Coffee falls into the stomach … ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop … the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink… ~ Honore de Balzac

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Bush Wants Immediate Action On Immigration — “Bush may want immediate action on CIRA, but the more coverage this gets, the more likely we won’t see any real action until the rump session after the election.”

Right Wing News (John Hawkins) Rolling Stone’s Election 2004 Conspiracy — “Here’s the reality: people like Kennedy are not looking at the facts and determining that the election was rigged — they decided that the election must have been rigged the moment that Kerry lost and then they worked from there. So, if Kerry had to have Ohio to win, then Ohio must have been rigged even though Bush won by a staggering 118,775 votes.”

Wizbang (Jay Tea) “I believe the children are the future” — and it’s horrifying — “Golda Meir, former prime minister of Israel, once famously said that “we will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us.” Judging by recent developments, that ain’t happening any time soon.”

The Strata-Sphere (AJ Strata) Zarqawi May Be US Target — “While this is pure speculation, the more and more I read about what is going on in Ramadi and Zarqawi losing his top aides (…) the more I think we have the man surrounded. And the military seems to be hinting this might be the case as well:”

Michelle Malkin I SUPPORT DUNKIN’ DONUTS… — “Beginning today [6/1/06 - Jim], all 5,000 of Dunkin’ Donuts franchisees will be required to participate in a government database program to verify that workers are here legally. The company was responding to customer concerns about illegal employees.”