Sometimes One Is Fortunate

Example: When the sentence that forces one not to read any farther in the item is the first one:

Michael Ledeen has been right about Iran at every turn ever since the 1970s

To repeat: at every turn ever.

The perennially incorrect Michael Ledeen has once again reported that Supreme Leader Khamenei is in a coma and on the verge of death. His most recent blog post is a rehash of his 2006 and 2007 reports. In a post that reads like a poorly-conceived screenplay, Ledeen claims that he has a very good source in Iran that has given him this information.

Every. Turn. Ever.

Bonus bugfeature: Remember Santorum's grandfather, who fled Italy for freedom? Meet him again, as Ledeen uses him to frame his piece.

Mr. Santorum's hatred of tyranny traces back to his grandfather Pietro, who took the family from Lake Garda in northern Italy to Pennsylvania's coal country to escape Mussolini's dictatorship in the 1920s. Pietro Santorum worked in the mines until he was 72 and, as Mr. Santorum often says, taught him "to treasure the gift of freedom [and] to have faith in God's grace."

The freedom to owe one's soul to the company store. Smart guy, "Grandpa Pietro."

"He left to the coal fields of Southern Pennsylvania. He worked in the mine at a company town, got paid with coupons, he used to call them."

Let us dwell on that. Grandpa Santorum lived in a company town where he was paid in "scrip" in lieu of cash. That means what his grandson calls "freedom" was, well and truly, something more like slavery.

LINK UPDATE (1815PST): Try this & then scroll a bit less than a third of the way (to "Poopy Pajamas") for "Michael Ledeen" in the first quote.