Instahoglets May 17th 2008

By Cernig

Some linky goodness for the weekend news-hog.

- Over at At-Largely, Brad imagines the ghost of appeasement past and a certain idiot's discussion of it on hardball.

- Spencer Ackerman on McCain: "some on the left are saying McCain has no plan to take us to victory. That’s not true. This, right now, is his victory. What happens today in Iraq is his victory. He can always give us more of this. This is the plan."  John Cole has video of McCain discussing his "vision".

- Mick Arran gives us a fact-esque look at the current state of the Age Of Bush. "There are so many cliches and well-worn similes that one hardly knows which to use. The 'House of Cards'? The 'Falling Dominos'? The 'Chickens Coming Home to Roost'? The 'Iceberg Metaphor'? Well, whichever nod to ancient wisdom is your favorite, they all apply."

- Charlie Stross takes his indignation for a walk and asks "if content is king, why is there so little of it on the web"?

- B at Moon of Alabama is wondering if there ever was an example of a successful humanitarian intervention.

- Steve M's thesis: "Murdoch thinks Obama can win, and so he doesn't want to hit him too hard, purely for business reasons." Discuss.

- Wolfrum at Shakes' Sis: the US plan to bring Afghanistan up to America's speed - - on imprisoning the population.

- Captain Fodgg, writing at Libby's Impolitic blog, explains why a gun-totin' outdoorsman thinks Rove is full of it at the NRA conference.

- VetVoice: Obama is calling for an investigation of the shameful email by VA official Norma Perez advising her staff not to diagnose PTSD in veterans to save money.