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Fortuyn's alleged assassin appears to be a political animal of a very different sort. Volkert van der Graaf, 32, who was arrested immediately after the shooting and arraigned on Wednesday, is an animal-rights activist and long-term member of an environmental group that legally challenges farmers who seek to expand their operations. A principled vegan who once told an interviewer he couldn't abide the cruelty of baiting a fishhook, Van der Graaf lived in the small town of Harderwijk with his wife and three-month-old baby. "He was not given to jokes or eccentricities," says Caroline...
...murder. They are also revisiting the unsolved 1996 murder in a town near Harderwijk of an environmental official found shot in the head. Whatever the details, many Fortuyn supporters contend that by demonizing Fortuyn, established politicians are somehow responsible for fueling the murderous intent of his assassin...
...lush, jagged drum beat, the song mines Tweedy’s favorite theme—twisted, bitter love. He is one of the premier lyricists working in rock music today; few songwriters take as much joy in manipulating words. “I am an American aquarium drinker/ I assassin down the avenue/ I’m hiding out in the big city blinking/ What was I thinking when I let go of you.” Tweedy’s gift is finding precisely the right moment to let that naked emotion drop within a verse. Until that last...
...challenge for the current Lakers would have been Magic Johnson, James Worthy, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Showtime version from 1987. With Michael Cooper being a premier defensive stopper to use in neutralizing Kobe, and Byron Scott rounding off the best offense in NBA history with his assassin-like three pointers, a 6’9 Magic Johnson would have a field day running circles around the 6’1 Derek Fisher. Shaq would dominate Abdul-Jabbar, who weighs about 60 pounds less, but that would be the only bright spot for the current Lakers. Worthy could...
...Scorpion King’s creativity, in fact, extends beyond killing techniques and into its portrayal of The Rock himself. This Akkadian assassin ironically rides an intelligent camel and can’t help but include a couple of The Rock’s endearing grins and even a crowd-pleasing version of his famous “people’s eyebrow” at one point...