https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcveU2SqnsM

French stunt driver, stock (or nearly so) Fiats.

This is a Fiat 500.  Want one?  If Fiat ends up mating with Chrysler you just might be able to buy one.

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Since one of my favorite wingnuts came up in the comments, I thought I’d post a classic Althouse meltdown that happened during the Jessica Valenti breast kerfuffle:

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If you have the desire to see the whole hour – and I don’t know why you would – it’s here.

Eric Holder better get his ass in gear if he wants a crack at everyone’s favorite war criminals:

MADRID, (AP) — A Spanish court has agreed to consider opening a criminal case against six former Bush administration officials, including former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, over allegations they gave legal cover for torture at Guantanamo Bay, a lawyer in the case said Saturday.

Human rights lawyers brought the case before leading anti-terror judge Baltasar Garzon, who agreed to send it on to prosecutors to decide whether it had merit, Gonzalo Boye, one of the lawyers who brought the charges, told The Associated Press.

Gonzo can’t get a job, so maybe he could do some jailhouse lawyering once he gets to The Hague.

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This is the new Ford Fiesta.  It has a 1.6 liter ECOnetic clean diesel engine that gets 76.3 mpg in the combined cycle. The available performance engine makes 113 horsepower yet gets mileage in the mid-forties.  The Fiesta has side-curtain airbags as well as bags for your knees.  It’s a well built, safe, and economical car.

And you can’t have one.

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Dear MSNBC: Please forward this to Joe Scarborough as he clearly needs a primer.  Oh – and go Cheney yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwelMWLBPik

Bachmann Introducing Bill to Ban Use of Made-Up Global Currency.

That is all.