Please stop making All In jokes. David Petraeus, the retired general who (apparently had to?) quit as head of the CIA over reports of an affair with his biographer, was outed after his lover (say that with all the drippy grossness you can muster) got caught sending harassing emails to another of his female acquaintances. Security of state secrets remains a concern. But continue to ignore the hyperventilation about “Benghazi.”
Chastened Republicans—still stinging after Tuesday’s electoral repudiation and barely clinging to their last governmental bastion, the House of Representatives—appear more willing to bow to the conciliatory demands of their tanned pack leader, John Boehner.
But the “fiscal cliff” awaiting Congress and the president—mandated tax hikes and steep program cuts—may yet defy even genuine attempts at compromise and comity.
Newfound Republican religion on the need to jettison nativists and embrace immigration reform may be more likely to stick. Bipartisan talks between two high-profile senators have restarted.
Y’all heard that Barack Obama officially won Florida, right?
Parlor games are afoot over Barack Obama’s retooled, second-term Cabinet. Now you can play, too!
Iran shot at one of our drones—better known for killing Pakistani civilians in what’s also been an undeniably successful campaign to stamp out Al-Qaida—reportedly because it was spying on oil tankers of the country’s coast.
Israel becomes the latest country not named Syria to fire its weapons because of Syria’s ongoing civil war. No big whoop, considering Israel also is maybe mulling over another ground invasion of the Palestinian-“controlled” Gaza Strip.
A fiery explosion in Indianapolis, shattering windows and doors and waking people up for miles, flattened two houses just before midnight—killing two people at least, forcing the evacuations of 200 more, and wrecking or severely damaging three dozen other nearby homes. The cause remains a mystery.
A police officer in suburban Denver, among several responding to a call of shots fired, was gunned down by a SWAT team cop who assumed he was an “armed suspect.” The SWAT officer had shouted at the slain officer to drop his weapon, but he thought the commands were meant for an actual suspect and ignored them.
The next best thing to consuming the body of Christ? Consuming the ear of a fellow retired priest.
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF TV’S SHERMAN HEMSLEY WILL STAR IN A NEW TRIAL OPENING THIS WEEK. IN LIGHT OF THAT NEWS, SOMEONE APPARENTLY FOUND FOOTAGE OF THE DEAD HEMSLEY, ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXCELLENT AND LIVELY GOSPEL TUNE, MAKING HIS FINAL WALK TO HEAVEN.
My first reaction about Petraus’ resignation was the same – why does a rinky-dink affair mean you need to resign? However, affairs are heavily disfavored in intelligence agencies since they create an obvious potential blackmail situation that can lead to the disclosure of state secrets.
The head of the agency, caught in an affair, can’t keep his job AND credibly continue to deal harshly with agents caught in similar situations.
“Please stop making All In jokes.”
Exactly! And no “four-star genitals” jokes either!
Nothing to see here, it’s all “hyperventilation about “Benghazi”. If you find Petraeus’ sudden departure from the den of wolves a little odd, considering it was two days after the election and one week before he was set to testify under oath before power House and Senate committees regarding the Benghazi consulate, well you probably think the opposition in Syria is being run by the CIA….
The Repubs will spend four years spinning around chasing their tails creating Benghazi conspiracy theories, while any chance of running the country again slips further and further away from them. Carry on, Spindles!
I saw a taping of Amen in 1991. It was a lot of fun. Some friends of mine got Mr. Hemsley’s autograph in a studio alley afterwards.