Bridget Kevan got a bum deal when she was arrested for

• Ayn Rand Interview: Boortz, today, runs an Ayn Rand interview from 1959 with Mike Wallace of all folks.
• Obama loses another six polling points:  So says CBS. All in the last month, yet. Given it’s CBS, I figure we’re

First the New York Slimes beathless headline, article by Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane:

C.I.A. Had Plan to Assassinate Qaeda Leaders

The text of the article:

WASHINGTON — Since 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency has developed plans to dispatch small

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This is the “Just Passin’ Through” Edition.

• First, some Housekeeping: We’ve upgraded the WordPress Core software over the weekend to version

Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s leader, has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, a news report said on Monday, days after fresh images of him looking gaunt spurred speculation that his health was worsening following a reported stroke last year, reports AP

• On Palin: If the left, and the so called “moderates” are so desperate to keep her out she’s worth a very serious look indeed#TCOT #
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• BITSBLOG!!!!!!  The Palin Dance; Amazing,

From the New York Post.   The parents of Mayara Rodrigues Tavares, pictured in the red dress above, are just a wee bit upset about how their daughter is being depicted.    Her mother, Lucia Rodrigues:

“Why are they looking at

Dahlia Lithwick at Slate seems among the first to pile onto Ricci, doing some local newspaper investigation.

According to local newspapers, Ricci filed his first lawsuit against the city of New Haven in 1995, at the ripe old age

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This is the Car Wax edition

• Whoa… Check it out! I usually don’t mention caption contests until they’ve been won by someone