The worst news I’ve heard in a few weeks:
I swear the new color
I swear the new color scheme looked okay last night. I will fix it soon. Sorry about that.
In the meantime, read some real funny stuff over at the Onion.
Accurate examination of signatures is
Accurate examination of signatures is the number one tool for fighting terrorists. Duh. Tell me something I don’t know.
I keep trying to get
I keep trying to get my non-scientific mind to cooperate with me and help me to understand what this thing is all about. From my cursory read through this web page, it appears that these instruments that have been placed around the globe by Princeton University and are supposed to produce random noise have somehow stumbled upon a pretty convincing argument that there is a global consciousness.
It’s quite fascinating, even if it turns out to be nothing.
“The world is coming to
“The world is coming to an end. We lost our record deal. And I couldn’t be having a better time.”
–Jeff Tweedy (last night)
Here is one of the
Here is one of the most thoughtful essays I’ve seen so far. There are many memorable quotes, but I like this one:
these past events are the ultimate case of high tech vs. tools from the bronze age, wherein, our position as a world superpower did nothing to protect us from what amounts to a grassroots attack by modern-day knifemen.
and this one:
by now, we all know that u.s. foreign policy has had a hand in the grave issues tearing apart the middle east, including what america thought was the cost-free support of israel, and even the taliban themselves when we were trying to get rid of the russians occupying afghanistan during the cold war. we create monsters to get rid of monsters and that goes on ad infinitum in a vicious circle.
Hours of fun: Military Codename
Hours of fun: Military Codename Generator.
Well, it looks like they
Well, it looks like they are probably going to rename Operation Infinite Justice. May I offer an alternative?
Operation Indefinable Enemy
It’s short, snappy and, more importantly, to the point. Ahhh, it’s good to see my cynicism slowly returning.
Here it is. Your Cliff’s
Here it is. Your Cliff’s Notes to what we are up against. A pretty well done fact sheet about bin Laden, albeit not too in depth.
Interesting bumper sticker seen today:
Interesting bumper sticker seen today:
God Protect Me From Your Followers