Daily Archives: May 7, 2013

Flag Wavers

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Max West

Well, it looks like the Cleveland Kidnapping involved not one, but three charming fellas from the wonderful island of Puerto Rico: From a NYT story on the case is the following picture of the house where the three women were … Continue reading →

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Ender’s Game

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Max West

There’s a trailer for “Ender’s Game“, the big screen adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s classic sci-fi novel. Asa Butterfield (the kid from “Hugo”, who I think is a good actor) plays Ender. The film also stars Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, … Continue reading →

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Jeff Hanneman (1964-2013)

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Max West

Jeff Hanneman, key songwriter and guitarist of Slayer, has died at the age of 49. While both Hanneman and 2nd guitarist Kerry King wrote songs for the band, Hanneman’s music was the better of the two (e.g., “Angel of Death”, … Continue reading →

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Slate: The Fence Junkies

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Max West

Slate has a smarmy article about “The Fence Junkies“, a profile of the eminently defensible Glenn Spencer and American Border Patrol, and the important work he is doing. The article features Slate’s standard-issue, WTF prose (“Seventy-five years old, with the … Continue reading →

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