This morning, I heard Bill Handel on KFI say that the Arizona law, despite the fact that he liked it, was going to be struck down because it clearly preempts federal law, which has sole jurisdiction over immigration. I will note, for the record, that Bill Handel is often an idiot on the law, at least when it comes to Constitutional issues like this (he may be very good on the real-estate and litigation stuff, what would I know?).

Well, the Judge who is deciding the case can’t understand this argument. And I don’t think it’s because he’s stupid. As the second commenter notes (and far be it from me to sound cynical), we have to take seriously the possibility that the lawsuit was brought for purely political purposes, despite the fact that they have absolutely no legal case. Not to mention the fact that they completely ignore “sanctuary cities,” which do in fact preempt, and even interfere with, federal law, instead picking on a state that is simply helping them enforce it.

..from John Stewart:

We can have animus and not be enemies, unless it’s guaranteed to trigger an applause break from an adoring studio audience. We should all try to get along and respect each other, unless you just don’t like the other person. Be nice, unless you think being a jerk will get a laugh.

And if you’ve got a problem with that? Well, I think you know the answer to that one:

Go have a nice day for yourself.

Can someone explain to me, again, why we are to look, as a shining beacon for “sanity” (let alone as a “news” source), to someone whose stock in trade is acerbic and historically ignorant cynicism and satire?

[Update a few minutes later]

“Rally To Restore Authority.” What John Stewart really stands for.

Ira Stoll has your post-election spin from the Dems, so you don’t have to wait.

Exposed.

I like this comment in Ron Radosh’s take-down of John Judis:

It would appear that while the American people want a new government, the Democrats would like a new people. Let’s see how that works out.

As another commenter points out, we know how that worked out for leftists in the past, in Germany and Russia. Not to mention Cambodia.

Jonah Goldberg’s Twitter feed is pretty funny. I like Nick Gillespie’s comment that it’s like a stage show at a water park. I’ll be curious to see how much of a mess they leave. They may be media savvy enough to clean up, though, given recent experience. This sounds about right, too:

Criticize the political content & you’re reminded it was a comedy show. Point out it wasn’t funny & you don’t have a sense of humor. Repeat.

I might have watched, but I think that space settlement is more important. Besides, the Spartan game took up all my multi-tasking capability. And I was at a secure undisclosed (well, unless you went to the SSI web site) location at NASA Ames Research Center, nowhere near a teevee.

A new historical revelation, which should surprise anyone who’s been paying attention:

Mr. Weber has discovered that, briefly at the turn of 1918-19, and unmentioned in “Mein Kampf,” Hitler wore a red brassard and supported the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic.

But remember, National Socialists are “right wing.”