The sleazy, bad tempered quality of the Los Angleles Lakers was on display in their 122-86, 36 point loss in Dallas. Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odom, also known as the Um-Om twins showed their identical lack of sportsmanship, and how their tempers are in near synchrony.

"I commend President Obama who has followed the vigilance of President Bush in bringing Bin Laden to justice." Eric Cantor (R-VA)

Barney Frank on Cantor:

The government didn't take his gun away, but, if they had, would he still be alive?  The gun didn't protect him or keep him safe.  It didn't even win the argument.  The road warrior got his NRA defended right to own a gun, carry it with him, and die with it in his hand. Scratch one NRA supporter in Arizona, done in by another one, who was released by the police on the belief the killing was in self defense:

The finale of the biggest foreign policy achievement of the Republican President, George W. Bush, putting Moqtada al Sadr, Mullah recently from Iran, into a position of power in the new, corrupt, militia dominated failing state we created in Iraq.

NYT: BAGHDAD — A day after Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates suggested that American troops could remain here for years, tens of thousands of protesters allied with Moktada al-Sadr, the radical anti-American Shiite cleric, flooded the streets demanding an end to the American military presence.......

The Republican blowhard who led the Republican charge for the immigration meddling and state economy killing Arizona SB Law 1070, which has been put on hold by the courts, cannot get his own drug abusing son to obey the laws of Arizona.  Could there be any surprise that the 'law and order family values' Republican party has another leader who displays a sad lack of the same with his own close relatives?

As if losing 25% of it's population is not enough, armed bullies of the ICE units of the Department of Homeland Security in Detroit are accused of having stalked Moms outside Detroit schools. After observing the parent at the school the agents follow them home, where warrantless searches have been carried out with no court approval.  Arrest and deportation of parents with no criminal records may follow, if they don't have the proper papers.

In the MarketWatch article, the former Budget Director of the Ronald Reagan administration cites another instance of 'crony capitalism' as the Fed in March attempted to lower the price of the Yen to save the butts of commodity speculators who use the  0% Yen to speculate in the oil/gas/food/copper etc. commodity markets. This works unless the Yen spikes higher.

Yes, he finally did it, and 8 UN workers paid with their lives in northern Afghanistan, two by beheading. Florida Pastor Terry Jones, who threatened to burn a Koran last year to mark the anniversary of 9/11 but didn't, did the deed last Sunday in his Dove World Outreach Center church in Florida.

Since Wall Street won't fund nuclear plants due to the inherent risks, nuclear plants need taxpayer backed loans, this was discussed on Democracy Now.

It appears the latest, the third, explosion at the Fukushima nuclear reactor complex may be the game ender, if the steel containment chamber is open or leaking on unit 2, as may be the case, the lethal radiation levels which would result would force the abandonment of all 3 reactors. If abandoned, all the reactors will likely suffer more and larger releases of radiation.

The nuclear plant disaster in Japan is now worse than the 3-Mile Island incident in the US in 1979. The 3 Mile Island plant was returned to operation, the Japanese plants will now never be restored as sea water is being used in 'an act of desperation' to cool the fuel before it can melt the 6 inches of stainless steel that lie between it and the concrete floor, which it might also eat through and which also could lead to a more deadly explosion than the one that occurred yesterday.

According to a NYT report: Government officials said that the explosion, caused by a build-up of pressure in the reactor after the cooling system failed, destroyed the concrete structure surrounding the reactor but did not collapse the critical steel container inside. They said that raised the chances that they could prevent the release of large amounts of radioactive material and could avoid a core meltdown at the plant.

The Muslim leader from London was also in trouble for supporting woman's rights. So why do Republicans fear a Caliphate so much? Republicans and Islamic extremists have so much in common, seething ignorance, threats of violence, intolerance of gays, woman's rights or the freedom of anyone to disagree, rejection of science, a craving for power over others in order to cram their 'values' down the throats of all, and a hypocritical belief that they have a direct line to God who backs them 100%. 

Bill 1495 would use Federal National Guard funds to create an armed force "for any other reason the governor considers to be necessary, the governor may establish an armed force for the safety and protection of the lives and property of the citizens of the state which shall be known as the Arizona state guard." see also: link

You'll get a laugh from this one as Hitler finds out the Koch brothers plans have been revealed by a prank phone call by a crisis creating Dumkoff, Scott Walker, and other GOP governors are cutting loose, while protesters are surrounding the capitol. To top it off, Hitler doesn't yet know, and no one will tell him, Walker has also turned down the money for high-speed rail which might have created 250K jobs.

The sales of Glock semi-automatics equipped with the big 'kill 'em all' mega-clips of 30+ rounds preferred for use by mass murderers is surging in Arizona.

Some, hopefully a small minority, of Arizona residents are joining together after the recent tragedy by grabbing their guns and being prepared to use them in gestures of community and a shared commitment to violence.