Jesus gets SACKED.

Another gem from the pen of TMV’s favorite poet, Michael Silverstein, aka Wall Street Poet: The Credit Card Poem I get my fun with Capital One Discover buys my treasures And when I’m down there’s Citicorp Providing needed pleasures. For special sin, Providian And to you I’d be lying If I denied with Sov’reign’s card I do some basics buying. They lendeth with an open hand These banks with rates usurious With means, I fear, one day I’ll face A payback that’s...

Due to hectic day away from the computer (and a highly painful, possibly broken toe) TMV is getting to bed early tonight. His posts will resume tomorrow morning after 7 a.m. But our co-bloggers may have something to say in the meantime. NOTE: we usually redate some of the posts done later in the day for the next day’s weblog. We’ll do that tomorrow morning…so keep scrolling down!

It’s officially over — basically declared as ancient history…happening so swiftly you’d swear it happened by some kind of… intelligent design: DOVER, Pa. — Dover’s much-maligned school policy of presenting “intelligent design” as an alternative to evolution was officially relegated to the history books Tuesday night. On a voice vote, and with no discussion beforehand, the newly elected Dover Area School Board unanimously rescinded the policy....

Tonight’s PBS Frontline: Is Wal-Mart Good for America?

It appears that legal bottom-feeder Roy Moore’s replacement on the Alabama Supreme Court is just as psychotic as he was.

NPR’s All Things Considered had a good segment on the Mars Rover today. You can listen to it online. According to the BBC, NASA scientists have witnessed an explosion on the Moon.

You gotta hand it to him. Democratic Governor Brian Schwitzer has sure been impressive in his first year. An unabashed progressive with 65% approval ratings in the bloodiest of red states? If I were the GOP (especially Conrad Burns!), this would scare me almost as much as Abramoff.

So who gets the biggest laughs on the Supreme Court? Guess: BOSTON — Court jesters, they’re not. But the justices on the nation’s highest court do draw laughs during oral arguments, and a new study finds that the witty and quick-tongued Antonin Scalia brings in the most chuckles from the bench. According to the study by Boston University law professor Jay D. Wexler, Scalia out-quipped the other eight justices “by a landslide,” instigating 77 “laughing episodes”...

In answer to Justin’s question to me posed below: What do you mean “during the 70s?” I dress up and dance like that now when someone leaves a tip in the tipjar…

Holy $#!+. This clip makes me want to vomit, but in a good way… And seriously, did any of you actually dress like this during the 70s? Fess up Gandelman… (h/t: Screenhead)

Reuters: Official says Iraqi Interior Minister Bayan Jabor`s sister kidnapped in Baghdad.

Op-Ed by Phyllis Snyder: Alito would erode minority protection Judge Samuel Alito, nominated for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, would overturn crucial protections for minority religions, and would roll back the right to an abortion, writes the president of the National Council of Jewish Women…. Op-Ed by Jeffrey Wasserstein: Alito protects minority rights Judge Samuel Alito Jr., whose nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court has proven controversial, has been a staunch defender of the rights...

It’s a “gut” issue that sparks all kinds of emotions among Republicans and could be even more troubling for the Democrats.

Some readers say they’ve enjoyed the links to the psychic predictions on The Moderate Voice, where our powers of prognostication (or procrastination) are legendary. So here are some more. We do NOT vouch for their accuracy (obviously) or endorse their political perspective. We know some readers find it fascinating so we’re offering you these links. Here. Some more here. This is a long one with many people contributing predictions so scroll down. And then THIS. (She was off on who would...

Oh, please, God, don’t let it be true…Don’t make me go through it again (I don’t have the disposable income for the amount of Red Bull required to sit through his speeches)…Oh, please, Lord, I’ll be a good boy, but as a former Political Science major don’t force me to watch a campaign as poorly run like that ever again. DO YOU HEAR ME??!!! It’s almost as if Sen. John Kerry never stopped running for president. He still jets across the country, raising...

It seems like these days everyone’s a music critic: Obie Trice, a protege of Eminem, was shot over the weekend while driving on a city highway, police said. Someone in another car shot through the back window of 28-year-old Trice’s vehicle as he drove along the Lodge Freeway around 1:10 a.m. Saturday, said Michigan State Police Sgt. Mario Gonzales. The Detroit native managed to continue driving and got off the freeway in the suburb of Southfield, where his girlfriend, also in the vehicle,...

This time from Citizen Smash. And what ARE your predictions (serious or otherwise)?

And, if so, will their secrets be exposed?

An eye-opening and at times jaw-dropping interview with Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal.

Bull Moose warns that America’s political elites have put their mind-set back to pre-911 and are ignoring the perils to the United States homeland and ominous rumblings from Iran. However, there is increasing sentiment that we are no longer at war. Well, not exactly – clearly we are at war in Iraq. And according to some, the Bush Administration is conducting a relenting attack on our liberties. One Senate Democratic leader even crowed that the party had “killed” the Patriot...

There has been another kidnapping in Yemen. But kidnappings in Yemen are not always merely crimes. They often have political roots.

….at Atomic Insights Blog. You’d be surprised how many new sites TMV discovers (and later adds to his blogroll) by being linked by a new site. Today we were fascinated to find this link from Atomic Insights Blog which discusses “energy supplies, energy technology and energy politics from an atomic point of view.” Independent researcher Rod Adams’ blog is serious and issue-oriented. The word “content” was invented for a website like this and it’s a...

Tutakai is one of TMV’s favorite sites since in its always-articulate posts it makes no bones that moderates can indeed (and DO) take strong positions…and can play a role (as they have throughout American history). Here’s a key quote from its latest post (but read the whole thing): The truth is that both parties are increasingly the puppets of their most extreme elements. While a Republican Party dominated by demogogues like Rick Santorum and corrupt hacks like Tom Delay plays...

Asia Pundit reports two highly critical blogs have apparently been shut down.