Lest anyone accuse me of, you know, getting out in front of the news cycle.*

For those of you who have yet to see it, the internet is buzzing over this interview with former Army Ranger Jessie [in some accounts, “Jesse”] MacBeth, who—like a modern day Winter Soldier—spins the familiar anti-war tale of an idealistic young man who goes into service proudly and eagerly, only to become disillusioned by the way his own comrades-in-arms are directed to behave by a brutish US military command, who

Sometimes, when the remote control is that close to you, you just, you know, pick it up and use it. Sorry, but that’s just the way it goes. Fear not, though.  We’ll likely talk later.

Via the Tampa Tribune and AIR: Two Saudi men were arrested Friday after they boarded a school bus and rode to Wharton High School in New Tampa. Students on the bus became alarmed, as did the bus driver, who called ahead. Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputies met the bus at the school and detained the men. No one was injured and nothing out of line occurred on the bus, deputies said.

From Terry Hastings, via email: The Duke Lacrosse saga continues to play out in the media.  When guilt or innocence is finally established, will the media examine its own roll in shaping the direction the story has taken?  Thomas Sowell asks some hard questions.  With respect to the mindset that some blacks have re guilt innocence of the Lacrosse players — According to Newsweek, the young man at NCCU said

From California Conservative: Going behind the scenes of crime and terror along our southern border, KRGV-TV Newschannel 5 in Texas leads an exclusive investigation and offers this shocking report. “Terrorists in our own backyard, and the government tries to keep it a secre — XENOPHOBES! RACISTS! YOU LIE! LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE!  AND BUSH LIVES IN TEXAS, SO TEXAS LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES! 

This is big news, but it isn’t being treated with much excitement by the MSM.  Pajamas media has a small round-up of reaction, including links to

Several people have pointed me to Truthout’s “apology” for advancing the Rove indictment story, which Truthout reported on in a way that has (to date) refused to correspond with either a) their enthusiasm for said indictment, or b) any ostensible connection to reality. But—because there is always still the chance Rove will be indicted— Truthout reserves the right to re-claim the scoop, even if they miss the date by, oh,

From LGF, an interesting theory regarding yesterday’s attack on Gitmo guard: The earlier report that Guantanamo guards were attacked by inmates while trying to stop a detainee from committing suicide was inaccurate. The guards were lured into a cell by a staged suicide attempt, then ambushed by the prisoners. […] The timeframe on this incident is unclear, but it seems to have coincided with the release of 16 prisoners. Is

I have 3 2 1 brand new DVDs of Serpico (Al Pacino), 2 1 of the original Bad News Bears (Walter Matthau, Vic Morrow, Tatum O’Neal), and one mint copy of The Towering Inferno (Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden). All great flicks, all must go.  Because I need to clear space for season 2 of “The Rockford Files.” $5 each, which includes first class domestic shipping.  Drop a note