Well.  I spent most of the morning at Urgent Care, and found out I was having an attack of diverticuliiiiiiiiitissss.  So, doctor’s orders, I can only ingest liquids for at least the next couple of days, and I can’t go back to work until Monday.  Which means that I’m gonna lose a shitload of commission from today and Black Friday, and I won’t be able to eat turkey, mashed potatos,

Turkeys Try to Catch Train Out of N.J. Some wild turkeys, it appears, were trying to get out of New Jersey With apologies to my Jersey buds.

**** Authentic, Fresh, Somewhat Lengthy Jeff Goldstein Post on Next Page! **** That’s the LAT headline.  For crying out loud, what does it require for them to take cognizance of Red Staters? The debate about whether there’s a Neanderthal skeleton in our collective closet was revived last week when two groups of scientists reported that they had deciphered DNA from the thigh bone of a Neanderthal man who lived in

An Ideologue for Hire Gets New Alliance Senator Joseph I. Lieberman announced Tuesday that he had hired a new spokesman, which is not in itself that noteworthy, except that the said spokesman, Marshall Wittmann, is one of the great career vagabonds, ideological contortionists and political pontificators ever to inflict himself on a city full of them. To say that Mr. Wittmann defies classification is like saying Paris Hilton defies modesty.

The defeated left-wing candidate in Mexico’s presidential election, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has held an unofficial swearing-in ceremony. During his “inauguration” in Mexico City, Mr Lopez Obrador said he was launching a “parallel government”. He claims he was the victim of fraud in July’s election – a view shared by millions of Mexicans. But some of his supporters think his alternative inauguration is ill-advised and politically irresponsible. Gee, ya think?

…so titled is Policy Review editor and Stanford and Hoover Istitute research fellow Tod Lindberg’s very compelling Weekly Standard piece, written in the aftermath of the November 6 elections.  And by “very compelling,” I of course mean something along the lines of, “agrees with much of what I’ve been preaching over the last 4 years.” Please take time to read the whole thing, but here is the nut—which outlines why,

U.S. to implement passport requirement Only 5-plus years after 9-11, the Feds are finally going to get tough on travel documentation: Virtually all air travelers entering the United States after Jan. 23 will need to show passports — even U.S. citizens, the Homeland Security Department announced Wednesday. Until now, U.S. citizens, travelers from Canada and Bermuda, and some travelers from Mexico who have special border-crossing cards for frequent visitors were

Vatican ‘health ministry’ completes report on condoms for pope Actually, I think that if His Holiness is engaged in high-risk sexual activity, it’s only prudent.  (I can say that because I’m Catholic, so buzz off, macaca). Well, Happy Turkey Day!  I know it’s tomorrow, but Catholics can celebrate from the 28th through December 1st, as that’s where il Papa will be. Taking a look at the tableau that’s slowly emerging

Hey, what could go wrong? PHILADELPHIA – A man who mailed a bomb to a doctor because he was angry about how his penis enlargement surgery turned out was sentenced Tuesday to four years and 10 months in prison. ADVERTISEMENT FOR PENIS ENLARGEMENT Blake Steidler, 25, of Reamstown, put the bomb in the mail on Feb. 11, 2005, in North Bloomfield, Ohio, addressed to the doctor in Chicago. After returning

49ers wide receiver Antonio Bryant was arrested for reckless driving, DUI, and resisting arrest after police observed him driving his orange Lamborghini at speeds well in excess of 100mph on 101 Sunday night. Your assignment, dear commenters, should you decide to accept it, is to tell the vast PW readership why Mr. Bryant is not the world’s stupidest man.  Please give examples, and show all work. Update: Gahrie’s comment about