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Entries from December 2003

DisCard him

December 7th, 2003 No Comments

This guy Andrew Card, despite having an awesome first name, doesn’t seem to know what he is saying. This comment he made on CNN defies the definition of incomprehensible.
BLITZER: You’re from New England. What do you think of Howard Dean?
CARD: Howard Dean is a good governor in Vermont who is no longer governor. So [...]

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It’s true, we are sooo lame

December 6th, 2003 No Comments

Jesse at Pandagon.net perfectly summarizes this op-ed in the New York Times, by David Brooks.
“See, yaw, Republicans drive like this, and Democrats drive like this…”
And make sure to check out Jesse’s recent blockbuster, his list of the Twenty Most Annoying Conservatives of 2003. He includes all the right references, up to and including Poochy [...]

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They got squat

December 6th, 2003 No Comments

While writing up my last entry on dictionaries I saw fit to include a link to Microsoft’s website. Repeatedly, however, I typed microsft.com rather than microsoft.com.
Microsft.com serves a page remarkably similar to Internet Explorer’s “The page cannot be displayed” error page. This page is just a .html document that comes standard [...]

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Kicking A(d)diction(ary)

December 6th, 2003 No Comments

YiLing Chen-Josephson, a name that (ironically? no.) invites suspicion of misspelling, has written a comparison of practical dictionaries.
Interesting tidbit, the name Webster lacks trademark and thus we have various dictionaries claiming Websterness in their titles. Apparently, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary is the true heir to Noah Webster’s original, and, just as well, the gold standard [...]

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Putting your hate where your heart is

December 2nd, 2003 No Comments

According to MEMRI an Egyptian musem, rebuilt using UNESCO funds, displays The Protocols of the Elders of Zion next to a copy of the Torah as a “Jewish Holy Book”.
The curator the “museum” is quoted:
“Perhaps this book of the ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ is more important to the Zionist Jews of the [...]

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Picture this…

December 2nd, 2003 No Comments

(via OxBlog by way of The Volokh Conspiracy)
Perhaps the most elegant use of flash to date, Mr. Picassohead will delight children and turn your neighbors green with envy.
Here is my representation of your neighbor (green with envy):

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To the hotel, with no Delay

December 2nd, 2003 No Comments

The New York Times has an interesting article about the Republican National Convention.
It seems Tom Delay had wanted all convention participants to stay on a cruise ship for its duration. The intent was to allow everyone stay together. He was disuaded after protests from various channels.
The City and some Unions were [...]

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What Jew been waiting for

December 2nd, 2003 No Comments

Its taken awhile but its finally here. Its the first (probably) Jewsploitation film ever.
The Hebrew Hammer
Starring Adam Goldberg and Andy Dick. When the Jewish Justice League needs a hero to save Chanukah from an anti-Semitic Santa, there’s only one man to call: Mordechai Jefferson Carver, a.k.a. The Hebrew Hammer. He’s an ace private dick, [...]

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35 Reasons

December 1st, 2003 No Comments

Reason has published a list of 35 Heroes of Freedom to commemorate their 35th anniversary. These lists of x best, y worst or w notable z’s, aside from constituting some 500% of VH1’s programming, are always fun to argue about.
An unscientific survey of my experience reading Reason and its associated blog, reveals that I [...]

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Providing a little insight

December 1st, 2003 1 Comment

I just got an email telling me exactly what this article/press release will tell you:
Earlier today, Cal Football (7-6) accepted an invitation to play in the 2003 Insight Bowl on Friday evening, December 26 in Phoenix, Arizona!
Cal takes on Virginia Tech (8-4) of the Big East Conference, in the 15th Annual Insight Bowl at Bank [...]

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