We've got a few more posts that still need to go live, but we're going to sandbag them until tomorrow because (a) we're lazy and (b) we're lazy. They'll go live tomorrow, but here's a little teaser to keep you coming back: turns out, the State Department blows. In the meantime, this should keep you busy for a little while:

* We've been trying to work this article into a post for the last week or so with no success. So here: Mausoleum of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat unveiled in Ramallah. It cost almost USD$2 million. That might seem like a lot, but the new $410 million infusion from the Bush administration should allow them to both honor past terrorists and supply future ones.

* One of the ostensible upshots of the Annapolis summit is that it's supposed to solidify a moderate Sunni block against Iran. Odds of success: vanishingly small.

* We were offline when the story broke about the illegal immigrant who, while working for the CIA and the FBI, gave US secrets to Hezbollah. Here you go. Nothing like this could ever happen in the State Department, because in Foggy Bottom helping Hezbollah is just called "going to work." Hardly an arrestable offense, although if we had our way...

* Totally inbounds, especially when used to make overly intrusive single-serving friends go away.

* State Department maneuvering during Lebanon II still working out great.

* Two-thirds of Americans are retards. Academicese rant about the story at MR blog Icon Index Symbol.

Previously:
* Arab and Muslim Conspiracy Theories - Iranian Holocaust Denial Edition
* Israel And AIPAC: We'll Respond To Walt And Mearsheimer When Their Vicious Anti-Semitism Gets Sophisticated Or Relevant (Plus: MR Is Suspicious About Leftist Pro-Mearsheimer Enthusiasm)
* Va. Tech Anti-Conspiracy Theory Intervention