Two very useful British bloggers came to my attention this week:
Scott Burgess of the Daily Ablution ("Washing brains since 2003") draws a bead on the "human shields" who went to Iraq last winter to protect the locals from being liberated:
So why aren't the human shields "trying everything" to protect Iraqi civil society now, when it most needs it? Why isn't the peace crowd out in the streets, screaming at the top of their lungs about terrorist bombers who callously kill "equally precious, equally important" Red Cross wokers and Iraqi civilians?Why, indeed.
Robert Hinkley of The Sporadic Chronicle ("tested on humans, not on animals") e-mailed to point out that the article I linked to earlier about preparations for Bush's upcoming visit to London misused the words of a British police official:
John Stevens, commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, told the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC): "We are at the highest alert we have ever been. ... We are working more than 2-1/2 times harder than we did at the very height of the Irish terrorism campaign."In fact, Stevens was not refering to security measures for Bush's visit, but for the entire battle against Islamist terrorism. Not a small difference.
The best link that I found at The Sporadic Chronicle is to a website called Famous Belgians (Detailed information on 248 Famous Belgians!). Among the "Famous Belgians" listed are Jules Vandenpeerebom, Belgian Prime Minister from 1899-1899 and Bob Davidse, TV presenter better known as "Nonkel Bob" (Uncle Bob) from "Tip Top". The list inexplicably excludes my favorite famous Belgian and the only famous Belgian I am honored to claim as a personal acquaintance: Gaston Bastiaens.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at November 14, 2003 10:40 AM