leisureguy!

Jane - minor typo at the end: “caustc”

Fitzteenth!

FITZFITZFITZFITZ!

Irishmen!

I could have sworn that June 2 was the day that the Fitz/Rove Grand Jury was set to expire. But I have not heard a word about such an expiration this week. Is it not true?

When Fitz indicted Rove, he waited until the last minute, got an indictment just before the GJ expired, then announced it the following week. If today was indeed the day that the new GJ expired, should we not expect an announcement next week, if one is coming at all?

Good evening, spellaise. Or is it editoraise?

Thanks for the Fitz fix! He’s so dreamy . . .

sorry if that was too loud… this is my first real weekend in too long and I’m just bubbling with glee.

feel free to delete #2 now! …for mommybrainaise! (heh)

yeah, dh, could you keep it down? It’s Friday night after all….

re the Ms. Marshall kerfuffle:

Alice Doesn’t Blog Here Anymore

Jim @6 - June 2 was also supposed to be the day of the big boom in the desert, Divine Strake. They’ve called it off onnacounta they didn’t want to disturb all the radioactive dust on the desert floor. Was this Divine Strake madness what they call public diplomacy?

Have you heard the Rush call with Jack, standing in for Mike at callingallwingnuts? Rush goes nuts, swearing that Jack is Mike and says So, you going to Las Vegas soon, hmmm? He’s talking about YKos, I presume. Anyone seen or heard any talk in the red zone about it?

Punaise, have you done lyrics to “When the Frogs Go Marchin’ In” yet? We need an anthem.

Fitz knows what his doing and making sure all the charges stick. He is very good at what he does and Bush/Cheney/Rove will regart they ever heard of Patrick J. Fitzgerald. When Fitz first started this case the media laughed at his clothes and life style now who’s laughing. With a little help with his wardrobe from a true friend and his seeking justice to bring down the evil doers the last laugh is on the media. Fitz is the true example of what every Ameerican should try to be. No he’s not perfect but he’s honest, trusting and believes in justice for all. Just look at him now he is one of the sexist men alive. He will bring all the crooks to justice and you can take that to the bank.

punaise, want some snark to go with that kerfluffle?

Friday Night Feetzer - out here in the hills, only the owls to compete with…

Love Fitz to pieces.

Sorry to say that Fitz lost this one. The defendant is staying home for Canada Day.

Here’s link:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/.....fer=canada

op99 - guess I better hop to it.

mommybraise - snarkfuffle!

dh - cheers!

Hilda 19 — thanks for the link. Well if you can’t win them all, I’ll be happy that’s the one in the “L” column.

Mrs. K8 popped back in at the end of the last thread with a question for those knowlegable about critter comfort.

re the Ms. Marshall kerfuffle:

Well, I never heard of the bitch before tonight but she seems to have attracted quite a fan club around here.

sorry to sully a new thread, but acording to raw story:

Conservative cover girl Ann Coulter has hired a White House connected lawyer who represented Bush/Cheney in the 2000 election recount battles to defend against possible felony charges for voting illegally in a February election, according to an item from a Florida newspaper.

Well…interesting. Now, I know how everyone around here just “hangs” on the moment Mr. Fitz will indict Rover (personally, I think too many get misdirected on this as it won’t matter much in terms on what I want, to WIN in the Nov. 2006 elections…but that’s another story for another time)
Anyways, perhaps those of you who want to try and predict possible indictment dates might want to try another path…Mr. Fitz’s schedule!. In this article I learn of an upcoming status hearing on 06/30, in Chicago.
Ooook, so what’s the scoop on this Boultbee case? Are there a ton of motions on file? If so, Mr. Fitz may be busy all thru June on this Boultbee matter. Are there approaching deadlines to file/respond to things? Again, Mr. Fitz may be busy all of June on these things.
Is Mr. Fitz involved in anything else? If so, what’s the pre-trial status on these other cases?
So, perhaps one could piece together “windows of opportunity” for Mr. Fitz to indict Rover based on an analysis of Mr. Fitz’s schedule. One thing I feel confident in…Mr. Fitz is always very well prepared, so I would think that he would “get to” the Rover indictment only when he had a nice chunk of schedule time for this.
I really don’t urge anyone to do this…as it could result in a LOT of time being spent on a lot of rabbit trails…but there you have it.
Ghostman

Hilda 19, non-refundable tickets and all, hard to overcome that.

off(line) to watch Capote DVD
catch y’all later

Mommybrain,

As the one-time DJ and teen impresario Bill Ballance used to say, “I’ve been lurking for you.”

