RealClearReligion - Quit Thinking School Prayer Is Banned
http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2011/12/08/quit_thinking_school_prayer_is_banned.html
Which is sooo close to being correct. The court actually prohibited mandatory school prayer. And that one word makes all the difference. (See: Twain, Mark on lightning-bug vs. lightning.)
Why SOPA endangers America's Internet leadership
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/why-sopa-endangers-americas-internet-leadership.ars
America's position of influence over the Internet economy is a valuable form of "soft power." If the US government uses this power judiciously, it can ensure that the Internet evolves in ways that serve US interests.
Instead, American policymakers are rapidly squandering this soft power by giving US law enforcement agencies—and, under SOPA, even private copyright holders—free rein to exercise this power with minimal judicial oversight. The US is home to many of the world's leading search engines, advertising networks, and credit card payment networks. These firms not only serve the US market, they are also widely used overseas. If the US begins to use them as pawns in its war against file-sharing, foreigners and their governments will become more reluctant to rely on them.
Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don't Watch Any News: Study
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/21/fox-news-viewers-less-informed-people-fairleigh-dickinson_n_1106305.html?comm_ref=false&ref=fb&src=sp#undefined
Dan Cassino, a political science professor at Fairleigh Dickinson, explained in a statement, "Because of the controls for partisanship, we know these results are not just driven by Republicans or other groups being more likely to watch Fox News. Rather, the results show us that there is something about watching Fox News that leads people to do worse on these questions than those who don’t watch any news at all."
How Pizza Became A Vegetable Through The Magic Of Influence-Peddling
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/16/pizza-vegetable-school-lunches-lobbyists_n_1098029.html
On Tuesday, Congress decided that pizza is a vegetable. I have to imagine that this news instilled confusion in many Americans, as many Americans are (a) familiar with pizza, (b) familiar with vegetables and (c) sane.
Fox News successfully creates climate confusion, but only among conservatives
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/11/fox-news-successfully-creates-climate-confusion-but-only-among-conservatives.ars
A while back, a memo surfaced that reportedly came from a Fox News executive, in which he directed his staff to always present opposing views on something we can essentially regard as a fact: our planet has been getting warmer. There has been plenty of anecdotal indications that this strategy has been carried out, including a truly bizarre incident in which Bill Nye, on the channel in order to discuss volcanic activity on the Moon, was asked if these volcanoes raised doubts about climate change.
Iowa Poll: Many think Cain’s 9-9-9 plan would help them | Iowa Caucuses
http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/11/04/iowa-poll-many-think-cains-9-9-9-plan-would-help-them
The bottom line: A family with an income level of $40,000 to $50,000 would pay $3,407 more a year in taxes, while families making $500,000 to $1 million a year would pay on average $80,315 less, according to the Tax Policy Center.
Lawmakers reaffirm 'In God We Trust' as U.S. motto - Wire - Lifestyle - bellinghamherald.com
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/11/01/2253332/lawmakers-reaffirm-in-god-we-trust.html
"I think we know by now that this Congress likes God. Can we move on?" said the Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
Tossed cart hit philanthropist - NYPOST.com
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/tossed_cart_hit_philanthropist_A9LWJ98bXkyoqktLimfphK
"Friends of both boys’ families insisted they’re good kids."
Yeah, good kids who almost murdered a lady.
