Does she really kiss the Pope’s ring with that filthy mouth? Or even St. Ronnie’s blessed foot?

I am so making popcorn tonight for some more RNC entertainment!

(1) The Daily Telegraph is not your most reliable news source. Widely known as the Daily Torygraph.

(2). It cites De Telegraaf, which leans towards populist journalmalism. Described by Wiki as piblishing “many ’sensational’ and sports-related articles, and one or more pages whose content is supplied by the gossip-magazine Privé (‘Private’)”.

(3) De Telegraaf in turn refers to the AIVD, though without mentioning whether their sources are anonymous ones within the AIVD, or what. Trouble is that AIVD is the Dutch Internal security agency. Any infiltration of Iranian nuclear programs would come under the purview of the MIVD, their external intelligence agency. They also have a crypto agency but I won’t go there.

(4) Further research is required, as they say, but a suspicious mind would wonder whether De Telegraaf has been set up by Israeli intelligence to float the idea. Jerusalem Times and Ma’aretz were quick to pick up on the story.

Well, I hadn’t intended to bend the rules,
But whiskey don’t make liars, it just makes fools
So I didn’t mean to say it,
But I meant what I said
Too Long In The Wasteland, Too Long In The Wasteland
Must’ve gone to my head
–James McMurtry

Peggy & Co. have a very long time coming in the political wasteland, and this is how she starts it. More popcorn, stat!

One question: Why are the Dutch acknowledging that they have saboteurs in Iran? That struck me as odd. Usually, an intelligence agency doesn’t publicly discuss its operations in international media, do they? (I must disclose that I don’t know much about cloak & dagger stuff.)

Fuck, I need a drink now.

It was actually Myles na gCopaleen.

Hee hee

The shit has really hit the moat this time!

I’ve gotta say, I spent the last hour rolling around on the bed laughing and clutching my aching tummy while watching the convention on T.V. The partner had his laptop and was getting his first view of the day of the, um, Noonan “gaffe”, so there was that hilarity to relieve, and then too we were both marvelling about how empty the convention center seems. Are people sneaking out when backs are turned, I wonder? Partner tried to find a live webcam from inside the convention and it doesn’t appear that there are any. I wonder why. What a collection of zombies. Boring white zombies.

There is also a story on yahoo where ol’ Sarah comes really, really close to saying that the Iraq war is a holy crusade. Except that she doesn’t use the word “crusade”, that’s what she’s saying.

No. Vetting. At. All. Either that or McCain is deliberately trying to lose this election for whatever reason.

“The autonomy of the pony must not be subjugated by the imperialism of the horse”
– Brian O’Nolan

Linkie:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/2656680/Dutch-withdraw-spy-from-Iran-because-of-impending-US-attack.html

mikey

It is for good reason they call it the Cuddliest Natural Disaster™.

Wrong, pal-o, wrong. These are the kind of days which make Sadly, No! editors wonder if it’s any use to go on. And they cry because reality always seem to top any joke, parody, ridiculous comparison or degrading simile they can make up.
Everybody wants a challenge, but the materials with which Sadly, No! builds its glacier, irony and satire, are being rapidly melted down into simple reality. Must be global warming.

It gets better: even if we were to take a generously estimated population of Wasilla at 8,400 this leaves ~$2,400 debt for every man, woman and child

You think that’s bad – you should have seen the numbers before she got Wasilla the $27 million in earmarks from Ted Stevens!

This, though, should be a lesson for every pol with teenagers:

Palin Slashed Funding To Help Teenage Mothers. Earlier this year, Palin used a line-item veto “to slash funding for a state program benefiting teen mothers in need of a place to live.” Funding for Covenant House Alaska, which provides transitional housing for teen mothers, was cut by 20 percent — from $5 million to $3.9 million. [Washington Post, 9/3/08]

Palin Supports Abstinence-Only Policies. In 2006, the Eagle Forum Alaska asked Palin whether she would “support funding for abstinence-until-marriage education.” Palin replied, “Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support.” [Politico, 9/1/08]

At least Bristol’s got a place to live when Mommy’s policies fail.