My ideal post is so briefly stated that my point fits within the title.

Mimus Pauly prefers to use more words.

Wallflower

Major General John Batiste left the army in protest in order to speak out

Hat-tip Monkeyfister.

Symphony in blue

Recommended listening:

• And she cast a spell to bring down the Emperor and his works

On this day in history

May 9, 1974 – The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opened formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard M. Nixon.

Hat-tip MEC.

Related post:

• So easy even a caveman could understand it

Democratic members of congress must restore habeas corpus

The Military Commissions Act of 2006 is the single worst law enacted during the Bush presidency. It vests in the President the power to detain people indefinitely with no meaningful opportunity to contest the government’s accusations. That is the very power the Founders sought first and foremost to prohibit.

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• First order of business:
• Habeas corpus

Do you clean yourself with petroleum? No, soap… Radio.

Hat-tip Tanya.