Archive for April 27th, 2007

Common Ground

Looks like French taste is improving.
The French dislike themselves even more than the Americans dislike them, according to an opinion poll published on Friday.
The survey of six nations, carried out for the International Herald Tribune daily and France 24 TV station, said 44 percent of French people thought badly of themselves against 38 percent of [...]

Rosie Times Ahead

Seems like Rosie O’Donnell may be joining the cast of Les Miz.
Or should that be Miss Lez?

Not Even Pretending – Again

Over two weeks ago, I pointed out the case of Agence France Presse (AFP) photographer in Gaza, Mahmoud Al Hums, who won a prize in the China international competition for a photo he took, a prize he promptly dedicated to “Palestinian martyrs.”
Now I see he has won another prize, and again made no effort to [...]

Manipulating the Discourse

Self-positioned poster boy for victimhood of nasty blogger behavior – Richard Silverstein – seems to think acceptable blogger conduct includes modifying reader comments and publishing them in their modified form, without any note as to their modification.
Below is a screenshot of a comment thread on his blog (needed since he could very well change the [...]

Separated at Birth

Younger Woody Allen and younger Ehud Olmert.

The Wrong Vehicle to Steal

I just love this police mugshot, especially the exasperated look on dumbass #2.

Background:
Three men who carjacked a motorist putting air into his SUV’s tires late last night chose the wrong vehicle to steal, state police said today.
After fleeing with the victim’s SUV from the A-Plus Mini Mart in Claymont, the trio headed up the interstate [...]