More buffoonery from the New York Times is detailed by Mickey Kaus over at the teeniebopper site Slate.com.

The Times talked to a few people and reported that the Maliki government in Iraq might collapse because of the decision to liberate Basra from radical militias. The facts contradict the story, and the whole thing looks silly.

They’re losing their grip on the narrative, allowing reality to intervene no matter how forcefully they wail.