A couple items before retiring for the evening... A great photo from Iraq at FP Passport. An excellent item from John Tierney that I never got around to writing up. The gist: nobody knows precisely what the earth's mean surface temperature has been for the last few years, let alone in 1850 (the start date for all the statistics climate change alarmists like to cite). The Center for Security Policy announces winners in the 2007 EADS Poster Contest. An amusing item at the ever amusing Danger Room: Bolton Attacks Spiderman. More specifically, Bolton mocked the UN's use of Spiderman to try and improve its image amongst American students. My question: since when do we allow the United Nations to propagandize in American schools? And finally, Tim Johnson, the Beijing bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers, reports on a shocking case of discrimination: all the women presenting medals at the Beijing Olympics will be attractive, slim, and somewhere between 5'5" and 5'6".
"You have to be in good shape. You have to have good English, and some understanding of Chinese history," said Guo Tongxu, an 18-year-old hostess candidate from China's northeastern Jilin province.
Pretty and smart. The only catch: they're all commies.