There are a lot of knuckleheads here that need to die

Excellent: it was time for another Neil Bush scandal. Now he’s hanging around with Sun Myung Moon.

Israel – ostensibly in response to 3 rockets, but any excuse would have done – has announced plans to a) resume assassinations in Gaza, b) fire into built-up regions, after giving the residents what I’m sure will be ample time to get out of the way.

George Monbiot on why biodiesel sucks.

Quote of the day, from Marine Col. Stephen W. Davis, about military operations in Anbar province: “This is not a hearts and minds battle. ... There are a lot of knuckleheads here that need to die. You’re just crunching heads.”

There are two kinds of people in the world: those the (London Times) headline “Saddam Trial Hears of ‘Human Flesh Grinder’” makes want to read the article, and those it makes want not to read the article.

Caption contest: Bush (circled, on the right) attends a production of The Nutcracker.