Wondering how to characterize something or somebody in the news?  APco’s Real Journalist Cheat Sheet can help you characterize like the Pros! h/t LGF (they don’t need the freaking link)

How cool is this? Serenifly cast turn up to cancelled convention. There’s no simplier way of putting this. Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Mark Sheppard, Jonathan Woodward, Christina Hendricks and Adam Baldwin have all turned up and are partying with fans at the hotel bar into the night at the cancelled convention Flanvention. These actors? I don’t have the words. h/t Instapundit (he doesn’t need any freaking link)

How about a Polar Ice Cap?  Jawa Report has the dope on A Skeptic’s Guide to Debunking Global Warming Alarmism by James Inhofe’s committee, now available as an Acrobat document. I wonder when Jay Rockefeller and Olympia “I’m Melting” Snowe will call on him to retract it. You can insulate your children against this heresy by buying this book from earth-friendly Wal-Mart. UPDATE: This looks totally cool.

proves Jews not responsible for all the world’s wars. Mel Gibson’s film about the Mayan civilisation has come under fire from indigenous members of the culture. Activists in Guatemala – once home to a large part of the central American Mayan empire – said Apocalypto was unrealistic. Well, at least they’re indigenous.  Not like that Ward Churchill guy. “The director is saying the Mayans are savages,” said Lucio Yaxon, a

Several days ago, I posted an entry about a journalist’s amazement that the Alexander Litvinenko story read so much like a spy novel.  I don’t read a lot of them, but there seemed to be substantial interest in them amongst the PW readership, so I thought I’d share this article from the WSJ by guest William Stevenson: Secret Agent Espionage is a secretive business, but these classics are the best

The Associated Press has broken new ground by giving us the posthumous interview: The slain terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi purportedly believed that Iraq’s Shiite Muslims were more dangerous than U.S. forces and more evil than dictator Saddam Hussein, according to a posthumous interview published Friday on the Internet.

A homeowner said Friday that whoever stole the baby Jesus from his manger scene was disrespectful by replacing it with an empty beer can. Bob Chooljain said that the Jesus figure was stolen from the manger scene on Wednesday night. Chooljain said that he made the nativity scene more than three decades ago with his children. “It’s something we kind of did together,” he said. “You just wonder, what was

Looking for a contraceptive that’s convenient — and tasty? The first chewable birth-control method, a tiny, spearmint-flavored tablet that also can be swallowed without chewing, has hit pharmacy shelves. Femcon Fe, which contains the same hormones as standard oral contraceptives, offers a new option for women who don’t like swallowing pills and want to take their birth control with them, according to Carl Reichel, president of drugmaker Warner Chilcott of

**** Now with Gratuitous Insults! **** In what was likely her final legislative act in Congress, outgoing Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney introduced a bill Friday to impeach President Bush. The legislation has no chance of passing and serves as a symbolic parting shot not only at Bush but also at Democratic leaders. Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has made clear that she will not entertain proposals to sanction Bush

Since Dan has gone MIA, I’ve decided to up the output. OK, you know that point about Moqtada I was making? Well the thoughts seem to be running along the same path over at Investor’s Business Daily: National Priorities: When a secretary of defense gets confirmed 95-2 apparently because he says we are not winning a war, you know Uncle Sam must have a sign on his back that says