“During a speech at Wesleyan University last night, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia offered a strange revision of the time he joined with four of his conservative colleagues to make George W. Bush president: ‘It was a long time ago, people forget…It was a 7-2 decision. It wasn’t even close,” he said.'” [ThinkProgress Justice]

Frank Bruni’s lamentation over Olympia Snowe’s departure from the Senate is disgusting:

She moved, dressed and treated people — even reporters, and even when we hounded her through the hallways of the Capitol — with an unforced, uncommon graciousness. She spoke with intelligence and almost never with vitriol.

But those weren’t the main reasons we had such soft spots for her. We liked her best for her disobedience. Unlike the majority of her colleagues in the Senate, be they Democrats or, like her, Republicans, she dared to disagree with her party. Often. And she did it publicly, with her votes and her forthright explanations of them.

Snowe (and Susan Collins, also of Maine) voted for the Iraq War. They voted with Bush most of the time and only became “mavericks” when it was clear the Boy King would get what he wanted anyway. They, and others like them, should be driven from polite society.

Family members pinpointed the date using the posters in the window of the store. My Mom is in the pram, 5 months old. Her sisters are in the center – one of them died after a routine operation a few years later. Tough times, the Depression.

“While Christie and Bush might be fine candidates, perhaps the Republicans should consider a more inspired and game-changing pick: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.” [via Balloon Juice]

I love this man:

“A Judge has ruled that the legendary sex tape starring John Edwards and his mistress Rielle Hunter must be destroyed because, if unleashed, it could block out the sun and bring a thousand-year night to the Earth.” [Gawker]

“Former councilman and conservative radio host is at a drag show, smashes a car with his SUV on the way out, and then the DA decides not to prosecute despite all sorts of evidence as to what happens. As always, it’s the cover-up that makes things worse. On the two wetsuit and a dildo scale, this is nothing, but if I were Michael Berry I would stay the fuck out of airport bathrooms.” [Balloon Juice]