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Definite Improvements [Dan Collins]

Smurfapologium.Wog of Foer at Then You’re Repugnant

Pie! [Dan Collins]

Expanding Pie! (see comment 5)

Bride of Piltdown Man [Dan Collins]

Someone claiming to be Lori Drew posts on her actions, reasoning. Clearly a hoax, but the poster knows a lot about the story.

Looking for intelligence at The New York Times [Karl]

The Grey Lady seems to think the latest National Intelligence Estimate on Iran — which contains more dovish assessments than the 2005 NIE — is evidence of our new and improved intelligence community: Government officials who have read both estimates said the 2005 report was filled with analysis based on somewhat murky knowledge of Iran’s capabilities and the goals of its leaders. They said the new intelligence estimate contained very

Someone’s Story Doesn’t Add Up [Dan Collins]

Gosh!  May I have mistaken the injured party?  A woman linked to an online hoax played on a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide had no idea MySpace messages to the girl had turned cruel and did not write any of them herself, the woman’s lawyer said Tuesday.Lawyer Jim Briscoe appeared on NBC’s “Today” show, as did the parents of Megan Meier. Megan, a 13-year-old girl from the St. Louis suburb of

An Improvement? [Dan Collins]

You decide.

Hillary’s 3rd Grade Essay [Dan Collins]

on what she wanted to be when she grew up, for Mrs. Miller, discovered.  Pillage Idiot has the details.

Best & Worst Christmas Television Specials [Dan Collins]

Self-explanatory.  I love the Karloff Grinch and the Burl Ives Rudolph.

Best & Worst Christmas Gifts [Dan Collins]

At the end of A Christmas Story, our narrator states that his Red Rider BB Gun was the greatest gift he ever got.  What are some of the most memorable Christmas gifts you’ve ever received, either for bad or good?  Why?  Atlanta Journal-Constitution: We are all victims, now  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution As the gift-giving and receiving season picks up steam, what’s the worst gift you’ve ever received? Do you suspect you

Figure Skating [Dan Collins]

Despite being labelled a homophobe by Dr. Caric, I found myself watching some extraordinary figure skating yesterday with my daughter.  Johnny Weir (that rhymes with “quare”) of the US won the men’s gold medal, but Stephane Lambiel of Switzerland was the most impressive of the men’s skaters in my view.  Also, women’s solo champion Yu-Na Kim of South Korea was extraordinary.If you’re into that sort of thing.  NTTAWWT.