If you are wondering why the French are still pandering to Saddam and the PLO, you will find this illuminating.
The French, oh so tough on war crime.
Don’t you dare try to sell them some GM food, though.
John Cole started Balloon Juice early in 2002. Those who have followed along know that this has been quite the journey.
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If you are wondering why the French are still pandering to Saddam and the PLO, you will find this illuminating.
The French, oh so tough on war crime.
Don’t you dare try to sell them some GM food, though.
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Our President’s Renowned Rhetorical Excellence:
This was the most painful Bush mangling of a popular phrase that I have ever heard. Every time I hear this clip, it pains me deeply. Here is the text, which does not do the sound bite justice. It was worse on tape.
”There’s an old saying in Tennessee
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After reading Juan Gato’s ‘Fisking’ of Maureen Dowd (next post down), I decided we need to revisit the greatest thrashing ever to be meted out by any member of the blogosphere. Once more, from the Protein Wisdom archives dating back to January 5th, I present an encore performance of Anne D. Coughman’s Let’s Rall!
Go read it again. I dare you. And keep drinks away from your keyboard.
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I know where to place this statue that has everyone “sickened.”
How about right in front of the main entrance to the UN?
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Ted Rall climbed out of his hole, did not see his shadow, and promptly puked up this bile that John Scalzi found the need to post.
I skimmed it, because reading it was easier than working out to get my blood rate up and at target heart rate. It is the usual conspiracy theory/Afghanistan as oil power play bilge that Rall and others are known for, but I just stopped at this line:
Did George W. Bush know in advance that the United States would be attacked on September 11? We do not know.
Time for the aluminum foil hat and a six month hiatus for you Mr. Rall. Crawl back in your hole. Demon, begone.
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More Sci- Than Fi, Physicists Create Antimatter
Physicists working in Europe announced yesterday that they had passed through nature’s looking glass and had created atoms made of antimatter, or antiatoms, opening up the possibility of experiments in a realm once reserved for science fiction writers. Such experiments, theorists say, could test some of the basic tenets of modern physics and light the way to a deeper understanding of nature.
Paging Steve Den Beste. Auf Englisch, bitte.