Controversial Conservative Judicial Nominations

President Bush is taking the next few weeks to shore up the conservative base. The next bone to throw them? He’ll renew his nominations for five very conservative, very controversial judges for the federal appeals court. We know — these right-wing judges have a way of blurring into one another – here’s your scorecard for telling them apart. The Big Issue »

Celebration Excuse

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And you thought you had it bad: Russia’s Peter the Great imposes taxes on — wait for it — beards.

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Oh, how far we’ve come: the first Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia.

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The Big Apple loves its workers: the first Labor Day parade is held in New York, NY.

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Viva la vie boheme: On The Road by Jack Kerouac is published.

CELEBRATE!

Don’t set that alarm clock, and forget that lunch date: today is Be Late For Something Day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

And here are champagne wishes and caviar dreams to comedian Bob Newhart, actor Michael Keaton, and Hollywood classic Raquel Welch. They all celebrate their birthdays today.

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ALL DAY

Your daily dose of rhetoric: President Bush delivers the second in a series of speeches on the “Global War on Terror” before the Military Officers Association of America, Washington, DC.

Everyone hold their breath: Florida has its primary elections.

And it’s not even graduation season: Former Gov. Mark Warner (D-VA) addresses the George Mason University School of Law on “The Lessons of September 11,” Arlington, VA.

Rudy’s bi-coastal: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-NYC) fundraises for controller candidate Tony Strickland (R-CA), Costa Mesa, CA