1) To the anonymous person who sent along the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre special edition DVD. The ground beef cover art alone makes my mouth water, I must say—but this also happens to be one of the greatest horror movies ever made, so I’m happy to have it in a US edition. 2) Thanks, too, to John Hackathorn for the Legacy Collection of The Wolfman.  Growing up, The Wolfman was

From US New & World Report: Terrorism suspects plotting to blow up American planes headed from the United Kingdom to the United States were planning to smuggle hydrogen peroxide-based liquid/slurry explosives in modified sports drinks bottles, U.S. News has learned. The suspects had figured out a way to modify the bottoms of the factory-sealed bottles and fill them with the explosives that were similar to those used in other recent

“…I wonder, do these pants make my ass look capitulatory…?”

In case you haven’t seen it, here’s German video of Hizbollah Superhero Green Helmet acting as a director of Qana propaganda video. (h/t Ron Ackert / Tom Pechinski) I’ve written plenty on post-modernist sensibilities and wills to power in modern political thought—how such things proceed from (or, if you prefer, are reinforced by, depending on your philosophical starting point) certain linguistic assumptions that then translate into self-justifying strategems and an

From FOX News.  No other details available just now (sources:  Reuters / Al Jazeera)

From “punditron,” writing at Daily Kos: Today, we can see again what Britain gets for being a staunch ally of Bush. They get home-grown terrorists, bombings, and more terrorist plots. BREAKING:  BUSH TO BE RETROACTIVELY BLAMED FOR IRA BOMBINGS. You have to wonder what exactly are the benefits of hitching yourself to George W. It’s like when you consider making an investment or major purchase. You look at the pros

From the BBC: A major terrorist plot to blow up planes in mid-flight has been disrupted, Scotland Yard has said. It is thought the plan was to detonate explosive devices smuggled on aircraft in hand luggage, with flights from the UK to the US being targeted. During the night, police arrested a number of people in London after a counter-terrorist operation they said had lasted several months. Security at all

From the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (to which I am a proud contributor): Marshall University has taken the advice of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and removed racial restrictions from an orientation course for first-year students. Last year’s listing for University Studies 101 (UNI 101) stated that certain sections were limited to “African American Students Only.” Thanks to FIRE’s intervention, several sections of UNI 101

From Michael Moore’s website, “It’s All About Who You Sleep With … a Cautionary Note from Michael Moore”: Friends, Let the resounding defeat of Senator Joe Lieberman send a cold shiver down the spine of every Democrat who supported the invasion of Iraq and who continues to support, in any way, this senseless, immoral, unwinnable war. Make no mistake about it: We, the majority of Americans, want this war ended—and