I’m sorry, were we still pretending? Seems I’m always the last to know about these things.

Overheard at Cosi’s Restaurant, Georgetown, lunch time, April 26: Kerry: ” –Wait, go over that again…? Kerry PR Strategist: “Sure. CAFE standards have to do with Corporate Average Fuel Economy guidelines. That’s what the acronym CAFE stands for, in fact — ‘corporate average fuel economy.’ Our position is that raising CAFE standards will clean the environment and cut down on our reliance on foreign oil.” Kerry: “Right, yes, excellent. And,

Note to self: Never ever quote Styx again. Tommy Shaw from Girls with Guns? We’ll see. Not really my point though. Also: Looks like somebody’s going to hell. Save me a seat by the hot tub, brother.

Tangentially related. I suppose.

…She said it

Because I’m such a strong opponent of the ICC, and because this article by Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge Michael Chertoff is forWeekly Standard subscribers only (and because I’m benevolent and easily swayed in the morning, before the day descends upon me with the weight of a thousand bags of sand, each one chirping a Ricky Martin song), I’ll excerpt at length: IN THE LITANY OF CRITICISM of

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“…Wait, you said ‘weapons of mass destruction‘…? Because for some reason I thought you said ‘methods of staff reduction.’ And I was all like, what does that even mean, y’know? “My bad. “Anyway, I’m glad we’ve straightened that out. Follow me. I’m sure we left them around here somewhere…” [via Glenn]

protein wisdom, the breakfast of Jane Campion, will soon be undergoing a dramatic redesign and is openly soliciting for a site slogan and logo. We encourage all suggestions. And by we, I mean me. But we sounds much cooler. So, y’know. We. **** [update: Well, at least no animals were harmed in the making of this. Which is a plus. update 2: It turns out “Catalano” is Italian for “that