But quite secure in his own masculinity, thank you.

From The Guardian: A senior Iranian envoy suggested Wednesday that Tehran’s partial yearlong freeze on uranium enrichment is about to end, shrugging off U.S. and European pressure to renounce the process and end fears that his country wants to make nuclear arms. Both Washington and the European Union want a commitment from Iran to stop enrichment and have been working on a resolution to be adopted at an International Atomic

Susan Estrich is much whiter than a cheese sandwich Susan Estrich sounds like Carol Channing; a cheese sandwich sounds like Fred Thompson Susan Estrich, 17 net carbs; a cheese sandwich, 68 net carbs A cheese sandwich would absolutely despise Alan Colmes A cheese sandwich will avoid the intentional spreading of partisan untruths and innuendo. Susan Estrich:  gender feminist; a cheese sandwich:  egalitarian, post-feminist A cheese sandwich tastes delicious with butter,

“We progressives will defend free speech with our last breath!  (Unless, of course, it’s the speech of ‘Neandertals [sic] in fancy suits’ who—‘other than Left Behind books’—‘[…] don’t read.  In which case, we’re willing to relax that whole ‘last breath’ thing.) “Tolerance for Semtex-strapped Palestinian freedom fighters! Death to fascist conservonazis! Birkenstocks for the underclass!  An XBox in every pot…!” **** h/t Michelle Malkin **** update: all the web traffic

**** for Jeff Schultz. Photo here. **** update:  “It’s photo-ops like this one that reaffirm my belief that, come November, John Kerry is going to be savaged like a hymen on prom night.” You’ll fit in just fine around here, son.

Ernest Miller on RatherGate: At what point do the members of a news organization have an ethical duty or responsibility to speak out against their own organization? Shouldn’t those who claim to be journalists and reporters hold themselves to a higher standard? Shouldn’t they demand the same of the organization to which they belong? Reporters rely on ethical individuals in other institutions to blow the whistle when there are critical

1. Michele is running a RatherGate pool.  My prediction:  September 17, during a live Friday evening broadcast, an organ grinder’s monkey wielding one of those giant vaudeville hooks will drag Dan Rather kicking and screaming from the set.  For the remainder of the show, a rubber chicken wearing pimp gear and smoking a joint will sit in Rather’s chair while the news is delivered in a Casey Kasem voice over.

Oh, for Chissakes.  I bet he wishes vinyl LPs were still around.  CDs are so much less efficient as snack trays. **** (via Michele, who should never go away again.)