Shakespearean Daily Diss
“What a fool art thou,
A ramping fool, to brag, and stamp, and swear.”
–King John, 3.1.47-48
That Was Then
“Should any American soldier be so base and infamous as to injure any [prisoner]… I do most earnestly enjoin you to bring him to such severe and exemplary punishment as the enormity of the crime may require. Should it extend to death itself, it will not be disproportional to its guilt at such a time [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“I had as lief be wooed of a snail.”
–As You Like It, 4.1.50
After Dinner and a Movie
Israeli reporter Uri Dan recounts a conversation with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who cited an old Bush promise to git bin Laden, one with absolutely no homoerotic overtones:
Speaking of George Bush, with whom Sharon developed a very close relationship, Uri Dan recalls that Sharon’s delicacy made him reluctant to repeat what the president had told [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“The fall of an ass is no great hurt.” –Cymbeline, 1.3.35-36
Supporting The Troops
In today’s Washington Post, we get a peek behind the curtain at the Army’s Walter Reed Medical Center, new home to many convalescing troops:
Behind the door of Army Spec. Jeremy Duncan’s room, part of the wall is torn and hangs in the air, weighted down with black mold. When the wounded combat engineer stands in [...]
Gratuitous Video Feed
Flight of the Conchords’ seductive “Business Time” and “She’s So Hot—Boom!”, which capped their HBO special. Here’s an old clip that shows the evolution of their gangsta folk, as does this old video of “The Humans Are Dead.”
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“What impossible matter will he make easy next?”
–The Tempest, 2.1.85
Islam: the New Communism
Emoting his hope for “tolerance of divergent views and religions in Iraq,” and for the Iraqi people to adopt “something like the First Amendment,” crackpot US Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) supports an escalation of the Iraq war. He goes on to warn us of “thousands and perhaps millions of immigrants” who will arrive on our [...]
Quote of the Week
“This Sunday, February 11th, is a very important day in our nation’s history. It’s the one-year anniversary of Dick Cheney shooting an old man in the face. It could turn out to be the least damaging thing the Bush administration has done.”
—Jimmy Kimmel
