DTG28102007: 1459ZULU, STOP THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE ACTION ALERT TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE 101st CHAIRBORNE, STOP OUR NARRATIVE IS UNDER ASSAULT AGAIN, STOP RAISE HYSTERIA LEVELS TO DEFCON ELEVENTY-THREE AND SET PHASERS ON SMEAR, STOP YOUR TARGET- OBSIDIAN WINGS, STOP: I stayed away from the entire Beauchamp affair. I was aware of it, and …
Archives for October 2007
One Arrogant Prick
I guess all those months serving at the feet of annointed God-General David Petraeus has turned Public Affairs Officer Col. Steve Boylan into one arrogant prick. While the authenticity of the first email is still in doubt, I think we can agree the subsequent ones are legit, and Boylan is a real jerk. Compare the …
Sunday Steelers Thread
Steelers v. Bengals- you know the drill. *** Update *** Three hundred million people in America, and a not insignificant portion of them love the NFL and football. Out of that large number of people, CBS can not find one person to do a better job announcing than Randy Cross? Jesus, how does he still …
Sunday Morning Thread
Don’t forget- CBS Sunday Morning is on and worth watching. I stayed up really late last night- it is my fault, had a half a bottle of wine (the nightly glass of wine for the heart turned into three), got a little ranty (as you can see below), and then got sucked into watching American …
Let’s Be Blunt
Via Sully, the drug wars claim another life: Robin Prosser, a Missoula woman who struggled for a quarter century to live with the pain of an immunosuppressive disorder, tried years ago to kill herself. Last week, she tried again. This time, she succeeded. After her earlier attempt failed, Prosser wound up in even more trouble …
Eers Recap
Another blowout for the Mountaineers as they beat Rutgers by the score of 31-3, and the highlight of the game was Steve Slaton’s first quarter run, which was made all the more amazing when you consider how wet the field was at the time. Well, that was the highlight of the game until two minutes …
I Almost Forgot
Balloon Juice had a brush with mediocrity last night, as we were mentioned (obliquely) on Bill Maher’s HBO show. Maher had Sullivan on, and at one point referred to this Sullivan post in which there were several questions he (Maher) liked: “Would you have sex with a man to stop a terrorist attack?” “If you …