My guess is that in the cold, clarifying light of morning, how Jordan’s remarks actually played on that Davos tape was even worse than we’d been led to expect—and that, recognizing this, Jordan didn’t so much resign as he was coached by the CNN brass on how best to salvage what remained of his dignity.  I echo Jim Geraghty’s parting thoughts: I would have preferred the tape come out, and

Hoping to overcome what has quickly become a hackneyed premise, FBI agent Don Epps (Rob Morrow) eschews a dangerously abductive statistics-based theory offered him by his brooding mathematician brother, Charlie (David Krumholz), and instead tries doing his own fucking crime solving for a change—relying on nothing more than the vast resources available to him as a federal law enforcement official.  (Co-stars Peter MacNichol, Judd Hirsch, and Sabrina Lloyd)

1.  Many many thanks to Platt Thompson for the Thieves Highway DVD, which arrived this afternoon from Amazon.  I’m a big fan of both Dassin and Lee J. Cobb, and I very much look forward to checking this one out. 2.  Arthur Miller dies at 89—having written some lasting plays, and having thrown some quality humps into Marilyn Monroe.  Not a bad life, all things considered. 3.  What the hell…?

From Raelianews: Rael to bestow Honorary Priest title to Ward Churchill Miami, Feb 10, 2005. Rael, leader of the International Raelian Movement (http://www.rael.org) has just given the “Honorary Priest” title to Ward Churchill (University of Colorado professor) for his essay which most of the US is decrying as insensitive or unpatriotic. Ricky Roehr (leader of the US Raelian Movement) is quoted: “Mr. Churchill is exactly right in what he wrote!

TH: “Here, Conchita.  Eat this for me.  And see that I enjoy it, understand? “And when you’re done with that, draw me a bath.  Teresa’s feet are feeling clammy again.”

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From Reuters: A plan by a German zoo to test the sexual appetites of a group of suspected homosexual penguins has sparked outrage among gay and lesbian groups, who fear zookeepers might force them to turn straight. “All sorts of gay and lesbian associations have been e-mailing and calling in to protest,” said a spokesman for the zoo in the northwestern city of Bremerhaven on Friday. He said the zoo

In a revealing article today, The Denver Post takes a closer look at Ward Churchill’s scholarship: University of Colorado officials reviewing Ward Churchill’s writings and qualifications will find questions about his scholarship and accuracy dating back at least eight years. “If he is going to get fired, it is going to be for making up data, and that’s one thing you can’t get away with in the academic community,” said

From the Washington Post: Attention, parents: The state of Virginia understands that you lead busy lives, but lawmakers are confident that you will be only too happy to tack just one more task onto your morning routine—a quick pants check as the kids head out the door. The House of Delegates voted 60 to 34 Tuesday to impose a $50 fine on anyone found wearing pants low enough that a

From this day forward, “Dear Leader” Kim Jong-Il will only answer to “Dear Leader Uncle Really Big Boom Boom” The United States: perfected the seven-layer dip; The Republic of North Korean: perfected the trillion-layer dip! Soon to be released documents will prove that it was North Korea—not, as was previously believed, the US—who helped beat back the Nazis at Normandy The first working printing press was invented by Dear Leader