Readying myself for today’s stress echocardiogram, I choose a pair of light cross-training shoes, yellow spandex running shorts, and a black mesh shirt that allows my skin to breathe. The black porkpie hat and chain wallet? Well, those just cap off the outfit. And sometimes, health is all about feeling good about yourself.
April 5, 2006
When it says Libby Libby Libby on the label label label…
Writing for The American Thinker, Clarice Feldman takes on special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald and the Libby prosecution in a long an interesting follow-up to an earlier post. From “The Potemkin Prosecution: Part Two”: At the heart of Libby’s procedural defense is the creation by then-Acting Attorney General James Comey of a special counsel cut free from all supervision and direction and all limitations on his conduct set forth in Department
April 5, 2006
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, abridged 23
On most occasions, bumps in the road are best circumvented. But there are certain times, times the true the initiate feels in his gut, when those bumps are worth hitting full-throttle—particularly if they are the kinds of bumps that grow emboldened by the predictable patience and tolerance of the general motoring public.
April 5, 2006
Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness (unless and until such time as said “happiness” conflicts with the dicta of your betters, who will then step in and direct you to the Kashi)—UPDATED
Jacob Sullum, Reason, “Unfair Food” (May print edition): Obese people who blame restaurant chains or other food sellers for making them fat face a daunting obstacle when try to recover damages in court: They have to show that a particular company is responsible for their obesity. But Richard Daynard, a Northeastern University law professor who runs the Obesity and Law Project at the Public Health Advocacy Institute, thinks he has
April 5, 2006
“Top Colleges Reject Record Numbers”
From the WSJ (subscription only): Concluding one of the most brutal admission seasons ever, college officials say they are accepting an unusually low percentage of applicants. Elite colleges including Brown University, Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania say they have accepted a smaller percentage of applicants than ever before. Brown admitted only 13.8% of applicants, down from the 14.6% of applicants it accepted last year. That is a record-low
April 4, 2006
Hoist the Black Flag AGAIN, neocon!
Please tune in today to “Hoist the Black Flag” on Rightalk. The show begins at 4:05 pm EST, 1:05 pacific. Today’s guest is…well, nobody, actually. As in, we have no frickin’ guests lined up—though we’re hoping a few special guests phone in. If not, we’re pretty much screwed. Oh. And sadly, I STILL don’t have the broadcast equipment, so I’ll be doing the show from a telephone again. Which explains
April 4, 2006
I smell a Yale scholarship…!
From Charles Oliver, “Brickbats,” Reason (May 2006 print edition): When Scottish developer Marcus Salter started to move a big rock in the middle of his development, neighbors in St. Fillians complained he would disturb the fairies that lived underneith it. At first he thought they were joking. Then the local community council started talking about complaining to the authorities, and he decided to have the project redesigned to leave the
April 4, 2006
“Most wanted terrorist ‘kicked out as leader’ for bloody tactics”?
From the Times Online (UK): ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWI, the most feared commander in the Iraqi insurgency, may have been forced to surrender his leadership by rival groups, angered by his bloody tactics and the interference of foreign fighters in the Iraqi conflict. According to Huthayfah Azzam, the son of Abdullah Azzam, al-Zarqawi’s former mentor, the notorious commander of al-Qaeda in Iraq was stripped of his political duties at a meeting
April 4, 2006
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) tells a joke (or, so long as Steve Gilliard is throwing around the “racist” claims, I might as well keep right on living the Rethuglican Dream of HATING THE BROWN MAN!)
Q: “How many WHITE people does it take to change a lightbulb?” A: “None. Because they make the BLACK MAN do all their manual labor for them, while they hold all the WHITE COLLAR jobs! And answer me this: why are all the GOOD jobs called ‘WHITE’ collar jobs, anyway? “Stumped you, didn’t I? You RACIST CRACKERS!”*
Shannon Elizabeth discusses the importance of keeping classified information classified, particularly in a time of war, and excoriates the NYT for leaking the NSA “domestic spy” story: a performative
Elizabeth: “Let me put it this way: sometimes its best to keep your most effective assets hidden from enemy eyes. And their ears, too—if your enemies happen to be creepy little fetishists like David Spade. “Which, there’s a night I’d rather not revisit, if it’s all the same to you…”* **** (h/t Eric Akawie)