We briefly noted their disappearance yesterday. But after Jessica Cutler emailed us to complain about the matter — “I was trying to read some shit about myself, but was stymied when the links didn’t work” — a full-fledged investigation is warranted. MORE »

* Do not stare too closely at Torie Clark! If you must look at Torie Clark, wear protective eyewear! It’s for your own safety! [TBogg]
* An Egyptian newspaper printed those crazy Muhammed cartoons back in October. The fact that it took so long for them to decide to riot demonstrates, we think, that craigslist Cairo is killing the newspaper biz out there. [Egyptian Sand Monkey]
* Tim Russert, it has been proven by science, looks like Oliver Stone. We’d just like to note that it’s not really appropriate for anyone — least of all the man himself — to call Tim “Little Russ” anymore. [FishbowlDC]
* American Press hassled by lame, non-flying or singing nun. [Raw Story]
* Yeah, we don’t think this is an example of Bush’s plan to revoke the 22nd Amendment so much as just another example of the sort of basic logic the administration has proved to be so effective at over the last few years. [HuffPo]
* What the hell happened to DomePunks? You guys ok? [Not Dome Punks]

Okay, fine, we’ll admit it. We believe that the whole Stormie Janzen blog controversy is a bit overblown. Indeed, our view is reflected in the title we’ve given to this post. (And yes, we briefly considered the triple-pun headline “Stormie Janzen: Temptress in a Teapot,” before rejecting it as way too “busy.”)

But the recognition that this is all “much ado about nothing” — as Stormie herself, a one-time Shakespeare scholar, might say — won’t prevent us from serving up yet another post about Sen. Jeff Sessions’s steamy staffer. It’s what you’re clearly clamoring for, and we aim to please!

For those of you who missed yesterday’s coverage, Stormie Janzen is a gorgeous, 34-year-old scheduler for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.). Until recently, Stormie Jansen [sic; intentional misspelling to capture Google traffic] maintained a bawdy blog on MySpace, where she raved about the sexiness of men in button-fly jeans and treated visitors to a tantalizing glimpse of her thong, a la Monica.

Unfortunately for Ms. Janzen, as well as all thong-loving members of MySpace, the powers-that-be in Senator Sessions’s office eventually got wind of her literary exploits. And when they did, they forced poor Stormie to change into a pair of granny panties — and to take down her blog. (But the chastened Janzen is keeping her job, as reported by Roll Call.)

So you’ll probably never get to see that ridiculously delicious photo of Stormie in her partially unbuttoned jeans (unless someone emails us a screen cap). But you’re still dying to know: “Who is Stormie Jansen? And how is she related to the Halle Berry character from X-Men?”

On the jump page, the results of Wonkette’s detailed investigation into those questions.

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This morning, via DomePunks, we learn the story of Stormie Janzen (porn name: Stormie Janzen). Until recently, the comely Ms. Janzen — a 34-year-old scheduler for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) — maintained a racy, sexy blog on MySpace. Janzen’s blog featured midriff-baring photos of the curvaceous blogress, as well as paeans to men in button-fly jeans. MORE »

The wily DomePunks alerted us to an article from the Albuquerque Journal that describes the indefatigable wandering hands of New Mexico Governor and Presidential aspirant Bill Richardson. While there’s no indication that Richardson’s physical proclivities are akin to his California counterpart’s policy of annexing valuable mammary glands for taxpayer use, Richardson’s Lieutenant Governor, Diane Denish, finds Richardson’s habit’s “irritating and annoying.” MORE »

At Post Secret, we learn that we are not alone: