“Oklahoma State Senator Rex Duncan (R) is pushing for a ballot measure that would prohibit courts from considering international or sharia law when deciding cases. He says the measure is a ‘preemptive strike’ against ‘liberal judges’ who want to ‘undermine those founding principles’ of America.” [TPM]

Turns out the Obama Administration is redistributionist after all — just like every Administration since Reagan’s:

No group was immune to the downturn. In 2008, as the financial crisis raged, the stock market hit bottom and the Great Recession ate into the economy, the number of millionaires in the United States plunged.

But last year the number of millionaires bounced up sharply, new data show.

And after that decline and rebound, the millionaire class held a larger percentage of the country’s wealth than it did in 2007.

Yes, we know, if only Poor White Trash would recognize their true economic interests, we might get some real action on this front. But they’re aspirational, you see, and now they have even more to aspire to. Everybody wins!

Millionaires make a comeback [LAT]

“The Log Cabin Republicans of Los Angeles — the largest such gay GOP organization in the country — is holding a Tea Bag Toss at Christopher Street West, the Los Angeles Pride celebration this weekend… ‘Participants will purchase a tea bag and win a prize if they can successfully throw it through the open mouth of one of three politicians on the game board.'” [SFGate, via TPM]

Oh, for Christ’s sake…

[Politico]

In light of what’s going down in South Carolina right now — with not one, not two, but three Demrat primary candidates suspected of being plants by a shadowy, wealthy political conspiracy — why do we choose instead to devote the morning post to failed California Secretary of State candidate Orly Taitz?

Because she’s adorable, that’s why.

And besides, with events moving so rapidly, we’ll probably have some fresh SC developments by the time we wake up.

In South Carolina, Greene is mystery man despite winning Democratic Senate nod [WaPo]

Clyburn Alleges Conspiracy To Plant Candidates In Three Dem Primaries In S.C. [TPM]

Sad news in the world of real, red-blooded football and not the wussy kind they are going to “celebrate” starting tomorrow: Los Angeles no longer has a professional football team.  The bill for University of Seventh Choice: bowl eligibility yanked, 2005 national championship trophy repossessed, scholarships cut drastically.  (“Scholarship.”  There’s a turn-of-phrase for you.  But anyway.)

Of course, Pete Carroll (l., with Reggie Bush) won’t be around for the downfall, in that he is now coaching the Seattle Seahawks.  He bravely hit the silk after last year’s disastrous season (complete with spanking at hands of Tree). 

[Come to think of it, Mr. Bush didn’t fare too badly either, what with his fancy new ring courtesy of the Saints’ winning the Super Bowl in February.  Sadly, though, Reggie may become the second U$C tailback to be de-Hesimaned.  Impressive, when you think about it.]

But all that needs to be said, really: it couldn’t have happened to a more appropriate set of bastards.

Sam Seder, yesterday: