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San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom calls a town hall meeting to talk about health care. Chaos ensues.

Can anyone really explain why this person could ever be considered a diplomat, in ANY sense of the word? It was an absolutely shameful display by Bolton.
“You’re a declining empire….you were beaten in Vietnam….and you’ll be beaten in Iraq.”
– Tony Benn

From the I Make The Rules Up As I Go Along And Gloat About It department….
Amanda Congdon got just the eensiest bit defensive when folks noticed her online video clip for DuPont last week.
She protests a bit too much, and if the “ahhh-this-is-what-I-intended-all-along!” spin is annoying, at least it’s transparent.
“I don’t want a role as a traditional journalist right now.” Not when I can take viral-marketing-co-op money from a company like DuPont while hoping y’all didn’t notice my environmental advocacy stand last year.
Dwelling on any such perceived hypocricy is just, oh, soooo Old Media.

Coming this year.
Towards the end of the trailer clip watch for excerpts of “Alabama” being performed live in Neil’s barn, he said, trying to type and not drool on the keyboard….

The eldest among us may remember that notorious 18.5 minute gap in Nixon’s “Watergate Tapes.”
Folks examining email records from the fired-prosecutors affair are now asking about a 16 day gap.
The real, ongoing gap is one of credibility. Not to be confused with other comedic Gaps.

I’m thankful I didn’t telecommute today. Sometime when I telecommute I just leave CNN on with the sound off.
On a day like today the television would have been left turned off.

I spent a windy, cold and very enjoyable St. Patrick’s evening at Fort Funston. Some of the better photos are posted on the Flickr page.
There’s also this new Flickr photoset of various views from my rental property. If that link doesn’t work, or your browser isn’t slideshow-enabled, try this.
Other things I did during the eleven days I didn’t post anything on this blog: Weeding, cleaning up the yard, repotting plants, reading and occasionally even working.

The Administration has often been described as homophobic, but now we can point to its homophonia, as well.

Assimilate Different.

Andrew Sullivan mulls over the Libby verdict.
And I can’t wait for this weekend’s Le Show. You know Shearer’s got to update “Dick Cheney….Confidential.”