Archive for: January 2005

January 31, 2005

The Martha Stewart Chronicles, day 117

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The “an Iraqi twist on the red wheelbarrow poem” poem

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so much depends

upon

a red wheel

barrow

glazed with rain

water

beside a moribund

insurgency.

Former teen idol Leif Garrett comments on yesterday’s historic democratic elections in Iraq

Garrett:  “Dude, I was sleeping off a Mezcal bender.  Kerry didn’t win, I hope…

Man, these “we are sorry” crackpots are nothing if not tenacious, eh?

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update: variations on a theme.

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update 2: And another.  And another! And ibid.

“Judge Backs Guantanamo Detainee Challenges”

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AP:

A federal judge ruled Monday that foreign terror suspects held in Cuba can challenge their confinement in U.S. courts and she criticized the Bush administration for holding hundreds of people without legal rights.

A federal judge ruled Monday that …

Debunking pop-cultural myths, 3

Filed under: Uncategorized - 31 Jan 2005

If pressed, many blue collar workers living in or around Milwaukee in the mid-to-late 1950s would readily admit that the world of “Happy Days” is an absurd reflection of the cultural ethos as they remember it.  A more accurate …

Breaking:  Hillary Clinton collapses

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From FOXNews (live):  Hillary Clinton collapsed while delivering a speech to the Chamber of Commerce near Buffalo.

Developing….

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update: AP reports that she was suffering from a stomach illness.  She has been taken to a local …

January 30, 2005

The Martha Stewart Chronicles, day 116

Filed under: The Martha Stewart Chronicles - 30 Jan 2005

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in which I extrapolate a political conclusion using geometrical properties of equality

Filed under: Uncategorized - 30 Jan 2005

In the run-up to today’s historic Iraqi moment, the liberal left repeatedly insisted that the January elections couldn’t take place on time. Now that they’ve taken place, that same liberal left is telling us that the elections they said could …

Scenes from my driveway, continued x 51

Filed under: Scenes from my driveway - 30 Jan 2005

Deadbeat neighbor: “If you’d like to stop over later for a few minutes to celebrate the Iraqi elections, that’d be really nice.”

Me: “Oh, so you were following those, were you?  Good for you!  Sure, I’ll stop by for …

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