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Tuesday TidbitsAndrew Sullivan does the only thing he's still good at: beating up on the New York Times:. Regarding the Times' decision to charge fifty bucks a year to read the likes of Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich: I can understand the economics of this, as newspaper circulation declines. But I wonder if, in the long run, this is a wise move on their part. By sectioning off their op-ed columnists and best writers, they are cutting them off from the life-blood of today's political debate: the free blogosphere. Inevitably, fewer people will link to them; fewer will read them; their influence will wane faster than it has already. The blog is already becoming a rival to the dated op-ed column format as a means of communicating opinion journalism. My bet is that the NYT's retrogressive move will only fasten the decline of op-ed columnists' influence. One can only hope. He also links this tell-all by an ex-BBC conservative. Prepare to be shocked: the BBC hates Republicans and loves the UN. And speaking of the UN, FBI investiator Robert Parton was quoted in court filings stating that the Oil For Food whitewash was flawed, and yes, he quite because Volcker was going soft on Annan. Shockingly enough. Back to Sullivan. He then goes about defending Newsweek, if you can believe such a thing... echoing Newsweek's defense of their being previous RUMORS about the flushing of the Koran, as if four rumors equals one factual verification. He cites, get this, the Daily Kos to boot. And then he says this: So we have evidence of the abuse of Islam by U.S. interrogators; we have four citations of the Koran incident; Newsweek has not retracted the story; and more will no doubt come out. One thing worth reiterating: the notion that this obscenity simply couldn't have happened in the U.S. military (something I believed two years ago) is no longer an operative assumption. Obscenity, you stupid shrill jagoff? Obscenity? Flushing a book down the toilet in order to get a terrorist's tongue moving? Let's see: Andrew doesn't approve of even mild physical coercion, he screams about "humiliation," and now even psychological gambits -- like the flushing of the Koran alleged here -- are "obscenities." Fuck you, asshole. You've spit more bile at the Catholic Church in one month than this alleged "obscene" incident would constitute. As that black guy from Aliens said, "Well what the hell are we supposed to use? Harsh language?" I'm pretty sure Delicate Andrew would be pretty outraged by that as well. Instapundit makes a couple of good points on this matter, including pointing a dagger right at Excitable Andy's palpitating heart: I want to add that I don't think there's anything immoral about flushing a Koran (or a Bible) down the toilet, assuming you've got a toilet that's up to that rather daunting task, and I think it's amusing to hear people who usually worry about excessive concern for religious beliefs suddenly taking a different position. Nor do I think that doing so counts as torture, and I think that it debases the meaning of "torture" to claim otherwise. If this had happened, it might have been -- indeed, would have been -- impolitic or unwise. But not evil. He also wants to know why the media are willing to effectively censor news stories featuring black criminals, in order not to inflame white bigotry against blacks, but have no second thoughts about running unsourced stories that inflame Muslim passions against the US. Well, he doesn't really want to know why. He knows why. We all do. It might have something to do with reporters voting 2 to 1 in favor of Kerry over Bush. Yeahp; two in every three reporters admitted to voting for John Kerry; one in every three just lied, knowing this survey would not be used for any purpose they'd approve of. Well, not one in three. But one in six abouts. Meanwhile, the media apologists are out in full force. ABC's Nightline helpfully explains to us that this really isn't a story about shoddy journalism... but rather a story that underscores the US's poor image in the Muslim world. The pressies love attention, except when it's bad attention, and then it's time to switch topics. Speaking of switching topics. Democrats float filibuster compromise. I'm actually starting to wonder if Frist really has the votes, and cojones, to go nuclear, as it appears to be the Democrats sweetening their terms, not the Republicans: With a showdown looming, a small group of Senate Democrats floated a compromise Monday on President Bush's stalled judicial nominees, offering to clear five for confirmation while scuttling three others. Not a bad deal at all, really. I know that Democrats can of course claim all of Bush's nominees are "extreme" and thus begin filibustering again, but then the Republicans could simply execute the nuclear option. It's not like we're really losing much here-- except for three judges, who maybe should be confirmed on principle, but really, in exchange for an end to filibusters...? Worth it. The Frech Suck. Breaking news. Must credit Ace. French hatred is not a purely American phenomenon; those who know them best hate them even more than we do. A delightful survey of Europeans dishes: Perhaps unsurprisingly, Britons described them as "chauvinists, stubborn, nannied and humourless". However, the French may be more shocked by the views of other nations. Huh. Imagine what kinds of rotten pricks you have to be to get the goo-goo Swedes angry at you. Finally, just to infuriate you: Arab journalists lecture on how ignorant we all are, and how racist, etc. Let me just say this: For a culture constantly accusing others of "arrogance," it really makes little sense for you to constantly be implying your own superiority, now does it? This war is largely animated by the outsized egotism, combined with the severe inferiority complex, of many in the Arab/Muslim world. (Yes, those two go together quite a bit.) I'm afraid this war will not end until some people get the fuck over themselves already. | Recent Comments
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