Shhh...

Don't worry, nothing important going on. No country to run, no invaded country to oversee, no lies to leak. It's hard work being VP.

Somebody call Alanis Morissette...

...because I've found some irony.

A Chinese lady (US permanent resident) interrupted a press conference yesterday held by Dear Leader and the Chinese president, Hu Jintao. She yelled at him, in English and Chinese, moments after Bush stated he hoped China would allow more free speech. Now, she risks being the first person charged under an obscure federal law for intimidating a foreign official while in the US.

Typical Bush: say one thing, do the opposite.

Details here. Be sure to read the last bit, about how this law doesn't apply if it goes against the 1st amendment.

Conspiracy-a-Go-Go

I'm a sucker for a good conspiracy theory.

Talking to a friend earlier about the latest addition to the anti-Xenuites. When Mr. C first started exhibiting his strange behavior last year--jumping on couches, etc.--we were reading Time and Salon articles on the church of L. Ron and what all they believe. Today, she told me that she doesn't believe: a) he got her pregnant, b) she was even pregnant. She thinks the kiddo was adopted.

Then, I come across this.

Coo-Coo-Ka-Choo

I am the Decider.

As the World Turdblossoms...

Rove may be a subject, as in he's being actively investigated, in the Plame Leak scandal.

From the article:

For months, Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, has assured the press that his client, who was believed to be vulnerable to indictment for perjury, is in the clear. But Libby insisted that he was entitled to "disclosure of such documents" in Rove's files "even if Mr. Rove remains a subject of a continuing grand jury investigation".

Karl Rove is a subject of Fitzgerald's investigation - this is the headline buried in Libby's filing.

In white-collar criminal investigations, individuals who fall under the gaze of a prosecutor fit into one of three categories: witness, subject or target. Rove's attorney has suggested that Rove is simply a witness. But that is untrue. He is a subject. A subject is someone the prosecutor believes may have committed a crime and is under investigation. If the prosecutor decides he has accumulated sufficient evidence to prove guilt, he will change the designation of that person from subject to target and then indict him or her.

("Turdblossom" may be GWB's nickname for Rove. Or it might just be wishful thinking from the left. Either way, it fits.)

I'm a Virgo

More billionaires are Virgos than any other sign. What exactly this means for me, I don't know other than if I should ever become a billionaire, I'll be in the Cool Club and you won't.