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Sunday, October 29, 2006

Calling in sick...

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I've developed a bad cold, as has someone I know. It seems to be going around Washington. Result: can't think straight. So, taking R...
Saturday, October 28, 2006

Vladimir Putin Speaks...

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...to Russian citizens, in his 3-hour annual call-in show on October 25th. Among his interesting comments were these: SERGEI BRILYOV: Yulia,...

Judith Miller on Kurdistan

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Speaking of Iraq, in today's Wall Street Journal, Judith Miller reports from Kurdistan , where she interviewed president Barzani: Mr. Ba...
Friday, October 27, 2006

No Exit from Iraq

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Last night, I was invited to a party at the Turkish Embassy in celebration of Turkish Republic Day, declared October 29th some 83 years ago ...
Thursday, October 26, 2006

NATO Kills Afghan Civilians

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During post-Ramadan raids, according to The Guardian : Major Luke Knitig, a spokesman for the international security assistance force, said ...

Openly Cheating in the World Series

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After seeing the pine tar on Detroit Tiger pitcher Kenny Rogers' hand, someone I know stopped watching this year's World Series. Bal...
Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Ian Buruma on Van Gogh's Murder in Amsterdam

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Monday night, appearing on the PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer (RealPlayer link).

John LeBoutillier: Bush is Incompetent

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From Boot's Blasts : 9) The Bush Administration has handled foreign policy with the same level of competence they handled the aftermath ...

Daniel Pipes: Change Course in Iraq

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The Bush administration slogans have shifted from "Mission Accomplished," to "Stay the Course," to "Finish the Job....

Malkin: "CNN Wants US to Lose..."

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Flying on JetBlue, I watched Bill O'Reilly debate CNN's Iraq war coverage with Michelle Malkin. He defended CNN against her charges ...

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley

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While visiting Los Angeles last weekend, I went to see Cherry Jones starring as Sister Aloysius in John Patrick Shanley's Doubt , now ...
Monday, October 23, 2006

This 'n That on Hud

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This 'n That recommends you add Paul Newman's Hud to your Netflix queue: Alma, (Patricia Neal) the Bannon's cook and housekeepe...
Saturday, October 21, 2006

Benjamin Kerstein: The Anti-Chomsky

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Here's a link to his website . A sample: Apparently, while I was on my two week trip to the States, Noam Chomsky died and was resurrecte...

Robert Dreyfuss on the Baker-Hamilton Commission

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From The Washington Monthly Iht Wikipedia): But according to all accounts, the Iraq Study Group is Baker's show, with the assembled cas...

Anti-Wiki Washingtonians?

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A few years ago, R. Emmett Tyrell, then-editor of the American Spectator, published a book called The Conservative Crackup. Basically, it w...

President Bush on Iraq

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Flying to LA on JetBlue, I had a real festival of cable TV-watching and NYC television channels --I didn't realize that Ernie Anastos an...

89-Year-Old Man Convicted of Killing 10

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With his car, in 2003. George Russell Weller, then 86, killed 10 people when he plowed through a farmer's market in Santa Monica in 200...
Thursday, October 19, 2006

Charlie Cook: Republicans Will Lose Control of Congress

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From the Cook Political Report of October 13th: Category 5 Hurricane Heads for House GOP Let's get the disclaimer out of the way: there...
Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Michelle Malkin v Angelina Jolie

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Michele Malkin thinks Angelina Jolie doesn't know enough about corruption at the UN to do a credible job as "goodwill ambassador...

Georgetown's Patisserie Poupon

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Someone I know and I had lunch today at Patisserie Poupon in Georgetown. Not only was it delicious, they told me that their pastries are ba...
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