Divine Strake.

* "Four Republican members of Congress are calling on the House GOP leadership to hold a floor debate on the Iraq war, RAW STORY has learned." (link)

* soto: "Dana Milbank writes a nice puff piece on Cap Weinberger’s life and funeral, and Iran-Contra merits only one sentence. Your check is waiting at the RNC Dana."

* arkin discusses the nomenclature of Divine Strake.

* "Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was forced to back out of a TV appearance Wednesday amid accusations that he was abusing media fairness laws in advance of the general election next week." (link)

* josh: "Yep, Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) is as rancid and despicable as they come. See the details."

* TLC:

"Note also that (tweety) Matthews is getting GOP focus group information backchannel from Frank Luntz. Which means clearly that he is part of the machine. How repugnant is it to see a pundit and quasi-journalist tell a politician who is facing trial and possible jail time “I owe you one. I owe you two – today and last night”?
Hardball indeed. It does make you wonder what NSA files there are on Tweety." (link)