126. The plaintiff could have been a breeder of St. Bernards.  Or a red-hot poker salesperson. So.  Silver linings and what not. (h/t Beck)

From CNN: A painstaking, weeks-long intelligence operation, acting on tips from Iraqi civilians, led to the U.S. airstrike that killed “al Qaeda in Iraq” leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the military said Thursday. The U.S.-led coalition’s most wanted man in Iraq was killed Wednesday in an Air Force attack on a safe house near Baquba, giving Iraq a chance to “turn the tide” in the fight against the nation’s insurgency, President

In what he calls “diplomatic progress,” QandO’s Jon Henke is on board with the “package of incentives presented Tuesday to Iran” that “includes a provision for the United States to supply Tehran with some nuclear technology if it stops enriching uranium—a major concession by Washington, diplomats said.” Writes Henke: If properly negotiated, this could be a significant diplomatic achievement. We would have given up nothing we were not already legally

“Regis”: “Yeah, whatever.  Just so long as Brown remembers that when I pinch him on his ass, that means I want him to run and fetch me a sandwich and a Snapple.  And none of that peach iced-tea shit like last time, either.  Some of us still take our masculinity seriously.”* (h/t rls)

Several people have sent me links to both the BBC and AP articles on those maddeningly difficult to pin down secret US prisons hidden throughout Europe.  Natesnake likes this bit best, from Swiss Senator Dick Marty: “Even if proof, in the classical meaning of the term, is not as yet available, a number of coherent and converging elements indicate that such secret detention centers did indeed exist in Europe,” he

Hilarious.  Yet somehow poignant.  Warning:  This may or may not be safe for work—although if your boss gives you any guff, you could always just accuse him or her of hating America.  That’s what I’d do. If I had a jaggoff for a boss.  Or a job. (h/t Allah, who has cobbled together a bunch of good stuff here)

Blackfive has a great roundup.  See also, Confederate Yankee, who posts the text of Patton’s speech to the troops before the invasion, and Jawa Report, where Rusty Shackleford notes: June 6th, 1944, has so many lessons to be taught. So many perspectives which are at odds with the perspectives about the war we’re fighting now. I suppose we can pick and choose what those lessons are, but for me, the

…and I’m wondering:  should I stick to my guns and use my real name and identity?  Or should I throw on a nice pair of kibbutz-crafted sandals and some knitted bracelets and try to convince everyone I’m the tambourinist for the Indigo Girls? Because here’s my dilemma:  in the first case, I exhibit intellectual honesty, and I’m able to salvage whatever integrity one can possibly salvage for having admitted to

Please tune in today to “Hoist the Black Flag” on Rightalk. The show begins at 4:05 pm EST, 1:05 pacific. Today’s guests are, uh, well…your phonecalls, maybe?  And Ace mentioned something about a short appearance by Bizzyblog.  And Robert from Olbermann Watch. Oh.  And sadly, I STILL don’t have the broadcast equipment, so I’ll be doing the show from a cordless telephone.  Again.  Which explains my tinny, nasally voice.  And