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Wednesday, April 14, 2004 |
Will the Opposition Lead?. A Democrat contingent could straighten out the situation in Iraq and achieve what President Bush seems unable to. By Paul Berman. [New York Times: Opinion]
Bush has pretty much bungled Iraq, and it really looks like his "goal" of democracy there is something he can't bring off. Should a "shadow cabinet" of Democrats get involved? On one hand, it's probably a good idea, in that they could probably accomplish something. But on the other, the hue and cry from the Republicans would be so great that it would probably cost Kerry the election.
9:28:13 PM Permalink
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Good grief!
<a href="http://www.theyrecoming.com/extras/pumpkinfest03/">"This
year I decided to go the whole hog and make an entire thoracic
cavity cake."</a> [<a
href="http://memepool.com/">Memepool</a>]
5:00:32 PM Permalink
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William Lind is in fine form: Read it all. In
the twelve-course meal that is the war in Iraq, America has just been
served the first entree. The fight with Iraq’s state armed forces was
merely the amuse-bouche. The subsequent guerilla war with the Baath, as
distasteful as we found it, was still just the appetizer. Over the past
two weeks, we have been presented with the first of the main courses,
Fourth Generation war waged for religion. If, as is traditional, this
is the fish course, our reaction suggests it is flounder... Unlike
traditional twelve-course dinners, this one does not finish with a
dessert or a savoury. It ends, to borrow one of John Boyd’s favorite
phrases, with the “coalition” getting the whole enchilada right up the
p--- chute. You cannot get anything you want at Mohammed’s restaurant.
[John Robb's Weblog]
4:21:03 PM Permalink
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Across the Seams :: Bonds History.
Interesting article by Neil Hayes of the Contra Costa Times about how
the Bonds deal almost fell through back in 1992. Magowan and company
aren't the most popular owners in baseball, mainly for not blackmailing
their way to a publicly financed stadium, but this piece shows they
were ruffling feathers... [Sports Blogs :: San Francisco Giants Daily Entries]
A great story. Bond getting so
emotional about an offer from the Giants he chokes up. "If you get
Bonds, you'll transform the Giants." Great reading.
4:06:03 PM Permalink
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Hubble Looks at Sedna. After the announcement of Sedna last month, the solar system's furthest object, astronomers have had the opportunity to look at it better with the Hubble Space Telescope. Sedna's discoverer, Mike Brown from Caltech, was sure it also had a moon, but these new observations didn't turn anything up. This is unusual because Sedna's rotation takes 20 days instead of a few hours like most other asteroids - usually it's a moon that slows down an object's rotation. Based on Hubble's observations, astronomers believe Sedna is no larger than 1,770 km across (3/4 the size of Pluto). [Universe Today]
1:27:56 PM Permalink
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Fred Phelps plans to picket Billy Graham's funeral, says this article in the NC Biblical Recorder: "You're not going to get nowhere with that slop that `God loves you.' That's a diabolical lie from hell without biblical warrant."
Phelps will be in Cullowhee this weekend to protest the play The Laramie Project at "fag-infested" Western Carolina University. [EdCone.com]
8:54:01 AM Permalink
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The emperor has no clothes. A few years ago, there was an episode of The Simpsons in which Bart was supposed to deliver an oral report on Libya. Bart, of course, hadn't done his homework and had no idea what to say. He stood up, cleared his throat, looked at the blank page in front of him, and winged it: The exports in Libya are numerous in amount. One thing they export is corn, or as the Indians call it, maize. Another famous Indian was crazy horse. In conclusion, Libya is a land of contrast.... [The Carpetbagger Report]
Ha! Remind you of anyone?
8:33:37 AM Permalink
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