Nun assassinated defending Amazon
28.2.05
21.2.05
Good neighbor policy...
Aljazeera.Net - Settlers poison Palestinian well
I think it's important to remember that the Palestinian's aren't really people in the normal sense of the word. They actually enjoy and benefit from water which to us normal humans might be undrinkable. And I don't really know what the whole fuss over Israeli settlers burning the villager's crops, the settlers are obviously saving the Palestinians some effort by cooking their grains for them. The nerve of people to criticize such generous measures, honestly.
I think it's important to remember that the Palestinian's aren't really people in the normal sense of the word. They actually enjoy and benefit from water which to us normal humans might be undrinkable. And I don't really know what the whole fuss over Israeli settlers burning the villager's crops, the settlers are obviously saving the Palestinians some effort by cooking their grains for them. The nerve of people to criticize such generous measures, honestly.
18.2.05
The death of liberalism?
TNR Online | Not Much Left (print)
Yeah, that about sums it up. The Left is merely a bunch of has-beens, hoping to confront the Right with accusations of "that's stupid" while failing to proffer their own effective solution. Of course, the answer to this is a new thinker. Where is the prophet?
Yeah, that about sums it up. The Left is merely a bunch of has-beens, hoping to confront the Right with accusations of "that's stupid" while failing to proffer their own effective solution. Of course, the answer to this is a new thinker. Where is the prophet?
America: Winning the war for hearts and minds
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | 'Nobody is talking': "It was following his visit that torture and humiliation by the guards began in earnest. Prisoners were hooded, threatened with rape, threatened with torture, had pistols held to their heads, made to strip naked, forced to eat pork and drink alcohol, beaten till they bled - sometimes with implements, including a broom and a chair - hung from doors by cuffed hands, deceived into thinking they were to be electrocuted, ducked in toilet buckets, forced to simulate masturbation, force to lie naked in a pile and be photographed, urinated on, menaced and, in one case, severely bitten by dogs, sodomised with a chemical light, ridden like horses, made to wear women's underwear, raped, deprived of sleep, exposed to the midday summer sun, put in stress positions and made to lie naked, in empty concrete cells, in complete darkness, for days on end. "
17.2.05
Sweet
Iran, Syria form 'united front' | csmonitor.com
Syria and Iran, allies. Very fun. Syria with Russian surface to air missiles... excellent. The question is, would the United States be aggressive enough to pursue this to the end? United, Syria and Iran would be able to effectively repel any offensive mounted by America alone. You think the French or Germans would join our side? Russia's their friend. China wouldn't mind seeing the United States bite the bullet... they'd get all the corporations. That leaves who? Japanese: Koizumi is pressing to relabel the Japanese self-defence forces as a military. Australians: With Howard reelected the government will back us up, but it could be the tipping point for the people. Britain: The big question. I'd say no. Blair went out on a limb to maintain the North Atlantic alliance, but given the prospects for World War Three on such a mad venture, Britain would hold its arm. It'd do everything in its power to hold us back, but the populace would never accept sending troops.
Satan returns from Babylon, no? The corporate beast that holds us up, our completely material, lustful personalities as the whore. Eh.
Syria and Iran, allies. Very fun. Syria with Russian surface to air missiles... excellent. The question is, would the United States be aggressive enough to pursue this to the end? United, Syria and Iran would be able to effectively repel any offensive mounted by America alone. You think the French or Germans would join our side? Russia's their friend. China wouldn't mind seeing the United States bite the bullet... they'd get all the corporations. That leaves who? Japanese: Koizumi is pressing to relabel the Japanese self-defence forces as a military. Australians: With Howard reelected the government will back us up, but it could be the tipping point for the people. Britain: The big question. I'd say no. Blair went out on a limb to maintain the North Atlantic alliance, but given the prospects for World War Three on such a mad venture, Britain would hold its arm. It'd do everything in its power to hold us back, but the populace would never accept sending troops.
Satan returns from Babylon, no? The corporate beast that holds us up, our completely material, lustful personalities as the whore. Eh.
