Open Thread

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   Renee in Ohio on March 16, 2007 at 5:17 pm

   Yesterday morning I saw part of the 60 Minutes video about Daniel Tammet, a 27 year old man with mathematical savant skills. It turns out he has the same diagnosis as our son, Asperger’s Syndrome. I’ve diaried some reflections about it here.

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   BooMan on March 16, 2007 at 5:29 pm

   Hard-hitting coverage from the Washington Post:

   Forget about her testimony. Let’s talk about the fashion statement Valerie Plame made today when she went before Congress.

   Ex-CIA spy Valerie Plame made a stylish appearance Friday on Capitol Hill. (Getty Images)
   SLEUTH BONUS: Can you guess which New York Times reporter that is in the background ogling Plame’s “suit.”

   Plame showed up at the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform decked out in Armani Collezioni. An undercover black-belt fashion consultant, who also knows the outed CIA agent and her husband, Joe Wilson, would bet the farm that Plame was wearing either the 2005 or 2006 collection of Armani, a fetching jacket and pants (even if too newly outdated to qualify as vintage.)

   Still, a classy choice. Expensive but not trendy. And made to look elegant on anyone, regardless of pedigree.

   And with Plame choosing Armani for her debut to speak out for the first time publicly about her role in Washington’s made-for-the-silver-screen scandal, perhaps we can now narrow down the likeliest suspects in Hollywood to play Valerie in the movie.

   Let’s just start (and end) with Katie Holmes or Victoria Beckham, who clearly have an inside track now to star as Plame in the film Warner Bros. is making about the Plame case.

   Both Holmes and Beckham are big fans of Giorgio Armani. Of course, Armani did TomKat’s entire wedding ensemble – from Katie’s off-the-shoulder gown to hubby Tom Cruise’s navy blue tuxedo, as well as the little outfits for Suri, Isabelle and Connor Cruise.

   Does Plame’s fashion statement sort of remind you of Martha Stewart toting her multi-thousand-dollar Birkin into federal court to face perjury charges?

   OK, maybe not. As our black-belt fashion consultant says, “Hermes squeals style. Lanvin and Yves St. Laurent are for collectors. Armani is for the safe shopper looking to seem couture without taking risks, especially the lower-price line which [Valerie’s outfit] came from.”

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     Cali Scribe on March 16, 2007 at 5:35 pm

     Will they make the same conclusions about Rove’s wardrobe when he’s squirming in front of Senate Judiciary? I doubt it…

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       keirdubois on March 16, 2007 at 7:01 pm

       If they don’t, then I will!

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     Omir the Storyteller on March 16, 2007 at 5:39 pm

     I don’t know about our Congresscritters, but I wouldn’t know Armani from Prada from St. Laurent from a burlap potato sack washed in Woolite, and I really couldn’t care less.

     Does anyone spend that much time on what Joe Biden or Bill Frist wear to work on any given day?

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     ask on March 16, 2007 at 5:44 pm

     How sad is that!

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   venice ca on March 16, 2007 at 5:32 pm

   For those in the Los Angeles area, on Monday night, March 19, Giuliana Sgrena will be speaking at 7 pm at Immanuel Presbyterian Church (corner of Wilshire and Berendo).  Ms. Sgrena will speaking about her book, Friendly Fire, and her kidnapping, release, and shooting by US forces while traveling to the Baghdad airport.

   Also appearing are Helga Aguayo, wife of war resister Agustin Aguayo, and Anthony Arnove, author of Iraq:  the Logic of Withdrawal.

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   billjpa on March 16, 2007 at 6:23 pm

   If open thread means that anything is open season then here is a goody that needs some discussion. Who are the folks that appear to be assuming the roles of leadership in the dem party? Well, here is one that really deserves to be run out of town as fast as we can find a rail! Not supported for his good works!
    It is bad enuf that he has been given the leadership role at the dlc but that is not quite enuf for this piece of loser crap! How about the fact that he is going to be a fox commentator!
    Do these two items qualify him as one of the new leaders of the dem party?

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   Cali Scribe on March 16, 2007 at 7:07 pm

   on “Countdown” right now, discussing Plame’s testimony…

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     KNUCKLEHEAD on March 16, 2007 at 7:10 pm

     Toensing should be drug tested according to Mr. Johnson.
     Haha
     Hooray For Mr. Johnson

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       Ed J on March 16, 2007 at 7:26 pm

       he called her “a twit”.

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         KNUCKLEHEAD on March 16, 2007 at 7:38 pm

         what`s a twat?