Saturday, May 06, 2006
See Something, Say Something (08:12 PM) - Via TigerHawk, I see that a bunch of passengers saw some suspicious men on a flight out of Dallas and into Newark and reported them. The plane was delayed on the tarmac; the men detained. They were released after it…
Take a Seat, Take a Breath, Take a Look (11:51 AM) - Reporter C.J. Chivers writes a news article in this morning’s New York Times defending the abilities of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi:…clips of Mr. Zarqawi’s supposed martial incompetence were unconvincing. The weapon in question is complicated to master, and American soldiers…
Speaking Truth to Hecklers (10:48 AM) - I had read various headlines to the effect that a man “spoke truth to power” when he heckled Donald Rumsfeld at a town hall meeting some time in the last forty-eight hours. I’ve now read the transcript, courtesy of the…
Dial Nine To Get Out (10:27 AM) - Skype, the VoIP program that an eBay subsidiary offers free of charge, is being widely used in China to escape the communist government’s repressive policies. Although SkypeOut, the version of Skype which allows one to ring a regular telephone from…
Too Soon for the Journalist Types (09:12 AM) - ‘Callimachus’ this morning writes:So has anyone in my newsroom been to see “United 93”? You’ve got to be kidding. The people who lined up two and three times for “Fahrenheit 9/11” are made visibly uncomfortable by this film. They seem…
Greatness in an Iron Lung (08:23 AM) - An Associated Press report on Patrick Kennedy begins: “Rep. Patrick Kennedy likes to say he’s blessed to have a great family name. That name also can be a curse…” Great, eh? How many informed Americans actually have a positive opinion…