"We were afraid of a doomsday gap"

YOU ARE VISITING THE OLD MALKIN(S)WATCH. THAT'S FANTASTIC. PLEASE VISIT THE NEW MALKIN(S)WATCH WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.

Fresh from her semi-forced semi-hiatus, Malkin is rubbing her hands with glee at the thought of John Bolton being named UN Ambassador.

I admit I don't know much about Bolton, but I know what I like. And it's not this:

A former director of the Project for a New American Century—the neocon movement of the '90s from which nearly all of Bush's national security team sprang—Bolton opposed not only the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty...but also the international bioweapons conference, the ban on chemical weapons, the nuclear test ban; any accord that limited anything the United States might someday want to do. At State, Bolton's main job was to serve as Vice President Dick Cheney's agent at Foggy Bottom, monitoring, opposing, and, to the extent possible, thwarting from within the moderating influence of Secretary Colin Powell and his crew of pin-striped diplomats. He was particularly active in sabotaging Powell's efforts to open up nuclear disarmament negotiations with North Korea.

Oooh, be still Malkin's heart:

Our reaction to the nomination of John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the U.N.? Two thumbs up. Way up...

A jolt of Bolton is just what the doctor ordered.

Yep. Doctor Strangelove.