Monthly Archives: November 2004

This’ll go well.

VDH on Alexander.

Alexander the Great is third-rate Cecil B. Demille in drag.

Yeah, I found it amusing.

Here’s a list of stuff to do before you die.

I heart Scott.

The spokesman quoted Mr. Bush as saying, “My Canadian trip is just a diplomatic visit to our faithful neighbors whose partnership with the U.S. over the years has been inconsequential in so many way

HD DVD wins support of 4 studios.

That’ll cost you $66,334.

via Fark

Wifi billboard shirts.

via Instapundit

Apparently Alexander isn’t too good. Which is a bummer because I wanted to see it.

I just blacklisted myself. Argh.

And while I’m here. This weeks Amazon Short is biz-arre.

Things like this cause me to wish we had a Democratic congress with a Republican president. Or a Democrat Senate and a Republican House. Anything to stop this sort of stupidity.

The best and worst of the year.

via Instapundit

Color printers have been helping the government track you. Yes, you. Right there. Yeah, we see you.

Laser-printing technology makes it incredibly easy to counterfeit money and documents, and Crean says the dots, in use in some printers for decades, allow law enforcement to identify and track down counterfeiters.

via Fark

It’s good to see Jews and Arabs coming together.

On the level below that are the “Humanitarians.” Based on benchmarks available from other sources, the “Humanitarians” seem to have given between $100,000 and $500,000. In their ranks are the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, as well as a Pakistani-American businessman from California, Farooq Bajwa. Several perennial Clinton donors are on this list, such as the Big Apple Supermarkets chief, John Catsimatidis, and a San Diego class action lawyer, William Lerach. The U.S.-Islamic World Conference gave at the Humanitarian level, as did several Jewish groups, the Jewish Communal Fund, the Jewish Community Foundation, and the University of Judaism, according to the information available on the computer screen in the Clinton Library here.

via Drudge Report

It hasn’t snowed here yet. Okay, there was snow falling this morning, but only a little and it didn’t stick.

Awesome. I’m getting Christian 419 scammers. Here’s a summary.

In short, I have sold all the properties after their death, as instructed by Mr. Rahman Bolkiah before his death. And as a matter of fact, after I sold all their properties, I realized more than $10,000,000.00 (Ten million US dollars plus), and what supposed to be the percentage interest of my right legal fee was first of all deducted by me from the total amount realized from the sold properties, this was based on the initial agreement between me and the owner of the properties before his death. Therefore the total amount left to be invested into God’s work as instructed by the owner, is $10,000,000.00 (Ten million US dollars) only.

…

Therefore, as I was preparing myself to fly to Holland due to my
persistent illness, in order to have access for more money in the
Consignment, so that I can remove out of the money again to take myself to
the best Hospital in Europe in order to receive the best treatment, I then
had encounter with Christ when Pastor Benny Hinn was preaching on
television concerning Ananias and Saphira in Acts 5:1-11. And after
hearing the word of God, I then gave my life to Christ and became a born
again Christian.

I guess God could use Benny Hinn. He clearly misses the point of Ananias and Saphira’s story though.

…

So after my fasting and prayers, I asked God to make His choice and direct
me to an honest Christian or the chosen ministry that deserves this fund
by His Grace. I then came across your address on the Internet as I was
browsing through a Christian site, and as a matter of fact, it is not only
you or your ministry that I picked on the Christian site initially, but
after my fervent prayer over it, then you were nominated to me through
divine revelation from God, so this is how I received such a divine
revelation from the Lord and how I got your contact information, I then
decided to contact you for the fund to be used wisely by you or through
you for the things that will glorify the name of God.

Why God didn’t reveal to him how to look up my snail mail address on the internet and just mail me a check is beyond me.

A test, for you.

83%, yo.

Another bit of hard learned knowledge out the window. The earth has two moons.

Yesterday Casto said the OBL tape was a plot by Bush to win the election. Today, Kerry says the tape cost him the election. Weird, eh?

Why Firefox is the greatest. thing. evar.

A new and improved way to realize that some things never change.

And really, does a newspaper article from 1923 really need to be copyrighed? Are the Hursts still collecting royalties off of it or something? C’mon.

via Slashdot

They think they found the Al Qaida headquarters in Fallujah. The sign gave it away.

Nifty ant habitat. Them NASA guys, they are clever. Like rocket scientist clever.

Plus, they don’t need to be fed or watered. Even I could keep them alive.

