Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Denver News, via LGF, via Ace:
Police confirmed Wednesday that they found about a pound of sodium cyanide in a Denver hotel room where the body of a Canadian man was discovered earlier this week.
Police spokesman John White identified the white powder as sodium cyanide, the crystal form of cyanide. Fire officials say they found a bottle containing about a pound of the white powder, or between a pint and a quart by volume.
An expert told the Denver Post that the amount of cyanide is enough to kill hundreds of people.
The medical examiner’s office said it is awaiting test results to determine whether cyanide killed 29-year-old Saleman Abdirahman Dirie, of Ottawa, Canada.
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The upscale Burnsley Hotel is about two miles away from the Pepsi Center, where the DNC will be held from Aug. 25-Aug. 27. However, it is not on the list of hotels where delegates are staying.The last day of the DNC will be held at Invesco Field at Mile High, which is three miles away from the hotel.
One hopes there is just a crapload of stuff they’ve found out about this gentleman and what his plans might have been, that for some reason is not being released to the public. But y’know, I can’t really think of an awful lot of things you can do with a pound of sodium cyanide. And among the things I can think of that you can do, the knowledge that the convention of a major political party was going to be happening within a handful of miles from that hotel, in just a few weeks, doesn’t eliminate any of them.
But profiling is bad…McCarthyism is bad…guilt-by-association is bad. So I suppose, finding out just who this fellow might’ve known, who he might have contacted before showing up in Denver, etc., all that stuff would be just plain wrong.
We have a cultural sensibility that is custom built and made-to-order for a nation that is not under attack. A nation of veal calves. Just how bad that problem is, I guess I’ll get a good feel for that as I make my efforts to follow up on this story. Hope it doesn’t just mysteriously submerge and trail off…I hope not…I hope, contrary to that, I’m going to see a press conference, just chock full of big meaty juicy facts. The public deserves no less. But how much hope am I really holding? Not much.
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When I read the words “Canadian man” I hoped for a second his name might be Pierre or Jaques or Brandon or James. No such luck apparently.
When a male between 18 & 40, with a Muslim-sounding name, is in any way associated with something that’s got the potential to kill large numbers of people…regarding a situation where large numbers of people are going to be present…
Well, let’s just say my antennae go up. Call that profiling if you want to, but it is what it is.
- cylarz | 08/14/2008 @ 14:12Repent!
Repent I tell you!
The End is NEAR! Freeberg has a post with less than 10,000 words!
- Duffy | 08/14/2008 @ 15:21Now THAT was a smartass thing to say, Bob.
I’m going to go write an essay exploring exactly how & why.
Should be done with it around this time Monday.
- mkfreeberg | 08/14/2008 @ 16:30Surely no good Canadian could be up to anything unlawful. I’m sure he was just going to use the hellishly poisonous compound for some little prank.
- Tom The Impaler | 08/14/2008 @ 17:28Gee, Morgan, with that self-deprecating humor, one might think you were trying to get lucky.
- BroKen | 08/15/2008 @ 12:21