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Terror Plot Foiled: Breaking on Drudge

From Sky News Online:

Sky’s foreign affairs editor Tim Marshall said militants based in Pakistan had been planning simultaneous strikes on London and major cities in France and Germany.

He said the plan was in the “advanced but not imminent stage” and the plotters had been tracked by spy agencies “for some time”.

Intelligence [...]

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Breaking Benjamin…is it over yet?

Classic Pick O’ the Day: September 29

The Sundowners (1960) An Australian sheepherder and his wife clash over their nomadic existence and their son’s future. Cast: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns Dir: Fred Zinnemann C-133 mins, TV-PG. 10:00 PM EDT. TCM.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With a loving tip o’ the hat to milady for thinking enough to bug me at work (priorities), J. Geils Band (up yours, “embedding disabled”) and The Diamond’s finally entering the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (sure, just the nominee list, but c’mon, we inexplicably haven’t even seen them there yet, so please [...]

Turn It Up Tuesday -- In a US of A mood

Gotta tell ya, folks, when Santa Monica Boulevard, in the heart of Beverly Hills, fills up with 400+ patriots of all walks of life — as emcee Pat Boone reminded us, not Republicans or Democrats, but citizens — I’m feeling all the better about the upcoming mid-term elections. God knows what BS the left’s going [...]

Next Stop! Sheehan-ville!

Richard Tillman, brother of ex-NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman was on Bill Maher last week.

From the Huffington Post:

Tillman’s family has long been upset about the lies told following his death. In June 2005, Tillman’s father passionately condemned an army investigator, writing, “I assume, therefore, that you are part of [...]

Hammer Meet Nail

Margaret Thatcher expressed the importance of freedom and liberty and the moral component of our economic system as well as Reagan. We could use someone like either one again — and soon.

Tuesday Open Thread

Justinian I from San Vitale in Ravenna (mosaic)

*I didn’t mention this last month but most of the open threads this Fall will be subjects or related to subjects I’ll be teaching that day in class… unless something better happens — like the wreck of Old 97 yesterday for example.

Ditch your laptop, and your college

The New York Times asked several graduate students to opine on the college experience for the benefit of incoming freshmen.

College is your chance to see what you’ve been missing, both in the outside world and within yourself. Use this time to explore as much as you can.

Take classes in many different subjects before [...]

George Blanda -- R.I.P.

Pro Football Hall of Famer George Blanda has died. He was 83.

As a quarterback and placekicker, he paced the Oilers to the first two AFL titles in 1960 and 1961.

“I will always think of myself as an AFL player,” he once said.

Raiders owner Al Davis acquired the 39-year-old Blanda in [...]

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Daughtry…let it out

Classic Pick O' the Day: September 28

Johnny Guitar (1954) A lady saloon owner battles a female rancher out to frame her for murder. Cast: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady Dir: Nicholas Ray C-110 mins, TV-PG. 11:30 AM EDT. TCM

It’s a busy day on TCM tomorrow. Joan Crawford and Sterling Hayden… I’m not sure even how to [...]

Peace With the Taliban?

Petraeus says they’ve reached out — from The New York Times AP wire.

Black Market Cancer Sticks

In Canada of all places… seems like tobacco and Indians DO go together — at least in Canada. From The National Post — a five-part story on one of the side effects of over-regulation, scare-mongering, and scofflaws:

They’re surrounded by high fences, security guards and a general air of secrecy; rarely is there [...]

Small Joys

Besides my family, a Cowboys victory, and an ice cold beer… few things in life provide true satisfaction. Of the few things in life that do really satisfy… “bullies getting their comeuppance” and the related joy of the loudmouth being told to “say it again with the monosyllabic response of the pussyboy. Apparently David Beckham [...]

Trouble… Right Here in River Shire

Why does this Hobbit look sad? Because unions are about to ruin hismovie… at least according to Peter Jackson. From Coming Soon.net:

In closing:

My personal opinion is that this is a grab for power. It does not represent a problem that needs a solution. There will always be differing opinions when it [...]

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UN Plan For Aliens? Talk

The UN has is set to appoint a “First Contact” in case when we meet space aliens according to FOXNews.

The United Nations is set to appoint an obscure Malaysian astrophysicist to act as Earth’s first contact for any aliens that may come visiting.

Mazlan Othman, the head of the U.N.’s little-known Office [...]

Segue Into Eternity

This is sad only — and is in no way ironic.

A British businessman who last year bought the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway personal transporter has died in an accident on one of the vehicles.

Police in West Yorkshire said Monday that 62-year-old James Heselden and a Segway were found in the River [...]

Monday Morning Quarterback

Greetings once again Threedonians…. the MMQB is here after taking a one-week haitus for God knows why to do God knows what. In any case… as that famous philosopher Buckwheat once said… “Here I is!”

As is tradition around these parts… Wanks dragged herself from her gaggle of very exhausted Ramon Navarro look-a-likes to bring [...]