Finders Keepers?

Pics of a buried MiG. Talk about buried treasure. CHA-CHING--$30 million dollar plane. I wonder how old the plane is, when it was buried and why. Does Saddam think that one day he'll unearth a few to attack whatever is left of a security or peacekeeping force?

I'll make a bet that there are a few other more interesting things out in the desert, too.

(Cap tip to cryptome.org and Andrew Sullivan)

8.2

Whoa. To back up earlier reports of increased economic activity, the GDP skyrockets 8.2 percent. I keep on wondering if the upturn in the economy is for real.

Sing Song Singer

Just caught this, but the Mets fired Bill Singer for "reportedly [asking] Dodgers assistant general manager Kim Ng questions about her background and later spoke in gibberish, making fun of the Chinese language."

Bad show, old chap. I remember having undergone a few similar treatments back in grade school and, subsequently, learning about racial differences between me and my San Fernando Valley peers back in the early 70's. I don't think that society will ever be color blind and, frankly, I don't think there is much value in being so.

This is from the NY Times????

William Safire, the token conservative (who other conservatives think is a moderate at best) at the NY Times has a very interesting Op/Ed piece today (Monday 24 Nov). "Missing Links Found" points to two other articles, one in the Weekly Standard and the other in Slate, points to various intelligence that says Sadam and the old Iraqi government not only had some connection to Bin Laden's organization but actively helped and financed it as well.


If these new allegations are true, will those who oppose the war suddenly support it because we were going after those who planned 9/11?? Or will they say we can never justify our attacks on the Taliban and Sadam and we are at fault for all terrorism in the world (or at least from the Middle East)??

Interesting New Blog

A soldier who is http://www.iraqnow.blogspot.com/

Just in Time for Christmas

Cute little toys just for the little tot-o-terrorist at home. In fact, let's also not forget the "Don't Forget" t-shirts they're hawking over at ground zero. Sickening.

"Anything for a shekel, dinar, or dollar, baby"

Liberal Bias Alert

Again, hat tip to Andrew Sullivan for a link to lying in ponds where that blogger has a fairly detailed analysis of the political bias entering into the writing of New York Times columnist, Paul Krugman:

The sheer difficulty of writing 371 consecutive columns without a single substantive crossover column can hardly be overemphasized -- not a single column devoted to criticism, however mild, of Bill Clinton or Al Gore or Howard Dean or Al Sharpton or any other Democrat -- not a single column devoted to praise, however mild, of Colin Powell or John McCain or any other Republican.

Now, there is nothing surprising about a columnist putting forth opinions, that is quite often a part of their job and an expected part of it. However, the sheer lack of the diversity of material presumes that the author finds no flaw in liberal thinking. . .at all. None whatsoever. Amazing.

I'm not necessarily damning Krugman at this point, as much as using him as an archtype for the modern columnist. A good pundit should be capable of seeing and commenting on the flaws and strengths for both sides of an issue, not just merely beat the drum of war for one idology or another. Should we not prefer a columnist who is capable of thinking critically, without bias that would color judgment? To accept otherwise is intellectual suicide.