THIS UNBELIEVABLE LINK IS A WORKAROUND TO THE SHEDDING PROBLEM. “Chiengora”?
How does one get to a link like this? Thinking about “Cthulhu in 2004–Why Settle for the Lesser Evil” bumper stickers to go with my “Republicans for Voldemort” t-shirt, I hit the wikipedia entry for Cthulhu, which links to the entry for User Friendly, which links to a site devoted to the praises of chiengora. Go figger.
I DON’T LIKE CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS. He’s the nominal lefty Slate columnist who’s been a huge proponent of the Iraq war. Today her serves up an “ain’t he misunderstood” apologia for the reviled leader of the INC actually titled “Ahmad and Me - Defending Chalabi”. Check this black-is-white money quote:
“As to the accusation that Chalabi has endangered American national security by slipping secrets to Tehran, I can only say that three days ago, I broke my usual rule and had a ‘deep background’ meeting with a very ’senior administration official.’ This person, given every opportunity to signal even slightly that I ought to treat the charges seriously, pointedly declined to do so. I thought I should put this on record.”
[italics mine]
AL GORE GAVE A GREAT SPEECH YESTERDAY. Read the whole thing.
GET YOUR WAR ON IS REQUIRED READING. David Rees is a trooper–he has enough righteous indiganation to take up the slack of those of us who are tired, so tired, of being righteously indignant.
GREAT ARTICLE ON THE PSYCHOLOGY (PATHOLOGY?) OF BLOGGING TODAY IN THE NYT. In fact, expect the article itself to be exhaustively blogged. An excerpt:
“Sometimes, too, the realization that no one is reading sets in. A few blogs have thousands of readers, but never have so many people written so much to be read by so few. By Jupiter Research’s estimate, only 4 percent of online users read blogs.
Indeed, if a blog is likened to a conversation between a writer and readers, bloggers like Mr. Wiggins are having conversations largely with themselves.”
THE RNC OUTSOURCED REPUBLICAN FUNDRAISING AND PUSH POLLS. To India, no less.