The Prince of Darkess is gone.  ThinkProgress:

Novak will be remembered for outing the identity of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson in 2005, as part of the Bush administration’s battle to spin the American public on the Iraq war (even though Novak himself was a skeptic of the Iraq war). Last year, Novak said that while he had been thinking “about my life and what I’ve done right and not done right,” he wouldn’t have done anything differently. In 2007, he explained what he envisions heaven to look like: “I’m going to a place where there are no blogs.”

I predict Tweety will be a fawning, blubbering mess.

Robert Novak Passes Away [ThinkProgress]

“We will forcefully resist people imposing their will on us through the strength of the majority with a vote.”

This is not going to end well.

UPDATE:  “Chris” appears to be a Paultard. 4409 is a libertarian group.

Man With Assault Rifle at Obama Event: ‘We Will Forcefully Resist’ [TPM]

We’ll leave the esoteric procedural issues to our betters, but on Monday the Supreme Court stayed the execution of what may well be an innocent man.

With two dissents.

Yes, them. Who else?

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Stinquer Jamie Sommers was outside the President’s VFW speech in Phoenix today, and took some lovely snapshots. See that nice lady to the left, with the blue sign? What on earth could she also be wearing?

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I think he’s won the rest of the week (as well as twice today):

In an interview today on MSNBC’s “Morning Meeting with Dylan Ratigan,” Senate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R) said he’d vote against any health-care reform bill coming out of the committee unless it has wide support from Republicans — even if the legislation contains EVERYTHING Grassley wants.

I have no words left.

GOP Support Most Important to Grassley [MSNBC]

What is this, the third time in two weeks?

Grassley on public option: “The government is a predator, not a competitor.”

Our politicians are paid by health insurers to lie to us. And more people will die in the future if  there is no public option.

Digging In [TPM]