Bob Barr, who as a Georgia congressman authored a successful amendment that blocked D.C. from implementing a medical marijuana initiative, has switched sides and become a lobbyist for the Marijuana Policy Project.

Bong Hits 4 Jesus?

--timball

Bob Barr Flip-Flops on Pot - Politico.com

John Backus, 82, whose development of the Fortran programming language in the 1950s changed how people interacted with computers and paved the way for modern software, died March 17 in Ashland, Ore., according to IBM Corp., where he spent his career. No cause of death was reported.

Besides FORTRAN he also created the Backus normal form.

John Backus, 82; Created Programming Language - washingtonpost.com

Not quite origami, but not exactly a video game. Just an interesting way to kill trees.

--timball

Analog paper mario

Senator Johnson's (D-SD) office has released some photos of a recovering Senator Johnson.

Senator Tim Johnson

Join thousands of area commuters for a celebration of bicycling as a clean, fun and healthy way to get to work! Meet up with your neighbors at one of 24 pit stops all over the region, ride into the city with experienced commuter convoys and meet your colleagues at Freedom Plaza. Washington Area Bicyclist Association and Commuter Connections invite you to try bicycling to work as an alternative to solo driving. Help the Washington region become a better place to ride.

May 18th is bike to work day! In order to practice I rode my bike into work. The 10-ish mile ride took me slightly less than an hour.

It's cheaper, cleaner and a hellva lot more fun.

--timball

Washington Area Bicyclist Association [WABA]

I made another tabblo... This time w/ 30% more focus.

--timball

US Botanical with anna and syn

Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.) has hired a top defense attorney to handle the pending ethics investigation into allegations that he pressured a federal prosecutor to bring indictments against New Mexico Democrats on the eve of the 2006 elections.

Lee Blalack, who recently represented former congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.), who is now serving time in prison for bribery and other offenses, said today that he has signed on as Domenici's attorney in the wake of allegations from fired U.S. Attorney David C. Iglesias. Iglesias alleged that Domenici phoned him at his home and asked about a pending public corruption investigation.

Bad lawyers ruled.

Domenici Hires Top Attorney for Ethics Investigation - washingtonpost.com

I created another tabblo. This one has no theme.

--timball

smithsonian with mackenzie

k wrote:

Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has been found guilty on four of five counts in his perjury and obstruction of justice trial.

Libby was convicted of:

# obstruction of justice when he intentionally deceived a grand jury investigating the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame;

# making a false statement by intentionally lying to FBI agents about a conversation with NBC newsman Tim Russert;

# perjury when he lied in court about his conversation with Russert;

# a second count of perjury when he lied in court about conversations with other reporters.

Does that make today Fitzmas?

This + the senate and house hearings on fired US attorneys + the continuing fallout of the walter reed medical center scandal + the war in iraq + the MASSIVE NATO lead fight in Afghanistan makes today a very very bad day for the administration.

--timball

RE: 'Scooter' Libby guilty on four of five counts - CNN.com

How To Use CapitolHearings.org
CapitolHearings.org is optimized for 800x600 browsers.

1. Review the Senate Hearings Schedule on the left side of the screen to find the hearing you wish to listen to. Committee names provide links to the Committee home pages on the U.S. Senate web site.
2. Locate the Hearing Room Number at the lower right of each Schedule entry. You may need to scroll right to find the Room Number. Room Numbers provide quick links to audio feeds of hearings in progress.
3. Alternatively, locate the Hearing Room in the list on the right side of the screen.
4. When a hearing is scheduled to begin, click on the appropriate Hearing Room link. If no hearing is in progress, you may hear a tone.

For true wonkish junkies this site rules. It allows you to watch every hearing room in the capitol complex as things occur. So if you're smarty, tune in today (March 6, 2007) for the House's investigations into the firings of several US Attorneys for *gasp* political reasons.

--timball

CapitolHearings.org