October 15, 2003

Short cuts

Posted by Ted

- The cast of the Antic Muse can write circles around most of us. The best posts I’ll read today are Holly Martins’ hilarious take on David Brooks, while the second best is Ana Marie Cox on New York magazine’s discovery of dirty pictures on the internet.

- Daniel Drezner is hosting a debate on the truth or falsity of the statement: “It is a complete fabrication that the Bush administration argued in the runup to the war that there was an imminent threat from Iraq.” It’s being held at a pretty high level; no one has yet been compared to Hitler. So root, root, root for your side. Anonymous Blogger has much more on the question.

- Jim Henley has a concise take on the story about US soldiers allegedly bulldozing the crops of Iraqis to punish the farmers for not providing information about guerillas. I sincerely hope that this story isn’t true.

- Finally, my friend Irfan posted a picture of me last night at a farewell party. I can be pretty self-conscious about photos, but I think it turned out pretty well.

Posted on October 15, 2003 05:04 PM UTC
Comments

Nice pic. I didn’t realize you were involved in THQ’s NES game titled Peter Pan & The Pirates. :)

Posted by NonPundit · October 16, 2003 02:45 AM
Followups

→ The jumping of the shark is imminent.
Excerpt: Or should I say there is a grave and gathering danger of jumping the shark? Well, Drezner has a debate up as to whether the administration did or did not say Iraq was an imminent threat (first argument here). Daniel...Read more at Hellblazer

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