Just woke from another of my vivid blue agave dreams (hundreds of naked Indians labor to build an enormous casino inside the hollowed-out carcass of a giant, magical buffalo, the buffet to which features nothing but kippers, wild salmon, and owl kabobs)—only to find a curious note from my hoodie. Seems he’s been “living a lie” and has decided to run off with a pastel short sleeve button down Madras
August 23, 2006
“Report: Iran planning nuclear ‘surprise‘“
Hmm. Maybe I left the fallout shelter too soon. From the Jerusalem Post: A senior official in Teheran said Wednesday that in the next few days, a “surprise” was expected regarding Iran’s nuclear program, Al-Jazeera reported. Teheran’s apparent refusal to suspend uranium enrichment set the stage for a showdown at the UN Security Council later this month. The United States said Wednesday that a proposal by Iran for nuclear negotiations
August 23, 2006
For the record—
A number of people have contacted me privately about Deb Frisch’s reported arrest of a few days ago. So far as we can determine at this time, that arrest in Eugene is unrelated to Frisch’s actions concerning my family and me. Also for the record: pulled pork sandwiches for lunch are so decadent and naughty that it’s almost like eating a big bunful of Satan. Not at all related, I
August 23, 2006
“Dutch F-16s escort Northwest flight back to Amsterdam”
From the AP: Dutch F-16s escorted a Northwest Airlines flight bound for India back to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport today after the crew reported some passengers were behaving suspiciously, authorities said. Several passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight NW0042 to Bombay were taken off the plane for questioning after it landed safely, airport spokeswoman Pamela Kuypers said. Others were questioned at the gate. The Dutch Defense Ministry and airport authorities said the
August 23, 2006
“Is the Bush Doctrine Dead?”
In a lengthy piece in the WSJ, Norman Podhoretz says not so fast: In recent months, we have been bombarded with reports of the death of the Bush Doctrine. Of course, there have been many such reports since the doctrine was first promulgated at the start of what I persist in calling World War IV (the Cold War being World War III). Almost all of them were written by the
August 22, 2006
A note about my internet teevee show
My new show for Hot Air—“The CITIZEN JOURNALIST REPORT w/ Jeff Goldstein”—will debut on Friday (not tomorrow, as was previously mentioned) and will stay up on the Hot Air site (and maybe YouTube) over the weekend. To you, this means absolutely nothing, really. To me, however, it means three days of humiliation rather than one. Which, well—that’s what you get for not accepting Jesus Christ as your personal savior, I
August 22, 2006
BECAUSE OF THE GHETTOIZATION AND RAMPANT FRENCH NATIONALISM! AND THE POVERTY AND THE ALIENATION! AND THE CLAM STRIPS SO POPULAR IN CALAIS!
Or maybe he just doesn’t like some snooty fop telling him which wine goes with which foods. Whatever it was, the one thing we can safely rule out is unprovoked terrorism and allegiance to an ideology that is both totalitarian and colonial. Because, well, that’s just a myth.
August 22, 2006
Hoist the Black Flag, neocons!
At 3:05 PM EST. Today’s guests include Jim Pinkerton, Jim Geraghty, and Mary Katherine Ham. Or as I like to call them, Pinky and the Brain—and that one saucy conservative chick from Townhall who Allahpundit likes to think about to keep himself from despairing too much over Israel’s imminent demise. Though, alas, the Ham thing always brings him back somehow. Poor, tortured soul. Listen in at Rightalk. Call in number
August 22, 2006
An existential question
So, is it safe to retrieve the porn and the seventy cans of Sour Cream and Onion Pringles from my Panic Room yet, do you think? Or do I go conservative and wait for sundown. I know what Sartre would have done. But then, he didn’t have himself a nicely appointed Panic Room with High Def TV and a mini-fridge stocked with Amstel Lights, either. So I’m not sure I
Former teen idol Leif Garrett comments on Paramount Pictures’ decision to end its 14-year relationship with Tom Cruise over his increasingly outspoken proselytizing for Scientology
Garrett: “I’m not much into the Scientology myself, but I did once cut a half-dozen Paxils with a line of Flake, and I gotta admit, for a few moments there, that shit had me believing in space aliens, too. “Not only that, but it cost less than joining the Church, and there were no funny hats involved—unless you count waking up on Mulholland with a passed out Adrian Zmed sitting