Nightly Ramble: A First Place; Iran; Obama’s German Speech; More

• I managed to catch a first place this week at OTB’s Caption Contest.
• for the last week or so, we’ve brought up John Edwards and his scandal. Kaus has been watching this for a while too, all credit to

The New York Times reports that rank corruption has its priviledges:

While aggressive evictions are reducing the number of rent-stabilized apartments in New York, Representative Charles B. Rangel is enjoying four of them, including three adjacent units on the 16th

From Rush H. Limbaugh, Jr. (Father of notable EIB radio host, Rush.)
“…our lives, our fortunes, our sacred honor…”
It was a glorious morning. The sun was shining and the wind was from the southeast. Up especially early, a tall,

Sen. Charles E. Schumer publicly taunted bank regulators last week about IndyMac Bancorp’s financial condition, which helped trigger a sudden outflow of deposits from the Pasadena thrift. Now the New York Democrat is getting some harsh blowback from one current

The New York Times:

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law meant to level the financial playing field when rich candidates pay for their own political campaigns.

The 5-to-4 decision, legal experts said, was significant for

I remarked a while ago:

Clinton is now looking for a scapegoat, and Penn seems a likely enough target. Penn’s job, after all, was putting lipstick on a pig…. Hillary Clinton is a product that is about as popular

It is not everyday I dedicate a post to a bridge, but not every bridge is the Brooklyn Bridge.  The Brooklyn Brdige turns 125 today.  A celebration is in order, Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

BROOKLYN — In 1883, New Yorkers

I’ve been telling you for months, now, that the Democrat primary was a contest between racism and sexism. Well, the racists are winning, and the sexists are pissed…

Last week’s endorsement of Obama by the abortion rights group NARAL has

• At some point, someone with some brains is going to show up and figure out that all the candlelight vigils ever held don’t mean squat for stuff like this. And for that matter, stuff like this. And stuff like this,

NEW YORK —(AP via Fox)- A sadistic gang of police impersonators abducted and tortured scores of East Coast cocaine traffickers, forcing them to hand over multimillion-dollar stashes by threatening to squeeze their testicles with pliers, authorities said Tuesday.An indictment unsealed

Joyner this morning, notes:

New York is trying to collect taxes from online retailers who ship goods to the state, even if they have no brick-and-mortar presence. Amazon is suing, claiming the law is unconstitutional.

I tell him,

Common sense, sharp wit, great writing, have long known that Kyle-Anne could write, , mostly through American Thinker, Just just discovered she has her own blog.  Here she dissects BO rather well.

Mrs. Clinton’s adviser Claims Indiana

Same entry point, Bits makes his point and  I make mine.  Congressmen will never take action to lower the price of gasoline as long as the taxpayer is paying for their gasoline.   The Breck Girl is right.   There are two

The victim of a big Mac attack today is Al Sharpton, lover of criminals, and terrorist.

How Sharpton loves criminals, Heather Mac Donald, City Journal:

“Stop the killing!” Since 1993, 11,353 people have been murdered in New York City.