Yearly Archives: 2006

Breastfeed the Military?

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Sure, I know that she’s using it as a metaphor but surely most members of the military would vomit or have some similar reaction, maybe like PZ’s, to the idea of sucking on w’s nips.
Noonan, in the same column, seems pretty reasonable in her take on the posturing around the recent congressional time wasting with the flag desecration amendment.

On the other hand she bashes the NY Times for reporting about the bushies privacy abuses which were also covered in her own paper when she really should be bashing the SWIFT folks for apparently providing this information to the administration without proper warrants.

Who Will Die In the 7th Harry Potter Novel?

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Apparently more than Voldemort who had damn well better be disposed of permanently!

Rowling has already said that the final chapter of the seventh book was written long ago.
“The final chapter is hidden away, although it’s now changed very slightly,” she said in an interview broadcast on Monday on Britain’s Channel 4. “One character got a reprieve, but I have to say two die that I didn’t intend to die.”
When asked to be more specific, she added: “No, I’m not going to commit myself, because I don’t want the hate mail or anything else.”

The hate mail comment is rather ominous but there will be many unhappy fans if any characters die who are not part of Voldemort’s crowd. Ok, there are probably some folks who identify with Voldemort and company as well. Your speculation can run amok on this idea.
There is a link to a video of the full Rowling interview at Mugglenet.
What I’d really like to know is when the 7th volume will be published. If it is June/July 2007 then I can complete my rereading of the first 6 at the leisurely pace of one every two months.

Then again, one per week over the 6 weeks prior to publication may be a better level of immersion.

Dead Right

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It has been no secret that Ann Coulter is a longtime Grateful Dead fan. Now there is more in this Jambase interview:

But whatever their myriad interests, clothing choices, and interest in illicit drugs, true Deadheads are what liberals claim to be but aren’t: unique, free-thinking, open, kind, and interested in different ideas.

Yep, kind of like what AC’s ilk can’t even claim to be.
Natalie Davis has posted an excellent riff on the interview which closes with:

…be open to hearing all views Listen to what everyone says — even the person you find most reprehensible probably has an interest or two in common with you. If both sides are on equal footing, that is great news: It opens possibilities for friendship or at least civil acquaintance, for building bridges, for establishing some sort of understanding — or, perhaps, for ultimately changing minds. I can’t imagine that the latter outcome is possible when dealing with the supposed She-Devil of the Right Wing, but who knows?

I suspect all you head’s know right, left, anarchic, socialist, communist, libertarian, and, well, you name it….listening to the music play.

Both the interview and Natalie’s post are well worth your time.