Roger Ailes is a happy man. His team of lawyers was able to successfully argue for the network's right to lie and distort the news. This needs no further comment.
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jwz turned over a rock, and found some nifty Reuters kill notices.
Clinton Gets Jury Duty
Clinton is fulfilling his civic duty. Says the judge, "I suspect there has never been anyone who answered yes to so many questions and survived the voir dire process." Yes, the Secret Service protection detail comes with him. This is what makes America great -- I hope he enjoyed the orientation video as much as I did.
My Precious
A few thousand years ago...we were hanging out at an underground lake in the mountains. You - my own, my love...petite, golden glow, almost EVIL; sleek and quite overpowering. Me - 4'5", dark, fine hairs, physical atrophy, into loincloths and raw meat/fish. Refreshing diving pool a +. We sings for you about it sometimes. Come back to us.
Harvard Dialect Maps
My aunt has been to the creek with her umbrella as a flourish. Four linguistics students at Harvard are conducting an online dialect survey, and map the results geographically.
Ari Fleischer Pushes It
February 25th, Ari Fleischer was laughed out of the press room when he earnestly asserted that the U.S. could not buy votes from foreign powers on the Iraq. "You saying that the leaders of other nations are buyable! That's not an acceptable proposition." The press corps erupts with laughter, Ari makes a hasty exit, and C-SPAN just can't believe its good fortune.
Sanford Dole, the “Sugar King”
If you'd like to know more about how the Kingdom of Hawaii became the Territory of Hawaii, the University of Hawaii has an excellent collection of primary sources. The Dole fruit and sugar fortune had not a little to do with it. A church here in Brooklyn has a saying: "Our missionaries went to Hawaii to do good, and they did very well."
Message in a Craig’s List Bottle
I thought I was over my paralyzing high-school crush on you. I am not.
DFW in Finest Onion *Ever*
A long-overdue swipe at David Foster Wallace. Includes bonus parody excerpt!
Gaijin: A Meditation Shinto-fascists
"I've always been one to hail the withering of priestcraft in any form. But, considering who is replacing them, I think I might sort of miss the weird little pricks."
