In this bloggy McBlog world of quick opinions from people of little consequence, I’ll be taking a break. Recooperation will begin early tomorrow morning as I fly up to Maine and retreat into my mind for some much needed relaxation and reflection.

In the meantime, I have updated a lot of sections and added a new one too – Blog Roundup. I’ll be in Maine, contemplating the finer things in life, and figuring out new and creative ways to stick a steak knife into Michelle Malkin’s throat, thus making everyone with a concious happy:

I knew I was doing it wrong.

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The unthinkable became the thinkable today: the Supreme Court rejected Guantanamo tribunals. This is a direct repudation of the Bush administration and their strategy against terror ‘combatants’ turned ‘detainees’. Next, the Supreme Court decides on whether the Bush administration has the power to shut down the New York Times.

We now know that the earth is melting (and that means plenty of free polar bear carcasses if you live in the Boston area). But how do we solve it? With crazy proposals from Ivy League institutions, of course:

Dr. Broecker of Columbia proposed doing so by lacing the stratosphere with tons of sulfur dioxide, as erupting volcanoes occasionally do. The injections, he calculated in the 80’s, would require a fleet of hundreds of jumbo jets and, as a byproduct, would increase acid rain.

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And you and your money grubbing, war mongering conservo-bot friends aren’t invited:

Date: June 27, 2006 5:06:22 PM EDT
Subject: News Release: A Prairie Home Companion

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COME SING ALONG WITH GARRISON KEILLOR, MERYL STREEP, LINDSAY LOHAN AND THE REST OF THE CAST OF ROBERT ALTMAN’S A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION

NEW YORK, June 27, 2006 — Theater chains across the country are hosting “Sing Along” screenings of Robert Altman’s A Prairie Home Companion, where audience members receive a book containing lyrics from the songs in the film and are encouraged to sing along with the cast.

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It’s the first BLOG ROUNDUP, where I try to pull out the best entries from my favorite blogs across the ol’ internet. It will follow no distinct pattern but hopefully will pique your interests on several levels. If you’re interested in being considered or trading links, email me at alec@prosebeforehos.com

In the greatest GOP news of the day, the Supreme Court upheld most of the Texas redistricting plan which “As a result of the new boundaries, Republicans picked up five House seats in Texas, emerging with 21-11 majority” (where they had previously were in the slim majority, 15 to 17). This can also be remarked as ‘the great white hope for maintaining a hegemony over the guise of democracy’. The Washington Post details the biggest winners and losers who were, as always, people with souls or hope for future prosperity.

The BBC blog talks about the reporting on Gaza

Because people from Fox News should never, ever be taken seriously: