Happy Bloomsday eve to all my Irish readers! First Draft has (as always) a phenominal parsing of Chimpy's little post-visit press conference. Enjoy!

In other news, apparently we're lazily floating in a sea of Zarqawi booty while the National Review cautions against a post hoc connection between Zarqawi's death and justification for a Forever War; Bob wonders where is Feodosia and why do we have Marines stationed there; and Team America may be finally getting around to trying Gitmo detainees (secretly, of course).

Republicans are pushing to scale-back Katrina aid in the face of monetary improprieties. That's some pretty big talk for the disseminators of no-bid contracts to their corporate cronies. Meanwhile, it's the people who would suffer the loss. Again.

The ACLU sues the Pentagon for spying on anti-war groups while even conservatives remain skeptical that the spy program has or will produce any security gains.

Is that the familiar stench of political distration in the air or is it simply the smell of our heads in the sand?

Farewell Good riddance to Bush's mouthpiece, leaving a giant shiny hole in the middle of the President's face.

Meanwhile, Planet Earth loves the You-Ess-of-Ay ... not so much.