TODAY'S BIG BLOGSPHERE BLAH-BLAH that nobody in their right mind gives a shit about: "Bhutto's Death: Gunshot, Shrapnel, or Fracture?" Attention Netspace Aliens! It. Does. Not. Matter.
ONE OF THE UNREMARKED BLESSINGS of this holiday season is, it seems to me, that we haven't heard a peep out of Jimmy Carter in quite some time. May this blessing continue well into the New Year.
IN DEFENCE OF THE UNTHINKABLE Thinking about the proliferation of thought crimes: "Today's British public is as panicky about paedophiles as its ancestors were about witches. With more reason, maybe, but not with more thought."
QUOTE OF THE YEAR from The 20th Annual Awards for the Year's Worst Reporting: "As Violence Falls in Iraq, Cemetery Workers Feel the Pinch" -- Headline over an October 16 story by McClatchy News Service reporters Jay Price and Qasim Zein.
MORE LYRICS for the present moment:
It was a slow day,Get a song right, it lasts for decades.
And the sun was beating
On the soldiers by the side of the road,
There was a bright light,
A shattering of shop windows
The bomb in the baby carriage
Was wired to the radio,
These are the days of miracle and wonder...
-- Paul Simon
ON BABIES and bombs at neoneocon: The techniques of terrorism: no holds barred
BAD NEWS for new nukes: New H-Bomb Obliterated; What's Next for Nuke Labs?
IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING. First the ice melts and then that movie and then the cartoon and now.... Pacific Salmon Invading Atlantic, Threatening Penguins
MORE GREAT NEWS about the shrinking Seattle Times.
Publisher Frank Blethen told employees that the paper faced its "most difficult and painful downsizing" in history as a result of print revenue loses expected to reach $33 million for 2007 and 2008, the paper reported, adding that he blamed the downturn on ad dollars shifting to the Web.I just love all these guys claiming "The Web ate my revenue." Never, ever do you get even a smidgen of a hint of a clue that their consistently biased reporting and traitorous editorial policies have anything to do with it.
MORE MIDDAY DRUG ABUSE @ Hot Air wherein Bryan actually thinks he knows what to do about Pakistan: Hot Air Pakistan: What to do? Short form: We (in stealth mode) fund "education" and wait 20-30 years. Bryan, step away from the crack pipe and read this.
HILLARY'S GOT ANSWERS, but Iowans get no questions: Clinton's "don't ask" policy
SCUM OF THE YEAR AWARD: 60-Year-Old Reader's Digest Employee Sues 8-Year-Old Boy Scum complains of an ''an electronic tar and feathering,'' by local citizens. We agree. It should be real tar and real feathers.
THE MORE YOU LEARN, the wronger Wrong Paul gets: Ron Paul: Quackery enabler
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