Iran leader: Israel should be “wiped off the map”
From the president of one of the (correctly labelled) axis of evil countries:
Plamegate predictions
With the widespread speculation that indictments in the Plamegate ‘scandal’ will be handed out this week, Tom Maguire at Just One Minute (who has been a blogging machine on this issue) does some speculating of his own as to what he thinks is going to come of Fitzgerald’s investigation in terms of the actual charges, who walks, etc. Good reading this morning.
Brief hello and thanks
Wanted to write a quick message to say hello to the newbies who’ve stopped by and/or commented the past few days at the blog. I can’t respond to comments as much as I used to, but I usually do try and give an ‘official’ greeting of sorts to anyone new. For the record, I plan on catching back up (as much as I can) on comments in the next couple of days as there have been some good ones – if only there were more time in the day 😉
“A pimp for fascism”
Heh. Chris Hitchens responds to the charges from the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report that accuses George Galloway of lying before the committee regarding allegations he illegally profited off the Oil For Food program during his buddy Saddam Hussein’s time as president there:
To the guys: would you be offended by this?
To the fine gents who visit this blog: Let’s say you were doing some online shopping for to find a nice gift for your wife, or your girlfriend, or your good buddy, and you came across a site who’s motto was:
Who should rule the world?
Or rather, what group of people should rule every country but the US? John Hawkins at Right Wing News took a poll of bloggers (including yours truly) and asked that question. We could mention up to 15 people. The final results of the poll are posted here.