Official: Radicals wanted to create carnage at Fort Dix … WASHINGTON (CNN) — The federal government charged five alleged Islamic radicals with plotting to kill U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey.  —  A sixth was charged with aiding and abetting the illegal possession of firearms by three of the others.

BREAKING: Melamine-tainted feed contaminated farmed fish in US and Canada  —  During an ongoing media teleconference call, USDA/FDA officials have revealed that melamine-tainted "protein concentrate," imported from China, contaminated fish meal manufactured in Canada.

Glass Houses, Sheet-Covered Stones, Etc  —  The Carpetbagger Report linked to me earlier today and has sent a fair amount of traffic to an old post I wrote about the Ten Worst Americans in history.  I enjoyed that challenge and spent quite a bit of time on it, but found it curious that someone would link to it today.

U.S. digs in as Europe queries Wolfowitz's command  —  Source: Reuters  —  WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - The United States insisted on Tuesday that Paul Wolfowitz's ability to lead the World Bank was effective and undamaged, while his European critics said the bank's credibility was at risk as long as he was still at the helm.

Habeas Restoration: Move Quick  —  I'm told there's an outside shot that House Democrats on the Armed Services Committee will put a restoration of habeas corpus into the Defense Department Authorization Bill being marked up tomorrow and Thursday.  Apparently Chairman Skelton has the votes …

Who's Afraid of the White House Attorneys Connection?  —  Tuesday, May. 08, 2007 By MASSIMO CALABRESI/WASHINGTON  —  If the White House did nothing improper in the controversial firing of eight U.S. Attorneys last year, why would top officials in the Justice Department …

Press Briefing by Tony Snow  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MR. SNOW: Hello.  —  Q Good afternoon.  —  MR. SNOW: Good afternoon.  The President tomorrow is going to be going to Greensburg, Kansas.  He'll spend the bulk of the day, as you know, in Kansas, taking a look at the devastation in that town.

Pelosi threat to sue Bush over Iraq bill  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is threatening to take President Bush to court if he issues a signing statement as a way of sidestepping a carefully crafted compromise Iraq war spending bill.  —  Pelosi recently told a group of liberal bloggers …

Hamas 'Mickey Mouse' wants Islam takeover  —  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas militants have enlisted the iconic Mickey Mouse to broadcast their message of Islamic dominion and armed resistance to their most impressionable audience — little kids.  —  A giant black-and-white rodent — named …

Chevron Seen Settling Case on Iraq Oil  —  Chevron, the second-largest American oil company, is preparing to acknowledge that it should have known kickbacks were being paid to Saddam Hussein on oil it bought from Iraq as part of a defunct United Nations program, according to investigators.

So, Farewell Then, Jacques Chirac  —  TAKE YOUR SCORN FOR THE ANGLO-AMERICAN WORLD WITH YOU.  —  "All political careers end in failure," a British statesman once wisely said.  Judging by the wreckage of the famous political career that ended this week, he was even wiser than he knew.

I Ask Your Forgiveness  —  We don't expect the men and women we support to necessarily support the same position we do on every single vote.  But even in the short time Chris Carney has been in Congress, he has moved further and further away from all the other Blue America endorsees who won seats.

Oh, man.  The GOP has a new hit out on Nancy Pelosi that's even more absurd than the bogus plane story or the "controversy" over the trip to Syria.  And predictably, the Associated Press is already running with the story.  The AP has already gotten its reward for doing this …

Journalists are not a royal class in America  —  Regular readers know I'm on a three-week hiatus — I've only been showing up here for about two minutes a day to quickly give folks a new discussion topic.  I'm still super-pressed for time, so I'm going to make it real short.

Netroots on shaky ground  —  An online liberal movement that seeks to imitate GOP tactics places too much emphasis on style over substance.  —  IT'S IRONIC.  At precisely the moment so many people think that the Republican Party and the conservative movement went off the rails, the people who hate the right the most want to copy it.