Monday digest

- Iran is flexing its muscles while Hans Blix is already indicting the US for aggression before they've even fired a single bullet. I suppose the right thing to do would be to wait the five years Blix claims it will take for Iran to develop nukes - and after Tel Aviv gets levelled - before we take action, despite the fact that even Richard Clarke says that Iran makes al-Qaeda "look like kindergarten". After all, we don't want to be in contravention of international law, right?

- Note to Democrats: You lost. Twice. Get over it.

- Speaking of Albert Gore and the media, here's a good piece debunking a lot of the global warming articles that have come out lately.

- The students' strike in France: Reams of material.

- Skeelo's MLB preview. I'd be thrilled if the Jays were in the playoff race until late September. Here's hoping.