June recruiting numbers

* some chick (martha wright?) of stephanopolous said that there have been 500 suicide bombers in iraq in the last 18 months. imagine if a few of them leaked to america, or london. if we assume that the london bombings werent suicide bombers, but that they were willing to die or be captured, then they could probably cause a fair bit of damage in a bombing campaign until they got caught or killed.

* digby writes that they are after fitzgeralds head. LINK

* WaPo A1's the rove story - but gives the headline and lead to rove's attorney: "Rove Told Reporter About Plame But Didn't Name Her, Attorney Says" LINK

* atrios: "There were many reasons to oppose this war (and few reasons to support it), but I find it rather odd that the reason which was probably the most derided at the time - the "this gang (ie us) can't shoot straight" reason - appears to be the one which, over 2 years later, seems to be the most frequently cited "I should have known" reason." LINK

* the other day i asked when karen hughes was gonna start her new job - actually, she "is not expected to take the job until as late as the fall" LINK
i wonder if she might not be persuaded or tempted to bring that date forward some. perhaps she ought be a new target for the Operation Yellow Elephant crowd, given that we are now actually fighting the terrorists 'over here'

* and dont forget, july 11 is the day we get the June recruiting numbers - woohoo! my original post on this here

* btw - im sick to fucking death about all this talk that muslim leaders dont come out sufficiently strongly in condemning attacks like those in london - and i cant stand watching all of the talkingheads nod in agreement that surely, yes, that is the minimum that muslim leaders should do.
fucking a) nobody knows who attacked in london - and much more importantly,
fucking b) where is the commensurate call for all christian leaders (for example) to condemn stupid fucking blair and stupid fucking bush for illegally invading a country and lying about it?
seriously! grrrr.