Chicago Tribune | Man Signs Voter Registration as ‘God’
“‘Whenever I go to arrest somebody, they say, ‘Oh, God, give me another chance. Oh, God, let me go. I’ll turn myself in tomorrow,” Sewell said. He said he thinks his designated mark is legal.” What a dumbass!
(tags: dumbass funny)
Opinionistas: Fantasy
“Well, for starters, a few [...]
Harper’s: In the Zone
A chilling transcript in which Israeli soldiers gun down a 10-year-old Arab girl in the southern Gaza strip.
(tags: tragic awful as_hell)
Boing Boing: Joe Sacco’s comic on Iraqi prisoner abuse by US troops
“Joe Sacco, the reporter/graphic novelist who did the comics ‘Palestine’, ‘Safe Area Gorazde’ and ‘The Fixer’, has done an 8-page comic [...]
I was walking down the street towards work, and I see a guy in a pink bunny suit.
He turns.
It’s a pajama-bottom kind of thing, with a fake plastic butt showing. (One button unbuttoned.)
He turns to someone, and I see he has a bib and a pacifier.
I take what he’s handing out — anyone dressed [...]
I recently caught a few gems from Shakespeare’s Sister.
In reaction to Gore’s fantastic speech not really making headlines:
I swear to Jeebus if aliens landed on US soil with the express purpose of delivering to us an environmentally-friendly fuel source which could be utilized by our existing infrastructure and costing nary a penny to implement, Pat [...]
In correlation to my last post, just wanted to direct your attention to: “Burnoff, Pt. 1: The Bad Guys Win“:
These days it seems like every time you turn on one of your gadgets you have to fight with its DRM to get it to do what you want. The home movie of your daughter opening [...]
I have to admit, I just do not understand the Motion Picture Association of America, on several levels. First, they’re very much a monopoly — they’re all the movie studios. All of them. Doesn’t the whole ‘antitrust’ thing kick in at some point, or do we just ignore that in today’s world?
Second, [...]
Well, Dubya, you got one consolation — the only President to ever resign from office in disgrace would’ve supported you (video):
David Frost: These meetings produced a plan, the Huston Plan, which advocated the systematic use of wiretappings, burglaries, or so-called black bag jobs, mail openings and infiltration against antiwar groups and others. Some of these [...]
Briefing: “In January 2006 Google affirmed its intent to filter certain keywords given to it by the Chinese government. The restrictions will apply to thousands of terms and websites.[34] The censored content will appear on a website called google.cn. Google was heavily criticized for the move, yet it claims it is necessary to keep the [...]
Richard Roeper: Oprah swallows her pride, takes admirable stand
“Oprah is to be commended for taking such a brave step. It’s not easy for anyone, let alone someone who is surrounded by constant worship, to make such a humble apology.”
(tags: interesting tv)
Chuck Norris Facts: “If you spell Chuck Norris in Scrabble, you win. Forever.”
(tags: funny as_hell)
McSweeney’s [...]
From Jessamyn:
Yesterday when I was at work, I called home and asked to talk to Katie. I do that sometimes. Geoff put her on, and I started talking. After I’d said a few words, she said, “Mama!” I talked a little more, and I heard Geoff in the background asking her [...]
Vietnam vet Ron Kovic wonders:
I cannot help but wonder what it will be like for the young men and women wounded in Iraq. What will their homecoming be like? I feel close to them. Though many years separate us we are brothers and sisters. We have all been to the same place. For us in [...]
From an interview with Billboard:
After I started spending more time at home, I realized I didn’t miss what I was doing. I hadn’t enjoyed the last few years of what’s called acting. I’m really not an actor.
He’s a country singer.
(Evidently, a rather funny one, though. ;-))
Will Shetterly once wrote a brilliant short story called “The People Who Owned the Bible,” which largely influenced my awareness of and position when it comes to intellectual property rights. Because Shetterly licensed his story under a Creative Commons license, I can share it with you here, originally found on Shetterly’s blog.
From Crooks and Liars:
An angry emailer:
For over a year now I’ve been bombarded, overtly or otherwise, by an unhealthy obsession with the world outside me. I’m speaking specifically about politics. And I’ve come to the conclusion that neither side wants an understanding on a more meaningful level. That for every O’Reilly there is someone [...]
Aristocrats, The (2005)
Far too much talking ABOUT the joke as contrasted to the comedians’ actual, uninterrupted routines, available as an extra on the disc. Plus, the splicing together of routines in a hodgepodge medley was an annoying directorial choice.
(tags: *** my_netflix_reviews)
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