of Nadagate (the Plame affair) by John Hinderaker here, couched in terms of the New York Times hypocrisy in outing real CIA covert operators, while pretending outrage that well-known Langley desk jockeys are discussed by media types with White House officials.

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I hadn't realized that lime would make such a dramatic difference in grilled chicken (vs. lemon), but the grilled breasts at the BFL Conference were to die for.

And the big bags of little key limes they sell at Ralph's contain far too many to use in gin & tonics (and ginless tonics) before a few dry out and look/taste icky.

So this Sunday I'd like to do a little grilling if time permits; please share your favorite marinade recipes that contain some fresh lime juice. Yum.

UPDATE: You people aren't too helpful, are you? You forced me to actually DO SOME WORK MYSELF. It was grim; but here you go.

Please report here your favorite adventures involving chicken, lime, and your grill.

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Jeff of Beautiful Atrocities has come up for air. He'd like us to raid our lingerie drawers in defense of the Western World.

I hope those Islamofascists wear size small (not petite) string bikinis in black.

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I'm going to be in Connecticut in two weeks for my sister's wedding. I'll probably be making a day trip to New London on either Sunday 8/7 or Monday 8/8. (I'll be hanging out in the Syrian immigrant community. Cool, huh? Now you know why I threaten to ventilate anyone who puts down Arabs: I have a whole set of them in the family.)

I'd like to interview some of the local residents, but I don't want to intrude upon the homeowners directly involved in the eminent domain abuse case—unless someone there isn't completely sick of giving interviews.

If any of you have any connections in the area, I'd appreciate hearing about 'em.

Thanks!

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You don't fuck with Condi Rice. Period.

UPDATE: A British reporter's perspective.

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"Why didn't you answer the phone?" she asked me Tuesday night.

"I was downstairs watching Fox news, trying to get a little info about Roberts. Not too much there; I'll have to hit the blogs."

"What do you think so far?"

"Well, I wanted another Clarence Thomas, but Roberts sounds smart. And I think he gets that the Court is not supposed to legislate. How about you?"

"I wanted a woman."

I pause as I wonder at the simplicity of my mother's criterion. There is, I decide, no criticizing her team spirit. Finally, I answer, "I'm not sure we have to keep the number of boobies on the Court steady at four."

"Oh, I was thinking we should have more like eight or ten boobies," she responds, showing off her math-teacher arithmetic skills.

"That sounds fine, Mom, but keep in mind that every time someone is appointed to a spot just because she's female, she's always a spectacular failure. I wasn't really happy with either Janet Reno nor Madeleine Albright."

"What a surprise; after all, they were appointed by a Democrat."

"A Democrat I voted for in 1992."

"You voted for Clinton?" How soon we forget.

"Yeah, Mom. Once, though; I didn't make the same mistake again."

This whole conversation is rather illuminating; it turns out that some of the opposition to Roberts would vaporize if he only got gender-reassignment surgery.

Easy as pie.

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. . . that John Roberts sexually harassed me once? He did it by drinking a can of Coke.

I was very tramautized after that; I couldn't work for a week afterward. I just lay in bed drinking Diet Dr. Pepper and reading Nancy Drew mysteries from my childhood.

But now I'm over it. I'll buy a bitchin' new dress, and then I'll alert the media.

UPDATE: Enough with the e-mails. I don't happen to know the truth of what happened between Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas. I do think men do some crazy things when they're young and horny, and I suspect that Thomas was attracted to Hill. But if she kept her own counsel and followed him from job to job, I do think continuing her silence would have been the classy thing.

In fact, she helped to raise public consciousness about the evils of sexual harassment. I wish I could count that as a victory, as such abuses of power have always bothered me. The truth is, our present situation is a mixed blessing, wherein men often feel that the slightest acknowledgement that they are heterosexual may subject them to disciplinary action or lawsuits at any time.

In other words, the pendulum has swung too far.

We'll never know what Thomas said to Hill, or how bad it really was. But I'm grateful to have him on the Court. I do believe he's the closest thing to a libertarian on SCOTUS.

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Xrlq is making a chart of how Roberts' confirmation will change/not change the status quo.

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Isn't that a Beatles tune?

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Goldstein did what no one else had thought to do: he interviewed Karl Rove's breakfast burrito.

Though, truth be told, I didn't realized people ate breakfast burritos on the East Coast. I figured that was for us Western folks who can handle beans and salsa at breakfast without getting all gassy. (My favorite breakfast: huevos rancheros. It's just slightly superior to eggs Benedict. Both come in ahead of a quiche wedge, which itself beats out a couple of muffins [winter] or a SlimFast [summer]. Those naturally those last two are my most common midweek options. Omelets are yummy, too. Now I'm hungry.)

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A friend of mine—let's call him Carl— has confirmed rumors to the effect that I'm white.

I'm afraid my life is in danger.

I mean, a lot of people have previously suspected I'm white. Just about everyone who's either met me or seen a picture pretty much knew the truth. But it had never been said out loud before Carl called me a "light-brunette Anglo-Saxon chick."

Actually, he didn't say that. Someone else referred to me as Anglo-Saxon, and Carl confirmed that he'd also heard that rumor.

