Will be publishing on a lighter (read: possibly nonexistant) schedule until at least this weekend, probably a bit longer. It's back to school time!
posted by Mr. Ripzaw at 2:43 PM
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One thing I've noticed in my wandering around message boards on
Usenet and more recently the
ACLU's forums: The average person is so blinking shrill that I can't even stand to read their argument. Between the POSTING IN ALL CAPS, the inability to refer to any political party without using derogatory slang (always the Demoncrats and the Repugs, or something similar), the gross mistatements ("after all, we all know Al Gore wanted to establish a Stalinist Dictatorship"), and the insistance that anybody who doesn't agree is a big fat poopy-head, it's nearly impossible to actually find a nugget of reason. Which is too bad, because there actually is a fair amount of reason sandwiched in there, if you can hold your nose long enough to dig it out. When you preach about the unbeleivers going to hell, you may get a lot of "hallelujah"s from the choir, but you're not going to get many converts.
posted by Mr. Ripzaw at 4:53 PM
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Post 9/11 EPA Report - "The air around the collapsed towers may be hazardous to your health. Take precautions."
Post 9/11 EPA Report following White House edits - "Everything's fine! Trust us!"
Story's
here.
posted by Mr. Ripzaw at 4:27 PM
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The
LA Lakers' starting lineup for this coming year is incredible, but they do seem to have a pretty weak bench. Fisher, George, and that about does it. Who's going to back up Shaq? Medvedenko, maybe geritol-chugging Horace Grant? Why would they get rid of Mark Madsen?
On the other hand, I went to high school with
this guy.
posted by Mr. Ripzaw at 4:19 PM
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