I went to the movies yesterday so I wouldn’t have to sit around and listen to the family eat Thanksgiving dinner (I can’t eat solids at the moment), and smell those wonderful smells, and I’m glad I did.  I saw Casino Royale, and I have to say, I think it’s the best Bond movie ever.  They set out to portray the original Bond from the books, and succeeded magnificently.  I’m

Ignore that man behind the arras (Vlad the Irradiator): Radiation found after spy’s death Police probing the death of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko have found above normal levels of radiation at three locations. Mr Litvinenko’s death has been linked to the presence of a “major dose” of radioactive polonium-210 in his body. Scotland Yard confirmed traces were also found at his home, a sushi bar and a hotel, but the

“I thankful for the News!”

From Joe Guzzardi at vDare, in a links-rich post: Who can forget that in 2003 Pelosi went to bat for Mexico, illegal immigrants and Wal-Mart all in one statement? In response to alien round-ups at the retail giant, she said that the “terrorizing raids” would end when workers in all sectors of the economy were legalized. The kicker: Pelosi delivered her remarks from Mexico. She was there sucking up to

Michael Young in the Times of London: In recent weeks the idea that the United States and the UK should “engage” Syria, but also Iran, to stabilise Iraq has been all the rage. On Tuesday, in an east Beirut suburb, Lebanon’s industry minister, Pierre Gemayel, showed what the cost of engagement might be. The scion of a prominent Christian political family was assassinated in broad daylight. This was the latest

Why in the name of Grover friggin’ Nordquist was Colorado Attorney General John Suthers flown to Saudi Arabia—on the taxpayers’ dime—to justify the sentence of a Coloradan of Saudi descent convicted of keeping a slave? As David Harsanyi quips in his Denver Post column, which deftly details the story of Suthers, State, and Homaidan Al-Turki, Colorado resident and son of a Saudi imam:  “Wouldn’t it have made more sense to

Just to follow up on my post yesterday regarding public perception (particularly among the working class, whose ranks represented the biggest voter shift) and November’s electoral victory for the Democrats, I’d like to point you to this piece by Reihan Salam and Atlantic Monthly associate editor Ross Douthat, “What Is the Matter with Kansas?  Economic populism makes a comeback,” which is able to further (and better) articulate some of the

Cites natural law: The Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has told African and European government ministers that they must accept high levels of cross-border migration. Mr Gaddafi told ministers gathered for a conference on migration from Africa to the EU that resisting migration “is like rowing against the stream”. “The current populations of the world are originally migrants,” he said. Libya is hosting a two-day conference aiming to agree a common

We never stoop to an open thread.  No, we don’t.  But here is where the Protein Wisdom community can liveblog their Thanksgivings. Hehe!