Archive for June, 2004
Maybe He’s the Jurisprudence President
Despite Dick Cheney getting to keep his energy secrets, it’s been a rough legal week for el Presidente and his merry band of traitors. In underreported news, The President was questioned in the Oval Office regarding the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame, and is being sued by the Associated Press for the release of [...]
Comp USA vs. The English Language
Click image for a full-size version You would think that a gigantic mega-retailer such as Comp USA would realize that products sold in the United States should have instructions in English. You would be mistaken. Click the image at left to see the instruction sheet for my recently-purchased hard drive enclosure, which seems to be [...]
GMail
Who is going to hook me up with a GMail account? **Update: Thanks to S.E. Shepherd for the hook up. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend
Good Job Thinking This One Through, Jackass
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions” —usually credited to Samuel Johnson, 1775 “We believe it’s important to give people a second chance,” —Mo Elleithee, America Coming Together While I’m sure the group America Coming Together has the best of intentions for their current voter registration programs, they certainly created a hell of [...]
Oh Great � Another Red Bull Competitor
Eff that pansy Taurine and Caffiene nonsense. Here in California, we expect something a bit stronger to get us through the daily grind: Rocket fuel found in milk in California A toxic chemical in rocket fuel has been detected in California’s milk supply, although environmentalists and toxicologists disagree over whether the levels are high enough [...]
Shrill and Shriller
Reader Thomas M. writes with a heads up on this piece in the New York Times buy Paul Krugman. At issue is yet another contradiction perpetrated by Attorney General John Ashcroft, in which a white supremacist was caught with automatic weapons, briefcase bombs, pipe bombs, and a cyanide bomb big enough to kill thousands of [...]
Our Weakened Republic
One of the most popular pieces on this site was one about photos of flag-draped coffins carrying U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. On Monday, the U.S. Senate voted down an amendment (54-39) authored by Frank Lautenberg (D-New Jersey) that would have effectively reversed the Pentagon’s policy of banning photographs of flag-draped coffins. These [...]
Dick Cheney: Liar in Black and White
Our Vice President is a liar. But you already knew that. Does is get any worse than this? Dick Cheney on CNBC�s �Capital Report,� June 17, 2004 Gloria Borger: �Well, let�s get to Mohammed Atta for a minute, because you mentioned him as well.� You have said in the past that it was quote, �pretty [...]
Why Do We Still Care About Cuba?
Since the United States shifted its focus from fighting Communism to fighting terrorism, it seemed only natural that Cuba would start feeling a little neglected. So the guy who started the whole trend of being a bearded arch-enemy of freedom decided to step up to the mic one more time: Tens of thousands of Cubans [...]
What we Meant to Say was…STFU!
June 16, 2004: Staff report of the Sept. 11 commission: “We have no credible evidence that Iraq and al-Qaida cooperated on attacks against the United States” and that contacts between Iraq and al-Qaida “do not appear to have resulted in a collaborative relationship.” Condoleezza Rice on on NPR: “What I believe the 9-11 commission was [...]