Month: February 2005
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Coup in Nepal
The King of Nepal sacked the government and took over the country: After declaring the state of emergency on February 1st, the King’s forces, which include the Nepalese Army, began rounding up activists, arresting scores of people and distributing watch lists of political activists to arrest if they attempt to leave the country. The monarchy […]
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Asshole Christian Missionaries Demand Tsunami Victims Convert or Starve
Jubilant at seeing the relief trucks loaded with food, clothes and the much-needed medicines the villagers, many of who have not had a square meal in days, were shocked when the nuns asked them to convert before distributing biscuits and water. Also: But since 2000, Evangelical Christians across the globe have mounted a missionary effort […]
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Civil Rights Documents Purged from Website
The website of the US Commission on Civil Rights has been purged of 20 reports that didn’t meet the approval of the agency’s Republican majority. Includes: Redefining Rights in America: The Civil Rights Record of the George W. Bush Administration Closing the Achievement Gap: The Impact of Standards Based Education Reform Anniversary Update on Commission […]
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Fake Reporter for the Fake News in Staged Press Conferences
So frigging stupid: White House-credentialed fake news reporter “Jeff Gannon” from fake news agency “Talon News” was cited by the Washington Post as having the only access to an internal CIA memo that named Joseph Wilson’s wife, Valerie Plame, as a covert CIA agent. Gannon, in a question posed to Wilson in an October 2003 […]
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North Korea Has Nukes
I’m gonna go ahead and make a category called ‘(Possible) War in Korea’: I always assumed North Korea had nukes, so the announcement that they have them is less than surprising. The neocons are offering great incentive for nations to develop their own deterrent arsenal.
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Laura Bush to Do Gang Outreach
Old Co-worker: This is fabulous – north korea has nuclear weapons Andy: oh shit on us Old Co-worker: and we are concerned about a country that can’t even generate power for its citizens Andy: exactly – we are so screwed – did I tell you I finally got around to reading 1984 last week. OMG […]
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AVP: Alien vs. Predator
The good news is I didn’t waste $10 seeing this cinematic turd in the theatres. The bad news is I did waste $3.50 seeing this cinematic turd on DVD. Good God. It sucks. I mean really. It manages to pith both franchises in one fell swoop. Here’s what I don’t get about AVP or any […]
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Home Safe
Red-eye (in Economy) this morn. Slept all day. Mexican dining digesting. Seinfeld on the telly, 24 to follow soon after. More on the morrow.
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Beyond Teflon
I don’t know what to do but laugh. The man does exactly the opposite of what he says he does and yet people buy it, support it and breathe it as if it were the oxygen that sustained their very existence. When he says “we’ve increased funding for…” I automatically assume that it means the […]
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SFO-Bound
On the way to San Fran tomorrow for Andrea’s event in San Mateo. I’ll probably get high-speed in the hotel room. Ron’s hoping he can get us into first class – if not then business class. Missed the SOTU address due to gourmet yum at Ecce. I’ll try and download it tomorrow morning and smack […]