A roundup of the Arafat death rumors. And a Canard-O-Matic to make your own.

Locusts plague Egypt. Again.

More on why Bush’s second term isn’t necessarily a triumph of conservative values.

Apparently Call Before You Dig doesn’t work for Verizon.

A 19 vote lead? Phew.

Fark is down! Where will I get my news and witty/inappropriate comments from today? I’m used to the internet coming to me, now I have to go out and find it. Drag.

UPDATE: Fark.ru is still up though. If only I spoke Russian.

Tracking students. Any kid that wants to goof off or a kidnapper is going to toss it first thing, so I’m not sure how it makes anyone safer.

It starts like this:

For God’s sake, if Patton were alive today he’d be slapping civilians.

And it goes on similarly.

This week’s Strong Bad Email is a classic. Poor Compy.

The number one song on my birthday was Chuck Berry’s My Ding-A-Ling. What a cruel, cruel world to be born into.

Here’s the thing. Bush sucks as a conservative at home. Don’t expect too much from him.

I cannot fathom wanting the government to control peoples’ lives like this. Grow the welfare state? Why would you want to do that? It’s like she’s talking a foreign language.

Or maybe I didn’t tell you, but I told someone.

Assuming they actually come out with these, of course.

I’m guaranteed to be blind by the time I’m 50.

Not sharks, no.

While we concede that a world free of panic-striken guinea fowl would be a safer, happier place for our children and that fitter chickens would relieve the NHS of a great burden, we cannot accept that even tentative development of a laser-guided cybernetic cockroach is anything other than a gravely misguided concept.

Although the InsBot researchers believe that they are contributing to our eventual subjugation of the animal kingdom, it’s evident that taking the only creature on God’s Earth capable of withstanding a nuclear holocaust and bringing it into contact with its ostensible nememis can only end one way – post apocalyptic winter with a human slave army serving the merciless hordes of bomb-proof, laser-armed roboroach hybrids. We cannot stress strongly enough that this research must stop now, the lab be consigned to the flames and all elements of the InsBot dissolved in molten steel.

Take heed.

Carl’s Jr., ahem, has your daily caloric requirement in one handy burger.

I just like saying “economy”. How’s Canada’s economy? Because I’m sure bringing Mexico’s economy up to snuff is just what the US economy needs.

Couldn’t Canada and Mexico just form something without us? We could let them use I-5 or something as a corridor if it would help.

Peace Summit in Iraq.

“This is America,” Melinda answered, “I don’t need permission from anyone to carry a gun.”

“Actually, it’s Iraq,” Buck said.

“Whatever.” Melinda then turned to her camerawoman. “Make sure you have the lens cap off this time; this is a historic peace summit and we have a FOX exclusive.”

Everyone knows it’s not fair to bring up Clinton administration in a discussion of the Bush administration.

The country is in good hands.

10,000 visitors. That’s what Instapundit does in what, an hour?

Europe wants to take over the moon. I bet that’s why the US is looking into arming satellites. It all makes sense now.

Jonah Goldberg on Ashcroft.

Call 911 and get the AED!

Roomba vs. Segway. Oh, and I guess there was some conference or something going on.

via Slashdot

I don’t watch Red vs. Blue often, mostly because they are slow and boring, but Episode 43 has a hilarious line. It’s about halfway through.

UPDATE: It’s at 5:38 or so. And it’s not safe for work, btw. Unless cussing is okay at your work.

Scrappleface nails it. He’s so subtle.

Now, the kid should have stopped when they told her to, but c’mon, they’ve outlawed CARTWHEELS! What next? Stop walking! You might trip!

I find this amusing and slightly disturbing at the same time.

“We wanted to beat Martha Stewart to the punch” is the explanation one inmate gave for the book, said prison spokeswoman Lori Scammahorn.

/look there’s a walla and there’s a walla

I fail to see how recording driving patterns is going to stop people from crashing into things like Farmer’s Markets.

According to Joe Osterman, director of highway safety at the NTSB, the recommendation was inspired in part by a tragic auto accident involving a 86-year-old man who drove his car into a crowded Santa Monica farmers’ market last summer, killing 10 and injuring 63.

Osterman said a black box in the car might have not saved the people in the crash, but would have allowed investigators to find out how it happened and how cars could be better designed to reduce the likelihood of greater injury in the future.

Nifty looking maps, weighted by population.

On why not to cross the United States.

In Great Britian.

