oil companies profit margins

* rollcall via desi: "Ney Avoids Indictment in SunCruz Investigation"

* i forgot to mention, speaking of Ellsberg, reader John says this interview by susang is one of the better things he's ever read - it's a 6-parter.

* on lehrer, david brooks called repugs 'a parody of stupid' or some such.

* david brooks mimics the fred barnes talking point - 'oil companies profit margins are 7-8-9-10% on revenue - yahoo's margins are 45%' - wtf? bought and sold. he couldn't actually be that stupid. do we really have to explain to these geniusii the difference between a commodity product and a software company?

* AL: "If Glenn's book continues to sell well, it will undoubtedly encourage publishers to troll the blogosphere looking for talent, and that can only be a good thing. The more enticing blogging becomes from an economical perspective, the more talented writers will join the fray (and stay there). I hope that many years from now, people will look back on this as a key moment in the early history of the blogosphere"
let's hope driftglass puts his book together soon

* rimone: "Jan turned me onto the new S-Bahn which runs from Köln HauptBahnhof straight to Köln-Bonn Flughafen in only 20 minutes and it costs just EUR 2,20 instead of the usual EUR 30+ taxicab ride"
i concur.

* OMG - fornigate goes A1 in the wapo - apart from the wars and all that, it's like our Fitzmas's have all come at once (altho it's totally a limited hangout - focusing on the limo company - wtf?)