Tonight in San Antonio at 9:30. Go Los Suns!

Presently, the Cavs are demolishing the Celtics.

Yanks are playing the Sox in Fenway this evening in the first of a 3 games series. Go Yanks.

Tomorrow the Giro d'Italia starts in Rotterdam (next year it starts in Washington, D.C.) Podium Cafe remains the best site for commentary on this first of the 3 big 3 week cycling races (the others are the Tour de France and the Vuelta de Espana.)

34 days till the World Cup in South Africa.

Open Thread.

Open Thread for non-citizenship stripping issues.

Busy. More thread.

Open Thread.

Open Thread.

Orin Kerr on the Times Square "Bomber":

Shahzad is a U.S. citizen who has been living in the United States and was caught in the United States for a crime committed in the United States: Surely this is a case for federal court.

(Emphasis supplied.) Surely. What could make it not a case for federal court? Repealing all federal laws that criminalize the alleged actions. Will Lieberman propose that?

Open Thread.

What's going on?

Open Thread.

I'm just getting online today -- way too busy with work -- so I have nothing for you. It will be the same tomorrow and Wednesday it's a week filled with hearings, jail visits, motions and conferences. I'm about to skim the 300 plus emails in my in box.

So the owner of the Times Square SUV sold it to a stranger a few weeks ago. He's not under suspicion. Authorities say the stranger is Pakistani and a CT resident who paid cash, and recently traveled to Pakistan. How do they know that? Was the car owner able to discern nationality? Did he view a drivers' license showing a CT residence? It doesn't sound like the buyer ever registered the vehicle. The "Pakistani" man is now a person of interest.

Have there been any photos of this bomb? Was it even assembled? Or was it just a bunch of potentially dangerous components? Sounds like the latter. And the fertilizer was not the kind that explodes.

Our last open thread is getting cumbersome, here's another one, all topics welcome.

Busy. Anyone know if Joe Arpaio is going to run for Governor in Arizona? He is supposed to announce today.

Open Thread.

Celebrity Apprentice continues. No one got fired last week, and Donald Trump says two people may be fired tonight. Another Trump son, Eric, makes his debut as a set of "eyes and ears" for Trump. It's good to see Bret Michaels, especially with the news he's expected to make a full recovery. I hope he doesn't get fired tonight.

There's also Pacific, Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters. What are you watching?

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

It's a beautiful Sunday afternoon here, too nice to stay at the computer. What haven't we written about that you'd like to discuss? Here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

This being the first Saturday in May, the Kentucky Derby will be contested at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Run For the Roses. The Most Exciting 2 Minutes in Sports. The Derby is rife with cliches and catch phrases. I have no feeling for today's race, which will be on a sloppy track with no clear favorite. There certainly is no Secretariat in the field. Speaking of Secretariat:

The 1973 Derby had an amazing field. Forego was in the race too.

Open Thread.