Friday Mini Blogroll!!

Friends are in town for Homecoming, and I’m going to work late...probably not late enough to pull off the regular huge blogroll, but hey...something’s better than nothing (which is what you’ve been getting from me lately), right?

Off to the blogs...

Dana sits back and enjoys Monica’s Revenge.

Demosthenes sits back and prepares for the inevitable October Surprise (though, does it count as a surprise if nobody’s surprised by it?). The only encouraging news is that the polls are SO bad for Repubs in Ohio that it will be that much harder to deny something fishy’s going on. And after it happens 5-6 more times, Democrats and the media might even decide to raise a stink.

It’s always been said that politics make for strange bedfellows (FDL)...but I’ve gotta say, Lamont and Schlesinger teaming up for that little comedy bit during the last debate was a little surprising...it was certainly well-timed and funny, but it was still a bit shocking to the system. Boo hoo, nobody likes Joementum…

Ouch...Dear Leader even stonewalls Bill O’Reilly (Debate Link). But he’s from the no spin zone! You can trust him with the truth! But before we actually start (TBogg) complimenting O’Reilly (Hullabaloo) for asking one tough question...

I must say, I continue to enjoy the ongoing “Maybe I was wrong...BUT YOU WEREN’T RIGHT!” arguments. Does my heart good (Pandagon). Who cares if every word we said four years ago was right...that doesn’t mean we were actually right.

Good point here from Erik at Alter Destiny...politics are built around self-interest, and while it might annoy Dubya countries who are actually in danger of attacks from the “axis of evil” don’t share his strutting bravado, it’s in their best interest for South Korea to keep doing what they’re doing. Plus, any time you get to say no to Condi, you should probably take advantage of it.

While it’s tempting to link to Alicublog Roy’s drunk liveblogging of last night’s Mets/Cards game (screw the Cards...but if my wife asks, I didn’t say that), and it’s definitely worth reading, I’ll instead link to his summary of posts on the always unpredictable, always nonpartisan first page of Instapundit.

Fresh off of guest blogging at Atrios’ place, Avedon links to a very interesting Confined Space post about crimes and jail sentences. Not saying this guy doesn’t deserve to rot in prison, but...what he did was 20x or 25x worse than what Ken Lay did? Really?

Upyernoz has, um, good news for those who are afraid of the “constitutional crisis” ahead if Dems win the House...

And meanwhile, while Dubya may be really good at ignoring laws he doesn’t like, he sure gets to work fast (Atrios) on the ones that are in his wheelhouse. As one Mr. Olbermann might say, R.I.P. Habeas Corpus. Meanwhile, Glenn has a nice summary of Dear Leader’s current line of thinking (if you can actually call it that) and thoughts on what’s worse, inaction or overreaction...not that anybody ever actually prescribed inaction...

I thought everybody had learned their lesson about challenging the forced pregnancy lobby with actual facts...but this is a nice effort nonetheless (LG&M).

This is really really (REALLY) wrong...but I laughed (Attaturk). I shouldn’t have, and I might go to jail for it...but I laughed.

Granted, Putin gets a permanent “cooties award” (Echidne) for that whole “blowing on the boy’s bare stomach” thing a while back, but...yeah, this is still creepy on many different levels...

And finally, it’s really an unfair fight, but it’s still fun to watch Mannion take apart Santorum’s stupid LOTR comment...