MEDPUNDIT RESPONDS to the CodeBlue claim that Yushchenko wasn’t poisoned. “Here’s a description of acute dioxin poisoning which fits Yushchenko’s symtpoms to a tee . . . As for the possibilty [of] Yurshchenko having acne rosacea, it’s unlikely. Acne rosacea usually has a much slower progression.”

UPDATE: Photos here. And even more here.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Sean Doherty emails:

George Soros has a long history of manipulating elections in eastern europe (as he tried to do here in the US).

Soros loves Yushchenko.

The media is duping you, Reynolds, and you’re falling hook, line and sinker. Don’t fall for it.

Well, I certainly disagreed with Soros on the U.S. election. But it’s not as if I disagree with him on everything — we both favor drug legalization, for example. But if Soros is fooling me, he’s fooling a rather diverse group of people.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Jim Treacher emails with the bottom line: “I don’t think you’re getting duped about Yushchenko. There’s no way a guy goes from George Clooney to Joe Don Baker overnight without some shenanigans.” (Upsetting photo here.)