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(I was going to link to an article about Candidate McCain, but the website appears to be down. Never fear, I’ll certainly be linking to it later).

I will be drinking liberally tomorrow at Tangier Restaurant, 18th and Lombard Philadelphia, Pa., starting at 6 p. m.

The fireflies are out tonight.

What Brendan said.

I remember Steny Hoyer when he was a crusading young politician.

That was before he sold out.

Oh, it’s so much better over there:

A car bomb set to explode during the busiest time of day killed at least 51 people and wounded 75 Tuesday evening as shoppers were strolling through a Shiite neighborhood market in Baghdad. It was the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital in more than three months.

The blast struck a crowded bus terminal near a market in Huriya, a northwest Baghdad district that once had a large population of Sunnis but after the American-led invasion saw horrific ethnic cleansing by Shiite militias and death squads, who killed or drove thousands of Sunnis out.

Tomorrow, Tangier Restaurant, 18th and Lombard, Philadelphia, 6 p.

No one in this house is in the hospital or on restricted duty this week, so I might actually make it.

Check out this great picture over at Susie’s Place.

Glad I live on the East Coast.

You know, the one Bush chose not to finish:

Taleban militants have attacked a jail in the Afghan city of Kandahar and set hundreds of inmates free, reports say.

Wali Karzai, brother of President Hamid Karzai and Kandahar provincial council president, told the BBC 1,000 inmates were in the jail and all escaped.

Of the inmates, about 350 were believed to be Taleban.

There have been a number of casualties among security forces. A lorry bomb blew open the main gates of the jail and about 40 Taleban stormed inside.

A state of emergency has been declared in Kandahar city.

Police and troops are on the streets and all residents have been ordered not to leave their homes.

True, he has had second thoughts about Hagee, at least in public.

Or was that about Heinekein?

Tomorrow, Tangier Restaurant, 18th and Lombard, Philadelphia, 6 p. m.

Somehow, I don’t think persons will be dining al fresco. In fact, I doubt Al will even show up. It’s too hot.

Millions for Halliburtion and Swampwater, but no cents for tributes. From ASZ:

From the Army Times:
The sound of a gun salute at funerals for Rhode Island veterans could soon be heard less frequently, due to a federal funding cut.

The Rhode Island National Guard has informed funeral directors that it can only supply firing squads for certain veterans, including those killed in action, Medal of Honor winners, general officers or those who served at least 20 years.

Local vets are livid over the new restrictions. But a National Guard spokesman blamed a cut in federal money for the military honors program — from $1.16 million to $775,000.

(ASZ Comments) Rhode Island state law requires a firing squad and a bugler for any honorably discharged vet, so long as the request has been made by the vet’s family. It looks like the Bush Administration has decided this isn’t a very good law.

Phillies 6, Braves 2.

What Digby said.

It’s not a great picture: the sky was cloudy at 6:30 this morning, and I couldn’t get close to them, but here are my companions for my morning cup of coffee, behind the fence, trying to figure out how to eat my roses:

Phillies 4, Braves 3.

Radio Times had a great interview yesterday with a veteran of the WWII women’s league and a player in the new women’s National Pro Fastball League. From the website:

We talk about women playing professional baseball and softball from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball league in the ‘40s and ‘50s to the current National Pro Fastball League. Marty talks to RUTH HARTMAN who played professional baseball during WW2 and AMY HARRE (Harry) who pitches for The Philadelphia Force.

Go to the website and search for June 5, 2008, or listen here (Real Audio).

What Digby said.

Mired in Iraq forever!

Delaware Liberal finds a bright side. We can be a colonial power.

Finally. I was afraid that America would never be a colonial power. But now, word comes from a report leaked to The Independent that there is a deal to keep US troops in Iraq indefinitely, irrespective of what the results of the election in November.

(Aside: Of course, Bush is late to the game. The United States has already been a colonial power. Just ask the folks in the Phillipines and Puerto Rico, just to pull two names out of the hat.)

Via kos.