And yet more evidence of the Iraqi-al Qaeda connection. Exactly how much evidence is needed before people quit imagining that exporters and supporters of terrorism are somehow not linked to terrorists?

All the people who said anything that might have been construed as a question about Iraq around me have already heard my pontification about why Saddam has to go. The short summary is "he's openly exporting terrorism and supporting known terrorist groups, and there's no reason to believe that if he gets WMDs he won't supply his favorite terrorist groups with them." It appears that the "if" part above may not be so iffy and further that Saddam isn't above sharing the wealth. The bombs can't drop fast enough to suit me, damn it.

Michael at 2 Blowhards writes a bit about looking at advertising for fun-with-deconstruction. I must admit that this is rather close to one of my favorite ad-related games: spot the assumption.

Ooooh ... a new H&K sidearm. I wonder if my sweetie would like one? She's been complaining that we need to go to the range and fire off a few rounds, plus carrying this beast would certainly get a few of the locals to pay more respectful attention to her.

Of course it isn't for sale to civilians, dang it.

Well ... crap. Now I have to go buy one of these, and then of course I'll have to have a G4 to go with it. There goes the budget.

It's the End of The World(tm)!!!! It's Mass Hysteria(tm)!!! It's ... it's ... Brian Tiemann agreeing with Steven Den Beste!!!! Will miracles never cease.

Tim O'Reilly, of O'Reilly and Associates (publishers of fine IT books (and how deeply can I parenthesize and tangent off before even I lose the thread?)), has a bit to say about file-swapping. Of course he isn't quite the authority on MP3 warez as he is on books, but he's still in the mass-media content business. Consequently, his opining probably carries more weight than does mine (which, if you're curious, is "MP3 sharing hasn't seemed to hurt CD sales yet ... what makes you think it's going to in the future?").

I know Lee has problems with his fingers and wrists: perhaps this review of this product will be useful for him and other people like him. "Plagued by CTS/RSI", mind you, not "smelly, socialist, and British."

Look! Look! See, honey! I'm not that unusual!!! It even includes a useful planner on dealing with a public restroom where the doors open the wrong f*cking way.

Well, of course inspections will do the trick. Just look at how well Iraqi cooperation is going already.

BWA-hahahahahaha! Only In America Pics. Found via The Volokh Conspiracy via OxBlog.

Yet more optical illusions. Found via The Volokh Conspiracy who apparently have a never-ending supply of these things.

Scroll down to helmet ears. I may have to buy another motorcycle just so I have somewhere to wear these.

After reading this post by Jane Galt, I've decided that I too can no longer link to Mindles H. Dreck at MoreThanZero.com.