Another twofer: First, from Opinion Journal: “Axis of Soros: The men and motives behind the World Bank coup attempt”: Mr. Malloch Brown, remember, was until last year Kofi Annan’s deputy at the United Nations. In that position, he distinguished himself by spinning away the $100 billion Oil for Food scandal as little more than a blip in the U.N.’s good work, and one that had little to do with Mr.
May 11, 2007
The XY Files
First: “Pennsylvania Court Orders Sperm Donor to Lesbian Couple to Pay Child Support”: A sperm donor who helped a lesbian couple conceive two children is liable for child support under a state appellate court ruling that a legal expert believes might be the first of its kind in the U.S. A Superior Court panel last week ordered a Dauphin County judge to establish how much Carl L. Frampton Jr. would
Swine Before Pearle [Dan Collins]
In the WaPo: George Tenet and, more important, our premier intelligence organization managed to find weapons of mass destruction that did not exist while failing to find links to terrorists that did—all while missing completely the rise of Islamist fundamentalism. We have made only a down payment on the price of that failure. Slam dunk. See also Imamasses, below.
“The Problematic Zen of Dalton” (a play in one act)
[INT: ROADHOUSE. DALTON EXAMINES A SMALL KNIFE WOUND ON HIS ARM; I MARVEL AT HIS HAIR] Dalton: “Pain don’t hurt.” me: “Sure it does. Or else what you’re talking about isn’t, by definition, ‘pain.’” Dalton: Dalton: Dalton: “Why do you have to be such a dick?” ~ finis ~
You know your day is going badly…
…when it begins with an audible popping sound in the middle of your upper back—and you aren’t naked and being straddling by a trio of hookers holding just-opened bottles of Cristal. Anybody know of a do-it-yourself home traction kit? Delivery a must.
