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August 25, 2005
George Will Is On F'n' FireMany warmhearted and mildly-attentive Americans say the president should have invited Sheehan to his kitchen table in Crawford for a cup of coffee and a serving of that low-calorie staple of democratic sentimentality -- ``dialogue.'' Well. posted by Ace at 02:03 PM
CommentsOkay, Ace, that's your new handle from now on: "Filth Spewer". As in, "Heya, Filth Spewer. Howya doin?" Or, "Yo! F.S., my man! You one filth-spewin' motha, but you a-ight." Or, "My dear Filth Spewer, surely you are jesting when you suggest that changing my portfolio from stock-heavy to bond-heavy investments will provide a greater return. You are such a card! Also, you spew filth." Posted by: Monty on August 25, 2005 02:15 PM
George Will = Hitler Posted by: on August 25, 2005 02:19 PM
George Will = Hitler I think you meant Hister. Nostradamus foretold George Will's rise to fame long ago. In his eleventy-fifth quatrain, he speaks of a politically-conservative Hister who "bring light to dark places and put foot to Democrat ass." Some have theorized that Hister is Charles Krauthammer, but scholars are in agreement that Nostradamus was actually speaking of Mr. Will.
Posted by: Monty on August 25, 2005 02:23 PM
http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyffse/speaking.htm Posted by: vivi on August 25, 2005 02:42 PM
Who invented the fucking phrase "Speaking Truth to Power?" I HATE IT!!! It has passed "Cool Beans" as the most annoying phrase ever! Sorry, but I went to the link for the film event the Vivi had above. It was the first thing I saw and I ran away screaming. Posted by: Sweetmeats on August 25, 2005 02:49 PM
I wish the media would cease calling Cindy Sheehan the "peace mom". She doesn't want peace as in "Visualize whirled peas", she only wants our soldiers to abandon the Iraqi people and come back to the safe and peaceful U.S. Does she not understand that our leaving Iraq right now would result in tens of thousands more deaths amongst the Iraqi people when the civil war ensues and the extremist violently take power? So basically, she only wants peace only for the American Soldiers and not the Iraqi people. Sounds a bit racist to me, but I suppose that's not possible since she's one of those oh so caring liberals. She's not the "peace mom". In my eyes, she's the "wimp out and go home" mom...which is what I wish she would just do. Posted by: RudeJelly on August 25, 2005 03:30 PM
Wet, soggy cardboard is nonflammable. Posted by: Donnah on August 25, 2005 03:36 PM
"Just like", even. Posted by: Donnah on August 25, 2005 03:38 PM
But the Democratic Party, whose democratically elected chairman is Howard (``I Hate the Republicans and Everything They Stand For'') Dean, is not ripe for lessons in temperate rhetoric, which may be why the Republican Party has far fewer worries than it deserves. Bingo. If the lefties would STFU with Bush lied, people died and other nonsense they might actually be able to spark a debate about where this administration has gone wrong. There are plenty of things upon which to criticize our current president, but the behavior on the left is so outrageous and counterproductive that it seems silly to worry about anything other than kicking their stupid asses until they reform into something that merits the label of loyal opposition. Posted by: The Warden on August 25, 2005 03:40 PM
"Death to Iraqis" Mom "Iraqis Under Terrorist Boot" Mom "Death to Brown People" Mom Posted by: on August 25, 2005 03:41 PM
Cedarford's Mom Posted by: BrewFan on August 25, 2005 03:46 PM
I've always liked Will, even when I disagreed with him (which was frequently). That was one of his best columns in a long, long time. And Sweetmeats, re: the most annoying phrase ever-- "Speaking truth to power" has got to be high on the list, although "absolute moral authority" is a newcomer that's coming on strong. But the worst phrase ever, without a doubt, is "Okey-dokey, artichokey." Supposedly Hillary uses it with her staff. This woman must never, ever be allowed back in the White House. Posted by: utron on August 25, 2005 04:07 PM
Just for grins, I would like to see a bunch of ridiculously rich conservatives buy one of the big three networks. And turn it into an even more kick-ass version of Fox News Network. Ho boy, that would be so great... Posted by: Dogstar on August 25, 2005 04:31 PM
Utron: What's the deal, pickle? Posted by: DB on August 25, 2005 04:33 PM
