More Allegations of Misconduct in Alabama Governor Case.

I might have suspected that a recused official would remain deeply involved in a case, but I would never have suspected illicit communications with a jury.

If recent history is any guide, there must be many more skeletons in the White House closets. The Bush team has worked hard to cover its tracks — see for example it wholesale evasion of the rules requiring the archiving of email — but who knows what else is waiting to be revealed.

Inaugurations are at 12 noon on January 20th of the year following the November election. If you are wondering why the clock shows what seems to be an extra hour, I think it is because this counter cleverly includes the extra hour for the move off Daylight Savings Time, the last Sunday in October, when we gain an hour (“Spring forward, Fall back”).

• Kevin Hayden, Quote of the day from mild-mannered Clark Kent-ish guy:

  “There isn’t a Republican serving in the Senate that’s happy he’s the nominee. Now, they’re all supporting him, but I’ll tell you they have told me. I’ve had Republican senators tell me they don’t think they’ll vote for him,” Reid said.

• Juan Cole, Informed Comment, McCain: Iraq is a Peaceful, Stable Country
• TPM, Still Hope

  If you’re bummed about not getting a ticket to watch the Obama speech at the Invesco Center, you’ll be happy to know they’re still giving away tickets for John McCain’s veep announcement tomorrow at the aptly-named 12,000 seat Nutter Center.

• AFL-CIO, Welcome to Ohio, John McCain!
  
  
  
• Crooks & Liars, It’s Not Just McCain, It’s Republicanism
• US Magazine (!), Cindy McCain’s half sister: “I’m voting for Obama”
• Out of Sight, Out of Mind
• This: McCain’s solution to health care crisis: Redefine “uninsured” (via Crooks & Liars) … leads to this: Digby: “Another day, another McCain advisor thrown under the bus for accidentally telling the truth about his candidate’s indifference to the struggles of ordinary Americans.”
• McCain’s Million Dollar Parking Lot
  
  
• Fred Clark, 1989: A reminder
• Crooks & Liars, Richard Dreyfuss Calls Out Bush, McCain and their “Corrupt” Republican Party
• Brian Schweitzer’s evisceration of McCain at the DNC
  
  
  (He’s a pretty interesting guy, by the way. See Kos, Three Schweitzer stories)
• Batocchio at Hullabaloo, McCain POW Bingo
• Senator Clinton on the twins in the twin city
  
  
  
• kath25, Kos, John McCain : No Choice for Women
• Via Crooks & Liars, Daily Show: Howard Dean goes “inside John McCain’s brain”
• Also via Crooks & Liars, Sen Kerry Blasts McCain: “Let’s compare Senator McCain and Candidate McCain”
• Again, Crooks & Liars, John McCain’s Evolution on Abortion
• DeLong, Morning Coffee: Why McCain’s Health Reform Plans Frighten Me (August 25, 2008)
• TPM, Puffed-Up Hypocrite Watch
• smintheus at Kos, Stupid Republican VP tricks
• TPMTVMcCain on Houses Gaffe: I Was a POW (used to be that he said it was a subject he didn’t like t bring up…)
  
  
  
• Obama Campaign, “Don’t Know Much” TV Ad
  
  
  
• Via Needlnose, McCain’s Vice-President Announcement:
  
  
• McCain’s Respectful Campaign
  
  
  
• “Roger Ailes” writes,

  The McCain campaign keeps emphasizing that McCain was a prisoner in Vietnam, as proof of his qualification for the Presidency.
  
  Well, so was Gary Glitter, and I’m not voting for him either.

• Progressiveaccountability.org, Media Fact Check: McCain’s Houses. McCain — and some news outlets — say four. “CORRECT ANSWER: McCain Owns At Least Ten Properties Worth $13,823,269.”
• Jed Report, 007: GoldenMansion, starring John McCain:
  
  
  
• Lindsay Beyerstein, All the Pretty Houses (Part II): Lifestyles of the Rich & Befuddled
• Obama Ad, Out of Touch:
  
  
  

• Get Energy Smart! NOW!!!, Get Energy Smart! NOW!!! » Blog Archive » Calculating John’s Housing Carbon Footprint …

[More or less reverse chronological order this week — the newest thing first instead of last]

Don’t miss the map.

I wish we had more journalism like this.

And, a printout of Hugh’s list displayed in an mall

Enjoy the State of the Union tonight. I’m taking a pass on it - like much of the rest of the country I’m pretty tired of that voice and that face.

• Lies, Damned Lies, a Searchable Database of Lies — links to and describes a new database of Bush administration lies about Iraq
• Computers piece together millions of shredded Stasi documents — unraveling Communist lies
• Why similar forensics may be needed here in the USA: Plame Investigation and Missing Emails: Analysis on Emails

Gov 101: comply with Presidential Records Act.

Bush 101: Lie like a rug. CREW’s list of Previous White House Statements that Conflict with Yesterday’s Filing:

• January 23, 2006 Letter from Patrick Fitzgerald (pdf)
• Video of April 13, 2007 White House Press briefing with Dana Perino
• Transcript of April 13, 2007 White House Press Briefing with Dana Perino
• CNN story from April 13, 2007 on missing White House emails
• December 20, 2007 Letter from Rep. Henry Waxman to White House Counsel (pdf)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau’s repeated failures to pay phone bills on time.

A Justice Department audit released Thursday blamed the lost connections on the FBI’s lax oversight of money used in undercover investigations. Poor supervision of the program also allowed one agent to steal $25,000, the audit said.

In at least one case, a wiretap used in a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act investigation “was halted due to untimely payment,” the audit found. FISA wiretaps are used in the government’s most sensitive and secretive criminal investigations, and allow eavesdropping on suspected terrorists or spies.

Lots more where that came from.