If you have twenty minutes, check out this entertaining 1969 debate between William F. Buckley and Noam Chomsky (part 1 | part 2). My God, Buckley is suave. At issue is whether American intervention in Cold War satellite states - with a special emphasis on our involvement in Greece and Turkey under the Truman Doctrine - was motivated by economic self interest or by an altruistic concern for oppressed peoples. With no moderator, this debate is about as fast-paced as it gets.

Or, if you're in the mood for lighter fare, catch this 1968 exchange in which Buckley tells Gore Vidal: "Now listen, you queer, stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I will sock you in your goddamn face, and you will stay plastered."

From the Washington Post's excellent four-part series on the Cheney vice presidency

[Alberto] Gonzales "was not a law-of-war expert and didn't have very developed views," Yoo recalled, echoing blunter observations by the Texan's White House colleagues.

Ouch. Let's hope that line clinches the Pulitzer.

Dad at Comedy Barn

This is the father of the guy who posted this video and yes, it's his real laugh.

Madonna on David Letterman

This is the infamous 1994 interview. They are both awesome, but in the end there is one clear winner.

Surfing video

Ski-Gliding the Eiger

Plano East-John Tyler 1994 Football

Check out this amazing ending to a 1994 Texas high school football game. Plano East is down 41-17 with 3 minutes to go. Great announcers, too.

Two links today: Frank Caliendo doing some spot-on Bush impressions and a new way to ward off telemarketers.

News Flash! Condoleezza Rice Two Degrees of Sexual Separation from Bill Clinton

And who isn't these days? The New York Times had an interesting gossip piece last week about a possible romance between U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay. The evidence is pretty weak (they are both single and on a first name basis), but there is no doubt that that two are quite affectionate around each other. All of this is coming on the heels of MacKay's recent break-up with his girlfriend, Liberal MP Belinda Stronach.

But wait a minute. Belinda Stronach... Why does that name seem so familiar? Oh no! She is the young, blond, and athletic woman that Bill Clinton was rumored to be involved with in an another, equally speculative, New York Times article:

Several prominent New York Democrats, in interviews, volunteered that they became concerned last year over a tabloid photograph showing Mr. Clinton leaving B.L.T. Steak in Midtown Manhattan late one night after dining with a group that included Belinda Stronach, a Canadian politician. The two were among roughly a dozen people at a dinner, but it still was enough to fuel coverage in the gossip pages.

There you go. Rock-solid evidence. That's good enough for me.

If you have an hour to spare watch this excellent dialogue between Richard Holbrooke and Bill Kristol on the future direction of U.S. policy in the Middle East. Holbrooke is right on most of his points, but I have to say he is kind of a jerk.