L dot editors' brief comments on the news of the day are particularly good today.
From a Lucianne.com feature, Lucianne.com Must Reads of the Day (Links to news items at linked L dot page.):
Friday, August 11, 2006 [/] Lucianne.com Must Reads of the Day
* 'Mass Murder' Foiled :A terror plot is exposed
by the policies many American liberals oppose [/] Stick to your guns, Ninnys. Nothing to lose but your lives* Report: Plotters told 'do your attacks now'
'Officials spoke on condition of anonymity because Britain asked that no information be released' - Maybe the Brits didn't say it loud enough?* Sheehan offers refuge to war deserters
Now there is a clear choice. Fight a war or spend the weekend with Cindy Sheehan. Which way to Baghdad?* Bush's Fortitude on the Middle East - Ed Koch
Steady Eddie compares Dubya to Harry Truman* Reutersgate strikes other news outlets
Replace 'strikes' with 'finally revealed'* Bad Timing
'What the Democratic Party needs more than anything for the way forward is adult supervision'* In Case You Missed:
Here's a concise little film of this week's phone fraud flap In case you were lucky enough to be on vacationHAVE YOU SEEN THESE MEN?
These are the Egyptian 'students' who failed to show up at Montana State University
as part of a student exchange program. They could be coming to an airplane seat near you. [My ellipses and emphasis]
(It may be my imagination, but I seem to see in the photos of the "Montana State Eleven" the same fixated stare of "dead men walking" as I have seen in the photos of the "Nine-Eleven Nineteen". Possibly, it is just the way passport photos are posed in the Middle East. We have recently learned that some there have their own customs regarding the composition of war "news" photos and videos. Lord willing, I will check this out and post links.)
