From the Toronto Sun: Being a member of a terrorist organization won’t necessarily land someone on Canada’s no-fly list, The Canadian Press has learned. Proposed criteria would limit inclusion on the roster to those who pose “an immediate threat to aviation security,” Transport Canada internal briefing notes say. Draft regulations, disclosed by a source familiar with details of the plan, confirm the no-fly list will be tightly focused and reviewed

—Which, I guess, is not the same as questioning Bush’s patriotism.  Or calling him treasonous.  Those accusations, after all, are reserved for neo-con Zion-Nazikkkultists who, say, question the way the New York Times thinks about journalism or defines “courage”.  Because of the nuance.1 Anyway, more Dean: Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean accused President Bush last night of being weak on national defense and absent in the escalating violence between

…that KARL ROVE IS A FRIGGIN’ GENIUS! (h/t Ardolino; related:  “Bill Gates demands return of haircut”; or maybe, “Jeremy Piven fears foul play in loss of prized hair piece”)

Last night on Pundit Review radio, Ralph Peters noted that he thought Israel had blundered the campaign against Hezbollah by not immediately sending ground troops into southern Lebanon—that the Israelis have become scared of taking casualties.  For my part, when asked about the situation I noted that, while a few of my commenters might agree with Peters’ assessment, most would probably respectfully disagree—their argument being that Israel was carefully shaping

I’ll be on Pundit Review Radio in a few moments.  You can listen live online at WRKO Talk Radio, Boston.  You might be able to call in, as well.  But don’t expect much.  I like to drink on the weekends.

Popped into Starbuck’s to pick up a can of double shot espresso—I like to mix it with the flask of Kahlúa I keep in the glove compartment for those long rides home from Super Target—and it struck me that every person in the store was blindingly white.  In fact, had the employees been wearing tux shirts and bow ties rather than brown baseball caps and Starbuck’s polos, it would have

PJM continues to update regularly—noting that Newt Gingrinch wants the President to let us know that we’re in the midst of World War III.  For his part, Joe Biden dismisses the idea completely, noting that Gingrinch must be “one of them silly dot heads.” Whatever the hell that means.  Meanwhile, Hezbollah’s leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah “urged Arabs and Muslims worldwide to support his guerrillas, saying Sunday that his group is

1) Thanks so much to Karl Bock for the Criterion DVD of Fritz Lang’s M.  After the events of the last week or so, I’m not sure whether the choice of title is remarkably apt or painfully ironic.  But I’m grateful, either way.  Thanks also to Brian Malby for the Sword and the Stone DVD.  My son is already talking about sitting down with mescaline and a box of glazed

Looks like the NYT has decided to go with neutrality over objectivity—essentially severing ties with their own country in the service of what they believe is a higher journalistic good:  Pulitzer Prizes. Writes Times assistant managing editor for photography Michele McNally of a photo taken by NYT photographer Joao Silva showing an al-Sadr army sniper in the act of firing on US troops, “Right there with the Mahdi army. Incredible

So I’m sitting outside this morning, reading Goodbye, Columbus and enjoying a plate of whitefish salad and brisket, when suddenly one of those miniature radio controlled glider planes (at least, that’s what I think it was, though I suppose it could have been a miniature Chinese-made Iranian missile) buzzes my sun porch at about 15 feet before barreling headlong into my neighbor’s swimming pool, shredding the styrofoam bow of his