Truer words were never spoken:

If there’s anything bound to financially succeed in America, it’s a magic weight loss drug that requires absolutely no effort on the part of patients.

Microsoft is always playing catch up when it comes to internet stuff.

Breathe deeply the fresh air America, Ashcroft has resigned. No longer are we under the thumb of his jackbooted thug, er, lawyers.

This is exactly what I think.

Disorderly Orderly is teh hilarious.

Oh, wait, they’ve already tried this.

The West rocks.

But to write a novel about it never occured to me. Of course, writing a novel about anything, ever has never occured to me.

No, don’t thank me all at once. Please.

Old and busted: X-Prize. Teh new hotness: America’s Space Prize.

My brother’s blog. Since it’s lasted 3 days, I have hope for it. Probably not of national importance, but this is an amazing picture.

Alton (yes, my good friend Alton, no last name needed) is apologizing. He said something about gritty cornmeal or something. I couldn’t follow it.

The Useless Post

I’ve tried to like Cafe Doma’s coffee, but it just isn’t working for me. I know, they’re the coolest. Nice website, more atmosphere than Jupiter, the latest and the greatest. But the fruity coffee just turns me off. Back to Java.

The plucky little rovers are still roving.

Opportunity had a lucky break recently when a mysterious “cleaning event” apparently blew dust off its solar panels, increasing its power by up to 5% overnight, project manager Jim Erickson said. The favorite theory: A dust devil ran over the rover.

It was a homeless martian dude trying to make a couple bucks, I bet.

IMAO victory shirts. Except I’d have to wear it in Spokane if I wanted to get a rise out of anyone.

Want to create some phat beatz, yo? Freeware for you.

A little help here?

A U.S. decision to call Macedonia, “Macedonia,” has raised the ire of Greece, which is threatening to keep the country out of the European Union.

The article also has this little gem:

Karamanlis called the U.S. decision “unfortunate” and “untimely” and noted it has no say in the EU. He also urged the 25-nation bloc to continue to support Greece’s opposition to the name change.

What? The US doesn’t have a say in the EU’s decisions? I’m crushed.

On Democrats listening. Good stuff.

Arafat may or may not be dead. I may or may not be happy about it.

I’m going to miss everyone thinking Ashcroft is crushing dissent in America and is turning it into Puritiansville. Especially since he didn’t manage to have one high-profile standoff with anyone, much less three. I really don’t think he was trying hard enough.

The majority of Americans are stupid. Apparently, disagreeing with the editors of the Daily Mirror automatically qualifies you as stupid. Better contact Mensa so they can update their admission qualifications.

The rest is not funny, but hey it’s worth it for this.

“You don’t go changing horsemen in the middle of the Apocalypse.”

Seriously, have people’s lives changed so much for the worse in the last four years that they are considering this?

Lileks has some of the most appalling examples of 70s decor imaginable.

1. The Idaho State Patrol has a “zero tolerance” thing going on I-90 now. Which is funny because I know people that have gotten tickets for going 73 in a 70. They really don’t have much room to be more intolerant.

2. If people don’t want to vote, leave them alone. Dictatorships make people vote. *cough*Cher*cough*

Osama plans to bankrupt the US out of existance. Freak.

I drove past my polling place on the way to work this morning. There were about 10 cars in the parking lot, and no lines out the door. Further updates as events warrant.

UPDATE: I was the 240th voter at my polling place. Idaho’s ballot cracks me up. Half the time there only a Republican running. Do you want to vote for Mike Crapo or write in Donald Duck?

FURTHER UPDATE: Oh yeah. There was no wait. Two people were registering so I cut in front of them and there was one other person already voting. And I walked past a couple walking out as I was walking in.

Yes, the world will go on.

Lileks is talking about all sorts of interesting things.

“Plus, I sent Condi to appeal to Latino voters.”

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Condoleezza Rice smiled unconvincingly. “So who likes salsa?”

From Frank J.

Having done more than I could, I salute her finish.

A study on the press.

via Inoperable Terran

What next? They had to see this sort of thing coming. Right?

It’s good to know that the election hasn’t pushed stories like this out of the limelight in Great Britian.

This is what the country needs at a time like this.

Like always. I remember the evil that was Ronald Reagan myself. And yes, I hated Clinton in 1996 with a fervor matching that of the Democratic Underground today, so I don’t quite see the country as ready to split at the seams. It’s just the other team’s turn to be convinced the country is going to hell in a handbasket.