the difference between an IED and an ED

* can someone explain to me the difference between an IED and an ED? can anyone remember al-qa-qaa ?

* viget joins in the conversation about power being the means: "The goal of Power is More Power. It doesn't matter what the consequences are.
Which is truly frightening when you think about it. These are the people who control the nuclear button." and "I wonder if the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists will move the clock closer to midnight soon."

* larry johnson goes ballistic over the chigtrib article that suggests that there's no such thing as an undercover cia agent - he ends pointing to larisa's plame article: "There is no such thing as ironclad cover. Whether Valerie Plame's cover was thin or deep, the basic fact remains--she was an undercover intelligence officer and expected senior government officials to protect this secret. Scooter Libby, Karl Rove, and Dick Cheney, who learned that she was a CIA officer, were obligated to protect that secret. Instead, they betrayed Valerie and helped destroy an intelligence network that was devoted to trying to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. That's the real story that true Americans should be fretting over."

* Matthew Barganier over at antiwar.com's blog continues his assault on andrew sullivan because sullivan is a hack