Well then!

Let's clear a few things up...

[1.] I think we'd all like to take a moment to thank Colin Powell for his service to our nation, including the Foggy Bottom years.

[2.] Listen, I understand perfectly that Amy's thoughtful blog readers are experiencing a poignant kind of thankfulness for the principled rhetoric and keen intuition presented in comments here over the last ten years. But frankly, at this point in deep middle age, I just don't have so much enthusiasm for no-strings-attached sexual encounters with people I don't know on a deeply personal level, no matter how graceful or exotic.

If you feel that you just can't get through the rest of the week without some gesture of gratitude, take a moment to write a small check to a local charity... Some enterprise in your own community which you feel truly helps the less fortunate without badgering them too much. Mention it to no one, but be certain that's all the thanks Iany blog commenter could ever need.

No, seriously... You're welcome.

[3.] And if any of you spazz-muffin Boosh!-haters are still sleepless with nightmares of Chimpy McFlightsuit, please consider these words in their full context:

[T]his is their President: Obama is a Chief Executive for people who don't like politics.

Paris

Re: "Paris"

Thanks for posting that, Crid. I'd read about it, but of course the video was blocked at work.

"They told me she drew something that resembled a gun," said Rebecca. "According to them she pointed a crayon at another student and said, 'pew pew,'' said Rebecca.

http://www.katu.com/news/national/5-year-old-forced-to-sign-homicide-and-suicide-279178011.html

Getting ready for sea war with China.

Should be a hoot.

> Should be a hoot.

That wasn't a bad piece. It would have been nice the they'd noted that the Chinese can pretty much forestall any effort by the United States to tightly secure Asian seas by, y'know, declining to buy the bonds that would allow us to pay for the effort.

More to the point, Mr BBC commentator, the British Royal Navy is now one quarter the size of the Japanese Maritime Defense force and shrinking. And this year, Britain will likely fail to meet its NATO obligation of a 2% expenditure on national defense.

So, if you Limeys have serious opinions on how world security ought to work, we'll be looking for evidence of them.

'K? 'K.

Even when just phoning it in, Cosh dials with big, manly biceps.