Never Yet Melted

Month: November 2007

  • Patterned Feathers, Piercing Eyes

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    November 10, 2007–April 13, 2008 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Currently underway at Washington’s Smithsonian-affiliated Sackler Gallery is an exhibition of the Etsuko and Joe Price Collection of Edo Period Japanese Painting. On previous display in Japan at four locations, the Price collection attracted more than 800,000 visitors becoming the most successful museum exhibition…

  • The ‘God that Failed’ is Dead, Now What?

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    Slavoj Žižek, in the London Review of Books, contemplates the peculiar position of today’s Left after the collapse of Communism. One of the clearest lessons of the last few decades is that capitalism is indestructible. Marx compared it to a vampire, and one of the salient points of comparison now appears to be that vampires…

  • Bush-Hatred

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    Peter Berkowitz, in the Wall Street Journal, describes a personal encounter with the hydrophobic Bush-hatred infecting America’s chattering classes. This distinguishing feature of Bush hatred was brought home to me on a recent visit to Princeton University. I had been invited to appear on a panel to debate the ideas in Princeton professor and American…

  • Hezbollah May Have Infiltrated FBI and CIA

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    Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball report in Newsweek: A former FBI agent who pleaded guilty Tuesday to fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship and then improperly accessing sensitive computer information about Hizbollah was working until about a year ago as a CIA spy assigned to Middle East operations, Newsweek has learned. The stunning case of Nada Nadim…

  • Question of the Hour

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    John McCain: “That’s an excellent question.” 1:13 video Hat tip to John Amato, who is shocked… shocked. ———————————- 11/16: I just noticed that I had overlooked the link to “John Amato” above. Apologies to readers, and to Mr. Amato.

  • How to Handle Your Nerd

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    A user’s manual aimed at the female audience: Example: Advanced Nerd Tweakage If you’re still reading, then I’m thinking that your nerd is worth keeping. Even though he’s apt to vanish for hours, has a strange sense of humor, doesn’t like you touching his stuff, and often doesn’t listen when you’re talking directly at him,…

  • Andrew Sullivan Overheating About Obama

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    Andrew Sullivan‘s profile-in-the-form-of-a-tongue-bath of Obama will delight cynical souls like myself who actually enjoy reading with one eyebrow arched very high. Some excerpts: Obama’s candidacy… is a potentially transformational one. Unlike any of the other candidates, he could take America—finally—past the debilitating, self-perpetuating family quarrel of the Baby Boom generation that has long engulfed all…

  • Yesterday Afternoon

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    The Nantucket-Treweryn Beagles at Greenwood. A perfect autumn day.

  • Richard Armitage Did Not Think Valerie Plame Was Covert

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    Richard Armitage appeared on CNN to discuss his leaking Valerie Plame’s role in arranging Joe Wilson’s Niger junket. First of all, it’s good to recall that Bob Novak revealed in September of 2006: I want to set the record straight based on firsthand knowledge. First, Armitage did not, as he now indicates, merely pass on…

  • EU Bioterrorism Expert Claims Harassment by Western Intelligence Forces

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    Jill Dekker Daily Mail: An EU expert on biological warfare has told how she fears ending up ‘dead in the woods’ like scientist Dr David Kelly after an alleged campaign of intimidation by members of MI6 and the CIA. Jill Dekker, a bio-defence expert based in Brussels, has reported a string of sinister incidents –…

  • Martinmas also Known as Armistice Day, Later Veteran’s Day

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    –this post is repeated annually– WWI came to an end by an armistice arranged to occur at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. The date and time, selected at a point in history when mens’ memories ran much longer, represented a compliment to St. Martin, patron saint of…

  • Plague Kills Grand Canyon Park Biologist

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    AP: A wildlife biologist at Grand Canyon National Park likely died from the plague through his exposure to wild animals that can carry the disease, the National Park Service said Friday. Eric York, 37, was found dead in his home Nov. 2. Following his death, about 30 people who came in contact with him were…