Officials use ruse at high school to clear halls for drug search
http://boingboing.net/2011/10/24/officials-use-ruse-at-high-school-to-clear-halls-for-drug-search.html
Cantor Cancels Income Inequality Speech After Learning It Will Be Open To The Public. (Alex Seitz-Wald/ThinkProgress)
http://www.memeorandum.com/111021/p77#a111021p77
Climate Skeptics Take Another Hit (Kevin Drum/Mother Jones)
http://www.memeorandum.com/111021/p19#a111021p19
New Decoy Website Launched To Lure Away All Moronic Internet Commenters
http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-decoy-website-launched-to-lure-away-all-moroni,26393
Hospital to Injured Woman Already at the Hospital: 'Call an Ambulance' [Healthcare]
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/9RDdWUCbeSw/hospital-to-injured-woman-already-at-the-hospital-call-an-ambulance
Mass Infringement Lawyer Complains About Too Many People Challenging His Lawsuits
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/lg821/mass_infringement_lawyer_complains_about_too_many
Town Clerks Against Gay Marriage Are Making Inane Videos About Their 'Persecution' [Video]
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/Zv-8bWHKpxY/town-clerks-against-gay-marriage-are-making-inane-videos-about-their-persecution
Nobody could've predicted that slashing budgets crashes economies
http://rss.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/t0Dpssv4O9w/-Nobody-couldve-predicted-that-slashing-budgets-crashes-economies
They kept spraying water on the wood, but they just couldn't get the fireplace started
Daily Kos: Bartlett: Teabaggers Totally Ignorant About Taxes
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/3/27/851416/-Bartlett:-Teabaggers-Totally-Ignorant-About-Taxes
"So my conclusions: The ignorance (willful or otherwise) is deep. The anger (justified or otherwise) is high. Teabagger solutions are silly at best and dangerous at worst. But what bothers me more is that our side has been so woefully inadequate at laying out these facts. These are not sophisticated concepts and the words can be small."
Cox, McMillin woo reform foes with legal foolishness | freep.com | Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20100323/OPINION01/3230333/1322/Cox-McMillin-woo-reform-foes-with-legal-foolishness
"As a candidate for his party's gubernatorial nomination, Cox has every right to pander to the Tea Party adherents many believe will play a decisive role in August's Republican primary. As Michigan's top law enforcement officer, he should know better than to pursue his specious claim that Congress has exceeded its constitutional authority."
Facebook Wants to Be Your One True Login
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_your_one_true_loginpage3.php#comments
"@David, it's real. We've determined by looking at our traffic stats that people are doing Google searches for "facebook login" and coming upon RWW. They see the FB Connect button and assume that RWW is the "new Facebook."
Sigh.
The Internet Is Hard."
GPS-led travel goes amiss; 3 Ore. parties rescued - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100102/ap_on_hi_te/us_stranded_motorists
"If you are following your GPS and all of a sudden you find yourself in the middle of nowhere with snow all around, don't go there. Turn around."
Tea Party Protesters Protest D.C. Metro Service - Washington Wire - WSJ
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/09/16/tea-party-protesters-protest-dc-metro-service
In case it's not clear: These nutters are complaining that government services weren't expansive enough to accommodate their protest of expansive government services. "Rep. Kevin Brady asked for an explanation of why the government-run subway system didn’t, in his view, adequately prepare for this past weekend’s rally to protest government spending and government services. Seriously."
Pictured: The battered and bruised face of a burglar who got on the wrong side of a 72-year-old former boxer | Mail Online
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196479/Pictured-The-battered-bruised-face-burglar-got-wrong-72-year-old-boxer.html
"The blows were so powerful that McCalium, who had just lunged at Mr Corti with the knife, was left looking like he had been in 'a car accident'."
TheCabin.net ·· Prank call leads to $50K in damage 06/09/09
http://www.thecabin.net/stories/060909/loc_0609090001.shtml
Tax Tea Party Time, Part Two - Forbes.com
http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/16/tax-tea-party-opinions-columnists-protest.html
"People should remember that while they have the right to their opinion, they are not entitled to be taken seriously. That only comes from having credibility gained by the correct presentation of facts and analysis and a willingness to be even-handed--criticizing one's own side when it is wrong and not only speaking up when the other party does the same thing."
Giles Bowkett: Gay People, Come To Rails
http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2009/03/gay-people-come-to-rails.html
Will Obama Break Up Google? (GOOG)
http://www.businessinsider.com/will-obama-break-up-monopolist-google-2009-2
I hope not. Google's not a monopoly - it's got plenty of lesser competitors. They just happen to be really successful. It's easier to live Google free than MSFT free. "Obama's pick to head the Justice Department's antitrust unit, Christine Varney, believes that Google has a monopoly in search and will soon have a monopoly in cloud computing and that the government should act aggressively to prevent monopolies. So will she try to break Google up?"
kewlchops: Not quite what I had in mind.
http://george08.blogspot.com/2008/12/not-quite-what-i-had-in-mind.html
""I'll just get straight to the point. You've been affected by the layoffs." ... I watched as my access to various parts of the guts of Flickr fell away. I noticed how naturally I searched for any and all bits I could think of, just in the hope that it still existed. But no. I was shut out entirely within about 14 hours of the phone call. ... I was beginning to feel humiliated, particularly given what I was up to. You know, being in Taiwan at an international conference to talk about my work."
