Krugman shoots...and he scores. "It's not about you. We learn from The Washington Post that reporters covering Mr. Dean are surprised — and, it's implied, miffed — that 'he never asks a single question about them.' The mind reels."

They may be the gang that can't shoot straight, but four U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq in the last 48 hours, the deadliest two days in weeks, according to NPR.

And in Iran, a remarkable city I'd never heard of before has been levelled by an earthquake. Both Madame Cura and Josh Marshall note that this earthquake and the quake earlier this week in San Simeon were 6.5s. But, according to early casualty reports, very different levels of damage resulted.

Tom Delay has declared victory over...al Qaeda? Wonderful. Never mind that orange alert.

And closer to home, our dept. of agriculture has been abrogating it's responsibilities for years, worse over the past three. This was avoidable, but regulation and inspections are anathema to the Bush administration. This will only get worse -- two herds in remote areas of Washington can't be the only ones affected.