It's been pouring like mad all night. We're slated to get 4 inches in southwestern CT before it's done.

By Larisa Alexandrovna Rawstory

The UN source also says that a military analysis suggests that no military action should be undertaken in Iran until spring of 2007, but that things remain volatile given this administration’s penchant for having "their own way."

By Sunsara Taylor Battle Cry For Theocracy

If you’ve been waiting to get alarmed until the Christian fascist movement started filling stadiums with young people and hyping them up to do battle in “God’s army,” wait no longer.

In recent weeks, BattleCry, a Christian fundamentalist youth movement, has attracted more than 25,000 people to mega-rally rock concerts in San Francisco and Detroit, and this weekend it plans to fill Wachovia Stadium in Philadelphia.

The leaders of BattleCry claim that their religion and values are under attack, but amid spectacular light shows, Hummers, Navy SEALs and military imagery on stage, it is BattleCry that has declared war on everyone else. Its leader, Ron Luce, insists: “This is war. And Jesus invites us to get into the action, telling us that the violent—the ‘forceful’ ones—will lay hold of the kingdom.”

I'm glad I don't live in Philly.

I missed Jack Cafferty on CNN yesterday. Well, I miss him every day because he's on when most folks are still working. The transcript of his question yesterday is at AMERICAblog:

"Does it concern you that your phone company may be voluntarily providing your phone records to the government without your knowledge or permission?"

Yes, it does. But what concerns me more is that this government thinks what it's doing is legal, Constitutional. This is the part that really matters:

Then why did the Justice Department suddenly drop its investigation of the warrantless spying on citizens? Because the NSA said Justice Department lawyers didn't have the necessary security clearance to do the investigation.

Read that sentence again.

A secret government agency has told our Justice Department that it's not allowed to investigate it. And the Justice Department just says okay and drops the whole thing.

In other news, Der Führer approval ratings are at 29%.

And as if Mussolini didn't have enough problems: What MI5 knew.