In uncertain times, people turn to books for escape
The New York Times had an interesting article last week on how, in the midst of this recession, people were escaping by turning to romance, fantasy, and sci-fi novels:
24 – 1am til 2am open thread
The tower of power Jack Bauer will be on in less than 60 seconds …
Caption This: Easter edition
Have at it, ya’ll 😀
The crew of the Maersk Alabama speaks
Via a commenter at Hot Air, I saw this link to this video/story of the crew of the Maersk Alabama talking to the mainstream media shortly after it was reported that Captain Phillips had been rescued. In the video, two crew members – one of them the second in command – talked about the bravery of those on board, how the ship never was actually out of their control (which is not what was first reported), how various media reports endangered the lives of those trying to rescue the Captain. Click below to watch:
Question of the day
“When will Barack Obama apologize to George Bush?” – Ed Morrissey, wondering when Obama will finally get around to point blank acknowledging his naive campaign-era view of habeas corpus rights of suspected terrorists, in light of a Friday story in the NYT about how the Obama administration plans to appeal a district court ruling “that granted some military prisoners in [Bagram Air Base] Afghanistan the right to file lawsuits seeking their release.”
Media/lefty reax to Captain’s rescue
It’s interesting but not altogether surprising to see how the mainstream media is reporting on the heroic rescue of Captain Richard Phillips from the clutches of pirates in the Indian Ocean over the weekend by Navy Seals. The way they’re spinning it, you’d think that Obama himself had personally fired the three sniper shots that killed three of the four pirates holding Captain Phillips.