Thanks for the Daily Howler link yesterday. What a hoot!

BTW, my wife and I grew up in the SGV and have a ton of fond memories. I still do my book shopping at Vroman’s whenever possible. Glad to that you’re getting the place Driered out.

O! Quaking Earth… http://apoeticjustice.blogspot.....earth.html

What’s interesting is there is a homey sort of Andy Griffith quality to the snarks. In addition to the sarcasim there is also a fatherly warning of “don’t go there”.

I think he is kind of conservative in that way.

I opened my newly delivered “Lapdog” book tonite and I was reading the introduction on page 1.

The second sentence of the book reads the following:

Woodward, of Watergate and Washington Post fame, was the most famous reporter of his generation, and Fitzpatrick, by the fall of 2005, was the most talked-about investigator in America.

snip
Should the name be Fitzgerald here instaed of Fitzpatrick? Is it a misprint?

Sort of reminds me of Tommie Lee Jones remark in MIB when asked if this was some sort of joke.

“We do not have a sense of humor that we’re aware of ma’am.”

BTW, what is the penalty for stealing an election, creating an illegal war resulting in the slaughter of hundreds of thousands, looting the national treasury, shredding the constitution and destroying any credibility we had in the world.

Shouldn’t their be like a fine or something?

I don’t think dictators pay fines.

Here’s some snarky research by Fitz’s crew, in the Bloomberg article:

Fitzgerald’s office replied that the trip could be made for less than half the sum cited by Tuite, attaching a print-out from the travel website Orbitz.com to make its point.

Ouch!

(I hope I got that coding right!)

ccmask 32 — yes there are a couple of typos in the Boehlert book but well worth reading in spite of them. That one jarred my teeth too, force of habit. But having been down the publishing road before, that’s something that just happens. Not Eric’s fault.

Ghostman 26 — one of the reasons many have been speculating we WON’T see a Rove indictment soon is because Fitz has a small staff working on this case (5) and he’s got a lot on his plate (I think Tom Maguire was over her pointing that out recently). I also think it serves his purposes to get Libby discovery over with first, but seeing how much of that is already over, maybe we’ll hear more soon. And I don’t think dragging things out hurts his chances in this matter at all.

Of course, maybe he’s already incited Rove….

(har har…okay so my jokes aren’t as good as PF’s)

Fitz is so damn cool. Like an action hero. I wonder how those Bush action figures are selling?

That would make a swell halloween costume. Wear nothing but a potato on your “appendage.”

And go as a dicktater.

Jane- yes it blew me away right in the second sentence. I thought if I was the first to blog the error, I’d win a prize or something. You never know. I’m really enjoying the book Eric. Thanks

Know what… I think the situation has went beyond indictments and pleas.

Wups! I keep forgetting Jane is a left coaster and stays up late. Just gettin’ silly over here!

More food for thought: I read the article referenced by Hilda. Looks like the hearing on 06/30 goes forward, it’s just that the defendant doesn’t have to be there. Ok…..so ARE there a pack of motions in this case? The defendant looks to be some sort of rich guy; thus he’ll have top dollar lawyers filing ALL sorts of motions. Any filing deadlines in this Boultbee case?
And, according to the article, the Boultbee case is set for trial March, 2007. Welllll….isn’t Libby set for trial 01/07?? Will Fitz need to spend his Summer and Fall getting ready for Libby AND for Boultbee??? Does this mean that a Rover indictment is a long ways off? Isn’t it possible for a grand jury to have it’s tenure extended by a number of months? I SEEM to recall this happening with the Libby GJ?
There’s some questions, and obviously I have no answers.
Ghostman

oilfield- I can’t be;lieve you! After I typed dictator, I thought of a dick and a potato too! What are you drinking? Same as me?