15.2.05
So the way this works...
The New Republic Online: Paradise Lost
Not only can a corrupt government have all past crimes forgiven in order to continue them into the future by simply supporting the Iraq war, but a government can in fact begin anti-democratic and totalitarian measures after supporting the Iraq war with the full support of the United States of America. Sometimes freedom just makes me so happy.
Not only can a corrupt government have all past crimes forgiven in order to continue them into the future by simply supporting the Iraq war, but a government can in fact begin anti-democratic and totalitarian measures after supporting the Iraq war with the full support of the United States of America. Sometimes freedom just makes me so happy.
12.2.05
Erowid PCP Vault : Info #1
Erowid PCP Vault : Info #1: "Perhaps the hallmark of PCP intoxication is the recurring delusion of superhuman strength and invulnerability resulting from the analgesic and dissociative properties ofthe drug. Intoxicated patients have been known to snap hancuffs and, unarmed, attack, large groups of people or police officers. This loss of fear hasled patients to try to stop a train by standing in front of it, to grossly mutilate themselves and others, to climb into a polar bear's cave to takea picture, and to jump from windows or cliffs. The bizarre behavior is often violent, sometimes with gruesome mutilation of both the patient and hisor her victim. One intoxicated abuser pulled out his front teeth with a pair of pliers. Another woman fried her baby in cooking oil. There are many reported assaults of friends and strangers, both with and without weapons. Many of these violent acts are committed by drug users who were previously totally nonviolent individuals."
PCP is a schedule II illegal substance... Weed is a schedule I... please write your congressmen.
PCP is a schedule II illegal substance... Weed is a schedule I... please write your congressmen.
Decleration of Revocation
Declaration of Revocation
John Cleese
To the citizens of the United States of America, in the light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today.
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories.
Except Utah, which she does not fancy.
Your new Prime Minister (The Right Honourable Tony Blair, MP for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a Minister for America without the need for further elections.
Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.
Accordingly my government will invoke your Anti-Trust laws to break up the monopolistic power of the former USA. The country will therefore be broken up into separate entities as follows.
Alaska will be sold back to the Russians. If they don't have the cash it will be offered to the Canadians and then the Japanese.
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, American Samoa and other colonies and dependencies will be returned to governance by their indigenous people.
Florida will be given to Cuba. This achieves several things:
1)it recompenses the Cubans for the economic blockade they have endured for years,2)a large percentage of the state's population is Cuban and they'll feel at home,3)as the people of Florida don't know how to vote properly it won't matter as they won't be able to vote in the future. California, Texas, New Mexico and any other bits of former Mexico won through war will be handed back to them.
North and South Dakota and any other former territories taken from the American Indians will be returned to them.
A questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary.
2. There is no such thing as "US English." We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of "-ize."
3. You should learn to distinguish the English and Australian accents. It really isn't that hard. English accents are not limited to cockney, upper-class twit or Mancunian (Daphne in Frasier).
4. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as the good guys. Hollywood will be required to cast English actors to play English characters.
5. You should relearn your original national anthem, "God Save The Queen", but only after fully carrying out task 1. We would not want you to get confused and give up half way through.
6. You should stop playing American "football." There is only one kind of football. What you refer to as American "football" is not a very good game. The 2.15% of you who are aware that there is a world outside your borders may have noticed that no one else plays "American" football. You should stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the 'World Series' for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.15% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. Instead of baseball, you will be allowed to play a girls' game called "rounders," which is baseball without fancy team strip, oversized gloves, collector cards or hotdogs.
7. You will no longer be allowed to own or carry guns. You will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous in public than a vegetable peeler. Because we don't believe you are sensible enough to handle potentially dangerous items, you will require a permit if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.
8. July 4th is no longer a public holiday. November 2nd will be a new national holiday, but only in England. It will be called "Indecisive Day."
9. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap, and it is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean
10. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling "beer" is not actually beer at all, it is lager. From November 1st only proper British Bitter will be referred to as "beer," and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as "Lager." The substances formerly known as "American Beer" will henceforth be referred to as "Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine," with the exception of the product of the American Budweiser company whose product will be referred to as "Weak Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine." This will allow true Budweiser (as manufactured for the last 1000 years in the Czech Republic) to be sold without risk of confusion.
11. From November 10th the UK will harmonise petrol (or "gasoline," as you will be permitted to keep calling it until April 1st 2005) prices with the former USA. The UK will harmonise its prices to those of the former USA and the Former USA will, in return, adopt UK petrol prices (roughly $6/US gallon -- get used to it).
12. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist, then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.
13. Please tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us crazy.
14. Tax collectors from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all revenues due (backdated to 1776).
Thank you for your co-operation.
John Cleese
To the citizens of the United States of America, in the light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today.
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories.
Except Utah, which she does not fancy.
Your new Prime Minister (The Right Honourable Tony Blair, MP for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a Minister for America without the need for further elections.
Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.
Accordingly my government will invoke your Anti-Trust laws to break up the monopolistic power of the former USA. The country will therefore be broken up into separate entities as follows.
Alaska will be sold back to the Russians. If they don't have the cash it will be offered to the Canadians and then the Japanese.
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, American Samoa and other colonies and dependencies will be returned to governance by their indigenous people.
Florida will be given to Cuba. This achieves several things:
1)it recompenses the Cubans for the economic blockade they have endured for years,2)a large percentage of the state's population is Cuban and they'll feel at home,3)as the people of Florida don't know how to vote properly it won't matter as they won't be able to vote in the future. California, Texas, New Mexico and any other bits of former Mexico won through war will be handed back to them.
North and South Dakota and any other former territories taken from the American Indians will be returned to them.
A questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary.
2. There is no such thing as "US English." We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of "-ize."
3. You should learn to distinguish the English and Australian accents. It really isn't that hard. English accents are not limited to cockney, upper-class twit or Mancunian (Daphne in Frasier).
4. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as the good guys. Hollywood will be required to cast English actors to play English characters.
5. You should relearn your original national anthem, "God Save The Queen", but only after fully carrying out task 1. We would not want you to get confused and give up half way through.
6. You should stop playing American "football." There is only one kind of football. What you refer to as American "football" is not a very good game. The 2.15% of you who are aware that there is a world outside your borders may have noticed that no one else plays "American" football. You should stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the 'World Series' for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.15% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. Instead of baseball, you will be allowed to play a girls' game called "rounders," which is baseball without fancy team strip, oversized gloves, collector cards or hotdogs.
7. You will no longer be allowed to own or carry guns. You will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous in public than a vegetable peeler. Because we don't believe you are sensible enough to handle potentially dangerous items, you will require a permit if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.
8. July 4th is no longer a public holiday. November 2nd will be a new national holiday, but only in England. It will be called "Indecisive Day."
9. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap, and it is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean
10. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling "beer" is not actually beer at all, it is lager. From November 1st only proper British Bitter will be referred to as "beer," and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as "Lager." The substances formerly known as "American Beer" will henceforth be referred to as "Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine," with the exception of the product of the American Budweiser company whose product will be referred to as "Weak Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine." This will allow true Budweiser (as manufactured for the last 1000 years in the Czech Republic) to be sold without risk of confusion.
11. From November 10th the UK will harmonise petrol (or "gasoline," as you will be permitted to keep calling it until April 1st 2005) prices with the former USA. The UK will harmonise its prices to those of the former USA and the Former USA will, in return, adopt UK petrol prices (roughly $6/US gallon -- get used to it).
12. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist, then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.
13. Please tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us crazy.
14. Tax collectors from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all revenues due (backdated to 1776).
Thank you for your co-operation.
The Man
The Nation | Article | Dick Durbin: Bush Fighter | John Nichols
Despite the invertebratic nature of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate, Dick Durbin is the man--officially. Midwestern populist liberalism is the sole shining light of the Democratic party at the moment, and it seems the entrenched Northeastern money is finally losing its sway. Although they are the financial backers of the enterprise known as the Democratic Party, those fools need to realize that their ideas and manners of approach politics are terrible. The Dean as DNC Chair dealio should also be an interesting experiment to watch. Not necessarily a Dean fan myself, his propensity to deconstruct the establishment does give me hope. The next few years will be interesting for the Democratic Party... I'd suggest popping ye popcorn before the show really begins.
