Good catch of some brutal honesty by a DU poster, who presumably isn't a Republican troll, because no one accuses him of being such.

After some posts along the lines of "that's not fair" and "of course we want these butchers caught," etc., someone does in fact rise to the challenge:

IT IS HIS FAULT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BUSH AND COMPANY HAVE CREATED THE ATMOSPHERE THAT ALOWS THESE ATTACKS TO TAKE PLACE.

THERE WAR MAKING MACHINE IS MAKING OUR WORLD A MORE VIOLENT PLACE.

It is a little known fact that Bush, while serving as Texas Governor, went back in time to cause trouble in the controversial partition of Pakistan from India.

It is hard to know THE TRUTH. There are layers.

There are also CAPITAL LETTERS APLENTY.

As liberal trolls are given to saying:

Sigh.

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It's not good, but neither is it reason to panic, or for congressional hopefuls to run away from him.

That sounds about right to me. I think my personal Bush approval is right around 43%.

Zigraine Zibbooblehead's Approval Remains At 0% (100% in France): Round up of silly stuff about this guy I never heard of before and will likely never hear of again. That's why I'm not bothering to learn his name.

Includes a game where you get to head-butt Italian soccer players.

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Literally.

Why buy both a corduroy bean-bag chair and an artificial sex device? Wouldn't it be great if you could save floor space by combining both items into one?

I mean, haven't we all settled down into our favorite chair and thought, "Wow, this chair is really comfortable. I just wish there were some way I could copulate with my favorite furnishings"? And who hasn't wanted to pull over the ottoman for a hot little three-way?

Content warning; the "literally" is meant quite, well, literally.

If you're thinking of buying this, really, you've nothing left to live for. Save your money to invest in that snazzy noose you've had your eye on.

Thanks to steve_in_hb.

"Classy:" A friend of mine always used to refer to stuff like this as "classy," usually (for some reason) doing a double-Nixon-V-for-victory-finger-salute when he said it.

But I think I get it now. You've got a bean-bag chair. Made of corduruy. It's not really "adult" furniture.

So what do you do to classy it up? You like your chair; you don't want to give it up, right?

Eureka! You stick a duct-tape and gorilla-glue artificial pooter in the middle of it.

It stops being a bit of knockaround college furniture and becomes in instant conversation-starter.

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First of all, she presents a sensible alternative to the John Murtha, who should be eased out of his career in politics in favor of a dynamic, vigorous regimen of ping-pong, checkers, rice pudding, and screaming at kids who throw balls into his yard and/or "fascist squirrels."

Second of all, I have just been alerted that she looks like this.

Why wasn't I informed immediately?

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Tomorrow night, at 6 (Brit Hume) and 9 (Hannity & Spock).

Not to go out on a limb or anything, but I'm figuring he's going to say no crime was committed, his source was not Libby, this whole investiagation is a joke, and very little else.

"I learned Valerie Plame's name from Joe Wilson's entry in 'Who's Who in America..."

This Bob Novak quote is irrelevant and misleading. Yes, he learned the name of the woman from Who's Who in America. But the tip he got said that "Joe Wilson's wife, a CIA worker, put him on the job."

At that point, duh, it's easy to find out who Joe Wilson's wife is.

That doesn't change the fact that she wasn't covert, wasn't an "agent," and if her identity was still considered "classified," it was a legacy classification that had little to do with reality. (Truly "classified" agents don't drive right into Langley every day.)

But this quote is kinda dumb.

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Okay, I think he's a little over the top here, but then, I'm not Indian.

Sadly, he ducks the real issue, the huge elephant-in-the-room, to wit, that Joe Biden is an enormous douchebag. Enough politician-talk, Raj. Give us the Straight Talk.

He wants you to donate $7.11 to his campaign in protest of Biden's remarks, which seems a tad opportunistic, but then, he tried to pick up Anna Kournikova on national TV. We need that kind of can-do spirit in Congress.

In full disclosure, I'm kissing a campaign manager's ass to get Raj on the internet show.

Still, he's got my endorsement.

A Tenative Yes: Hopefully I can ask him which Congresswomen & Senatrixes he intends to "tap,"as the kids say, and in which order.

I figure Mary Landrieu first.

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The "ShockAbsorber" sports bra promises to redude breast-bounce during exercise by 50% or so.

And, just in case you can't imagine the simple concept of reducing bounce, they've got a photo-realistic demostration of boobies bouncing, naked boobies, boobies in a normal bra, boobies in the ShockAbsorber. (Mild content warning-- boobies.)

And, of course, you can pick your cup size.

99% of the people clicking on this are not going to be in the market for a sports bra. I also think that the company is going to learn that 99% of American women have G-sized breasts and constantly engage in vigorous exercise, like jumping on a trampoline.

The writer of F.A.T.A.L. just decided he needs to add a new 300 page appendix to his game.

Thanks to Blacksheep.

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I hope I'm not being disrespectful when I say I had no idea he'd been alive.

Syd Barrett, the troubled Pink Floyd co-founder who spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, the band said Tuesday. He was 60.

A spokeswoman for the band said Barrett died several days ago, but she did not disclose the cause of death. Barrett had suffered from diabetes for years.

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But Barrett suffered from mental instability, exacerbated by his use of LSD. His behavior grew increasingly erratic, and he left the group in 1968 — five years before the release of Pink Floyd’s most popular album, “Dark Side of the Moon” — to be replaced by Gilmour.

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He reverted to his real name, Roger Barrett, and spent much of the rest of his life living quietly in his hometown of Cambridge, England. Moving into his motherÂ’s suburban house, he passed the time painting and tending the garden. His former bandmates made sure Barrett continued to receive royalties from his work with Pink Floyd.

No offense, but the royalties from his work with Pink Floyd wouldn't amount to much. He made like two or three records with them, which no one owns except very dedicated completist fans.

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Despite his brief career, Barrett’s fragile, wistful songs influenced many musicians, from David Bowie — who covered the Barrett track “See Emily Play” — to the other members of Pink Floyd, who recorded the album “Wish You Were Here” as a tribute to their troubled bandmate.

Thanks to DB.

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Now that's a lot of flies.

So what was it last Friday that turned the radar in the La Crosse area into a sea of white?

It turns out that it was a gigantic hatch of mayflies.

The bugs were so thick that they showed up as a rainstorm of mayflies on National Weather Service radar.

For about 1 1/2 hours starting at 9 p.m., the insects drifted north, with the radar showing them blanketing areas along the Mississippi River.

"They were dive-bombing in the root beer floats," said Gary Rudy, owner of Rudy's Drive-In, whose family has been slinging burgers and soft drinks since 1966.

"It hasn't been that bad in a long time."

A man calling himself only "Pharoah" was quoted as saying, "Trust me, it only gets worse from here."

Thanks to Craig.

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So reports Goldberg.

Before anyone gets excited, I would remind of Wall Street Dudes' previous rumors: Osama bin Ladin dead, Zarqawi dead (well before he was), Zawahiri dead, etc.

Thanks to Driver.

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