Sometimes we’re accused of being too liberal, and sometimes we’re accused of being too conservative. But we think that we’re “just right,” based on the presence in our inbox of this message, nestled in between “Dear Blogger” emails from the Wall Street Journal. MORE »

The State Department: on the cutting edge of threat assessment! That is, if our inbox is to be believed… MORE »

Following on the heels of yesterday’s gem, here’s a snippet from another great press release from Harry Reid: MORE »

Remind us to ask Kim Eisler about these. MORE »

This afternoon, after blogging about Robin Givhan’s Pulitzer Prize win, we received this email from a reader: “Was Robin Givhan married to Mike Tyson? Was this the same woman?” MORE »

From the mailbag… MORE »

Jeez, this Rob Portman character — the new head of the Office of Management and Budget — appears to be a real sleeper. At 11:37 AM, Sen. Harry Reid’s office sent out the following statement by email: MORE »

Pictured: The hell on Earth that is State Department housing in Berlin

The life of State Department Official posted overseas is not an easy one. Forced to live in Europe with free accommodations, living the degraded and stressful life of a diplomat with a fat government paycheck, who can blame them when they snap and send out mass emails to everyone in Berlin full of petty complaints?

From: [Redacted]
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 12:45
To: [Redacted], Berlin Hegewinkel Residents
Subject: RE: I heard you are removing trees from Hegewinkel today

As a residing tenant of Am Hagewinkel, I am a bit resentful of “A select few” speaking for the masses. I unfortunately, in this case, am also the Deputy [Redacted] here in Berlin. I get nothing special and have to be the last in line for anything received, to ensure there is “fair and equitable” distribution of any perks given.

Solely speaking as a resident, I resent ALL the problems you, your husband, Mr. [Redacted], and [Redacted] have caused some of the residents such as myself. Mr. [Redacted] made a point of speaking about the dog issue. I have sent my dog through a search and rescue school in Florida, which cost me a lot of money. She is trained on command and likes to run freely OFF leash. Having a fenced in compound was a great safety net for her to not encounter outside animals. She would do her “business” outside of the perimeter, then freely play on compound. This was a privilege that we (you, [Redacted], myself and several parents of furry, four legged animals residing there) were enjoying. I now have to walk her through the grunewald to avoid any appearance of my pet or myself, of being “special”. BUT, I do notice that your husband DOES NOT clean up after your two puppies. I have also notice that I have not seen [Redacted]’s dog walked ON LEASH. As a matter of fact, not long ago, while conducting a fire inspection at the Am Hagewinkel property, I noticed [Redacted]’s husband skateboarding freely during the day, and their dog was completely unattended off leash. Personally, I think this is great that their dog is also trained off leash. That they consider, as most of us who have chosen not to have children, their pet as a family member. It is wonderful to walk outside with your dog and watch it play freely in a safe environment without a leash. But through your and [Redacted]’s complaints, you have RUINED it for us all.

Full angry, craigslist-ready rant, after the jump. It eventually rises to a brilliant, beautiful fever pitch.

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We get a lot of reader email around here, and we try our best to read each message (and to respond when necessary). Given the sheer volume of correspondence we receive, there were many candidates to choose from; but this message must win for “best email we’ve received in a long, long time.” MORE »

On Tuesday, we revealed the terrifying truth about Campbell Brown’s imaginary mobster brother. Today, another emailer who can’t wrap his mind around the idea of an attractive media figure marrying an attractive political insider for non-conspiratorial reasons. This crazy email, alas, is run-of-the-mill IJC Zionist Plot theorizing, and not full-on lunatic rambling: MORE »

Hell, get in the public service mood every now and again. So here’s an urgent email we just received MERE MINUTES AGO: MORE »