Terrorist 'tweets'? US Army warns of Twitter dangers - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081025/pl_afp/usattacksmilitaryinternettwitter
Right Wing Watch: The Dangers of Auto-Replace
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2008/06/the_dangers_of_1.html
"automatically replacing any use of the word “gay” with the word “homosexual” in any of the AP stories they run … leading to instances in which proper names are reformatted to meet their ridiculous standard"
The Chemistry Set » How I Lost My S#?! at the Apple Store
http://www.chemsetcomics.com/vulture-gulch-other-stories/other-stories/how-i-lost-my-s-at-the-apple-store
Guy can't read a manual; can't find a Torx driver; can't Google for it; freaks when the Apple Genius Bar charges a $30 stupidity tax; and is amazed that things come from Taiwan. It's somehow Apple's fault, and worth drawing a comic to bitch about it.
'Cool Cash' card confusion - News - Manchester Evening News
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1022757_cool_cash_card_confusion
"I phoned Camelot and they fobbed me off with some story that -6 is higher - not lower - than -8 but I'm not having it."
Video - Airbag puts an end to this moron's family tree - ToxicJunction.com
http://www.toxicjunction.com/get.asp?i=V2872
"This gentleman does the world some good by putting an end to his gene pool."
stereogum: Coachella: Rage Fans Didn't Like Crowded House
http://www.stereogum.com/archives/005258.html
"would any of these kids respond, even in passing recognition of the tune? And they responded alright. With a water bottle straight to Neil Finn's head!"
LSD as Therapy? Write about It, Get Barred from US :: News :: thetyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/News/2007/04/23/Feldmar
"Now I am being seen as one of those drug users, perhaps an addict, perhaps a dealer, one can't be sure. In the matter of a second, I became powerless, whatever I said wasn't going to be taken seriously. I was labeled, sorted and disposed of. Dismissed."
US teen jailed for school's daylight-saving cock-up | The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/16/daylight_saving_error
"In fact, because the school had not reset the clock on the hot line, which continued to show Eastern Standard Time, officials and police failed to spot that the bomb threat had actually come in at 4:17am - more than an hour after Webb's innocent call."
Mooninites coming to Hub: Theaters ‘toon’ out Tom’s plea - Local & Regional - BostonHerald.com
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=194044
"If it was banned in Boston it would get bigger numbers nationally because it would be front-page news."
Internet Access CAPTCHAs
http://www.defectiveyeti.com/iacaptchas
"I'd also like to see certain people on the Internet prevented from doing certain things. You know, like: logging onto the Internet."
Dems abandon war authority provision - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq
"Top House Democrats retreated Monday from an attempt to limit President Bush's authority for taking military action against Iran as the leadership concentrated on a looming confrontation with the White House over the Iraq war. "
Schneier on Security: Is Everything a Bomb these Days?
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/is_everything_a.html
From a comment: "Ignore then, laugh at them, try to understand them, but for gods sake do not give them a victory."
Schneier on Security: Non-Terrorist Embarrassment in Boston
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/nonterrorist_em.html
"Refuse to be terrorized, people!"
Thomas Menino is an incompetent coward - August J. Pollak - xoverboard.com
http://www.xoverboard.com/blogarchive/week_2007_01_28.html#002026
"There is no excuse for blaming Turner Networks, Adult Swim, and especially a single 27-year-old, for the overzealousness of Boston's government and the news media."
MAKE: Blog: UPDATED: Aqua Teen Hunger Force LED art shuts down Boston
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/01/aqua_teen_hunge_1.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
"Even if it was just something random, it sort of shows the folly of our security-obsessed world when a fictional martian can set a major city on high alert."
Turner Broadcasting "regrets" Boston security scare - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070131/ts_nm/security_boston_dc
"Turner Broadcasting apologized on Wednesday for a marketing campaign that sparked Boston's biggest security scare since the September 11, 2001, attacks -- closing bridges, shutting major roads and putting hundreds of police on alert. "
YouTube - Banana suit fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUGdBJLBlAg
"this guy puts rubbing alcohol and lights himself on fire"
Wired News: The Day the Music Died
http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,71997-0.html?tw=rss.technology
Ha-ha, in the comments: "Seriously, I thought Wired had hip, knowledgeable writers. When did they start an open exchange policy with Reader's Digest?"
