Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats are now claiming (rather too adamantly for my tastes) that they support the troops serving in Guantanamo Bay—which, it follows, then, that they are not prepared to blame actual camp guards for the what they insist is the egregious and systematic torture of Islamic freedom fighters being detained there, but rather wish instead to hold accountable only those higher-ups in the military and Defense Department

Brennan Hawkins has been found alive, the Boy Scouts of America has confirmed. The 11-year-old had been missing since Friday and is said to be in great shape. (via FOXNews) Wow.  Guess I’ll be signing S*tchel up for the Scouts. Unless the ACLU succeeds in shutting down the organization before he’s old enough, I mean. 

Jessica Cutler (aka Washingtonienne) is back in the news!  From the Corner’s Jonathan H. Adler: Remember the Washingtonienne? The staffer for Senator Mike DeWine who got her moment of fame by writing an anonymous blog about her sexual exploits with various political types? Well, her book—a “fictionalized” account of her story—has just been published, but she faces a lawsuit for invading the privacy of one of her many sexual partners

“I don’t know, Billy.  I think you’re taking an awful big chance coming out of retirement like this. I mean, don’t get me wrong, it’s not you—you’re still the man.  It’s the medium, brother.  Film.  Today’s anti-authoritarian social texts, such as they are, take the form of video games and graphic novels.  Movies these days are all about packaging and commodification. The only artistic thing about them is the marketing.”*

Recorded at Legend Studio, Pascagoula, Mississippi, June 1979, but never released.* “Lord Train” for Jimmie People all over the world (all you sinners) Join hands (in prayer) Start a LORD train, LORD train People all over the world (all the fallen, now) Join hands (ride HIM) Start a LORD train (LORD ride), LORD train The next stop that we make will be soon Tell all the sinners in Russia, and