On The Third Hand

Saturday, 26 Jan 2002

Short and Sometimes Recursive stuff

• The Afghan war isn't over yet. [via Cal Ulmann]
• Marjan the lion dies in Kabul. R.I.P. [via Momma Bear]
• It's always about sex... Now we know why Johnny Wanker became a Talib. It wasn't liberal upbringing or shock at his father. He was just a randy teenager who decided joining the Taliban was the only way he'd ever fulfill his fantasy of multiple women.
• Is it just my ISP going weird, or has Lake Effect disappeared?
• An excellent argument by Charles Krauthammer (who else) for why we should not declare the Al Qaida detainees in Gitmo prisoners of war. I may use this quote from him as my blog motto: "Our paramount national duty today is to prevent another Sept. 11, not to glory in the moral high ground -- the moral vanity -- of the victimhood we suffered last Sept. 11". Bravo!
• I think this sort of thing is why the European 'elites' hate our guts. Personally, I think pursuit of happiness includes the right to be totally tacky.
• Dawson's blog is fun, BUT IF HE DOESN'T STOP SHOUTING I'M GOING TO GET UPSET! dawson... if you can't handle a shift key, we'd rather you type in all small letters, ok? a post in all capitals is very hard to read. Thank you, dear.
• I sometimes wish I could live on the west coast of the US rather than the west coast of Florida. I'm looking forward to the pictures, Ken.
• The Muslim Pundit has a very informative post about Elia Hobeika, a Lebanese. minister who was assassinated a few days ago. Recommended reading for anyone keeping an eye on the Israeli/Palestine conflict.
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