Important Notice: Lik-Sang.com Out of Business due to Multiple Sony Lawsuits
http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3901
This makes me sad: "Lik-Sang.com, the popular gaming retailer from Hong Kong, has today announced that it is forced to close down due to multiple legal actions brought against it by Sony"
Great Falls Tribune - Lawmaker fires back at governor‘s comments on age of Earth
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061009/NEWS01/61009005/1002
"A Republican state lawmaker is criticizing Gov. Brian Schweitzer for comments he made to a newspaper here about the lawmaker‘s belief that the planet is not millions of years old."
Need to Know - PostGlobal
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/needtoknow/2006/10/bush_made_a_big_mistake.html
"the Bush administration sees diplomacy as something to be engaged in with another country as a reward for that country's good behavior. They seem not to see diplomacy as a tool to be used with antagonistic countries or parties"
Web site says liberals beat student GOP leader; police say no
http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-19/115959860215660.xml=&coll=2
"Police: Student picked fight with friends at party, got punched"
Static Electricity Gas = Bad
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=19779
"This is why you should never get back in your car while pumping gas. Could have been much worse."
Den of the Biting Beaver: Morality clauses, EC, and broken condoms
http://bitingbeaver.blogspot.com/2006/09/morality-clauses-ec-and-broken-condoms.html
"I live in rural Ohio and I have been denied EC. "
Boing Boing: Amazon Unbox to customers: Eat shit and die
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/09/15/amazon_unbox_to_cust.html
"Amazon's new video-on-demand store may sound like a good idea, but once you take a look at the "agreement" you enter into by giving them your money, that changes."
IR // News // Burns urges Schweitzer to take steps already taken
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/09/01/montana/a09090106_02.txt
“Sen. Burns has a lot of important things (he’s) doing in Washington, D.C.,” he said. “So maybe the things we’ve already been doing on the fires for the last 45 days, well, it just slipped by him.”
KRT Wire | 08/26/2006 | Katherine Harris attempts to defuse controversial comments
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/nation/15363945.htm
Of course she'd find a receptive audience at a gun show.
Rep. Harris Condemns Separation of Church, State
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/25/AR2006082501640.html
"Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) said this week that God did not intend for the United States to be a "nation of secular laws" and that the separation of church and state is a "lie we have been told" to keep religious people out of politics."
"Ghost riding" becomes "dangerous teen car craze" | Leftlane News - Car News For Enthusiasts
http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/08/16/ghost-riding-becomes-dangerous-teen-car-craze
"Ghost riding was started not to see people succeed, but to see people fail ... They want to see people run into trees, run over their foot."
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself - Search results for 'ghost ride da whip'
http://youtube.com/results?search=Search&search_query=ghost+ride+da+whip
It's like a parade of morons!
Think Progress ‽ Rumsfeld: ‘I Have Never Painted A Rosy Picture’ About Iraq
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/03/rumsfeld-iraq-rosy
"Here’s just a few of the “overly optimistic” comments made by Rumsfeld (and no, we did not have a “dickens of a time” finding them)"
Warrenellis.com ‽ John McCain On THE DAILY SHOW The Other Night
http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=2857
"In 2008 I want to see Arnold Schwartzenegger versus Jesse Ventura for the Presidency. And I want the debates to take place in a patch of desert, with a ring marked out with stones, see, and two swords thrown into the ring, and the music they always playe
Backyard Wrestling Turns Out To Be Self-Correcting Problem | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/49618
infojunkies: AOL rep refuses to cancel customer's account, gets fired.
http://community.livejournal.com/infojunkies/1950110.html
"An incredible video from CNBC shows an AOL customer trying to cancel his account, but a phone rep won't let him do it."
MacBookPro Burns Women's Leg, AppleCare Suggests "RTFM"
http://digg.com/apple/MacBookPro_Burns_Women_s_Leg%2C_AppleCare_Suggests_RTFM_#c1759937
"Well if she's to insensitive to know her leg is burning, she has a different problem altogether."
