Yeah, right.

Here comes what I like to call "The Weekend of Important Distinctions."

Libby leaked something that hurt a Bush critic. Bad leak; one that was completely illegal and improper; he should rot in jail and/or Hell, not necessarily in that order.

McCarthy leaked something that hurt Bush himself. Good leak; one that was necessary for the public to fully understand the dirty and illegal actions the government is taking in its name; the investigation of McCarthy is nothing short of an, um, McCarthyesque witch-hunt, possibly to distract us from the war in Iraq and Bush's flagging popularity.

Everyone will be saying the same fucking thing.

And it's not the DNC talking points. There's no coordination here. The MSM just all think exactly alike, and precisely the same as the DNC's communication squad.

You don't have to send the MSM the DNC talking points anymore. They don't need to be told what to say to help the Democrats any more than a pimp needs to be instructed how to peddle his whores.

No Pulitzer For Ace Update: Steven Macklin proves to be a real f'n' buzzkill by noting that the NYT noted McCarthy's 2004 donation to Kerry, deep in the article about her.

Eh. Maybe I was the first to publish.

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Yeah, she "admitted" leaking the information. After flunking a lie detector test in which she lied.

And what's this?

McCarthy, Mary O

10/5/2004

$5,000.00

Bethesda, MD 20817

Center for Strategic & International [Contribution]

OHIO DEMOCRATIC PARTY

1,512 . Mccarthy, Mary O
3/14/2004
$2,000.00
Bethesda, MD 20817
U.S. Government/Analyst [Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT, INC.

I don't know for a fact that this is the same Mary McCarthy, but her location (just outside of DC) and her occupation (U.S. Government/Analyst-- totally CIA) do seem to match up.

Does it matter she's a big-money donor to Kerry and the Democrats?

Well, let's ask the question the opposite way. If she was caught leaking secret information that damaged a Clinton Administration, and was a big donor to Jeb Bush and the Ohio State Republicans, do you think the MSM would note that in passing?

The CIA is politicized, and some liberals have lost their goddamned minds. There is no limit any longer to what they are willing to do to subvert the current democratically elected government and claw their way back to power.

To find McCarthy in the list of political donors, go here, chose the 2002-2006 election cycles, enter "McCarthy," and then scan down for "Mary." You can't find her if you just type in "Mary McCarthy." Not sure why.

And I also can't post the link to the search results. You just have to go there and do the search yourself.

Here's one FEC disclosure report. The image for the Kerry donation isn't scanned yet, it seems.

Confirmed by Allah: A "Michael McCarthy," listed as her husband in the article, also lives in Bethesda with the same zip code, and he too donated to Kerry in 2004.

I looked for this at the site I was on for confirmation, but didn't find a Michael with a Bethesda address. I guess I just missed it, though, because a second check yields:

,623 . Mccarthy, Michael J

3/14/2004 $2,000.00

Bethesda, MD 20817

Michael Mccarthy Associates/Landsca [Contribution]

JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC
[View Image]

1,624 . MCCARTHY, MICHAEL J
3/2/2004 $500.00
BETHESDA, MD 20817
MCCARTHY ASSOC [Contribution]
MIKULSKI FOR SENATE COMMITTEE

John "Jenjis Khan" Kerry. Babs Mikulski.

So, you know, I just can't wait until we're all assured that these are political centrists who "vote Democrat sometimes, Republican other times" and that Mary McCarthy illegally leaked classified information only out of a sense of "higher patriotism."

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"You are dirty and insolent, Sandyman," said Merry, "And also very much out of your reckoning. We are just going up the Hill to remove your precious Boss. We have dealt with his Men."

LauraW explains where she got it from.

From Lord of the Rings.

Should have known with this bunch.

She'll next explain the origin of the old expression "He jumped up double-quick in his Big Bright Yellow Boots and sang and danced around like the king of all fairies" in her next comment.

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'Cuzzin' they didn't die.

