Some end of year reading for you…(The Sanity Inspector)
Dave Barry’s Year in Review is always fun.
Mark Steyn’s annual retrospective shows why, in addition to being an ace pundit, he’s probably the most gifted obituary writer going.
And he’s …
Archive for: December 2006December 31, 2006
Hanging with the hommiesYoutube, mourning along with the Jihadist, has pulled videos of the Saddam execution already. Not one to mourn the passing of a murderous dictator, I have posted the short drop and sudden stop of the butcher over on … Accept No Imitations [Dan Collins]The Fiskies are being handed out, and he’s not eligible, obviously, because he’s already won the award, but Robert Fisk demonstrates why the award is named after him. All others, even Monbiot, even Carter, are … Celebrity New Year’s Resolutions, 1: Saddam Hussein1. Lose some weight. Virgins! Who Do We Think We Are? [Dan Collins]If you’ll go to the comments section to Jeff’s post on Saddam’s execution, you’ll find a bunch of posts from people (by which I mean trolls) who know who we are and what we represent. You may be as surprised … Apropos of nothing, a true war story for you…(The Sanity Inspector)The most surreal moment of an often-surreal four years for Karen Carlson Loving came last August as she interviewed a wizened Red Army veteran high in the remote mountains of northwest China. The old man–90 if he was a day–had been a Communist guerrilla fighter against Japanese invaders in 1937 and ‘38, and Loving’s grandfather [the legendary Evans Carlson] had been a U.S. Marine intelligence officer assigned to observe the war. Through her interpreter, Loving thanked the elderly soldier, explaining, “There was so much my grandfather learned from you that helped when the time came for the Americans to fight the Japanese.” The Chinese man stared incredulously at his blonde Western visitor, possibly the first to his isolated village. … A Tale of Two APs [Dan Collins]Poll: Americans see gloom, doom in 2007 AP poll: Americans optimistic for 2007 UNRELATED: Jay Mohr reportedly marries Nikki Cox Congratulations … December 30, 2006
Saddam Husseined“That the dead are seen no more … I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages and all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are … December 29, 2006
Indiana Jones at age 64 [Darleen Click]The fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series is set to start filming next year. The fourth chapter of the “Indiana Jones” saga, which will hit theaters in May 2008, has been in development for over a decade with … a CITIZEN JOURNALIST prepares himself for the second blizzard to hit Colorado in as many weeks, 3`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe / All mimsy were the borogoves / And the mome raths outgrabe… —Which, luckily, a hot shower and a bit of creative blowdrying returned … |
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