A few things caught my eye today. Enjoy.
- By way of Josh Marshall, this UPI report suggests that the Valerie Plame case may be heating up a bit more. Here’s the relevant quote:
Federal law-enforcement officials said that they have developed hard evidence of possible criminal misconduct by two employees of Vice President Dick Cheney’s office related to the unlawful exposure of a CIA officer’s identity last year. The investigation, which is continuing, could lead to indictments, a Justice Department official said.
According to these sources, John Hannah and Cheney’s chief of staff, Lewis “Scooter” Libby, were the two Cheney employees. “We believe that Hannah was the major player in this,” one federal law-enforcement officer said. Calls to the vice president’s office were not returned, nor did Hannah and Libby return calls.
The strategy of the FBI is to make clear to Hannah “that he faces a real possibility of doing jail time” as a way to pressure him to name superiors, one federal law-enforcement official said.
- Over at her lovely blog, Echidne of the Snakes takes on the claim that marriage, in and of itself, is sacred.
- Speaking of Echidne, she responds to the Janet Jackson thing, as does Lauren at Feministe, here and here.
- Scott McCloud directs us to this incidiously adorable Flash animation, although asks that we not blame him for the consequences.
- Looks like Diebold’s systems are perfectly secure. So, take that you lefty conspiracy theorists. (via Pandagon.)
That’s it for today. I may come back later to expand on my comments about Charlize Theron (most-likely) winning the Oscar for Best Actress, and why I think this is a bad thing, but I’ll most likely hold off on that until tomorrow..
“My lovely blog”! Smooch! That one was for you, PinkDreamPoppies. And thanks.
Margaret Cho tells the titty truth, the whole titty truth, and nothing but the titty truth.
(P.S. I am going to stop posting here for a long time, because I am a nuisance and y’all are too polite to say anything about it, because you are so nice. I adore you all. Keep fighting the good fight. Love, Ananna)
Ananna,
You don’t have to stop posting. So far as I know, you aren’t irritating anyone.
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Most of these questions will be pretty meaningless to them and to you if you get an answer.
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