Ramble for Thursday, 6.9.11

York,PA in the midst of a really wild thunderstorm…–

I brought a load here from the Adirondacks, and will be on my home turf, tomorrow. I’m looking forward to this weekend; it’s been a particularly trying week… several repairs. Actually,

Leaders lead, Dumbo shucks, from Daily Caller:

A cascade of bad economic and political news knocked President Barack Obama off his game today, and prompted him to revive his 2008-style criticism of his predecessor, and also to suggest

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This is the “Happy Hump Day” Edition” The picture to your right is a railroad hump. It’s how cars are sorted in many rail yards

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Gonna be a short one today, I’ve got some personal issues today.

• In answer to some email, I really wish I could have a

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• Yeah, yeah, yeah… I know, Colin Powell. All the rage over the weekend. I don’t think there’s much argument against the idea that there’s a

This is getting interesting:

Rep. Tim Mahoney paid $121,000 to a former mistress who worked on his staff and sued him after he threatened her job when she tried to end the relationship, former and current staff aides told ABC

Yet another one. The Detroit news is reporting:

TROY — The co-founder and former CEO of the liberal-progressive Democracy Radio and husband of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow was caught in February by a Troy police sting aimed at catching prostitutes,

Another morning in New York.  Another governor.  David Paterson was sworn in yesterday.  And oh  by the way, another sex scandal.   Juan Gonzalez, New York Daily News:

The thunderous applause was still ringing in his ears when the state’s

Oh… I’m sure you’ve not seen this, unless you’re from that neck of the woods… but it turns out the Democrat mayor in Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick, is in some serious hot water, and criminal charegs are in the offing. Of

From the Star-Ledger:

A former aide to James McGreevey said today that he had three-way sexual trysts with the former governor and his wife before he took office, challenging Dina Matos McGreevey’s assertion that she was naive about her husband’s

One of the most amusing things about this election season is the creeping realization of the left that what we’ve been saying on the right about Bill And Hillary Clinton all these years was correct.  You can see the re-assessment

Don Surber:

WaPo reports 2 pages were dismissed for “public oral sex” and 2 for shoplifting.

Republican Mark Foley’s weird fascination with a congressional page cost Foley his seat in Congress and helped a Democratic takeover of the House.

Drain

Doctor Charles Krauthammer, this morning, over at Real Clear Politics, by way of Memeorandum:

The problem is Bill. But not the way it is usually understood, i.e., the sex scandal waiting to happen. There is that, of course. But