From Brian Ross, ABC News: Large teams of newly trained suicide bombers are being sent to the United States and Europe, according to evidence contained on a new videotape obtained by the Blotter on ABCNews.com. Teams assigned to carry out attacks in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Germany were introduced at an al Qaeda/Taliban training camp graduation ceremony held June 9. A Pakistani journalist was invited to attend
June 2007
June 18, 2007
BREAKING: REID DOES A COMPLETE 180 ON IRAQ
****EXCLUSIVE: MUST CREDIT PROTEIN WISDOM**** Found here: I returned from Iraq grateful for the progress I saw and painfully aware of the difficult problems that remain ahead. But I also returned with a renewed understanding of how important it is that we not abandon Iraq to al Qaeda and Iran, so long as victory there is still possible. And I conclude from my visit that victory is still possible in
June 18, 2007
a message from a massive purple bruise I picked up over the weekend
“Don’t look at me, pal. If you’d bother to slap a tan on those milky thighs of yours, I’d look just like a tattoo of Earl Campbell. ” — At which point you’d be thanking me, is how cool that would be.”
June 18, 2007
You're threatened by one religion, you're threatened by them all
Yeah, I know. The term “moral relativism” is often thrown around with too little rigor. But in this case, well, you decide… **** related: 72% of atheists find curly fries as threatening as Hasidic Jews. Which, that just seems silly, if you ask me.
June 18, 2007
Knight of the Living Dead
From the BBC, “Iran condemns Rushdie knighthood”: His book The Satanic Verses offended Muslims worldwide and led to Iran issuing a fatwa in 1989, ordering Sir Salman’s execution. Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said the decision to praise the “apostate” showed Islamophobia among British officials. The UK Foreign Office said Sir Salman’s honour was “richly deserved”. […] Mr Hosseini told a press conference: “Giving a medal to someone
June 18, 2007
Thanks! (updated with request)
To Jocelyn Rowley, for her Amazon contribution, and to David Tweeten, for the DVD of Merchant and Ivory’s trippy Savages. Very much appreciated! A few site notes: 1. We’re working on the PW Pub, which will be a satellite site for guest posters and those who want to carry on conversations outside of PW proper. Posts from that site will occasionally be plucked and placed on the PW main site,
June 18, 2007
a post that mimics an actual blog post, even as it's meant (meta-secretly) to test certain Word Press functions
From the AP: District Attorney Mike Nifong was disbarred Saturday for his “selfish” rape prosecution of three Duke University lacrosse players – a politically motivated act, his judges said, that he inexplicably allowed to fester for months after it was clear the defendants were innocent. “This matter has been a fiasco. There’s no doubt about it,” said F. Lane Williamson, the chairman of the three-member disciplinary committee that stripped the
June 15, 2007
Cream of Wheat [Dan Collins]
A man widely believed to be the model for the smiling chef on Cream of Wheat boxes finally has a grave marker bearing his name. Frank L. White died in 1938, and until this week, his grave in Woodlawn Cemetery bore only a tiny concrete marker with no name. On Wednesday, a granite gravestone was placed at his burial site. It bears his name and an etching taken from the
June 15, 2007
Song of the Three Yaddas [Dan Collins]
What if love is just imperious soma, Spume of hormones and the baying blood? And what if all I do is dream in coma, Mind unillumed by some alter god? Still the day appears anew in east a-crimsoned, Arising solemn from dark hills behind. Still I thirst for air and pine for pleasure, Still I hunger for more “love” in kind. My feet do feel as though they trip this