Extra attention to a few Centrist blogs.
Amba spends some more time and attention to Anna Nicole Smith’s death and… baby. Several men have now said that they could be the father of ANS’s baby. Amba: “Hey, doesn’t DNA testing make short work of these things? This is like some sort of strange Darwinian lottery. These men are all implicitly bragging that they slept with Smith — nobody seems to care about an exclusive. It’s more like an inclusive. And each one is betting that his seed beat out the others. It’s bizarre — some sort of vestigial goddess worship.”
OxBlog’s Patrick Porter notes that “more than a few British and American politicians have a weak grasp of the differences between the denominations of Islam.” He also links to a quiz. My results: “You got 8 of 8 right.” It’s a very easy test.
Also check out this post at Preemptive Karma: ‘Sometimes when you read the foreign press, it can make you feel like you’re living in the Twilight Zone. Would you ever see a headline like this in an American newspaper?
Thank Goodness for Putin! “All he wants is to rescue the Iraqi people from U.S. aggression and save the Palestinians from Israeli occupation.”‘
The Gun Toting Liberal on reports that “if Hillary Rodham Clinton wins the presidency, some top Democrats would like to see her husband, former President Bill Clinton, appointed to serve out Hillary’s unexpired Senate term.” GTL: “While the idea of having “President Clinton Iâ€? back in public service again as a United States Senator from New York sounds like an intriguing plan, the “pathwayâ€? being mapped out by these “keyâ€? Democrats to achieve such results is a frightening one, indeed.”
And lastly, also check out QandO’s podcast. QandO’s newest co-blogger Bryan Pick introduces himself, they talk about John Murtha, etc.
