I’d love to join you for the side trip to the steel mill at NN09. Please count me in if it’s an open invitation type thing.

My S.O. and I have been strong supporters of Sestak from the early days of his first run. We’ve started an ActBlue campaign called “Sink Specter”. For people who are going to donate to Joe Sestak for this primary, please consider sending the funds through our Sink Specter campaign. (All the funds end up in the same place — Sestak’s campaign fund).

•At that point, Sestak was then invited. Before he spoke, he was “introduced to the delegates as “our next Senator” to a rousing ovation.”
•The general sentiment toward Specter was “fuck’m.” [my emphasis]

I would think “your emphasis” would be that last phrase, rather than the highlighted part.

Sanford’s “Spiritual Giant”
Who is Cubby Culbertson?
By Meredith Simons
Posted Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at 5:14 PM ET

“Near the end of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s jarringly open confessional press conference Wednesday, as the event deteriorated into a storm of questions, interruptions, and half-answers, Sanford paused to give a shout-out. “I see Cubby Culbertson in the back of the room,” Sanford said. “I would consider him a spiritual giant.” Someone tried to interrupt him, but Sanford pressed on: “And an incredibly dear friend. And he has been helping us work through this over these last five months. And Cubby, I want to say thank you for being there as a friend.”

“So, who is this spiritual giant who for five months has been advising the governor? Warren “Cubby” Culbertson is a pillar of the Christian community in South Carolina’s capital, a Bible study leader and Sunday school teacher who owns a court reporting business.

“Culbertson helped form a men’s Bible study group with the help of good friend Bill Jones, the president of the evangelical college Columbia International University. “

http://www.slate.com/id/2221334/

Never tried it with applesauce–I’ll have to try it. My family eats it with homemade “chili sauce” (which is really ketchup, I think).

Obama Task Force on Torture Considers CIA-FBI Interrogation Teams
Proposal Implicitly Lowers CIA Status on Questioning Terror Suspects
By SPENCER ACKERMAN 6/24/09 6:00 AM

“The task force charged with fleshing out President Obama’s ban on torture in interrogations is likely to recommend the creation of small, mixed-agency teams for interviewing the most important terrorist targets. Representing an implicit demotion of the CIA, which currently has responsibility for interrogating high-level terrorists, the teams would report jointly to the attorney general and the director of national intelligence, according to officials familiar with the proposal.”

http://washingtonindependent.c…..ions-teams

Rights group sues FBI to reveal its surveillance rules
BY DANIEL TENCER 

Published: June 24, 2009 
Updated 3 hours ago

“A digital privacy watchdog group has filed suit against the Department of Justice in an attempt to make public new FBI surveillance rules that allow the bureau to spy on Americans even without any suspicion of terrorist activities.”

http://rawstory.com/08/news/20…..nce-rules/