EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TSA

I'm airport blogging! I took the opportunity to ask Transportation Safety Agency personnel at a regional airport in the Southern United States.

DAVE: May I ask you a question?

AGENT "CHARLES": Yeah.

DAVE: I heard, in response to the Christmas Attempted Bombing, some airlines are prohibiting reading books within an hour of take-off and landing. Does that strike you as an overly literal response?


AGENT "CHARLES": [Nodding vigorously] Yes.

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WHAT IF?

I'm watching "Pearl Harbor: Dawn of Death" on CW. It's amazing to consider that when Franklin Roosevelt learned about the Japanese attack, he spent eight minutes reading "My Pet Goat" to schoolchildren, and then spent the rest of the morning flying back and forth across the Midwest.

Years ago I commented that a US invasion of Iran would unite the country against the US. The only thing that could have stopped the revolution would have been our invasion. Aren't we glad Dick Cheney didn't get his way? I should check to see if conservatives are calling for an invasion, but the answer would probably depress me.

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'Dawn breaks on a wondrous

'Dawn breaks on a wondrous Christmas morning, and Christians rise to rejoice...'

Front page stories don't begin like that in Seattle.

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While I think its sad that anyone could be convicted in a modern trial in which the prosecution theories includes allegations of witchcraft, I suspected Amanda Knox was guilty when I read the words "24 year-old Italian boyfriend" in an early news article on the case. Interestingly, she is not the first Seattle Prep grad to be convicted of homicide.

Is There a Precedent?

Is There a Precedent?

Can someone give me a historic example of when the US has successfully installed a stable and democratic government in Asia by force?

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It appears Werner Herzog has returned to Loch Ness.

HA-HAHAHA-HA-HAHAHA

Andy McCarthy at NRO: "I didn't suggest that Bill Ayers is the author of one of Barack Obama's biographies — I reported that someone else had made the suggestion and had made an interesting case, and that Obama was not helping matters by refusing to disclose any of his prior writings which might put any doubt to rest by demontrating [sic] his writing skills."

You can tell he's a Sarah Palin fan.
Please note that I'm undermining my own argument by not use relevant and pertinent examples, but that's because I'm lazy, not because I am stupid.

Omygodohmygodohmygod

Wheb is Joe Biden going

Wheb is Joe Biden going to shoot somebody in the face and then make them apologise?

They have a word for this: fascism.

I've probably passed this place a dozen times recently, and I only just now noticed its closed status. Which should have been obvious, I guess.

Three guys getting their picture taken in front of the space needle.

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How does Dr. James Smith know that I'm both diabetic and looking for work? The mind boggles.

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Night bus.

WITH GOD AS MY WITHNESS I THOUGHT TURKEYS COULD FLY

MEDIA WATCH

I listen to the Michael Medved Show occasionally, tuning in for fifteen minutes here and there while running errands, usually about three or four times a week. This week, I've listened three times, and two separate callers detailed the necessity of murdering Nancy Pelosi (one advocated an ad hoc firing squad, the other slavered over the necessity of strangulation). Statistically, that's kind of high, isn't it?

The marrow continues...

Is this a diaper? This is John Street.

A couple is making out, a guy just jumped five feet in the air. This is a punk show and difficult to live blog. A poseur just complained there was an encoe.

Avengers

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Pansy Division.

The Arts | Theatergoers protest plan to move disabled parking | Seattle Times Newspaper

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At first I thought this was pretty obnoxious, but then I started to think about the possibilities. For my memorial garden, I'd like to displace an orphanage or a homeless shelter, or both.

This is my face, captured as I viewed the rough cut of 'Marrow' for the first time. good film!

NICE WORK

I was reviewing a recently submitted grant application, and found this line in the budget.

ONE LETTER MISSING

God, this is wonderful.

Is Kill Box yours, Dad?

Is Kill Box yours, Dad?

OBAMA'S POPULARITY PLUMMET

From my cursory reading of a few right-wing web sites, there's a lot of gleeful cackling over Obama's favorability rating "plummeting" to 47%.

Bush's popularity was 47% in August 2001.

And at that point, Bush hadn't done anything.

Open Sattelite is hosting the greatest art instation in the history of art.

'Dylan' pronounced like 'pylon.' Kids

'Dylan' pronounced like 'pylon.' Kids today, I swear...

There's a man drunk on

There's a man drunk on paint next to Trader Joe's.

ROBERT NOVAK DEAD AT 78

I think the headlines should read "Beltway Prince of Darkness Goes on to Meet Namesake."

I'm camped out in line

I'm camped out in line for 'Ring' tickets.

It's like Woodstock, except with dtugs instead of fucking.