Attempts by the left (or, if you prefer, left-leaning “moderates”) to keep the White Phosphorus chemical weapons story alive continues apace —though the new tactic seems to be to soften the stance a bit in order to paint the use of WP more as an open moral question than as a question either of legality or battlefield effectiveness. From Michael Sticking’s “What is white phosphorus?” I come back to this:

From Breitbart/AP: During its live coverage of the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, NBC did not tell viewers that a giant balloon had caught on a street lamp and injured two sisters. At the point in the broadcast when the “M&M’s Chocolate Candies” balloon was supposed to have crossed the finish line, announcers Katie Couric, Matt Lauer and Al Roker stuck close to their scripts and the network ran footage

Of course not.  But it just seems cruel to ask a gravy-drenched armadillo to dance after watching him cram a leftover drumstick, half a corn casserole, and over a pound of oyster and sausage stuffing into his tiny maw. Besides, right now he’s so bloated he couldn’t dance even if you rubbed $600 worth of Bolivia’s finest over his gums.  Like a snouted, armor-plated bowling ball with cranberry relish crusted