Feds pounce on student 'ninja' - Peculiar Postings - MSNBC.com
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12303788
"Agents misinterpret costume from University of Georgia Methodist event"
Continuing Intermittent Incoherency » ajaxWrong
http://alex.dojotoolkit.org/?p=551
"A XUL app being billed as “Ajax” is just as laughable as a Flex or XAML app suddenly growing the same moniker. That it’s Mozilla’s walled-garden language doesn’t really excuse the gaffe."
Boing Boing: NBC nastygrams YouTube over "Lazy Sunday"
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/17/nbc_nastygrams_youtu.html
"NBC issuing a C&D to YouTube makes about as much sense as NBC sending attorneys to the homes of every blogger or Livejournaler user who posted a link to a torrent somewhere -- not to mention the fan-made AIM icons and web banners."
Ledger-Enquirer | 02/14/2006 | White House blames victim
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/13865436.htm
"The White House blamed the 78-year-old man whom Vice President Dick Cheney shot during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas for the incident, as officials struggled Monday to explain why they waited nearly 24 hours before making the news public."
The Scientific Activist: Reporting from the Crossroads of Science and Politics: BREAKING NEWS: George Deutsch Did Not Graduate From Texas A & M University
http://scientificactivist.blogspot.com/2006/02/breaking-news-george-deutsch-did-not.html
"Through my own investigations I have just discovered that George Deutsch, the Bush political appointee at the heart of administration efforts to censor NASA scientists (most notably to prevent James Hansen from speaking out about global warming), did not
Kempa.com: Destroying History - Motown Building Razed for Super Bowl Parking
http://www.kempa.com/blog/archives/001047.html
"Before demolishing the building, the city couldn't be bothered to remove these artifacts. All sorts of historically important ephemera, knowingly demolished." As if I didn't have enough reasons to despise the Super Bowl and the Mayor
Cingular Patents the Emoticon :(
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15792.php
Bastards. Let's burn the patent office.
USATODAY.com - A false Wikipedia 'biography'
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-11-29-wikipedia-edit_x.htm
What a whiny moron. He took the trouble to call an ISP and report abuse, but the ass couldn't find the "edit" button and D.I.Y.?
Locked doors thwart Bush's bid to duck question - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051120/us_nm/bush_china_doors_dc_3;_ylt=Au1.71E0BkuClkPL7N3063rmWMcF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5bGVna3NhBHNlYwNzc3JlbA--
'"I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work," Bush quipped, facing reporters again until an aide rescued him by pointing to him toward the correct door.'
Zone-MR.NET: MoDaCo C550 Thief - PWN3D
http://zone-mr.net/?act=entry&id=36
"Moral of the story - even if you're enough of a cunt to steal from a charity raffle, don't be fucktarded enough to steal a phone from a community of phone experts."
Boing Boing: Sony releases de-rootkit-ifier, lies about risks from rootkits
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/03/sony_releases_deroot.html
"This component is not malicious and does not compromise security." And this lamprey on your neck sure does mean well.
EducationGuardian.co.uk | Worldwide | Intelligent design opponents invoke US constitution
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/worldwide/story/0,9959,1595143,00.html
"Anti-evolutionists claim that the site breaches the American constitution on the separation of church and state because it links to religious organisations which believe faith can be reconciled with Darwin's theory of evolution, reported the website Insi
Boing Boing: TiVo won't save certain shows or allow moving them
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/13/tivo_wont_save_certa.html
"I sold my TiVo when I left California. You can be goddamned sure I won't be buying another one. Ever"
Condi Returns to D.C. After Bloggers and 'Post' Expose Vacation
http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001054110
"All day Thursday, from the New York Post to several popular blogs, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice came under attack and ridicule for having fun in Manhattan while New Orleans sank and exploded in violence."
Show Me the Science - New York Times
http://nytimes.com/2005/08/28/opinion/28dennett.html?pagewanted=all
"If intelligent design were a scientific idea whose time had come, young scientists would be dashing around their labs, vying to win the Nobel Prizes that surely are in store for anybody who can overturn any significant proposition of contemporary evoluti
Regret The Error: Fox pundit's mistake terrorizes family
http://www.regrettheerror.com/2005/08/fox_pundits_mis.html
"Both have issued apologies Fox in a one-line statement to the Los Angeles Times and Loftus in an e-mail to the family after being contacted by the newspaper. The Voricks say they have yet to see or hear a correction."
