The Newshoggers: BU$HCO'S weapons of mass distraction. But this story is scarier

First Draft: Experts warn that a national security crisis looms for the 2009 administration transition because the Department of Homeland Security is so heavily stacked with political appointees

The Terrorist's Dictionary: The Pentagon multi-billion-dollar project to defeat IEDs ("Joint IED Defeat Organization") says they are "weapons of strategic influence."

The Kingsland Report: Rupert Murdoch of Newscorp fame maybe be about to be chewed up and spit out by the Bancroft family of Wall Street Journal fame. There's a lot of cockiness to this Murdoch takeover attempt of Dow Jones. I'm not so sure it's a foregone conclusion

IraqSlogger: Forced labor building our new Baghdad embassy?

HOLY CRAP: Fired McCain religion-outreach aides say they were ignored..."Pray for rain", urges Aussie Prime Minister...Moses didn't write about creation...Virginia Christian teachers want constitutional protection limited to them...U.S. a theocratic state, says former Canadian ambassador...A recent study on how much MSM coverage is devoted to religion and who gets to talk...More fun with Fundies and sodomy...The Pope and Islam...Televangelist compares Romney to Satan...Atheists arise! Cartoonists are making fun of you!...Religion and politics loom large in 2008 race...