This is so funny! When are the Democrats going to learn not to play chicken with this president? Bush threatens to leave the post empty, so the Democrats have to back down and make sure he gets confirmed or else they look like the obstructionists they are. Michael Mukasey drew closer to becoming attorney general…

I hope it’s over quickly! I don’t want to see them cancel any of the new shows that I like because of it. Show-business writers will go on strike early Monday after their negotiating team recommended a walkout over royalties that could immediately pinch late-night TV shows. The Writers Guild of America board voted unanimously…

Nice to see that the security measures are working: Security officials at the nation’s largest nuclear power plant detained a contract worker with a small explosive device in the back of his pickup truck Friday, authorities said. Authorities said it didn’t appear to be an act of terrorism. The worker was stopped and detained at…

Evidently, someone has sought a patent for a jacket that would resist shocks like a taser. Do you think they’ll call it “Don’t tase me, bro?” Gregory Russell Schultz apparently empathizes with this demographic, and has filed a patent for an “energy weapon protection device” — essentially a jacket embedded with alternating layers of conductive…

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