The Evening Quickie

NYPD okays permit for anti-war march to UN during Bush visit; thank you, NYPD!

Correction: Dems reject Cher impersonator; the founder of Garden State Equality, a gay-rights organization, thought that hiring a Cher impersonator would liven up a state Democratic Party meeting, and it did...until an official for the party was horrified that the impersonator wasn't female. It's guys like this in the DNC that makes you shake your head and wonder what sort of scum crawled its way into the party.

U.S. soldier missing in Iraq after blast; The soldier "has been reported as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown," the military said, without elaborating.

The First Casualty of the Pope's Islam Speech; now that he has run his mouth about Muslims being evil, the Pope's going to be canceling a lot of his travel plans to pre-dominantly Muslim nations...like the upcoming visit to Turkey, for instance.

Who's the Next Target in the Abramoff Probe? Particular attention is being paid to Sen. Conrad Burns (who's having re-election problems, anyway).

To Peter Daou and the DailyKos crowd, there are no black bloggers in New York City or Harlem; well, even though it can be argued that Daou and Markos have non-Caucasian blood running through their veins, why is it that no ethnic bloggers from the area seem to be invited to this Hillary celebratory dinner? I can take a guess: it's the same sort of high school clique shit that everyone grew up with -- if you aren't a cool kid, be prepared to be blacklisted.