Tuesday digest

- So much for respect and tolerance of differing lifestyles.

- On the Ahmedinejad watch, now he's cleansing the universities of reformist elements. Sounds like the average Ontario arts faculty during the Mike Harris years.

- Speaking of Ahmedinejad, here's his apologist Bill Maher proving once again he'd rather insult the very people he hopes to convince to join his side than actually bring them over through rational, respectful, adult argumentation. No wonder the white middle class overwhlemingly rejects Democrats - the Achilles heel of Maher and his pals, if not anti-Semitism, is outright elitism.

- The latest from VDH, here, and on that note, the transcript of the President's speech from earlier today.

- Finally, in the biggest non-story since the Plame affair, I have to take issue with people placing Damon Allen in the same league as Warren Moon after capturing the "record" for most passing yards by a "pro" football quarterback. This is a guy who played his entire career in a league where the most outstanding player couldn't even crack the regular roster of a non-playoff team. Don't get me wrong, I love the CFL and prefer it to the NFL seven days out of seven, but to suggest that Allen's accomplishments put him anywhere close to the greats who played in the US is just pretending.