— Lou Papan has declared war on Sheila Kuehl – this is gonna be good. Link: Bill Is Political Payback Over Papan Defeat
— Lou Papan has declared war on Sheila Kuehl – this is gonna be good. Link: Bill Is Political Payback Over Papan Defeat
— If Beavis and Butthead had a media watch column, it would look like this: In the world of Web logs, talk is cheap. How dumb do you have to be to fall for an April Fool’s prank? Dumb enough to suspend Jeff Jacoby for writing a patriotic column; dumb enough to publish Ellen Goodman; … Continue reading “Beavis and Butthead”
— If Beavis and Butthead had a media watch column, it would look like this: In the world of Web logs, talk is cheap. How dumb do you have to be to fall for an April Fool’s prank? Dumb enough to suspend Jeff Jacoby for writing a patriotic column; dumb enough to publish Ellen Goodman; dumb enough to insult James Lileks for writing too much. In other words, dumb as the Boston Globe, and gracelessly insane.
It turns out the little prick doesn’t like letters to the Editor correcting his mistakes, for some strange reason:
We in the glamorous media business have mixed feelings about the men, women and, yes, children who write in to express their views.
Beam’s whole anti-blog screed was a recycled version of this column, in fact.
— Stupid White Men is number one on the non-fiction bestseller list here (ahead of The Female Orgasm) and in France the number one best seller is a bizarre book claiming the US government invented the air attack on the Pentagon A bizarre book claiming that the plane that ploughed into the Pentagon on September … Continue reading “No more frog-bashing”
— Stupid White Men is number one on the non-fiction bestseller list here (ahead of The Female Orgasm) and in France the number one best seller is a bizarre book claiming the US government invented the air attack on the Pentagon
A bizarre book claiming that the plane that ploughed into the Pentagon on September 11 never existed, and that the US establishment itself was at the heart of the New York and Washington attacks, has shot to the top of the French bestseller lists to indignation on both sides of the Atlantic.
No more frog-bashing for me — they do it so much better to themselves.
— Tom Friedman scratches his head and asks how to end suicide bombing: …the whole world must see this Palestinian suicide strategy defeated. But how? This kind of terrorism can be curbed only by self-restraint and repudiation by the community itself. No foreign army can stop small groups ready to kill themselves. How do we … Continue reading “How to end suicide bombing”
— Tom Friedman scratches his head and asks how to end suicide bombing:
…the whole world must see this Palestinian suicide strategy defeated.
But how? This kind of terrorism can be curbed only by self-restraint and repudiation by the community itself. No foreign army can stop small groups ready to kill themselves. How do we produce that deterrence among Palestinians? First, Israel needs to deliver a military blow that clearly shows terror will not pay. Second, America needs to make clear that suicide bombing is not Israel’s problem alone. To that end, the U.S. should declare that while it respects the legitimacy of Palestinian nationalism, it will have no dealings with the Palestinian leadership as long as it tolerates suicide bombings. Further, we should make clear that Arab leaders whose media call suicide bombers “martyrs” aren’t welcome in the U.S.
Etc., etc., and all very naive. Tom, get serious — the only tactics that will defeat this tactic must, of necessity, be just as barbaric as suicide bombing. You’re dealing with people who believe their cause places them above conventional morality. So let’s encourage Israel to take the surviving family members of suicide bombers into custody, to put them on trial, and ultimately put them to death. Or simply shoot them, all of them, summarily. Failing that, the bombings will continue as long as there is one live Jew in the Middle East.
— CNN.com – CNN And TIME Magazine Announce Top Winners Of Fifth Annual “Journalist Award” “At Time and CNN, we’re delighted to offer this prestigious award to the brightest journalist,” said Adi Ignatius, Editor of Time, of Jerry Pournelle, the #1 winner. ” We have long wanted to honor Jerry Pournelle in this way, as … Continue reading “Journalist of the Year award”
— CNN.com – CNN And TIME Magazine Announce Top Winners Of Fifth Annual “Journalist Award”
“At Time and CNN, we’re delighted to offer this prestigious award to the brightest journalist,” said Adi Ignatius, Editor of Time, of Jerry Pournelle, the #1 winner. ” We have long wanted to honor Jerry Pournelle in this way, as his contribution to the society has been enormous.”
See this web site for details.
— More Than Zero says what everybody is thinking: It is time for the government to step in. I call for immediate takeover of Microsoft by the federal government. I believe this could resolve both the impending social security crisis and my XP installation. Amen, brother.
— More Than Zero says what everybody is thinking:
It is time for the government to step in. I call for immediate takeover of Microsoft by the federal government. I believe this could resolve both the impending social security crisis and my XP installation.
Amen, brother.
