Somebody go fetch me Al Gore.  And tell him to bring along a goddamned shovel.  Because it seems one of the bastard’s disintegrating polar ice caps is covering my driveway again, and I need to get to the grocery store for some Cheddar Chex mix before kickoff. Developing…

Is the Iraqi government really set to crack down on al-Sadr and the religious militias?  It may be too soon to tell, but there are at least some indications that the Maliki government has finally reached that critical decision point—and my best guess is, this is not a ruse to cover Shia loyalties, but rather a pragmatic decision, the result (ironically) of the unpopularity of the war here in the

me: “No offense, honey.  But I would have much preferred, say, an IPod.”

—Sorry, but it ain’t gonna happen today.  Seems the little guy got drunk on Amaretto sours and somehow pinched the key to my office, where he snuck himself one too many hits off my Colorado River licking toad. And believe me—nothing is less likely to dance than an armadillo so zoomed on tryptamines and Di Saronno that he’s somehow managed to cram six whole bottles of Maraschino cherries into his

Turns out he’s a black fella’.  Who knew? Of course, in my defense, I think the fact that Michael Steele and Clarence Thomas aren’t black threw me off.  From an empirical perspective.  But hey, I’m a quick study, I’ll figure out how these things work soon enough. Probably has something to do with Oprah, is my guess. Developing…

Just to follow up on yesterday’s post concerning the efforts of Czar Harry and his council of wisepersons to protect us from dangerous political speech, here’s an article from today’s Rocky Mountain News suggesting that those most likely to be hurt by the proposed legislation aren’t corporate-backed blog monsters (though they’ll suffer too—which, according to some, ain’t such a bad thing), but rather grass roots lobbying groups who will be

From FOXNews: Has North Korean leader Kim Jong Il subverted the United Nations Development Program, the $4 billion agency that is the U.N.’s main development arm, and possibly stolen tens of millions of dollars of hard currency in the process? According to a top official of the U.S. State Department — using findings made by the U.N.’s own auditors — the answer appears to be a disturbing yes, so far

overheard in the express check-out line at Safeway, 5:37 PM: 20-something guy in fur-lined jacket:  “—Anyway, I don’t think we need to be sending more people off to die in Bush’s illegal war for oil.  You know?” “Joeleen” the bagger: “Would you like your nuts in a separate bag, sir?”