It’s good to be back and outraged again. Now, here’s more stuff you should be reading instead of this lousy blog…

• Josh Marshall has been hinting at this for several weeks, and the story is finally out. Seems like there were a few rogue elements in the Department of Defense who took it upon themselves to set American foreign policy. (Washington Monthly) Comments on the article and its implications can be found from Digby, co-author Laura Rozen, and Juan Cole, among others.

• Maddening behavior at MSNBC, as chronicled by Atrios.

• Nice post by Sid the Fish on the Max Cleland mail stop at Bush’s ranch. Also, a bit of Michael Moore.

• Garrison Keillor may be the most underrated social commentator of our day. His Prairie Home Companion, a seemingly innocent public radio show, is laced with direct and indirect critiques of the state of affairs in America. Keillor’s current article in In These Times about the devolution of the Republican Party shows off his skills as an incisive political analyst and as a wordsmith. Good, good stuff.

• Outrageous. Via Boing Boing, Bikes Against Bush activist activist Joshua Kinberg was arrested yesterday as he was giving an interview to MSNBC’s Ron Reagan, and Kinsberg’s bike and messaging equipment were confiscated Read the details and various updates at Boing Boing. At face value, this looks like an unbelievably egregious abuse of police power.

• One-stop shopping for RNC coverage at A Whole Lotta Nothing. (via Boing Boing)

• Is Murdoch the new Hearst? According to Tim Ireland at Bloggerheads, Murdoch’s Brit-Tab The Sun, which for years has been featuring nude or scantily clad ladies as an inducement to buy, has lately been using their Page Three tarts to espouse Murdoch’s right-wing philosophy. (via Boing Boing). Meanwhile, on Murdoch’s American mouthpiece, News Hounds is reporting that Fox News has been steadfastly ignoring the protests in New York, even though other channels are devoting quite a bit of coverage to the demonstrations.

When William Remington requested to leave Cuba after the war he was sent to cover failed to materialize, Hearst is reputed to have cabled him, “Please remain. You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war.” With Murdoch’s increasingly masterful manipulation of message, could he possibly be attaining Hearst-like delusions of grandeur?

• Fortunately, there are still a few good editors left, as Jim Boyd demonstrates. (via Atrios)

• Man, Tena; I couldn’t have said it better. And, yeah, Athenae nails it, too. (First Draft)

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