Despite the invertebratic nature of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate, Dick Durbin is the man--officially. Midwestern populist liberalism is the sole shining light of the Democratic party at the moment, and it seems the entrenched Northeastern money is finally losing its sway. Although they are the financial backers of the enterprise known as the Democratic Party, those fools need to realize that their ideas and manners of approach politics are terrible. The Dean as DNC Chair dealio should also be an interesting experiment to watch. Not necessarily a Dean fan myself, his propensity to deconstruct the establishment does give me hope. The next few years will be interesting for the Democratic Party... I'd suggest popping ye popcorn before the show really begins.
10.2.05
Keeping up with fashion
Recently I've had the priviledge of witnessing the hottest new trend in fashion. Have you seen those long white shirts pulled over the stock black pants? Occasionally they'll use a belt (over the shirt), sometimes they'll put a hoodie (which doesn't cover the entire shirt). Yeah. It's that hot. I might be stereotyping, but it appears to be sorority girls that are responsible for the hotness, and all I can say is kudos to you girls. In this age of profit driven life styles, where every second you might spend explaining to someone your inability to grasp the basic conceptual framework underlying the selection of fashionable fabrics from your wardrobe every morning could be better spent getting the latest news on Brad and Jennifer or plucking your eyebrows, I applaud any fashion style which saves you that very effort through the simple misuse of stock clothing items. In a sense, you're making a greater statement on the ability of us as humans, and you as enlightened humans, to create innovative and original works from elements we already have at hand. And while the cast of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy might accuse you of blatant fashion no-no's to acheive your higher fashion, one must always be prepared to break the rules for the teleological progression towards the Almighty Fashion, which, although never fully within reach, always provides an impetus, an ideal for which we can strive. Kudos girls with the long white T-shirts embracing the 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week black clad asses. Your willingness to be fashionably unfashionable is inspiration to us all.
And for those of you kids looking to try this on your own... amateurs be warned: Looking for the belt loops on the bottom of that white shirt could cost you the 10 minutes you just saved in adopting the style.
And for those of you kids looking to try this on your own... amateurs be warned: Looking for the belt loops on the bottom of that white shirt could cost you the 10 minutes you just saved in adopting the style.
6.2.05
Israel... yay.
Aljazeera.Net - Israeli army commander released
I suppose Israel bashing is kinda cliche in the pseudo-European American left, but eh. When it comes down to it, sixteen bullets just doesn't kill a thirteen year old girl dead.
I suppose Israel bashing is kinda cliche in the pseudo-European American left, but eh. When it comes down to it, sixteen bullets just doesn't kill a thirteen year old girl dead.
Israel is for real...
Aljazeera.Net - Killing of Palestinian girl shatters family: "Was Nuran holding an explosive belt around her waist? Was she toting a Kalashnikov?"
4.2.05
Republicans: Winning the War on Moral Values
Aljazeera.Net - US students barred from aiding snipers
Oh them College Republicans. If you haven't been following, the past year has been an exciting one for the national group of youthful conservatives that will one day be in charge of the stunning beaurocracy affectionately known as the American Empire. Newspapers around the country have been carrying uplifting stories about the growing numbers of young college students, not yet converted to the dark side by evil liberal professors, who have chosen to join this elite and powerful cabal. Other stories concerning the College Republicans mentioned in newspapers in the past year include the University of Pennsylvania College Republican who violently dealt with a protestor at the RNC in a compassionate matter and a fund-raising scam organized by the College Republican National Committee which targeted old and retarded people, threatening to kick them out of the Grand Old Party if they didn't donate money to the College Republicans. Of course, neither of these actions are as truly high in character and integrity as the fundraising the College Republicans of Marquette University recently attempted to participate in, before the oversensitive Jesuit school's administration, far out of touch with both the moral traditions of years past as well as the heart of America's present, callously halted. Indeed. Our noble College Republicans began fundraising efforst for "Adopt a Sniper." A charitible organization commited to "helping real snipers get the real gear they need to help keep us safe." And Jesus said let there be crosshairs and much bloody pulp; do this in memory of me. Amen.
