Matthew Yglesias claims that he has no idea who in the US would benefit politically from a worsening situation in Pakistan… but then argues that who should benefit is not the “toughserious” hawks who focused on Iraq, but rather “cowardly cowards like Brian Katulis though it was more import (sic) to focus on Pakistan.” The quoted link is to a piece titled “Strategic Reset” by Katulis, Lawrence J. Korb and Peter

I’ve gotten years of great use out of my puppy blender–despite the fact that a hangover in our household is a rare event–but it’s finally given up the ghost (tried frappeing 2 long-haired miniature dachshunds at once).  I’ve heard good things about this Oster.  Any recommendations?

We’ve expressed our weariness with Peggy Noonan’s schoolmarminess from time to time.  I think that happyfeet has done so most often and most forcefully, in the comments.  But Gleen’s reaction to one of Peggy’s “simply will not do” reflections is truly bonkers: John Edwards is not reasonable. . . . .[W]e can’t have a president who spent two minutes on YouTube staring in a mirror and poofing his hair. Really,

so close to God: Ghulam Mustafa, a witness at the scene, said he saw bodies with missing heads and limbs. “This happens only in Iraq, Afghanistan or Pakistan. Why not America?” he said.

but perhaps some people just prefer bestiality? Customs officials in the Philippines have seized inflatable sex dolls meant to be used for an international campaign against animal cruelty, an animal rights group said Thursday. 

Clarice Feldman at The American Thinker: Barack Obama has selected Richard Clarke as his foreign security adviser. Jack Cashill walks us through Richard Clarke’s treachery  to President Bush and  fundamental errors of fact about national security matters.   It’s ugly, isn’t it?  I want all of you to LOOK AT IT! 

so saith the Archbishop of Canterbury: A stark warning that human greed is threatening to destroy the environment was issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury in his Christmas message, while the leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales appealed to people to be more welcoming to immigrants. Dr Rowan Williams appealed to Christians to do more to safeguard the planet, saying it should not be used “as a warehouse

Meh. Researchers in Israel say they have succeeded in putting a version of the Bible on a chip smaller than a pinhead.       

hours after Bhutto’s assassination, Joe Scarborough can’t help talking about how this is supposed to affect the Republican and Democratic primaries.  And I stumble across this at Greg Sargent’s TPM site, thinking, “Sargent’s a putz, but he’s right that this is tasteless; let the frickin’ corpse cool, forgodsake.”  Only to find that he’s bent out of shape because Scarborough opines this will help Rudy and Hill. The candidates will, of course, jockey

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