This may be the most horrible thing I have ever heard of in my adult life. Dr. Catherine Hamlin is most assuredly reserved a spot in heaven.
Damnit!
My DVD player just died while trying to watch Catch Me If You Can. I have added several to my wish list, so if anyone is so inclined, it would me much appreciated. Otherwise I am going to have to wait a while to watch DVD’s. I am not sure when I will get to Pittsburgh (no Best Buy or Circuit City here in town- although we are getting a Super-Target- I have never been to one of those yet.).
Also, I missed the damned eclipse beacues it was so cloudy. Grumble.
The More I Read
The more I read, the less convinced I am that Scott Peterson killed his wife. Statistics alone would lead me to believe he is guilty, and I still think there is no way in hell he will get a fair trial. We shall see.
Salam Pax- Saddam’s Agent?
That is what David Warren seems to think:
Salam refers to the Americans slickly as the “puppet-masters.” He speaks approvingly of old Iraqi Communists organizing their poster (and subversion) campaigns, and is suddenly sympathetic when they happen to appropriate some office space. He mentions in passing linking up with a Western leftist group called “CIVIC” (Campaign for Innocent Victims In Conflict) to document civilian casualties from the U.S. invasion that liberated the country.
And this from a person who shows no guilt whatever at his own family membership in a Baathist regime that killed some hundreds of thousands of civilians — entirely on purpose. He dismisses all that as “a few bad apples,” without thinking to volunteer any sort of information on where such bad apples might now be hiding.
He builds a strong case.
(via Occam’s Toothbrush)
New Hitchens
Just read the new Hitchens piece– as always, a must read:
So it turns out that all the slogans of the anti-war movement were right after all. And their demands were just. “No War on Iraq,” they said
Hrmm
Since when did ‘vigorous’ become a euphemism for obnoxious?
I agree with everyone, though. Tacitus is one of the best.
The NY Times
Everyone seems to really have their knickers in a twist about the NY Times/Jayson Blair scandal, and there is some obvious schadenfreude from a number of sources. My opinion of the NY Times has lessened since the scandal, but not really because of it.
The way I see it, the NY Times got screwed by a con-man- it could happen to anyone. However, is that any more damning than the institutional bias that will continue on irrespective of this scandal? Think about it- what is worse? Having one rogue reporter who made up stories, or having an entire staff that knows the truth but refuses or is not allowed to print it? I’ll take the rogue reporter, thank you.