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Because it’s cold in here. But it’s making me think. Ah-hah. So I’m going out on a limb here and saying that cruddy liberal education is leading to all this cessation business. Is my brilliance too, ah, nuanced? Well:

I ran into the Protest Warrior webpage, and I was really excited [...]

Categories: Politics

I don’t seem to be listed yet. Shoot. I’m pretty excited that Lileks is a Mortal Being, though. Ooh! The Commissar is #62, and he’s indicted me! I really am famous! I can’t believe Chrenkoff is only #98 though. I would have thought everyone would read him [...]

Categories: Geography and Foreign Affairs

I’m watching Bush nominating Carlos Gutierrez as Commerce Secretary. He sounds like he’s accepting an Oscar. It’s kind of sweet, in a corny sort of way.

Oh, and The Diplomad has part two of it’s Fidel Castro thing up, which lists all the things they think the US should do to get rid of [...]

Categories: Politics

This pic’s up on Drudge.

Categories: Catblogging

According to FOXnews:

Romania’s opposition on Monday accused the government of busing its supporters around the country to vote several times in weekend parliamentary and presidential elections.

Again with the busing.

The presidential race also was close, requiring a runoff vote Dec. 12 between Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, with 40 percent, and his main [...]

Categories: Politics

Apparently (listening to radio ads, here) businesses are required to recycle paper and cardboard now in Washington.

I’m kind of for this, but it’s kind of bothering me, too. The whole cheerful voiced guy telling us how fun it is to recycle, it’s good for the environment, wow how great! Oh, and by the [...]

Categories: Science and Nature

I’ve run into quite a bit of frothing at the mouth as the bloggers respond to that ridiculous Independent article I wrote about yesterday, but, natch, Chrenkoff digs a little deeper to further debunk the moronic claim that Americans didn’t see it because we’re all a bunch of homophobes:

But let’s go back to [...]

Categories: Art and Literature

Go to Powerline and read this! Thanks.

(what a sleaze-bag)

Apparently the one Swiftie who actually served with John Kerry and spoke out against him was threatened and harassed and then got fired from his job, even though they didn’t have anyone lined up for the position, and now he’s broke. If John Kerry was [...]

Categories: Politics

Anyone else? His new column in the NY Post:

Right-wing talk radio in particular pounded Kerry and also bludgeoned Dan Rather for his role in another smear incident - the charges against President Bush about his National Guard service. Again, Rather was found guilty without a fair hearing. Charges that he intentionally approved [...]

Categories: Politics

I love this sort of thing. (BBC)

Categories: Science and Nature

Convenient map from the Beeb:

(Curtsy: Chrenkoff)

Okay I’m going to venture into more detail about this than my usual pompom waving. My best friend in Philly was Ukrainian, and by that I mean she was a Russian-Ukrainian. Her maiden name ended in -ova. She was born and raised in Kiev in a nice [...]

Categories: Politics

From The Independent, Alexander the (not so) Great fails to conquer America’s homophobes.

Before I begin, I would just like to point out that the first I, a fairly prolific movie-goer, heard about the bi thing, was when THE GREEKS sued. IN GREECE. Not here. In the US.

Alexander has proved to [...]

Categories: Art and Literature

Orange banner is up to show support for the Ukrainian mess.

Categories: Politics

I read this a while ago, and had to wait to post it because I was so incensed. “Tom Hanks has been pegged to play the lead role in Sony’s upcoming film The Da Vinci Code, the adaptation of author Dan Brown’s best-selling thriller, Newsweek has learned.”

I think that is THE MOST horrible idea [...]

Categories: Art and Literature

Well folks, this one’s a no-brainer. I read this book all the way through again, for the umpteenth time, a little while ago, then quoted it for my Thanksgiving entry, then I saw it on sale at Barnes & Noble. I don’t need to be told four times. And besides, the new [...]

Categories: Art and Literature