Nadal breaks Federer's will in Australia.

The Super Bowl is tonight.

Some gasbags will be talking about stuff this morning.

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The Washington Post reports criminal defense lawyers in Juarez, Mexico are shying away from taking drug cases, out of fear of being threatened and killed -- by their clients, the cartels or the Mexican military police.

Here's Johny Cash and Cocaine Blues, probably my favorite of his songs since it's one of just a few songs I can play on the guitar. The lyrics are great:

Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
I went right home and I went to bed I stuck that lovin' 44 beneath my head

Got up next morning and I grabbed that gun
took a shot of cocaine and away I run
Made a good run but I run too slow
they overtook me down in Juarez Mexico

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Via TBogg, conservative bloggers like Protein Wisdom (whose proprietor Jeff is a friend of mine) and LGF and many others who joined Pajamas Media got unwelcome news: PJ is letting the bloggers go from their advertising network. They are going to focus on Pajamas TV, aka internet video. Instapundit has more.

Here's the letter PJ sent to its blogger corps: [More....]

Teresa and I are focused on one thing - the big hoops game between the Vols and the Gators tonight in Knoxville. The rest of you probably are concerned with other matters.

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Your turn/

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Shockingly, I am with David Broder on something.

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Your turn.

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BTW, on the first of a series of votes in the House on the economic stimulus bill precisely ZERO Republicans are voting in favor.

I've been at work all day, and will be Wednesday as well. We have a new diary up by James TX on an interesting Kansas case involving the prosecution of a doctor who prescribed pain medication.

Nonpartisan has a diary on Wilmington, Delaware and the attempt to create a Green Zone for jobs.

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Your turn.

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There's a lot of TV tonight, it's multiple Tivo time. There's 24, the Bachelor, a new Closer (I've never seen the show but people seem to like it) and HD Net has the 1974 classic Chinatown with Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.

What are you watching? Or, if you're checking news instead, what did we miss today?

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It's frosty here but not snowy, yet. A good day to catch up on things for the coming week.

Whatever you are doing or thinking about today, here's a place to discuss it.

The X Games have been taking place in Aspen since Thursday. They are great to watch. Today's action included:

Women's Ski SlopeStyle, Men's and Women's Snowboard SlopeStyle, Men's Snowboard SuperPipe elims, Men's and Women's Boarder X and Ski Big Air all going down.

If you missed the coverage this afternoon, at 9pm ET on ESPN you can watch: SuperPipe Men's Elimination, Snowmobile SnoCross Final,Skiing Big Air Final. Also from today: