Hmm. Maybe I left the fallout shelter too soon. From the Jerusalem Post: A senior official in Teheran said Wednesday that in the next few days, a “surprise” was expected regarding Iran’s nuclear program, Al-Jazeera reported. Teheran’s apparent refusal to suspend uranium enrichment set the stage for a showdown at the UN Security Council later this month. The United States said Wednesday that a proposal by Iran for nuclear negotiations
August 23, 2006
August 23, 2006
For the record—
A number of people have contacted me privately about Deb Frisch’s reported arrest of a few days ago. So far as we can determine at this time, that arrest in Eugene is unrelated to Frisch’s actions concerning my family and me. Also for the record: pulled pork sandwiches for lunch are so decadent and naughty that it’s almost like eating a big bunful of Satan. Not at all related, I
August 23, 2006
“Dutch F-16s escort Northwest flight back to Amsterdam”
From the AP: Dutch F-16s escorted a Northwest Airlines flight bound for India back to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport today after the crew reported some passengers were behaving suspiciously, authorities said. Several passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight NW0042 to Bombay were taken off the plane for questioning after it landed safely, airport spokeswoman Pamela Kuypers said. Others were questioned at the gate. The Dutch Defense Ministry and airport authorities said the
August 23, 2006
“Is the Bush Doctrine Dead?”
In a lengthy piece in the WSJ, Norman Podhoretz says not so fast: In recent months, we have been bombarded with reports of the death of the Bush Doctrine. Of course, there have been many such reports since the doctrine was first promulgated at the start of what I persist in calling World War IV (the Cold War being World War III). Almost all of them were written by the
Former teen idol Leif Garrett comments on Paramount Pictures’ decision to end its 14-year relationship with Tom Cruise over his increasingly outspoken proselytizing for Scientology
Garrett: “I’m not much into the Scientology myself, but I did once cut a half-dozen Paxils with a line of Flake, and I gotta admit, for a few moments there, that shit had me believing in space aliens, too. “Not only that, but it cost less than joining the Church, and there were no funny hats involved—unless you count waking up on Mulholland with a passed out Adrian Zmed sitting