Burn in hell, buddy.

Check out the AP's predictable whitewash:

Former CIA agent Philip Agee, a critic of U.S. foreign policy who infuriated American intelligence officials by naming purported agency operatives in a 1975 book, has died, state media reported Wednesday. He was 72.

Agee quit the CIA in 1969 after 12 years working mostly in Latin America at a time when leftist movements were gaining prominence and sympathizers. His 1975 book "Inside the Company: CIA Diary," cited alleged CIA misdeeds against leftists in the region and included a 22-page list of purported agency operatives.

"Purported."

Let's check the record:

Based on the Mitrokhin Archive, a collection of KGB documents taken from the KGB archives by Vasili Mitrokhin, several Soviet defectors have claimed that Agee was an active and willing participant in Soviet disinformation operations. Oleg Kalugin, former head of the KGBÂ’s Counterintelligence Directorate, states that in 1973 Agee approached the KGB's resident in Mexico City and offered what Kalugin called a "treasure trove of information." But the KGB was too suspicious to accept his offer.[10]

Kalugin states that:

“ Agee then went to the Cubans, who welcomed him with open arms...The Cubans shared Agee's information with us. But as I sat in my office in Moscow reading reports about the growing revelations coming from Agee, I cursed our officers for turning away such a prize.[10] ”

While Agee was writing Inside the Company: CIA Diary, the KGB kept in contact with him through Edgar Anatolvevich Cheporov, a London correspondent of the Novosti News Agency.[11]

"Puported:"

Several American officials have actually been murdered by these terrorists, Richard Welch, CIA bureau chief Athens being the most notorious killing. His identity was passed on to N-17 by Philip Agee, a former CIA agent who went over to the KGB. (Agee now lives in Havana under the protection of Fidel Castro).

Let me say something about that last charge: Phillip Agee claimed it wasn't true, that he had not given Welch's name to the terrorist organization N-17. In fact, he sued Barbara Bush for stating he had (she was repeating an assertion in the elder Bush's memoirs).

His defense, and the defense of the left so keep on protecting their favorite traitor, was that "everyone already knew who the CIA station chief in Athens was." Well, "everybody" would seem to include Phillip Agee, and since he was working with the KGB and publicly revealing anyone's name he knew, I find it hard to believe that in this one case he refrained from telling people what he, by his own admission, knew, as "everyone knew."

This guy was naming names all over the world -- hit the Wikipedia entry to see him naming every asset he knew of, by name, in Latin America -- but wants to claim he wasn't the one who outed Welch. Because Welch was, predictably, murdered by Agee's leftist terrorist pals. Whatever.

Thanks to dri.

Update: Andrew Sullivan and the editors at Reason just emailed me to say Phillip Agee can't be held responsible for the treason in his book and spy-revealing newsletter because, apparently, "he didn't write them and had no idea whatsoever what was being printed under his name."

So, there you go.

I take everything back.

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In their own hateful words.

Their support of the troops reminds me of Spinal Tap's legendary commitment to racial harmony:

David: We say, "Love your brother." We don't say it really, but...

Nigel: We don't literally say it.

David: No, we don't say it.

Nigel: We don't really, literally mean it.

David: No, we don't believe it either, but... but that message should be clear, anyway.

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I think Romney's a good man, but I, like many, just can't get past the fact that he worships Baphomet, androgynous demon of perversion.

Did you hear that? I heard that. I'm not bashing Mormons, I'm just curious.

No, honestly, I think he's a capable and decent man but he doesn't excite me as a candidate.

Fred doesn't exactly excite me as a candidate, but I like him more.

For Fred to move up, someone has to move down. Rudy's been tanking for a while, and now it looks like Romney is slipping, too. Leaving an opening for Fred to finally grab a piece of the lead.

If he's ever going to do so, he's got to do it now. I wish him luck. But at some point he's got to either get ahead or get out.

PS, I think Romney's earned the right to be seriously considered. He's taken second place in two contests and won a third, and leads all candidates in delegates so far. While Huckabee and McCain get the headlines, it's actually Romney who's been the most effective in the early balloting.

But I don't think many people actually love him as a candidate, and seem willing to abandon his ship if he doesn't look like a winner.

Great... Huckabee now head in Michigan, too.

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I'm pretty sure he did the right thing.

A man who believed he bore the "mark of the beast" amputated one of his hands, put it in a microwave and summoned authorities, Kootenai County sheriff's deputies say.

