“This session of the United Nations is hereby convened.” – Kofi Annan “Man, this sucks. Hey, podium guy! Hey, I got a problem here.” – Peter Griffin Every once and a while some event, always assumed to be significant, will propel the otherwise mundane Israeli-Palestinian death grapple to the front pages. Last week it was [...]
Archive for September 2011
Netanyahu Government Deathwatch: Day 911
The Imaginary Frontrunner
“So, you want a realistic, down to earth show that’s completely off the wall and swarming with magic robots?” – Focus Group Guy So far I’ve had the good sense not to watch any of the ludicrous dog and pony shows that have been mislabeled as Republican “debates”. The chances of any of them producing [...]
Havana in the Hindu Kush
“What happened? Is it over?” – Randy Marsh The lead story in today’s New York Times was the death by explosion of Burhanuddin Rabbani, a former Afghan president who was attempting to negotiate with whoever it is we’re fighting against there. For a few hours yesterday this story was considered important enough to merit a [...]
Daydream Debate
“Damn teevee, you’ve ruined my imagination, just like you’ve ruined my ability to . . . to um . . . uh . . . oh well.” – Bart Simpson In his column on Friday, Paul Krugman, the intellectual compass of the left, weighed in on the death chants from Tuesday’s Red debate: CNN’s Wolf [...]
American Eschatology Is Just As Wrong As Every Other Kind
The War on Nothing
“Terrorists have attacked our imagination, and now our imaginations are running wild! You better start remembering!” – Pentagon General As the spectacularly failed reign of Bush the Younger drew to a close a scant two and a half years ago, he and his few remaining supporters clung to a particularly telling delusion. Among record low [...]
All Roads Lead From Manhattan
“You see, Marge? While you’re off in your own little world you forgot that other people have problems too.” – Homer Simpson Here on Wednesday, 7 September 2011, the 2001 memorial rehashes are at full volume and likely won’t start tapering off until at least this time next week. The New York Times alone has [...]
