A few months back a good friend of mine, who is currently freelancing in Lebanon to research how weapons move into the hands of Hezbollah, pointed out to me that Bill O'Reilly has a selection of fine apparel for sale.  This revelation was not all that surprising in and of itself.  What was surprising was some of the stuff that he prints on this apparel.

Of course, there's the typical "No Spin" or the "The Spin Stops Here".  Ho-hum, but wait!  Take a run through some of these fine examples:

"Don't Be a Pinhead" - Okay, it's fun.
"Don't Be a Popinjay" - Alright, now we're getting warm.
"Don't Be a Ninnyhammer" - Yes, I like where this is going.

Seriously.  Popinjay?  <i>Ninnyhammer</i>?  What archaic dictionary is O'Reilly working out of?

Then there's these:

"Keep it Pithy" - This is the sort of irony I'm looking for.
"No Bloviating" - ...

No Bloviating?  <i>Bill O'Reilly</i> is setting the rules and his rules are, apparently, keep it pithy and no bloviating.

Bill O'Reilly.

This is like Keith Richards telling you that you need to cut back on the partying.

So, my question for my fellow TPM readers at this late hour is: Which Bill O'Reilly shirt should I acquire to wear ironically?  Also, what charity would you nominate for a tandem donation in order to offset the admittedly despicable act of giving Bill O'Reilly $20?  ACLU? NLG?  PFLAG?  I'll field any nomination for this second choice, but the more it would piss off the Big Guy the better.

I thank you in advance for your valuable input!

From the Too Awesome For Words Dept.:

When Senator John McCain was asked here this afternoon how he plans
to balance the budget, he said that he hoped to do so by stimulating
economic growth – and approvingly cited the example of President Ronald
Reagan.

There was one thing he did not mention during his response: the
deficit nearly tripled during the Reagan presidency, partly due to tax
cuts and increases in military spending.

Sometimes I just don't know what to make of stuff like this.  It's depressing as hell, on the one hand, because I know that a lot of people will buy this without questioning it.. despite the fact that the majority of the electorate was around to remember that this is a patently false revision of history.  On the other hand, it makes me insanely giddy because I don't know what else to do with the bone-crushing depression of this reality.

Yeah, I might need help.

Via Democracy Now!:

An Israeli energy newsletter has revealed Israel is secretly buying oil from Iran despite an official boycott. The newsletter EnergiaNews reports Israeli companies get around the boycott by having the oil delivered to European ports, where it is then bought by Israelis. The oil is then imported into Israel by the Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Company, which keeps its oil sources secret.

It's important keep this sort of thing in mind as it is far more illustrative of the realities that shape dealings in the Middle East than is the rhetoric that we hear coming out of both Israel and Iran.