Mark Ambinder’s starting to figure out something I’ve been pointing to for some time. Greg Craig is the reactionary pushing Obama to keep adopting Bush’s worst policy traits.

MarketWatch suggests the cable cuts in the South Bay were tests to map the internet infrastructure. Sort of reminds you of the cable cuts in the Mediterranean, huh?

I noted the other day that Timmeh (or, according to other coverage of this, Helicopter Ben) told the banks to keep their stress test results to themselves.

Well, apparently, stockholder and taxpayers are not the only ones left out of the secret. So is Congressional Oversight Board Chair Elizabeth Warren. In fact, she’s not even allowed to know the formulas they used to measuring the banks.

A few details of Louis Freeh’s defense of Bandar point more directly at the US President’s cooperation with Bandar (and the Saudis) on covert ops.

So here’s a Happy Easter story of puppies and pirates.

There once was a Portuguese Water puppy that lived, for a time, with older cousins at a big estate in Hyannisport, MA. Because the puppy’s cousin’s people were Democrats, the puppy learned not only basic puppy manners, but also a fine respect for Democratic institutions, including social services, tolerance, and solidarity with other working breeds.

There came a time when that Portuguese Water

Brad Friedman reviews Tom Feeney’s role in getting Bush elected.

Pirates! Arrrr, they’re teh new sharks matey. Scary! And we should rightly be worried about this pirate problem, because CNN, MSNBC and the print have been relentlessly telling us so. First it was the seizure of the quasi American flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama, and now the pesky pirates have snared an Italian tugboat too. But is the problem really that widespread? Maybe not.

There are two notable details about next week’s dead-enders do Dallas fest at the George W Bush library. First, that Dick isn’t doing Dallas. And, that they’re apparently crafting a legacy without a brain.

Luis Posada Carriles just got indicted again. Jeff Stein raises concerns about his treatment. Which might make this trial a good teaching opportunity into the way Homeland Security misuses immigration policing.

China’s car market solidly surpassed the US market last month.