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The Joy of Curmudgeonry - Idemeneo and the Poltroons

In other words, before the Mohammedans have even had the time to whet their knives or sharpen their damnations, the poltroons of the West are grovelling for their pardon. No specific threat is required.

If we were dudes, we’d be telling the Germans, “Dude, you’re so [...]

Categories: Art and Literature

Sorry, I don’t buy it. The Instapundit introduces an article by saying this:

It’s a few days old, but I believe this analysis remains on-point

And the article itself says this:

On several fundamental points, a consensus has taken shape. First, torture should be legally off-limits, period, regardless of circumstances. [...]

Categories: War and Peace

It’s because of that greenhouse emissions bill Ahnuld just signed. The forces of the forests know this is the time to attack!

NBC 11 - Squirrels Go On Attack At South Bay Park

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — An aggressive squirrel pounced on a 4-year-old boy in an attack last week in Cuesta Park in [...]

Categories: Science and Nature

Actually his imperialist side… Where was a reading a couple years ago that his slide into autocracy isn’t because he’s an old KGB guy, but actually quite imperialist… He’s named all the space shuttles after various tsars, for instance.

Times Online - Russia buries a tsaritsa with love and grandeur

With a flourish [...]

Categories: History

The First Post - Borat, Nazarbayev and da House

When Kazakhstan’s democracy-shy president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, makes his stately progress to meet President Bush at the White House today, he may catch a glimpse of an ill-dressed television reporter vigorously protesting the rudeness of the British actor and comedian, Sacha Baron Cohen. [...]

Categories: Entertainment

BBC - Confucians say, women now welcome

For the first time in more than 2,500 years the family tree of the ancient Chinese philosopher, Confucius, is to include women descendants. Kong Dehong, a descendant overseeing the updating of the family tree, said: “We have to move with the times. Men and [...]

Categories: Science and Nature

News.com.au - PM defends holding wife’s hand

PRIME Minister John Howard says he will continue to hold hands with his wife, Janette

Awww!

Although, in case all of you go “Wha?” then just shrug and move on, I’ll quote a little from Tim Blair’s post on this cuz it’s really the most incredible thing (it also [...]

Categories: Politics

The Times - It won’t suddenly be peace and love when Bush goes. World Briefing by Bronwen Maddox

It is a delusion to pretend that Bush is a one-off villain, an aberration, from the country that so recently produced Clinton. In two years, the dream goes, he will be gone and we shall all [...]

Categories: Politics

I wasn’t going to post this at all, cuz it doesn’t really have much to do with anything, but, well, I dunno how many of you saw the video…

ABC (Oz) - We are still a family: Terri Irwin

Mrs Irwin spoke of how proud she was that daughter Bindi was able to write her [...]

Categories: People and Current Events

I’ve had this open since late Monday, but couldn’t decide whether to put it as an update here or give it a new post. Since I waited so long since option a was first published, well, that solves that problem. Anyway:

Insight Scoop - The Double Standard

Aznar also [...]

Categories: History

RC2 discloses her gangsa past.

Categories: People and Current Events

Curtsies, lots of them, to CDR Salamander.

Categories: Business & Media

Good grief.

Categories: Politics

This is so unfair and so cruel, I think I might burst into tears.

Telegraph - Foxes can safely sleep: babies can’t. By Andrew O’Hagan

Historians some day might be astonished to discover the number of man-hours that went into protecting countryside vermin from dogs and humans, while an average of 3,000 people are injured [...]

Categories: Science and Nature

God I can’t wait for the party conferences to be over.

Telegraph - Pom is good enough

Its etymology may be unclear but there is no mistaking its meaning. A pom is a Briton, usually of a whingeing disposition. Cricket Australia, under guidance from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission, no [...]

Categories: Sports and Leisure