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Thursday, December 13
Objective Reportage
Looks like Osama Bin Laden committed the standard hoodlum blunder of boasting about his dirty deed, and being stupid enough to have someone tape it. Smooth move. I suppose the Taliban ban on dancing is the only thing preventing him from doing a "victory jig" too. CNN Headline News once again demonstrates their deep journalistic integrity. As they run the video, with the scrolling subtitles underneath, the caption above is "Evil Speaks." I was waiting for horns and a tail to be drawn on Bin Laden, a la John Madden style. And my spellchecker suggests "tailbone" for Taliban. Interesting... '; } else { if(stristr($filename,"archive")) { $dir=$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; $template='_01_archive.html'; $tail=strlen($template); $thisArchive=$filename; //$files=scandir($dir); $dh = opendir($dir); while (false !== ($filename = readdir($dh))) { $files[] = $filename; } sort($files); $earlyarch=""; $laterarch=""; $prevarch=""; $next=0; foreach($files as $file) { if (substr($file,-$tail)==$template) { if ($next==1) { $laterarch=$file; $earlyarch=$prevarch; $next=0; } if ($file==$thisArchive) { $next=1; } else { $prevarch=$file; $earlyarch=$prevarch; } } } $link=''; $divider=''; if(file_exists($earlyarch)) { $link='< Earlier Archive'; $divider=" | "; } if(file_exists($laterarch)) { $link=$link.$divider.'Later Archive >'; } $link=$link.' '; } } echo($link); ?> |