moustache moustache ride
Apr 18, 2008 @ 17:07
Dani and I are off to the Man Man show tonight, and then I'm off to Chicago tomorrow.
Bark like a dog twice if you need anything while I'm gone.
like the corner of my mind
Apr 18, 2008 @ 12:59
Memory to never forget:
Moving into current my apartment. My real TV still back at the old apartment being watched by the old roommates. No furniture. No table. No TV stand.
But I did have a 4" Sony portable TV from the 80's with RCA AV inputs, an NES, and a floor to lay on.
And beer.
Glory. Sweet sweet glory.
Also, Mr. 74 helped me coin a new word:
ten•trance n.
1. The entrance to a tent.
it's my website and i'll cry if i want to
Apr 15, 2008 @ 09:45
I was too embarrassed by my six year old HTML to go on.
So... until I get around to redesigning this site... PARTY LIKE IT IS NINETEEN NINETY-SIX!
pbs = people's bullshit?
Mar 19, 2008 @ 18:59
Dear Judy on NewsHour,
I was shocked and very frustrated to listen to statements made by some of Judy's guests on the March 19 episode of NewsHour, because they were not factual and went unchecked by other guests.
One guest made the comment that citizens of Iraq who were previously afraid for their lives because of Saddam Hussein can now "go out shopping." This is a ridiculous assertion given the level of violence in Iraq during the last 5 years. One million Iraqis have been killed in the 5 years of the current Iraq war versus the very aggressive estimate of one million Iraqis killed in the over 20 years of Saddam's reign. (And 500,000 of those one million were killed in the Iran-Iraq war, which the U.S. backed.)
Another guest questioned where the "blood for oil" argument comes from because the cost of oil is "at an all time high." Oil companies are posting record profits, with each year beating their previous year's record profits. The war has been extremely profitable for oil companies, and many United States politicians have significant ties, investments, or other involvement with oil companies.
Finally, a guest defending Iraq war spending made the assertion that the Constitution charged the U.S. government with providing national security, and then moved on to say that the government should be expected to tighten its belt when times are tough, not spend more. We are fighting the Iraq war using funds borrowed from Asia and other foreign sources. We are not being fiscally responsible.
me
connect the dots
Feb 20, 2008 @ 17:01
Meteor in Portland
Navy Waits for Satellite Kill Shot
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
Huge meteor tears across early-morning sky
Weather May Delay Satellite Shot
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...
anything but that
Feb 15, 2008 @ 10:29
semantic sombitch
Feb 13, 2008 @ 22:02
So I was thinking about the abso-fucking-lutely disgusting Orwellian semantic parsing of chinese water torture as not that but an "enhanced interrogation technique." (I can't even type it without my blood boiling.)
So if we can sell torturing people to the public by calling it "enhanced interrogation techniques" instead, what else could we do with this fun word game?
Well... you could maybe rob a bank and tell the judge it was just an "enhanced withdrawal technique."
But that isn't quite spiteful enough against President Shitforbrains.
Here's one for you: how about the House passes a resolution and set of charges, that is then passed on to the Senate for a vote and verdict, for the purposes of removing Bush from office.
What's that Nancy Pelosi? Impeachment is off the table? No, No... I'm talking about an "enhanced oversight technique." Totally fucking different.
Oh... and did you know that evidence obtained through water torture probably hasn't been used in a trial since the Spanish Inquisition? Go us!