Janes right about them typos. You proof and proof but as soon as it’s printed the typo is all you see. Has happened to me back when I was a writer.

#39.

My favorite costume is to wear nothing but a bowl of custard pudding tied to the end of my penis.

People say: “What are you?”

The answer is: “I’m fucking dis-custard”.

-GSD

#37, Ms. Hamsher…..yep, I agree. This Rover indictment could very well be a ways off. And, I forgot to mix into the equation that he has a small staff. Well, stay tuned everybody….but you might want to take your shoes off while you wait.
Ghostman

Suppose you have a situation where a responsible person goes to a Prez (after pudgeboy agrees to all this) and sez: We have a sealed indictment against Cheney. We are telling you this because the consequences of broader investigations may be seriously problematic for our national security.

And then dead eye doesn’t budge.

I don’t usually pry - it isn’t polite, don’tcha know - but after reading this post, I’ve just got to ask:

punaise, are you Fitz’s love child?

Or, so as not to be judgmental about anyone’s ages around here:

punaise, is Fitz your love child?

Or perhaps punaise and Fitz are siblings, separated at birth.

Or maybe, just maybe, punaise is Fitz. Come to think of it, I’ve never seen punaise and Fitz in the same place at the same time . . .

punaise is fine as long as you kep him away from phone booths.

ROTL at Atrios …

“Wanker of the Day

Byron York.

I’ve been in the same room with my buddy Byron a couple of times. His hair truly has supernatural powers.

-Atrios 11:29 PM”

I wonder what kind of superpower his hair has? Perhaps it disrupts all coherent thought in it’s immediate vicinity. That may explain some of the posts at The Corner, anyway.

Ghostman 42

The GJ that Fitz is using in DC is a sitting GJ, for use by any US attorney. There is no expiration, unlike the first GJ, which was more “special”. Mary or lhp or Christy or one of the FDL lawyer types will have to provide more info on this, but I believe that’s the case.

This currect GJ may expire, as all do at some point in time, but Fitz could then use another sitting GJ. Of course, he’d have to get them up to speed a well.

As for typos, may I remind all that “you go to press with the typos you have, not the typos you wish you didn’t have”.

#37, Ms. Hamsher…..yep, I think you’re on target. And, I forgot to add into the equation the small-staff issue.
Well folks, while you’re awaiting this Rover indictment, you might want to take your shoes off and get comfy.
Ghostman

#44

Ol’ Grandad (it’s like turpentine, only not as smooth)

test

that’s strange….I made two seperate comments and both vanished….NOT put into embargo (or whatever it’s called)…but I clicked “submit comment” and they vanished. Oh well.
Ghostman

peterr 47 — now that you mention it…

now it all seems to be working…sorry to clutter up things, Ghostman

Ghostman — no idea why that happened, like I say, sometimes we don’t know why our mysterious software does what it does.

This is not phunny. No more wise cracks as per GSD!

“This IZ Chief Inspector Clouseau speaking on the pheaun”

#44- Amaretta
#50-”you go to press with the typos you have, not the typos you wish you didn’t have”. Now that’s good.

37, Ms. Hamsher: I think you’re on target. And, I forgot to add into the equation his small staff.
Folks, for those of you awaiting a Rover indictment…you might want to take your shoes off and get comfy.
Ghostman

EPU’d from the last thread . . .

Ghostman @10:23

It seems that when there are comments placed in moderation, they don’t automatically appear (once cleared by the goddesses) when you “refresh comments” but only when you reload the page. Perhaps Jamie could investigate and (if I’m correct) figure out how to clean this up . . .

[I’m running Firefox on a PC with Windows XP]

Vanishing posts–that’s why they call you the ghost, man.

KEEP THE FITZ AND PASS THE FAITH, RAH RAH RASS, KICK EM IN THE OTHER KNEE!

/bad Norske

Well, I agree with Ms. Hamsher’s comment above in the thirties. And I forgot to add into the equation his small staff.
Folks, for those of you awaiting a Rover indictment….you might want to take your shoes off and get comfy.
Ghostman

For some reason the fact that Ann Coulter has had to hire some big gun lawyer in that felony voter fraud case does not strike me as bad news, punaise. It means she’s having to take it seriously.

