Thursday, July 26, 2007

Recommended Reading

Norman Ornstein has an intriguing thought: That the '08 presidential nominees may get selected at their parties' conventions, rather than weeks or months in advance. I don't believe it will happen but it would sure make those boring conventions worth watching.

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Follow-Up on Felix

Hey, remember that post about the big Felix the Cat sign down at the L.A. car dealership? Here's another perspective on it from the family that owns the place. I think I'm inclined to side with them on this matter.

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Today's Video Link

As explained back here, Laurel and Hardy filmed several of their movies in multiple languages, speaking Spanish or French or German by reading phonetic translations off a chalkboard just off camera. Often, the foreign versions contained scenes and gags that were never seen in the English version of the same film. Here's a minute and a half from the Spanish version of Blotto, which was entitled La Vida Nocturna...

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Recommended Reading

Fred Kaplan previews the General Petraeus counterinsurgency plan for Iraq and finds it unworkable. Methinks it's not a plan to win in Iraq...just to keep things going and not admit how much trouble we're in.

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