I have been hounded by some readers about my lack of mention of the Iraq War’s anniversary. “How could you forget this and also important items x and y?” I have lacked the mention of many important things, so let me catch up on them all at once:
- War Anniversary
I’m not surprised we’re still there. I expect to be there for a while longer. I heard an adorable suggestion of opening the matter up to a referendum of the Iraqi people, but voting the first time was hard enough, am i rite? The Iraq Assembly did, however, elect a Kurd as President today. In my infinite analytical wisdom, I think that’s pretty neat. Now if only the Sunnis could get some representational play. - Blair calls the general election for May 5
This may spice things up in Iraq a bit, but only if Tony goes nuts before May 5 and pulls everyone out [Probability ----- 0%]. Tony Blair and Labour are going to scream at the Tories about how they held up the anti-terror bill. They will also take a page from the GOP playbook and accuse the Tories of hating Britain. Tony had better figure something out and fast, or the favored and excellent Labour Party will lose their government because of him. One of my professors suggested to #10 that Tony resign, at which point Gordon the New (Old) RockStar would take over and have an election in October. I imagine that wouldn’t fly so well with Tony. I’ll be watching the polls, but if Tony drags down the ship of Labour’s state, don’t expect anything to change in Iraq. Conservatives there are like they are here in matters of war. - The Pope dies
He’s the Pope! What can I say. I’m about the farthest thing from a devout Catholic there is without being a Protestant (ha ha) but Pope was allright with me. He had what amounted to a personal conductor, and Maestro Levine earlier this week related a story about how the Pope had arranged for the Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra’s commemoration of the Holocaust to be held at the Vatican, lit menorah and all. He also sent Levine’s son a 16th century menorah for his bar mitzvah. Oy, a mensch the Pope was!PS. I’m pushing for a black or Chinese pope.
- Tom DeLay and John Cornyn
They get their own post. - Site additions
Besides the forums, I’ve added a few new sections to the sidebar – ‘Recently Published’ and ‘Scholarly Works?’ Recently published are links to things I’ve written that were recently published in other places, either print media or other sites. Scholarly Works are drafts of research I’m doing at the University of North Texas, note the ‘drafts’ delineation. The theories are in tact but the grammar may not be. Sort of a works in progress you can check out if you are educationally masochistic or want to argue with me about something. - Intelligence report findings
Was that everything? Are we set now? Curveball delivered the inactionable intel that we acted on anyways and then promptly disappeared. Take careful notice of whether the press brings this up again after Popestock and the carefree way the White House lays the blame at the feet of the intelligence community.
More on DeLay and Cornyn and the independant judiciary and why I’m pissed off at Democrats in a bit.