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Quick Fix 6 — 9/29/05

1. APhoto Fix: Roll call vote total for John Roberts confirmation as the 17th chief justice of the United States Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005, is shown in this image from television. The Senate voted 78-22 to confirm Roberts as the successor to the late William H. Rehnquist, who died earlier this month. For story, click here

2. Cartoon Fix: Henry Payne (Bush administration spending), Jeff Stahler (Don Adams, RIP), and Larry Wright (Michael Brown's shortcomings).

3. Humor Fix: PoliticalHumor.com provides Late Night jokes about Tom DeLay here, and Jay D. Dyson provides another Sacred Cow Burger, "Race Card Poker" (Beware: Not for the PCrowd), here.

4. My Way Fix: This Day in History here, Today's Birthdays here, and Word of the Day here.

5. Top of the New Fix: Bush faces dilemma for 2nd Supreme nominee here, Wind-fueled fire threatens SoCal homes here, Michigan same-sex benefits OK'd despite marriage amendment here, Hillary and Condi combine forces to fight AIDS here, and General: Troop withdrawal hinges on Iraq vote here.

6. Opinion Fix: Debra Saunders/S.F. Chronicle (Justice DeLayed Is ...), James Pinkerton/Newsday (Immigration: Sleeper issue for 2008), Peggy Noonan/Wall Street Journal (Still thinking about Katrina), Stephen Warshawsky/American Thinker (Reclaiming higher ed from Left), and Suzanne Fields/Townhall (Making Muslims love us).



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.