May 05, 2004

Web humor

I was directed to this site and thence to this article by Dean. Very funny stuff. Excerpt:

After heavy criticism from both African Americans and Hispanics for not having any minorities in the 'upper levels' of John Kerry's presidential campaign, John Kerry today announced that he is seeking a Vice Presidential candidate that is black, Jewish, a woman, must be under 4 feet tall and must be from Puerto Rico or have some type of Hispanic background.

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Time for a different career

You think that maybe the "psychic" in question should have seen this coming? Just curious.

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Wictory Wednesday

Today is Wictory Wednesday. Every Wednesday I ask my readers to volunteer and/or donate to the Bush campaign if they haven't done so already. And if you have volunteered and donated, then get a friend to join you. It's the only way to defeat the lying liberal media.

If you're a blogger, you can join Wictory Wednesday simply by putting up a post like this every Wednesday, asking your readers to volunteer and/or donate to the president's re-election campaign. Be sure to visit these fine participating blogs:

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May 04, 2004

News roundup

"Bush is questioning my patriotism!" Uh no, he isn't. Dumbass. Excerpt:

So who are the main perpetrators of smears, according to the DNC? It's "Bush's surrogates" and "Republican pundits" and Vietnam veterans. The DNC says this statement by Joe Repya, co-chairman of Veterans for Bush is a smear: "Nobody says [Kerry] wasn't brave when he was in Vietnam. But once he came home, he disavowed his oath as an officer and he gave aid and comfort to our enemy by his antiwar stance." Republicans treat Kerry's antiwar activity as fair game in the presidential race. Now the DNC is suggesting it isn't.

Just more lies from the Rove-Gillespie attack machine, huh?

James Taranto always finds great stuff on the web, but his commentary is what makes it all worthwhile. Excerpt:

The question is: Is it too late? As far as we know, Kerry first introduced himself to the American people, and confided in us that he had served in Vietnam, in December 2002, or 17 months ago. Now here we are just six months until the election, and Kerry's Vietnam service is still the best-kept secret in American politics, at least outside Iowa and New Hampshire.

Perhaps the Dems had best start printing bumper stickers for 2005: "Don't blame me, I didn't know Kerry served in Vietnam."

Yummy!

Idiots across the pond. Maybe the next election will hinge on whether or not recess is extended.

bscure1@mindspring.com&KRD_RM=9ppqppstxyyvyupsyxqtpppppp%7CJim%7CY&is_rd=Y">This kind of story is all too common. You know the practice of flashing your headlights to warn other motorist that there's a cop car up the road? Several of my friends have received tickets for "obstruction of justice". What's the problem? You want people to drive the speed limit, right? So flashing your lights will cause motorists to slow down. Which means no speeding tickets; which means no money for the city. Wait, I've just answered my own question. Bah.

This is pretty cool. Several of my relatives have had mastectomies and at least one has had reconstructive surgery. Growing your own breast seems like a good alternative. We'll see where the research goes.

The original Thing was essentially a giant walking carrot. Maybe he was the end result of this experiment. No word on how Popeye is making out these days, though. Excerpt:

A truly extraordinary cure for some forms of blindness is being proposed. The idea is to add light-absorbing pigments from spinach to nerve cells in the retina, to make the nerve cells fire when struck by light.

Eli Greenbaum's team at the Oak Ridge National Laboratories in Tennessee has been exploring this possibility for several years. In their latest experiments, the researchers have shown that adding plant pigments to human cells makes the cells respond to light.

The technique would restore only limited vision at best - people would be colour-blind, for instance - but Greenbaum thinks it could provide far better resolution than the electronic retinal implants being developed.

Only in America: a man bidding to become a police officer scored too high on an intelligence test. Mull that over for a while. Excerpt:

A US man has been rejected in his bid to become a police officer for scoring too high on an intelligence test.

