Shakespearean Daily Diss
“And I, for winking at your discords too,
Have lost a brace of kinsmen: all are punish’d.”
—Romeo And Juliet, 5.3.294-95
Gratuitous Video Feed
Ann and Nancy Wilson cover Zep’s “Battle of Evermore.”
US Taxpayers Funded Terror Propaganda Broadcasts
Another brilliant effort at winning hearts and minds backfires:
Al Hurra television, the U.S. government’s $63 million-a-year effort at public diplomacy broadcasting in the Middle East, is run by executives and officials who cannot speak Arabic, according to a senior official who oversees the program.
That might explain why critics say the service has recently been [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“‘Tis certain, greatness, once fall’n out with fortune,
Must fall out with men too: what the declin’ed is
He shall as soon read in the eyes of others
As feel in his own fall.” —Troilus And Cressida, 3.3.75-78
You Can’t Handle the Truth
The Smithsonian’s 2006 exhibit on arctic climate change was tweaked to avoid angering Congress and the White House, says a former associate director:
WASHINGTON: The Smithsonian Institution toned down an exhibit on climate change in the Arctic for fear of angering the U.S. Congress and the Bush administration, says a former administrator at the museum.
Among other [...]
Gratuitous Video Feed
Reggae-fied Zeppelin covers, sung by an Elvis impersonator! Music simply doesn’t get any better than Dread Zeppelin’s “Heartbreaker/Heartbreak Hotel” medley.
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“I take it, by all votes, that forthwith
You be conveyed to the Tower a prisoner;
There to remain till the king’s further pleasure
Be known to us.” –King Henry VIII, 5.3.88-91
I Waste It With My Crossbow
It’s a gazebo, Eric! We just set it up this evening, as a de facto greenhouse for Lynne to shelter her tomatoes from thievin’ varmints. ‘Sup? You want a piece of this, bunnies? C’mon!
War on Terror Funds…Terror
The war in Iraq is a financial windfall for al-Qaeda:
WASHINGTON — A major CIA effort launched last year to hunt down Osama bin Laden has produced no significant leads on his whereabouts, but has helped track an alarming increase in the movement of Al Qaeda operatives and money into Pakistan’s tribal territories, according to senior [...]
Boom
We know that some 13,000 years ago, when humans were new to the Americas, many of the largest land mammals disappeared. Theories to explain it have ranged from overhunting to disease to simple competition for food. New data suggests catastrophe:
Scientists will outline dramatic evidence this week that suggests a comet exploded over the [...]