Dear Ann,

The pie may have missed, but the FELONY VOTER FRAUD CHARGES won’t.

And it’s going to hurt you a whole lot more than it does us.

ok, my #59 above is what I kept trying to post. Oh well, it made it thru.
61, ccmask: chuckle…one can disappear with the right skills.
Ghostman

What are the chances of getting an Ann Coulter mug shot? If not from FL, how about from darkblack?

Voter fraud is pretty serious for Anne isn’t it? You never know what they’re going to find…….of course, voter fraud is serious for all of us, as Kennedy Jr. points out.

62 cmask says

Vanishing posts%u2013that’s why they call you the ghost, man.

Tell it to Mr. Casper.

That’s how come only Casper’s friendly posts appear.

One year back in my wild youf, I went out for Halloween in a t-shirt with the state of Alaska drawn on it in black Sharpie with the word ALASKA. “What are you supposed to be?” people asked.

“Baked Alaska,” I replied.

I wonder if Ms? Coulter will be wearing a Rush/Delay smile for her mugshot?

65, peterr…chances are 100%. Mug shots are public record.
Ghostman

Every time Ann Coulter smiles, a kitten dies.

ccmask @#65

IOKIYAR

TRex
Are you throwing rocks at my blog title?

Ghostman @ 72 -

Yes, but I’ll bet darkblack can capture her image better than the state of Florida.

Oilfieldguy, better rocks than combat boots (retreating quickly back into lurker mode)

TRex 71

LMAO. To further extend the OT - one year, long ago in my “youf”, I dressed for Halloween in a blue leotard and tights and pinned tampaxes (tampum?) all over me. What was I? Picasso’s Blue Period.

Back OT: If the Froomkin article quote was reliable, then it’s high time Fitz indict Rover and Co. It’s plenty damned hot here in Texas and I promise I’m not expecting it.

Oilfieldguy, I was not aware that was your blog title. But yes, I think I have to say that the title of your blog is almost as bad as my own.

After I posted that comment, I wondered if I should indicate that no actual kittens were harmed as I made it.

oilfield: MTFBWY

Looks like Libby didn’t get much bang for his buck with his greymail specialist.

As for Rove, I think the indictment will be sooner than later (but I’ve been wrong on this once already, so take it for what it’s worth). Libby’s bag of tricks is pretty much empty. If he’s not going to cut a deal now, I think Fitz is just going to move on without him. That means indicting Rove on his own set of perjury charges. He won’t bother with conspiracy charges. He wants the two trials to be completely separate.

Who was it a coupla years ago, when Ann Coulter was 41, pretending to be 39, and he had this running gag, every time he used her name he wrote it like “Ann Coulter, 41, got a pie in the face” or whatever? It was hilarious.

ROTFL, Hilde! Tampum or Koti!!! Jeebus!

I had a good friend who painted himself all green and wrapped a white sheet around him– a booger in a hanky!

70 Oilfieldguy says

I wonder if Ms? Coulter will be wearing a Rush/Delay smile for her mugshot?

Glamour Shots oughtta consider opening branch locations in police precincts.

Here’s how the legislative-aide-turned-lobbyist game is played, folks. Laid bare by the NYT in a lengthy profile of Congressman Jerry Lewis’ Queen of All Earmarks. (via TPM):

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06.....r=homepage

I no longer give a crap about the Rove indictment because it’s a statistical impossibility for me to win the pool.

Hilde says: June 2nd, 2006 at 10:18 pm #52

Ghostman 42

The GJ that Fitz is using in DC is a sitting GJ, for use by any US attorney. There is no expiration, unlike the first GJ, which was more “special”. Mary or lhp or Christy or one of the FDL lawyer types will have to provide more info on this, but I believe that’s the case.

This currect GJ may expire, as all do at some point in time, but Fitz could then use another sitting GJ. Of course, he’d have to get them up to speed a well.

I think Hilde is correct. When I called the clerk in charge of the Grand Jury(ies) in DC, I learned there are always FIVE sitting grand juries available. Fitz is set… Christy is right, justice can be a slow process.

