Wonkette

Many readers note that Hungarians are rioting because the prime minister was caught telling lies. About fiscal policy. Seriously.

Some 150 protestors have been hurt battling with the cops and a furious mob of bookworm citizens bum-rushed the State Television headquarters. The whole crazy story and why Washington needn’t ever fear such an uprising, after the jump.

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• Japan is considering military action against North Korea. [AP via Yahoo]

• Mobs of Shiite Muslims in Baghdad violently attacked Sunni neighborhoods yesterday morning, leaving leaving more than 50 dead. A retaliatory bomb exploded later at a Shiite mosque. [WP, NYT]
• Peter Hoekstra, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, sent a letter to President Bush last May claiming that the administration’s unwillingness to brief the committee on certain unspecified “major intelligence programs” could be a “violation of law.” [NYT WP]
• Wages for rich people are rising higher than wages for not rich people. [WP]
• Grover Norquist is finding his luster as superstar Republican fundraiser fading a bit, due to his Abramoff connection and general sliminess. [WP]
• Rick Santorum, facing a tough reelection campaign in a state he doesn’t actually live in, is “reintroducing himself” to Pennsylvania voters. [NYT]

Sometimes there’s a gap between (1) what the “chattering classes” are talking about and (2) what ordinary Americans are interested in. MORE »

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• “What if Mohammed’s goin on a trip an hasta get a new passport picture?” “Then God smites the DMV.” [Fafblog]

• Here’s a pretty good example of how quickly these things get out of hand. Won’t somebody help this man get a damn Fatwa? [alicublog]
• I’m alive, I’m dead, I’m the stranger… offending an Arab [Corner/NRO]
• When you come down to it, when isn’t it a great week for mealy-mouthed dumb-assitude? [TMN]