What nicer set-up than "Filth-spewer" hooking up with SpewFan, who is eager to gobble it up. Rude Jelly writes: she only wants our soldiers to abandon the Iraqi people and come back to the safe and peaceful U.S. Well, I think most soldiers would love to abandon scenic, sandy Iraq if they could and be back in the safe and peaceful USA. If it was still in America's interests to abandon them, which alas, it is not. Does she not understand that our leaving Iraq right now would result in tens of thousands more deaths amongst the Iraqi people when the civil war ensues and the extremist violently take power? Who do you think caused the 2,000 American dead and 14,000 wounded? Mostly Sunni Iraqis. Truth is we don't honestly care too much about Islamoid shitheads exterminating themselves in war or civil war. The Iran-Iraq War, where a million people on each side were killed, could have been labeled the War that Couldn't Have Happened to Two Nicer Countries. If we left Iraq and gave the Kurds and Shia plenty of weapons, the consequences would be life would become infinitely worse for the 5 million Sunnis that have done most of the American killing and maiming. But, as nice as it would be to see the Sunni Shitheads getting deadly payback plus...It....wouldn't be....in America's...vital interests. Posted by: Cedarford on August 25, 2005 05:38 PM
WASHINGTON -- Sad yet riveting, like a wreck by the side of the road, Cindy Sheehan, a plaything of her own sincerities and other peoples' opportunisms, has already been largely erased from the national memory by new waves of media fickleness in the service of the public's summer ennui. How can 'ya beat that? Will was the first one to use the word "gravitas" before the MSM took it up about Cheney. George Will is an eloquent and brilliant man and very under-appreciated by the right. Posted by: 72 hooters on August 25, 2005 05:55 PM
Aw crap, ANOTHER Cedarford post that I basically agree with. Must be because he quit before he got to the part about the joooos. Cedarford's Mom, heh, heh Posted by: holdfast on August 25, 2005 07:54 PM
I'm waiting for a guest on one of the cable news debate programs like FNC's Hannity and Colmes or CNN's "Begala and Carvell Scream Incoherently at Conservatives" to respond to a question about Saint Cindy by asking "Who? Cindy Shehan? Never heard of her." Posted by: Border Reiver on August 25, 2005 09:51 PM
Finally George writes something helpful to the War on Terror, unlike his usual local PTA-type schtick. Posted by: lloyd on August 25, 2005 11:23 PM
George Will probably has the greatest depth of political and philosophic studies among the well-known columnists. He reportedly has some associations with the Straussians, although it hasn't come to my attention that he's a card-carrier. A couple of years ago, he wrote a column that sounded like an echo of Zarathustra's speech to the empty heavens, the full significance of which probably went right over the heads of much of his admiring readership. I still admire Will for his depth, but although I used also to admire him for his writing, he's now eclipsed in my mind by Mark Steyn. It was always Will's tart cruelty that I admired most about his written style, but there, Steyn has him beat hands down. Posted by: Kralizec on August 26, 2005 01:43 AM
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In more marketing for Project Hail Mary, scientists say they've found the biosigns indicating life growing on an alien planet. It's not proof, just signatures of chemicals that are produced by biological metabolism, and it could be nothing, but scientists think it's a strong sign that this planet is inhabited by something.
In a paper published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, a team of scientists announced the detection of dimethyl sulfide (along with a similar detection of dimethyl disulfide) in the atmosphere of an exoplanet called K2-18b. This is actually the second detection of dimethyl sulfide made on this planet, following a tentative detection in 2023. He means they tried to prove the signal was caused by things other than dimethyl sulfide but they could not.
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Great marketing arranged by Amazon to promote Project Hail Mary. Okay not really but it does work out that way.
What? Skeleton of the most famous Musketeer, D'Artagnan, possibly discovered in Dutch church closet.
Dumas picked four names of real musketeers out of a history book, D'Artagnan, Athos, Aramis, and Porthos. So there was an actual D'Artagnan, though he made most of the story up. (Or, you know, all of it.)* Charles de Batz de Castelmore, known as d'Artagnan, the famous musketeer of Kings Louis XIII and Louis XIV, spent his life in the service of the French crown. A lot of Dumas's stories are based on bits of real history. The plot of the >Three Musketeers, about trying to recover lost diamonds from the queen's necklace, was cribbed from the then-almost-contemporaneous Affair of the Queen's Necklace. And the Man in the Iron Mask is based on real accounts of a prisoner forced to wear a mask (though I think it was a velvet mask). * Oh, I should mention, Dumas says all this, about finding the names in an old book, in the prologue to his novel. But authors lie a lot. They frequently present fictions as based on historic fact. The twist is, he was actually telling the truth here. At least about these four musketeers having actually existed and served under Louis XIV. Fun fact: You know the beginning of A Fistful of Dollars where the local gunslingers make fun of Clint Eastwood's donkey and Eastwood demands they apologize to the donkey? That's lifted from The Three Musketeers. Rochefort mocks D'Artagnan's old, brokedown farm horse and D'Artagnan is incensed.
