Great American Hooker Hunt

Rick Moran on the Great American Hooker Hunt. Well, all the world knows now who "Kristen" is, but we still don't know, who is client 10? Amazing. Getting lots of hits on my banal post on that. And that's as far as I'll go on commenting on this again.

Sometimes I wonder though about America. Then again...

Meanwhile, in Paris, City of Love, the French foreign minister says "The magic is over". One of those "wide-ranging conversations", courtesy of the NY Times' overseas arm, the IHT. Perhaps it just loses something in translation. Tant pis....

Asked whether there is a way to engage Hamas, which is supported by a significant minority of Palestinians, Kouchner appeared to hold out hope of contact, saying: "I'm looking for a diplomatic way to say yes." He then carefully couched this statement