Other than having elevated blood pressure due to the Stalinist healthcare "debate" we've been having here lately, I really haven't had much for you today. So to make up for it, here's some early weekend entertainment:
"Mahmoud and the Nuke Facility"
As always, I expect you to run laps around me with your own suggestions.
I received this in the mail this past Saturday:

So when I read a report from Dan Riehl that ol' Gerry has slammed the door in his constituents' faces yet again, I laughed.
You see, this "open door" policy of Gerry's has been in place since almost day one, according to the Congressfrog's website—And from the looks of things since then, it seems to be a pretty loose policy.
If I didn't know any better, I'd almost say that he isn't reeeeally all that interested in hearing what you rabble-rousing taxpayers think...

Tim Kaine—formerly Governor of Virginia, and currently head of the Democratic National Committee—pictured in a meeting with Barack Obama at the White House.
Far be it from me to point out that this is perhaps one of the most desperate "Gimme a Job" faces I've ever seen.
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President Barack Obama has lunch with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine in the Oval Office Private Dining Room, March 16, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Jumping at shadows?
It seems that somewhere, somebody had the audacity to charge Reuters with photoshopping the above photograph. Reuters has officially responded with the all-clear, and doesn't seem to grasp exactly what the complaint is about:
The picture was not altered. Here is a blown up section of the portion you mentioned.
Moreover, I can’t imagine why a news organization would try to change a picture to make it LESS dramatic: GBU Editor
I don't think you need to be reminded, but it was Reuters who got in trouble many moons ago for trying to pass off a MORE dramatic picture as news. (That incident is also what led to the birth of Snapped Shot, but I digress...)
To clarify for the humble GBU Editor, the accusation that is being levied against Reuters is that you are whitewashing the Evil Zionist Oppressors' crimes by photoshopping out their brutal police batons. That you're helping to improve Israel's image in the world.
A charge that if understood in context, would be the greatest comedy act in the history of all time.
Good job on debunking the myth, Reuters. Hopefully, your next act will be to actually balance your stories out for once.
A trip (yuk yuk) back into the 60's, courtesy our non-aligned Axis of Evil partners:
Evil Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas dictator, meets Evil Raul Castro, Cuba dictator. It's a Technicolor® sensation!
Feel free to toss in your own ideas yonder.
Speaking as someone who has a vested interest in electronic Iran, I can't wait to see how this whole thing shakes out. Until then, I'm just quaaaaaking in my boots, maaan.
Via Arutz Sheva:
(IsraelNN.com) Iran has called for the launching of a “media intifada” against Israel, and the first results are apparently visible online, in the form of a Hamas Facebook group. Other groups and sites formed as part of the 'intifada' may have been removed or hacked.
According to the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's latest briefing, a conference titled National and Islamic Solidarity for the Future of Palestine was held in Tehran on February 28. It was headed by Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who gave a typically belligerent anti-Israeli speech.
The conference's participants were a particularly nasty group of terrorists with a decades-old record of murdering civilians: Khaled Mashaal, the chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau; Ramadan Shalah, the secretary-general of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group; and Ahmed Jibril, of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
From Wiki we find:
An oligarchy (Greek Ὀλιγαρχία, Oligarkhía) (oligocracy) is a form of government in which power effectively rests with a small elite segment of society distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, military might, or religious hegemony. The word oligarchy is from the Greek words for "few/one" (ὀλίγος olígos) and "rule" (ἀρχή arkhē). Such states are often controlled by politically powerful families whose children are heavily conditioned and mentored to be heirs of the power of the oligarchy.Oligarchies have been tyrannical throughout history, being completely reliant on public servitude to exist. Although Aristotle pioneered the use of the term as a synonym for rule by the rich, for which the exact term is plutocracy, oligarchy is not always a rule by wealth, as oligarchs can simply be a privileged group.
It would seem, that this most open and transparent and honest administration EVAH, is resorting to kickbacks, kickbacks, bribery, more kickbacks, and now to downright illegal behavior. At least, behavior typified by Oligarch governments.

Caves with a view, wide open areas to play and scheme against the Great Satan, communal stoning pits, and, best of all, instant ammunition should a Joo move in next door!
Everything within a stones throw away!
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(Cross-posted at Al Salibiyyah)
with part 2 here and part three here.
This climate scandal is falling faster than a F-16 screaming towards the earth.