Coffee makes us severe, and grave, and philosophical. ~ Johnathan Swift

In The Bullpen (Chad Evans) From Foiled Plot to Foiled Plot: Stages of Public Perception — “Indirectly encouraged by Adam who left a comment on an earlier post upon Denmark arresting nine in an alleged terrorism plot, the following is the course of events that usually occur after such an announcement is made.”

Blogs for Bush (Mark Noonan) The Propaganda War — “Yesterday, President Bush gave an excellent speech on the overall War on Terrorism – once again, and with carefully measured words, the President stated who we fight and why we fight.”

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Iran Purges Its Intellegentsia — “Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has engaged on a campaign to purge moderates and secular thinkers from its universities. The move comes in contrast to Ahmadinejad’s challenge to George Bush for an open and uncensored debate, and shows the real inclinations of the mullahcracy:”

Wizbang (Lorie Byrd) Time Is Running Out — “The Rightroots coalition has a big announcement today. Not only have several new candidates been added to the Rightroots list, but today is the beginning of a challenge to those in the conservative blogosphere to secure 100 donations for each of the Rightroots candidates between now and September 20.”

ScrappleFace (Scott Ott) CBS Reveals Top 10 Couric Sign-Off Suggestions — “According to a leaked internal memo, here are the top 10 viewer-suggested Katie Couric sign-offs ranked according to frequency of suggestion:”

[Here's one. Go read the rest. Jim]

10. “Well, there’s 22 minutes of your life you can never get back.”