An Orthodox Jew executed in Antwerp. There’s going to be big trouble for Jews in Europe over the next few years.

Just in case you need a quick work-break, check out this very excellent–and as far as I can tell, complete–list of arcade games. I think every arcade game ever made is included, and most of them have screenshots and little biographies. It’s the IMDB of arcade games; an essential resource.

I’m congenitally skeptical about anonybloggers, but Wretchard at the Belmont Club is slowly converting me. His post today about how the Russians were defeated at Grozny is very, very good, and should be widely read.

That’s the title of this charming little website. It’s not really a website, actually, so much as a one page rant, the driving theme of which is: Blue states = Northeast America = Good. Red states = The South = Bad.

I won’t lie–some of the rant is sort of funny (although maybe that’s because I’m a Yankee at heart).

But here’s my question: Much of the “liberal elite” reaction to the election (see Ted Rall, Michael Kinsley, et al) has settled on this being a North vs. South split. Which is true, except for the other parts of the country that voted for Bush, too: the Midwest, the Great Plains, the Mountain West, and the Southwest.

What should really concern Democrats is that Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and even Wisconsin seem to be trending more and more Republican. If Democrats have to wage pitched battles in these states, it’s going to be very difficult for them to win elections.

Sour Democrats should stop obsessing about the South and start worrying about their problems in the rest of the country.

In their continuing quest to debase the art of cinema, the AFI is compiling a list of the top 100 movie lines of all time.

By quotes, the AFI explains, they mean the greatest “quips, comebacks, and catchphrases.” Swell.Why pay homage to great writing when you have catchphrases to exhalt?

I’m going to assume that we won’t be seeing a beautiful, heart-rending line like “She gets the winter passion, and I get the dotage?” Nah, who needs that when you’ve got “I’ll be back.”

So, I hearby commission Galley Slave readers to submit their nominations for Best Movie Line Ever. I haven’t thought about this for more than three minutes, but to get the ball started, I’ll offer:

“There’s always one more thing.” –Bridge on the River Kwai

“Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father: prepare to die.” –The Princess Bride

“Listen, I don’t mean to be a sore loser, but when it’s done, if I’m dead, kill him.” –Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Update, 1:02 p.m.: SoxBlog emails in his nomination: “‘Deserve”s got nothin to do with it.” –Unforgiven

Other suggestions keep pouring in. This thread will be updated frequently throughout the day. But if you really want to waste time at work, check out the official AFI short-list of the 400 nominated lines, downloadable as a PDF here. **WARNING** The file is 103 pages long, so print at your own risk.

Galley Friend K.T. sends along this story about American Airlines: They’re removing all of the pillows from their MD-80 planes. Where’s the outrage?

I fly the Super-80 on American fairly often, and I must say that I enjoy the pillows. The public line American is taking is that not having pillows will streamline the cabin-cleaning process between flights, saving the airling “in the mid-six figures” annually. Also, they maintain that the adjustable headrests make the pillows obsolete.

But not so fast: If I remember a helpful article in British Airways’ in-flight magazine correctly, the proper place to put your pillow is not behind your neck, but behind your lower back. Surely we have some expert readers to weigh in on this important quesiton . . .

Now this is real, serious bad news: TiVo is going to start putting pop-up ads on-screen while you fast-forward through commercials. Suddenly, I feel much, much better about having the no-frills Comcast GhettoTiVo.

Sam Karnick has an interesting piece in the American Spectator on the real origins of political polarization.