Hero of the Day: Alan Grayson!

Here's a new feature of Comically Partisan: Hero of the Day! It's often painful to point out the idiocy displayed by some of our elected officials. So why not show some of their more enlightened moments?

Today's Hero of the Day is Alan Grayson, for not only telling it how it is, but for finding the often hidden Democrat backbone and standing his ground. Visit him here and let him know we're with him.

Roman Polanski Arrested

From the BBC:

Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said he had been "stunned" to hear about the arrest, and President Nicolas Sarkozy was following the case. Mr Polanski, 76, faces extradition to the US for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in Los Angeles in 1977.

The Paris-born Polish filmaker was detained in Zurich on Saturday as he travelled to a film festival. He is being held under a 2005 international alert issued by the US. A Swiss spokesman said the US would now have to make a formal extradition request.

Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said that because of agreements with the US, "when Mr Polanski arrived we had no choice from a legal point of view but to arrest him".
"He obviously has the right to appeal and I think he will do so," she added.

Lawyers acting for Mr Polanski say they will challenge his arrest and attempts to extradite him.

Iran Launches Missiles

From the AP.

Rushing More "Sanctions" on Iran

SANCTIONS. DO. NOT. WORK. PERIOD.


From the NYT:

The Obama administration is scrambling to assemble a package of harsher economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program that could include a cutoff of investments to the country’s oil-and-gas industry and restrictions on many more Iranian banks than those currently blacklisted, senior administration officials said Sunday.

In pushing for more stringent sanctions, the administration wants to accomplish two potentially irreconcilable goals: forcing Iran back to negotiations over its nuclear program — which the United States and its Western allies suspect is meant to create a weapon — while at the same time winning the support of Russia and China, which are eager to preserve their significant economic ties to Iran.

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