I have no idea who wrote this, but I highly recommend it.
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This Was Brilliant
Umar Farouk “When There’s Nothing Left To Burn, You Must Set Your Crotch On Fire” Abdulmutallab is currently detained in a federal prison in Michigan. For now! In a few days he’ll use his Muslim heat vision to escape and run amok in Ann Arbor, shortly after America is brought to its knees by the force of his oratory in open federal court.
Why haven’t the usual suspects wet their pants at the notion of a terrorist mastermind unleashed on the population… from his jail cell?
The History of Christmas at the White House
Here is a great piece on the history of Christmas celebration at the White House that I think a lot of you will really enjoy. I did.
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Greedo Probably Would Have Shot Himself
Kevin Drum tweeted this last night, and I just remembered it thanks to Bob Cesca, but this seven part review of why the Phantom Menace sucked is just awesome:
You can see the other six parts here. May the force be with you.
And if you cringed every time he pronounced protaganist as “Pro-tuh-gone-ist,” you are probably an effete liberal who likes arugula and dijon mustard.
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The Party of Ideas
Great piece by Jonathon Chait in TNR.
Out of this World
This is pretty awesome stuff- the top ten astronomy pictures of the year.
My favorite is this one:
The KSM Trial
James Joyner provides a rebuttal to the notion that KSM should be tried, and it is notable for the fact that it contains actual arguments and not screaming and wailing and wet underpants.