darby pictures

* " In the upcoming December issue of Vanity Fair, Mary Mapes, the CBS News producer who lost her job after the disputed "60 Minutes II" Bush/National Guard report, writes, "I must answer the bloggers, the babblers and blabbers, and the true believers who have called me everything from 'feminazi' to an 'elitist liberal' to an 'idiot.'
The December article, not yet generally available, is an excerpt from Mapes' soon-to-be-published book, "Truth and Duty" (St. Martin's) on her career and the episode often called Rathergate. Vanity Fair says Mapes sets out to "answer her critics."" (link)

* there's an absurd interview with chomsky at the guardian. you'll have to read it to believe it. the interviewer actually says, apparently showboating, " I tell him that most people I know don't believe anything they read on the internet"

* btw - i emailed the aclu last thursday about those darby pix but havent heard anything back from them. last time i emailed them (on the eve of another presumed release) they got back to me within 24 hours)

(ron alerted me to the fact that i could turn on 'word verification' on the comments - so hopefully we wont have to worry about spam-bottage any more. thnx ron)