Thursday trivia

Harry Potter fans, listen up: among other interesting items, this article tells us that JK Rowling finally has a website. We hear the phrase “Potemkin village” thrown about a lot. Here’s the derivation: “A Potemkin village is so called after Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, who had elaborate fake villages built in order to impress Catherine the …

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Why does anyone believe these guys?

If these were my results, I’d be damned embarrassed. Banned biological and chemical weapons: none yet found. Percentage of Iraqis who view American-led forces as liberators: 2, according to a poll commissioned last month by the Coalition Provisional Authority. Number of possible Al Qaeda associates known to have been in Iraq in recent years: one, …

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