the vagina can take a lot of punishment

* good news - the delish anita mcnaught appears to have been hired by CNNI since her hubby got kidnapped. yay.

* Rakoff quoting christian fellow on TDS: "the vagina can take a lot of punishment"

* via email from EW - she got hit by a motorcycle in bangkok - she didn't give any details, so i think it is TOO serious. Apparently she can still email - so that's a good sign.

* cannon:

"Odd, isn't it, how all this is coming out at once? It's as though an unseen hand switched off the "Mighty Wurlitzer" of G.O.P. propaganda.

Those of you with an instinct for the conspiratorial angle may be intrigued to learn that Kuo once did a stint for the CIA. (He also worked for John Ashcroft when Ashcroft was in the Senate.) We have, in the past, noted the tensions between CIA and this White House."