[mountaineer]

I forgot about the A&E show until fairly late, but what I saw wasn't interesting - just people sitting around talking about themselves in a rather self-absorbed manner.

Looks like PETA's on the offensive (not to be outdone by the anti-SUV terrorists elsewhere):

A GRUESOME gob of "organic, animal-like matter" was discovered yesterday at the swank Times Square headquarters of Conde Nast, the publishing powerhouse behind Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, The New Yorker, Glamour and Allure.

Conde Nast human resources executive vice president Jill Bright sent an officewide e-mail yesterday notifying employees that, "this morning an object that might possibly be an animal part was found in the 18th floor janitorial area of the freight corridor." ....

Police were probing whether the "matter," found by a janitor yesterday morning, was sent by animal rights activists. "They've received animal intestines and things like that in the past," said one cop. "That's kind of what we're leaning toward right now." Dan Mathews, a spokesman for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which has repeatedly attacked Vogue editrix Anna Wintour for making fur fashionable, denied any involvement.

"We had nothing to do with it," Mathews told PAGE SIX. "And I can't believe any other animal rights activists would put something in a janitor's closet. This is the first I've heard of this."

Last June, PETA protesters soaked themselves with fake blood and crawled on the sidewalk in front of the Conde Nast building the day that Wintour was receiving a lifetime achievement award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America. Animal rights zealots have previously left pools of blood at the door of Wintour's home, slapped a dead raccoon onto her plate at a restaurant, and sent a box full of maggot-infested animal guts to her office.

The medical examiner's office said it would release its findings today. page six

[mountaineer]

Pathetic blowhard Al Franken tries to be cool, hanging out with Important People:

There was a whole lot of lying being discussed at the Senate Democratic Caucus meeting in Washington, yesterday. Authors Al Franken ("Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right") and Joe Conason ("Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth") met with Democratic bigwigs including Senators Hillary Clinton, Charles Schumer, Tom Daschle and Fritz Hollings in an informal session. Bill O'Reilly's ears must have been burning... NY Daily News

[pubmom]

Ewwww. Not very ethical of them to treat a raccoon in that manner. I thought they would wail, sing songs and hold a service in its honor, not serve it up as a blue plate special.

PETA needs to find a very special home for its members, preferably with a lockdown ward.

[Endeavor]

Isn't it amazing that animal rights activists are so concerned about animals but have not one sense of guilt about all the murdered unborn?