Wonkette

* The US will participate in a little regional conference about Iraq that features just about every country the White House hates. [WP, NYT]
* Furrowed brows abound as Democrats continue to contemplate war legislation. [WP, NYT, LAT]
* Black voters continue to be drawn to Barack Obama. Also, old white men still vote for each other. [WP]
* CIA happily gives candy bars to people they’ve disappeared. [WP]
* HUD confirms there are no less than 700K homeless in the US, add, “it could happen to you!” [USAT]
* Of course, in a globalized market where one of the driving economies is beset by investors who think it’s “a slot machine,” it could happen to you. [NYT]
* Lara Croft writes letters. [WP]

• It’s not functional alcoholism unless you still have all your items in the morning. [Craigslist; Craigslist]

• Dispelling the myth of the penis cookie: it’s not funny “ha ha,” it’s just funny, “eh eh.” [Rock Creek Rambler]
• We never met a “boozehound blogger” we didn’t like. [Circumlocutor]
• The ghost of boozehound blogger future might change that. [Why I Hate DC]

* Sci-Fi author David Brin tours Capitol — yells at police that confiscate his tri-corder, “You don’t know what you’re doing! My work must continue!” [Conservative Futurist] MORE »