We must be in May sweeps. I had to use all my DVR's to be able to record all the shows on tonight: Survivor finale, Desperate Housewives series finale, Harry's Law, the Killing, Nurse Jackie and the premiere of a new season of the Next Food Network Star. It will take me all week to watch them all. And tomorrow night a new Bachelorette season begins,

I'm sure there's political and other news tonight, but I spent the day with the TL kid, so I'm not sure what it is.

Here's an open thread, all topics, TV related or not, are welcome. (If you want to discuss Zimmerman, there's a new thread on the case here.)

There's something so universal about Mother's Day. Everyone on this planet at one time had a mother. Many still do, many are mothers, many are married to mothers and many aspire to be mothers.

One of Denver's early public defenders, now deceased, used to say about his clients who had done terrible things: "There's something good to say about every one, even if it's only that their mother loved them." [More...]

Your turn. All topics welcome.

President Obama supported gay marriage today.

Obama's fundraiser at George Clooney's home could raise $15 million -- or not.

The event at Clooney's Studio City home is being organized by DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg and is expected to lure guests including Barbra Streisand, Robert Downey Jr. and producer Susan Downey, J.J. Abrams, CAA's Bryan Lourd and ICM's Chris Silbermann.

The Justice Department is going to sue Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office office for civil rights violations due to the racial profiling of Latinos. [More...]

The AQAP would-be bomber was a pretend bomber after all -- a CIA informant.

Republican Senator Richard Lugar is out in Indiana, losing in today's primary to his "tea-party" backed challenger, State Treasurer Richard Mourdock. I'm not sorry to see him go.

George Zimmerman waived his right to speedy trial today. The hearing took less than 30 seconds and neither the lawyers nor Zimmerman appeared. The next hearing is set for August 8, and that's for scheduling matters. There's no date set yet for release of discovery.

Who will win The Voice tonight? Even though I didn't care much for the show or contestants this year, I hope it's Juliet Sims.

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

I'm off to the jail today. Here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

New York changes focus in tackling the sex trade -- pimps and johns get arrested, hookers get a pass. Oh yeah, it's hard out here for a pimp (winner best original song, 2006 Academy Awards, Hustle and Flow.)

France elects a Socialist President, Francois Hollande. Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy is out.

Connecticut legalizes medical marijuana. The Senate passed the bill, the Governor says he'll sign it and it goes into effect Oct. 1. CT is now the 17th State to allow medical marijuana.

The transcripts from yesterday's hearing at Guantanamo for the 9/11 Defendants are up on the Military Commission's website. There are no individual urls to link to, but you can access and download each one. Go here, click on KSM et al (2) (active), then click on transcripts.

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

Your turn. President Obama officially launched his bid for reelection today.

I haven't read any George Zimmerman news today, but feel free to discuss the case here.

It doesn't look like the Government is going to call Rielle Hunter in the John Edwards trial. Hampton Dellinger says the Government told the court yesterday afternoon it anticipated concluding its case by next Thursday. It provided its next six witnesses and Rielle wasn't one of them. While that's no guarantee, I don't see any benefit to the Government from calling her. All the money she got went though Andrew Young. And since two of the lawyers who represented her in the state civil case against Andrew Young are now representing Edwards at trial, with her approval, I think she'd try to help Edwards, even though the Government gave her immunity from prosecution in exchange for her telling its the truth.[More...]

The allegations against Dominique Strauss-Kahn keep coming, here's the latest from France.

Bunny Mellon's lawyer, Alexander Forger, will testify this afternoon in the John Edwards trial.

The ACLU files suit over 9/11 defendants' arraignments set for tomorrow. The Government plans to censor any statements regarding torture while in U.S. custody.

What's on your mind today? Here's an open thread to discuss it, all topics welcome.

President Obama made a surprise trip to Afghanistan on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death.

Newt Gingrich is finally giving up his bid to become President.

For those following the Roger Clemons retrial, Andy Pettitte testified today.

New Zealand has a big campaign contribution mess developing, and it involves donations from Kim DotCom.

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

Today, ManU v. Man City for control of the Premier League race. It's at 3 EST on ESPN. Sadly, I won't get to watch it live. If you want to give soccer a try, this is not a bad one to start with. It should be bedlam.

Open Thread.

Amazing Race is in India tonight. I haven't watched this season before tonight. I'm glad to see that Brendon and Rachel from Big Brother are still competing. One of competing pairs are Border Patrol Agents. I hope they go home before Brendon and Rachel. Has anyone been watching?

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.