Strange Women Lying in Ponds

Panda demands abortion

Panda Demands Abortion

Can Nancy Grace prove that she doesn't rape puppies?

The woman is a living cartoon.

(Via HotAir)

The Left's Anti-Semitism Problem, Cont'd

Zombietime provides a graphic illustration of how the sort of anti-semitism expressed on the farthest fringes of the Right is increasingly, and openly, expressed by those on the mainstream Left.

But guess which gets reported in the MSM?

(Via Ace)

Righteously angry, female Saudi newscaster takes the wood to Islamic tool

Glorious.

Inside the EU Commission

The Brussels Journal has a fascinating report on an insider's view of the internal machinations of the EU Commission.  It's well worth reading in full.

Will Crist pardon the Lizard King?

Gary Fineout has an article on efforts to get Jim Morrison pardoned for the alleged exposure incident at the Dinner Key auditorium in 1969. 

(If you think it's an odd subject for the Herald's Tallahassee-based political reporter, consider that Gary is an FSU alum who, as I knew him in college, was also a huge Doors fan.)

The WaPo opens a can of whup-ass on Pelosi

The WaPo is a liberal paper, but the grown-ups still seem to be in charge of the editorial page:

"We came in friendship, hope, and determined that the road to Damascus is a road to peace," Ms. Pelosi grandly declared.

Never mind that that statement is ludicrous: As any diplomat with knowledge of the region could have told Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Assad is a corrupt thug whose overriding priority at the moment is not peace with Israel but heading off U.N. charges that he orchestrated the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri. The really striking development here is the attempt by a Democratic congressional leader to substitute her own foreign policy for that of a sitting Republican president. Two weeks ago Ms. Pelosi rammed legislation through the House of Representatives that would strip Mr. Bush of his authority as commander in chief to manage troop movements in Iraq. Now she is attempting to introduce a new Middle East policy that directly conflicts with that of the president. We have found much to criticize in Mr. Bush's military strategy and regional diplomacy. But Ms. Pelosi's attempt to establish a shadow presidency is not only counterproductive, it is foolish.

I have nothing to add.

UPDATE:  I may have nothing to add, but USA Today certainly piles on:

Pelosi surely knew that as speaker — third in the succession line to the presidency — her high-profile presence in Damascus would be read as a contradiction of Bush's no-talkpolicy. No matter that she claimed to have stuck closely to administration positions in her conversations with Assad, smiling photos of Pelosi and the Syrian president convey the unspoken message that while the U.S. president is unwilling to talk with Syria, another wing of the government is. Assad made good use of the moment.

Geek-out time

In the course of taking Terry Jones down a few notches, Ace regales us with a history of Monty Python.

Is it really possible that there are other human beings on this planet who know more about Python than I do?

Leftist reactionaries unable to face reality

Rick has demanded that I link Michelle Malkin more often.  Well, ask and ye shall receive.

Bryan at HotAir asks a perfectly reasonable question:

Are you on the side of the ordinary Americans who reported the odd and deliberate activities of the imams on that airplane, or are you on the side of those imams and their lawyers suing average people for speaking up? CAIR or the pilot? Choose one.

What sort of foreign policy could we expect from the Dems?

How about insulting your friends and making nice with your enemies?  Writes Captain Ed: "It's difficult to achieve this conjunction of idiocy in a single week, but Pelosi & Co have proven themselves just the idiots for the task."

UPDATE:  House Republicans meet with Assad.  "[U]seful idiots twice over...."