Al Sharpton and Strom Thurmond

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Just when we thought the news couldn’t get any weirder, we learned this week, via The Daily News, that Mr. Sharpton’s great-grandfather was a slave who was owned by relatives of Senator Strom Thurmond, the longtime archsegregationist who ran for president as a Dixiecrat in 1948.

“There’s not enough troops in the Army,” Mr. Thurmond told a screaming crowd during that campaign, “to force the Southern people to break down segregation and admit the nigra race into our theaters, into our swimming pools, into our schools and into our homes.”

-- Bob Herbert for The New York Times

Al Sharpton is the civil rights activist who also has been a presidential candidate for the Democratic Party.

Small world.

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Al Sharpton and Strom Thurmond

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Just when we thought the news couldn’t get any weirder, we learned this week, via The Daily News, that Mr. Sharpton’s great-grandfather was a slave who was owned by relatives of Senator Strom Thurmond, the longtime archsegregationist who ran for president as a Dixiecrat in 1948.

“There’s not enough troops in the Army,” Mr. Thurmond told a screaming crowd during that campaign, “to force the Southern people to break down segregation and admit the nigra race into our theaters, into our swimming pools, into our schools and into our homes.”

-- Bob Herbert for The New York Times

Al Sharpton is the civil rights activist who also has been a presidential candidate for the Democratic Party.

Small world.

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Spring Drip

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Out on the post-breakfast rounds with Bo, while he is trying to read, Monk is suffering a runny nose. It is much worse than the usual morning clearing of the sinuses, and he has to go inside to get some toilet paper. He wonders if he is coming down with a cold or flu, but then the more likely answer befalls him: allergies. These whipping springtime breezes are carrying his allergens; the fresh coolness is not free for him.

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Spring Drip

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Out on the post-breakfast rounds with Bo, while he is trying to read, Monk is suffering a runny nose. It is much worse than the usual morning clearing of the sinuses, and he has to go inside to get some toilet paper. He wonders if he is coming down with a cold or flu, but then the more likely answer befalls him: allergies. These whipping springtime breezes are carrying his allergens; the fresh coolness is not free for him.

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Mullah Dadullah

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The Taliban have a new star:

If Osama bin Laden likes being in the global spotlight, he's likely a bit depressed in his hideout these days. The leader of the al-Qaida terrorist organization hasn't made an appearance on the evening news for quite some time. What's more, the Taliban no longer need bin Laden as a figurehead. Western intelligence agencies warn that the Taliban now have "their own star" in their struggle against Western soldiers and the Afghan government of President Hamid Karzai. The new nightmare from the Hindu Kush Mountains is called Mullah Dadullah. He sports a pitch black beard, always wears a military jacket and these days, he is omnipresent in the media.

He is the one planning a big spring offensive in Afghanistan with 6,000 volunteers to carry out suicide attacks, with the recent attempt on Vice President Cheney's life being a little teaser for the main performance to come. Mullah Dadullah also has his own line of DVDs out, complete with live beheadings! So, you can see that he is still a traditionalist.


(Source: Matthias Gebauer for Der Spiegel)

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Mullah Dadullah

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The Taliban have a new star:

If Osama bin Laden likes being in the global spotlight, he's likely a bit depressed in his hideout these days. The leader of the al-Qaida terrorist organization hasn't made an appearance on the evening news for quite some time. What's more, the Taliban no longer need bin Laden as a figurehead. Western intelligence agencies warn that the Taliban now have "their own star" in their struggle against Western soldiers and the Afghan government of President Hamid Karzai. The new nightmare from the Hindu Kush Mountains is called Mullah Dadullah. He sports a pitch black beard, always wears a military jacket and these days, he is omnipresent in the media.

He is the one planning a big spring offensive in Afghanistan with 6,000 volunteers to carry out suicide attacks, with the recent attempt on Vice President Cheney's life being a little teaser for the main performance to come. Mullah Dadullah also has his own line of DVDs out, complete with live beheadings! So, you can see that he is still a traditionalist.


(Source: Matthias Gebauer for Der Spiegel)

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Post-Haircut

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Too sudsy! Monk needs to remember now,
having lost those locks on the barber's floor,
just a little dab of shampoo will do.

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Post-Haircut

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Too sudsy! Monk needs to remember now,
having lost those locks on the barber's floor,
just a little dab of shampoo will do.

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