making fun of matalin

* everyone is in an uproar about the UAE/ports/p&o thing - which is absurd. ummm 95+% of containers dont get searched anyway and ton upon ton of drugs gets imported all the time. der. i love the saying that the best way to import WMD would be to hide it in a bale of marijuana

* Maureen Farrell has a ripper 2-parter about 'conspiracy theories' - one, two

* Jeffrey St. Clair has a nice extract (from his book at Counterpunch) about Cambone - it ends thusly: "As Rumsfeld's hatchetman, Cambone has become so hated and feared inside the Pentagon that one general told the Army Times: "If I had one round left in my revolver, I'd take out Stephen Cambone". This raises the concept of fragging to an entirely new level. "

* everyone is making fun of matalin after MTP - arianna joins the fray: "The impact of her appearance was to make the whole story seem even less under control than having a beer and shooting your friend in the face." and "Then there was Mary's use -- twice -- of the bizarre term "presumption of accident," which was never explained, but which wouldn't be a bad slogan for the entire administration." there's more... (link)