qotd

Via The Jawa Report: June 6th, 1944: Soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the great crusade toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. — Gen. Eisenhower’s Continue reading qotd

Words of One Syllable Dept. (horror story edition)

‘I just bought your hard drive’ – The Red Tape Chronicles – MSNBC.com: One year ago, Hank Gerbus had his hard drive replaced at a Best Buy store in Cincinnati. Six months ago, he received one of the most disturbing phone calls of his life. “Mr. Gerbus,” Gerbus recalls a stranger named Ed telling him. Continue reading Words of One Syllable Dept. (horror story edition)

Old news

Dreams Into Lightning: Morning Report: June 5, 2006: There will not be a war between the United States and Iran. It’s already happening. Has been since 1979 or so…

Political identity

Via Ace of Spades HQ… May be obvious to some, but this occurred to me (perhaps late) a year or so ago. Real politics — the way most feel and experience politics — is less about “issues” than it is about social-group tribalism. And I don’t think there’s a huge difference between liberals and conservatives Continue reading Political identity