Center for a New American Security

Spencer Ackerman and Matthew Yglesias have an idea as to who should headline the CNAS June conference: Vo Nguyen Giap. I, for one, think this would be a brilliant idea. Our two most high-profile programs at CNAS are, arguably, our Asia-Pacific Security program and our projects examining America's current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. What a great way to combine the two!

"U.S. Deports Lou Dobbs"

That's war, alright.

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Hahahaha... Sen. Reid and Rep. Pelosi were speaking outside the White House when the gentleman from Nevada tried to put the moves on the Speaker of the House. Hilarious awkwardness ensues. Instant YouTube classic.

I got talked into playing a sevens tournament tomorrow, so posting will be light over the weekend. I came across this bit o' genius via Spencer today, though, and ... well, it's just too good not to share. My office mate and I have watched it maybe 17 times. Have a great weekend.

The Onion is now weighing in.

This video filled every DC resident's inbox at work on Friday. It will hit home for a sizeable portion of this blog's readership.

I don't even know where I come off complaining about Tom Friedman. Yesterday, I was sitting in the CNAS conference room going over our presentations for tomorrow with my colleagues when, through the glass, I noticed a story on CNN about how actor Jon Voight was speaking out against President Obama. Russell Simmons then appeared to defend the president.