Fitz has a way with words, but I think my favorite is from the May 24th filing: “. . . the government has not represented that it does not intend to call the Vice President as a witness at trial. To the best of government’s counsel’s recollection, the government has not commented on whether it intends to call the Vice President as a witness.”

Let’s see: who speaks for the government, and who does not?

As icing on the cake, Fitz puts his own “no comment” right into his brief - priceless! “Don’t tell me what my spin has been.”

Of course, all this is as of today. The phrase “Earlier today, a grand jury in the District of Columbia voted an indictment against Karl Rove” could easily supplant the above mentioned snark for tops on the “Fitz’s Hitz” List.

For that, alas, we still have to wait.

It’s all in the same spirit as:

The Clean Air Initiative

The Healthy Forest Initiative

No Child Left Behind

and other words that don’t go together:

Military Intelligence

President Bush

Good God. Looks like Peter Baker of the WP is tryiing to out do ‘pool boy’ Jim VanderHei.

Bush Venturing From Bubble:
White House Opens Door To Dissenters
Aversion to Criticism Appears to Be Fading

http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....01700.html

This is a f**king joke, right? Or some kind of sick parody? No WH reporter could possible be this stupid. Arrghhhh.

Oops - possible should be ‘possibly’. Anger does not help my grammer or spelling.

#87, maryann….and everyone: watch out! This is part of a well-crafted, step-by-step process for the WH to get the poll #’s up, and for the WH to actually be a POSITIVE influence for the November elections.
I continue to criticize Democratic leadership for continuing to sit on their hands…just waiting for Bush to foul up more. The “R” team is NOT going to “go gently into the night”. Unless the “D” team hammers them, over and over and over between now and Nov., that ugly snake will bite again.
Ghostman

…but there is still the issue of Ann Coulter’s adams apple…when you look at her you think: what is wrong with this picture? …and do the Bushies know?…some wierd stuff going on here tonight…here I am typing along and all of a sudden the word Rumsfeld appears next to my last word and I NEVER typed it…twice this happened…am I spooked?

Time for bed. Nite all

Re: the Canada day hearing, that was almost a guaranteed loser. As a matter of fact, it would usually get a bye or a reschedule without motions - just calls all around and someone submitting an order. Either things are on very adversarial footing, or the USAO expects more delays and timing nonsense in the future and wants to start papering the file to nip it in the bud as it tries to blossom, or there was stuff in the motion that was so clearly contrary to real world facts (like the costs of flights) they just felt compelled to snit back as a ‘don’t pull that crap, we won’t let you get by with it’ or else he is just very hardass. I may have missed a few possibilities. ;-)

Ghostman - it is a part of the Hollinger/Conrad Black case, and yeah - that is a big one. [Isn’t there one of the neoconmen that is on the Hollinger board - Perle???] IIRC, Black did something lovely like had Paul Newman served at a party they were both attending - I may be misremembering, but he’s not a lovely man (Black)(Newman’s pretty darn lovely even now).

OT - but I am still trying to not get too excited over the Michigan case. It’s not just that the Judge did not immediately go ahead and dismiss on the state secrets, she’s going ahead with oral argument on the Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on legality of the program. Plus gov kept hemming and hawing and not filing a response on illegality, despite two extensions, and instead just plopped down the state secrets motion— so she’s pretty much made it sound like while they can show up and argue at oral argument, she might not accept their (now late) brief if they file it b4 argument.

I’m sure they’ll file something and probably get it accepted, but man I love that whipcrack!

well 91, I also had a few comments just vanish. Not to worry…the lads at NSA are just readjusting their software. Just a hiccup.
Ghostman

Now who was it who posted that white collar criminal defendants seem to handle their predicament with a great deal of equinimity? Oh….yeah…..that was me.

And yes, I do keep score. :)

Thanks so much thepoetryman for your links to the apoeticjustice site. I followed one of your links the other night and was entranced.

‘Nite Pups.

Peterr 49 - I’ve met the esteemed Punaise and he’s better looking than Fitz … so no relation

my new indictment fantasy - Fitz announces Rove’s indictment Friday 9 AM EST - just in time for the CIA panel at YKOS!

equinimity

Does that mean they horse around?

