Rob at Say Anything: But now comes the news that Congressional leadership, including Democrats, were notified of the CIA’s intent to destroy the tapes two years before the tapes themselves were destroyed.  Two years. So here’s a summary of the situation: With the left in high moral dudgeon over alleged human rights violations about the Bush administration, the CIA was worried that the tapes would be leaked to be used as political propaganda.  A

Extra!  Extra!  Read all about it!   

This note is inspired by your Chanukah ham post.  I noticed that you attributed the story to the AP, which is right and proper — except for this little tidbit, if I may.  On Nov. 30th The Age ran a story about new technology that would allow news site greater control over their content — the old Fair Usage debate.  In that article: AP Chief Executive Tom Curley said the news cooperative

Liz Stephans invites you to a very special event! Just thought you might like to know that we’ll be interviewing Glenn Beck LIVE On Monday around noon (maybe 12:05PM) from radio studios here in Pittsburgh.I know it can be a bit of a chore for people to have to download the player etc, so if you know anyone who likes Beck and may be interested in listening, maybe give them

AP:  A grocery store in Manhattan is apologizing after touting its hams as “Delicious for Chanukah.” Chanukah – an alternate spelling for Hanukkah – is the eight-day Jewish holiday that began Tuesday evening.  The stalker reporter notes the name of the grocery, Balducci’s, in the article, and the location, 14th St, clearly endangering the owners and employees of the store.  If anything unfortunate happens to them, AP, the blood will

I know it’s probably a little early, but I wonder if you wouldn’t indulge me and suggest what you regard as the best posts of the year throughout the entire intartubeosphere, with a little write up on why, please.

After all, all the cool kids are talking about it.  It seems to be getting pretty good reviews, though not from Allah, Bill Bennett and others, though they seem as much to be miffed about Hugh Hewitt’s cheerleading for Mitt.  Allah sees it as a pander.  I haven’t read all of the reax, but I wonder if it wasn’t as much as a counter to the rise of Huckabee, who seems to be

at The People’s Cube: Following the misery inflicted on Islam by a toy bear that ended up with calls for the execution of an English woman, more Muslims are stepping forward with stories of long-suppressed emotional trauma imposed on them by so-called reality. This has led to the creation of support groups and social networks that help followers of the Prophet Mohammed cope with the agony of learning about life

MILF (warning, video) MIL (warning, video) What you don’t know can hurt you.  Related: Hard figures are difficult to come by I bet. Nice booking photo.

List of verboten terms issued by U.S. Army. More Wog of Foer, from Iowahawk. An excellent article on the term at Bill Casselman’s Wording Room.