I don’t recall anyone having commented on the most important aspect of Donald Rumsfeld’s thoughtful little pome, The Unknown, namely the omission of one important permutation:
Nice one from Steyn in the Torygraph: ‘The American constitution begins with the words “We the people”. The starting point for the EU constitution is: “We know better than the people.”‘ Our leader has told his French friend that leadership is not one of the latter’s strong points–although I believe it was Zap who, by…
From the man who called Sylvia Saint a sow, sad news for those who believe that the only good Spanish film is a sex film. Fortunately Jesús Franco shows no signs of making good on his promise to die camera in hand.
– One for Omagh, please. – Eh? – One ticket for Omagh. It’s a film that’s showing here. – Ah, you mean Oma[x] [ie, the “j” in jabón]. Are you from England? – Er… – Well that explains it. I did philology and in Ireland they say Oma[x]. – Er, well actually… – What do…
Notes al marge is slomo jumping. Catch him, someone. (I think this is part of a general shakeout in the spheroblog, during which the good will go and wallies will continue to whinge and whine. Me stop? No way.)
Mark Liberman is being nasty to our beloved intellectuals, most of whom we manage to ignore most of the time. His frustration may arise from a misunderstanding of the role of the intellectual in European society, which is something like that of a Catholic bishop in the States. I think somewhere in Campo cerrado Max…