Taking Down The Duct Tape and Plastic ... It's Sunday, Post-Pottermania ... And Post President Cheney

Nice, lazy afternoon here... Not too hot, not too cool ...

Still attempting to calm the nerves, some 24-Hours+ removed from the, albeit, brief Cheney presidency... Spent the better half of the morning removing the duct tape and plastic that was installed, just in case ...















Speaking of Bush and Cheney, legendary columnist Jimmy Breslin adds his voice calling for Impeachment ...

But is the Bush Grindhouse preparing for the battle, declaring the Congress and the Courts null and void, drafting a coup-drenched, bullet-proof Executive Order?


Pottermania Was Here!

Without having anything invested - pro-or-con - over Harry Potter, it was rather refreshing to see the Pottermania that ran triumphantly Friday evening ... A major event, happening in cities all over the country, and sans being laden with ominous government warnings of terrorism ... People could gather in large groups and not have to take off their shoes, or give up their hair gel ... By the news accounts I saw, it all looked to be good, ole, plain fun ...

A watershed moment in this post 9-11 world, or just a freak, isolated happening?

But there was, at least, one person not so impressed with Harry Potter.

Megan McArdle, writes and blogs about economics for The Economist, appearing in the Guardian Unlimited, bashes author J. K. Rowling, both humorously, but heavily, in her post "Harry Potter: the economics" ...


Happy Belated Birthday Hunter S. Thompson!

This week past would have been the 70th birthday of the beyond-legandary writer (and hero) Hunter S. Thompson.

Jerilyn Merrit, over on TalkLeft has a good post...

And Editor & Publisher offers how the hometown paper saluted the creator of Gonzo Journalism.


'Round The World

The Reaction has a few good posts on news, about us, from around the world

There's Carol Gee's post of "How others see us" and Michael Stickings' "Around the world: France, Spain, Pakistan, and the Ivory Coast" ...


Son of Macaca on the Horizon?

Interesting piece in the Washington Post today on the rise of an anti-Illegal Alien movement in the great commonwealth of Virginia today - Muscling a Web Site Into a Social Movement; Va. Blogger Taps Into Illegal-Immigration Ire

George Allen has some time of his hand these days, maybe he can lend his oratory skills to it ...

For the lastest and/or good information on the Immigration front, take a spin over to Immigration Orange ...


Attorney Firings? ... Have We Seen This Before?

Tip-of-the-cap to Larisa Alexandrovna, over on her At-Largly... Seems the phrase "attorney firings" and "Karl Rove" are very familiar with each other ... Check out "Amazing Harper's piece on Rove" ...


Flaming hoops and missed mattresses

I don't think U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker will be bucking for a job with the Iraq Council of Tourism, following his comments last week ... And the heavy-handed spin coming out of the Bush Grindhouse as well, over the lastest NIE report and the "Al Qaeda is Everywhere" shout-outs won't help him either ...

Both are fodder for the great satirist, Barry Crimmins, in his post "Flaming hoops and missed mattresses" (and look for the special guest appearance of the Karate Kid) ...

And, lastly, it appears that, despite the warnings from his boss, Ambassador Crocker wants them to follow us home ...


Send large tables to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid