According to the textbook definition of “cultural hegemony,” MTV Arabia launched this weekend in an attempt to show Middle Eastern youths what their American counterparts were watching in 1984. Hopefully the new channel will never syndicate The Hills, because watching Spencer Pratt is known to encourage suicide bombings and other forms of jihad. MORE »

* Senate Republicans hope John McCain shows up to work so they can avoid a veto of the Iraq funding bill. Please note that we didn’t take the easy “soften stance on pullout” headline joke. [WP, NYT]
* Gonzales’ aide invokes her “fifth amendment right” while taking “an indefinite leave of absence.” We’ve come a long way as a society — a few years ago she just would’ve been “disappeared.” [WP, NYT]
* FBI so excited about their new anti-terrorism powers they’re doing donuts in the nations’ personal information parking lot. [WP]
* First Guantánamo detainee actually found guilty, entered the plea himself, and is Australian. Swarthiest possible actors will continue to be cast for every “bad guy” movie role, however. [WP, NYT, LAT]
* David Stockman is thankful there aren’t any emails to dig through from the Reagan administration. [WP]
* Lawrence Small tells Smithsonian board of regents they can take his job and shove it into a jewel encrusted urn. [WP]
* Jim Webb tells Capitol police they can take his gun from the cold, dead hands of his aide. [WP]

* Fun-hating media watchdogs want you to get election results from ticker tape machines. [Political Insider]
* If any judicial nominees go to a gay wedding, Sam Brownback wants it to be his. [The Angry Fag]
* Bill O’Reilly discovers secret DNC plot to smear Fox News. [Johnny Dollar's Place]
* Weekly Democratic communications meetings to focus on football and the weather now that Lieberman’s leaktastic flack is sitting in. [Potomac Flacks]
* No calls yet for phased troop withdrawal in the War on Christmas. [MoJo Blog]
* Reporters refuse to turnover sources to the Government unless given a 50 lbs. bag of Funions. [Romenesko]
* It’s hard to meet leftist chicks without being sooo into some radical activity. [Manifest Density]

Bush: Hard to Read North Korea’s Motives [AP/Yahoo! News]

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On the heels of 13 Percent Approve of Bush’s Handling of Gas Prices, the Drudge Report now delivers this winner of a headline: MORE »