I just finished watching the sixth season premier of 24. It looks like it's going to be another very bad day for Jack. Shortly before the start of the fifth season, I made a prediction about Jack Bauer, and that prediction has now come true. Telling you what it was would be a spoiler for tonight's episode, so I'm putting it below the fold. … [Read more...] about I Called It!
Not So MADD About Some People…
[Update: In an earlier version of this post, I had assumed Ocean City was in Delaware, but as Mike Mahaffie points out, it's in Maryland. This post has been re-written to reflect that fact.] It's been a while since I wrote anything about Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), so I've been planning to look in on them to see what sort of trouble they're causing. However, Radley … [Read more...] about Not So MADD About Some People…
Friday Fun Links
Torture by CSI: Miami. I could only take 4.5 minutes. How much can you stand? Watch the video. (How many times does he put on those glasses.)(Hat tip: Franklin Harris) This clip from Idiocracy shows what the news will be like in the future if we keep dumbing things down.(Hat tip: VM at Hit & Run Here's an old favorite that I haven't linked to yet: Cows With Guns. … [Read more...] about Friday Fun Links
A Plan For Iraq?
President Bush has announced his plan for victory in Iraq, and I'll say this about it: It sounds like a plan. Maybe the news sources I usually read have all been omitting this stuff from other reports, but this is the first thing I've heard about the war in Iraq since the initial invasion that sounds like actual military planning. When I first started hearing about the … [Read more...] about A Plan For Iraq?
The Asparagus Gambit
Over at StoptheDrugWar.org, Scott Morgan quotes from the Seattle Times: The [U.S. asparagus] industry has been decimated by a U.S. drug policy designed to encourage Peruvian coca-leaf growers to switch to asparagus. Passed in 1990 and since renewed, the Andean Trade Preferences and Drugs Eradication Act permits certain products from Peru and Colombia, including asparagus, to … [Read more...] about The Asparagus Gambit