Oh them College Republicans. If you haven't been following, the past year has been an exciting one for the national group of youthful conservatives that will one day be in charge of the stunning beaurocracy affectionately known as the American Empire. Newspapers around the country have been carrying uplifting stories about the growing numbers of young college students, not yet converted to the dark side by evil liberal professors, who have chosen to join this elite and powerful cabal. Other stories concerning the College Republicans mentioned in newspapers in the past year include the University of Pennsylvania College Republican who violently dealt with a protestor at the RNC in a compassionate matter and a fund-raising scam organized by the College Republican National Committee which targeted old and retarded people, threatening to kick them out of the Grand Old Party if they didn't donate money to the College Republicans. Of course, neither of these actions are as truly high in character and integrity as the fundraising the College Republicans of Marquette University recently attempted to participate in, before the oversensitive Jesuit school's administration, far out of touch with both the moral traditions of years past as well as the heart of America's present, callously halted. Indeed. Our noble College Republicans began fundraising efforst for "Adopt a Sniper." A charitible organization commited to "helping real snipers get the real gear they need to help keep us safe." And Jesus said let there be crosshairs and much bloody pulp; do this in memory of me. Amen.
Sweet... part of the budget that isn't getting cut
Aljazeera.Net - Bush to seek higher US military budget: " Bush plans to ask Congress next week for $419.3 billion in US defence spending for 2006, a 4% increase over the current $401 billion military budget, US officials have said.
That 2006 Pentagon request, part of a proposed federal budget expected to total about $2.5 trillion, does not include the cost of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. "
Bush stated in his State of the Union address that over 150 programs which he deemed "ineffective" or "redundant" would have their budgets slashed or cut in this coming year to help meet the staggering (an adjective which really doesn't do justice to the situation) deficit. Thankfully, Bush saw the light and realized that, while other programs are definately $10 million to $200 million overbudgeted, the military has been sorely underbudgeted in recent years. Outside of the $105 billion in supplemental funding for operations in Afghanistan and Iraq (and no doubt Venezuala, Cuba, and Iran), Bush figured we need a 4% hop in the Defense budget for 2006. And, with a previous budget of $401 billion dollars, the new figure will take us to $419.3 billions dollars. God is on our side alright. His smiling face is emblazoned on the new mini-nukes, ready to spread world peace to all. Oh wait, the mini-nukes are part of the Energy Department's budget, my bad, I figured they might be spending their money on technologies to ween us off of that sweet dark heroin we call oil. Well, I suppose the Defense department doesn't have the patent on spreading the wrath of God.
That 2006 Pentagon request, part of a proposed federal budget expected to total about $2.5 trillion, does not include the cost of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. "
Bush stated in his State of the Union address that over 150 programs which he deemed "ineffective" or "redundant" would have their budgets slashed or cut in this coming year to help meet the staggering (an adjective which really doesn't do justice to the situation) deficit. Thankfully, Bush saw the light and realized that, while other programs are definately $10 million to $200 million overbudgeted, the military has been sorely underbudgeted in recent years. Outside of the $105 billion in supplemental funding for operations in Afghanistan and Iraq (and no doubt Venezuala, Cuba, and Iran), Bush figured we need a 4% hop in the Defense budget for 2006. And, with a previous budget of $401 billion dollars, the new figure will take us to $419.3 billions dollars. God is on our side alright. His smiling face is emblazoned on the new mini-nukes, ready to spread world peace to all. Oh wait, the mini-nukes are part of the Energy Department's budget, my bad, I figured they might be spending their money on technologies to ween us off of that sweet dark heroin we call oil. Well, I suppose the Defense department doesn't have the patent on spreading the wrath of God.
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