Charlie Rangel may be on the verge of being forced out of his chairmanship.
Too bad. I was hoping that he would continue to bleed the Dems on the subject of their corruption all the way to November. Not to imply, of course, that there isn’t abundant other evidence of it.
[Update a few minutes later]
The Republicans shouldn’t give them any cover on this. They should all vote “present.” Make the Donkeys clean up their own road apples.
It’s looking like the SCOTUS is going to incorporate the Second Amendment, but not via the Privileges and Immunities clause.
It’s time to demilitarize the police. Long past, actually. And what’s the “conservative” position on this?
The Chilean earthquake shortened the day by 1.26 microseconds.
…from the editorial board of the LA Times:
…if the court would identify an important individual right — in this case, the right to bear arms — and then deny that it applied to the states, those who never accepted the incorporation doctrine might try to “de-incorporate” other rights. That’s not a risk worth taking.
A lot of the gun grabbers want to have it both ways — that the Second Amendment shouldn’t be incorporated, but that other rights do. At least the Times recognizes the inconsistency of this, even if they don’t understand the meaning and purpose of the amendment.
Mickey Kaus (who I talked to for a while at a party in Santa Monica a few weeks ago, though he didn’t mention this plan at the time) is running for the Democrat Senate nomination against Her Highness, Babs Boxer. It would be hilarious if he beats her.
[Update a few minutes later]
As Mickey says, the LA Weekly spoiled his campaign rollout. I wonder how they got the scoop?
[Late morning update]
I’d pay good money to watch him shred her in a debate. The IQ difference would be at least forty points.
[Early afternoon update]
I hope he calls her “Ma’am” when they get together. I hear she really likes that. 😉
If it wasn’t before, health-care has certainly become an ego trip for Pelosi and Obama.
It looks like a Republican is likely to be running the state next year. I wonder what the legislature will look like?
More water has been found on the moon. At the north pole this time.
Although the total amount of ice depends on its thickness in each crater, it’s estimated there could be at least 1.3 million pounds (600 million metric tons) of water ice.
You could make a lot of margaritas with that.
[Monday evening update]
Here’s a lot more from Paul Spudis (who more than almost anyone should know).
There’s a new book
Actually, if the Chinese were really racing an Ares I, they’d have nothing to worry about. They should be a little more concerned now, though, assuming they’re racing at all (which they aren’t).