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Son of a son of a [Vietnam swiftboat captain] Sailor

Or maybe you prefer this little ditty…?

I Want My (Ahem) TV

As she’s wont to do, Claudia Winkler takes a hard look at the “religion of hate dished out by Palestinian TV”: In between eruptions of exceptional violence that propel the Israeli-Palestinian conflict back to the front pages, life goes on in the Palestinian Authority. Friday sermons, in particular, go on, and every Friday at noon, one of them is broadcast live on the radio and shown on the PA’s single

Forty Acres, a Mule…

…and a lifetime supply of abnormally bendy Filipina hookers, and my answer is still no. I mean, I have my pride.

All in the [Hillbilly] Family

“Gov. Bob Wise [D-WV] sent a letter to Abercrombie & Fitch on Monday demanding that the clothing retailer stop selling a T-shirt that spoofs the state with the slogan, ‘It’s All Relative in West Virginia.’” Wise said the T-shirt depicts “an unfounded, negative stereotype” of the state. “I write to you today to demand that you immediately remove this item from your stores and your print and online catalogues,” Wise

The Archie Bunker Left?

Yesterday, I linked to a Daniel W. Drezner’s detailed critique of economic protectionism, a potentially disastrous strategy currently being embraced — rhetorically, at least — by many on the left, including top Donk John Kerry. Today, I’ll point you toward Ted Balaker’s Reason piece, “War Against the Machines,” which I recommend as a gloss on Dr. Drezner’s more in-depth examination: John Kerry seems to enjoy playing Pat Buchanan. Just as

Manufactured Resent

In his aptly titled “Ads Hominem” piece for the Weekly Standard, Noemie Emery argues that “the 911-related attacks on Bush began long before his campaign ads.” Looking back, there is nothing surprising about the carefully plotted spasms of outrage at the reference, in a Bush campaign ad, to the terrorist attacks of September 11 through the fleeting shot of a flag-covered stretcher, and the smoldering ruins of the World Trade

Open Note to John Kerry from “the little guy”…

Dear Senator, You’re not helping. So quit it. Before somebody gets hurt. Pretty please. Sincerely, protein wisdom (on behalf of the folks) [via John Beck]

Today’s Thomas Pynchon guest post (brought to you by Frito Lay™)

“A given rocket stage operates ordinarily at constant chamber pressure. Hot gas is produced by the combustion of liquid or solid fuel, exchanging chemical energy for thermal energy. The hot gas creates some chamber pressure in the combustion chamber, which is connected to space by the throat of a rocket nozzle. If there were just an aperture in the combustion chamber, one would still have a rocket, but the gas

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“Powell: Bush Was ‘Well Aware’ of Terrorist Threat”

from Yasser Arafat’s Day Planner, March 23

Things to do this morning: 1. Get rid of all umbrellas. 2. And wide-brimmed hats. Get rid of those, too. 3. Have mirrors installed on toes of sandals. 4. Call Jenny at AFLAC, ask about supplemental insurance. 5. Consider being nicer to Jews