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Honest to God, I think I’m going to cry.

The Times - Harriet chelonian Take her for all in all, we shell not look upon her like again

As we report on another page, Harriet, the oldest living creature, has died in Australia after a short illness. She was 176.

Why?!

When Harriet was hatched in [...]

Categories: Science and Nature

RC2’s dug up the speeches:

Wheat & Weeds - One 9/11 Was Not Enough

My question is, when the President said this on Sept. 21, 2001: We will direct every resource at our command — every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, [...]

Categories: War and Peace

Two ads. The very weird. And the really neat. Curtsies to The Anchoress for both.

Categories: Business & Media

Opinion Journal - In Praise of Golf: The antidote to Bonds, Enron and Abramoff. BY DANIEL HENNINGER

It’s just a game. But a game that defines the conditions of its experience with words like “fairway” and “rough” may have something useful to tell the wider world in a time when tradition seems old hat. [...]

Categories: Sports and Leisure

HalfEmpty just sent me this article, on the situation in Somalia, written by a women whose family name is Doom.

The Scotsman - Somalian ministers and militia inch closer OPHEERA MCDOOM

Even stranger, she’s gotten some very strange reactions from some of my blogs already:

LGF - 3/17/2004: What the Hell is Going On At Reuters?

Tim Blair (05.2004) - [...]

Categories: War and Peace

The American Spectator - Anti-Israel Divestment Collapses. By Mark Tooley

UNLIKE MOST OF THEIR FAR LEFT political stances, the Presbyterian stance against Israel has gained reams of publicity, most of it negative over the last two years. In the end, Presbyterian officials were just anxious to shelve the controversy and save their energy for [...]

Categories: Geography and Foreign Affairs

RCP - Why I Love Australia. By Charles Krauthammer

In the Australian House of Representatives last month, opposition member Julia Gillard interrupted a speech by the minister of health thusly: “I move that that sniveling grub over there be not further heard.” For that, the good woman was ordered removed from [...]

Categories: Geography and Foreign Affairs

Two items. First:

U.S. Naval officers based in Britain and their companions, from left, Lt. Ryan Brown from Alexandria, Va., Stephanie Coleman and Lt. Cmdr. Andre Coleman from Virginia Beach, Va., Elizabeth Geary and Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Geary from Philadelphia, Pa., and Lt. Mike Goossby and Jodi Goossby from Auburn, Ala., visit the Royal Enclosure [...]

Categories: War and Peace

The Times - The Dixie Chicks may not join in, but three cheers for Germany’s patriotism, by Gerard Baker

THE SOUND of lusty Germans filling World Cup stadiums with the refrain of what much of the world still thinks of as Deutschland über Alles has provoked mixed reactions. Despite the best efforts of the [...]

Categories: Geography and Foreign Affairs

The Times - Turn to a close friend (if you have any) By Sam Lister

An American study of behavioural trends has identified a marked decline in relationships outside the family that are stong enough to allow a person to divulge their deepest worries. It also found that the number of people who say [...]

Categories: People and Current Events

Mind… Filling with rage…

The Anchoress - Can we say “Ellis Island West?”

Because only Mexicans want to come here and since they’re here already, by all means let’s do everything we can to make it easier for them.

And I’ve long wondered why we stopped the Ellis Island system.

Categories: Politics

The Times - The English scam The Nigerian Government dutifully warns citizens about British fraudsters

Hehehe.

Categories: Geography and Foreign Affairs

FOXnews - Seven Indicted for Alleged Terror Plot to Hit Sears Tower, Other Buildings

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Friday that the seven suspects were part of a group of “homegrown terrorists” who sought to work with Al Qaeda but ended up conspiring instead with a law enforcement informant.

There! We’ve finally joined the [...]

Categories: War and Peace

The Australian - Dearly beloved: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are the height of fashion in choosing to get married and having a traditional ceremony, write Elizabeth Gosch and Mariko Fritz-Krockow

Oscar-winning actor Nicole Kidman and her country music star fiance Keith Urban, who are also getting hitched this weekend, had a shorter engagement. [...]

Categories: People and Current Events

FOXnews - Seven Nabbed in Miami on Terror Charges in Plot to Hit Sears Tower

MIAMI — Seven people were arrested on terrorism conspiracy charges Thursday in connection with the early stages of a plot to attack Chicago’s Sears Tower and other buildings in the United States, a federal law enforcement official said. [...]

Categories: War and Peace