Most notable were the "caging" lists naming thousands of voters who lost their vote to GOP challenges, a large proportion of them soldiers sent overseas. Voting rights attorney, law professor Robert F., Kennedy Jr., reviewed the evidence we obtained and concluded, "They ought to be in jail for doing this" --- Griffin and his boss Rove both --- for violating the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

But who would bust them, Bobby? Albert Gonzales?

Well, this may provide some context for the Attorney mess, and may explain why Rove thought he had "the numbers." He was trying to cook the books.

The BRAD BLOG : Palast Exclusive: AN ARMY OF ROVE-BOTS

In a piece published on the conservative Web site WorldNetDaily, Dobson wrote that Giuliani's support for abortion rights and civil unions for homosexuals, as well as the former mayor's two divorces, were a deal-breaker for him.

Here are the sorts of "values conservatives" that aren't going to be joining the Democrats anytime soon. Hell, they're even going to the right of the GOP.

Christian right leader writes off Giuliani - CNN.com

Wow. Just wow. I'm not sure if Hitchens has been hitting the bottle harder than usual lately, but with Jerry Falwell he's going hog wild. First was him on CNN making Anderson Cooper look like Bambi in front of an 18 wheeler at 1am, now it's Sean Hannity who tries to stay calm as Hitchens unloads both barrels, than reloads and shoots again repeatedly until they go off the air. Simply amazing.

Crooks and Liars � Hitchens Brutally Eulogizes Falwell on Hannity & Colmes

Nearly 20,000 people were in Iraqi-run prisons, detention camps, police stations and other holding cells as of the end of March, according to a U.N. report issued last month, an increase of more than 3,500 from the end of January. The U.S. military said late last week that it was holding about 19,500 detainees, up more than 3,000 since the U.S. and Iraqi governments began implementing the security plan in mid-February.

Back to Tom Ricks' book Fiasco again, this is one of the things that caused such a god-awful mess in 2003-4 that got us where we are now.

At this point, I'm sold. The "surge" is going to make Iraq into an even worse bloodbath for us than it was before and guarantees, we will not have a stable, allied Iraq anytime soon, and probably not ever. Getting out by next spring/summer won't do it. If we simply picked everything up right now and got the hell out of Dodge in the middle of the night like the Colts leaving Baltimore, we'd be better off.

New Detainees Strain Iraq's Jails - washingtonpost.com

But sources who have examined or been briefed on the full records identified at least 26 names, including the nine prosecutors fired last year and another, Karl K. "Kasey" Warner of Charleston, W.Va., who was dismissed in August 2005.

And then there were 10 (11 if you count Fred Black). At this rate, the administration won't survive until Labor Day much less the end of the term.

Justice Weighed Firing 1 in 4 - washingtonpost.com

HITCHENS: The empty life of this ugly little charlatan proves only one thing: that you can get away with the most extraordinary offenses to morality and to truth in this country if you will just get yourself called Reverend.

Who would, even at your network, have invited on such a little toad to tell us that the attacks of September the 11th were the result of our sinfulness and were God's punishment if they hadn't got some kind of clerical qualification?

People like that should be out in the street, shouting and hollering with a cardboard sign and selling pencils from a cup.

Holy crap, Chris. Tell us how you really feel!

Crooks and Liars » Hitchens slams Falwell’s life

Maximum high temperatures of 41 degrees Fahrenheit that persisted for about a week in Antarctica caused a melt intense enough to create an extensive ice layer.

Evidence of melting was found up to 560 miles inland from the open ocean, farther than 85 degrees south (about 310 miles from the South Pole) and higher than 6,600 feet above sea level.

That's a lot of melting in some very inhospitable to melting areas. The word for the day is "YIKES!" On the plus side, I don't live in a coastal area, so imminent flooding isn't an issue for me, but losing Greenland would be a 20' rise in sea levels, and should all Antarctica go (not terribly likely) that would be 200'. What is entirely possible at the South Pole though would be "sluicing," where a partial melt causes large chunks of the ice sheet there to thin or snap off. That would be bad. A 10' rise in sea levels would cause all sorts of issues worldwide.

California-Sized Area of Ice Melts in Antarctica - Yahoo! News

So why would an FBI profiler who went after the Unabomber take time from his busy day to even think about a municipal election snafu?

Fitzgerald is mum. But when the bureau heard about this from Page Two, it immediately launched an internal review of the agent's involvement.

"We're looking into it," bureau spokeswoman Ann Todd said.

Hey look! Voter fraud that DoJ doesn't care about! I'd love someone to explain why they're all up in arms over there about voter fraud but aren't going after this one. (She's a right wing nut job doesn't count, that's the real reason, I want the one that will be publically acceptable)

FBI agent steps into Coulter voting case

“You have a Monica problem,” Ms. Ashton was told, according to several Justice Department officials. Referring to Monica M. Goodling, a 31-year-old, relatively inexperienced lawyer who had only recently arrived in the office, the boss added, “She believes you’re a Democrat and doesn’t feel you can be trusted.”

Yeah, this would be worth taking the 5th on. If she opens her mouth, she's cooked. Unfortunately, with everything that's come out, she's already cooked, and likely going to Danbury for quite some time.

Colleagues Cite Partisan Focus by Justice Official - New York Times

"With two carrier strike groups in the Gulf, we're sending clear messages to friends and adversaries alike," said Cheney on a visit to the John C. Stennis aircraft carrier off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a close U.S. ally.

Yes, we're saying, "look how incredibly stupid we are to put all of these huge boats in this little tiny bathtub for you to send zodiac suicide bomb boats and launch silkworm missiles at if we even twitch!"

Cheney warns Iran, assures allies on Gulf visit�|�Politics News�|�Reuters.com