Are they willfully ignorant?

Main Entry: weath·er
Pronunciation: \ˈwe-thər\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English weder, from Old English; akin to Old High German wetar weather, Old Church Slavic vetrŭ wind
Date: before 12th century

1 : the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness
2 : state or vicissitude of life or fortune
3 : disagreeable atmospheric conditions: as a : rain, storm b : cold air with dampness

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If the Democrats are going to compete with the likes of Vitter, Craig, and Ensign they’re going to have to do better than this:

Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) did not disclose to the Justice Department anything about his personal relationship with a woman he recommended to be a United States Attorney, according to a Department official involved in the selection of federal prosecutors.

Shades of Paul Wolfowitz.

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Arlington, Tennessee Mayor Russell Wiseman:

In the opinion of Arlington Mayor Russell Wiseman, President Barack Obama’s speech on Tuesday night on the war in Afghanistan was deliberately timed to block the Christian message of the “Peanuts” television Christmas special.

It seems the liberal War on Christmas has escalated ….

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Like the poor and Sarah Palin, Orly Taitz will always be with us:

With the new filing, she submitted a putative immigration form showing Barack Obama’s ethnic code listed as “Equatorial Guinea.” And she lashes out against a “well orchestrated effort … to assassinate my character,” saying she receives death threats on a daily basis.

She will not rest until she does time for contempt – and then she’ll start again.

New Orly Taitz Filing [In Dismissed Case] [TPM]

Morgan Stanley Vice-Chairman Rob Kindler:

The license plate is self-explanatory, but you should also know that the Porsche Cayenne Turbo is the near top-of-the-line version of an utterly wasteful and pointless SUV. It has a $100,000 base price, so this vehicle probably cost a bit north of $120k.

Wall Street Banker’s Vanity License Plate Would Get an Auto Exec Tarred, Feathered [Jalopnik]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i5FlC1MpkE

grif‧ter [countable]

On her book tour, Sarah Barracuda pretends to be one of the people. But she’s really winging across the country on a private jet.

As much of her entourage, including HarperCollins publicist Tina Andreadis, risked a collective case of White Line Fever, covering more than 3,000 road miles during the book tour’s first week, Sarah Palin herself seems to have remained above it all, apparently cosseted in the luxury of a Gulfstream II 12-passenger jet rented from Universal Jet Aviation of Boca Raton, Florida, at a cost of more than $4,000 per hour.