Over at National Review Online, David Frum holds forth an interesting alternative to an outright pardon for Scooter Libby:  respite.  Hmm...

A minor victory, as the world's most horrific piece of legislation, the so-called "Immigration Reform Bill" was withdrawn this evening in the Senate as Senator Harry Reid was unable to secure the sixty votes needed to invoke cloture and end debate on the bill.

But the battle is *JUST* beginning.

Best Buy loves to defraud customers.  Trust me... I used to sell to them when I worked for InterAct Accessories.  They also love to defraud vendors, too, but that is another story.

Scam of the week at Best Buy?  Digital subscriptions.  Read more here.

A woman is suing eHarmony for discrimination. Why?  She's a lesbian...

Remember the outrage when former Governor Bobby Ehrlich decided to start cleaning out state agencies of Democrat appointees in early 2003?  There were hearings, and investigations, and subpoenas.  The Calvert Street Communist Party Newsletter went apeshit.  In the end, we learned... nothing. Well, we learned that the governor was within his rights and the law to remove non-civil service employees with any means he deemed necessary.

And it seems that the new kid in town might be up to the same old tricks...

Why are Republicans so stupid?  With the indictment of William Jefferson (D- LA) , he of the $90,000 in a zip-loc bag in the freezer, Republicans were handed a huge pinata to beat on mercilessly.

Now they want to shoot their wad before the target is ripe?

in the City of Baltimore.  That's right.  The City that Bleeds is hemoraghing once again.

When will it stop?

When Marty the Mick O'Malley ran for Mayor lo those many years ago, he promised to reduce murders in Baltimore to less than 175.  But what's a campaign promise?

Scooter Libby was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison today, plus a $250,000 fine, and two years probation.  For obstruction of justice about an alleged crime no one can prove happened. On to of this especially, Special Prosecutor Paddy Fitzgerald already knew who leaked Valerie Plame's name to the press when he interviewed Scooter Libby.

What should we do?

I have found a kickass little utility that lets you export your iTunes library to a standard "m3u" playlist that you can use in Windows Media Player, Winamp, and best of all -- Tivo!