Ted Koppel addresses the skepticism and hostility
that is greeting
his plan tonight to read the names of every soldier slain in Iraq.
/I don’t want it to make a political statement. Quite the contrary.
My position on this is I truly believe that people will take away
[…]
I’m teaching during the day. I’m at my regular job during the evening. I
won’t be posting again until Saturday morning.
Try to survive without me.
*UPDATE:* So I lied. I’m blogging … from work. Ha! Actually, I’m
enjoying a “prep” period, but because all I’m doing is showing videos to
students, Idon’t have anything to prep.
? /Journal Star/: CityLink easing out of nursing homes
/Residents of six area nursing homes who lack their own means of
transportation could be without the option of public paratransit
service after a recent CityLink decision not to renew contracts with
the facilities.
[…]
? /Journal Star/: City’s talks with Pere Marquette stall
/Talks regarding the Hotel Pere Marquette have stalled, according to
Mayor Dave Ransburg, but plans continue to take shape with the
historic Madison Theater.
Earlier this year, there were leaked reports that the historic
[…]
Peoria Pundit is the number one result in a
Google search for “peoria whores
.”
Good news for
Illini fans:
/”Gov. Rod Blagojevich Wednesday came out in support of Chief
Illiniwek, and said he would use the full authority of his office to
support previous decisions by the University of Illinois Board of
Trustees to keep the mascot.
[…]
“Larry Smith” reports
the following:
/Dear God, this is awful. A fire that lasted for at least six hours
has ruined Eastern?s third oldest building, collapsing its roof and
destroying mounds of scholarly research by EIU professors.
Thankfully no one was hurt. Early indications […]
Valentine Michael Smith — the hero of Robert A. Heinlein’s* “Stranger
in a Strange Land” — was the result of an extramarital affair between
astronauts during a long voyage to Mars. He ended up in the soup –
literally.
NASA, according to this article anyway, is talking steps
to make sure that doesn’t happen:
/In the First […]
Is Naomi Watts alluring enough for you?
http://peoriapundit.com/images/watts.jpg
I did a Google image search for “alluring women.” The results were
/nothing/ like these ladies.
? Associated Press:
/Add Porn Star To List Of Outsourced U.S. Jobs/
/
Add porn star to the list of U.S. jobs being outsourced.
American X-rated film directors are heading to Brazil in search of
uninhibited women, exotic locations and […]
? Associated Press: Spain indicts suspect in Sept. 11 attacks
/MADRID, Spain - A Moroccan sought in connection with last month?s
Madrid train bombings was indicted Wednesday on charges of helping
plan the Sept. 11 attacks.
Amer Azizi helped organize a meeting in […]
Reuters: Iran Court Orders U.S. to Pay $600 Million
/An Iranian court has ruled the United States should pay $600
million in compensation for supplying ousted Iraqi leader Saddam
Hussein with chemical weapons, the official IRNA news agency said on
Wednesday.
[…]
? /Chicago Tribune/: Senator tells U. of I. to bounce Illiniwek
http://peoriapundit.com/images/chief_sm.jpg
/Senate President Emil Jones demanded Tuesday that the University of
Illinois Board of Trustees drop the school’s Chief Illiniwek symbol,
comparing pro-chief trustees to segregationists.
“I don’t like my tax dollars going […]
? Village Voice: Criticism w/o Critique
/Once upon a very different time, press critics weighed in regularly
on the larger meaning of journalism. (Think of the legendary ’60s
journal [More], if you go back that far.) But what most editors want
from media […]
Wonder why the Enron and Martha Stewart are getting more press coverage
than the Oil-for-Food scandal? Spoons
has the straight dope
.
I would add another reason: It’s not news. For something to be
newsworthy, it has be /unusual/, something out of the ordinary. Is
anyone really surprised that United Nations officials are greedy,
thieving pigs, totally unconcerned that they were […]
