Say what? Bush to speak on immigration News that President Bush will speak on immigration this Monday has blogs polishing their crystal balls … [Gun Toting Liberal: President will continue to lie about the number of illegals. Right on the Right: He’ll be continuing his strategy of amnesty and appeasement.] … and forgetting that in politics, “Hope is the enemy.” [ Gateway Pundit: Let’s hope the President got the message. Pundit Guy: Bush’s chance to turn it around.

Leave it to Michelle Malkin to take the long view: President Bush may be coming around but he’s still not standing up to Mexico.

BREAKING: Rove told Bush that Rove will be indicted Jason Leopold at Truthout reports Karl Rove has told Bush he will be indicted and that he will resign immediately when the charges are announced.

Shrinks nominate Ahmadinejad for president How different is this Islamo-nutter from Barbara Streisand and the Hollyweird band of Bush haters? … He, like them, is convinced of his own benevolence, and he has thoroughly absorbed the assumptions of our therapeutic culture.

Death: When one vote means more than eleven David Corn notes that a single juror blocked the Moussaoui death penalty. “So the moral of the story is not that government hyperbole and distraction doesn’t work; it’s that one vote can really count.”

Blowing Iran's thin cover “Diplomats say inspectors have found traces of enriched uranium in Iran that could indicate Tehran is secretly seeking material for nuclear weapons.” Winds of Change thinks the response of London and Paris “will be worth watching”. In From the Cold knows “U.S. and Israeli intelligence officials have long suspected that Iran has covert nuclear facilities”

Liberals: What's not to love about $3.50 a gallon? Driscoll observes “Back in late April, the Wall Street Journal had an op-ed piece noting “The dirty little secret about oil politics is that today’s high gas price is precisely the policy result that Mr. Schumer and other liberals have long desired”. Tim Blair finds the San Francisco Chronicle advocating even higher gas prices.

Fog shrouds Foggo investigation ” Now, here’s a question to consider. Is it just a coincidence that the FBI raided Dusty Foggo’s home and office, like, three or four days after he announced he was stepping down? And if not, did Foggo really step down because of Goss’s departure? Or maybe does the line of causation run the other way?”

The Bolivian gas man cometh: Latin America reacts The AP reports regional leaders are “making peace” with Bolivia’s move to nationalize its gas resources. Publius Pundit links an essay by a Bolivian-American which explains the wave of resentment that Evo Morales is riding.

Taxi! Follow that blog! The Man of Lettuce interviews fares going to and coming from a television station. How many cab drivers compare notes with foreign correspondents on the best ways of uploading images at distant locations?

Israel: Hotbed of Arab diversity On the ground in Israel, Michael Totten looks at the Arab population there: “There are more Arabs in Israel than there are in Beirut. One Israeli in five is an Arab. They aren’t Israeli Jews. Nor are they the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza.”

Florida Jogger shock horror Rattler Gator—appropriately enough—rounds up the Florida news, including the horrible story of the young woman killed by an alligator while jogging.

No Problem: The 4th Amendment and "Warrantless Wiretaps" Esmay reads the Fourth Amendment and claims to be no different than millions of Americans who “are not loyal Republicans, not ‘right wing,’ not ‘apathetic,’ not ‘sheeplike.’

Foggo's Home Tossed The home of the CIA soon-to-be-ex executive director—Kyle “Dusty” Foggo— was searched today by ‘law enforcement agencies’.

Meet the New NSA Issue. Same As the Old NSA Issue Even as a Washington Post/ABC News poll reveals that 66% of Americans “said they would not be bothered if NSA collected records of personal calls they had made,” many of the usual suspects …. are, predictably, screaming to the heavens about government overreach and a rape of constitutional protections.

Above Venezuelan Politics Fausta doubts that Pope Benedict is willing to be used as cover by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

England's Neuter Generation Volokh quotes Rebecca West on the psychological roots of appeasement.

The idea of self-preservation was as jealously guarded from the young as the facts of sex had been in earlier ages. Thus England … put itself in a position of insecurity unique in history by raising a generation of young men to whom the idea of defending their nation was repugnant not so much by reason of the danger involved … as because they could not believe it would in any circumstances be necessary.

