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March 1, 2008

American Serviceman Killed in Cambodia [Dan Collins]

by Khmer Rouge: remains repatriated. Seared.  Seared. 

Yeoman’s Work [Dan Collins]

I’ve been part of a conversation over at Professor Bainbridge’s place today: Glenn Greenwald has done yeoman work in exposing anti-Catholic bigot Pastor John Hagee’s endorsement of John McCain and the latter’s refusal to disavow the endorsement. I agree that McCain should reject Hagee’s endorsement. You lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas. Which is why I thought Ron Paul should reject the endorsement he got from white

Cherchez Le Stupid (CraigC)

Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard was facing embarrasment with her new American public last night after it emerged that she doubted the official account of the September 11 attacks. Turning to America’s space programme, she said: “Did a man really walk on the moon? I saw plenty of documentaries on it, and I really wondered. And in any case I don’t believe all they tell me, that’s for sure.” She also

You Mean It Isn’t Legal Now? (CraigC)

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is considering the legalization of marijuana, a drug revered by members of the island’s large Rastafarian population who say smoking it is part of their religion. A seven-member government commission has been researching possible changes to the Caribbean nation’s anti-drug laws, which some police complain are clogging courts and jails with marijuana-related cases, a government official said Friday. You could have fooled me.

The Obligatory “Dude Messes With Spanish Police and Lives To Regret It” Post (CraigC)

I know, it’s been all over the intertubes, but it’s way cool, so in case you haven’t seen it…. Whoopsie.

Alert: Sullivan Nitwit Level = Elevated [Karl]

Excitable Andy accuses the Clinton campaign of plagarizing her “3 a.m. phone ad” from the 1984 Mondale “Red Phone” ad. His co-blogger at The Atlantic, Marc Ambinder, noted in linking to the same ad yesterday: Roy Spence, the Texas-based advertizing wizard brought aboard to soften Hillary Clinton’s image after Super Tuesday, is the maestro behind Clinton’s most audacious advertisement to date, a Clinton campaign official said this morning. And Spence is

Dems 2008: A moment of silence for the Clinton campaign [Karl]

After going nuclear in their last ad, Slate’s John Dickerson asked the following question in a Clinton campaign conference call: “What foreign policy moment would you point to in Hillary’s career where she’s been tested by crisis?” According to the Hotline (with audio goodness), “You could’ve knit a sweater in the time it took the usually verbose team of Mark Penn, Howard Wolfson and Lee Feinstein, Clinton’s national security director, to

Nasty Vaginal Discharge [Tab Lloyd]

British supermodel Naomi Campbell was discharged from a hospital in Sao Paulo Friday after undergoing surgery, TMZ.com said. Campbell, 37, reportedly underwent emergency abdominal surgery this week.

FISA Update: Democrats’ opposition to Protect America Act crumbling [Karl]

According to Congress Daily: To break an impasse over legislation overhauling the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, House Democratic leaders are considering the option of taking up a Senate-passed FISA bill in stages, congressional sources said today. Under the plan, the House would vote separately on the first title of the bill, which authorizes surveillance activities, and then on the bill’s second title, which grants retroactive legal immunity to telecommunications companies

RRRREZKO! [Dan Collins]

A Serr8d joint