Got cable? Then watch PBS at 9 p.m. EDT today for Bill Moyers' Journal.

Jonno will be on!

"Also on the program: Josh Marshall, blogger and publisher of the influential talkingpointsmemo.com, gives his perspective on the role of politics in the recent firings of federal prosecutors; and Carlo Bonini, Italy's foremost investigative reporter."

In the preview video, Stewart talked about the recent performance of U.S. Attorney General Alberto "I can't remember a damned thing" Gonzales, Dubya's praise of Gonzales and compared it a scene from Goodfellas (possibly the greatest gangster movie ever made!):

Stewart: ... When Henry Hill got arrested for the first time, and Robert DeNiro met him at the courthouse, and Henry Hill was really upset because he thought Robert DeNiro would be really mad at him. And DeNiro comes up to him and gives him a hundred dollars and goes: "You got pinched. We all get pinched. But you did it right. You didn't say nothing."

Gonzales said nothing (see Daily Show highlights here; also analysis from John Oliver. The Oliver piece has Bush's reaction, plus some horrifying footage of Rich Little's performance at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner).

Stewart: "'You made yourself -- a smart man, a self-made man -- look like an utter pinhead on national television. And you did it for me' (Bush)."

FWIW, here's a snippet from the screenplay:

Jimmy Conway (DeNiro): Congratulations! A graduation present! (Gives him a hundred bucks)

Young Henry Hill: Why? I got pinched.

Conway: Everyone does. You did it right. You told them nothing.

Hill: I thought you'd be mad.

Conway: I'm not mad, I'm proud of you. You took your first pinch like a man, and learned the two greatest things in life -- look at me: Never rat on your friends and and always keep your mouth shut.

The other gangsters: Here he is! You broke your cherry! Congratulations!

Well, to the company that does online marketing questionnaires through NYT.com.

To their knowledge, I was born in 1914 and am a female U.S. independent financial advisor who lives in the 90210 zip code. However, I have never heard of most of the major investment companies in the United States, despite the fact I have an exclusively boomer clientele with portfolios in the US$5 million or higher range.

I was relatively modest about my income, claiming to be merely in the US$150,000 to $199,999 range. Frankly, I think I'm doing pretty good to still be working at my age. :)

Why lie like a rug?

I can think of no better answer than because these people pissed me off mightily.

I ponied up US$49.95 for the TimesSelect package, which allows me access to columnists and 100 archived articles per month (getting the Sunday Times alone through my Globe and Mail subscription would cost $20 per month). One would think that would isolate one from irritants like having to make a stopover at a marketing questionnaire page every third clickthrough.

Maybe it actually makes me more of a target.

In any event, I thought maybe if I finally fill out one of these and was completely absurdist about it, they would figure it out and never bother me again.

We shall see if my instincts are correct.

Update

They weren't. The very next clickthrough, I got hit with exactly the same quiz! Agghh!!!!

Ex-CIA official Michael Scheuer, one-time head of its bin Laden unit, held forth earlier this month before a U.S. House of Representatives panel about the program of extraordinary rendition -- one that caught Canadian citizen Maher Arar in its net.

Former CIA director George Tenet will be playing the blame game when his new book comes out on Monday.

An NYT/CBS News poll finds support from both Democratic and Republican Americans for the notion that global warming is a serious problem that must be dealt with. Now, what to do about it?