Thursday, April 15, 2004

******************** Engrish of the Day inch by inch! 6:30:59 PM

******************** Astronomy Picture of the Day Venus and the Pleiades 6:28:16 PM

******************** Airline cost saving measures get serious! 6:23:06 PM

******************** Don't Know Much 'Bout History... "Do you want to know why children are so ignorant of history these days? One reason is that history is often downplayed as it has been replaced by the ill-defined and tenuous 'social studies', the other, as Chester Finn points out, is that most teachers of history are almost as ignorant themselves."  [Common Sense and Wonder] 4:16:38 PM

******************** Michael comes out of the closet!  (Sorry Michael! ... I couldn't resist.) I'M PART OF THE BUSH-HATIN' LEFT. "At least according to Daniel Barno. It's a common thing for me, actually. On Tuesday, I criticized the president for giving lame answers to journalists' questions. My point was that I thought he could have done a lot better.  When a reporter asks, "Did you make any mistakes that you'd like to admit to?" I'd like to hear him say, "Yes. Calling your name. Next." [DiscountBlogger] 2:43:15 PM

******************** News from the Front. Official USMC photo by SGT Jose Guillen of 1st MARDIV Marines in Fallujah. Update for family members of the 2/4 Marines, fighting in Fallujah. Even allowing for the normal hyperbole of commanders, I think morale is pretty good in... [Castle Argghhh!] 2:09:14 PM

******************** Answers for Rooney 4. If you could have a medal or a trip home, which would you take? I am not here to earn a medal Mr. Rooney. I am here to serve my country and defend our way of life. I am here to make sure there is a home for me to take a trip to.  [Sgt Hook] 2:03:28 PM

******************** She got hers .... did you? 1:58:29 PM

******************** Driven to Succeed Einstein's driver tackles a difficult question. [New Urban Legends] 1:32:14 PM

******************** Sign of the Times Does a photograph show a U.S. Marine posing with Iraqi kids holding a provocative sign? [New Urban Legends] 1:28:57 PM

******************** A day on the Harry S. No Lopsided Poopdecks here! 1:17:38 PM

******************** Iraqi WMDs Found. ...in Europe Wow... European companies helping Saddam Hussein dispose of his WMDs. Who'd a thunk?   [Kim du Toit] 1:05:52 PM

******************** John Kerry's running mate will be.... Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La). You heard it here first!  [Reality Hammer] Who? 8:34:48 AM

******************** Richard P. Adler   "All television is children's television." [Quotes of the Day] 8:12:18 AM

******************** 4/15/2004. Day By Day Cartoon by Chris Muir 8:08:35 AM

******************** Morning Comics   [American RealPolitik] 8:06:06 AM

******************** More Comments from Air America Well, the low-brows over at Air America have dropped the level of discourse on yesterday's station closings to petty insults and finger pointing.   [American RealPolitik] 8:03:21 AM

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