The mole rats all have double chins.  I see them standing around, curiously shaped, oddly curved, radiating a combination of health, consumption, and accent.  I can’t hear them, yet I know they have annoying accents by the simple look of them.  On the streets of New York City, you often find them: ambiguously young, clustering about, talking simultaneously to each other, to cell phones, to themselves, to the air, whatever–just

Specifically, John Mellencamp’s “Little Pink Houses”: “Personal foul . . . Mellencamp . . . excessive use of the cowbell . . . penalty is fifteen yards from the spot of the foul . . . repeat second down.”

As part of his chronicle of the LAT’s disgorging information on top Democrats now that the election’s over, Patterico points out a new story on Harry Reid: Incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid vows to make reform of congressional earmarks a priority of his tenure, arguing that members need to be more transparent when they load pet projects for their districts into federal spending bills. But last year’s huge $286-billion

From Armymarinemom at Free Republic: On site report from Kristinn at a Cindy Sheehan anti war rally being held at the Independence Mall outside the Constitution Center. , Cindy said that she is determined t not only wants to see George Bush impeached but she wants to see him tried for Crimes Against Humanity. She states is so determined to see this done she says she will live for 1000

One of the drags of posting on a high-profile blog like Jeff’s Joint is that lunatics sign you up for email services from places and things they figure will annoy you, like this: NCL and Rosie O’Donnell would like you to join us aboard Norwegian Pearl for a 1-night cruise benefiting Rosie’s For All Kids Foundation – a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping America’s kids. Friday, December 15, 2006 Port

She has been dubbed Iran’s Paris Hilton after appearing in a sex video on the internet. But while Paris’s exploits propelled her to worldwide stardom, Zahra Amir Ebrahimi faces ruin, a public lashing and even a jail term. Ebrahimi is one of the best-known actresses in the strict Islamic country and made the 20-minute sex tape privately with her boyfriend on a camcorder at the flat they shared two years

My friend and Arizona blogger, the fabulously delicious Miss Shelleigh Spicer, has a great post which she has graciously allowed me to share with PW readers.  Being the dork I am, I couldn’t get the pics in the post, so if you’d like to see them, go to Pixie Lair.

The New York Times opines: Under Republican control, Congress has exercised virtually no oversight of the administration’s misconduct of the war, and the new Democratic leadership is eager to hold extensive hearings. The public deserves a full accounting (backed by subpoenas, if necessary) of how prewar intelligence was cooked, why American troops were sent to war without adequate armor, and where billions of dollars in reconstruction aid disappeared to. A

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006): Incredibly entertaining movie.  See it.

I just learned an Afghan security offical I worked with while S-5 of TF Eagle was killed a while back.  Gul Zaman worked a really wild area – the Koh-e Safi.  I didn’t really go to the place much, as I contented myself with almost blowing up in a minefield on the border of the Koh-e Safi (in Ashrafkhel). The report says it was Taliban, but it easily could have