Unqualified Offerings

Empty Calories Between Their Ears – I meant to link to the terrific article Kelly Jane Torrance wrote about her time among the food fascists on Sunday, but missed. So read it now.

My Only Mad Cow Item will be this link to Gallimaufry.

How Sick is Sick? – Last night in dreams compounded of equal parts fever and decongestants, I planned a series of children’s books starring “Cut Fuckwise, the Brain Counter” (tagline: “He Counts Brains!”). I’m sure we’re all dying to read those. I certainly won’t be subbing them in for the Rainbow Horse stories I am [...]

Weekly Fitness Blog Item – 166 pounds, which means I have to lose one by next Sunday to meet my interim holiday goal (165 or less). Pfagh. Our whole house is laid up with colds, so exercise is not on.
Your Blogger Holiday Meal Menus Bonus Section. Bruce Baugh and Walter in Denver published their menus. [...]

What Might Make Me Vote for Bush After All despite never having voted for a Republican Presidential candidate in my life? The juvenile “Googlebombing” trend among liberal bloggers. (Et tu, Matt?) Is that really more important than the Administration’s baleful record on fiscal and martial prudence? Don’t tempt me.

Happy Anniversary – Two years ago in Unqualified Offerings:

If the plan before September was to provoke a US response, bring down the Musharraf government and, if possible, make off with one or more Pakistani nukes in the confusion, the plan has not yet failed.

From “Thinking Like a Terrorist.”
Today, in The Dawn:

The minister was of the [...]

Do the Math like Radley Balko did.

Here We Go A’Caroling – Eric of Off Wing Opinion has a list of his favorite “non-traditional” Christmas songs. (”Non-traditional?” What’s the Yuletide without at least one listen to the Waitresses’ “Christmas Rapping?”) In addition to his nominees, I’d plump for “The Saint Stephen’s Day Murders,” by Elvis Costello and the Chieftains, and, though they [...]

its maiden viewing.
We’re ready.

Knock Me Over With A Feather – It being a holiday, I don’t want to rock your world or anything. I don’t think this British Journalism Review article confirming, among other things, Telegraph scribe Con Coughlin’s ties to British Intelligence will do that. The report is careful to describe Coughlin as a conscientious reporter who [...]