Sites Holmquist trys, and often fails, to go no more than a couple of days without visiting (some of which Holmquist regularly swipes links from without attribution)
Michigan State opened the 2003 football season with a 26-21 win over Western Michigan in East Lansing. It is hard to say how impressive or umimpressive the win was because there is much of a measuring stick for Western, however the spread offense seemed to generally run smoothly and the defensive was better than expected, particularly in terms of a pass rush. (They had one!)
In other news, Salam Pax says U.S. troops have searched his house.
A Pentagon flier announcing the film puts it in eerie perspective: "How to win a battle against terrorism and lose the war of ideas. . . . Children shoot soldiers at point blank range. Women plant bombs in cafes. Soon the entire Arab population builds to a mad fervor. Sound familiar? The French have a plan. It succeeds tactically, but fails strategically. To understand why, come to a rare showing of this film."
