Now it’s starting to get good. To hell with this FiringOfUSAttorneysGate — sure, if it hangs Gonzo it’s useful, if ever so boring. But with the official House oversight committee’s subpoena of Condi Rice specifically over the faked pre-invasion “intelligence” on Saddam’s mythical WMDs, we are quickly turning in the direction of actual war trials. MORE »

The preparations are finished, the massive land holdings have been purchased, the huge military base is in hand and Jenna has made her rounds of high-level diplomatic negotiations. Finally, the Bushes can escape to South America before they’re convicted of War Crimes and executed on YouTube.

Read the dirty details, after the jump.

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New York mag has a lengthy profile of Henry Kissinger. What we learned:

* Henry Kissinger is short, has a deep voice.
* Henry Kissinger is a sycophant.
* Henry Kissinger is very charming.
* Henry Kissinger has lots of rich Manhattan liberal media friends.
* Henry Kissinger is BFF with John “WALLNUTS!” McCain.
* We miss Peter Jennings, if only for the occasional stories like this:

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* Donald Rumsfeld looks forward to criminal prosecution, hopes to be the Tim Robbins character when he finally gets to jail. [The Carpetbagger Report]
* Stay tuned to Comedy Central for his cell mates bios and an interactive prison yard game. [Comedy Central Insider]
* Angry Democrat mob chases well paid assholes, looks to jam things up their well paid assholes. [Whiskey Bar]
* Conservatives looking to find a new bogeyman to inspire fear and loathing in Middle America, turn to the gay illegal Mexican immigrant. [Boozhy]
* Ballot counting in unresolved Ohio race on hold till after the Ohio State-Michigan football game next week. [Think Progress]
* Market efficiencies allowed the business lobby to already be puckered and ready for Democratic ass kissing. [The Hill Blog]
* Happy Veteran’s Day: “The Marine Corps Rules for Gun Fighting.” [The Evangelical Outpost] MORE »

Rumsfeld says he wants to retire to his Taos ranch, but federal prosecutors in Germany have a different idea: They’d like to charge him with war crimes. Germany’s top prosecutor gets a big ugly pile of legal documents next week from 11 plaintiffs charging human-rights abuses at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay and various other U.S. terror jails. MORE »

• Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman lost the Democratic primary last night to Ned Lamont. He will run as a “petitioning Democrat,” which is a thing he made up. [NYT, WP]

• Representative Cynthia McKinney lost her primary runoff to Hank Johnson in Georgia, signalling the end of her vaunted “political machine.” [AJC, AJC]
• The White House will call on Congress to alter the War Crimes act to eliminate the threat of prosecution for “political appointees, CIA officers and former military personnel for humiliating or degrading war prisoners.” [WP]
• The Fed is done raising interest rates (for now). [NYT]
• Despite being forced to remain on the ballot, Tom DeLay will not seek reelection to Congress. [NYT]

Photo by Liz Gorman, tux by Gymboree. MORE »

* Karl Rove’s not getting indicted — here’s how to cope with your grief. [Washington Esquire] MORE »

Shortly after the picture was taken, with a brief whisper from Mr. Secretary, Patrick Gavin developed an uncontrollable desire to secretly bomb some southeast Asians. MORE »

Now look, ABC: we’ve known plenty of people who’ve taken drugs that do that, and they usually just end up babbling all night about Radiohead and going home with someone creepy — they don’t commit genocide, fer chrissakes. MORE »