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Archive for May 25th, 2006

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

By the Numbers

In comments below, Gary Farber writes
I do love the way Google is so blunt, and in this case makes so clear the astonishing figure: ”1 – 10 of 36,900 English pages from www.littlegreenfootballs.com for dhimmitude.”
36,900!
Effing 36,900!
UPDATE: It all just distracts America from the Klingon menace. Thank heavens the Brits aren’t so easil fooled.

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

You’ll Believe a Jaw Can Drop

Your Talking Dog has unearthed an early candidate for Appalling Irony of the Year:
The Talking Dog: I understand that in some cases, it has been alleged that detainees have been encouraged not to cooperate with their own attorneys, in particular when their attorneys are Jewish. Can you comment on this?
Thomas Wilner: That issue came up [...]

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

T Bonery

Recent live performances available from the KEXP website. There are six clips – I’m currently listening to “River of Love,” which is just about the bestest song evar, though I prefer the original acoustic studio version to this solo-electric one.
I’ve hardly listened to The True-False Identity yet because the retrospective, Twenty Twenty, has been monopolizing [...]

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

Some People Won’t Take Yes for an Answer

Gareth Porter offers more detail on the 2003 Iranian proposal for comprehensive negotiations with the United States, saying that Iranian-American Middle East Scholar Trita Parsi of Johns Hopkins has obtained a copy of the proposal summary. Let’s skip to the good part, shall we?
Before the 2003 proposal, Iran had attacked Arab governments which had supported [...]