Becoming white

When I was born, we Jews weren't quite American. That might have continued, but a fellow named Hitler was giving Jew hating a bad name, treating Jews even worse than genteel gentiles thought they should be, fighting a war against America, and losing. So now, when Helen Thomas says one thing about Jews as stupid and hateful as what the Coulters and Becks repeatedly spew about people of color, she is forced to retire. I am now making extremely small circles with my index finger.

To the pure, nebech, all things are pure

General J.C. Christian finds a Catholic picture he likes. I am reminded of Angelo D'arcangelo's remark that Cardinal Spellman "spent a lot of time on his knees for the benefit of the troops."

The wrong kind

Intelligence analyst arrested for revealing classified info for a reason other than helping the president lie us into an Asian war.

Thanx to Lindsay Beyerstein.

Happy 100th birthday!

John W. Campbell.

Perhaps the most astounding thing about him was the cat herding he did in editing Heinlein, Asimov, Hubbard, Sturgeon, van Vogt, et al. all at once.

Thanx to Michael J. Walsh on Facebook

Allegedly sane science

How the CIA experimented on prisoners

Thanx to wcg