Now it’s just weird “Romney declares himself ‘a guy from Great Britain’ after Olympics gaffe http://t.co/bWN5JKKp” (via @KattyKayBBC)

The White House is admitting to a “blunder” in claiming that Iraq was pursuing nuclear weapons via African uranium. This 4-paragraph wire service version is from the notoriously right-wing Washington Times  [more...]

Now, the conspiracy-minded among us can start to piece together the plot. Bush nominates Harriet Miers, an obvious non-starter. But why? Easy. She was a sacrificial lamb, sent out to draw fire (Bush has done this many  [more...]