"Aly Wagner of the Spirit, meanwhile, is a new star on the horizon just beginning her ascent with blazing speed and luminosity

Uhhh...this is just wrong in so many ways. Does the writer mean to indicate that new stars are born on the horizon before streaking across the sky, brightening as they go? That sentence is so horrible that I'm having a hard time finding the words to rip it apart!

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"Is that a laser pointer? Well...that's fantastic! I mean...wow..that's just...GREAT!"
-Donald Rumsfeld before a Nov. 2001 speech
(His enthusiasm was muted, however, when he learned he could not guide a bomb with it.)