To distract from his crushing defeat in the referendum this weekend, Hugo Chavez decided to reveal the surprise ending of the upcoming film National Treasure: Book of Secrets, the trailers for which keep talking about a “secret” book that the Presidents have. Who knew it was written by Bill Clinton? [Washington Post, IMDB]

The Pentagon finally has a new, workable strategy in Iraq. The Iraqis may not have been impressed with the size of our force or its movements, our earth-shattering explosions or our collaborative efforts with other forces, but the smart folks at the Pentagon think they’ve hit upon on the one thing they’re sure will awe Iraqis into submission.

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What do you do if you have a story mostly put together about Dick Cheney testifying in the Libby trial, but then Dick Cheney doesn’t testify in the Libby trial? Write a “What would have happened if Dick Cheney had testified in the Libby trial?” story, of course! But then you bring it home with some lines about sausage: MORE »

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Up to this point, we’ve been enthusiastic supporters of Rep. Jack Kingston’s forays into the world of new media — his homemade videos on YouTube, his interns’ liveblogging during the Rayburn gunfire scare, etc. MORE »

So, Pentagon, Defense Department and, well, Canada: Are you trying to make us giggle at the war in Afghanistan? Really? You want Americans to have to stifle laughter at the thought of our troops and allies finally securing the lawless southern regions? Because you just named your offensive “Operation Mount and Thrust,” and there’s no way there wasn’t someone out there in Crystal City with a mind as immature as ours to tell you what you were doing before you got the press releases and commemorative t-shirts printed up. MORE »

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They did that while fisking him. Then they blogrolled him onto his stomach, and pinged him so hard, he couldn’t walk right for a week… MORE »

Boy, we need to get out more often… MORE »