It's not worth reaching out...

( Cut because it's too damned depressing. )

And this came out after the election... why?

Well, now we know:

In the weeks after the fall of Baghdad, Iraqi looters loaded powerful explosives into pickup trucks and drove the material away from the Al Qaqaa ammunition site, according to a group of U.S. Army reservists and National Guardsmen who said they witnessed the looting.

The soldiers said about a dozen U.S. troops guarding the sprawling facility could not prevent the theft because they were outnumbered by looters. Soldiers with one unit -- the 317th Support Center based in Wiesbaden, Germany -- said they sent a message to commanders in Baghdad requesting help to secure the site but received no reply.

Soldiers Describe Looting of Explosives

Can the neocons get any weirder?

David Frum (via Wonkette) ponders the most bizarre question of the week:

"Is Yassar Arafat dying of AIDS?"

I'm with Shrill here: Wonkette will definitely need some nice, quiet time in an Arkham rest home.