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A long time all-encompassingly reader is launching their own blog, IMAXblog.
Welcome to the blogosphere Ryan!
I’m sure that this is going to become a hub for all things IMAX related…

with unabashed tackiness, christiane amanpour obsessed over the pontiff’s “controversiality”. at least helen thomas wasn’t there…
for my part, i am in awe of the inspiring life the man lived.

(quiet mumbly voice) haha…..alright…..yeah…..
As many of you already know, the inspiration for this blog, Mitch Hedberg, has died.
You can read all about it through Google News.
We will be adding several Mitch related elements to the page over the next little while.

more on mitch:
mitch’s official site
mitch’s bio
mitch hedberg video clips
mitch hedberg audio clips
NPR on mitch’s death
mitch hedberg - jokes, quotes, & lines from his stand-up comedy
mitch hedberg soundboard
hedberg page on comedy central -w/videos
mitch hedberg’s death
please let us know of additional mitch stuff on the web. get the man’s CDs:
mitch all together cd & dvd
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hero: A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life
Here are some experiences of Iraqis while voting.
Ali:
As I got out it was still early and I saw no one on the streets but as I got near to the voting center I [...]

the most courageous play you will ever see in a hockey game is a defender diving in front of an opposing player’s slapshot to prevent that puck from getting near his team’s goal mouth. in the professional leagues, the hard, dense projectile has been clocked at speeds over 100 miles an hour.
acknowledging [...]

Read the story of George Washington and the crossing of the Delaware in today’s NY Times.
AS 1776 was drawing to a close, Elkanah Watson, a young man in Massachusetts, expressed what many Americans feared about their war for independence. “We looked upon the contest as near its close,” he wrote, “and considered ourselves a vanquished [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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.

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 [...]

in 2000 i was out of the country and had limited access to information on the presidential election. i asked my mom to send me news clippings, and there was one, in particular, that helped me make up my mind. it was a series of baseball questions that major league baseball posed to [...]

For all those who love Reagan, there is a new ad that is by far the best one of the season.
Watch it here courtesy of Americans for Peace Through Strength.

this summer, the church of jesus christ of latter day saints lost two beloved apostles. [link] many began speculating about who would be called to fill their shoes. one site had a poll [link].
i visited this site in the middle of august, over six weeks ago. however, i [...]

The coach of the Argentine national soccer team resigned yesterday. In pure winning percentage he is tops in Argentina’s history. Yet despite the Olympic gold medal a few weeks ago, he has been scorned by many Argentines since the collapse of the team in the 2002 World Cup.
Nonetheless, Bielsa is a class act, [...]