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Mid-day palate cleanser

posted at 1:00 pm on August 22, 2006 by Allahpundit
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Update: Speaking of psycho killers, former SS goon turned litterateur Gunther Grass gets the full Hitch in Slate today:

“Let those who want to judge, pass judgment,” Grass said last week in a typically sententious utterance. Very well, then, mein lieber Herr. The first judgment is that you kept quiet about your past until you could win the Nobel Prize for literature. The second judgment is that you are not as important to German or to literary history as you think you are. The third judgment is that you will be remembered neither as a war criminal nor as an anti-Nazi hero, but more as a bit of a bloody fool.

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Holy crap! That’s terrible. Thank God we live in the new millenium where we have real musicians like Paris Hilton and Justin Timberlake!

JasonG on August 22, 2006 at 1:12 PM

It’s all done with peaceful intentions. Perhaps if we offer them a package of incentives, they’ll back off and we can all sing kumbaya.

JammieWearingFool on August 22, 2006 at 1:13 PM

Ah Hitch! Such vitrol – and at such a worthy target. I bow before the sheer perfection of your screed.

Ellen on August 22, 2006 at 1:19 PM

Okay, maybe it’s just me but I miss the 80’s fashions-you know the skin tight cords and the polo shirts & lets not forget the hair.

Catie96706 on August 22, 2006 at 1:19 PM

Okay, maybe it’s just me but I miss the 80’s fashions-you know the skin tight cords and the polo shirts & lets not forget the hair.

Maybe it is just you. ;P

Why is everything in italics?

JasonG on August 22, 2006 at 1:20 PM

The third judgment is that you will be remembered neither as a war criminal nor as an anti-Nazi hero, but more as a bit of a bloody fool.

Mein lieber Herr – ein Dummkopf!

Entelechy on August 22, 2006 at 1:35 PM

I have some nutty relatives in WA who feed raccoons on their porch and take pictures. Sure, they’re cool to watch, with the opposable thumbs and all, but now there’s about 3 generations of the things that come by daily for food. They also have cats…. sounds like a battle is brewing.

Grup said it recovered its rig last week because of a contractual dispute with its Iranian client, Oriental Oil Kish.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suspended Oriental Oil’s activities in 2005 on alleged corruption activity and ties to Halliburton Co. of the U.S. The U.A.E.-registered drilling company had signed a preliminary contract with Halliburton after winning an estimated $310 million contract to develop phases 9 and 10 of Iran’s offshore South Pars gas reservoir.

And, ok, so maybe Iran is trying to give us a sort of back-hand on Miraj day, you know, attacking the evil Halliburton boat. It’s all starting to come together… ;/

NTWR on August 22, 2006 at 1:53 PM

hmmmm. david byrne? i could have gone all day without revisitng the Talking Heads. what a dreadful, dreadful, dreadful band.

pullingmyhairout on August 22, 2006 at 2:17 PM

Meanwhile in wacademia, feral moonbats sneak back to Cornell;

Fleeing the Scene

While you waited for your flight to be called…
Three men, held since 2002 in conditions out of a horror movie, hanged themselves. These are three of the most popular people on the planet, held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the United States of America. Never charged with any crime, yet subjected to force-feeding, torture and deprived of any hope of leaving alive, they ended their lives. One man at Gitmo has tried to kill himself 12 times. Think about that for a moment. After 11 attempts to end his life, this man still felt so wretched that he found the determination to try and leave the Earth again.

Recall, Cornell is the Ivy League academy where Cynthia McKinney is a Rhode professor.

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Terp Mole on August 22, 2006 at 2:45 PM

Allah…that video was to torment us, wasn’t it? I’d call that cruel and unusual punishment. ;O)

tickleddragon on August 22, 2006 at 2:48 PM

Another feral critter howls from San Diego State wacademia;

Israel’s war reflects war on terror
by Veronica Rollin (zoinks!)

Israel’s latest, ineffective campaign is a miniaturized version of America’s own war on terror, specifically the lethargic dramas that are painfully unfolding in Afghanistan and Iraq. The only difference is that Israel has, at least, the wisdom to step off its violent path, whereas the Bush administration has stubbornly refused to change its course of war. During three years of war in Iraq, all that seems to have been accomplished is the death of thousands on both sides and the rise of terrorism and partisan warfare in the Middle East.

During five years of war in Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai’s government is but a shell, the Taliban is making a comeback, the country is producing more opium than ever, and Osama bin Laden is still at large. Long after al-Qaida was said to be weakened and on the run, its members remain in Afghanistan and are caching weapons there, according to USA Today.

In other words, America has little if anything to show for its two-front war.

Except fewer Americans.
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All a show of conventional military force will ever do is beget more violence and inspire more civilians to join the ranks of the terrorists.

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Terp Mole on August 22, 2006 at 3:32 PM

what a dreadful, dreadful, dreadful band

Allah…that video was to torment us, wasn’t it?

Contrary to.. apparently everyone else, I always liked that song. I’ll admit that wasn’t the best version I’ve ever heard.

High Desert Wanderer on August 22, 2006 at 4:07 PM

Me too HDW! The whole ‘77(?) album was fantastic. Byrne was a genius in those days. I most liked the performance where he starts it out solo and the band starts showing up later in the set (and here it is!). He’s one weird dude, but that’s what makes the Talking Heads so cool.

Kevin M on August 22, 2006 at 4:24 PM

Another Talking Heads fan here!

mikeyboss on August 22, 2006 at 4:51 PM

Kevin, thanks for the link, that’s the version I remember. Love it. One of my roommates my freshman year in college had that whole concert on video.

High Desert Wanderer on August 23, 2006 at 8:35 AM

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