and took a paid job with a secret salary to work on Cantwell's campaign.

It honestly can't be much of a secret if it'll show up on FEC reports.

the "Bush in a Box" story is really good. Really fucking sad actually.

italia, Italia, ITALIA!!!

"...has threatened to expand into civil war."

Does it have to rain fire before we call it a civil war? If the wanton and unpunished activty of pulling people out of cars and shooting them doesn't constitute civil war, what does? Can we have some kind of a marker?

I guess if you never admit that there's a civil war, then it can't be, as Josh so correctly pointed out, an anarchy.

A relief, indeed, that the Columbia River pollution isn't cigarette butt-based.

Viva Italia! Vina, Gina, Lena - a mia!

Oh, and Iraq is officially a Quagmire, not just a civil war - it's been a civil war for a few years now.