Month: April 2006

Car Bomb in Holy City of Najaf Kills 15

Najaf is one of the holiest cities to Shi’ite muslims. It is the place where the tomb of Prophet Muhammed’s son-in-law, Ali is located. To Shi’ite muslims, Ali was the true successor to Muhammed and he is the...

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Thursday News Bucket

And if I had a boat I’d go out on the ocean And if I had a pony I’d ride him on my boat And we could all together Go out on the ocean Me upon my pony on my boat  – Lyle Lovett And with that, I think we...

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Markos Open Thread

The San Francisco Chronicle has a profile on Markos. Whenever I read these things I can’t help but imagine what kind of crap they would say about me. At least I’m sure they wouldn’t say this. This summer, the...

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