Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? A: To get the fuck away from my mother. Incidentally, babies and air travel go together like Joshua Micah Marshall and anything cool. 

I’ll be heading back east for a few days to visit family and friends in Baltimore, but I leave protein wisdom in the capable hands of a collection of superb guest bloggers, some of whom will doubtless take pot shots at me in my absence, Bill.  Guests include Allah (Allah is in the House), Michele (A Small Victory), Bill INDC (INDC Journal), Steve Green (Vodkapundit), Moxie (Moxie.nu), Steve H (Hog

Kerry:  “The blogger who most influenced me…?  That would have to be Jesus.  And I say that without hesitation, and from the very bottom of my soul…” **** update:  “…have a mentioned that I’m an enormous fan of the wafer?  Because I am.” update 2:  “Vietnam.”

Nobody’s forcing you to do this, you know.  If you’re not feeling well, stop whining and take a nap.

Victor Davis Hanson / Thucydides “X Files” season 2 hasenpfeffer Dan Rather’s TxANG record who invented liquid soap and why? Comedy Central’s Harland Williams:  Gay?  Or just a big fan of Elvis? more hasenpfeffer Al Gore’s invention of a virtual worldwide porn distribution network.  And tongue kissing. a strong Edwards denial of al Qaeda links to Saddam based on “information given to me by this really trustworthy guy I know

Kept waiting for the UN Oil-for-Food scandal to come up in the debate last night (as in, “Well, we probably would’ve been able to put together a much larger coalition, Senator, had not several of our erstwhile allies been more interested in protecting their illegal financial interests in a corrupt UN-enabled kickback scheme than they were in removing the evil tyrant who was, in effect, paying them off.  So, y’know,

“Forget calling a spade a spade. ‘Liberal’ is now an insult to actual liberals.”

Dick Cheney smokes imported cigars, drinks double Scotch neat from a chunky tumbler, and talks to his friends about dames and gams and stock options.  John Edwards wants to be a fireman when he grows up.  Bless his li’l heart.  Incidentally, Twins 2 Yankees 0. **** update:  Allah shows signs of compiling a debate reaction roundup.  Among the surprises:  Spoons thinks Cheney got drubbed. My wife’s reaction: “Spoons must’ve been

from Chapter 4      Quash Dolly’s striking ebony luster was surpassed only by her desire to see the long-suffering Palestinian people claim the dusty Levant as their own. But the Jews would never allow such a thing, she realized—would never abide Palestinian freedom so long as they could turn a Jew buck, or finagle some Jew advantage from the status quo.       Still, Quash Dolly held out hope:  for the day her