Chris Matthews begs the paleocons to take back the GOP. Which—while unbelievably stupid—is only fair, I guess, because we pro-Bush Doctrine “conservatives” wouldn’t mind it if the Scoop Jackson Democrats took back their party. Of course, this has nothing to do with the far left and the far right reaching a kind of ideological common ground, even if their routes getting there are often quite different and seemingly incongruous. Because

From ABC News: A senior Palestinian security official said Friday he saw the “first promising signs” in efforts to free two Fox journalists who were abducted in Gaza nearly two weeks ago. The comments by Interior Minister Said Siyam of Hamas marked the first upbeat assessment by Palestinian officials since Fox correspondent Steve Centanni of Washington, D.C., and cameraman Olaf Wiig of New Zealand were seized from their TV van

…debuts today on Hot Air. Unfortunately, neither Bethany nor Mary Katharine appear anywhere in it.  Which is why I’ll be skipping it and watching “The View,” instead. So, whaddya say.  Who’s with me?

Sure, Editor & Publisher continues to attack blogs over the recent fauxtography scandals, but the blogs (bless their confrontational little prole hearts!), continue to fight back—and some in the media have even taken their side!—from Newsday’s Jim Pinkerton to the folks at FOXNews, who just today aired Zombie’s expose of the alleged attacks on Lebanese ambulances (this after they had earlier aired a German TV clip showing Green Helmet man

Jawa Report emails: I just learned that the Global Islamic Media Front–an al Qaeda propaganda outlet–has released documentation of the two Fox News hostages.  The message and vid were the same ones you saw yesterday, with the addition of photo IDs—including Centanni’s Congressional press pass. Centanni’s pass may be why this group of thugs believes his hostage taking could actually exert leverage, and the speculations that it was his Fox

I want to post a portion of an email I received from Dario, which points to one of the preferred talking points being trotted out of late by the Manichean “we’re the ones who are really tough on terror” / “what are you guys worried about?  There’s no such thing as an Islamic threat, you stupid Nascar loving bedwetters!” coalition of anti-war leftists, foreign policy lifers, and bongwater libertarians.  And

From the WSJ: Anyone who still thinks a nuclear-armed Iran won’t pose a serious, and perhaps mortal, threat ought to consult this week’s bipartisan staff report from the House Intelligence Committee. Drawing on open-source information and mindful of classified background, the report lays out the history of Iranian nuclear deception and its attempts to promote trouble throughout the Middle East. It notes that “Iran probably has an offensive biological weapons

Join the team of Armstrong and Kos as expert financial consultant to the stars Wait 5 weeks, replace Tony Kornheiser on “Monday Night Football” Six words:  “So You Think You Can Dance?” Challenge Pat Buchanan for the title, “Coldest Rock in the Universe” Buy a mess of them Tony Robbins tapes, get rich, finally start living a little, you know? “Well, I’ve always really wanted to learn to paint.” Apply

From MEMRI: The Iranian news service Al-Borz, which is known to have access to sources in the Iranian government, predicted that on the first anniversary of Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s government, in late August 2006, Ahmadinejad is expected to announce what the news service called Iran’s “nuclear birth.” In addition, an August 23, 2006 article about Iran’s reply to the incentives proposal, that was posted on the Iranian Foreign Ministry-affiliated website,