“As Dr. Jehan El-Bayoumi was attending to Holbrooke in the emergency room at George Washington University Hospital, she told him to relax and asked what she could do to comfort him, according to an aide who was present. Holbrooke, who was in severe pain, said jokingly that it was hard to relax because he had to worry about the difficult situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan.” [WaPo, via Weigel]

Atheist Ads on Buses Rattle Fort Worth [NYT]

We’ve had some issues lately with actions taken against WikiLeaks opponents. Sure, it sounds like fun to take down the Visa and MasterCard public websites, but it does nothing to impede their operations (dudes, go after the authorization servers!), and it sets a bad example. Shouting down your opponents — which is what a “denial of service” attack amounts to — just makes you out to be a bunch of petulant hooligans.

Which is why we’re pleased to see that “Anonymous,” one of the more prominent ad hoc cyberprotest groups, is adopting a new tactic:

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Foreign Policy Magazine:

The most awesome trailer you’ll see all year. Until Warner Bros. gets it banished.

[via Weigel]

First off, who doesn’t have Asian teengirl stalkers these days?  If Hasselhoff can also pull it off, I’m not impressed.

Julian Assange, or “HarryHarrison,” has been exposed as an Okcupid member, with a playful little dating profile and a creepy head shot photo.   Why resort to Sex by Suprise when you can arrange a rendezvous with him through the internet?  I realize that, in the future, said rendezvous may have to happen in a conjugal visit trailer, but we starfuckers will take what we can get.   According to Assange, “I am DANGER, ACHTUNG.”

Assange is, however, only looking for certain types of lady friends:

I like women from countries that have sustained political turmoil. Western culture seems to forge women that are valueless and inane. OK. Not only women!

Luckily, the past ten years in America count as sustained political turmoil.  Have at him, Ladies!

HarryHarrison [OkCupid]

Assange’s Dating Profile Leaked, Wikileaks Gets Company [Gothamist]

“A federal district judge in Virginia ruled on Monday that the keystone provision in the Obama health care law is unconstitutional, becoming the first court in the country to invalidate any part of the sprawling act and ensuring that appellate courts will receive contradictory opinions from below.” [NYT]