Below The Beltway

Several months ago, the Washington Post, started putting Technorati links into their stories highlighting the blogs that have written about, linked to, or commented on various stories appearing in the newspaper or on its web site. It seems like its been of benefit to both readers of the Post and bloggers; I for one have [...]

Yesterday’s London Telegraph tells a story of a war that might have been, but thankfully never was:
The nightmare of nuclear war in Europe – a spectre that haunted the world for half a century – stood revealed yesterday in terrible detail.
In a historic break with the past, Poland’s newly elected government threw open its top [...]

I mean green isn’t even my favorite color:

Your Blog Should Be Green

Your blog is smart and thoughtful – not a lot of fluff.
You enjoy a good discussion, especially if it involves picking apart ideas.
However, you tend to get easily annoyed by any thoughtless comments in your blog.

What Color Should Your Blog or Journal Be?
H/T: Eric’s [...]

Julian Sanchez has this post up at Hit & Run about a new toy being offered for sale at Amazon:
Its called, I kid you not, the Playmobil Security Check Point:

Just lovely. What’s next ? Sesame Street implementing the Patriot Act ?
Updated 11/27 to add the link I forgot to up in yesterday.

Apparently, the Bush Administration’s efforts to achieve galactic supremacy have not gone unnoticed in Canada:
OTTAWA, CANADA (PRWEB) November 24, 2005 — A former Canadian Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister under Pierre Trudeau has joined forces with three Non-governmental organizations to ask the Parliament of Canada to hold public hearings on Exopolitics — relations [...]

One of the things I missed during my Thanksgiving respite from blogging was the minor controversy that appears to have developed over the role that Open Trackback parties play in the widely-used TLLB Ecosystem.
The controversy started on Tuesday when Don Surber posted the contents of an email exchange he had with NZ Bear, keeper of [...]

No I haven’t fully recovered from the turkey hangover yet, but I’m getting there. In the meantime, Kellie, Riley, and I are recovering from a truly great weekend spent with family. Where to begin, where to begin…….
Kellie’s parent arrived a little bit after I made it home from work on Wednesday afternoon and, after an [...]

This is likely to be my only post for the next several days. We have company coming into town this afternoon for the weekend and there will be much eating, drinking, and general merriment going on in the household —- and that’s only accounting for the three dogs that will no doubt be running the [...]

Consider this a study in contrasts.
Ten years ago, the United States established a military presence in Bosnia in response to the civil war that had erupted between Serbs, Croats, and Muslims in the midst of the collapse of the pseudo-nation of Yugoslavia. Today, comes news that the three ethnic groups have finally agreed on an [...]

I’m not entirely sure what to make of this statement apparently made by leaders of the new Iraqi government:
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Reaching out to the Sunni Arab community, Iraqi leaders called for a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces and said Iraq’s opposition had a “legitimate right” of resistance.
The communique — finalized by [...]