The Foggy Dew

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As down the glen one Easter morn
to a city fair rode I
There Armed lines of marching men
in squadrons passed me by
No fife did hum nor battle drum
did sound it’s dread tatoo
But the Angelus bell o’er the Liffey swell
rang out through the foggy dew

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The Vulture of the Gulf

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In a clear sign that Sunni States are noticing Iran’s interference and attempts at destabilization in neighboring states, this cartoon appeared in Arab News, Saudi Arabia, June 10, 2007; Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, June 10, 2007; Baztab, Iran, June 10, 2007. The Iranians are protesting at Baztab the use of Iranian “religious symbols” in cartoons. (The black turban, the Khomeimi beard on the buzzard.)

– courtesy Memri Blog

Little Green Footballs is Back

UPDATE: Little Green Footballs is Back UP

Charles had some MDB2 errors earlier, and it looks like the he’s having a hard time rounding up the hamsters now. The usual Saturday night crowd is over at the fallback spot, here.

UPDATE: Charles posted this on his splash page overnight: Status: We’ve had a hard drive failure in our database server; it will need to be replaced.
Entropy at work. No ETA on the new hard drive yet, but we’ll update here as soon as we know more
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dead-hamster-copy.jpgOne of the hamsters died of age and overwork, does this mean PETA will be after Charles as well?

Update II: Charles stopped by Fallback LGF to post this comment:

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