Does it count as Friday when you wake up at 1:30 in the morning and can’t go back to sleep so you decide to do the morning blogging a little early and try to get some more shut-eye once that’s done? I’m just asking.
- I went up to the Northern Lights Greyhound Adoption meet & greet at the Petsmart in the Quarry last night. Petted and played with the dogs for about twenty minutes, and at the end of it, my nose was mad and my hands felt like I’d been playing with nettles. I tried to wash up enough, but I suspect leftover dogginess is what woke me up in the middle of the night. So no-go on adopting a greyhound. They won’t work with the allergies, either. Drat. I like most greyhounds’ personalities.
- In the
it had to happen eventually
category, Rep. Kahn pleads guilty to brochure-theft charge. She has to pay $200 in prosecution charges and keep her nose clean for a year to avoid any additional penalty. I find myself wondering if it will affect her re-election chances at all, and suspecting it won’t. There are three other people running against her this time, but I fear that’ll just split the opposition vote. Does that make me cynical? [strib] - Here’s a look at Terror and Victory , in this case, Israel’s. The New Republic says that the Intifada is over, and it’s all because Israel is building a wall. [instapundit]
- It’s Bob Barr vs. the FBI, as Barr is one of the few on the right to point out that John Ashcroft is encouraging the FBI to trample people’s First Amendment rights. Ashcroft and the FBI are fine with
preemptive questioning
of possible protesters becauseno one was dragged from their homes and put under bright lights.
Tell that to the people arrested in New York City. I think it’s time for some Bill of Rights Enforcement, myself. But hey, you should probably ignore the article because it was written by that right-wing fanatic Nat Hentoff (that’s what People for the American Way say, anyhow), for the arch-conservative Village Voice. Or maybe you should ignore it because it’s about Bob Barr, and he really is right-leaning. [endwar]