Reminder- May 29, 2006 The first official meeting of the reanimated Unfogged reading group is this Tuesday, and we're discussing Montaigne's "Of Drunkenness". P.S. I don't understand the rules about when you put punctuation inside quotation marks and when you don't. Can someone explain it...http://www.unfogged.com/archives/week_2006_05_28.html#004991 A festival of twee!- May 26, 2006 Twee instrumentals from Gatto Marte and l'Ensemble Ray! A twee song from Sodastream! And that's not all: music from noted pal of Deleuze and follower of Fripp Richard Pinhas, a song by Hans Eisler sung by Dagmar Krause, and not one but two (2) abstract banjo thingies! Yes, if it's Friday it must be time to listen to me pleasure myself aurally by "clicking" the "link" sometime between 1 and 3 pm PST!...http://www.unfogged.com/archives/week_2006_05_21.html#004990 Teofilo, are you around- May 26, 2006 Do you want to run the Friday game (Teofilo said he wanted to be the answerer for a Two Minute Mystery last week. If he doesn't show up, we can play Botticelli, the old standby, but I am sick, and too weak to answer questions, so y'all will have to take up the burden.)...http://www.unfogged.com/archives/week_2006_05_21.html#004989 Haditha Was Worse Than I Had Thought- May 26, 2006 When I posted on the massacre at Haditha before, I called it monstrous, and what I had thought happened was monstrous. From what I had read, I believed that a group of American soldiers had, after being attacked, entered a nearby house and murdered the men, woman, and children inside in a fit of rage, or revenge, or some other motivation I can't even guess at. And while that was criminal and inexcusable, I realize now that I was consoling myself by thinking that moments, or minutes, of insanity.http://www.unfogged.com/archives/week_2006_05_21.html#004988 Mark Kleiman Makes Sense- May 26, 2006 Go read him on the problems with the FBI raid on Rep. Jefferson's office. The quick summary is yes, Jefferson is a bad guy, yes, there has to be some way to investigate corrupt Congresspeople, but this is an intolerable violation of separation of powers. Allowing this sort of search allows the FBI to intimidate Congress at will, and that's a bad, bad thing. If you want to read me on this, I discussed it with Slartibartifast in the comments to Obsidian Wings starting here....http://www.unfogged.com/archives/week_2006_05_21.html#004987 The Worm Turns- May 26, 2006 Denny Hastert appears to be distinctly cross about the leak from the Justice Department saying he's under investigation. He's calling it retaliation for his objections to the raid on Rep. Jefferson's office. Pleeeease can the Republicans in Congress start fighting bitterly with the Administration Pleeease I've been good, and it would be so much fun to watch....http://www.unfogged.com/archives/week_2006_05_21.html#004986 Giving the People What They Want- May 25, 2006 Okay already! WOOOOOOOOO!!!!! SOUL PATROL!!!!!!!!!! And dude, David Hasselhoff was crying....http://www.unfogged.com/archives/week_2006_05_21.html#004985 One person's modus ponens is another person's modus tollens- May 25, 2006 The Journal of Medical Ethics has an article PDF making the case that the rhythm method might actually kill more embryos than other forms of contraception. I say the anti-contraception crusaders should go Full Quiver or STFU. Via Hit and Run...http://www.unfogged.com/archives/week_2006_05_21.html#004984 David Broder Makes Me Sick, As Does The New York Times- May 25, 2006 I didn't say anything about the Sunday hit piece on the state of the Clintons' marriage, but now David Broder has picked it up as proof that Clinton's marriage is going to be a major issue in her chance of getting elected: But for all the delicacy of the treatment, the very fact that the Times had sent a reporter out to interview 50 people about the state of the Clintons' marriage and placed the story on the top of Page One was a clear signal -- if any was needed -- that the drama of the...http://www.unfogged.com/archives/week_2006_05_21.html#004983 One of the greatest bodies of literaryartistic production of the latter half of the 20th century- May 25, 2006 Online, for your delectation—but for how long...http://www.unfogged.com/archives/week_2006_05_21.html#004982 |