Robert Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took an exam to join the New London police, in Connecticut, in 1996 and scored 33 points, the equivalent of an IQ of 125.
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The average score nationally for police officers is 21 to 22, the equivalent of an IQ of 104, or just a little above average.

God forbid we get highly qualified people in these positions.

Another case of science being applied properly. However, there is one line that really sticks out:

On average Britons aged over 50 lose around 12 teeth out of 32.

Britons have bad teeth? Say it ain't so!

The rot is deep and getting worse every day.

When your job really is for the birds.

Val Kilmer thinks that Angelina Jolie is hot. While I agree with him-a lot- he has an odd way of stating his views. Excerpt:

Val Kilmer says Angelina Jolie is so stunning that even camels, palm trees and dead people are besotted with her.

Kilmer, who filmed Alexander with her in Morocco, said: "Even the camels were staring at her in a certain way. The palm trees too."

Oookaaayyyy Val. Why don't you go and take a nap now. However, here is the picture from the news article. Maybe staring at Angelina fused his cerbral cortex. Although it's my limbic system that gets affected by her, if you know what I mean.
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Asia is embracing the penguin for their cell phones.

And in other Unix-related news, Red Hat software has released a Linux system for desktops. Unfortunately, it's not being distributed to consumers, but rather focuses on corporations and universities. Boo!

Planet killer? Yeah, but no worries this time. Maybe in 2562.

People overseas react when told that John Kerry is running for President.
Members of 'International Laughing Club' gesture and laugh as they  celebrate World Laughers Day in Bangalore, India, Sunday, May 2, 2004. The laughing club was founded in India in 1995 by Dr. Madan Kataria with the belief that laughing fits boost the immune system. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)

Mailbox I'd like to have:
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Hat tip to the Volokh Conspiracy.

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May 03, 2004

And the current bid is...

Infinitely more than the item is worth. Hat tip via Stephen Green.

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What if...?

Michael Ackley's column today is an alternate reality setting for a meeting between Bush and Kerry. Excerpt:

The first speaker opens a rear door of the limousine and a man emerges. He is obviously fit and vigorous, and he bounds up the steps of the inn, flanked by agents talking into their sleeves.

Waiting inside with a rather less impressive retinue is a tall, almost gaunt gentleman.

The man from the limo speaks: "Is that your hair, or are you wearing a porcupine on your head?"

The taller man replies, gesturing to the first man's escort: "Any of these guys carrying weapons of mass destruction?"

The first advances, extending his hand.

"Senator!" he exclaims.

"Mr. President!" comes the answer.

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We don't need no steenkin' common sense

Saw this collection of news snippets and one in particular caught my eye. Excerpt:

A high school science teacher who e-mailed a comic image of a scientist torched in a lab accident was called a racist because the scientist in the cartoon was African-American, reports the White Plains Journal.

The e-mail, sent by science teacher Mark Wolstencroft to the staff at White Plains High School, asked for nominations for outstanding science students. The attached cartoon featured a brown-skinned male with crossed eyes and an open mouth swaying back and forth with his hands in the air as smoke billows from a failed science experiment.

The text reads, "Teacher had a science accident."

An investigation is now underway, and everyone at school will be required to undergo sensitivity training as a result of the fracas.

Some local black leaders said the cartoon was part of the racism endemic in the area. Ernest Prince, president of the Urban League of Westchester, said the drawing was no more acceptable than a joke about the Holocaust.

The hyperbole in that last statement is a little over the top. And does anyone think that there'd be a single complaing if the cartoon had depicted a white scientist having a lab accident? Nah, me neither.

And one student pushes the envelope a little with her t-shirt. I agree that the shirt doesn't contain any actual profanity, but the implication is there. Excerpt:

The T-shirt says, "Somebody went to the Hoover Dam and all I got was this 'Dam' t-shirt."

My point of view? I'm not convinced that the nose-thumbing skirting of the rules by using "dam" instead of "damn" is necessarily appropriate for school.

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