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Archive for February 2nd, 2005

A Eurovision song we might actually like?

February 02nd, 2005 | Category: Music

Total News is reporting that Sweden might have a chance of getting a decent tune for Eurovision.

One-time Europe guitarist Kee Marcello is entering the Eurovision Song Contest. According to blabbermouth.net, his new band K2 are to compete for the right to represent Sweden in the contest with a song titled ‘We Got It All’, which has been co-written with Alannah Myles.

Alannah Myles, the only woman to ever produce a song that simulates the sex act perfectly. That bass line combined with her voice is just amazing. The video wasn’t bad either…

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Glenn on Blogs

February 02nd, 2005 | Category: Blog gos

Glenn has written a piece for TCS about the power of the blogosphere and how the press got it wrong. I doubt that any of you need to be convinced, but it’s a good piece nonetheless.

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L’il Boys Play With Dolls

February 02nd, 2005 | Category: Terrorism

now we were stranded in the jungle
looking for some rock and roll
like vietnamese babies on a food patrol

lords of the new church

This photograph was published yesterday at a jihadi site, and the Associated Press ran with a piece on the newest American hostage in Iraq:

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – Iraqi militants claimed in a Web statement Tuesday to have taken an American soldier hostage and threatened to behead him in 72 hours unless the Americans release Irqi prisoners. The U.S. military said it was investigating, but the claim’s authenticity could not be immediately confirmed.

The posting, on a Web site that frequently carried militants’ statements, included a photo of what that statement said was an American soldier, wearing desert fatigues and seated on a concrete floor with his hands tied behind his back. The figure in the photo appeared stiff and expressionless, and the photo’s authenticity could not be confirmed.

Let’s see if we can help you out with that. Follow the photo sequence at Little Green Footballs.

This is funny either way—if it’s a prank concocted by some 14-year-old, then the alacrity with which AP bit on it just indicates its desperation for some bad news out of Iraq in the wake of the election.

OTOH, if this was the work of genuine Islamic terrorists, then bin Laden might as well surrender now. Al-Qaeda can kidnap all the G.I. Joe action figures it wants, and America will not be shaken, except possibly with laughter.

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Was it all a dream?

February 02nd, 2005 | Category: Politics

Just as soon as it happened… it was all over.

Was it just my imagination. Running away with me? (strings).

What happened to that election thing. Watching BBC World today ( can’t get CNN) couldn’t find the greatest leap for ME freedom and democracy (forgive me for coming over all American). Rarely has such an important event been so efficiently wiped from the pages of history.

The BBC was back to US bashing (those darned Yanks don’t like the World Court), and endless Tsunami interviews. Just how many destroyed hotels can a man see?

Coverage of Dafur is bizarre to say the least. But lets be honest here, its been a complete and utter lie.

Sudan’s been having fun with its Blacks and Kaffir as the Arab League, and its African neighbors have made clear they won’t let it be attacked or sanctioned. South Africa, that bastion of African morality, voted to protect Sudan from sanctions, along with Zimbabwe. You can kill Blacks, just not our Blacks, apparently.

A few hours of good bombing the Sudanese capital would bring that war to a close, faster than you can say ‘Belgrade’. But not if SA and its friends get their way.

The BBC has interviewed every hotel owner, peanut seller & hooker from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpa on the Tsunami, at least once. But come the first shoots of Arabian democracy, the microphones go silent.

I noticed a deficit of interviews on election day, leaving good Liberals to explain the day. Protecting the microphones from Arab germs, or viewers from happy Arabs, your guess is as good as mine.

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