John Boehner, Ohio:

The Obama Administration’s irresponsible decision to prosecute the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks in New York City puts the interests of liberal special interest groups before the safety and security of the American people.

Joe Lieberman, Connecticut:

It is inconceivable that we would bring these alleged terrorists back to New York for trial, to the scene of the carnage they created eight years ago, and give them a platform to mock the suffering of their victims and the victims’ families, and rally their followers to continue waging jihad against America.

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Judge Clay Land unleashes the Mounties U.S. Attorney on Orly Taitz:

Orly Taitz has failed to pay the $20,000.00 sanction ordered by the Court on October 13, 2009. Accordingly, the Clerk is ordered to enter final judgment in favor of the United States of America and against Orly Taitz in the principal amount of $20,000.00. The United States Attorney is authorized and directed to collect the judgment as provided by law.

IT IS SO ORDERED, this 13th day of November, 2009.

Orly said she had appealed, but it’s unclear whether her plea got misfiled in the recycling bin.

Judge Directs US Attorney To Collect $20K From Orly Taitz After Failure To Pay Fine [TPM]

On days that we agree with him, we like to mention that Nick Kristof was a student reporter for McMinnville’s community newspaper a few years before we landed there.

You know, McMinnville. McMinnville, Oregon. Yamhill County? Turkey Rama? Retirement home of the Spruce Goose?

Fine. Portland-area community newspaper. Down the road from Nike. Sheesh.

Anyway, yesterday was one of those days:

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This amounts to something of a gotcha, although we’re not above that:

The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s own platform calls “a fundamental assault on innocent human life.”

Federal Election Commission Records show the RNC purchases its insurance from Cigna. Two sales agents for the company said that the RNC’s policy covers elective abortion.

We of course applaud the RNC for providing choice to its employees, even if it would deny it to others. But if you’re going to snuff that bun in the oven, better schedule your appontment soon:

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Warm-weather secessionist Rick Perry is feeling a heat wave:

This is an administration that I see punishing this state. I say it’s time for us to stand up. I say it’s time to make Tea Parties twice as big as what they were…

This is an administration hellbent on taking America toward a socialist country, and we ought not to be afraid to say that.

Wait — punishing? How?

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This story is actually very unpleasant when you think about it, so we recommend you don’t think about it:

A cannibal who killed and ate parts of his mother had his sentence reduced by a judge who said ‘he needed to eat’.

Sergey Gavrilov secured reduced time in jail after confessing: ‘I did not like the meat very much. It was too fatty. But I was so hungry, I had to eat it.’

The 27-year-old was given a lenient prison sentence because the judge said he was starving and needed to eat after spending all his money on vodka and gambling machines.

A story like this raises difficult ethical questions, to wit: Does the gravity of the situation override our inclination to erupt in shits & giggles? Our advanced philosophy degree fails us here — stunningly, Wittgenstein never addressed cannibalism, despite a growing academic interest — which means we must again consult our final arbiter of taste: our inner 13-year-old.

Who informs us he would be totally ashamed of us if we let the opportunity pass. Fucking brat scold.

Russian cannibal who ate his mother given lighter sentence by judge who says ‘he was starving, he needed to eat’ [Daily Mail UK, via Washington Independent]

We’ve always considered Wolf Blitzer more a congenial doofus than a pandering faux-populist, but we may have to revise our opinion in light of his questioning today to the lawyer representing the Fort Hood shooter:

They asked me, how could a retired U.S. military officer, a full colonel, go ahead and represent someone accused of mass murder? And I want you to explain to our viewers why you’re doing this.

Col. John Galligan (Ret.) fills in Wolf about what he missed when he skipped his high school civics class:

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