Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Rot in Hell, Idi Amin. I am sure Chomsky, Ramsey Clark, and some gun control enthusiasts are upset, but the rest of the world will look at your cold, lifeless carcass with profound glee. My only regret is that your death was from natural causes, rather than the result of due process. I guess you will have to get yours in the afterlife.
The Iraq’s want to offer some help regarding the NY Black-Out:
“Let them taste what we have tasted,” said Ali Abdul Hussein, selling “Keep Cold” brand ice chests on a sidewalk. “Let them sit outside drinking tea and smoking cigarettes waiting for the power to come back, just like the Iraqis.”
Here are some tips from the streets of Baghdad:
_ SLEEP ON THE ROOF. Without power
Pejman read Dennis K’s weblog yesterday. He was not impressed.
The last post by Scott Ott reminds me of the glory days of Will Warren, who used to be the poet of the blogosphere. Here is one of my favorites (which my mother claims is the funniest thing she has ever read):
Merci for Not Expiring
If you want to skip a jailing
when your body takes to ailing
And the doctor starts to shake his head and sigh,
Just don
Genius at work:
2003-08-15) — The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) announced today that its fall lineup will include ‘Straight Eye for the Homo Guy’, a new show based on a similarly-named program on another network.
On each episode a team of five heterosexual males will do a “makeover” on one homosexual man.
Preview screenings of the pilot showed the five guys uncomfortably shuffling around the menswear section at Wal-Mart picking out trousers for a guy named Maurice, who they refused to take with them.
Read the whole thing.
The Hillbilly Sophisticate has some more on the sniper shootings. I will do my best to keep up to date. I might try calling the local sheriff tomorrow.
*** Update ***
It appears that momentum in the coverage is increasing.
I can’t access hotmail- is this due to the blackout?