The Guardian provides a handy list of Aramaic phrases, useful while watching The Passion of the Christ. Een, Yuudaayaa naa, ellaa b-haw yawmaa laa hweeth ba-mdeetaa. Yes, I’m Jewish, but I wasn’t there that day. Ma’hed lee qalleel d-Khayey d-Breeyaan, ellaa dlaa gukhkaa. It sort of reminds me of Life of Brian, but it’s nowhere …
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9/11 in Iraq.
Yesterday, Iraq was the victim of an attack of the scale of September 11th. Maybe you didn’t hear about it. Writes Joshua Micah: “Just a thought on these horrific coordinated bombings today in Iraq. […] [T]he New York Times has an estimate tonight placing the number of dead at 170. “Iraq has a population of …
Comedy Central is my news source.
Some may have been surprised by the story that came out today regarding the primary news source for younger Americans: “A poll released earlier this year by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found that 21 percent of people aged 18 to 29 cited ‘The Daily Show‘ and ‘Saturday Night Live’ …
First gay marriage.
If the Chicken Littles throughout the country are to be believed, these women have just destroyed The Family™. Somehow, I think we’ll be just fine.
Got ‘im.
The capture of Saddam Hussein will do nothing to reduce guerilla attacks by the Iraqi resistance. I hope that our military knows that.
Those darned terrorists.
The Ottowa Citizen had a story in yesterday’s paper about a Canadian man who was detained at the airport in New York while flying through on business, on suspect of being a terrorist. He was not allowed to talk to an attorney, and after some days, he was sent to Syria to be interrogated. (Torture …
Isabel updates.
Who needs the National Weather Service? We’ve got Virginia Beach’s Justin Hankins providing updates. His pictures show that the waves have picked up a bit, but it’s tomorrow afternoon’s pictures that I’m looking forward to. The crazy thing is that the National Guard is going door to door, telling people that refuse to evactuate to …
Johnny Cash is dead.
Johnny Cash has died. It’s not like nobody saw it coming, but it’s sad nonetheless. I know what I’ll be listening to all day.
More cars than sense.
There are now more cars than drivers in the U.S., according to the transportation department. Everybody with me now: Put the keys down and step away from the car. Nobody has to get hurt if we end this now.
It’s not about oil.
“Really. I’m not kidding. It’s not about oil. Never has been. Keep looking at me. Don’t look over there. Look at me! Not oil! Not oil!”