Steady Tonic

So I suppose the real test here is to measure Barry Bonds’ balls.

Explainer: Can Steroids Enlarge Your Head? [Slate]

From the NYT:

A new and classified American military proposal outlines an intensified effort to enlist tribal leaders in the frontier areas of Pakistan in the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban, as part of a broader effort to bolster Pakistani forces against an expanding militancy, American military officials said.

Does this remind anyone of Afghanistan during the 1980s? Roll tape for Bad Idea Jeans: “We weren’t going to arm these nomadic and disparate tribes against al Qaeda, but then we thought ‘When are we going to be in Waziristan again?’”