Not just anyone gets to lobby the CIA, but you might be surprised to hear that one of them is eBay! “A spokesman for CIA did not respond to a request for comment.” LOL! I hate it when people don’t leave feedback! [Washington Post]

Rush Limbaugh, the old scourge, today put on eBay an Oct. 2 protest letter from 41 Democratic senators to Clear Channel, which syndicates Rush’s show. He did this because he’s a shithead and thought it would hurt the Dems’ feelings or something. He did promise, however, to donate the winning bid to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, which gives scholarships and stuff to people whose families die in the line of duty. Hey now… that last part is…. That’s kind of nice, right? Donating money from the sale of a letter to charity — who doesn’t like that? This is pretty much what Harry Reid took the floor of the Senate to announce this afternoon: Smart idea, Fatty Arbuckle. Hugz. MORE »

Have you heard of Belgium? It’s apparently a little country somewhere in Europe. Belgium used to own Africa and invented chocolate and/or french fries and has problems with UFOs and pedophiles. You may have even unwittingly visited Belgium, if you’re a member of the European Union government or maybe traveled from England to “the continent” by boat in the days before the Chunnel train. To this day, some French people travel through Belgium by train on their way to get their heroin in Amsterdam. MORE »

We’re out of town at the moment and the stolen internet connection is really spotty so we think we might just post Larry Crag-related quicklinks all damn day long. Here, someone has put his business card on eBay. [eBay]

* What gets Rudy Giuliani to sleep at night? A little bit of Ambien and a whole lot of jerking off to his 9/11 scrapbook. [LGF]
* The “Sheehan-Reid-Obama-Clinton cult” is the really dangerous one, other cults just front. [The Corner]
* Justice Department under Clinton had a gulag for Republicans. [Washington Prowler (last Item)]
* Paul Wolfowitz for Mayor, of Baghdad. [The Blotter]
* Alaskan oil companies want Ted Stevens to have the biggest, baddest house on the block. [TPM Muckraker]
* A drawing by Barack Obama of some white people is apparently worth money. [eBay]

A 40-year-old intern with the National Archives pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing 164 Civil War documents, including an official announcement of President Lincoln’s death, and putting most of them up for sale on eBay.

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Famous-for-not-being-a-gross-old-man Governor Sarah Palin is making good on promises to clean up Alaska’s notoriously corrupt politics, and you can help her noble efforts! MORE »

Need something to jazz up your collection of Capitol Steps’ records and Mark Russell books? How about this cute Mark Foley action figure! Everybody can enjoy the laughs, because the Foley doll isn’t actually masturbating while IM’ing teen-aged boys. MORE »

• Reliable Source: Auction of Capitol Hill ladies wear raises $15,752. . . Rep. Dennis Hastert is now the longest-serving Republican speaker of the House. [WP]

• Inside the Beltway: BetUS.com is taking bets on rumors of Clinton’s next affair. [WT]

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