Tuesday link dump: McChrystal light edition

• The biggest Libertarian media star is not a very good Libertarian. He is a very good self-promoter, though.
• Paul Krugman for director of the OMB!
• John Derbyshire wrote a really great piece about how he loves Israel and doesn't give a shit about the Congo because Israelis aren't black.
• Oh, hey, that rabbi who ended Helen Thomas' career made a "funny"/incredibly racist Internet video.
• The federal judge who struck down the deep-water drilling moratorium owned stock in Transocean.
• Matthew Continetti has a piece on the Tea Party movement at the Weekly Standard. The Glenn Beck stuff is especially good.
• South Carolina: Don't forget to vote! A black person might beat a (white) descendant of Strom Thurmond.

By Alex Pareene

Alex Pareene writes about politics for Salon and is the author of "The Rude Guide to Mitt." Email him at apareene@salon.com and follow him on Twitter @pareene

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