Xmas goodies continue to trickle in. Drum machines, stomp boxes. Tambourines. Train whistles. All those elves are hard at work. Wait a minute... you suppose that Santa is operating out of mainland China these days? That's where all the toys are coming from.

Saddam is stocking up on atropine. And he's set free all his killers and madmen. Bush may be the leader of the larger country, but that Saddam guy probably has the larger cajones. And the worrisome part is that he's completely unpredictable under pressure. Nerve gas isn't very pleasant stuff to send boys into. Think of it as a giant can of Raid that works on people just like the little can does on bugs. You've got literally seconds to jam this needle of antidote into your thigh whilst your synapses are exploding. Hopefully our military leaders won't wreak too much misery on whoever they feel they have to send in.