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April 2006
April 12, 2006
My seventh brief conversation with the 2mg regimen of Klonopin (clonazepam) prescribed me by my GP
me: “You know what I like most about you, Klonopin? It’s that you don’t judge me, man. You take me for who I am.” Klonopin: “Don’t mention it. I mean, Lord knows being batshit crazy is enough of a burden without my piling on.” “Although I must say, I do wish you’d stop poking the neighbor’s cat with that big grilling fork. I have a reputation for effectiveness to uphold,
April 12, 2006
“Guests Mingle at a Robert Byrd Cocktail Party” (oil on acrylic): from the protein wisdom conceptual series
April 12, 2006
“45 % of Germans call the U.S. a ‘greater threat to world peace’ than Iran.”
Poll here, courtesy Davids Medienkritik, which notes: 28 % think that Iran is a greater threat. For 16 %, the U.S. and Iran pose identical threats. The results don’t surprise me at all. I mean, Iran is economically extremly promising for Germany. And Iran has made it clear what it expects in return for economic favours: “The international deputy of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Fereidoun Entezari, believes that business
April 12, 2006
The WaPo and Biolabs
In the comments to my post yesterday about the spin used by an ideologically-driven press to forge a particular narrative about a war with which they disagree, commenter rls pointed out this Washington Post story on a Pentagon team’s assessment of Saddam’s supposed biolabs. The tenor of the story—and this is one of the points I made yesterday—is clearly designed to suggest that the President knew full well that those
April 12, 2006
The Race Game, cont.
From the NYT (by way of The Corner): Alan Moldawer’s adopted twins, Matt and Andrew, had always thought of themselves as white. But when it came time for them to apply to college last year, Mr. Moldawer thought it might be worth investigating the origins of their slightly tan-tinted skin, with a new DNA kit that he had heard could determine an individual’s genetic ancestry. The results, designating the boys
April 11, 2006
Fiftieth in a series of real-time empirical observations
In the time it takes you to read this post, pop-star and movie sex kitten Jessica Simpson, on the brink of preparing to tell yet another glossy mag’s reporter about her heroic refusal to meet with the President, will suddenly realize she can’t remember his name—and even with some quick thinking by her press secretary (who helpfully points to her crotch), all Ms Simpson can manage is a sputtering condemnation
April 11, 2006
Hoist the Black Flag again, neocon
Please tune in today to “Hoist the Black Flag” on Rightalk. The show begins at 4:05 pm EST, 1:05 pacific. Today’s guest is the controversial and piquant Debbie Schlussel. Oh. And sadly, I STILL don’t have the broadcast equipment, so I’ll be doing the show from a telephone again. Which explains my tinny, nasally voice. And of course my Bush Kultism. Anyway please call in with any questions: 866-884-TALK (8255).
April 11, 2006
On propaganda—yet AGAIN
Yesterday’s WaPo lede story, “Al-Qaeda Arranges Most Suicide Blasts In Iraq, U.S. Says” (originally titled ““Military Plays Up Role of Zarqawiâ€Â), is, as the Corner’s Cliff May notes a ludicrous attempt to create a scandal out of the U.S. military trying to drive some fairly obvious messages to the media – media that are routinely manipulated by the terrorists (who are almost never called terrorists of course, no matter what
April 11, 2006
On Conway
Given that it’s been referenced so often by the anti-Bush crowd, this mini-rant by NRO’s George Conway is worth spending a few moments on. Writes Conway: John Fund, after discussing how disgruntled the GOP base may be, has it exactly right: “Republicans have appeared to the world to be as unprincipled and rudderless as the politicians they campaigned against back in 1994. Unless they change course dramatically in the seven