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It's a strange week when some of the more insightful political commentary on energy policy and the benefits of bipartisan compromise come from Paris Hilton, but such are the times in which we live, people. And so between John McCain suggesting that his wife dance on bartops, 50-Cent not getting political about Iraq and Afghanistan, and George Bush fooling himself about his own Iraq plans, it's a day when lesser bloggers than myself and Spencer Ackerman would probably throw in the towel. But we don't; in fact, we get into all that plus the dudely perspective on Cindy McCain's husband's offer, the anniversary of the intelligence assessment that predicted September 11th but was ignored, Rihanna's potential as a Vice President and the whole of her musical canon. Come, turn the music up and join us after the jump! More »
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Hey, there, so, I'm a really terrible friend. Well, actually, I'm a good friend to some people, but I managed to abandon other people in the process. I'm currently in Germany, slightly besoffen from my friends' civil marriage this morning and as a result, Moe totally cheated on me with Spencer Ackerman.They talked about stuff. Moe told me that it was war related. It was more crazytown than not sleeping on an airplane, reading a book about polygamy and trying to remember 10 years of German you haven't spoken in almost 10. Oh, and I'm still posting on Glamocracy. For real, shit is crazy today, and it's not the 2 bottles of champagne talking. It might be the weird three-way Crappy Hour though. More »
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• There's probably some economic metaphor to be had in a story about 13 people being trampled by bulls in Pamplona, but then again it might be a cautionary tale about what the tourism industry can convince you is "fun." [Washington Post]
• Speaking of a snow job, guess who is the latest politician calling for a withdrawal timetable in Iraq sooner rather than later? Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, that's who. No worries, Bush and McCain will find other reasons not to withdraw yet. [Washington Post]
• Jim Webb, though, is totally withdrawing from VP consideration, though. [HuffPo]

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