There are pictures on the web from Cuba, of the devastation in the wake of Dennis. There are rumors that Fidel isn’t accepting foreign aid, out of a false pride and unwillingness to admit to the extent of the damage, and that people are growing angrier. Let’s hope that the Cubans can finally rid themselves of the dictator who has ruled them for too many decades.

Byron York has an exit interview with Brad Smith of the FEC. I found this bit amazing (if true, though I’ve no reason to disbelieve it):

I report (well, actually, I link to someone else’s report), you decide.

You know, the Rove thing reminds me a lot of the “Girlie Men” controversy:

Meanwhile, the larger context is a hissy fit about how liberals aren’t wimps and hand-holders.

Hint: when you’re being called a wimp, the last thing you want to do is whine about it.

…who screamed at the “murder” of the noble Rachel Corrie, when something like this happens? Somehow, I don’t think that there will be any memorials set up for this and worshiped by the moonbats. Or protests of Caterpiller about it.

Kerry Country points out one of the potential effects of the SCOTUS ruling:

This has to be a godsend for towns and cities that have been stymied so far in their attempts to shut-down any businesses, corporations, or private groups of which they disapprove. Private gun ranges, airfields, RV tracts, hunting preserves, fishing resources, minority religious congregations, newspapers — all are now fair targets for seizure and closure “for the economic benefit of the people.”

I think they’re right. To hell with stare decisis (particularly in a 5-4 vote). This is a ruling that should be overturned, or at least narrowly restricted, as soon as we can replace at least one of the justices who voted in favor.

…yes, this decision is another blow to freedom, and property rights, and is another travesty by this court. At least Scalia voted the right way this time. This is one of the worst terms in my memory.

That’s a good thing, though as I recall, it wasn’t enough for Trent Lott.

More when I see an actual transcript of his lachrymose blatherings.

I will say, snarkily, that I assume that this apology is now (in the famous words of Ron Ziegler) inoperative?

[Update at 8 PM EDT]

OK, it’s a non-apology apology.

Here are the key words:

That’s a good thing, though as I recall, it wasn’t enough for Trent Lott.

More when I see an actual transcript of his lachrymose blatherings.

I will say, snarkily, that I assume that this apology is now (in the famous words of Ron Ziegler) inoperative?

[Update at 8 PM EDT]

OK, it’s a non-apology apology.

Here are the key words:

That’s a good thing, though as I recall, it wasn’t enough for Trent Lott.

More when I see an actual transcript of his lachrymose blatherings.

I will say, snarkily, that I assume that this apology is now (in the famous words of Ron Ziegler) inoperative?

[Update at 8 PM EDT]

OK, it’s a non-apology apology.

Here are the key words: