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Tuesday July 19, 2005
AND THE NOMINEE IS... Rumors are swirling it's Edith Brown Clement from the 5th Circuit. Looks like we may know as early as today.

A TERRORIST GOES FREE?: From the Daily Telegraph:

Europe's war against terrorism suffered a setback yesterday when Germany's highest court refused to allow the extradition to Spain of an al-Qa'eda suspect, ruling that the EU's new arrest warrant is invalid under German law.

Mamoun Darkazanli is a German citizen of Syrian descent who was friendly with at least two of the 9/11 plotters and is also suspected to have aided the Madrid bombers.

It almost goes without saying that at some point the patience of the civilized world is going to run short with cases like this and with laws that allow people suspected of engaging in terrorist activities to walk free.

BIG GOVERNMENT = BAD GOVERNMENT: No less certain than the sun rising in the east is the fact that big, bloated government programs - even those designed with the best intentions - will result in massive fraud and waste. So it is, and so it always shall be.

McCAIN'S VICTORY: Via Drudge, I see John McCain has won the battle over the "boob-raunch fest" controversy by delivering the ultimate crowd-pleasing one liner: "In Washington, I work with boobs every day."

Thus has McCain turned a rather embarrassing case of hypocrisy into a humorous expression of the public's enmity toward Congress and a perfect extension of his image as a maverick. Touché. - T. Bevan 9:35 am Link | Email | Send To A Friend