ITEM: Man goes to doctor complaining of headache; 12 nails discovered in his head, fired by nailgun, in what was either 1) a botched attempt at suicide, or 2) a badly botched attempt to follow Ikea's shelf-installation instructions.

Surgeons removed the nails with needle-nosed pliers and a drill, and the man survived with no serious lasting effects, according to a report on the medical oddity in the current issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery.

The unidentified 33-year-old man was suicidal and high on methamphetamine last year when he fired the nails — up to 2 inches in length — into his head one by one.

The nails were not visible when doctors first examined the man in the emergency room of an unidentified Oregon hospital a day later. Doctors were surprised when X-rays revealed six nails clustered between his right eye and ear, two below his right ear and four on the left side of his head.

The study did not say how long the nails were, and a hospital spokeswoman refused to release that information. A photo published in the study suggests the nails range from 1 1/2 to 2 inches long.

No one before is known to have survived after intentionally firing so many foreign objects into the head....

But then, the Guinness Book of World Records stopped keeping track of this particular record after Kurt Cobain's death in 1994.

He did this a year ago. With no lasting damage. Except for headaches. And receiving the Cinemax rainbow package directly into his frontal cortex.

All those bad Eric Roberts soft-porn movies get to a man after a time.

Thanks to Old Coot and RLW.

ITEM: Man sets himself ablaze after attempting to open gas can with chain saw.

An Ottawa man is in serious condition and was airlifted to the burn unit at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto after accidentally setting himself on fire yesterday morning while trying to cut open a gas tank with a chainsaw.

The Ottawa Fire Department said 62-year-old Stanley Hill had been doing some cleanup work on a rural property at 4679 Ridge Rd., off Walkley Road, about 10 a.m. when, they believe, a spark from the saw caused a small explosion and a flash of fire to spread up his body and head.

Mr. Hill put out the fire. He drove himself about 100 meters across the road to a farmhouse where a startled female resident called 911. Paramedics treated him for second- and third-degree burns to his face, head, chest, back, arms and legs.

"I'll never use a chain saw to open a gas tank again," Mr. Hill vowed. "Next time, I'm a-gonna use me a high-powered nail gun. I'll angle the nails off of my forehead to lower their velocity-- for safety's sake, you understand."

Thanks to Craig.

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This article notes the coming releases. I've de-queerbait-ified it by taking out all the movies that 15 year olds wouldn't want to see.

I've eliminated these sorts of movies:

Anything with Angela Basset. Or the black chick who isn't Angela Basset. Alfre Woodard or whatever.

Any movie which would probably feature a promotional voice-over says "Paramount Pictures invites you on a journey of self-discovery." Any time a movie "invites" me to see it is just goddamned needy and I want nothing to do with it. And I don't want to know about "self-discovery" unless its lesbian porn. Many of these movies feature Angela Basset or the black chick who isn't Angela Basset, so they're double-secret eliminated.

Any movie with "Water" in the title, because any movie with "Water" in the title sucks. Like Water For Chocolate, Waterworld, etc. Also, any movie with a water-ish word in the title, like "Tides." If you're naming a movie after Tides or Water, that's a pretty good tip-off you have no friggin idea what the hell the movie is supposed to be about. There is a coming release named just-plain "Water," but I'm not mentioning it further.

Any movie named after a place. Any movie named after a place doesn't know what the hell it's about, either. Like, what's Kansas City about? Ummm, Kansas City, I guess, but that's not a plot, that's a setting. When your movie is too "subtle" or "quirky" for a real title, you name it something queer like "Happy, Texas" or "Kalifornia." (Yeah, I know, Miller's Crossing; but the rule doesn't apply with full force to places that are completely fictitious. Like Narnia. And, okay, Chinatown. Whatever. It's an exception that proves the rule.)

Those "inviting," watery kind of pussy movies out of the way, there's some okay ones coming:

more...

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Lynching them, in fact, on bogus charges of "rape" and the like.

