British Police Thwart Major Terror Plot  —  Britain and the U.S. Raise Security Threat Levels  —  British authorities said today they had disrupted a "major terrorist plot" to blow up passenger flights between the United Kingdom and the United States, prompting a full-scale security clampdown …

Hezbollywood  —  I think we've posted on some of this before, but I want to put it in one post in one place.  —  The fauxtography scandals and speculation point to something lurking behind the scenes of the war in Lebanon and the greater war against radical Islam-the post-modern nature of this war.

Lieberman loses, CODE RED, CODE RED, CODE RED  —  UPDATE: I'm reading Ron Suskin's book, the "One Percent Doctrine," and highly recommend it.  It's a look at the inside workings of the Bush administration and how they turned the war on terror into such a botched mess.

Salazar continues standing behind pal Lieberman  —  Washington - Saying it's important that he keep his promises, Sen. Ken Salazar on Wednesday renewed his pledge of support for Sen. Joe Lieberman as the Connecticut lawmaker filed to run for re-election as an independent candidate.

Mike Wallace Says Iranian President an 'Impressive Fellow'  —  NEW YORK — Twenty-seven years after a chilling sit-down with Ayatollah Khomeini that was one of Mike Wallace's most memorable, the CBS newsman snagged an interview this week with current Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran.

The Guns Of August  —  Two full-blown crises, in Lebanon and Iraq, are merging into a single emergency.  A chain reaction could spread quickly almost anywhere between Cairo and Bombay.  Turkey is talking openly of invading northern Iraq to deal with Kurdish terrorists based there.

I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation  —  for the GOP choosing to make Howard Dean look like Hitler on its official website.  —  Atrios posted this screen grab:  —  So I went hunting.  Yes, that "moustache" photo does exist on someone guy's blog under the header "Dean Goes Mad," …

THE BROOKS PARTY OF THE CENTER:  —  In today's column David Brooks, in the course of touting what he calls the "McCain-Lieberman" party of the center, writes a very curious sentence: … Some reactions:  —  1. Is it really true that Democrats won't cut benefits?

Gore isn't quite as green as he's led the world to believe  —  Al Gore has spoken: The world must embrace a "carbon-neutral lifestyle."  To do otherwise, he says, will result in a cataclysmic catastrophe.  "Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb," warns the website for his film, An Inconvenient Truth.

Worry About the West — Not Israel  —  The reactions and media coverage coming out of the West regarding this latest war in the Middle East are as bewildering as they are instructive.  —  Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., for example, recently said, "I don't take sides for or against Hezbollah or for or against Israel."