AP: Senate Dem leaders plan to seat Burris, possibly today
What – you didn’t really expect for them to have backbones made of more than jello, did you?
Weblog Awards update, endorsements
I’d just like to take a moment to say “thanks!” to all who have voted for this blog so far in the “Best Large Blog” category. It’s an uphill battle, as we’ve got some stiff competition (there are other bloggers in that category who I really dig!), but there’s still plenty of time left, so make sure not to forget to vote once every 24 hours. It’s all in good fun, but there’s a competitive streak in all of us bloggers that spurs us on to want to win 🙂 Remember, voting ends on January 13th at 5 pm ET, so make sure you get in all the votes you can before then (or as the saying goes, vote often! 😉 ). They’re going to be rolling out the embeddable links soon, and I will post that for you on the right side column when it becomes available.
About that $240,000 T-shirt case
The AFP reported earlier today on the case of a Muslim man who was awarded $240,000 from an airline (JetBlue) that made him cover up a T-shirt that apparently had a provacative Arabic message on it:
VIDEO: Bobby Rush says Senate refusal to seat Burris was racism
Watch/listen to the video below – about 45 seconds from the end is where he gets started:
The latest on the Franken/Coleman contest
The Minnesota bloggers over at Power Line remind everyone that the Senate race in their state is not over in spite of the fact that Franken was “declared” the winner yesterday, and argue pursuasively that Norm Coleman has legitimate legal challenges that need to be resolved. Even the liberal Star Tribune supports Coleman’s legal challenges in the interest that every vote is counted.