Barack Obama has an op-ed in today’s New York Times, titled “My Plan for Iraq.”  It is an odd title, considering that Obama uses the space to write about almost everything except about his plan for Iraq. Rather, Obama reminds us that he opposed the war in Iraq before it began, ignoring that his stated objections at the time were vacuous and not borne out by subsequent events.  He claims that nearly every threat we face

about the GWoT.  Fail: The differences on Iraq in this campaign are deep. Unlike Senator John McCain, I opposed the war in Iraq before it began, and would end it as president. I believed it was a grave mistake to allow ourselves to be distracted from the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban by invading a country that posed no imminent threat and had nothing to do with the

Camp Obama is upset with the new New Yorker cover that depicts the Obamas as fist-bumping terrorists: Spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement: “The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature Senator Obama’s right-wing critics have tried to create. But most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree.” McCain spokesman

Just to prove that extremist pricks are the same all over. How do you like your pals, Kostards?

More, please. Also, when Doc Weasel says “click to embiggen,” he means it. Uptight Chilean cops ruin subway stripping in Santiago. Uptight California cops ruin mass mooning in Laguna Niguel.

To say that France’s social model is far from perfect is an understatement: in spite of the state absorbing more than 50% of GDP, France has suffered, since the 1980s, from rising child poverty rates, persistently high unemployment, a chronic sense of economic malaise, and the continual enrichment of the system’s “insiders” at the expense of the system’s “outsiders.” More importantly, France’s social model fails to deliver precisely what it

London’s Telegraph reports that America’s professional Santas have been plunged into civil war amid accusations of profiteering, unethical behavior and even Claus-on-Claus violence. It turns out that the Telegraph got wind of this via the Wall Street Journal: The Amalgamated Santas, one of the nation’s largest Santa groups, are dealing with a schism in their ranks. The rift has left burly bearded men accusing one another of bylaw violations, profiteering and

C’mon, you Rockies.  You can do it, you can do it, you can.  You can do it, you can do it, you can.  Rah rah ree, kick ’em in the knee.  Rah rah rass, kick ’em in the other knee.  Dammit, where are my pom-poms? Update:  Never mind.

Margaret Thatcher is to be given the ultimate accolade of a State funeral when she reaches the end of her days – the first British Prime Minister since Winston Churchill to be afforded such an honour.

Masculinist pigs. Brangelina officially Catholic.