This Just Ain't Right
Straight Outta Basrah! A US soldier, Sgt. 1st Class James Williams, was recently convicted for carjacking an Iraqi sheik's SUV while on duty. According to his defense, Williams had no idea that he couldn't just take a civilian's vehicle. "In his mind there was nothing wrong with doing it."
This Summer's Roadtrips Are Gonna Be A Fucking Blast During the DNC in Boston, a Sikh student from BC was detained for seven hours by the Secret Service for taking photographs of his campus. According to the article, Sundeep Sahni was told by a SS agent during his interrogation "I don't want you pulling an Uzi from your turban."
No, The Polish Hamzah Ali Khan In Arizona the W team insisted on knowing the race of a photojournailst from the Arizona Daily Star who was assigned to photograph Cheney at a rally. The rally's organizer, Christine Walton, asked the ADS editors the race of the photog because it "was necessary to allow the Secret Service to distinguish her from someone else who might have the same name." I don't know about you, but I always get confused at the legion of people named "Mamta Popat" I encounter everyday. Is this the security we live under post 9-11? Gradeschool stereotypes about "weird names" and "funny feelings" about men with beards? I feel safer already.
That Same Great Instability With A New Kick Of Massive Opium Production! "A British parliamentary committee has warned that Afghanistan is likely to 'implode, with terrible consequences' unless more troops and resources are sent to calm the country. The all-party Foreign Affairs Select Committee, in a report released Thursday, said warlord violence and the struggle between U.S.-led troops and insurgents continues to be a threat to security in Afghanistan. The wide-ranging report on the war against terrorism also said raised concerns over the failure of the UK government and its allies to limit the production of opium in Afghanistan."
-The Sikh Geek, tying his turban over his AK-47
Friday, July 30, 2004
TODAY'S TOP FIVE: Go, Balloons!
We Have Met the Enemy, and He is Us So, you think John Kerry gave a good speech last night? You think Edwards gave one Wednesday? You think the Democrats did a good job of parrying the attack from the Republicans and the media and had a well-managed convention? You fool - you're obviously not a real liberal! Because over in the Village Voice, something called Ward Harkavy is raving about the how Democrats didn't perform abortions on stage and call for the slaughter of Jenna and Barbara. It's a good thing people like this aren't actually in positions of power, and confine their political activity to getting locked in cages called "free speech zones" outside conventions.
Why Don't You Deltas Just Take Some Soma? Ah, the life of a compassionate conservative. A Bush campaign official, transferring a phone call from a reporter with a question about job quality, thought she wasn't heard when she groused that American workers unhappy with their jobs should "just take Prozac." Hey, maybe we would, if there were such a thing as a decent prescription drug benefit plan in this country.
Like the Founding Fathers, But More Bloodthirsty and Dictatorial Iraq's exciting new take on freedom apparently includes one that even we don't have here in the supposed homeland of democracy: the freedom not to criticize the prime minister. Iyad Allawi has set up a censorship committee which vows to shut down any media outlets that broadcast or print "unwarranted critcism" of the prime minister. As a service to Iraqi journalists, here is an excercise showing the difference between "warranted" and "unwarrantd" criticism of Allawi: UNWARRANTED - "Prime Minister Allawi is an ineffective leader whose only agenda seems to be serving the interests of the American occupation authority." WARRANTED - "Prime Minister Allawi is so generous, wise, handsome, and strong that he sometimes makes other men ashamed of their own worthlessness."
Wanted: Guy to Help President Bush II Hide Secret, Illegal Stuff Done by President Bush I Here's an interesting story. John Carlin, official Archivist of the United States, was forced to resign last December by the Bush administration, which refuses to give a reason for the move (in open defiance of federal law, which requires the administration to provide a reason for removing an Archivist to Congress). Apparently, the Bush gang wants a more pliant archivist in the job, because a huge number of Bush I's papers are scheduled to go on the public record in January. I wonder what they're so desperate to keep hidden.
Iran Invasion Deathwatch: Day 7 Today, Secretary of State Colin Powell (My Lai/Iran Contra/"nexus of poisons and terror") said he thinks the uncertain state of Iran's nuclear program will have to be brought to the United Nations Security Council for a vote. "It is our judgment that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon," Powell said. "The world has to take note of this." A UN Security Council condemnation, of course, could pave the way for military action. Does any of this sound familiar? And, after Iraq, why does Powell think he has any credibility on whether Middle Eastern nations are developing weapons of mass destruction?
-Consider Arms
We Have Met the Enemy, and He is Us So, you think John Kerry gave a good speech last night? You think Edwards gave one Wednesday? You think the Democrats did a good job of parrying the attack from the Republicans and the media and had a well-managed convention? You fool - you're obviously not a real liberal! Because over in the Village Voice, something called Ward Harkavy is raving about the how Democrats didn't perform abortions on stage and call for the slaughter of Jenna and Barbara. It's a good thing people like this aren't actually in positions of power, and confine their political activity to getting locked in cages called "free speech zones" outside conventions.
