Were I to buy a kangaroo, I’d keep it chained to my wrist like a big fuzzy briefcase so that people could stop & point and say, “doesn’t that kangaroo look so cute, standing there holding that guy’s credit cards?”
February 3, 2007
Saturday Afternoon Links [Dan Collins]
Gay Seahorses. Personally, I have no objection to their marrying. Following up on Jeff’s post regarding the tsunami of anti-Semitic violence in the UK, Melanie Phillips outlines the perverse rhetorical responses in the British press and polity, and adds this interesting information about British Muslims that I’d missed: Last year, an opinion poll in the Times revealed that a horrifying 37 per cent of Muslims polled believed that that the
Saturday Morning Links [Dan Collins]
Over at Bloody Scott, paul ilc has some great stuff on Koranimals (demonstrating against the police state that won’t let them behead British soldiers), Rape Convictions in the UK, Hugo Chavez’s Peculiar Liberalism, and his ongoing series of profiles of prominent academics. Burgess is working on a major project that may or may not involve a shotgun blast to the face of a Guardianista. So remind yourself to go over
Yo, Jeff. It’s Friday. Did you forget something, or—
—No, I didn’t forget. And in fact, the little guy swore up and down that this week that he’d finally put down the Cheddar Goldfish, change out of his sweats, and represent the mambo for you all. Only problem is, I can’t seem to find him anywhere—though I will say that the stack of Jugs magazines soaking in bongwater from an upset inverted pyrex water hookah on the kitchen table—when
Blogwar Spiralling Out of Control [Dan Collins]
Waking the Giant is provoking escalation. Iowahawk urges calm.
What I Saw at the Bookstore [Dan Collins]
Every week I take my son Aidan to a psychotherapy appointment in Montpelier, where he receives “play therapy” that is supposed to help him resolve issues arising out of his schizophrenia. I’ve got an hour to kill, so I usually walk around town, visit the bookstores, etc. Today, I went to Bear Pond Books in the very lefty capitol of Vermont. I was hoping to pick up a certain volume
Reality Based. I Just Don’t Care About Evidence. [Dan Collins; UPDATED]
As you may be aware, Impolitic was stalking Jeff Goldstein after Jeff posted on Amanda’s new Edwards site, after Jeff stalked Amanda by posting there. He proved it to his own satisfaction by quoting a definition from some dictionary, because, you know, definitions mustn’t be subject to any kind of interpretation. They just are. So, perhaps it’s merely coincidental that on the heels of Amanda’s attempt to suppress evidence, which
