You know the Wired magazine, which is about robots and other techmologies? Yesterday its Threat Level blog, covering “privacy, security, politics and crime online,” attracted a squadron of angry Paultards after it wrote about their hero’s upcoming March on Washington. Loads of invective, paranoia, and “morrons” after the jump. MORE »

The War on Paultards reached a turning point yesterday, and the spambots — very, very serious this time — are gasping for breath on the Internets today. A flood of spam in late October promoting Ron Paul has been traced to criminal spambots in Ukraine — about 3,000 of them! — that targeted over 162 million e-mail addresses. So. Now. Will these Paultards stop pretending they are real humans? MORE »

Now that Blackwater has softened its logo, Wired has drummed up some alternatives.

Vote: Blackwater’s New Logo [Wired.com] MORE »

While Michael Hayden and the “Terrorist Buster” give the CIA a pretty face before congressional appropriations hearings, the real American intelligence community answers to a dog named Zoltan. MORE »

* Where the hell is the Stephen Colbert video from the WHCA dinner? That video is now available on “public service” C-SPAN’s website for $24.95. Thanks cable industry! [Boing Boing] MORE »

• Everyone loves a Jew with a big. . . nose. [Gawker]
• The press in Crawford are way into Atkins: “a lot of them are sitting around there, eating barbecue three times a day, feeling a little resentful that the president has dragged them down there.” [CNN]
• And while they eat barbecue, the President plays Marco Polo with Lance: “Trent Duffy confirms that the president, Armstrong and the group did indeed swim in the pool after the bike ride.” [Blogs for Bush]
• The only line you need to know from Wired’s Jon Stewart interview: “I’m surprised people don’t have cables coming out of their asses.” [Lost Remote]
• If you haven’t yet read Murray Waas bitch-slapping Michael Wolff, you really should: “When you say the media didn’t report this, let’s look at the track record of Vanity Fair. Vanity Fair is coming into this ballgame pretty late, aren’t they? I mean, how long has this story been around, and when did Vanity Fair come to it?” [Media Channel]