Wall Street Journal on Clark’s ‘Wolfman’
The Wall Street Journal does a video on the Wolfman at Clark’s Trading Post.
Edwards affair gets steamier
According to a book proposal by former John Edwards aide Andrew Young, Edwards begged young to claim the baby and promised in exchange to take care of him for life. Young also says he found a sex tape Edwards made with Hunter.
Most decorated Marine pilot in U.S. history dies
Holy cow, this guy was one impressive Marine. Shot down in three different wars and lived to the age of 89.
Take the A Train
Multiple audio and video versions of Ellington’s “Take the A Train” are online at the National Museum of American History. Nice uptick to a dreary day.
Picoult in the Post
Last week, NH author Jodi Picoult was profiled in The New York Times. This week, her books and why women love them is the subject of a story in The Washington Post.
Picoult, responding to a query about the emotionally wrenching stories she writes, says, “Sometimes I wonder, what is wrong with me? Why do I do this to people?”
Military coup in Iran, says former deputy prime minister
Former Iranian Revolutionary Guard member and deputy prime minister tells NPR that Ahmadinejad orchestrated a military coup on the night of the election to stay in power.
If this is true, what does it mean for Obama and the United States? How can the USA not take the side of the democratically elected government in this case and continue to work with an illegitimate dictator, thus conferring legitimacy upon him?
Jacko dead?
I don’t buy any of these Michael Jackson stories. Michael Jackson was killed in 1987 by Weird Al Yankovic. Why does no one remember that?
Farrah Fawcett in a NH sugar shack
I snapped this in a NH sugar shack on Maple Weekend. It’s an original poster, put up when new, the owners told me. Been there ever since. Fawcett died today at age 62.
Iran’s positive response to Obama
The day after President Obama finally condemned the Iranian regime’s violence against its own people, Khamenei says the government must obey the rule of law.
“Everyone should respect the law. Once lawlessness becomes a norm, things will be complicated and interest of people will be undermined,” said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “We will not step an inch beyond the law: our law, our country’s law, the Islamic Republic’s law.”
There were crackdowns after that statement, but clearly Khamenei sees the need to at least ratchet down the oppression. If Obama had spoken out earlier, how many lives might have been saved?
Michelle the People’s Worker
This is a socialist worker’s poster come to life. Featuring Michelle Obama. Strange.
Funny Massachusetts
Ed McMahon, Jay Leno, and Conan O’Brien all grew up within roughly 30 miles of each other’s homes in Massachusetts. Three generations of the Tonight Show from one small spot in the Bay State.
