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Where is that, you ask? Why, dear reader(s), that would be the Supreme Court which, in what must be one of the strongest signs yet of impending apocalypse, is actually giving the time of day to this ridiculous piece of batshittery:

The US Supreme Court will consider whether to take up a lawsuit challenging President-elect Barack Obama’s US citizenship on Friday, a continuation of a New Jersey case embraced by some opponents of Obama’s election.

No, I can’t believe it either.

True, all kinds of cases are brought to the court, and they only ever agree to hear a small minority of them…

Many petitioners seeking stays of pending events have their cases distributed to the full court, he said. Of those, Volokh found that 782 were denied in the last eight years while just 60 were heard, not all of those ultimately were successful.

…but still, I mean, come on, people. This shouldn’t have even gotten within light-years of the court. It’s not a legal proceeding; it’s the Tinfoil Hat Squadron on parade.

I am so sick and tired of the politically unhinged being treated as a constituency that matters that I’m about to plunge my head through the screen in front of me out of sheer frustration. There’s no winning with these people; when (not if) the Court tells them to go piss up a rope, they’re only going to take it as a sure sign that those dastardly judges are in on the conspiracy! After all, they’ve already decided that the State of Hawaii, which had the audacity to actually certify that the President-Elect was actually born there, is covering something up! Every bit of proof that they are wrong is only taken by them as further proof that they are right.

Gaaahh.

And many thanks to Clarence Thomas for doing what David Souter had too much sanity integrity to do, which is to formally bring this stinkbomb to his colleagues’ attention. I’m all for Thomas actually doing something to earn his salary once a decade or so, but this is carrying it a bit far.

On Friday,  President-Elect Obama gave his first speech since winning the election and he focused on the issue to turned many independent voters in his direction- the economy. Obama made it clear that he is being kept in the loop by the Bush Administration while he formulates ways to hit the ground running immediately following his own inauguration. He used specifics without getting too wonky and injected small hints of humor that didn’t insult the gravity of the situation. 

Transcript (also courtesy of TPM) below the fold: 

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The AP is calling North Carolina for Barack Obama, adding it to the extensive list of swing states that swung blue, and becoming one more example of our brand new map.  NBC has done so as well.  This is the first time in 8 election cycles they’ve gone blue.  President-Elect Barack Obama has now garnered 364 electoral votes, far above my 329 prediction, and they haven’t called Missori yet.  I’m ever so happy to have been wrong.

ABC is reporting that President-Elect Obama has offered the Chief of Staff position to Rep. Rahm Emanuel. Emanuel hasn’t accepted or declined at this time.  The Obama campaign isn’t known for its accidental leaks so an official announcement will probably follow shortly. 

No politician is perfect, but I like Emanuel. He’s smart and tough, able to voice his disagreement with his boss while remaining loyal. He’s out of Chicago (tying him to Obama) but has a strong history with the Clintons. He’s partisan, fairly liberal and a champion for health care. If he accepts, excpect the COS position to return to a position of strength unseen in the Bush administration.

Update: The price I paid for brevity was leaving out a couple of points I meant to make. First, Emanuel and Obama share more than a political city background. Both also have close ties to David Axelrod. 

And there will inevitably be snarking about Emanuel not being “change”-y to which I say: deal with it. There is no way that Obama can completely fill his staff with beltway outsiders and get anything done.