Cheeto Dust

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Shorter Treason-Wankee: "I have wasted a shitload of time."I truly fail to understand Right Blogistan's obsession with Jamil Hussein, but I suppose if it can be proven for certain that he doesn't exist, then everything else will arc toward a resolution -- the non-existent WMD will...

Our Man in Havana

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Has anyone ever seen the 1959 Our Man in Havana, directed by Carol Reed and starring Alec Guiness? I'm just finishing a Graham Greene collection (more on that later), and the book seems written plainly for the screen. I'm wondering how it worked out, and whether...

The Bird-Man of Camp Cropper

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Apropos of nothing, there's this from The Guardian:Saddam Hussein was mostly an uncomplaining prisoner who saved crumbs to feed the birds, watered weeds in the jail compound and believed that cigars were good for his health, according to a military nurse who cared for him in...

Go Broncos!

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Although I predicted that the Sooners would handle Boise State, I'm taking no small pleasure in watching the Broncos take advantage of four turnovers to pound the snot out of.

The Hypocrisy is All on One Side

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Kaus, purportedly channeling Tim Noah: He said it: Only Slate 's Tim Noah, however, has had the balls to prematurely speculate about a partisan Schiavo do-si-do in which Tom DeLay suddenly realizes that 'quality of life' is what counts, while Democrats discover that maybe the Schiavo...

Bad Faith

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Winner of the Bildungsroman Award for Best Coming of Age Matt Yglesias makes a simple but nonetheless not often enough made point here:The saddest thing about the 3,000th American death.

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