Ted Rall is said to be "very confused" by this report and isn't quite sure what to make of it, but he's pretty sure the Bush Administration is to be blamed. \

He's planning to doodle a crude cartoon taking Bush to task for not doing anything about this situation, while also insisting the "anything" that should be done to Iran not include

1) bombing,

2) sanctions that hurt "the people,"

3) "provactive," "belligerent," "hateful," or "culturally insensitive" rhetoric which will "only make things worse," or

4) anything.

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Good news:

Shiite politicians agreed Friday to nominate Jawad al-Maliki as prime minister, replacing the incumbent in a bid to clear the way for a long-delayed new government.

Al-Maliki is a top ally of outgoing Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, whose nomination had sparked sharp opposition from Sunni Arab and Kurdish leaders and caused a four-month deadlock.

Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish parties later agreed on nominees to fill the other top government posts of government, Shiite lawmaker Ridha Jawad Taqi said. The quick agreement was an indication that the minority groups were ready to accept al-MalikiÂ’s nomination in what would be a breakthrough in efforts to form a national unity government.

...

Shiite spokesman Humam Hammoudi confirmed al-Maliki’s nomination and said the Shiites have “a positive stance” toward Kurd and Sunni nominees for president and parliament speaker.

...

Al-Maliki won the nomination with agreement from six of the [Shiite] parties, said another SCIRI official, Ridha Jawad Taqi. The seventh party, Fadhila, had presented its own candidate, but only five of seven parties were needed to win a “consensus” agreement on a nominee.

Some Sunni Arab and Kurdish parties already have indicated they will accept al-Maliki, after fiercely opposing a second term for al-Jaafari, who bowed out Thursday.

I've given up hopes on some watershed political event greatly reducing the insurgency, but this certainly cannot hurt.

Thanks to Jack Straw.

Who says, "Shhh, don't let anyone know." Don't worry, Jack, the media won't.

Tonight on Hardball: Chris Matthews discusses his favorite 1970's arena-rock bands with permanent guest co-host Joe Wilson. After debating Boston vs. Blue Oyster Cult, they'll rehash how evil the Bush regime is.

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Basically, I screwed up my Shockwave player, I think. I can't watch most stuff at all on YouTube; when I can watch at all, I have no sound.

Most YouTube videos tell me I don't have the latest version of Shockwave, but I do. I re-installed it recently, trying to fix this problem. And whenever I click on the Shockwave page to install it again, it tells me "You have successfully installed Shockwave."

But I haven't.

Does anyone have any ideas on what exactly I screwed up, or how I can fix this?

Thinking maybe this was a problem with my browser, I downloaded firefox and started using that as a browser; but that didn't help anything either.

Should I delete Internet Explorer and try re-installing it? What did I frag?

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So DB had it right:

Justice Department officials declined to comment on the firing and whether the matter had been referred to federal prosecutors for possible criminal charges. One law enforcement official said there were dozens of leak investigations under way.

A second law enforcement official said the CIA officer had provided information that contributed to a Washington Post story last year saying there were secret U.S. prisons in Eastern Europe.

Both of those officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.

Thanks to Confederate Yankee, who suggests that Porter Goss may be Cheneyesque in his ruthlessness at ferretting these bastards out of the agency.

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If Dick Cheney should ever be unable to continue as Vice President, it's good to know we have another certified ass-kicker ready to take his place at a moment's notice.

His statement of "What I Believe" sounds mostly pretty conservative. Except that crap about "violence only begets more violence" and the "only battlefield where we can have a true victory is in the human heart."

Obviously, he wasn't looking for a victory in the hearts of the punks who called him "skater fag;" seemed he was looking for victory in, on, and around their skulls.

So we know that's a bunch of bullshit. Which is good, because, you know, Dick Cheney never says "Let's kick their ass and take their gas," either. It's always some nonsense about "exporting democracy" and that kind of pussy-shit.

Thanks to Andy the Squirrel.

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