"It’s sad, and telling, that Mr. Kershner considers Leo Kottke to be the perfect Englert show. Considering the number of people in the Iowa City area who donated time and money under the assumption that the Englert would be a community performance space, I imagine there are far more people in the area that would consider the perfect Englert show to be one involving any of the area musicians, dancers, actors, singers, and others that the Englert Board promised would be performing at the facility."
He's commenting on this article in the Press-Citizen.
Icky green stuff growing in University of Iowa housing makes the Daily Iowan. I suppose, on one level, this is news.
Dave Barry's got all the coverage you want on the Trump wedding.
How Appealing notes that Former Judge Donald Thompson is now facing felony indecent exposure charges. I blogged on this earlier with the single word EEEEWWWW. For the icky, icky details go here.
Instapundit and The Volokh Conspiracy say SpongeBob's been outed. I have my doubts, though. I mean, square pants?
Says Eugene Volokh:
"I saw the shirt in the window of a West Hollywood T-shirt store that catered to a gay clientele, and it said:
Tinky Winky Made Me Do It."
Iowa Geek points out responses by bloggers Ali and Mohammed to the allegations inthis article in the NY Times questioning whether they're truly "typical Iraqis" because they're a tad on the pro-American side. As if Riverbend has the monopoly on Iraqi opinion? WTF? They point out several problems with the article.
Too much homework? So sue 'em. Overlawyered has the story.
The Press-Citizen points out that the new Jib Jab video had featured Iowa as a blue state on a background map. Whoops.
Professor Yin and Matt remind us to keep the prayers and good thoughts up for little Will Kenyon.
He's a fighter, but geez, has he had it rough.
Matt also says the Hamburg Inn is going to be featured on The West Wing. Cool. For those not in the IC loop: it's a 50's-style diner with all the good, fattening stuff. Over the years, it has played host to, among others, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and apparently Martin Sheen.
Wonkette has inaugeral blogging. My favorites: "And here we thought "touch my armadillo" was a slang term." and "You make the first "sleeps with the fishes" joke...."
Todd Zywicki and David Bernstein post in-depth on the Larry Summers flap at Harvard. My earlier posts here and here. I particularly like Zywicki's casual comment regarding the use of testing statistics to prove males are genetically superior in math and science:
"A reader points me to the federal Bureau of Prisons, which, for what it is worth, reports that 93.2% of inmates in the federal prison system are male."
Oh, the extrapolations!
Also at Volokh, Orin Kerr posts this: ACLU Considers Firing Board Members for Criticizing ACLU. No, I'm not giggling. Much.
TalkLeft posts on the Jury Pool from Hell:
Defense attorney Leslie Ballin called it the "jury pool from hell."
The group of prospective jurors was summoned to listen to a case of Tennessee trailer park violence. Right after jury selection began last week, one man got up and left, announcing, "I'm on morphine and I'm higher than a kite."
When the prosecutor asked if anyone had been convicted of a crime, a prospective juror said that he had been arrested and taken to a mental hospital after he almost shot his nephew. He said he was provoked because his nephew just would not come out from under the bed.
Another would-be juror said he had had alcohol problems and was arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover officer. "I should have known something was up," he said. "She had all her teeth."
There's more.
SCOTUSblog indicates Jane Roe is back, asking for her case to be overturned. Facetious question: does she still have standing once the kid's reached the age of majority?
Brent at Cop Talk says North Carolina declared a state of emergency - because it snowed one inch. Now I'm giggling.
From Slashdot: Spammers sue spammee for getting them banned from the ISP. If there is justice, they'll so lose. And an inkjet printer modified to "print" human skin for transplants. Instant tattoos.
Salon says that Norwegians interpret President Bush's "Hook 'em, 'horns!" hand gesture as a salute to Satan. So you're telling us that they pretty much didn't alter their opinion of him one way or the other?
Jeff at Tusk and Talon expands on State 29's thoughts about inhibiting meth production.
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