Your headlines of the day

Osama declares war on...Muslims... AustinBay asks: The peacekeeping mission is meant to protect Muslims, so once again Al Qaeda is promoting the murder of Muslims–(There are, of course, complex ethnic, tribal, and political factors in play, but the Muslim on Muslim mass murder is a fact.)

And the war is spreading to Chad, the Congo, and Ethiopia...LINK

TigerHawk notes what was NOT mentioned in the speech: Iraq....

Ah, but if you really want to convert the MadMullahs of the Taliban, try RAP
“This one mullah came to me — he used to be in the Taleban and he was telling me what I was doing was bad. I let him try on some of my clothes and rapped to him, and he was won over.”

If 20,000 people demonstrate and the press doesn't cover it, does it count? Maybe, if Blogfather mentions it...

Your quote of the day: "Hollywood doesn't just have a problem with people of color having sex on-screen," Mr. Singleton said. "It's uptight about anybody having sex."

On the other hand, some people might see" a sequence that finds the nearly nude Ms. Ricci chained in Mr. Jackson's kitchen" as a bit inflammatory.... Birth of a Nation, anyone?

Note: the film is "authentic" about the South because the writer came from...Chicago...and grew up in California...Yup...a real southerner...

And how do politically correct boys become MANLY?

Well, you might try going on a trip with Nicolas Kristof...MichaelKinsley says: No Thank you tongue in cheek...

Or you might try....paying a couple thousand bucks for survival school...

... Harvey Mansfield (said):" Young men sign up for extreme survival courses, he said, because "they are as embarrassed about patriotism as they are about manliness, and to go into the military may seem too conventional."

Nope. Couldn't be "conventional" and sign up for the military...our PC friends would be scandalized...
(bias note: I was Army National Guard).

finally, the NYTimes discovers Australian wine...
When the rightwing of the bloggosphere boycotted France, they encouraged each other to turn to Australian wine, and found it was good...no mention of that in the article...

So, mates, don't forget: Hug An Australian day is April 26...and toast them with Yellowtail...