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Paula Jones, who like Paul Harvey is not yet dead, is mad:

Frustrated that ex-president Bill Clinton is still insisting he never sexually harassed her in interviews about his memoir “My Life,” former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones is challenging him to a public debate. […]

“He still thinks that that was not an admission of guilt when he settled out of court with me,” she said, referring to the sexual harassment lawsuit she launched in 1994 that ended in Clinton’s impeachment.

He still thinks that, does he? We wonder why:

Clinton-Jones settlement text
Whereas it is the desire of all the parties to end the above-captioned litigation for all purposes, it is hereby stipulated and agreed as follows: […]

5. Nothing in this agreement shall be construed to be an admission of liability or wrongdoing by any party;

With her $850,000 maybe Paula can sign up for some reading comprehension courses.

Say hello to… Get Donkey.

Ever since the infamous Atrios-Andrew Sullivan smackdown over anonymity, the good people of Sadly, No! have wondered whether we should just come out and, say, put up a picture or share a bit more about our personal lives. Some bloggers seem to go halfway, by posting pictures of their cat, in the tradition of Kevin Drum’s Friday Cat Blogging. So we wondered, how could we improve on that and share a bit more about our personal lives. Which is why we are now proud to introduce Wednesday Evening Neighbor Blogging (WENB.)

Starting today and every Wednesday, we will post a picture of one our neighbors. (That is, every week until we run out of neighbors willing to let us take their picture and post it online, which may well happen sooner than we think.)

This week’s neighbor is Oskar. He’s lived in this part of town ever since we got here, and is by far our favorite neighbor. While he has a habit of going away for days at a time without telling us, he is very friendly whenever we stop by to say hello. He used to live with Lisa & Paula (lucky him!) but they moved out a few months ago. Oskar won’t tell us why, so we know he’s still upset. So if you ever find yourself in Stuttgart and see him, please do say hello for us. If you’re nice, he might even tell you where to find us.

Terrorists have more rights than you

Muslims in America should be arrested unless they immediately cease engaging in threatening and suspicious activities, like praying and going to Mosque.

Michelle Malkin has turned her comments on. Stop by and say hello (nicely!)

Last week, Hairy Fish Nuts revealed how long terrorists have been desperate according to the White House. This week he finds out why, and the answer is: major blow.

Meanwhile, at catch.com Kevin reviews the comedy repertoire of George Bush. Even we don’t make the same joke that often. Claims to the contrary left in the comments will be deleted.

The front page of Germany’s best selling newspaper today has a very special message for Germany’s national football team, which faces a must-win situation in tonight’s game against the Czech Republic. (Links are not office friendly, believe you us.)

You have to win … or else.

Discuss.

Reader Alan (who is known to refer to this blog as Sadly, Seb) draws our attention to this Mrs. du Toit post:

CALLING ALL BLOGGERS

WHO SUPPORT THE WAR ON TERRORISM

and wish to get together on September 11, 2004. […]

Time: 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Where: The Du Toit Home

Calling this a “party” would be crass. But it is, sort of, a party. It’s more of a celebration that we’re still here? still fighting? but also to commiserate about the atrocities of the day with people of good cheer and good company.

We’re opening this up to all who might want to attend, in Texas and out of it. We are not going to create a celebrity roster of the bloggers who may or may not attend. Let me say that more simply: We are not going to disclose who is coming or not coming. [Emphasis added]

So, for those who are still fighting along with the 101st Fighting Keyboarders? … be there (and ever so totally square.) [101st Fighting Keyboarders is a registered trademark of TBOGG, used without permission.]

The Dickification of the Western Female, posted last November, is one of our all time favorite Sadly, No! pieces. Written in response to Kim du Toit’s ridiculous The Pussification of the Western Male, we thought it so over the top, so utterly devoid of any logic or reason, that it would likely never be taken seriously by anyone, under any circumstances. Yet should never underestimate the number of people with an internet connection who are humour impaired, so we had added this disclaimer:

[Disclosure: This post is rated I for Irony and S for Sarcasm.]

Thanks to Google, the Dickification essay continues to be read every month. And so it was that the following comment was posted last week by one Jesse:

You should check out Ambers pages and articles, if you read just a little, which i did, from a few different articles, you would see quite clearly that Amber is not being completely facetious nor completely unsatirical.

The thing is Jesse, Amber didn’t really write that essay. That’s why we wrote:

We reprint below an essay sent to us from a woman blogger who has asked that she remain anonymous for now, so we will call her Amber Pawlik to protect her identity. So please sit back, grab an alcoholic beverage, and see what Amber Pawlik [not her real name!] has to say about:

Jesse doesn’t seem to like the Sadly, No! blog though:

The level of response to this article is about as deep and complex as the canned soup you have crammed into Mrs Pawlik’s crockery and should be wiped clean in favor of educated replies.

Alas, that will not likely occur.

The canned soup we have crammed into her crockery? Is your last name Swing, Jesse?

Anyone who mistook her rant here for pure straightforward elucidation is missing something from their own humor… and that would be their funny bone!

Except for that part about how it’s not her rant. We do agree however that Amber’s not had a funny bone in her for a long time (if ever.)

Last week, we made fun of Michelle Malkin over her claims about asylum seekers and refugees (we were wrong,) and her outrage over TIME’s revelation of Dick Cheney’s location (she was wrong.) We were happy to see the following on her blog today:

Last week, I keyed off a Drudge headline about Time magazine’s “revelation” of Dick Cheney’s secret location, Site R. Turns out that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette blabbed about it nearly three years ago!

My bad for castigating Time. The Post-Gazette’s bad for endangering the Veep. Time’s bad for misleading people about not-new news. Drudge’s bad for paying attention to Time.

All that’s missing now is her apology to Captain James Yee. (Well, of course it would have been nice if Michelle had responded to our email pointing out her error, but nobody’s perfect.)