Wonkette

* John Edwards will use his appearance on The Daily Show tonight to grasp at relevance, announce his candidacy for 2008. [Political Wire]
* Joe Lieberman asks Republicans to hurry up and offer him a committee or something so he can switch parties already. [MoJo Blog]
* Bush Co. planning massive conspiracy to get James Baker in place for a presidential run. The “Cheney fakes heart attack” part of the plan to come any minute. [The Corsair]
* Marine Corps refuses Christmas donation of Jesus dolls, accepts holy warrior Jesus action figures with veins-in-his-teeth chomping action. [ Slice of Laodicea]
* Fox News has no balls. [Michelle Malkin]
* Entire Pataki family failures. [The Politicker]

* Mike Jones: “Since this happened, lots of people have asked me if I think Dobson is gay, too. My answer to that is yes.” [Worth Repeating]
* This Cosi Sandwich has more than 700 calories. [Where is my mind?]
* The fine print on DC voting rights: “So if Norton’s vote ever actually makes a difference, they’ll re-vote without her. In other words, the whole thing is just symbolism.” [Drinking Liberally in Washington]
* DCeiver’s top 20 songs for October. [DCeiver]
* “Happy birthday Marines! It’s time to remember our country’s fallen heroes on Memorial Day.” Odd way to celebrate a “birthday,” but we’re all for heroes. [The Tension]

A couple of Marines told us last week that various blogs of the non-Bush-worshiping variety were being blocked at some U.S. bases in Iraq, despite the ready availability of pro-Bush blogs. And next thing you know, Hill staffers are hitting us up for details and the sad tale is on CNN. MORE »

We realize that when it comes to freedom of the press, the USA has fallen to Number 53 in the world — tied with our fascist homies in Croatia and the islanders of the Kingdom of Tonga! — but do we have to make is so damned obvious? MORE »

So some people took exception to our post on Jim Webb Jr. yesterday, calling it “below the belt” to write about

• A candidate’s son
• A Marine
• A Democrat

Like we said originally, we weren’t going after Jim Jr. so much as his hoary Charlie Chan routine. But don’t worry, guys: Dude can take care of himself. After all, he’s a Marine. A porno-loving, China-hating Marine. Check out excerpts from his response after the jump:

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• Karl Rove is hardcore. [Eschaton]

• Michelle Malkin’s got a video of Hillary Clinton getting (sort of) booed and talks more about the Marines and Navy corpsmen detained without charges. [Michelle Malkin]
• Despite foresight from The Onion, a 12-lane highway from Mexico, through the US, to Canada appears to be discussed in earnest. [View From The Right]
• The Center for Science in the Public Interest is suing KFC over partially hydrogenated oil, the “trans-fat-laden oil that kills roughly 50,000 Americans per year.” CSPI executive director Michael F. Jacobson makes excellent joke that KFC “recklessly puts its customers at risk of a Kentucky Fried Coronary.” [ The Volokh Conspiracy]
• Confidential GOP talking points from House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH). [Hotline On Call]

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* The Marine Corps Marathon registration started today, but that information is totally useless to anyone reading this. [Metroblogging DC] MORE »

If we may do a brief update to a post of ours that got a substantial amount of attention last week: MORE »

Here’s the Good News You’re Not Hearing from Iraq: MORE »