And with the path we're on in this joint, we're gonna need all the quality defense attorneys we can get.  Knowing Jeralyn and her son are out there fighting the good fight, along with untold others, is most reassuring to this knucklehead...know your work is most appreciated.

"The Washington Post has decided to no longer run Sally Quinn's "The Party" column in the print edition of the paper, following an uproar after she used it to weigh in on a family spat last Friday.

In the column, Quinn wrote about her "dysfunctional family" while addressing a report of "dueling weddings."  Quinn wrote not only about the nuptials of her son with former Post editor Ben Bradlee, but also the daughter of Ben Bradlee Jr. -- his son from a previous marriage -- and ex-wife Martha Raddatz, an ABC News correspondent......"
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He's got a great presence and speaks really well -- no "ums" or "ahs" -- must be all those years of high school debating. I watched one of his closing arguments a few months ago and was really impressed. He didn't use notes, he told the story,  argued his points, didn't lose his train of thought and was totally invested in it. (He didn't win that one.) He's going to be a great lawyer.

President Barack Obama will use a bipartisan summit Thursday to push for sweeping health-care legislation, but if that fails to generate enough support the White House is working on a more modest Plan B.

The alternate approach would provide health insurance to perhaps 15 million Americans, about half what the comprehensive bill would cover, according to a person familiar with both plans.

It would do that by requiring insurance companies to allow people up to 26 years old to stay on their parents' health plans, and by modestly expanding two federal-state health programs, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, this person said. The cost to the federal government would be about one-fourth the price tag for the broader effort, which the White House has said would cost about $950 billion over 10 years.

Gansler: Effective immediately Md. recognizes same-sex marriages performed elsewhere
UPDATE 2:50 P.M.: Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler (D) says effective immediately the state recognizes same-sex marriages performed elsewhere and state agencies should begin giving gay couples the rights they were awarded elsewhere.

UPDATE 10:25 a.m.: Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr. (D-Montgomery), who requested the opinion from Gansler, said in a brief interview that he was unsure whether there would be any immediate ramifications.

"It's reaffirmation of what we thought, that Maryland can recognize gay marriage," Madaleno said.

He said that changes in state policy could result from a court ruling, legislation or administrative action.

Original Post: A long-awaited opinion by Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler (D) out Wednesday morning concludes that the state's highest court is likely to rule at some point that same-sex marriages performed in other states are valid in Maryland.

The policy implications of the opinion are not immediately clear, and Gansler says in a one-page summary that his conclusion "is not free from doubt."

I can't tell you how many people would bring back clothes with other stores' labels on them and try to return them and then claim, "Those labels were on there when I bought them."  Sure they were.

My favorite was the woman who brought back a party dress claiming it had a ripped zipper so she was returning it. And look, it wasn't worn yet, it still had a tag on it! When she opened up the box you could smell the B.O., booze, and cigarette smoke on the dress from 10 feet away, but she swore angrily and self-righteously that she'd never worn it. We had to take it back even though we obviously couldn't sell it to anyone else. (One of my coworkers took it home to wash/ salvage for herself.)

Then there were the folks who would eat 3/4 of the personal pan pizza and then complain that the crust was uncooked.