Iraq's shortage of runaway brides and sharks

* "The pact, signed by seven Democrats and seven Republicans, says a judicial nominee will be filibustered only under "extraordinary circumstances." Key members of the group said yesterday that a nominee's philosophical views cannot amount to "extraordinary circumstances" and that therefore a filibuster can be justified only on questions of personal ethics or character." LINK
rogue nannies are our only hope.

* "Weak, divided, pulverized Lebanon may well be the next stage for U.S. aggression. That would keep the ball rolling. Bush would refer to the Bekaa Valley as "the latest battleground in the war on terrorism"---all in response to 9-11 when the terrorists attacked us. "Better get them in Lebanon than face them here," he'll spew, and some will swallow it. They'll buy the notion that Hizbollah, a Shiite-based mainstream highly popular political party with an armed wing in southern Lebanon, which embarrassed the U.S. by organizing massive demonstrations dwarfing the its client parties in Lebanon last month, is an al-Qaeda type terrorist organization." LINK

* "Many readers write to me that Bush and his neocon crazies are Israel's patsies. An equally good case can be made that Bush and his crazy neocons are Osama bin Laden's agents." LINK

* "Iraq's shortage of runaway brides and sharks keeps U.S. news crews away" LINK