Marching Morons Mysteriously Missing:
Millions marched in San Francisco, Rome, Barcelona and London when a US-led coalition of democracies prepared to depose a murderous tyrant -- where are they now, when a tyrant seeks to depose a democratically elected government?" -Where are they now? | Neptunus Lex
Illustration from "Go with the Throw:" An illustrated essay I wrote for the Anchoress during her week of retreat.
"Iron, cold iron, is (still) master of all."
First, throw Tom Friedman and his books out of the window. The world isn't flat and the olive tree always trumps the Lexis. The Pentagon needs to roll up its fashionable "New Map" that it pays all those hundreds of thousands of dollars in consulting fees for and paste back up its old map. Hard armed force exerted by lots of aircraft, artillery and Main Battle Tanks still trumps all. Hard power crushes soft power, which really isn't power at all. -Russia's Blitzkrieg Into Georgia
Drooling into his keyboard. Robert (Too awful for the LA Times) Scheer expresses the delusion that the Georgia war is a neocon election ploy.
Man of Unknown Religion Dies of Unknown Causes AKA "Saleman Abdirahman Dirie."
Tango: by a horse's head and tango like there's no tomorrow. Because there isn't. It's all the same day.
Junk bombs away! at the New York Times: New York Times shares plunge on ratings concerns: New York Times Co. shares slumped Tuesday after an analyst suggested in a media report that the company may need to cut its dividend to avoid a "junk" credit rating." File under, "Who says there's no good news?"
Guts stuffed into a gorilla suit or the real thing? Sense of Events: Has Bigfoot been found?
It's not your grandfather's Rolling Stone: Rolling Stone Shrinks Down to Standard Size
Tick. Tick. Tick. "Not much time... the clock is ticking... but when is it not ticking? I guess we only notice the ticking when we don't have enough of it... or too much it." -One Cosmos: The Economics of Time and the Metabolism of God
It's been quiet, too quiet, for 400 spotless days on the sun.
Compassion fatigue strikes Rachel Lucas: The only thing I feel sorry for these people about is that they were born stupid.
The Top 20 Reasons to watch the Olympics.
Rick Husong, creator of the Obama A-Hole salute digs himself in deeper: Obama Salute Creator Hits Back at Critics "I would call that a raving success," he says, adding that he plans to make his Big-O the "peace sign of our generation."
Posted by Vanderleun at August 13, 2008 8:05 AM | TrackBackOn Bigfoot
Yes, sightings have been reported from the lower 48, northern Mexico states, and southern Canada. Local legend speaks of a colony of the animals outside the town of Julian CA.
I've seen the pictures at cryptomundo, if it is a fake it's an expensive one. That thing is detailed.
After all the vitriol I've seen from the skeptical community, I understand the discoverers' paranoia regarding turning the specimen over to 'proper authorities'.
If it is fake, the dictionary definition for chutzpah has a new picture.
If it is real, the history of primates is going to be re-written.
Note that George --- as I like to call him --- might be a specimen from one of two or more species of large native ape.
Wait and see is my advice. It may be a brief kerfuffle, or it could change the world.
Posted by: Alan Kellogg at August 13, 2008 12:36 PM"Go With The Throw" is lovely, just lovely. Thanks for the inspiration. My backyard needs framing. I'm off to the basement to find that stack of old picture frames.
Posted by: Cathy at August 13, 2008 1:25 PMOn Russia:
Kipling's World, where big nations smack around small nations, is back.
What's that? Did I hear the ghosts of Otto von Bismarck, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Arthur Wellesley chuckling?
Posted by: Mikey NTH at August 14, 2008 12:19 PM"It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood." -- Karl Popper N.B.: Comments are moderated to combat spam and may not appear immediately. Comments that exceed the obscenity or stupidity limits will be either edited or expunged.