As Good As Lord of the Rings, Except for the Writing. He is both critical of the movie (especially the dialogue) and forgiving of it. I agree with him pretty much. This bit struck a cord with me though:
For we know, at some level, that the tale has some truth in it.
That […]
capnwacky.com gives us this delightful tour of Unfortunate Star Wars Costumes.
(via Riding Sun)
Click on Image to visit the carnival
In this time, in our time, we’re witnessing history unfolding every day, a spontaneous explosion of political activity breaking out around the world. We’ve seen it in Ukraine. We’ve seen it in Lebanon. But it’s happening in countless other (often neglected) places. There is so much happening, it’s often […]
Scotsman.com:
An Islamic website statement claimed today that Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, al Qaida in Iraq chief, has fled to an unidentified “neighbouring country” with two Arab doctors treating him for gunshot wounds to his lung.
There was no way to verify the authenticity of the claim. The site used to carry al Qaida postings, but has fallen out […]
This Gateway Pundit post about Zimbabwe is well worth reading, tragic though it is.
This is certainly one of those cases where it seems like there must be something we can do to help, and yet there is nothing that I can think of that we can do that would do any good.
(via Instapundit)
CNN:
Iran’s hardline Guardian Council watchdog has reversed its ban on two reformists excluded from presidential elections on June 17, easing a row that had sparked some calls for a boycott of the vote.
The reinstatement of former Education Minister Mostafa Moin and Vice President for Sports Mohsen Mehr-Alizadeh on Tuesday raised the number of candidates to […]
The Washington Post, Howard Kurtz writes:
No nuclear war — wow! It doesn’t get more exciting than this!!!
Now we can all spend the next few days firing shots about who won and who lost in last night’s typically mushy Senate compromise.
You can’t even explain it in 10 seconds — some Bush nominees get filibustered, some don’t, […]
I posted my results from the Taboo Test the other day, and I indicated in the comments to that post that I would like to explore the scenarios in detail and explain my answers and the reasons I gave them.
I would suggest that if you are interesting in taking this test, you do […]
A woman was cleaning out her closet. She came across the flag of your home country (it’s a coincidence!). She didn’t want the flag, so she cut it into pieces so she could use it to clean her bathroom.
Is anybody harmed by this use of the flag?
No
Would it bother you to observe this woman using […]
An old woman was very ill. On her deathbed she asked her son to promise that he would visit her grave at least once a week. The son didn’t want to disappoint his mother, so he promised that he would. But after his mother died, he didn’t keep his promise. He was too busy. He […]
