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Fafblog's back baby! Have some pie!

JHarris — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:58:16 -0800

After nearly 21 months of hiatus, whimsical politics blog Fafblog is back! And it's redesigned, too! Right now I would ordinarily include a link to best posts of the past, but I would have to include all of them.

Merry Christmas.

Dormant Gorilla — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:51:53 -0800

Bacon lollipops. That is all.

How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran

JHarris — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:17:25 -0800

How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran by Joshuah Bearman. As history keeps on happening, all people and events are becoming linked to each other in strange and inexplicable ways. Once in a while those links surface into view. Here, then, is the key event that connects Jack Kirby and Roger Zelazny to the CIA's handling of the Iranian hostage crisis. Via Wired Magazine and good evening.

The Hippopotamus Service

casarkos — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:55:07 -0800

Dinner with hippos. Richard Baron Cohen (not, as far as I can tell, this guy), inspired by memories of this book, commissioned a dinner service from a pattern designed for Catherine the Great, and hired a photographer who wrote this blog as she traveled the world shooting hippos.