A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?
Easy, no question -- read The Hobbit first. It's actually the start of the story and comes first chronologically. It sets up some major characters and major pieces in play in LOTR. Also, the Hobbit is Beginner-Friendly, which LOTR isn't. The Hobbit really is a delightful book, and a fast read. It's chatty, it's casual, it's exciting, and it's funny. In that dry cheeky British humor way. I love that the narrator is constantly making little asides and commentary, like he's just sitting next to you telling you this story as it occurs to him. LOTR is a very long story. Fifteen hundred pages or so. The Hobbit is relatively short and very punchy and easy to read. If you don't like The Hobbit, you can skip out on LOTR. If you do like it, you'll be primed to read LOTR. Oh, I should say: The Hobbit is written as if it's for children, but one of those smart children's stories that are also for adults. Don't worry, there's also real fighting and violence and horror in it, too. LOTR is written for adults. (It's said that Tolkien wrote both for his children, but LOTR was written 17 years later, when his children were adults.) Some might not like The Hobbit due to its sometimes frivolous tone. Me, I love it. I find it constantly amusing. Both are really good but there is a starkly different tone to both. LOTR is epic, grand, and serious, about a world war, The Hobbit is light and breezy, and about a heist. Though a heist that culminates in a war for the spoils.
The Hobbit Challenge: Read two more chapters. I didn't have much time. Bilbo got the ring.
I noticed a continuity problem. Maybe. Now, as of the time of The Hobbit, it was unknown that this magic ring was in fact a Ring of Power, and it was doubly unknown that it was the Ring of Power, the Master Ring that controlled the others. But the narrator -- who we will learn in LOTR was none of than Bilbo himself, who wrote the book as "There and Back Again" -- says this about Gollum's ring: "But who knows how Gollum had come by that present [the Ring], ages ago in the old days when such rings were still at large in the world? Perhaps even the Master who ruled them could not have said." In another passage, the ring is identified as a "ring of power." I don't know, I always thought there was a distinction between mere magic rings and the Rings of Power created by Sauron. But this suggests that Bilbo knew this was a ring of power created by Sauron. Now I don't remember when Bilbo wrote the Hobbit. In the movie, he shows Frodo the book in Rivendell, and I guess he wrote it after he left the Shire. I guess he might have added in the part about the ring being a ring of power created by "the Master" after Gandalf appraised him of his research into the ring. I never noticed this before. I know Tolkien re-wrote this chapter while he was writing LOTR to make the ring important from the start. And also to make Gollum more sinister and evil, and also to remove the part where Gollum actually offers Bilbo the ring as a "present" -- Bilbo had already found it on his own, but Gollum was wiling to give it away, which obviously is not something the rewritten Gollum would ever do. But I had no memory of the ring being suggested to be The Ring so early in the tale.
Finish the job, Mr. President!
Melanie Phillips lays out the case for the total destruction of the Iranian government and armed forces. [CBD]
Oh, I forgot to mention this quote from Pete Hegseth, reported by Roger Kimball: "We are sharing the ocean with the Iranian Navy. We're giving them the bottom half."
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Tomorrow is March 25th, "Tolkien Reading Day," because March 25th is the day when the Ring is destroyed in the book. I think I'm going to start the Hobbit tomorrow and read all four books this time.
The only bad part of the trilogy are the Frodo/Sam chapters in The Two Towers. They're repetitive, slow, and mostly about the weather and terrain. But most everything else is good. Weirdly, the Frodo-Sam chapters in Return of the King are exciting and action-packed and among the best in the trilogy. (Though the chapters with everyone else in Return of the King get pretty slow again. Mostly people talking about marching towards war, and then marching towards war.)
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US decimation of Iran's ICBM forces is due to Space Force's instant detection of launches -- and the launchers' hiding places -- and rapid counter-attack via missiles
AI is doing a lot of the work in analyzing images to find the exact hiding place of the launchers. Counter-strikes are now coming in four hours after a launch, whereas previously it might have taken days for humans to go over the imagery and data.
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