April 4 roundup

I've been having an extraordinarily busy time at the day job, (not to worry, busy=$), but it's put a severe crimp in my energy and time reserves.

However, several of today's events demand at least a few words before I toss myself in bed.

First off is the resolution of the Iran/Britain hostage situation. Though a blow to warbloggers across the US, the rest of us are glad to see that these lads (and one lass) will be going home safely, with no shots fired and no apparent harm to civilization as we know it. Point to note, Syria was an important element in the resolution of this affair, maybe we should talk to them sometime.

Speaking of which, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is doing just that. And while BushCorp insists on standing in a corner in a childish snit, it's important for the world to see that indeed some adults do still work in Washington and are able to carry on as adults, dealing with problems as they are.

And speaking of problems, Hillary Clinton's claim to "inevitability" is taking body blows of late, most importantly from Obama who not only has virtually matched her dollar for dollar in fundraising, but also enjoys twice as many donating supporters.

Not only that, but John Edwards, holds a statistically significant lead over Clinton in the Iowa caucuses. Also newsworthy, from the same report, the top three Democrats (Edwards, Clinton, Obama) fared better than the best Republican, Rudy Giuliani.

And just because it's emblematic of this presidency, video of Darth Cheney keeping a close eye on his puppet, apprentice to the darkside, president:

"Dan Quayle in cowboy boots"

Yet another former Bushie returns to the reality-based world. Probably worth a read for the above quote alone.

Although you gotta love Gold's assessment of Cheney: "A vice president in control is bad enough. Worse yet is a vice president out of control."

Libby guilty of perjury and obstruction

I guess Steve Martin's "I forgot" defense doesn't work so well after all.

But of course Scooter might not have been in this position if he had simply claimed ignorance or faulty memory during the initial investigation.

Instead he made up a story (which he apparently got ok'd by his boss, Darth Cheney) about learning about Valerie Plame's status as a NOC CIA officer from Tim Russert.

Unfortunately this looks like the end of the line as Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald doesn't forsee any further prosecutions, unless new information arises that is.

But could it be that the Dark Lord shouldn't rest too easily? Especially if Libby loses his appeals could it be that some "new information" might emerge from his faulty memory?

Stay tuned.

Well, after that suicide bomber, he had to find solace somewhere

In newspaper layout, as in real estate, location is everything.

(I have to admit, I also found it amusing to type in "Dick Cheney" and "Sodomy" as this article's tags)

[H/t Americablog]