No matter how popular the show becomes, Colbearrr's still kicking @ss and taking names while Jon Stewart, more often than not, is about kissing @ss and dropping names. I've lost a lot of interest in TDS, which used to be a daily fix.

Mostly I don't like that the TDS correspondents are appearing less frequently and/or in bunches so as not to distract the focus away from Stewart. No mystery there as he's the star and has earned it; I prefer him as the razor sharp straight up news guy.

I also find that his mugging to the audience suffocates all the oxygen out of some really sharp satire. Also, since when did having John Oliver call Stewart a "Dirty Jew" for the umpteenth time become a license for Stewart to unload on his favorite targets (ie, VaJayJay-Americans -- h/t Bee -- Catholics and Muslims?)

The EBay founder who hired Meg Whitman  as his company's chief operating officer, giving her a platform on which to run for governor, said Tuesday that he would not endorse her because of Whitman's opposition to same-sex marriage and her alliance with former Gov. Pete Wilson.

This is the same Pete Wilson who was in favor of Prop 187, which didn't hurt his reelection, but has tarred the Republican brand in CA as being anti-Latino.

When I was a little boy, my dad was 55 years old, I thought he was an old man. Come July 21 if all goes well, I'm going to be 70 years old. I'm not thinking about retiring. And so most 70 year olds I know are not thinking about retiring any more. And so all of that needs to be taken into consideration going forward.

And while it's great that Clyburn and the people he sees every day as a member of congress feel no desire to retire at a spry age 70, he can't assume that those who spend their lifetimes enduring hard manual labor share those sentiments. FDL

But here's the kicker. Here's what an aide told Greg ...

"So why did it fail? According to a very plugged in Senate aide, Senators debating the issue were very aware that the polling was on their side. Yet, paradoxically, this ended up tipping the balance against holding the vote. Senate Dems felt they were alreadly winning on the issue, and in the end they thought a vote risked upsetting a dynamic that was already playing in their favor."

Now, I'll say this. This is comical on a notional level, if nothing else. Dems: Mid-term lead up going so well. Why rock the boat?!?!

Ted Dooley, an attorney, said he had reviewed the search warrant issued in the raid on Kelly's apartment. "It's a probe into the political beliefs of American citizens and to any organization anywhere that opposes the American imperial design," he said.

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- A federal judge ruled Friday that a decorated flight nurse discharged from the Air Force for being gay should be given her job back as soon as possible in the latest legal setback to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Ronald Leighton came in a closely watched case as a tense debate has been playing out over the policy. Senate Republicans blocked an effort to lift the ban this week, but Leighton is now the second federal judge this month to deem the policy unconstitutional.
...
Leighton hailed her as a "central figure in a long-term, highly charged civil rights movement." Tears streaked down Witt's cheeks and she hugged her parents, her partner and supporters following the ruling.

"Today you have won a victory in that struggle, the depth and duration of which will be determined by other judicial officers and hopefully soon the political branches of government," the judge told her, choking up as he recalled Witt's dramatic testimony about her struggles.
 AP

I got Pavarotti's autograph, upon the urging of a friend. Didn't make sense to me either..

I expected more of Franken on this front actually..is he even still in the Senate?  Quiet as a churchmouse.

• No budget and the CR has even been written with the House and Senate leadership playing a game of "you go first" chicken.

• The Coates testimony.

• The folding like a cheap suit on the "Obama Tax Cuts".