drat fink

load baring wall of fire ants

man, the barricades
the crowding in lurches fasting forward
four alarm frown, the eyes dont have it
you sweep, ill get panned
the spider spun its tale
the crickets loathed it

oodles of fun

the trivialest pursuer
its boggles the mind
i just wanted to do her
like shes done to mine

horror scoping

...he did the mash...
and i regret it
he did the monster mash?
but for all the wrong reasons
it was a graveyard smash
never even got mine
it caught on really fast
to hook line and sinker
he did the monster mash

i have a hunch about this

is that really you?

sole on ice packs

whats not to lack luster?

the hand is at our

back to square

once upon a time

square

once upon a time

*squint*

burn ward

oooh, it burns.

if only i could pin this on skull and bones

"I think the recent total frenzy of Judiana—the Talmudic, blogospheric analysis of the entire spectrum of speculation, rumor, conjecture in the Plame case and its Judy Miller subplot that has consumed so many of us—may mark the moment when the way we process information has changed in some deeper fundamental way that transcends this particular media colonoscopy, transcends media consciousness and suggests some deep internal realignment of the prefrontal lobes."

equal rites

"Seymour Hersh and Scott Ritter on Iraq, WMDs and the Role of the Clinton Administration in the 1990s"

sartorial witlessness

dear national review - ive noticed lately that the homeless people outside my window dress better than me. should i be concerned......................that theyre too well cared for or is it encumbent upon me to inquire as to their preferred haberdasher?

hens in the foxhouse

juan cole suggests that the media climate in the post 911 world "forced" the new york times to give miller more lattitude in her coverage. basically, the papers leadership got sand kicked in their face by fox, and after they were done crying, they ran home and ordered the charles atlas booklet from the back of a comicbook so they could stand up to o' reilly next time he tried to steal their lunch money. please, they should have done what every other sane liberal does, not even bother to listen to those assholes. but if this is about market share, as he cole contends, then all hope is already lost for them.

knickerbocker press

lots of chatter over a brent scowcroft related piece in the new yorker yesterday but i see today that they havent put it up for our delectation. if im not mistaken, the new yorker was predominantly liberally hawkish in the run up to war. in fact, i believe the guy who wrote the scowcroft piece was one of its biggest cheerleaders. so, thanks for nothing, then and now, unless you find this q&a with the author satisfactory.

times select

theres a link to "blogger reaction" to judith miller on the times home page.

here comes president zod again

what we need is a ruler with an iron fist who doesnt mince words.

be not proud

i think we should put politicians and their scum sucking consultants to death for egregious campaign ads. anybody opposed?

cant hardly wait

"With major companies and nations large and small adopting similar logic, the Arctic is undergoing nothing less than a great rush for virgin territory and natural resources worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Even before the polar ice began shrinking more each summer, countries were pushing into the frigid Barents Sea, lured by undersea oil and gas fields and emboldened by advances in technology. But now, as thinning ice stands to simplify construction of drilling rigs, exploration is likely to move even farther north."

damaged truth

""Washington and London did not trust the peoples of their democracies to come to the right decisions," Gardiner explains. Consequently, "Truth became a casualty. When truth is a casualty, democracy receives collateral damage." For the first time in US history, "we allowed strategic psychological operations to become part of public affairs... [W]hat has happened is that information warfare, strategic influence, [and] strategic psychological operations pushed their way into the important process of informing the peoples of our two democracies.""

weaponized prize

"This morning's announcement that the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize would be awarded to the IAEA sends a strong message to the White House that it is time to get serious about non proliferation and arms control. Unfortunately, the White House is not listening."

youre a big blog now

"NEW YORK (AP) -- America Online Inc. will boost its presence in the blog community with its acquisition of Weblogs Inc., a leading blogging company."