Update: NBC News reports that Michael Jackson died today.
Unconfirmed stories say that Michael Jackson died this afternoon in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times reports that he is in a coma:
[Updated at 2:46 p.m.: Pop star Michael Jackson is in a coma and his family is arriving at his bedside, a law enforcement source told [...]

“I could digress and say that you have the ability to give magnificent gentle kisses, or that I love your tan lines or that I love the curve of your hips, the erotic beauty of you holding yourself (or two magnificent parts of yourself) in the faded glow of the night’s light – but hey, [...]

From ProMed:
Contrary to the popular assumption that the new swine flu pandemic arose on factory farms in Mexico, federal agriculture officials now believe that it most likely emerged in pigs in Asia, but then traveled to North America in a human. But they emphasized that there was no way to prove their theory and only [...]

Check out the before and after itinerary fo the 2009 Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit. Before: Sanford. After: No Sanford.

So if it’s a cost problem, it’s easy: Get the people in a room who have the most and the most direct impact on cost, and do the deal. Do the deal. It’s not that complicated. If it’s an access question, people don’t have access to health care, then figure out who they are, and [...]

Does it get any better with these Republicans? I can’t look away.
Now Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) says that in addition to “recharging” from his tough legislative session and not hiking the Appalachian trail, he slipped in a little extramarital affair while he was MIA. Which would explain why his wife wasn’t really into answering questions [...]

William “Willie” N. Meggs
“Since the legislature is building airport hangars instead of funding FDLE, they’re a little behind.”
— Florida State Attorney Willie Meggs, when asked when the Florida Department of Law Enforcement would finish its examination of the computer used by former State House Speaker Ray Sansom (R-Destin). Sansom was indicted by a grand jury [...]

Nixon: “I noticed a couple of very attractive women, both of them Republicans, in the legislature. I want you to be sure to emphasize to our people, God, let’s look for some… Understand, I don’t do it because I’m for women, but I’m doing it because I think maybe a woman might win someplace where [...]

They never say Colin Powell lied. They don’t say Condi lied.
— Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, quoted in Time magazine, arguing that accusations that former President Bush lied about Saddam Hussein’s possession of weapons of mass destruction are unfair.

It is truly hard to imagine a Democratic senator announcing he’d already made up his mind to vote against him, and then refusing to meet with John Roberts when he was up for appointment as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Can’t you just hear the righteous Republican indignation? Come to think of it, it [...]