The man, in his mid-20s, was calm when deputies arrived at his home in this north Idaho town Saturday afternoon, and neither he nor the severed hand bore any noticeable tattoo or other mark, sheriff's Capt. Ben Wolfinger.

The man, whose name was withheld, was in protective custody in the mental health unit of Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d'Alene, where he and the hand were taken by ambulance. Hospital spokeswoman Lisa Johnson would not say whether an attempt was made to reattach the hand, citing patient confidentiality restrictions.

"He put a tourniquet on his arm before, so he didn't bleed to death," Wolfinger said. " That kind of mental illness is just sad."

The New Testament Book of Revelation contains a passage in which an angel is quoted as saying, according to the New International Version of the Bible, "If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink the wine of God's fury."

What goes with hand? Red or white?

Thanks to Andrews Dad, who's feeling lucky that the Mark of the Beast only appeared on his foot. The Bible doesn't say there's a darned thing wrong with that.

More Stupid: A man lost control of his car and crashed. He had not buckled himself in.

He did, however, buckle up his 12 pack of beer.

Priorities.

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If Fred! doesn't pull it out in SC (there is always hope) and my second choice, Rudy, blows it in Boca should I back Mitt or Mav?

Initially I was leaning toward Mitt, but then an old Allah post came to my mind.

Now, Mitt is one handsome man and yet he has chalked up five in the male offspring column and zilch in the female.

Might he be a beta in an alpha's clothing?

Update:
In the comments section Flip pointed out that there was more to the study.

I would elaborate further but the study starts talkin' all fancy about evolution, and lookin' at how well Huckabee is doing in the polls evolution appears to be on its way out.

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Rightwing Sparkle notes that women seemed to fall for Hillary's crying jag photo-op. As the man said, no one ever went broke betting against the intelligence of the American public.

She also sends this link from Rosie's site. It's like eating at Sizzler's All You Can Eat Stupid Buffet.

Humanity

hilary [sic] showed her soft side
as the men sneered weak
women know
tears soothe the soul
cracks let in light

after years of illusion
we crave something real
a trickle of truth
falling down a powdered cheek
reminded me
what i know

carry on all
in peace
if possible

And that's followed up by this:

Haagen-Dasz

rich creamery double-churned bliss
glittering with chips of ice
food for the soul
and also
for the thighs
this cellulite isn't going to feed itself, you know

only manic-depressive women
know the power of the cookies and cream
as you shovel it into your enormous freakmouth
using a soup ladle
and a garden trowel
double-fisting it
with the tools at hand
did I just eat the cat?
again?

and it drips and splatters all over your face
cooling you
splashing down
to your fetid bosom
hot and pulsating like a rabbit hutch
which smells pungently
of soft cheese
and feet
and failure

hilary knows the siren song
of the chocolate sandwich crisps
and the vanilla cream that unites them
like a mosiac of the races
united
in peace
and purpose
and an impending insulin-induced coma

im basically voting
for anyone with a vagina
its a toss up between hilary
and edwards
whats edwards position
on fig newtons?
personally im anti-fig
but pro-newton

peace
if its still possible
and if its not
please pick me up some ben and jerry's
chunky monkey
look at me
covered in cookies in cream
god
i look like
the world's worst
bukake movie

Heh: We all knew it was coming.

According to the Brain Trust at Democratic Underground, Hillary won... thanks to Diebold.

Diebold's working for Hillary.

Let's remember that.

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Two men wheeled their dead roommate along the street in an office chair and then tried to cash his Social Security check.

The brains, they are not strong with these two.

David J. Dalaia and James O'Hare pushed Virgilio Cintron's body from the Manhattan apartment that O'Hare and Cintron shared to Pay-O-Matic, about a block away, spokesman Paul Browne said witnesses told police.

"The witnesses saw the two pushing the chair with Cintron flopping from side to side and the two individuals propping him up and keeping him from flopping from side to side," Browne said.

The men left Cintron's body outside the store, went inside and tried to cash his $355 check, Browne said. The store's clerk, who knew Cintron, asked the men where he was, and O'Hare told the clerk they would go and get him, Browne said.

via James, who's been to Manhattan and nothing there surprises him anymore.

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In the wake of two second place finishes, with a win sandwiched in between (Wyoming voters are to be trusted says Hugh Hewitt) Mitt Romney’s team is telling its supporters to get ready for a long battle to rack up delegates.

Former Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., is speaking at a giant phone bank in Boston, trying to give a pep-talk to supporters of former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass.

