Yesterday I issued a new editorial edict at TPM: every story must somehow squeeze in the phrase “Big Mexican Women” — referred to around the office using the acronym BMW. If that is as offensive to you as it probably is, get a load of this Fox News account of those Afghan trainees who are allegedly AWOL from an air force base in Texas. We’ve been calling around down there to see what we could confirm — or not. You truly can’t make this stuff up — or can you?
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