Islamofascist radicals, it seems, have finally overplayed their hand: Dutch film “Stand Van De Maan,” which addresses increasing Islamic radicalism in Indonesia, won the top prize at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival. The festival is billed as the world’s largest documentary festival, with more than 200 films shown over two weeks in Amsterdam theaters. …
Archives for November 2004
Rev Up the Rhetoric and the Smear Machines
For those of you, who, like me, were hoping for a long Holiday season before the start of politics as usual at the beginning of the New Year, forget it. Our hopes for a temporary respite have been dashed: Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who missed the Supreme Court’s November argument session while being treated …
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Amazon and Blogads
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Wedding Blogging
When I was packing for the wedding, I decided I needed to bring two dress shirts in case I spilled something, etc. So, I took those shirts, washed them, pulled them out of the dryer a little bit early, and put thm oin hangbers and hung them in the shower so I could iron them …
Economic Talk
One of the main reasons I hate discussions about the economy is that it is always framed in much the way this Instapundit post is: “Is there a disaster looming?” First, we can insert the widespread agreement that no economists ever agree on anything (insert the Truman’s one-armed economist quip here). Second- Didn’t we just …
A Quick Congrats
Lost last week in the ugly Sixers/Piston Brawl with the odious behavior of Ron Artest and crew was the equally ugly brawl at the end of the game between South Carolina and Clemson. The fight was turly frightening, and was an absolutely disgusting display of poor sportsmanship. However, as a diehard sports fan, I feel …
Wedding Blogging, Cont.
The rehearsal dinner was pretty decent. The salad was a pretty decent caesar salad, which proved to be entertaining, as some of the guests could not identify the mysterious flavor in their dressing. The hotel made a real caesar dressing with anchovy, which I assume most people arent used to having most of the time. …