“Bam, bam, bam.” I tried to ignore the noise. “Bam, bam, bam.” A pause.  “I know you’re in there,” he yelled.  “You may as well open the door.  If you don’t I will.”

Not that it will matter, since The Independent has established the idea that it happened, according to an Oxfam Somali partner organization.  But just for the record, you know. The herdsmen had gathered with their animals around large fires at night to ward off mosquitoes. But lit up by the flames, they became the latest victims of America’s war on terror. It was their tragedy to be misidentified in a

You say Jamil, I say Jamail . . . can’t get enough?  Flopping Aces has the latest. In fact, I’m establishing the Jamil Hussein Fan Club.

With Karl’s great post below, I have nothing to compete, but if you haven’t checked it out already, you may wish to get a look at this excellent synopsis by Richard Baehr, Why Europe Abandoned Israel. I found this highlighted comment from BBC News’s “Have Your Say” humorous: “Kids should stay at school for as long as it takes for them to learn how to behave in a civilised society.”

Note: With Jeff G allegedly returning full-time on Monday, I want to thank him for giving me the opportunity to post rambling pieces like this one. What is the nature of the global war on terror? Is calling it a global war on terror a step in the wrong direction? To what extent is it fought in and shaped by shaped by the global media environment? Is the US ignoring,

Resisting sodomization with a stick.  Not that it’s Abu-Ghraib-like, or anything.  I mean, brown-on-brown violence is just de rigueur. An Egyptian man filmed being sexually assaulted in jail by police officers, has himself been imprisoned on a charge related to the same incident. Imad Kabir was jailed for three months for “resisting authority”, a sentence that has shocked his defence lawyers. Last year, Mr Kabir was seen in widely circulated

Almost 2 millenia after Mt. Vesuvius last blew its top, destroying Pompei, Italians living in the vicinity of the volcano still have not come up with a viable escape plan should the volcano threaten to blow again.  Within 20km (12 miles) of its crater live almost three million people – and every one of them, say the geologists, is at risk. Their evidence comes from research, now completed, which shows

With the American Family Association, Democrats.com (moonbattery alert), and, well, just about everyone? They’re all pissed at Disney’s bias. Aw, who am I fooling?  I’m ”simply angry that the entire media won’t turn into a BushCo propaganda organization.” More: anti-choice fascist’s poster not representing a woman expresses ideal society in which women do not exist.

A bit of shameless politicking, and protesters of a different feather. With a football theme, just to keep it timely. See also here and here. And definitely here: Fathers-4-Justice

Notable Quotables, Media Research Center’s 19th Annual Hall of Shame, featuring the Olbermonster and other faves. (h/t StikNStein)