Morning Roundup

(This one will be brief)

• MSM coverage of the WMDs in Iraq, announced yesterday by Santorum and Hoekstra, can best be described as "lalalalallalalalalalal I can't hear you lalalalallalalallalala" - that is to say an attitude of "if we don't cover it, it didn't happen." Of course it's out in the conservative blogosphere, some good stuff there - links later.
• DailyKos's coverage, just for amusement, is here. Headline? "PA-Sen: Santorum Makes Shit Up" - including an innane childish barb that when Santorum said "Congressman Hoekstra and I are here today to say that we have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, chemical weapons" he literally meant he andHoekstra - no you moonbat idiots, that was not the royal we. That was we as in the United States, a nation which I often think you and your fellow leftists despise.
• In a victory against one of the more insidious forms of anti-Semitism (or at the least anti-Zionism), NYT reports that the Presbyterian Church (USA denomination) backed off a two-year old commitment to divestment. Thank god they're finally being logical
• Bush's attempt to rachet up on the pressure on Iran and North Korea has received some unexpected support and encouragement from European leaders, marking the first time they've gotten their heads out of the sand in Western Europe since we saved them from fascism. (Later: discussion of a French neo-con movement slowly gaining ground)
• I am a Cubs fan, ergo I suffer. After just four starts this year, Kerry Wood wonders if he'll be able to pitch any more this year. Memo to Jim Hendry and Dusty Baker: sometime soon you two will have to admit that having a mediocre rotation + Wood+ Prior = a mediocre rotation. Simple math. Oh and it's a pisspoor rotation when Zambrano gets all emotional...so let's try and invest in some better pitching staff and not pin the hopes and dreams of thousands on two expensive cripples?
• USA-Ghana today, 9:30AM ET. A win, plus an Italian win over the Czech Republic, would put us in the next round. Considering this is the same Italian squad that scored on themselves against us Saturday, and then managed to only battle to a draw despite our being a man down (actually 10-9 but whatever), that may be a tall order...y'all better be watching.