Not that we didn't expect it...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush will bypass the Senate and appoint John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Monday morning, a senior administration official said.

The move, expected in a White House ceremony, would come over the protests of Senate Democrats who complained that the blunt, combative Bolton lacked credibility.

The rest of the story's at Reuters.

Gah

A miserable day of which the least said, the better. Mecury in retrograde and all like that.

I will just mention that With Stars Underfoot is available in electronic format from Embiid, as of today.