they had it coming to them.  But in this instance, I’m on the side of the Yale barbershop harmony group: Members of a close-harmony group from Yale University are recovering after being ambushed and beaten up while on tour in California. Members of the a cappella Baker’s Dozen were performing at a party in San Francisco at the new year when their rendition of the “Star Spangled Banner” apparently sparked

Yvonne De Carlo, the beautiful star who played Moses’ wife in “The Ten Commandments” but achieved her greatest popularity on TV’s slapstick comedy “The Munsters,” has died. She was 84. De Carlo died of natural causes Monday at the Motion Picture & Television facility in suburban Los Angeles, longtime friend and television producer Kevin Burns said Wednesday. De Carlo, whose shapely figure helped launch her career in B-movie desert adventures

Scott Burgess, who has begun posting again at The Daily Ablution, beats the living crap out of emphatically discredits Oliver James, profiled in the Telegraph: Pop psychologist Oliver James has lately been making the promotional rounds, with an eye to further hawking the pet theory he’s been expounding for a few years now; namely, that the blame for rising rates of mental illness – along with “rising levels of depression,

Knowing our host’s interest in the use and misuse of language for political ends, an article in today’s L.A. Times caught my attention: WASHINGTON — Is it a “surge?” Is it an “escalation?” Is it harmless semantics? Is it disingenuous spin? *** What infuriates critics of the war, including many liberal Democrats, is that they see “surge” as a manipulative and deceptive word. It implies a relatively short-term increase in

“Chesterfield lost a tremendous asset today,” he said. Murmer, a teacher at Monacan High School, was suspended in December after objections were raised about his private abstract artwork, much of which includes smearing his posterior and genitals with paint and pressing them against canvas.

Well, according to certain of our trolls.  But be sure to read Michael Totten’s latest dispatch from Southern Lebanon, and the comments and his responses, as well.  It’s the single best piece on Lebanon, Hezbollah and Israel that I’ve read, and it’s full of interesting revelations that haven’t been reported in the MSM, such as: –Many Lebanese believe that the conflict was timed to give cover to Iran’s nuclear program

Have you ever noticed how people you don’t even know call you by your first name?  That really bugs me. It probably came about from some idiot’s idea of “personalizing” retail dealings.  Some idiot who has no idea about manners.  I remember when you called strangers either sir or ma’am or mister or missus whoever.  And it wasn’t just strangers.  There was an etiquette about the whole name exchange that

For starters, a surefire way to annoy trolls.  But wait, there’s more: 01/04/07 AP NEWS STORY Iraq threatens arrest of police captain who spoke to media By STEVEN R. HURST Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP)—The Interior Ministry acknowledged Thursday that an Iraqi police officer whose existence had been denied by the Iraqis and the U.S. military is in fact an active member of the force, and said he now

indcbill: Greetings from the front.* What’s going on with you? proteinwisdom: Eh, you know.  Site is messed up again proteinwisdom: had another DoS attack indcbill: jesus proteinwisdom: Nah, don’t think it was him this time—though I’m sure he still hates me because I agitate for the slaughter of Brown people.  Unlike, say, Yahweh.  Anyway, I had to get a new server built proteinwisdom: Now things aren’t working right proteinwisdom: Getting