Hype, anyone?

While reading opinion essays on JWR, I ran into this

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My opinion? Go to my screedblog to find out...
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Hyping embryonic stem cells is almost a crusade...Now a corporation has lied to get publicity (and investment capital) for their stem cell research, and some people ask: Why so many lies about embryonic stem cells and cloning research?

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I never saw the reason for the hype about Plamegate...well, here is Christopher Hitchens sardonic observations...
I like Hitchens...and always pray to Mother Teresa to heal him...

UPDATE: Wa Post agrees with Hitchens, and their editorial includes this scathing comment:
it now appears that the person most responsible for the end of Ms. Plame's CIA career is Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson chose to go public with an explosive charge, claiming -- falsely, as it turned out -- that he had debunked reports of Iraqi uranium-shopping in Niger and that his report had circulated to senior administration officials. He ought to have expected that both those officials and journalists such as Mr. Novak would ask why a retired ambassador would have been sent on such a mission and that the answer would point to his wife. He diverted responsibility from himself and his false charges by claiming that President Bush's closest aides had engaged in an illegal conspiracy. It's unfortunate that so many people took him seriously.
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and finally, ManoloBlog covers the Emmys... and wonders why the hype...
Botox angels anyone?