I betrayed the very cynicism I hold dear

* bolton vote went down. recess, recess.

* "The fact that the Bush administration wants Bolton at the U.N. so much is almost enough to make you think that they want to create confusion, crisis and chaos. But that couldn’t possibly be true, could it?" LINK

* the beeb is carrying the bolton thing at the top of their bulletins, but it has never mentioned the dsm.

* u may have heard that the loony types went on a collective mindfuck trying to convince themseleves that the dsm are fake. i didnt bother commenting on it. anyhoo, ron's favorite blogger jay rozen had this to say: "But ideology sometimes turns people's minds to mush. Jonah Golderg of National Review separates himself from the mush: "I would also say that if I had to bet, I'd bet Drum is right and the memos are real."" LINK
thats the level of discourse today, someone on the dark side gets kudos for accepting the probability that the docs arent forged. kudos, jogo.
(update: this from the comments: "They probably also used a typefont that wasn't available in 2002.")

* wolcott: "By tacking on that bit of praise for Wallace, I betrayed the very cynicism I hold dear. And when you betray your cynicism, giving credit where no credit is due, it nearly always comes back to mock you.
I look at Chris Wallace now and, apart from wishing I had never written his name except in execration, wonder how Mike Wallace feels about having produced such a blot of a son to carry on the family name in broadcasting. He must wonder where he went wrong, even perhaps in the dark night of the soul wish he had worn a rubber rather than spawn this disgrace to a once-proud profession." LINK

* "Two former editorial writers at The Indianapolis Star have gone to court, charging that top newsroom managers "consistently and repeatedly demonstrated ... a negative hostility toward Christianity."" LINK
good grief. if we see this story start getting hannity/limbaugh attention we are all screwed. i wonder who's paying the legal bills.

* Roger Ailes: "If You Don't Want to Be Called A Nazi, Don't Act Like One" LINK

* "Afghan intelligence agents scuttled a plot to assassinate outspoken U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, swooping down on a station wagon carrying three Pakistanis armed with Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenades, officials said Monday.
The arrests came days after President Hamid Karzai and U.S. officials warned that foreign fighters were slipping into Afghanistan to cause mayhem ahead of parliamentary elections." LINK
he's the new iraq ambassador.

* i just remembered that terri schiavo had a blog, and i wondered if she had anything to say about the autopsy. apparently not, but she did beat the pope in an eating contest in heaven. nnnngnnggh.