From the department of “no, shit, you don’t say, Sherlock” comes this little nugget for the annals of history from Ehud Barak, defense minister of Israel: War is not a picnic. Well blow me up and call me a love doll! That’s just profound. So, Ehud, if it’s not a picnic, then what, exactly, is…
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One AFP headline we could have done without: Sydney gets New Year started, but Gaza spoils party Covering the new years’ celebrations around the world, it seems vaguely tortured to claim that those insolent Palestinian civilians are getting in the way of the rest of us having a good time, what with their bleeding and…
What every nation needs when it decides to once again beat the shit out of a minority within its borders: a small-diameter bomb for low-cost, high-precision and low collateral damage strikes. Presenting the GBU-39, sold to Israel by the United States with the approval of our faithful Congress. Used this week to blow up select…
The no doubt well-intentioned folks over at MoveOn write to me: We’re organizing Inaugural Bashes on the night of January 20th. The Norwich Inaugural Bash can be whatever you make it, but first you have to sign up to host. Can you host an Inaugural Bash so the folks in Norwich have a place to…
Sigh. I love Joomla. I live and breathe Joomla these days, and it’s a great tool for making great websites. But sometimes you have to wonder what the hell the amazing crowd of altruistic coders are thinking. In Joomla 1.5.8 (as a significant change from 1.5.7 and earlier) you’ll suddenly see embedded HTML tags be…
Thank Godness Facebook is looking out for all those poor innocent children who might have been exposed to — GASP! — a picture of a baby being nursed… the horror, the horror. Do they really think this constitutes anything other than rank hypocrisy? Notch up another victory for teh dumb puritans.
Someone alert Rick Warren and his buddy Barack: the studies are in, and the results are clear: accepting and supporting people — particularly kids — who come out leave them less vulnerable to depression and suicide. I’m just guessing here, but comparing a loving relationship with pedophelia might not be seen as supportive. And comparing…