Don't Pitch Him #714 Who will be the hurler who goes down in history as serving Barry Bonds his 714th home run—tying Babe Ruth’s record? Brutally Honest’s Rick notices that MLB’s pitchers are doing everything they can to avoid a fate that some might call dubious.

God's Not Always on Your Side Amy Alkon wonders whether the God of popular American belief can multi-task better than the average middle manager.

Where Are the Carriers Going? Soto at The Left Coaster points to some indications that the US Navy is pre-positioning of ships for a June attack against Iran.

Reversing Light Futurismic writes on a University of Rochester research team that made light travel backwards.

200 May Be Dead in Nigerian Oil Pipe Blast The Oil Drum reports that an explosion of a pipeline outside Lagos left hundreds dead or injured. The Moderate Voice initially was unsure whether it was terrorism or an accident, but all indications point to the accident. Hit & Run examines implications.

Taylor Hicks: Ugly and Twitchy in Twisted Panties

"As cool as a middle-aged divorcee"

Shakespeare’s Sister hates American Idol’s favorite for many people, Taylor Hicks. She really does.

Dangerous Docs Guns or physicians? James Hudnall runs the numbers.

Decent Immigration Bill to Pass I’m still waiting for the much-predicted backlash against the recent upsurge of the pro-immigrant movement. Yeah, a couple of hundred Minutemen are putting on bullet-proof vests and getting inordinate amount of publicity for their tiny numbers….

Meanwhile, word comes that the Senate has agreed to pass a decent comprehensive immigration reform bill in a few weeks. That far outweighs the anctics of a few dozen guys armed with walkie-talkies and bumper-sticker policy “solutions.”

NSA Record Gathering. Legal? Orin Kerr offers a thorough analysis of the legal aspects of the controversial NSA Call Records program at The Volokh Conspiracy.

No Americans Please. We're British The BBC’s North America business correspondent at a computer games event has had it with Americans, according to Drinking From Home: “Typical snobbish, offhand anti-Americanism from the BBC.”

Ransom's Inflation: There's No End I ‘m delighted that Rene Bräunlich and Thomas Nitzschke got out of Iraq, miraculously alive and well after 99 days in captivity….. But I also belong to the group that believes the way the German government is handling this sort of thing stinks. No sooner were the men free, than the press stated the German government had paid the kidnappers more than $10 million (US). That would be more than twice the amount that Berlin apparently paid for the release of archaeologist Susanne Osthoff.

Off With His Head?: Impeaching the President

The Anti-Mt. Rushmore

La Shawn Barber assesses whether Bush needs to be bounced over the immigration issue. Flamewar IV breaks out in her comments section.

Irshad Manji came to Chicago

Irshad in Abu Dis, West Bank	Photo: Atta Awisat

Marathon Pundit went to see self-dubbed “Muslim refusenik” Irshad Manji speak at a synagogue in Chicago’s North Shore. He didn’t just listen and take notes, he also chimed in during question time.

An American Century or an American Civil War? An outsider’s look at America from Fjordman @ Gates of Vienna: “The following account is written by a European who wishes your country well, partly because I like it and partly because I, unlike too many of my countrymen, understand that the USA is still the best insurance we have for a civilized world order. It worries me all the more to see that many of the same negative trends that are threatening to destroy Europe are also present in the US.”

Dear Dems: Don't Use the A-word David Corn cautions Democrats after Rep. John Larson’s suggested message for the party: “America needs an audit!” Corn writes: What? Vote for us and you’ll get an audit? You want voters to think of Democratic candidates as IRS agents? Is he drinking? Americans hate audits. … In substance, it’s not wrong. But in terms of politics, it’s dumb. Do Dems want to become known as the “Pro-audit Party”?

Israellycool Podcast Israellycool talks it up. The topics: “latest British boycott attempts, Gorilla news, Buffet, buffalo, McDonalds, and the latest celebrities to grace our shores.”

UnSweet Sixteens After reading about extravagant Quinceañeras -the sweet sixteen-like parties in the Latino communities-, Fausta Wertz recounts how she finally was spared of one. Meanwhile, Neo-neocon links this to other pubescent rites of passage.