I don't think it gives too much away to note that the Cylons become particularly perturbed at the Colonial insurgents for launching suicide attacks. A couple of observations on that:The traditional defense of suicide bombing is the one Colonel Tigh gives, pointing out that he has...
If you ever had the faintest amount of respect for Bill Kristol (and I really haven't), reading Glenn Greenwald should help dispel the notion that Kristol has a shred of.
I open up the Cincinnati Enquirer homepage this morning and find this:Drinking problematic at MiamiA lot of beer, a few too many shots, and Miami University students start making questionable.
For my part, the BSG season premier didn't disappoint. Not every series is gutsy enough to begin its season with... a Dean Stockwell sex scene. Read Scott McLemee at Crooked Timber, who asks:If the humans were originally us and the Cylons were Al Qaeda, how did...
Best. Pitcher. Evah. So I specifically arrange to have an engagement to see a movie and get dinner to thwart whatever perverse impulse I might have to watch the Tigers-Yankees.
Shorter Bobo and Ann Althouse: "Millions of people enjoyed Silence of the Lambs, and yet if a Republican were caught engaging in murder and cannibalism, you can only imagine how.
This is cool. Via Duss.
Friday Cat Blogging... Nelson...my veterinarian told me that Nelson was born without a tail; I had believed that he'd lost it at some point. So I started looking up info.
As I anticipated, this Yankees/Tigers series will be an incredible nail-biter; I can't believe anybody wrote the Tigers off. And there's nobody I'd rather have close out a huge road.
Let's play "spot the glaring logical flaws, one revealed by reprehensible behavior." It's an easy one! Lesse, according to Glenn Reynolds: Pointing out that a gay person is gay is clear evidence of homophobia, and is "McCarthyism" if the person in question isn't out. Roger Simon...
John Cole offers an amusing round-up of the dead-enders trying to defend the GOP in the wake of the Foley scandal. (See also Dave.) Lots of classics, but I think.
Shorter Ann Althouse: Michael Moore Bill Clinton Warren Beatty is fat. And he probably wears shorts in the summer too, he's half a man!