December 2005

Why would they want to add a second to the year? Because it gives them a second longer to hate Bush. Steve Martin tells us about General O’Reilly in the War on Leap Second.

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This is so tragic. I fucking hate guns.

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A believer reviews. Hil.a.ri.ous.

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Honor killings. solution?

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One of my year-end pleasures is reading Slate’s Annual Movie Club w/ a rotating roster of movie critics. This year, we get one of my fav. film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum of The Reader back! Just read that first letter.

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My sympathy and prayers to the family of Lt. Michael Cleary [news comes via Paul].

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If you haven’t seen The Corporation – a fairly decent documentary about that evil entity – now you can, for free!

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Yoo Suck. How could a mid-level lawyer do all this? [via TPM].

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Angry Arab on Munich’s dehumanization of Palestinians and other angry truths.

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Kerry Packer who changed cricket forever, passed away.

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D@bbe gets a trailer [via Twitch and in horrible WMV]. Paging Elizabeth for a review.

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Not happy with the technical limitations but Santa got me The Complete New Yorker! w00t! Also a stewie keychain. Also Shantaram. Sweet score.

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Brass Crescent Awards Nominations. Go nominate your fav. blog/blogger of the “Islamsphere” [?]

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“It’s not a whole lot different from smelling marijuana muslims.”

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… it is Avner’s humanity, however compromised, that gives “Munich” the weight of a moral argument. I will go see it. Anyone else?

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And the scariest Op-Ed of the Year award goes to …

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