Weekend Update

• Well I've just started something called MySpace on this infernal machine. Strange friends from long ago are popping up from "out there." It's weird. Now there's this thing called "Twitter." Mark Morford tells us all about it.


• Kathleen Parker flies on Air Force One. Goshalmighty, she gets all titillated.


• Pardon me, but am I the only one who thinks Alan Keyes is certifiably insane? Someone should get this man the mental health help he obviously needs. Has anyone checked to see if he owns any firearms? Come on, help me out here.


• Well we've all been told that Islam is the "evil empire," but what the hell is this all about? In an exclusive interview, investigative reporter Mike Reynolds uncovers the special relationship between Iraqi Kurds and a group of American evangelicals that practices “spiritual warfare,” harbors a deep animosity toward Islam, and views the region as the evangelistic final frontier. What in the Name of the Crusades are Tennessee Evangelicals Doing in Kurdish Iraq?


• It's a cartoon. It's Spike Lee. It's Al Sharpton. Boycott the New York Post? No problem, but let's take a deep breath and get past this as soon as possible. Please.


• While we honestly have nothing against Jesus personally, we have problems bringing him into the stimulus argument. Seriously. Oh, and there's a video.


• A treat for us all: Dana Milbank reports on neoconservative mastermind Richard Perle's speech at the Nixon Center on Friday. "Prince of Darkness Denies Own Existence."


• Here's our Al Franken update. Hang in there Al, we're all rooting for you.