… has a new blog.  Not updated terribly frequently so far — one post and counting — but she’s a terrific writer.

Thomas Nephew over at Newsrack follows up on my original post by sending along this update on the possible implications of the bizarre upside-down pre-landfall emergency declaration.  He also lists a series of questions which should be asked of FEMA by somebody with authority and the media’s ear.

It’s a good job.  Go read.  My thanks to Thomas for continuing to look into this.

I still intend to post more about this.  When I don’t look like Nosferatu on crystal meth.

Slow pace of blogging here continues.  I’m pretty sick, but I’ll live. 
A few interesting complications.  Nothing to worry about, I think. 
Should be fine in a few more days.  No worries.

The doc is now taking a commando approach.  5 different medications.  I
just started them a few minutes ago.  Out of curiosity, and with the
caveat that these are all rare, I thought I’d list all the possible
side effects I’m about to find out if I’ll have, just for fun:

I’m amused to imagine the Constipation and Diarrhea might cancel each
other, as will the Drowsiness and Excitement.  Unfortunately, there’s
no Looseness of Chest, Super-Clear Vision, or Extra-Regular Heartbeat
on the list.

(Why are side effects never beneficial?  It only seems
fair.  I want superpowers, dammit.)

By this time next week, I will either be completely fine, I will be quite dead, or I will look like Nosferatu on crystal meth.

With three layers of hives.

In his 1928 work "La Trahison Des Images," Belgian surrealist Ren

Until my body temperature returns to normal, here are some good places
(among hundreds of others, obviously) to go poking around:

Josh is hot on the trail of the forged Niger documents.  New updates on the case almost every day.

Jon is a kindred spirit.  If you like charts comparing the popularity of disastrous presidents, you’ll like these.

Cursor is good, top-to-bottom, always.  At the moment, they’re trying not to go broke.  You might be able to help.

Kevin has a particularly scary graphic from the WP about National Security Letters.

Desi has moved.  Her blog deserves a lot more traffic.

John Dean agrees with the general consensus that Fitzgerald is trying to flip Libby.

If you haven’t seen these (linked to by Atrios
and a bunch of others), in 2002 — a year before the war — the Monkey
King and his minions were told straight out that their
Iraq-hearts-Al-Qaeda source was intentionally lying, apparently after Team-Chimpy-approved torture.

I feel so sick right now… and the flu feels like the least of it.