I can’t tell whether this WaPo piece is a thinly sourced Jane Harman hit on Pelosi. Or an incredibly crappy article asserting facts for which it has no proof.

Hello Americans, it’s Friday! Are you mystified, bewildered and puzzled? Well I sure as heck am. Guess who’s coming to dinner? Gonzo! He’s going to the White House Correspondent’s Dinner.

No. Not really breaking. We knew that CIA was playing around with its obligation to inform the intelligence committees before it starts any big new projects–like opening torture factories around the world.

But that’s the real story of this briefing list–aside from what a bunch right wingers are claiming it says, the actual details of the briefing list notwithstanding.

There were three briefings of the Appropriations Committees on torture. Which raise more questions than answers.

The CIA has gotten a list of torture briefings into ABC’s hands. That list is inaccurate–and the CIA even admits it might be inaccurate. But ABC is treating as accurate, I guess because it worked out so well the last time CIA lied to ABC about torture.

As Marcy noted back on April 29th, the issue of Nancy Pelosi’s briefing back in 2002 on the Bush/Cheney torture program, whether or not it was being applied to Abu Zubaydah and, if so, to what extent has really turned into a he said-she said game. So, it should not come as any surprise that yet another missive has been launched in this little passion play.

The bank stress test results are in! Wonderful news, the economy is totally groovy man! Well, except not. For what are being hailed as great results, there are some disturbing numbers. Said stress tests of the 19 largest U.S. banks show they will need a total of $74.6 billion to withstand a deeper recession.

Okay, I lied. I’m going to throw up a quick post.

I wanted to direct your attention to Scott Horton’s interview of the Stanford students who challenged Condi Rice on her role in torture. In particular, I wanted to point to the comments of Sammy Abusrur–whose friends are now calling him “Frost”–about Condi’s role over all as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State.

I am not a political scientist, nor an international

Okay, I didn’t see this one coming. General Motors is staring imminent bankruptcy dead in the eye and now they want to negotiate purchase of a substantial interest in Fiat. This is getting weird.

Sports are a fickle thing, they bring out the best and the worst of people. Professional sports franchises often come, in a way, to define their cities. But what is their intrinsic value? What does it mean when they leave? The City of Phoenix may be about to find out.