He is arguing that this is a different type of campaign now: This isn't about Iowa and New Hampshire, "this is a delegate count."

Talent said, "This is 1976," meaning a long GOP brawl to the convention not seen since Gerald Ford edged out the Gipper -- Ronald Reagan -- over three decades ago.

Stanley Kurtz, writing in The Corner, makes a similar argument. He thinks McCain and Giuliani are going to be fighting over a lot of the same voters from Florida onward, leaving an opportunity for Romney to continue to pick up delegates at a steady pace.

Of course Giuliani has a problem on the social issues, but Giuliani would likely run a far more conventionally conservative presidency across the board than McCain. McCain delights liberals and loves to work with them. Giuliani infuriates liberals and if anything loves sticking it to them. That means that momentum aside, Giuliani will likely cut seriously into McCain’s lead on Super-Tuesday.

At that point, if he’s been smart enough to stay in the race, Romney will be in a position to benefit from the raging battle between McCain and Giuliani. That will allow all three candidates to make it to the convention. Huckabee is a bit of a wild card here. He may turn out to be a one hit wonder. But even if Huckabee soldiers on, it won’t change the basic picture. Huckabee’s evangelical support may be enough to keep him alive, but Huck’s unconventional views won’t allow him to gain clear front-runner status.

With so many Republican candidates distancing themselves from some key part of the base, no candidate will find it easy to consolidate the support of seemingly defeated rivals. With a field holding so many candidates who speak for competing wings of the party, and excluding others, the logic is for candidates to stay in the race as the last best hope of their base, and to prevent the "horror scenarios" represented by the alternatives. Momentum is out and substance is in.

Mitt certainly has the money to spend to stay in until the end. The question is would he be willing to spend it? (Update: Maybe not)

Regardless, it doesn't look the idea of compressing the primary schedule to get a nominee quickly has worked out too well, has it?

Hopefully all of this talk of a brokered convention will help ease the pain that Jack M. must be feeling in the wake of McCain’s victory last night. Something tells me police in the D.C. area are finding a lot of dead hobos this morning.

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In the wake of two second place finishes, with a win sandwiched in between (Wyoming voters are to be trusted says Hugh Hewitt) Mitt RomneyÂ’s team is telling its supporters to get ready for a long battle to rack up delegates.

Former Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., is speaking at a giant phone bank in Boston, trying to give a pep-talk to supporters of former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass.

He is arguing that this is a different type of campaign now: This isn't about Iowa and New Hampshire, "this is a delegate count."

Talent said, "This is 1976," meaning a long GOP brawl to the convention not seen since Gerald Ford edged out the Gipper -- Ronald Reagan -- over three decades ago.

Stanley Kurtz, writing in The Corner, makes a similar argument. He thinks McCain and Giuliani are going to be fighting over a lot of the same voters from Florida onward, leaving an opportunity for Romney to continue to pick up delegates at a steady pace.

Of course Giuliani has a problem on the social issues, but Giuliani would likely run a far more conventionally conservative presidency across the board than McCain. McCain delights liberals and loves to work with them. Giuliani infuriates liberals and if anything loves sticking it to them. That means that momentum aside, Giuliani will likely cut seriously into McCainÂ’s lead on Super-Tuesday.

At that point, if heÂ’s been smart enough to stay in the race, Romney will be in a position to benefit from the raging battle between McCain and Giuliani. That will allow all three candidates to make it to the convention. Huckabee is a bit of a wild card here. He may turn out to be a one hit wonder. But even if Huckabee soldiers on, it wonÂ’t change the basic picture. HuckabeeÂ’s evangelical support may be enough to keep him alive, but HuckÂ’s unconventional views wonÂ’t allow him to gain clear front-runner status.

With so many Republican candidates distancing themselves from some key part of the base, no candidate will find it easy to consolidate the support of seemingly defeated rivals. With a field holding so many candidates who speak for competing wings of the party, and excluding others, the logic is for candidates to stay in the race as the last best hope of their base, and to prevent the "horror scenarios" represented by the alternatives. Momentum is out and substance is in.

Mitt certainly has the money to spend to stay in until the end. The question is would he be willing to spend it? (Update: Maybe not)

Regardless, it doesn't look the idea of compressing the primary schedule to get a nominee quickly has worked out too well, has it?

Hopefully all of this talk of a brokered convention will help ease the pain that Jack M. must be feeling in the wake of McCainÂ’s victory last night. Something tells me police in the D.C. area are finding a lot of dead hobos this morning.

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New Red State Update as usual: quality.

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