Why Don't You Deltas Just Take Some Soma? Ah, the life of a compassionate conservative. A Bush campaign official, transferring a phone call from a reporter with a question about job quality, thought she wasn't heard when she groused that American workers unhappy with their jobs should "just take Prozac." Hey, maybe we would, if there were such a thing as a decent prescription drug benefit plan in this country.
Like the Founding Fathers, But More Bloodthirsty and Dictatorial Iraq's exciting new take on freedom apparently includes one that even we don't have here in the supposed homeland of democracy: the freedom not to criticize the prime minister. Iyad Allawi has set up a censorship committee which vows to shut down any media outlets that broadcast or print "unwarranted critcism" of the prime minister. As a service to Iraqi journalists, here is an excercise showing the difference between "warranted" and "unwarrantd" criticism of Allawi: UNWARRANTED - "Prime Minister Allawi is an ineffective leader whose only agenda seems to be serving the interests of the American occupation authority." WARRANTED - "Prime Minister Allawi is so generous, wise, handsome, and strong that he sometimes makes other men ashamed of their own worthlessness."
Wanted: Guy to Help President Bush II Hide Secret, Illegal Stuff Done by President Bush I Here's an interesting story. John Carlin, official Archivist of the United States, was forced to resign last December by the Bush administration, which refuses to give a reason for the move (in open defiance of federal law, which requires the administration to provide a reason for removing an Archivist to Congress). Apparently, the Bush gang wants a more pliant archivist in the job, because a huge number of Bush I's papers are scheduled to go on the public record in January. I wonder what they're so desperate to keep hidden.
Iran Invasion Deathwatch: Day 7 Today, Secretary of State Colin Powell (My Lai/Iran Contra/"nexus of poisons and terror") said he thinks the uncertain state of Iran's nuclear program will have to be brought to the United Nations Security Council for a vote. "It is our judgment that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon," Powell said. "The world has to take note of this." A UN Security Council condemnation, of course, could pave the way for military action. Does any of this sound familiar? And, after Iraq, why does Powell think he has any credibility on whether Middle Eastern nations are developing weapons of mass destruction?
-Consider Arms
Thursday, July 29, 2004
What The Fuck Are YOU Looking At?!
Yeah, I'm Sure Some Of Them Are Still "At Large" In the scariest news on female criminals since the vagina bomb, a gang of overweight shoplifting women has been terrorizing the South African port city of Dubar.
Kerry Smear Watch The fine folks at Snopes debunk an email circulating that claims Kerry "voted to kill every military appropriation for the development and deployment of every weapons systems since 1988." "A 22 February 2004 Republican National Committee (RNC) research briefing includes the list of weapons systems found in this message and citations that purportedly support the claim that Senator Kerry voted to kill each one. But all the citations stem from votes on three Congressional bills, none of which were about a specific weapons system or group of weapons systems."
End Of The World Watch A sunspot 20 times the size of Earth has been found on the sun, with the potential to launch a massive solar storm that would wreck havoc with satellites and flight patterns. And on the home front, ice is melting in Greenland at an increasing rate, up to one meter per month in some places.
TV Hits The Bottom And Bounces Remember that skit on The Ben Stiller Show called "Amish Studs" that parodied the sleazy Mark DeCarlo dating show? Word to the wise: fight reality with parody and you will walk away bloody.
Call In Back Up! She's Nine! Police in Arizona are facing some heat after striking a handcuffed nine-year old girl (note: 4'7" tall weighing 85 lbs) with a taser. In defense of the police, the girl was screaming, swearing and "would not listen." I feel better about my child management skills already.
-The Sikh Geek
Yeah, I'm Sure Some Of Them Are Still "At Large" In the scariest news on female criminals since the vagina bomb, a gang of overweight shoplifting women has been terrorizing the South African port city of Dubar.
Kerry Smear Watch The fine folks at Snopes debunk an email circulating that claims Kerry "voted to kill every military appropriation for the development and deployment of every weapons systems since 1988." "A 22 February 2004 Republican National Committee (RNC) research briefing includes the list of weapons systems found in this message and citations that purportedly support the claim that Senator Kerry voted to kill each one. But all the citations stem from votes on three Congressional bills, none of which were about a specific weapons system or group of weapons systems."
End Of The World Watch A sunspot 20 times the size of Earth has been found on the sun, with the potential to launch a massive solar storm that would wreck havoc with satellites and flight patterns. And on the home front, ice is melting in Greenland at an increasing rate, up to one meter per month in some places.
TV Hits The Bottom And Bounces Remember that skit on The Ben Stiller Show called "Amish Studs" that parodied the sleazy Mark DeCarlo dating show? Word to the wise: fight reality with parody and you will walk away bloody.
Call In Back Up! She's Nine! Police in Arizona are facing some heat after striking a handcuffed nine-year old girl (note: 4'7" tall weighing 85 lbs) with a taser. In defense of the police, the girl was screaming, swearing and "would not listen." I feel better about my child management skills already.
-The Sikh Geek
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
New Desk, Same Boring Job
No CA, THIS Is The Final Nail
I've got love for Target. And I've got love for Brooklyn, except Williamsburg of course. But this shit just makes me want to puke.
