Attorney General candidate Eric Holder played a key role in the much-maligned pardon of fugitive Marc Rich. (Also, Roger Kimball on Eric Holder, Radical)
I’M SHOCKED, SHOCKED: Inspector general says Joe the Plumber’s files searched improperly. “A state agency director authorized improper checks of state computer systems for confidential information on ‘Joe the Plumber,’ according to a report released this afternoon by Ohio’s inspector general. Nearly four hours after the release of the report, Gov. Ted Strickland announced he had placed Helen Jones-Kelley, the suspended director of the Department of Job and Family Services, on unpaid leave for one month. Republican leaders used the report’s findings to call on Strickland to fire Jones-Kelley for abusing her authority to snoop into the background of Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher.”
HEH: Antiwar groups fear Barack Obama may create hawkish Cabinet. ”Antiwar groups and other liberal activists are increasingly concerned at signs that Barack Obama’s national security team will be dominated by appointees who favored the Iraq invasion and hold hawkish views on other important foreign policy issues.”
A TRAILER FOR Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD. Is it just me, or is that evocative of the 1980s, when practically everything was “turbo?”
INSTA-POLL: Since I mentioned it last night there’s been some talk of having some sort of rightroots conference to organize things post-election. (Call it a counter-Kos if you want, but not exactly). What do you think? I’m polling, and I’m also going to open comments for a while. If you’ve got a better idea, share it!
ON STOPPING SCHOOLGROUND KILLERS. ”The other statistic that emerged from a study of active killers is that they almost exclusively seek out ‘gun free’ zones for their attacks. . . . As soon as they’re confronted by any armed resistance, the shooters typically turn the gun on themselves.” You don’t say.
ATLAS BLINKED: Fiscally conservative Republicans were lost at sea in the Panic of 2008.