On Saturday night, attorney Robert Luskin was trying to barbecue at his Washington home when the phone started ringing nonstop. A story posted on an Internet site Truthout.org reported that his client, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, had been indicted.

This is different than the global warming debate because there we are dealing with predictive value. Here we are dealing with historical value.

You Sir have offered somebody elses solution as your own. I Know your mettle. I have no more to say on the subject. As I have no more to say to you.

While Col. Gadhafi could have claimed, as Iran now does, that the enrichment equipment was for a peaceful energy program, the pretense was shattered in November when U.S. intelligence gave the Libyans a copy of a compact disc that intelligence agencies had intercepted.

Example, to address your space shuttle question, I'd create an exception to the environmental regulation that caused NASA to switch the adhesive that is used to keep the foam attached to the shuttle.

Seventeen years after it was withdrawn from U.S. markets, a synthetic version of the active ingredient in marijuana is going back on sale as a prescription treatment for the vomiting and nausea that often accompanies chemotherapy, its manufacturer said Tuesday..... .....The FDA last month said it does not support the use of marijuana for medical purposes.

Not much there except a slap on the wrist and self serving comments claiming that blogs are all operating at very low standards.

Jeralyn, There's been some discussion in the blogs that Jason Leopold may have been the victim of a sting. Remember that it's Karl Rove we're dealing with here.

...what's the deal?

University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill plagiarized, fabricated and falsified material and was disrespectful of American Indian traditions in his writings, a report released today said. Three of the five scholars who examined the ethnic studies professor's work for four months believe Churchill's academic misconduct is serious enough that CU could fire him from his tenured job, the report said.

on saturday night, attorney robert luskin was trying to barbecue at his washington home when the phone started ringing nonstop. a story posted on an internet site truthout.org reported that his client, white house deputy chief of staff karl rove, had been indicted.

A second lesson was how relatively easy it was to hide elements of a WMD program, even in an open desert, "if there is a national dedication to do so," Mr. Mahley wrote in a "Lessons Learned" paper for an arms-control newsletter..... .....But we never would have found the place at all if the Libyans hadn't shown it to us....

The preoccupation with the continuing insurgency in Iraq, the inability to stop Iran and North Korea from pursuing nuclear weapons, and plunging domestic support at home for Mr. Bush may explain Washington's distraction.

But for all the possible questions, Libya stands as one of the few countries to have voluntarily abandoned its WMD programs, and out of options for countering Iran's stonewalling, the White House belatedly opted to do more to make Libya a true model for the region.

What is going on on Wall Street?

"Risk aversion is taking over the show," said David Bloom, a currency expert at HSBC. "I expect the dollar to fall fast and furious against everything because the point of inflexion has been reached in US interest rates," he said. "If the Fed is not going to keep rewarding me with higher rates for the risk of holding dollar assets, why should I hold them?

For CU to rid itself of Churchill is a necessary act of intellectual hygiene, but this outcome has something of the feel of getting Al Capone for tax evasion. The corruption via politicization of American higher education runs much deeper than the formal transgressions of one especially noisome professor. One day perhaps academia will reform itself, but we're not holding our breath.

Gulab brought the injured stranger home, fed and sheltered him for two days and helped contact a U.S. rescue team to airlift him out.

Late on Friday, April 14--the week NEWSWEEK's story appeared--Gulab's phone rang. The caller told him to come to the U.S. base at 11 the next morning, and Gulab barely slept that night, thinking the Americans were going to relocate him and his family out of danger. When he reported to the main gate on Saturday, he found a pair of U.S. soldiers waiting for him. They checked his name--and then handcuffed and blindfolded him, hauling him off to an unlit room in a remote corner of the base. There, he says, he was placed in a cage so cramped that he could neither stand up nor lie down.

come·up·pance Pronunciation (kmpns) n. A punishment or retribution that one deserves; one's just deserts: "It's a chance to strike back at the critical brotherhood and give each his comeuppance for evaluative sins of the past" Judith Crist.

"But because there is a R behind Bush's name and a D behind Clinton, Clinton's economic success was brillant, and Bush's is to be ignored."

2. Making some snarky remarks to me.

or Both.

The FBI left Dusty Foggo's house with bank records, vacation pictures, and cuban cigars. That and other news of the day in today'sDaily Muck.