Supreme Court Expected To Rule On D.C. Gun Ban

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule this week on the District’s strict handgun ban.

City officials said they’re prepared for any ruling but upholding the ban would be a victory for citizen safety.

For anyone interested in the reality of what gun control laws do- or more accurately- don’t do (i.e. protect citizens) follow up here.

Fox Analyst: Iraqis ‘Owe Us’ 100-Year Leases On Their Oil, ‘We Ought To Take It’

Last week, the New York Times reported that four Western oil companies — Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total, and BP — are in the final stages of negotiating no-bid oil contracts “to service Iraq’s largest fields.” These contracts would run for one to two years, and give the oil companies a “foothold” in bidding on future contracts.

Beckel justified giving U.S. oil companies a century of business in Iraq by claiming, “The Iraqis owe us, Bill. We ought to take it.”

Go ahead, let that concept roll around in your head a bit.

Done?

Ok, go find a shovel, and beat this guy until he resembles the aftermath of a cluster bomb.

John Freshwater was hired to teach science in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Instead he taught theology. He used his classroom to promote his brand of Christianity, kept religious literature on his desk, presumably for the students, spread Bibles around the classroom and prosyletized. He used his class to teach a theological belief about the origins of life instead of science.

And to top it off, for some reason that I’ve yet to fathom, he used an electrostatic device to burn crosses into the skin of students. This part just sounds crazy. Perhaps he thought he was protecting them from the Devil, evil spirits or whatever. But he did use this device to burn the skin of students. He claims that last part is a lie. He says he only burned a large X into the students arms! And that this was a science experiment.

Jeb Bush Supports Return Of School Vouchers
Amendment Could Overturn 2006 Supreme Court Ruling

ORLANDO, Fla. — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said he will fight for two controversial amendments.

In 2006, the state Supreme Court ruled the vouchers unconstitutional.

Jeb, that means the end of story, but we understand that you’re a Bush, and you’ve been raised to think that the law doesn’t really apply, but reality must intrude sometime, you jackass.

McCain adviser: Another attack on the U.S. ‘would be a big advantage’ for McCain.

Earlier this year, after former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was tragically assassinated, pundits speculated that the shocking attack may have benefited Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) politically. Now, McCain’s chief strategist, Charlie Black, tells Fortune that the “unfortunate event” of Bhutto’s death “helped us.” Asked if another terrorist attack on U.S. soil would help McCain as well, Black told Fortune that it would be “a big advantage to him“:

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December was an “unfortunate event,” says Black. “But his knowledge and ability to talk about it reemphasized that this is the guy who’s ready to be Commander-in-Chief. And it helped us.” As would, Black concedes with startling candor after we raise the issue, another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. “Certainly it would be a big advantage to him,” says Black.

Of course, they’re backpedaling now, but they achieved their purpose.

Wimbledon Gambling Scandal: Eight Matches Fixed, Dossier Claims

Last year the New York Times reported on a widening gambling scandal in professional tennis that implicated highly-ranked players. Now, allegations have arisen that eight Wimbledon matches (the tournament begins Monday) were fixed by professional gambling syndicates:

“It doesn’t take a genius to work out that something is going on in the last one.”

Carte blanche to illegally spy on Americans
Telecoms Flex Their Muscles: FISA “Compromise” Locks-in Lawless Spying

You knew it would eventually come to this: a huge victory for the Bush regime and a gigantic swindle by Democratic party sell-outs posing as an “opposition.”

By Friday afternoon the votes were in and, surprise! the bill passed by a lopsided 293-129. The bill now moves to the Senate where easy passage is expected next week. The White House immediately endorsed the bill.

Worthless. You give the least popular president and his band of even less popular GOP henchmen even more than they asked for.

Worthless.

Have fun at the next stop, George:

Comedy legend George Carlin dies in Los Angeles at 71

So Captain Sweat Scott McClellan is going to testify under oath today before the Judicary Committee:

McClellan will be the highest-ranking Bush administration official to be pressed by Congress on the Plame affair. Former Bush strategist Karl Rove has refused to testify, citing executive privilege.

Might be interesting, might be more self-serving blather. We’ll see.

Report: Pentagon misled Congress on NORAD threat

The Pentagon understated the vulnerability faced by the nation’s air and space defense command before it relocated to Colorado’s Peterson Air Force Base, a newspaper reported Monday.

But The Gazette of Colorado Springs said it obtained a classified document that was even more critical. According to the document, the assessment found “the existing security system at Peterson AFB … would fail if attacked by even a low level threat.”

Comforting, ain’t it?