This is a musical number I’d love to see that little brat Shirley Temple sing.

This is such an obvious ploy that it’s embarrassing. Come on, rehab and a history of abuse? Eh? Well, now we know what kind of defense Clinton should have used. “I’m a marijuana addict and some older girl molested me in high school, so… uh…”

According to this report, Kim Jong Il is sorry. Not half as sorry as he’ll be later on. Probably much less than half, since it sounds like the familiar, “Oh, did I do that? Sorry.” I wonder what the original report says — did he say, “pardon this unfortunateness,” version of sorry, or the “I apologize,” kind. Oh, damn. He said it to someone from China. So who knows what language it was said in.

Melissa Lipscomb’s recent domestic disturbance column is well worth reading.