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I’m amazed at all of the cover that the right wing blogosphere is giving Ben Domenech. If 1/10 of 1% of the allegations of plagiarism against him are true, he deserves much more than to just resign from the Washington Post.

Happily, Michelle Malkin isn’t one of the apologists.

In my opinion, the worst possible form of blasphemy (well, except for the real kind) is to steal the works of PJ O’Rourke.

Shame, shame, shame on you.

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… this poor bastard wouldn’t be out of a job and heading for jail.

A Chantilly High School teacher accused of giving marijuana to a student was arrested at his home on Monday. Thomas Newlun, 53, faced charges including marijuana distribution and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

According to police, Newlun allegedly gave a small amount of marijuana to a 17-year-old student after class last Friday. The boy then gave the drugs to a school security officer.

Yes, it’s true — the ungrateful little bastard narc’d him out.

I have to say, this story has all the elements of an Idiot of Note — and therefore, I hereby grant that title to Mr. Newlun. Grats on a job well done.

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Slobodan turns out to have offed himself, in an ill-fated bid to get some vacation time in Moscow. That’s about the most perfectly fitting thing that’s happened in international politics in a long damned time. What a dipstick — he probably would have gotten off with 5 years probation and having to register as a “genocidal maniac” after his release.

Woops.

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Slobodan Milosevic took drugs that worsened his health before dying in prison, a Dutch expert said on Monday, as the former Yugoslav president’s family tried to decide whether to bury him in Serbia or Russia.

Adding to controversy over Milosevic’s death just months before an expected verdict in his war crimes trial, Russia expressed its “distrust” of proceedings and pressed The Hague tribunal to allow its doctors to examine post mortem results.

Groningen University toxicologist Donald Uges told Reuters he thought Milosevic had knowingly taken harmful medicines to improve his case for going for medical treatment to Russia, where his wife, son and brother live.

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This genius gives new meaning to the word “confused.” Good grief.

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Police said a man drove 17 miles in the wrong direction on a Pennsylvania interstate before being pulled over.

State police said the Florida man appeared confused when he was stopped early Tuesday while driving west in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80.

The trooper who pursued the SUV said the driver had a can of beer on the console and was slurring his words.

The trooper told the Centre Daily Times that when he told the driver that he had traveled 17 miles in the wrong direction, somehow managing to avoid head-on collisions with 60 to 80 vehicles, the driver seemed confused.

The trooper told the paper that the driver said, “What do you mean?”

State police were called early Tuesday morning about an SUV traveling west in the eastbound lanes of I-80 at mile marker 156. A trooper said he came upon the driver at mile marker 141. Police said John William Fisher Jr.’s blood alcohol content was measured at .216 — nearly three times the legal limit.

He was arraigned on charges including driving under the influence, and jailed in lieu of $20,000 bail.

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Poor bastard is down to his last million. I feel soooo sorry for him.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – Former Enron Chairman and CEO Ken Lay has seen his personal fortune eaten away by the collapse of the energy trader and his legal problems, and he could be forced to file for bankruptcy protection, according to a published report.

The New York Times reported that Lay’s stated net worth is now less than $650,000, down from as much as $400 million before Enron’s downfall in 2001.

And the Times said that latest valuation is probably on the optimistic side. It includes an estimated $1.9 million held in a trust that the paper reports is almost sure to be consumed by legal fees.

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