Lileks on the foolishness, and lack of perspective, of the intellectual class:
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Must Have Been Running Vista Beta
Behold, an exploding Dell laptop. Makes me a little nervous to take mine on a plane, now.
Weird Referral Du Jour
This web site is the number one return for a Google search of Darrin Kagan.
Hoist By His Own Petard
Almost literally:
Iraqi security sources said a lieutenant of Al Qaida network chief Abu Ayoub Al Masri was found killed in a car on its way to an insurgency strike. The sources said a bomb inside the car blew up prematurely and killed the lieutenant and three other Al Qaida operatives.
Don’t you just hate when that happens? No virgins for them.
Turning The Tables
Tim Carney takes on the ad hominem fallacy of attacking policy papers based on the funding sources of the institute that generated them.
Two Years Ago
Why Now?
A speculative discussion of why we’re only now hearing about the finding of chemical shells in Iraq, and what else the administration isn’t telling us.
[Update in the afternoon]
“Formerspook” has the back story.
I Wouldn’t Have Apologized
I thought it was in fact pretty damned funny:
Rep. Steve King (news, bio, voting record), R-Iowa, was discussing the June 7 death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on Saturday when he mentioned 85-year-old Helen Thomas, who has covered the White House for nearly 50 years and is a columnist for Hearst Newspapers.
“There probably are not 72 virgins in the hell he’s at,” King said about al-Zarqawi, in a recording transcribed by Radio Iowa. “And if there are, they probably all look like Helen Thomas.”
But then, I’m not a politician. And would probably be an utter failure as one.
Oh, and here’s a shocker:
Thomas did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
I Wouldn’t Have Apologized
I thought it was in fact pretty damned funny:
Rep. Steve King (news, bio, voting record), R-Iowa, was discussing the June 7 death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on Saturday when he mentioned 85-year-old Helen Thomas, who has covered the White House for nearly 50 years and is a columnist for Hearst Newspapers.
“There probably are not 72 virgins in the hell he’s at,” King said about al-Zarqawi, in a recording transcribed by Radio Iowa. “And if there are, they probably all look like Helen Thomas.”
But then, I’m not a politician. And would probably be an utter failure as one.
Oh, and here’s a shocker:
Thomas did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
I Wouldn’t Have Apologized
I thought it was in fact pretty damned funny:
Rep. Steve King (news, bio, voting record), R-Iowa, was discussing the June 7 death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on Saturday when he mentioned 85-year-old Helen Thomas, who has covered the White House for nearly 50 years and is a columnist for Hearst Newspapers.
“There probably are not 72 virgins in the hell he’s at,” King said about al-Zarqawi, in a recording transcribed by Radio Iowa. “And if there are, they probably all look like Helen Thomas.”
But then, I’m not a politician. And would probably be an utter failure as one.
Oh, and here’s a shocker:
Thomas did not immediately return calls seeking comment.