Wired News: Feds Urge Delay for '.xxx' Domain
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,68545,00.html?tw=rss.POL
"We are, to say the very least, disappointed that concerns that should have been raised and addressed weeks and months ago are being raised in the final days."
TimesDispatch.com | iBook sale erupts in chaos, stampede
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?c=MGArticle&cid=1031784465530&pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle
"Even before the gates opened, the atmosphere turned surly, with people yelling at police officers who were trying to keep the crowd civil." SURLY.
[print version] Bush administration objects to .xxx domains | CNET News.com
http://news.com.com/2102-1028_3-5833764.html?tag=st.util.print
"A government report from a few years ago hints that the Bush administration could choose unilaterally to block .xxx from being added to the Internet's master database of domains."
PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com - Va. laptop sale turns into a stampede
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/COMPUTER_FRENZY?CTIME=2005-08-16-13-44-46&SECTION=HOME&SITE=VANOV&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
"A rush to purchase $50 used laptops turned into a violent stampede Tuesday, with people getting thrown to the pavement, beaten with a folding chair and nearly driven over. One woman went so far to wet herself rather than surrender her place in line."
U.S. Lowers Sights On What Can Be Achieved in Iraq
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/13/AR2005081300853_pf.html
"Getting out is going to be a more important consideration than the original goals were. They were unrealistic."
morons.org - Intelligent design -- theories, laws, and so forth
http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?id=6441§ionid=7
"Either way, you need a hypothesis, and you need to test it -- but you know right then whether the end result, if it's proven, would be a theory or a law."
the-inbetween.com [ Mild Coffee ]
http://the-inbetween.com/archives/000432.php
"I worry about your country when all Democrats can find to get holy about is a bit of inaccesible dry humping in a video game."
Freedom to Tinker » Blog Archive » Hollywood Controlling Parts of Windows Vista Design
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=882
"The document reveals that movie studios will have explicit veto power over what is included in some parts of Vista."
BBC NEWS | Americas | New name for 'war on terror'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4719169.stm
"The shift in terms comes at a time when the US public is increasingly pessimistic about the war in Iraq - and sceptical about its links to the fight against terrorism."
FOXNews.com - Politics - Tancredo: If They Nuke Us, Bomb Mecca
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,162795,00.html
And so, we make an enemy of the entire Islamic culture for a few thousand years.
CNN.com - Gov. Bush ends inquiry into Schiavo's collapse - Jul 8, 2005
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/08/governor.schiavo.ap/index.html
"Gov. Jeb Bush has declared an end to the state's inquiry into Terri Schiavo's collapse 15 years ago, after Florida's state attorney said there was no evidence that criminal activity was involved."
Wired subscriber gets a jolt
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/08/BUGF1DKKFM1.DTL
'"It's probably something we shouldn't have done," Timko said of using the collection agency to pressure readers. "It's not something we want to continue. "'
Put Down Your Key And No One Will Be Hurt @ Transportation Facilities Columns SecurityInfoWatch.com
http://www.securityinfowatch.com/article/article.jsp?id=4568&siteSection=387
' "Well, sir, that's a switchblade style, and that's a prohibited item,'' Mr. Rau said he was told. ''We're going to have to confiscate that.'' ' The terrorists have succeeded in making us look like morons, yet again.
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | 'Freedom fries' lawmaker's U-turn
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4086380.stm
"A pro-Iraq war US congressman who campaigned for French fries to be renamed "freedom fries" is now calling for US troops to return home from Iraq."
komo news | 'This Is Not Right'
http://www.komotv.com/stories/37150.htm
"They said 'no' and they said it's a national security issue. And I said what about my constitutional rights? And they said 'not at this point ... you don't have any'." All for a blunt bread knife. Yeah, I feel safer.
Smart Mobs: "21st Century Graffiti":The Real Urban Renewal?
http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/2005/06/08/21st_century_g.html
"We find new Detroits emerging out of our own discursive constructions." I also find new lint architectures emerging from my navel.
