Something’s not kosher here.
Memory Hole
Yeah, it’s embarrassing that the New York Post ran a front-page headline that John Kerry had chosen Dick Gephardt as his VP candidate, the morning that John Edwards got the nod.
But for the Daily News to slam them for it is kinda pissy, especially since the News ran a back page headline last winter that definitively stated Mike Fratello was to be named the Knicks’ head coach. Lenny Wilkens got the job and, Fratello expressly TOLD the idiot NBA-writer at the News BEFORE THE ARTICLE RAN that he wasn’t offered the job and hadn’t even talked to Knicks about it.
Back!
Not exactly rested and ready, but at least the big issue is wrapped, in time for my family’s visit for the next 7-10 days!
To get re-started, here’s a post by The Brooding Persian, about the 4th of July in Iran.
In the Persian calendar, today is 18 Tir, which has become a day of protest for Iranians. It marks the anniversary of the 1999 Iranian students national uprising, which was flat-out massacred by the troops of the theocracy. There are protests and demonstrations going on worldwide, a guide for which can be found here. If there was one in NYC tonight/this afternoon, I’d head out for it.
Update: Here’s a little more background on the events of 18 Tir back in 1999.
I thought he’d be the Indian
I thought I’d have some indignation regarding this story on Colin Powell’s singing disco at an Asian security meeting in Jakarta.
Instead, I marveled over the coincidence of the song & get-up he chose, and their similarity to a friend-of-a-friend’s award-winning design for a pack of condoms.
It’s been a strange little life, 33 years into it . . .
Just Amazing
Someday, I’ll be able to tell my (brother’s) grandkids that I saw Derek Jeter play.
Unfortunately, for his two greatest plays (last night’s, and the incredible backup play he made in the 2001 playoffs against Oakland), I was in the car, and heard them on the radio.
That hurts
Mickey Kaus just referred to my car (the Honda Element) as a “fake panzer” in his review of the new Scion xB. I considered buying the Scion, but discovered that it actually possesses a lawnmower engine, and thus would be impractical for the hills where I live.
Mickey also writes: Drive a Scion for a few days and you’ll see other cars the way Humbert Humbert saw college girls–as repulsively over-ripe.
Nice.