has progressives hallucinating motives. Only six months ago advisor Joe Trippi joined the Edwards campaign, and the argument could be made this new pitbull strategy for Edwards has at least a little to do with Trippi’s presence. In 2004 Trippi worked for then-frontrunner Howard Dean, who engaged in a bloody battle with Dick Gephardt while John Kerry slipped past the both of them. According to Alegre’s source close to Dean,

Hey, is that Roger Simon? (Blog World Goes Pajamas) Call (900) PAJAMAS now! Hot internet girls are dying to read YOUR BLOG! If I didn’t have such an absurd webcrush on Liz, I’d probably still have one on Mary Katharine. Somalis delighted to discover Ethiopians can be killed. The body of an Ethiopian soldier killed in clashes Thursday between troops and Islamic insurgents was dragged through the street and pelted

Good triumphs over evil! Also, Christmas shopping made easy.

Another female teacher-middle school student romance goes awry, it seems. Fairness doctrine: cradle-robbing story followed by grave-robbing one. This is kind of cuffed up, too. Presumably someone was surprised by a Gorilla Gram.

Should the US adopt countermeasures against dreadful poetry, as the Brits have?

JD Johannes has a terrific new post up about the failure of “Lions for Lambs” and other such fare to spark the interest of American filmgoers.  He theorizes that: The first block-buster Iraq War movie will be about the battle of Fallujah or another life and death struggle showing Marines or Soldiers as heroes.  This movie will follow the traditional monomyth with the heroes confronting a villain with violence and

Holy crap! Being overweight may not kill you, but it could lead to obesity, U.S. health experts cautioned on Wednesday in response to research suggesting that being a bit heavy does not raise the risk of death. As Taranto would ask, “What would we do without experts?” House Approves Broad Protections for Gay Workers   (Heh.) Out dammed spot. Poll: Clinton lags in quest for male voters

The US drops 8 spaces to 31st, of course.  Women in predominantly Muslim countries are struggling to compete for jobs, win equal pay and hold political office, falling behind the rest of the world in eliminating discrimination, a report said Thursday. Nordic nations, by contrast, received the best overall grades for gender parity in education, employment, health and politics, according to the review of 128 countries compiled by the World Economic

Well, maybe it will free up a few of them to go to Iraq:  The former director of President Bush‘s flagship democracy program for the Middle East is saying that the State Department has “effectively killed” a program to disburse millions of dollars to Iran‘s liberal opposition. In an interview yesterday, Scott Carpenter said a recent decision to move the $75 million annual aid program for Iranian democrats to the

They’re just facing up to the facts: It was a quagmire. They left, pretty much the way Pete Doherty leaves a pub. Meanwhile, JD Johannes is putting the finishing touches on his latest documentary over at Outside the Wire, which means he’s too broke and busy to go to Vegas for the Blog World Expo.  Too bad, because Geek Goddess Liz Stephans and that guy she vlogs with might be