Archives for November 2007
Xenophon continues to harangue the Greeks, arguing that their difficulties are not so bad. Paraphrasing:
“Don’t worry about the rivers. If we can’t cross them here, we can always go upstream and cross them at the source, not even getting our knees wet. And if the barbarians thought to trap us on the wrong side of […]
Obsidian Wings: No More Clintons
I’ve been settled on Obama for some time now. But in case I had any lingering doubt, Clinton the Bill pretty much sealed the deal for me by claiming (outrageously) that he opposed the Iraq War from the beginning (via HuffPost). It’s not so much his Iraq position itself that bothers […]
At daybreak, the leaders decided to post guards and summoned the rest of the soldiers to an assembly. Cheirosophos the Spartan spoke:
“We are in a tough spot, being deprived of many officers and soldiers, and our former allies, Ariaeus and his men, have betrayed us. But we must not give up, but must struggle as […]
The Greeks being stranded in Mesopotamia and their generals treacherously killed by the Persians, Xenophon, who so far has had no official role in the army, is inspired to rouse the Greeks to action and he volunteers to lead them.
After telling them that they must rouse themselves and fight the Persians, “a certain Apollonides, […]
The drop in NYC murders has been widely reported, and former mayor Rudy Giuliani has taken credit for it:
Under Mayor Giuliani’s leadership, overall crime was cut by 56%, murder was cut by 66%, and New York City—once considered the crime capital of the country—became the safest large city in America according to the FBI.
I […]
She’s No Morgenthau - Maureen Dowd
Hillary Clinton … touted her own know-how, saying that “there is one job we can’t afford on-the-job training for — that’s the job of our next president.” Her aides confirmed that she was referring to Obama.
Pressed to respond, Obama offered a zinger feathered with amused disdain: “My understanding was that […]
One of the staples of wingnut blogging is that the evil MSM buries good news from Iraq way back “on page 14.”
Here is today’s NY Times (image readily available on the internets):
I can confirm, that the dead-tree edition being sold on the streets of New York right now, features the Baghdad story on the front […]
Hot Air » ABC Iowa poll: Obama 30, Hillary 27, Silky 22
*terms possibly trademarked by Allahpundit.
Some seriously disturbing Hillary photoshops here. (nsfw)
My Looney Bun is Fine, Benny Lava! « Innocent Bystanders
Some of the commenters there don’t get it, but I’d say that Brewfan’s sense of humor is evolving.
As I work my way through the Anabasis, I find that I constantly change how I use my notebook. Early on, I filled it with full English translations, striving to make them accurate and readable. Periodically, I’d just note vocabulary: a Greek word, in the form that it appeared in the text, with its English […]
This chapter marks Xenophon’s entrance into a leading role in the story. Heretofore, he was just a hanger-on, a camp follower.
The night after the generals were captured and officers killed by the Persians, the Greeks were very distressed, as they realized how far from home they were, how many enemies were all around, etc. Most […]
Foreshadowing: a literary device in which an author drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later on in the story …
Flags fall around Hillary Clinton in Waterloo, Iowa, Nov. 11, 2007
Hillary’s rapid response website noted immediately:
- The flags had been firmly planted, but hadn’t actually been tipped.
- One of the flags was […]
ABC News: 2nd Question Planted by Clinton Campaign
One day after Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign confirmed that a staffer planted a question for the presidential candidate at a recent campaign stop, another person has come forward with a similar story.
Geoff Mitchell, a minister who recently moved to Hamilton, Ill., from Iowa, told ABC News that […]
NPR : Where did the $100 go?
Hold on, if you think this is an already-debunked urban legend. Just read …
Most blog-readers know this much:
Anita Esterday, a waitress at the Maid-Rite in Toledo, Iowa, told NPR’s David Greene in a report that aired on Morning Edition Thursday that “nobody got left a tip” on Oct. […]
