I mean, wow. No. Really. Wow. (h/t J Howard) **** update: Like, seriously? WOW!

Michael Barone, Washington Examiner: It is an article of faith among the Madame Defarges that the interrogation techniques they consider torture didn’t produce useful information. All along, Obama tried to pay homage to this dogma. The text of Adm. Blair’s letter released to the public carefully omitted his admission that “high value information came from interrogations in which the methods were used.” Just normal editing, said his spokesman. Yeah, sure.

Or at least, responsible for its spread. Now, if only the government would step in and save us…!**

Via Stacy McCain, via William Teach, comes Pam Gellar noting that Charles thinks he’s got the goods on Malkin to “take the gloves off” and go to war. I think the bicycle gloves might protect his palms if he wants to start a slap-fight, but what do I know? Hey, Pam’s not exactly my cup of tea, most of the time, but Charles’s fixation’s a little weird, IMO. He’s the

OUTLAW? Mark Summers has a beef with the pirates who are seizing cargo ships and taking hostages off the coast of Somalia: They’re ruining his bad name. For years, Mr. Summers has been donning frock coats and plumed hats and rakish red scarves and tucking blunderbusses into his belt to transform himself into Cap’n Slappy. That’s Pirate Capt. Slappy to you, mate. His alter ego symbolizes a spirit of freedom,