But it doesn't matter, because before that it hadn't been said before. Well, except by my neighbors. And the rest of the population of La Canada, California. They knew. And they gossiped about it a bit, I guess.

Right. And anyone who read the official government documents (such as my birth certificate) that acknowledge my whiteness.

The fact is, until Carl confirmed that he'd also heard this rumor, no one else really knew for sure if I was white. Well, except for my friends and family.

Or anyone who read that article on the front page of the Valley Sun that featured a photo of my husband and me as "fair-haired people who sunburn easily." But at the time I certainly didn't think that identified us as white.

I perceive this as a plot against my husband, hatched by people who disagree with his heroic condemnation of the UCLA Bruins' defenses. And somehow those who are behind this conspiracy of bad sportsmanship keep harping on the fact that Attila the Hub went to USC, and that this might make him more critical of the Bruins' plays vs. the Trojans'.

I sit here blogging, waiting for death to overcome me in my suburban home. Death at the hands of UCLA football fans who have been waiting for public information about my caucasion heritage.

What is the football world coming to? What has happened to my little community in the foothills near Pasadena?

What is to be done?

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1 Hold up a copy of the Pyramid of Success. Before the gutty little Bruins regain their senses you will have made your escape and found refuge in a rear booth in Julie's.

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2 We'll just have to go on a witch-hunt after that guy who outed you. He is an evil genius, and must be stopped.

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3 Oh, hey. That's an idea.

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. . . comes this charming idea for supporting the IDF—buy them pizza.

As soon as my income stabilizes, I'm there.

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The Bear Flag League Conference was terrific. I'm exhausted, since I was "on duty" the whole time taking care of the speakers and guests. Therefore, someone else will blog the substance of the conference—probably while I'm still in the media room downstairs watching The American Revolution on VHS with Attila the Hub.

Personally, I plan to monitor Right on the Left Beach, as he's likely to have the best pictures of the event, and get them onto his site the fastest.

There are too many people to name, but it was wonderful to see the Bear Flag Leaguers again, and to attach a few more faces to bloggers' (and commenters') names.

Luminaries included Scott of Blog Cabin California, who moderated the event; Justene of Calblog, who founded the Bear Flag League and organized this event (and whose daughters have their own blog); Daniel Weintraub, who writes for the Sacramento Bee, and was a cause celebre in the 'sphere a while back when the decision was made by his employers to edit his blog (he is also one of the true gentlemen of the 'sphere); Bob Hertzberg of BigIdeas4LA.com, who nearly used the power of the 'sphere to become mayor of Los Angeles; Joseph C. Phillips of the Conservative Brotherhood—an actor and activist who also publishes recipes on his "non-blog"; Ted Costa of Fair Districts, which tackles the issue of gerrymandering head-on; and Allan Hoffenblum of California Target Book, a rich resource for anyone interested in Golden State politics.

Thanks, everyone. It was an amazing event.

UPDATE: Attila the Hub asked me as we milled around on the patio waiting for the buffet to be ready how many people at this gathering weren't lawyers.

"Oh, two or three," I replied.

UPDATE 2, 11:33 Monday night: I'd say Darleen Click's post is the most comprehensive summary of the issues discussed. Cobb has two posts on the subject. And he's got even more here.

Right on the Left Beach has two sets of pictures: one of our speakers and organizers, and one that concentrates on the attendees. See Xrlq posing with Kevin Drum! Baldilocks with Cobb! Attila Girl without quite enough makeup on (remember, I had to get there by noon; that's a bit on the early side for me).

Brian Hay blogged the event for Big Ideas 4 LA, and Flap has chick pix. Naturally, Patterico has a thing or two to say, and Baldilocks has her own photos.

UPDATE 3, 12:27 a.m. Tuesday: Miller's Time has pix and commentary.

UPDATE 4, 7:35 p.m. Tuesday: The Claremont Institute summarizes Weintraub's excellent column in the Sacramento Bee, and provides commentary. I so wanted to see Dan's column that I actually registered to read an online paper (something I had not done in a while; usually, I figure if they want my eyeballs on their pages, they won't put up obstacles thereto).

UPDATE 5, 8:17 a.m. Wednesday: There's a thorough rundown of the most important issues discussed over at Blog Cabin California.

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. . . has some great footage—and a cool story—over at Trey Jackson's place.

Yes, we treat terrorists who are wounded. That's what we do. I've got to go, though: I'm sending myself to bed without supper because a terrorist had women's panties put on his head once. I'm very upset about the whole thing.

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is over here.

This event is sold out, but there will be future conferences.

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. . . in the new Wedding Crashers trailer. They're wonderful!—who knew they could act like that.

(The movie itself? Strictly junk food. If I see it I'll wear a hat and dark glasses into the theatre.)

Via Insty himself.

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. . . the master chronology on the situation in Yemen. If you've been wanting to figure out what's going on there, and how they are systematically destroying any kind of semi-free press, it's a good place to start.

Let the creeps in the Yemeni government know that "the audience is listening."

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anyone know what John Dean's smoking?

Anyone?

Bueller?

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. . . sick to death of the term "militant" as a euphemism for "terrorist"?

I was a militant feminist once, but I didn't set off bombs in . . . football stadiums or fundamentalist churches or . . . really, anywhere.

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. . . and why we fight.

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