I’ve avoided posting for a long while since I don’t do news summaries, and that appears to be the focus of the site, but this seems like a good time to post blather that can be quickly forgotten. I don’t see movies on a first-run basis. Instead, I wait for them to hit the cheapo theater down the street from me. They get movies just before the DVD is released.

Progressive: Deirdre A. McQuade, an official of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), criticized a study by researchers from the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization published in the October 13, 2007 issue of The Lancet, calling for the global legalization and promotion of abortion, “Induced Abortion: Estimated Rates and Trends Worldwide.” “Some say the new Guttmacher study shows that legalizing abortions makes them ‘safe;’ but the

More Google malfeasance? I received this comment from William, a loyal CTB reader, referring to Daveed Gartenstein-Ross’ post on Palestinian extremists’ use of Google Earth to help determine their targets for rocket strikes: I was just reading about the use of Google Earth by the Palestians and others regarding the use of this program to determine targets in Israel, and the feeble excuse that Google gave, on Counterterrosism blog. I

Brendan and his pals rented it today. I can see how those involved thought it might appeal, but it was mediocre and dumb. Speaking of dumb, they won’t let these people have pot, but oxycontin’s okay?

In case you’re not from Knoxville, Preston Taylor Holmes of Six Meat Buffet emails to show you what you missed. I can tell you that the annual weekend-before-Halloween celebration was pretty wild here in Vermont, though.

The case is the first in modern times that a member of the royal family has been targeted in an alleged blackmail plot. In 1891 the future Edward VII discussed with his solicitor paying off two prostitutes he had visited in return for letters he had written to them. Details emerged only in 2002 when the letters were sold for £8,220 at Bonhams, the auctioneers. All right. So some “Royal”

identical twins both turn out Jewish. (h/t Hot Air) Paula Bernstein, left, and her twin Elyse Schein

Yesterday in the comments to a post on Ardolino, Peter Jackson opined that his website sucks. I didn’t recall that, so I went over there and spent some time there this morning, and can unequivocally state that Peter’s just wrong about his website. I also checked out the trailers to the Coen Brothers’ new movie, No Country for Old Men, based on the Cormac McCarthy novel and in theaters November