From Ynet: Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said he hopes that “the matter of the two kidnapped foreign journalists will be resolved within hours and that they will be released.” Haniyeh said that those behind the abduction pledged before the Palestinian government not to harm the captives, and added that he was receiving updates from the interior minister on the matter. Hmm. Maybe that whole “guest” thing is working, afterall.

From FOXNews: Iran’s hard-line president on Saturday inaugurated a heavy-water production plant, a facility the West fears will be used to develop a nuclear bomb, as Tehran remained defiant ahead of a U.N. deadline that could lead to sanctions. The U.N. has called on Tehran to stop the separate process of uranium enrichment — which also can be used to create nuclear weapons — by Thursday or face economic and

RTO Trainer posts a story that should receive wide dissemination.  Consider this my part in helping to make that happen.  And in helping to expose just how conspiracy mongering is born and thrives.

Newsbusters has the video. Ironically, in a small way I flipped off Maher’s audience myself last evening when, after getting home and taking off my shoes, I cursed up a blue streak at the teenager working the late night drive-thru at Taco Bell for shorting me a Baja Gordita. **** update: Bonus footage of Hitchens on the Daily Show last year (via Hot Air)

—You’re damn right.  Because I make the rules around this place.  And don’t you forget it. As for the little fella, well, he danced up a storm last night at the Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash—that is, until he got into a bit of a scrap with our cocktail waitress, who didn’t much care for a certain comment he made about her rather pronounced fun bags.  After that, the mood turned