Pass him on the street and if you notice him at all, he’s just an average guy, forties, grey hair, likely as not in a dark suit, ambling along somewhere, in no hurry because he left at least half an hour early to get where he’s going and has plenty of time.

But he has a secret.

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All of a sudden, I’m getting pr0n popups when I check my Sitemeter stats, what’s with that? So I’ll be changing to another counter immediately. Which do you recommend? A free one, I mean?

Whiskey Bar on Clarke.

“We cannot find evidence that this conversation between Mr. Clarke and the president ever occurred.”

I know from my dental hygienist (long story) that there are many powerful Republicans who are not happy with Bush, and I have long been wondering whether they would crawl out of the woodwork before the election. Some are, apparently. While Clarke does not sound like a guy I would like to hang out with, he sounds credible on this issue, and the White House denials don’t.

And, since I was talking about it earlier, here’s Orcinus on the Madrid bombings, making more sense than I did.

[both links via peggy]