In light of my being incapacitated with terror, I’ll just leave you all with a bunch of links / thoughts that you might be interested in.

A visit to the doctor today has prompted a referral to a dermatologist to have some “irregular” and dark moles looked at.  Which means I’m even more anxious than normal.  So help yourself to imaginary punch and pie.  If I feel less freaked out later, maybe I’ll throw up a few posts about nihilism and the failure of existentialism to address dread in a way that does me a lick

…Well, for my money, that Ayla chick’s legs are almost too long, y’know?  I mean, lots of unnecessary real estate to traverse on your way to the naughty bits, if you ask me. Of course, on the plus side, you’d think having a girlfriend who hits 80% of her free throws and can dunk has gotta be worth something.  Right? **** note:  today’s libation:  margaritas (6).

From “Brickbats,” April Reason: French rapper Monsieur R faces up to three years in prison and a 75,000-euro fine for referring to France as a “slut” and a “bitch” and saying “I piss on Napoleon and General de Gaulle” on his latest album.  Member of parliament Daniel Mach filed a complaint against the rapper, and a court has agreed to investigate the matter.  Mach calls the lyrics “an attack on

From Worker’s Liberty, “The shame of the invertebrate liberals”:

With thanks to Terry Hastings, a follow-up to my discussion last night on Iran—particularly, how Europe is likely to react in the event of a heightening of tensions.  From the WSJ (subscribers only), Dutch novelist and adjunct fellow at the Hoover Institute Leon De Winter, “Soft Europe”:

Having just completed a post on “rape” as it will now be defined in the UK, allow me to link to a semi-related discussion on “the “Muslim rape epidemic, reaction of the West, clash of cultures, adaptation/submission of western culture to the he-man woman hating (or just plain rights-of-the-indivdual hating club) that is traditional Islam.” Does each culture get to define “rape” in its own way?  Or is there some

Interesting bit from the BBC on what amounts to “rape” as (potentially subjective) afterthought.  “Ensure consent for sex, men told”:

From ABC News’ Brian Ross:

From the Sydney Morning Herald: