January 31, 2005
The “an Iraqi twist on the red wheelbarrow poem” poem
so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside a moribund insurgency.
Man, these “we are sorry” crackpots are nothing if not tenacious, eh?
**** update: variations on a theme. **** update 2: And another. And another! And ibid.
“Judge Backs Guantanamo Detainee Challenges”
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 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. Judge Joyce Hens
Debunking pop-cultural myths, 3
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 description might be something like, “Asbestos Days,” or “Laverne and Shirley Get Knocked Up by Poor Germanic Toughs and Wind Up Whores Hooked on Smack by Early 1962.”
Breaking: Hillary Clinton collapses
From FOXNews (live): Hillary Clinton collapsed while delivering a speech to the Chamber of Commerce near Buffalo. Developing…. **** update: AP reports that she was suffering from a stomach illness. She has been taken to a local hospital. **** update 2: FOXNews is now saying she has not been taken to the hospital after all. **** update 3: Senator Clinton will resume her regular speaking schedule, FOXNews is reporting. ****
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…