• There's a lot of backbiting and infighting at the Los Angeles Times, which is completely unusual behavior at a major newspaper. [NYT]
  

We have no idea who did this or why, but it was probably inevitable.

Yep, it's true. Defense Secretary Donald Rumseld is packing it in. This won't come as a shock to those of you who keep in touch with the muckraking journal which broke the story late last evening, the Wall Street Jour— er, the New York T— er, the National Enq— huh? Oh, right, the Comedy Central blog. Nice work, media! You got scooped by the folks who write web promos for Mind of Mencia!

We know you don't like the media, Donnie. And we know the media aren't perfect. But here's the thing: You go to war with the media you have, not the media you might want or wish to have at a later time.

"Donald Rumsfeld" on "dirty talk": "Listen, anybody that can talk clean can talk dirty. Dirty talk is just like normal talk, except dirty. Your wife wants dirty talk, so give her dirty talk. Something like, 'Those breasts are first-rate,' or 'I am going to give you a darned good orgasm,' or, if she likes the rough stuff, 'I'll tell you this, I am about to give you the business and I don't want to hear any guff about it.'"
Sex tips from Donald Rumsfeld [Esquire]