Shakespearean Daily Diss
“A plague on them, they ne’er come but I look to be wash’d!”
—Pericles, 2.1.25-26
Gratuitous Video Feed (Ambulatory Edition)
Monty Python: “Ministry of Silly Walks”
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“How courtesy would seem to cover sin!” —Pericles, 1.1.122
Gratuitous Video Feed (SCTV Edition)
Behind the scenes with Michael McDonald on Christoper Cross’ “Ride Like the Wind”:
Bush: US Should Have Bombed Auschwitz
On a pilgrimage to the memorial at Auschwitz, our Commander Guy came up with a terrifying woulda-shoulda-coulda:
The Allies had detailed reports about Auschwitz during the war from Polish partisans and escaped prisoners. But they chose not to bomb the camp, the rail lines leading to it, or any of the other Nazi death camps, preferring [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“O gull, o dolt, as ignorant as dirt!” —Othello, 5.2.164-65
Quagmire
George W. Bush, a year ago today, said:
To establish its authority, the Iraqi government plans to take responsibility for security in all of Iraq’s provinces by November. To give every Iraqi citizen a stake in the country’s economy, Iraq will pass legislation to share oil revenues among all Iraqis. To show that [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“If that the earth could teem with women’s tears,
Each drop she falls would prove a crocodile.”
—Othello, 4.1.240-41
Professor Blames Ballot for Clinton’s NH Win
We’ll never know, I guess, but the theory is interesting:
A Stanford University professor of political science and psychology claims a decision New Hampshire made to change the ordering of their primary ballot may have pushed Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) over the top…
Until this year, he says, the Granite State rotated candidate’s names on the ballots, [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“What’s the matter,
That you spend your reputation thus,
And spend your rich opinion, for the name
Of a night-brawler?” —Othello, 2.3.184-87
