Of course, outside of the French team, soccer players rarely smash into a wall and burst into flames.

News

Runaway General: In an interview with Rolling Stone, Gen. Stanley McChrystal let’s his true feelings out. Please go to President Obama’s office, General.

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project: The Supreme Court has spoken – help a terrorist organization and you go to jail. Even if it’s humanitarian relief you offer.

Arizona Immigration Law: By next week, look for the Department of Justice to file a suit against Arizona’s new racial-profiling law.

Time Square Bomber: “Muslim Soldier” Faisal Shahzad remorseless in pleading guilty “100 times.”

Why Stop Deep Water Drilling?: Just because your own rig exploded and is wiping out the Gulf of Mexico is no reason to take time off off-shore drilling.

Sports

Portugal Scores: While you were reading this, Portugal scored 14 more goals against a hapless and hopeless North Korea in the World Cup. Final score will still go down as 7-0, however.

French Revolution: With any luck, the WATB French national soccer team will be sent back to France today, where they can smoke cigarettes and point fingers.

Odd News

Just Stop it: Dear Miley Cyrus, we knew Britney Spears, and you are no Britney Spears.

No one could have predicted: That Rod Blagojevich wasn’t a very good governor.

Dogs Unclean?: A senior Iranian cleric has decreed dogs are “unclean” and should not be kept as pets. Let the War of Civilizations begin.

Blogs

Rachel Maddow: Sure al-Qaeda is scary. But their videos can often be just ridiculous and hilarious.

Washington Monthly: Republicans have continued their winning approach to the unemployment problem – by calling the unemployed lazy.

Digby: Darrell Issa lets corporations know the GOP will never forsake them.

Tweet of the Day

For all I’ve upset in the past, please note that I’ve changed my name to “Xe.” So everything’s cool now.

–WKW