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From little green footballs:
Sports Illustrated is running its annual fan poll for Sportsman of the Year, and Pat Tillman, who was killed fighting in Afghanistan after walking away from a multi-million dollar contract to join the Army after September 11, is in the running. I say this as a huge cycling fan, in a year […]

happy thanksgiving, america. on this solemn occasion, please consider the words of dave barry:

Thanksgiving is also a spiritual time of quiet reflection — a time when we pause to remember, as generations have remembered before us, that an improperly cooked turkey is — in the words of the U.S. Department of Agriculture — “a […]

in celebration of dan rather’s recently announced retirement, we’d like to take a look back at one weird moment in his life.

One night in October 1986, Rather was walking down a Manhattan street when he was punched from behind and thrown to the ground. His assailant kicked and beat him while repeating, “Kenneth, […]

the NBC News “get” of the week — a video sequence of the Marine in question shooting a wounded Fallujah fighter after shouting that the man was “faking” his incapacity — has been airing at half-hour intervals as if it were the Lost Episodes of Abu Ghraib. [link] [via LGF]

at the same time, […]

this weekend, america saw two of the most appalling brawls, donnybrooks, melees, brouhahas–whatever you call them–in recent sports history. and there wasn’t a hockey game in sight. why am i pointing this out? because of previous arguments on this blog. [1] [2] [3] [4]
that said, i think ron artest’s punishment […]

NPR, one of the news organizations most often guilty of political bias to the left, has come up with the whopper of all whoppers: “there is conservative bias in the media.” [link]. and the story takes the cake. i laughed out loud when they implied that jon stewart’s daily show is […]

Reed Irvine, the founder of Accuracy In Media and longtime media critic, has passed away.
You can visit the site dedicated to Reed and his work, where there is a more extensive biography of this great man.

two funny things caught my eye today. the first is from james taranto of the wall street journal.

President Bush has appointed Margaret Spellings, a White House domestic-policy adviser, to be secretary of education. During the press conference announcing the appointment, Spellings said, “I am joined today . . . by my husband, […]

i haven’t browsed through all the pictures on this site yet. i’m saving it for a day when i’m feeling really depressed and need some sort of pick-me-up.
it’s called “sorry everybody”, and purports to apologize to the world for the results of the recent presidential election. thanks for the great pictures! […]

We are reminded, on this day of celebration, that The Terrorist was married. Many people are surprised to learn that Yasser Arafat’s wife, Suha, had not seen the terrorist/Nobel Peace Prize recipient since 2002 (the start of the recent intifada). It must of been a joyous reunion when Yasser was wheeled into a […]

God is great.
Seriously.
The wretched human life form known as Yasser Arafat has officially begun his long sojourn in hell.

in a move that most are calling “unsurprising”, al-qaeda, the world’s foremost terror and death cult, and al-jazeera, the 24-hour beheading channel, today announced a merger that analysts expect to benefit the arab world for years to come.
al-qaeda has been looking to consolidate its propaganda and unfounded lies departments with a viable communication […]

Are you sick of popups and other weird things happening to your internet when you use Internet Explorer?
Then you need to make the switch that millions of fellow web surfers have made. Get Firefox!
The wait is over. Firefox 1.0 empowers you to browse faster, more safely and more efficiently than with any other browser. […]

If there are any all-encompassingly readers who do not regularly frequent marksteyn.com, add it to your list of “must-read” sites today. Not only is he hilarious and brilliant, but his incisive commentary is right on the money.
My favorite from a recent Steyn column on the election:
On election day, I was driving through Vermont and […]

David Brooks hits the nail on the head explaining how the entire election wasn’t decided exclusively on values. Or as he says:
This year, the official story is that throngs of homophobic, Red America values-voters surged to the polls to put George Bush over the top.
This theory certainly flatters liberals, and it is certainly wrong.
Although […]