For what it’s worth, dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. It’s just not really widely reported.
August 9, 2005
August 9, 2005
Convergences: a protein wisdom Tuesday afternoon riddle
Q: Why did grieving Mom Cindy Sheehan cross the road? A: To catch Michael Moore a chicken, so that the slovenly propagandist could deep fry the thing in pancake batter and lard, then eat it with a pound of potato salad and a tray of buttered Hawaiian-styled sweet rolls. The fat, opportunistic bastard.* (h/t John Cole) **** update: Baaaa. Baaa. Baaaa. Baaa. Baaaa. Baaa. Baaaa. Baaa. Baaaaa. Baaaa. Baaaa. Baaaaaaaaa.
August 9, 2005
If instead of going On The Road, famed Beat writer Jack Kerouac spent the early 1950s dating a young and impressionable Gloria Steinem
Kerouac: “Of course I admire you as a person, baby. But where is it written that a person I admire can’t finish dusting the shelves, then make me a nice BLT sandwich on white, toasted, with a generous layer of mayo…?”
August 9, 2005
Intelligence Deficit
I had planned to discuss today’s New York Times article detailing how—according to a former defense official and Republican Congressman Curt Wheldon—military intelligence had already identified the core of the Atta Al Qaeda cell (though not Atta himself) by the summer of 2000. Fortunately, Captain Ed has already done the heavy lifting for me: The reason for the inability to share information with the FBI, information that might have led
August 9, 2005
Overheard inside a Najaf bunker, Tuesday, August 9
First militant: “Do you feel that, Azhar? That sense of foreboding that hangs like a ripe fig over the city?” Second militant: “You worry too much, Qasim. The paper tigers of the Great Satan fear the holy warriors of Allah too much to venture close enough to do us harm. We are safe here, my brother—believe me. Now, let us put concern out of our minds and build the IEDs
August 9, 2005
The Boys (and Girls) from Berkeley
From the ever odious Rox Populi: I admit I have a sick mind. But [The Boys From Brazil] was the first thing I thought of when I read this a few minutes ago. While I very much doubt either one of the Stepford’s [SCOTUS nominee John Roberts and his family] would run a stop sign let alone skirt adoption laws, one has to wonder why they would go to so
August 9, 2005
A friendly reminder:
He’s the freakin’ President of the United States, lady. And besides, you already met with him once before. Jesus. Thank Patton grieving parents and spouses of WWII soldiers killed in battle weren’t subjected to the kind of crass exploitation by anti-war opportunists Cindy Sheehan is being exposed to; the thought of some seersucker-suited aide wheeling Roosevelt door-to-door across America, hat in hand, so that he could answer to the wives