The Last Ephor

Neiman Marcus Online This is on my Christmas list.

Cities in ruins Some cool photoshop pix.

the Angry I don't know whether this is funny or sad. Probably the former and maybe a little of the latter.

THEY RULE Glass ceiling? What glass ceiling?

Flirting With Disaster - The vile spectacle of Democrats rooting for bad news in Iraq and Afghanistan. By Christopher?Hitchens This one is classic Hitchens. He's one of those guys I just can't nail down. He's a socialist, or at least he was. He still believes in redistribution but knows full well the very serious threat we face. He rightly points out that to be against America in the GWOT is to stand with Imperialism . I really don't think most lefitst understand that. They truly believe that the threat is distant and abstract. They believe that we could prevent the whole war by just listening to their grievances. This is pure lunacy. I can't find the quote now but one of them said "We are not bombing you so that you will give us something, we are bombing you to annihilate you." There is no negotiation. There is no middle ground. There is only, as Orlana Fallaci says, "War until the last breath."

OAKLEY - THUMP So. Very. Cool. (hat tip: Boing Boing

Inside the Beltway - The Washington Times: Inside the Beltway - September 24, 2004 Oh. My. God. Karl Rove doesn't even need to work. I think the GOP should just run an ad with this clip over and over until November.

1,000 cases of suspicious voter registrations How the Democrats plan to win in Ohio.

?This is another reason why Bush must go. : Who's side are you on?

Over Afghanistan Photo Gallery by Rob T at pbase.com Simply amazing.

ABCNEWS.com I love the way the school officials think they can enforce a psychological exam on a child simply because he wants to use the playground. Simply amazing at their arrogance.

Public schools no place for teachers' kids - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - September 22, 2004 Hypocrisy much? More on this later

My Way News Is he serious? Is he trying to lose this election? What kind of tin ear does this man have? Who is advising him?

Cleveland.com: Search I'll never make jokes about Cleveland again. I promise.

Cleveland.com: Search I'll never make jokes about Cleveland again. I promise.

nbc4i.com - News - Decorated Soldier Reportedly Attacked At Concert Sick sick sick. I hope this bastard gets what's coming to him.

NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story This is both funny and scary at the same time. It will be funny when Kerry loses but if he somehow manages to squeak out a win, I'm going to be very very afraid. He cannot seem to realize that you cannot say you would have gone to war knowing everything we know today and then call it the "wrong war at the wrong time" etc. Is he serious? How can he possibly be. I think he is so arrogant that he can say whatever he wants and nobody has the right to call him on it. How dare they? Don't they know who he is? How can any reasonable person affirmatively support this man? How can you possibly know what he has planned for our country? What possible, definative stand has he taken on anything? How can he possibly get other nations to help out in Iraq when Kofi Annan cannot? How can he bring others to the table when he has called the UK, Australia, Poland, Spain, Italy, et al. a "phony coalition" of "the coerced an...

FOXNews.com - U.S. & World - Possible Saddam-Al Qaeda Link Seen in U.N. Oil-for-Food Program Ok, this one is a little stale but monumentally important. Many bloggers have been on this one for ages. Roger Simon for one, has been digging at this one and it looks like the edges are starting to give. It is now apparent that Kofi Anan and his progeny are deeply involved in the Oil-for-Food scandal and it's apparent that everyone involved was on the take. Anan's son claims he was merely an advisor and the fact that his company recieved no bid contracts and was merely a coincidence. Were it so, the program wouldn't have been shrouded in such secrecy and cloaked in unaccountability. Those involved were only interested in graft and structured the program to allow graft on two fronts. They allowed Saddam to pad the payments for products to provide kickbacks and they controlled the companies that got the contracts. Those who played along, made money, those who did n...

Ari Goes Down Hilarious! It's amazing to see someone slapped in the face by the hard realities of life. I have to agree with her that in college, it's very easy to be a liberal as it is based on feelings not pesky things like facts . I've often said (though not here) that most liberals believe what they do based on raw emotion and not on feelings. I have one liberal friend (who shall remain nameless to protect their sloppy thinking) who emotes extensively about things as they ought to be. When I ask pointed questions, I get huffs of indignation, non-sequitors and straw men. Usually we have to cut the conversation short or else my opponent gets too fired up to continue as emotional levels rise and factual discussion approaches zero.

The Observer | International | One man's resistance: 'Why I turned against America' : "Black soldiers are a particular target. 'To have Negroes occupying us is a particular humiliation,' Abu Mujahed said, echoing the profound racism prevalent in much of the Middle East. 'Sometimes we aborted a mission because there were no Negroes.' " This is just nuts. I don't put much trust in MSM reports but this strikes me as peculiar. The story presents the principal actor with such contradiction, I can't help but think he's either delusional or an amalgam. The other possibility is that the author is blowing smoke. I leave it to you to decide. (The correct answer is A, Delusional.