Sunday links

Things will be quiet for the next couple of weeks. Yep, I’ll be traveling again and may not have time or a connection.
Just bought this little baby to keep me busy while traveling: a Creative Zen Vision W. Crappy picture there, but trust me, the video quality is quite nice.
So far so good [...]

Provocative anti-Islamic propaganda video

Is the other side catching up to the Islamic extremists’ use of new media to spread its ideas at gut level rather than in sophisticated ads, documentaries, TV shows, and government-sponsored stuff? In other words, on the same playing field? Possibly, if this video is any indication.
I found it fascinating how this was able to [...]

I think I just felt something pop

I have not laughed this hard since…my brother water-skiied in beer on the kitchen floor. But that is a story for another day. For today, try not to injure yourself while reading:
Donkey-Donkey-Hobbit Junkie-Bilbo Pony-Yankee-Jumbo-Donkey
Seen on BoingBoing

Al Qaeda in Iraq has just about pissed everybody off

Recently I wrote in this post that al Qaeda in Iraq’s escalation to chlorine bombs has failed to intimidate the people, particularly in Al-Anbar Province. Instead, droves of Iraqis are showing up for new jobs as Iraqi Police. There’s a new sheriff in town, and he means to put ol’ AQI and its [...]

I guess free speech depends on who’s saying what

Don Imus—a radio personality I cannot stand the sight or sound of, but regardless of that—lost his job for using the phrase “nappy-headed hos.” My understanding is that he’s used many a derogatory term in his useless radio career, so I’m a little confused by this one.

Seen on Doctor Bulldog, the cartoon [...]

Blogging break

I’m taking a blogging break since I have a paper due for my latest class in strategery and world domination. Because the mind is a terrible thing. In the meantime, if I see any interesting links I’ll post them.
Here’s an experiment with Grouper. I don’t particularly like how it finishes with the video you [...]

Historical look at smallpox in Korea

In the late 1880s, Western visitors to Korea wrote how nearly every Korean that survived to adulthood bore the scars of smallpox.
…up to 50 percent of Korean children died from smallpox before they turned five years old. So prevalent was the disease that many Korean parents fatalistically did not even name their children until they [...]

McCain chides media on negative reporting

In “The War You’re Not Reading About,” John McCain writes today that while there are some encouraging stories beginning to emerge in Iraq,
…most Americans are not aware because much of the media are not reporting it or devote far more attention to car bombs and mortar attacks that reveal little about the strategic direction of [...]