--MC No Shame
No CA, THIS Is The Final Nail
I've got love for Target. And I've got love for Brooklyn, except Williamsburg of course. But this shit just makes me want to puke.
--MC No Shame
TODAY'S TOP FIVE: Obama, Not Osama.
Meanwhile, In War Number Two... With all the fun and scapegoating over that NASA photo of John Kerry (note: If Kerry wins, you guys will be lucky to get funding for a trip to Boise, let alone Mars), we had almost forgotten GW Bush's grandest experiment in democratic civilization-building. So, how goes it in Iraq? Well, as the link above shows, insurgents set off a car bomb that killed 68 people outside a police station in Baghdad, and as this link shows, unemployment in Iraq is now hovering around 70 percent. So, full steam ahead there, then.
Hell: Literally, Good for Business A study by the Federal Reserve shows that countries with a widespread belief in Hell, or in some type of punishment in the afterlife, have better economies than countries without such widespread belief. I don't know what that says about the Fed being in cahoots with Satan, but I do know that this is exactly the kind of thing I want the government to be spending money on.
Election Follies in Florida, Part 157284892 The Florida Secretary of State was forced to reveal, after a Freedom of Information request from a citizens' group, that computer crashes had destroyed touchscreen voting records collected during elections in 2002, effectively removing all trace of those elections from the system.
July Surprise? Yesterday, the local conservative radio talk show host boldly announced that today, John Ashcroft will hold a press conference announcing the capture of Osama Bin Laden, which would almost assuredly derail the Democratic convention and make Bush a shoo-in in November. For your edification, here's a story that a Pakistani newspaper reported back in April, saying that the Bush administration was putting serious pressure on Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf to capture Osama "by the end of July."
Shine On, You Crazy Diamond The surgical removal of Ann Coulter from the mainstream continues apace, as USA Today fires her from a weeklong stint writing columns from the Democratic National Convention. Not a single Coulter column ran in USA Today, because she refused to make changes suggested by the editors to her first one. This article plays nice, but I've read elsewhere that the problem with Coulter's column was that it was bizarre and "unreadable" in its attacks on Democrats, who were called "the spawn of Satan" in the column. The 40ish spinster is busy making the rounds on Fox News, calling herself a victim of censorship. A sample from the column, which can be found on Coulter's web site: "My pretty-girl allies stick out like a sore thumb amongst the corn-fed, no make-up, natural fiber, no-bra needing, sandal-wearing, hirsute, somewhat fragrant hippie chick pie wagons they call 'women' at the Democratic National Convention." We will leave to the reader all conclusions as to why an unmarried, strident woman in her 40s who recently moved to Miami Beach to better her chances with "real men" is so excited about "pretty-girl allies."
-Consider Arms, insinuating nothing
Meanwhile, In War Number Two... With all the fun and scapegoating over that NASA photo of John Kerry (note: If Kerry wins, you guys will be lucky to get funding for a trip to Boise, let alone Mars), we had almost forgotten GW Bush's grandest experiment in democratic civilization-building. So, how goes it in Iraq? Well, as the link above shows, insurgents set off a car bomb that killed 68 people outside a police station in Baghdad, and as this link shows, unemployment in Iraq is now hovering around 70 percent. So, full steam ahead there, then.
Hell: Literally, Good for Business A study by the Federal Reserve shows that countries with a widespread belief in Hell, or in some type of punishment in the afterlife, have better economies than countries without such widespread belief. I don't know what that says about the Fed being in cahoots with Satan, but I do know that this is exactly the kind of thing I want the government to be spending money on.
Election Follies in Florida, Part 157284892 The Florida Secretary of State was forced to reveal, after a Freedom of Information request from a citizens' group, that computer crashes had destroyed touchscreen voting records collected during elections in 2002, effectively removing all trace of those elections from the system.
July Surprise? Yesterday, the local conservative radio talk show host boldly announced that today, John Ashcroft will hold a press conference announcing the capture of Osama Bin Laden, which would almost assuredly derail the Democratic convention and make Bush a shoo-in in November. For your edification, here's a story that a Pakistani newspaper reported back in April, saying that the Bush administration was putting serious pressure on Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf to capture Osama "by the end of July."
Shine On, You Crazy Diamond The surgical removal of Ann Coulter from the mainstream continues apace, as USA Today fires her from a weeklong stint writing columns from the Democratic National Convention. Not a single Coulter column ran in USA Today, because she refused to make changes suggested by the editors to her first one. This article plays nice, but I've read elsewhere that the problem with Coulter's column was that it was bizarre and "unreadable" in its attacks on Democrats, who were called "the spawn of Satan" in the column. The 40ish spinster is busy making the rounds on Fox News, calling herself a victim of censorship. A sample from the column, which can be found on Coulter's web site: "My pretty-girl allies stick out like a sore thumb amongst the corn-fed, no make-up, natural fiber, no-bra needing, sandal-wearing, hirsute, somewhat fragrant hippie chick pie wagons they call 'women' at the Democratic National Convention." We will leave to the reader all conclusions as to why an unmarried, strident woman in her 40s who recently moved to Miami Beach to better her chances with "real men" is so excited about "pretty-girl allies."
-Consider Arms, insinuating nothing
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