Miers Withdraws Under Mounting Criticism

Under withering attack from conservatives, President Bush abandoned his push to put loyalist Harriet Miers on the Supreme Court and promised a quick replacement Thursday. Democrats accused him of bowing to the “radical right wing of the Republican Party.” - from SFGate

Politics make strange bedfellows. A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer.

What’s truly annoying is that this predictable event is overshadowing Fitzmas. My Fitzmas present will be an addition of Smoking Gun mugshots to my already inflammatory desktop picture (a smiling Tom Delay).

Roche Suspends Tamiflu Shipments to U.S.

Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche Holding AG said Thursday it had temporarily suspended shipments of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu to wholesalers and other private sector recipients in the United States to ensure that enough treatments will be available for the regular influenza season. - also from SFGate

I’m not exactly a communist, but drug patents piss me off.

I am in a design orientation training for my new job all day today. It’s only 830am, and I suspect I will be outraged (or at least annoyed) by many things today