Race from justice.

Make up tails?

Mary - Actually, if you want to put off a criminal court date, always go with a religious holiday excuse of some type. It may actually help to be observant, since the judge might ask, in some religion with a lot of week holidays - both christianity and judiasm fit the bill well.

You know, I was going to go with insoucience rather than equinimity (but didn’t b/c regardless of their affect I like to believe that at least part is only an act), and also b/c it is harder to pun with. Although I am sure Punaise will take that as a challenge.

siun 102 — That’s my worst nightmare come true! I’m supposed to sit there and talk while all I want to do is be on the computer, sitting in front of the TV and reading indictments? OMG! That would be HELL!!!

Heck, civil dates you can almost get put off on excuse of great weather and a possible shot at a getting a tee off slot. *g*

And just having the lawyers show, and the client available by phone, is done more often than not. I was surprised that there was even an objection, esp getting the request this far ahead of time.

Funnier still if they had attached an affidavit from William Shatner. He’s got *equinimity* and cheap flights both covered. *g*

Jane dear - everyone is hoping for tons of live blogging so you could live blog while sitting on stage - a new performance art form!

ps Jane - did you get the email from us yesterday? one of the senders got a bounce on the mail to your address and I wondered if it got through.

One halloween in my youf I cut the bottom out of one of those plastic potty trainers for little kids so that it rested on my shoulders.

What was I? a shithead.

Are you averse to a-vowel tonight EPU?

What day of the week is the 30th Siun? Apparently that just freed up on a calendar somewhere. I’m hoping that nothing happens until after the NSA hearing/briefings in the Michigan case wrap, so looking to next month.

And when is it we learn if Gonzales will be resigning or not(oh, com’on, it COULD happen)? Mid-July? July could be a hot month.

glad Muzzy did not trickortreat at my house … oh my!

one year on Halloween my son was @ 10 (and this was completely his own idea)- he made an enormous cardboard check … and at each house he “bounced” up and down like crazy!

shoulda known then he’d end up a Burner!

Hey Mary … 30th - let’s see…

6/30 is a Friday

7/30 is a Sunday

Siun — yes I got it. Thanks much.

The A’s and the a recently aligned themselves with the Italics*G*

We think by tomorrow they’ll be back, no longer leaning to the right.

The A’s and the a’s recently aligned themselves with the Italics*G*

We think by tomorrow theyll be back, no longer leaning to the right.

Much better.

…Punaise is a “he”? …

(spied-er-pause)

Peterr @ 69, 78:

How kind..Ta

I’m waiting for the real ones, myself.

Imagine the possibilities

;>)

Please make the italics stop.

G’nite.

I made them stop - another victory for the forces of freedom.

Gee, I missed all the fun….

Peterr 47

Or maybe, just maybe, punaise is Fitz.

I’m actually his evil twin Binkie.

(and having met siun at the Vegas-Schmegas West Coast FDL Pre-Convention Power Breakfast in March - attendance, two - I can report that her charm matches her wit and wisdom :~)

buenos gazpachos, todos!

spiderpaws - unintentional ambiguity!

mr. punaise

‘night all.

Muzzy #110– You could also have been a “potty mouth”…

curtsy to punaise

I *may* have been using the masculine as the generic gender of course

and I too must run … stocking up on sleep while I can

sweet dreams FDL!

…all you young chickens actually ‘run’ off to bed…and do what?… Just when web spinning is at its best…doesn’t anyone drag themselves off exhausted anymore? …so early…are any old bloggers still up? …guess I’ll go make a giant dagwood with extra pickles and finish Kunstler’s horror story ‘The Long Emergency’…
Ciao

Hasher: Your faith in the U.S. jurisprudence system surpasses my own by miles, and miles more.

But, if, by your own lights, that faith hits a corrupted brick wall, what then for you?

It’s an unfair question (though not by much). But what if Fitzgerald’s people tank, intentionally? National security, and all that. What then, Ms Padilla?

Maybe he was using that rare wit when he objected to Chicago’s effo