Saturday
via James Lileks
I’ve no doubt that if Seattle or Boston or Manhattan goes up in a bright white flash there will be those who blame it all on Bush. We squandered the world’s good will. We threw away the opportunity to atone, and lashed out. Really? You want to see lashing out? Imagine Kabul and Mecca and Baghdad and Tehran on 9/14 crowned with mushroom clouds: that’s lashing out. Imagine the President in the National Cathedral castigating Islam instead of sitting next to an Imam who's giving a homily. Mosques burned, oil fields occupied, smart bombs slamming into Syrian palaces. We could have gone full Roman on anyone we wanted, but we didn’t. And we won’t.
Which is why this war will be long.
I'll note the idiot who threatened to burn the Koran had less than a 100 followers. Yet this idiot via the MSM & the chattering class need to score their disdain for the USA has caused worldwide riots. WTG guys! more...
Which is why this war will be long.
I'll note the idiot who threatened to burn the Koran had less than a 100 followers. Yet this idiot via the MSM & the chattering class need to score their disdain for the USA has caused worldwide riots. WTG guys! more...
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Friday
Today in History September 10th
1953 – Swanson sells its first “TV dinnerâ€. Cuisine in America falls a little bit lower…
As a chef I know they're at least safe to eat but why would one want to?
1953 – Swanson sells its first “TV dinnerâ€. Cuisine in America falls a little bit lower…
As a chef I know they're at least safe to eat but why would one want to?
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Thursday
2011 F! skedaddle
via AutoWeek
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Formula One has announced the 2011 schedule.
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The Indian Grand Prix will be slotted near the end of the season in 2011, pending the homologation of the new circuit in Delhi. The season will also have an unusually late finale--Nov. 27 in Brazil.
Bernie Ecclestone has not shuffled around the other flyaway races, so the season will end with an unprecedented run of six events outside Europe. He did take the logical option of putting Japan and South Korea back-to- back, which is not the case this year.
Brazil has replaced Abu Dhabi as the last race, presumably because India and Abu Dhabi are very close on the map. Australia now stands alone, two weeks ahead of Malaysia.
2011 F1 World Championship
March 13: Bahrain
March 27: Australia
April 10: Malaysia
April 17: China
May 8: Turkey
May 22: Spain
May 29: Monaco
June 12: Canada
June 26: Europe
July 10: Great Britain
July 24: Germany
July 31: Hungary
Aug. 28: Belgium
Sept. 11: Italy
Sept. 25: Singapore
Oct. 9: Japan
Oct. 16: Korea
Oct. 30: India
Nov. 13: Abu Dhabi
Nov. 27: Brazil
This looks like a very good challenge for the teams, weather of course but also heat & new tracks.
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