Friday Potpourri.

Skippy drew my attention to this one. The government is funding a project to learn how to microwave people as a crowd control device. Apparently, the dangers aren't too terribly concerning for the Bush Administration. Since terrorists don't usually congregate in large groups carrying signs that say, "Hi, I'm a terrorist", I'll leave it to your imagination for whom this is intended.

The Forest found this one. The court that decided the fates of Miller and Cooper in the Rove scandal made an interesting observation: the actual crime was in the reporting. Had Miller and Cooper reported on a whistleblower who was outing the plot against Joe and Valerie Wilson, that would be protected reporting. However, this was not the case. The reporters were actually participating in the crime by furthering the outing and smear campaign against the Wilson family. That agrees with my July 6, 2005 post wherein I argued that Miller did not deserve the protection of the First Amendment because the outing of Mrs. Wilson was not news. No, it was a crime.

Sheldon and Anita Drobny spoke to the Illinois Tenth Congressional District Democrats and guests from around the state. The room was packed, standing room only. The Drobnys talked about the birth of Air America Radio and a new project to purchase radio stations in smaller markets. The company they are creating is called Nova M Radio and capitalizes on the truth established by the Drobnys that there is a strong market for liberal radio.

Best line of the week: Randi Rhondes said that Bush would never fire Rove because that would be like Pinocchio firing Gepetto.