WILL REUTERS BE AN EARLY ADOPTER? “A suite of photo-authentication tools under development by Adobe Systems could make it possible to match a digital photo to the camera that shot it, and to detect some improper manipulation of images, Wired News has learned.”

DON SURBER: Fire Alberto Gonzales: “The Bush administration has gone after corporate and congressional crooks, regardless of party. The actions of Gonzales allow that sterling record to be smeared. Kick him to the curb. Hard. Fast.”

ETHANOL HYPOCRITES: If Bush is for it, they’re against it. Maybe that’s his new way of helping out his oil buddies . . . .

TOM SMITH: “Here’s what we should do: Give veterans enough benefits so they can afford to get the care they deserve from private sources. You could do this with medical vouchers. It would be cheaper than supporting the inefficient and notorious VA hospital system, and it would result in better care for people who really deserve much better care than they are getting. The line I used to hear from LWJ when she rotated through VA hospitals in her training was, it’s a good thing veterans are so tough, because VA care would kill anybody else. That ain’t right. “

OBAMA’S STOCK TRADES: Professor Bainbridge thinks there’s no scandal there for Obama, though he notes a larger Congressional issue.

JIHAD OR INSURGENCY: Richard Fernandez looks at what’s going on in Thailand. “Largely ignored by, and hence unknown to the West, it is the most lethal insurgency in Southeast Asia. In the wake of the most recent attacks an army spokesman believed that unidentified insurgent forces were trying to intimidate ethnic Chinese — who celebrate the New Year holiday — into fleeing the predominantly Muslim region. Even so, no organization has claimed responsibility for the direction of the insurgency.”

YAHOO! BEING SUED for ratting out Chinese dissident. And Yahoo! is getting slammed by the VOA.

535 ways to make a point.

WISCONSIN UPDATE: “Sensitivities take precedence over truth and academic freedom.”

And they shouldn’t.

UPDATE: “Process overdue.”

MICHAEL TOTTEN GOES on the record with IDF Intelligence.

WELL, IF YOU INSIST: “PorkBusters, take a bow. After 20 years of writing editorials denouncing this crap and seeing only occasional success, it is nice to see bloggers take up the cause and carry the ball forward.” But don’t get cocky.

IT’S ALL FRED THOMPSON, ALL THE TIME, at Michael Silence’s News-Sentinel blog. Just keep scrolling!

PORN FREE: Jeff Goldstein weighs in on a scandal I’ve barely noticed. Hey, that’s why the blogosphere is a big place. I don’t have to notice everything!

UPDATE: Jeff’s post is fine, but if you’re worried about NSFW content you might want to be careful about following some of the links.

HMM. IT SEEMS AS IF THIS deserves more attention: “The Senate’s anti-terrorism bill would relax visa requirements for foreign travelers coming to the United States, a move that some worry will leave the country more vulnerable to a terrorist attack.”

On the other hand, as long as it’s that easy for Saudis to get here, how much difference does it make?

FITZI’S HONOR: Tom Maguire has some uncomplimentary thoughts.

OBAMA AND THE SWIFTBOATERS: Well, this doesn’t make me think less of him.

CAPITALISM FOR CAMPESINOS: “At stake is the liberation of the poor.”

AN ARMY OF STACEYS: Just found out that one of my cousins has gone into the online chocolate business. Looks yummy, but so far my family connection has failed to yield any free samples. Probably just as well for my waistline, though chocolate does count as a health food nowadays . . . .

A LOOK AT genocide in Zimbabwe.

AUSTIN BAY WAS ON NPR THIS MORNING, talking about his new book, Embrace the Suck: A Pocket Guide to Milspeak. You can listen to the story here.

Nice pic of Austin, too.

C-SPAN OPENS UP: “Under pressure from bloggers and other Internet activists, the network that broadcasts congressional hearings has agreed to grant public access to many of its video feeds.” Read the whole thing.

And bravo for C-SPAN, as this is an excellent thing. And might I suggest that they make it possible to embed video in a YouTube fashion — or better yet, like MotionBox, which lets you set links to multiple locations within a video.

AN ARMY OF DONS: Don Williams was a regular columnist in my local paper, the Knoxville News-Sentinel. He left the paper over creative differences, and has now started writing for Randy “SKBubba” Neal’s local news/opinion site KnoxViews. Don and I disagree rather sharply on the war, etc., but he’s a good guy — plus, as is common with these “sharp political divisions,” we actually agree on lots more stuff than we disagree on, really — and I’m helping him get set up with blogging, too. What’s interesting is that he will probably wind up reaching more people this way than via the News-Sentinel’s oped page. And given their niggardly payments to outside columnists, he may even make more money.

MORE GOOD NEWS FOR GIULIANI: “A new poll shows Rudy Giuliani taking two of the three crucial swing states of Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio from Hillary Rodham Clinton by winning over independents and nearly breaking even with her bread and butter – female voters.” He does even better against Obama. But as I’ve noted before, it’s awfully early yet. Still, I suspect this will stoke pre-emptive attacks against Giuliani in the media.

UPDATE: It’s already started. But if this is the best they can do, it won’ t do much.

ANOTHER UPDATE: More here.

IF YOU HAVEN’T CHECKED IT OUT YET, the New York Sun’s Politics Blog is worth a look.