“Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is set to be deserted by another close ally after his Ukrainian nurse said she was heading home. Galyna Kolotnytska, described in a diplomatic cable published by Wikileaks as a ‘voluptuous blond’ who ‘travel[s] everywhere’ with Col. Gadhafi, called her family in Kiev on Friday to say she intends to return to Ukraine, her daughter told daily Segodnya.” [WSJ]

As our friend Karl said of the original, Spielberg plays your heart with a two-by-four. For the sequel, just add nails.

ET-X: Extinction [via Buzzfeed & Benedick]

Don’t mess with Veronica, because she’ll cut you.

Point Blank Creative [via Comics Alliance]

Our guest columnist shares responsibility for the deaths of 108,866 Iraqi civilians.

April 7, 2003   11:46 AM

TO: Doug Feith

FROM: Donald Rumsfeld

SUBJECT: Issues w/Various Countries

We need more coercive diplomacy with respect to Syria and Libya, and we need it fast. If they mess up Iraq, it will delay bringing our troops home.

We also need to solve the Pakistan problem.

And Korea doesn’t seem to be going well.

Are you coming up with proposals for me to send around?

Thanks. 

What It’s Like to Work for Donald Rumsfeld [Atlantic]

“Manhattan blogger Pamela Geller and her posse of anti-Islamic protesters have been branded a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.” [Daily News]

Anthony Weiner is tired of being mooned by the “Triumph of Civic Virtue” statue in Queens:

The statue features a nude, muscled man holding a sword behind his head standing atop two bare-chested mermaids, who look more like Medusa than Ariel, slithering at his feet.

The statue is meant to portray civic virtue triumphing over vice and corruption, however, many have found it offensive for decades. Its allegorical portrayal of vice as female caused a stir following its unveiling in 1922 — which was just two years after the 19th Amendment was passed.

Weiner suggests selling it on Craigslist. But some concerned citizens think all it needs is a good rubdown. We think they’re all avoiding the issue:

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Charlie Sheen on show producer Chuck Lorre, Thursday: “I violently hate Chaim Levine. He’s a stupid, stupid little man and a pussy punk that I’d never want to be like.” (Lorre was born Charles Levine. His Hebrew name is Chaim.) Charlie Sheen, Friday: “I was referring to Chuck by his real name, because I wanted to address the man, not the bullshit TV persona.” [TMZ]