Paris Hilton wants everyone to know that she’s installed environmentally-friendly light bulbs throughout her house. Which begs the obvious question………

Apparently, Scott Beauchamp is back home on furlough, and Elspeth is expressing her unhappiness with Franklin Foer’s decision to retract before Scott came home and could adequately defend himself . . . which is as phony as Fauxer’s Proustian passive-aggressive snit.  In a Wedding Blog, apparently.  And don’t skip the post on Alterman at Owens’s place, or the other new stuff up at Burge’s.  I say, let the guy have

It is now Friday, so my guess is that he is high in the Andes in northern Chile. Update:  Some commenters have taken issue with this post on the grounds that today is Thursday.  Despite their ideological motives, the doubts about my claim that it is Friday resonated.  I have undertaken an investigation.  While I cannot definitively say that it is not Friday somewhere — or that Jeff is not in the

Rusty’s been doing some research, kicking ass and taking names.Fausta’s radio show focuses on Venezuela’s constitution, with guest Daniel Duquenal. Liz and Whachamacallim Backstage at Glenn Beck’s Pittsburgh appearance. 

Via Patterico, behold the splendor of the fat dork who lives with his mom and thinks that the internets make him Jack Bauer. Update:  My favorite part of this whole thing, as pointed out by Pablo in comments at Pat’s, is this quote: Now he’s ripping on me for being 35 and living at home. Give that ol’ boy a star for Originality! Please, If I had a dollar for

RTO’s round-up of good news from Iraq.

Please send ideas/artwork for Protein Wisdom items for the hols.Thanks, Dan 

Andrew Sullivan exclusively reports that security in Iraq has improved because the US has set up security walls around neighborhoods and along highways, based on e-mail from a reader whose son is in the Army and stationed in Iraq. Apparently, Sullivan failed to notice or follow this story when it was reported by Reuters, the New York Times (and sister pub the International Herald-Tribune), the Christian Science Monitor, Stars & Stripes, the AP

UPDATE: Karl’s piece, below, is much better than this (which is like shooting fish in a barrel with dynamite).  Meet William Neal, juror at a trial regarding Hamas-funding “charities”: The defendants were accused of illegally routing more than $12 million in support to the terrorist group Hamas through a series of charities, known as zakat committees. Prosecutors said those committees are controlled by Hamas. Defense attorneys argued HLF simply helped

That guy was always under foot.  Y’dig?