I never believed Obama when he said he would veto it in the first place.

I think Franny's behavior speaks more to her being a bit high strung, like her mother.

I was also a high strung child. I could not watch Grover singing "I'm so Blue", Puff the Magic Dragon, or The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe without serious hysterics.

I never believed Obama when he said he would veto it in the first place.

I am seriously having a hard time understanding why anybody would think that this isn't a gross abuse of power, and contrary to the Constitution. How is it Constitutional?

Obama has long made it clear he believes in the unitary executive, not by his words but by his actions. And MSNBC mostly kvells about how tough he is as he assassinates people all over the world. This is just a logical next step. His primary objection to the original version was that it REQUIRED indefinite detention and REQUIRED military custody. Once it allowed executive discretion Obama was fine with it, because then it was pure expansion of executive power with no new limitations on Presidential discretion.

Cranberries aren't going to give off much, if any, liquid in a cookie recipe. But the dried ones will be sweeter.

I still don't understand how it's Constitutional, when the Constitution guarantees due process.

Sophia! Insent a few days ago, re: knitting.

I'm not sure who Daphne Guinness is, but apparently she has used nail polish as lipstick. That sounds like such a bad idea on so many fronts. Yeowch.

Obama is going to sign off on the Indefinite Retention bill, which means no habeas corpus.

This is the first time in my adult life I'm thinking about sitting out an election. The Plan B thing sent me right over the edge.

It probably is not Platonically constitutional. But unless the Supreme Court rules otherwise it is constitutional in practice. Unfortunately the constitution does not provide all that much protection if your rights in practice unless you have a popular movement objecting to the violation of your rights.