Here's a wacky theory: what if Chief Justice Rehnquist resigns due to ill health, and the court is split 4-4 when it has to decide the election. Apparently the Bush folks are preparing a contingency plan for a recess appointment.
I'm going to go out on a limb here: not going to happen. Why? Rehnquist will not resign in the next few weeks. Not his style, not at all. Of course, if someone on the Supreme Court were to actually die, then all bets are off on this one. And that would create a stir….
TalkLeft: Bush Needs to Get His Bulge Stories Straight. Is Karl Rove getting unhinged? How can they be so off-message on this one?
I just saw the National Theater's performance of Allan Bennett's new play The History Boys, thanks to a barrister friend who was able to get tickets.
This is simply a spectacular play, brilliantly performed by an outstanding cast. It was even better than Bennett's The Madness of King George III, which I saw years ago in its first run at the National. And that was a great play and a great production (better than the film, I thought, although there's always a tendency to like the one you see first best).
Londoners are so spoiled when it comes to theater. When Caroline and I lived here we went to an average of more than one play a week. It is easily the thing I most miss about London. (Number two, oddly enough, is doing my weekly shopping at the Dalston Market.)
A mathematician friend has an extra ticket for another play at the National on Saturday that he is going to let me have. Tomorrow morning I'm going to TKTS to see what I can scare up. That makes three. Friday is complicated as I have appointments out of town, but I could either (horrors) book a full price ticket by phone, or see if I can get to TKTS early enough to catch my train after buying a ticket. That would make four.
I suppose going to a matinee on Saturday as well as an evening performance would be gluttonous. But I'm tempted.
(Recommendations from any readers who happen to be in London or know about what's on gratefully welcomed.)
Here's what I get when I try to access www.georgebush.com from London:
Access Denied
You don't have permission to access “http://www.georgewbush.com/” on this server.
And it's not just me, as you can see from a comment in this thread at Electrolite. Oh, and others have noticed this too, all around the world.
Could it be connected to this ?
I'm told there was a spate of K-E sign thefts — well over a hundred stolen — earlier this week just south of me, in Pinecrest.
The Washington Post says that sign theft is running at normal levels nationwide, except for Ohio and Florida, where it's stratospheric (and, says the Post, bipartisan).
The all-time best sign stealing story, however, is this one:
A Republican in Colorado fell flat on his face trying to steal campaign signs touting John Kerry and other local Democratic candidates.
According to Wheat Ridge Police spokesperson Officer Lisa Stigall, Randal Wagner was already wanted for questioning about a rash of campaign-sign thefts when he was discovered lying unconscious across a stolen sign Oct. 13.
Earlier that evening, a homeowner reported to police that he saw Wagner, 50, cutting down a campaign sign bolted to his fence. The sign was in support of a local Democratic candidate running for Congress.
The man confronted Wagner, who allegedly fled in a truck with his wife. The man gave the vehicle's plate number to police.
While police located the Wagners' home, Wagner was busy at work on another sign put up by a store in the business district, Stigall said.
But he encountered resistance.
“He already had the sign in hand and was running out of the parking lot when he tripped over a low chain that blocked off the driveway,” Stigall said.
Wagner fell flat on his face and was knocked unconscious.
You would think the WSJ, a very fine paper, would get something this basic right. But apparently not. See TaxProf Blog: Schmalbeck Criticizes Wall Street Journal's Reporting on Teresa Heinz Kerry's Tax Return for the numerators and denominators. See also TaxProf's summary of Michael Kinsley's defense of her investment strategy.
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