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Idaho Statesman – Men’s room arrest reopens questions about Sen. Larry Craig<br/> Idaho senator pleads guilty to disorderly conduct after incident at Minnesota airport that echoes previous allegation of homosexual conduct.

(Finally, a Washington scandal approaching Britishness. But still falling sadly short.)

LGF – Washington Post Bows to Their New Islamic Overlords

An “emotional” reaction from Muslim employees gets them to yank Berkley Breathed’s comic for a week. The idea of it gets the suits upstairs panicking. I dunno about Breathed, but I wonder how Watterson would have reacted?

LGF – Korean Hostages to Be Released After Seoul Capitulates

Taliban will let go Korean missionary hostages because Korean government will stop sending Christian missionaries. I didn’t think the South Korean government was in the business of proselytizing, but oh well. Who will they kidnap next?! Bets taken in the comments! Kitty held in the donation box? Bad idea?

Instapundit – JAMES Q. WILSON EMAILS:

“On August 26, 2007, the Los Angeles Times published an article explaining why the city council of Santa Barbara has been prevented from painting a blue line across the city to mark how high the water will be if you believe Al Gore’s prediction that global warming will make the oceans rise by 23 feet. The idea was not defeated because people realize that Gore’s prediction is silly and wrong, but because a realtor threatened a law suit based on the argument that property values below the line would fall.”

So my dad bought a barn and a few acres in Walla Walla. And apparently all the yuckity-yucks in the wine industry thing that that far up from the river is just too gauche (even though the wines from further up that direction have been winning more awards lately, but hey, reputation alone can get you a long way). So I told dad to start spreading sciencey-sounding rumours (he’s got a PhD in geology; he’s good at sounding sciencey) about how global warming will affect the Walla Walla climate and that those areas closer to the river will suffer while further uphill will blah blah blah, and watch his property value skyrocket. Yuckity-yucks are so cute that way.

Tim Blair – Red Moon

A lunar eclipse in Oz, mentioned also by Brett McS in the comments. I never got how a lunar eclipse is anything other than a new moon, but whatever. I got the rest of my astronomy stuff. We had one in Los Altos years and years ago, just partial tho. I think it took on a pinkish tinge, but I think mostly because I was so determined to see some change. I prefer solar eclipses. All the safety gear and doomsday ambience really lend it that extra oomph.

Autoblog – VIDEO: Chrysler might want to reconsider that Chery deal

Chrysler might want to take another look at its deal with China’s Chery Motors to build small cars for it after another video of a European crash test has popped up on YouTube. Russian car magazine AutoRevu had a Chery Amulet sedan crash-tested in accordance with the EuroNCAP standards. After going through the frontal offset crash… The dummy in the Amulet had to be removed in pieces, and the magazine, AvtoRevu, is now calling for the car to be pulled from the market.

Think those poison pajamas are bad?

Update:

I just like that picture.

(Long sleeves on a black blouse in Iraq in August? Guarantee a rosy glow!)