The Washington Monthly - BARBARISM IN TEXAS
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2005_06/006447.php
"Prosecutors chose not to pursue the death penalty against Flores, meaning he received an automatic life sentence with parole possible after 40 years." 19-year-old guy in jail for stepping on girlfriend's stomach because abortion was unavailable.
Mark Alexander: 'Gay Days'? The reality of gender-disorientation pathology
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/markalexander/ma20050603.shtml
"This week, many an unsuspecting American family will travel to Walt Disney World, where they will find themselves at the epicenter of a recurring cultural earthquake." OMG WTF teh gays go to Disney World!?!?
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | French fries protester regrets war jibe
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1491567,00.html
'...now the US politician who led the campaign to change the name of french fries to "freedom fries" has turned against the war...' [nelson]HA-HA![/nelson] Jackass.
The Observer | International | Would you Adam 'n' Eve it ... dinosaurs in Eden
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1489520,00.html
"Nestling deep in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas, in the heart of America's Bible Belt, this is the first dinosaur museum to take a creationist perspective."
William Reardon's Blog: How Quicken Has Lost My Trust
http://www.wdr1.com/blog/archives/000659.html
"We'd be making one of the largest purchases of our life, misled by deceptive advertising embedded in Quicken."
Microsoft Rewrites the History of Tabbed Browsing : Joe Grossberg
http://www.joegrossberg.com/archives/002092.html
"No mention of Firefox. Or Opera. Or Safari. Or Mozilla. Or OmniWeb. Or any non-Microsoft products at all. It's as if they have been erased from history."
Kan. Debate Challenges Science Itself - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050515/ap_on_sc/kansas_evolution
"In order to live in this science-dominated world, you have to be able to discriminate between science and non-science ... They want to rewrite the rules of science."
Ledger-Enquirer | 05/06/2005 | Mother's call gets son in hot water
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/11575912.htm
'Francois said he told the teacher, "This is my mom in Iraq. I'm not about to hang up on my mom."'
Boston.com / News / Local / N.H. / Skipped gym class costs student diploma
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/05/08/teen_skips_gym_loses_diploma
"A decision to take Advanced Placement biology instead of gym will cost a Bow High School senior her diploma, but it won't keep her from going to college in the fall." I ended up doing something like this in High School, yet still got a diploma. I was a
Congress confuses file sharing with manslaughter | The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/21/p2p_is_murder
"Since involuntary manslaughter brings, on average, anywhere from 0 to 36 months' incarceration, one might well question the morality of going harder on those who trade files than on those who negligently cut short the lives of fellow citizens."
The RIAA finally stoops to open extortion, and Comcast helps them do it
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050420-4828.html
"It's basically old-fashioned extortion, done right out in the open and with the cooperation of a broadband service provider." Hmm, I wonder who does good DSL in my area...
The Photo McDonalds Didn't Want You To See :. WillPate.org
http://www.willpate.org/archives/2005/04/18/the-photo-mcdonalds-didnt-want-you-to-see.php
"So in the interest of showing how silly corporate policy can become, I've posted the pictures to Flickr and wrote about my experience."
dooce: Email: Best wishes in growing up
http://www.dooce.com/archives/daily/03_08_2005.html
"WE FIND that we know where you work, Matt Jackson, and that this company isn’t going to take kindly toward one of their principals sending bizarre, misogynistic diatribes to a public figure."
Yahoo! News - NBC's 'Fear Factor' Sued for Rat-Eating Episode
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050105/tv_nm/television_rat_dc
Guy claims it made him vomit, become dizzy and light-headed, bump his head on a doorway, and apparently lose all ability to change TV channels.
Manish Vij: Damn furriners: State political party thinks Indian script sure is funny-lookin’
http://www.vij.com/archive/damn_furriners.html
"Basically, someone decided to type in some random text in English and change the font to Punjabi." Wow. Disgusting. Makes Michigan look WONDERFUL.
Apple G5 Converted to A PC
http://www.overclockers.com/tips1133/index02.asp
"When I showed my friend, who happens to love Apple, he looked sick. He did not say anything to me. He just put his hands on his head and was in shock. I wish I had a picture of that." Oh God. Uhh. What an expensive PC case. What nice parents. What a
net send * HEY!
http://www.nightmarecandles.com/Hey!.html
Someday, somebody better hire this kid and pay him well