Mr. Frank's Fatwah

New Republic Calls for Death and Torture of Arundhati Roy and Stan Goff

The words "libelous" and 'the New Republic" have a proud history of walking arm-in-arm. Now, in the esteemed tradition of [former TNR writer who peddled fiction as fact] Stephen Glass, The New Republic has stooped to a new low, publishing a piece that calls for violence, torture, and even death for leading leftists who dare oppose Bush's war on terror and the slaughter in Iraq.

Author Tom Frank -- clearly from the Glass School of Journalism the New Republic has made famous -- described sitting in on an anti-war panel sponsored by the International Socialist Organization, the Washington Peace Center, the DC Anti-War Network and other groups.

After having heard the 100 plus attendees cheer sentiments like "Money for Jobs and Education Not For War and Occupation," Frank became so riled up, he unloaded a deranged harangue about the suffering he would like to rain upon people daring to organize against this war. After Stan Goff, a former Delta Forces soldier and current organizer for Military Families Speak Out, expressed sentiments like "We ain't never resolved nothing through an election," Frank's jag began. Clearly too doughy to do it himself, Frank started to fantasize about a Teutonic strongman who could shut Goff up.

So, this toad wants people who oppose the President to be arrested and tortured, or simply gunned down for the sheer gall of meeting and discussing their views. Isn't that one of the things we used to justify overthrowing Saddam Hussein? That he arrested and tortured political opponents, and gunned down suspected foes with no thought to legal process?

I guess the neocons at the New Republic really admire Saddam after all.

The first book I'm buying for my proto-nephew..

Resistance is Futile.

We are ZOGG

I for one welcome our parasitic masters, and am eager to serve as long as they promise to destroy the Los Angeles Dodgers first.

Ramen and Whipsnade are dead

Oh, my..

The Traveller Mailing List has led to the creation of several things that have become part of Traveller lore.. some of the companies and personages in the Imperial setting were born in our oft-snarky exchanges. But none of them equal Ramen and Whipsnade.

( Here's an introduction )

We're now getting that novel on the TML, and we have been threatened promised that many of the regulars will appear. Some of the references might be a little esoteric, but the writing is wonderful. So, for you enjoyment, I proudly link to

Ramen and Whipsnade Are Dead

The story will be updated as it is written.

Two idiots.

Two people today made me weep for humanity.

First off, we have Emmitt Smith, the NFL's all-time leading rusher. He announced his retirement from football this afternoon after signing a mostly symbolic contract with the Dallas Cowboys; the team he had his great years with.

So, what gets him into the idiot Hall of Fame? His statement to the press.

In it, he started off by saying that everything he had he owed to Jesus. Excuse me?

Gee, seems to me that maybe all the coaches he's had since Pop Warner, all the trainers he had, the doctors that helped him stay healthy, his offensive linemen who made the blocks that let him get outside, the other members of the offense who spread the defense out so he had lanes...

Nope. All Jesus. What, you didn't see him in Jerry Jones' weave?

Secondly, we have Ann Coulter.

You need more? Fine!

In an interview with CBC journalist Bob McKeown Ann claimed that Canada had supported the US in Vietnam, and had sent troops to fight there.

Read for yourself.

Wonder if she'll apologize for this one?

Vital information for us all...

How to avoid a baby penguin attack.