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Follow-up to the “Follow-up to the ‘Helen Thomas orders a corned beef sandwich and some cole slaw’ post” post

Thomas:  “And a whole bunch of napkins.  Sadly, my lips and tongue aren’t quite so reliable as they once were…”

The sliding scale of tolerance

From FOXNews: A New Jersey computer programmer who sent a private email describing lesbianism as a “perversion” has been formally reprimanded by the university where he works for violating the school’s discrimination policy, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education reports. Jihad Daniel, a programmer at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J., made his comments in response to an e-mail he received that had been sent university-wide inviting people to

Follow-up to the “Helen Thomas orders a corned beef sandwich and some cole slaw” post

Thomas:  “Oh.  And can I get one of those Snapples, too, please?”

Helen Thomas orders a corned beef sandwich and some cole slaw

Thomas:  “A corned beef sandwich and a side of cole slaw, please.  And no mustard.  If I find even a drib of mustard on my sandwich, so help me, I’ll kill myself.” counter girl:  “You’ll kill yourself…? Thomas:  “Off the record?  Yes—with a rusty coat hanger jammed repeatedly through my eardrum.  For the record, though, I am quite neutral about mustard—and nobody’d better accuse Helen Thomas of harboring an unprofessional

The Bolton Effect

Cliff May on the Bolton recess appointment: Bolton’s opponents are saying he is “damaged.” If that’s true, it’s because they have for months been working assiduously to damage him. They say he will be less effective because he doesn’t have Senate approval. If that’s true, it’s because a few Senators prevented their colleagues from having an opportunity to vote for (or against) him. They say without Senate approval, Bolton won’t

BREAKING:  Orioles’ first baseman Rafael Palmeiro suspended 10 days for steroid-related offense

Palmeiro, who collected his 3000th hit earlier this season and is 33 homeruns shy of 600 for his career, testified before a Congressional panel on steroid abuse in March. Developing… **** update:  Rafael Palmeiro had nothing to gain from purposely taking steroids.  Professional athletes are ministered too constantly by doctors and trainers, they take numerous over-the-counter supplements, and steroids, properly admininstered, have medical value and can come in many forms,

Undercover angel

From the Australian: Italy has banned Islamic burqas under tough terrorism laws that provide two-year jail terms and E2000 ($3200) fines for anyone caught covering their face in a public place. The counter-terrorism package, passed by Italy’s parliament yesterday, doubles the existing penalty for wearing a burqa or chador—traditional robes worn by Muslim women to cover their faces—or full-faced helmets or balaclavas in public. Police can extract DNA samples without

“Jimmy Carter: Guantanamo ‘is a disgrace to the USA‘“

…Not that it matters, of course.  Carter’s just a fringe element of the Democratic party anyway, and besides—who listens to ex-Presidents?  And do you honestly believe terrorists don’t have more important things to do than pay attention to the partisan sniping of grandstanding western politicos?  There are nail bombs to make, and buses and subway cars to blow up. As to whether or not Carter’s comments provide rhetorical cover for

“Carpe Diem (or, Teddy Kennedy finds a twenty dollar bill and just kinda goes with it)”:  a protein wisdom nanofiction

“Nineteen spicy chicken sandwiches, yes.  And a six-piece McNuggets.”

My second brief conversation with Karl Rove’s breakfast burrito

Me: “So.  What do you think about the idea that the original leaker is Judith Miller—that she is in fact in jail protecting herself as the source?”* Karl Rove’s breakfast burrito: “Again—I’m not at liberty to discuss any of this.” Me: “Well, it seems at least plausible, doesn’t it?—Judy’s upset that Wilson’s self-serving op-ed in the Times undercuts her own Times reporting on Iraq, so she pushes back in such