I'LL NEVER DRINK A SEVEN & SEVEN THE SAME WAY AGAIN


Nothing wrong with hoisting the Union Jack today.

Thankfully, FLOG™ and the FLOGette are safely out of London, ensconced in the German Alps right now. And Echopraxia tells me everyone he knows in the city is safe as well. Good. Horrifying as the whole thing is, we're all quite fortunate that today's death toll is far below that of Spain's 3/11 attacks.

Over IM, Echopraxia sends me this, which I quite like.

Our city works. We rather like it. And we're going to go about our lives. We're going to take care of the lives you ruined. And then we're going to work. And we're going down to the pub.

For a better round-up and links to more resources, check out today's Blogometer*.

P.S. — I rarely ever agree with Atrios, but he sure called this one last month:

The summer of 2001 was declared "summer of the shark" despite the fact that the number of shark attacks wasn't abnormal. Then a little tragic event happened and they shut the hell up about sharks for a little awhile. ... CNN just spent 22 minutes at a live press conference about a shark attack.

I guess that makes Natalee Holloway this summer's Chandra Levy.

P.P.S. — From Hotline's Last Call:

Attention Hill flacks: if you can't condemn a terrorist attack before lunch, don't bother sending a statement.

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*Yeah, yeah. I know. More later.

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posted by WWB at 4:55 PM |