Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Curious (09:15 PM) - Did you hear? The port of Seattle is a ghost town—save for men in bright yellow suits—because the security measures in place detected the possibility that one of the containers being offloaded, which may or may not touched the shores…
“If I make a remark about the New York Times not knowing foreign affairs, it’ll be just like old times and no one will notice I’ve been gone.” (07:36 PM) - Patrick Belton is back on the stool at OxBlog….
“He didn’t just stare. He leered. Hard.” (07:17 PM) - Jeff Harrell encounters one of the very best benefits of commuting: Witnessing train pick-up attempts….
CBS: Still Creating the News (07:04 PM) - The folks at CBS News are going to say goodbye to Dan Rather in an hour-long “prime-time salute” to air in September. Isn’t that strange? So much time before resignation and special….
Language Terrorism, Like Its Murderous Counterpart, Works (10:27 AM) - The Associated Press: “Bush drops reference to ‘Islamic fascists’”…
Ceasefires are for the Honorbound, Continued (10:20 AM) - The Washington Post reports this morning: “Hezbollah refused to disarm and withdraw its fighters from the battle-scarred hills along the border with Israel on Tuesday, threatening to delay deployment of the Lebanese army and endangering a fragile cease-fire.” Israel was…
Advertisements on Cell Phones? (10:13 AM) - The Journal this morning has a nice little provocation to consumer outrage?…