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Ya want it? You want damning proof that Iraq is lying? The Bush administration says they got it. Electronic intercepts by the NSA are considered the most jealously guarded of all U.S. intelligence secrets and government officials are normally loath... Keep reading this entry »
Set aside the next ten minutes of your life and check out Something Awful's Photoshop Phriday. Today? Recalled Foods. You'll find most of these products in the new 'tainted food' aisle at Cub. Tainted food: Helping undergraduates and the local... Keep reading this entry »
Ok, let's try something. Let's see what happens when I'm quite stressed out and it's only the second week of school and I'm feeling like I really do nothing but run around and fill out petitions to make sure I... Keep reading this entry »
Leave to to the wires to print the news. The news that matters. "When I have visitors, they sleep there with the fresh scent of toothpaste," Kolpakov, 36, told The Saginaw News for a story Tuesday. Creeped out yet? The... Keep reading this entry »
Lileks is up with his review of the State of the Union Address. The speech is part one in a four-part series. SOTU, Bush/Blair, Powell before the U.N., War Time Live from the Oval Office. Collect the whole set.... Keep reading this entry »
What do aircraft wings, capitalism, rodents in Finland, and human hearts all have in common? Why are socialism and benevolent dictatorships such appealing economic and political philosophies, but so prone to corruption? Steven has the words. Steven always has the... Keep reading this entry »
I really don't know what to make of this. The leaders of all anti-war countries are running around, calling for Baghdad to cooperate fully with the weapons inspectors. That's all they got. What if Baghdad doesn't cooperate? What if Baghdad... Keep reading this entry »
Well now, that was some lucid dreaming. It all started with me and some friends, who were driving a van across the country. We heard rumors of an abandoned warehouse in the neighborhood we were tooling through, so we drove... Keep reading this entry »
I'm in a restless mood right now, and it's been that way since the end of last semester. I spent most of winter break running around like a lunatic, overdosing on endorphins and all the other bio-chemicals that the non-academic... Keep reading this entry »
Ok, blogs have now hit big time. Dave Barry's even got a blog, now. He insults the Midwest. We take it. He says its cold. We run him down with snowblowers. Think that's ugly? His latest one is hosted at... Keep reading this entry »
If you are in the Duluth area, my combo, the Spontaneous Combustion Jazz Sextet, is playing tonight (Saturday) at Beaner's Central. Opening band starts at 8:00. We start at 9:00 and are to play for a long, long time. It's... Keep reading this entry »
Well, so far things are off to a pitiful start. Due to my cunning resourcefulness I bought all my textbooks online rather than bending over and letting the big man at the UMD Bookstore have his way. Due to my... Keep reading this entry »
Iraqis seem to think that the exchange rate for blood and oil ain't that bad after all. Citing interviews with Iraqi asylum-seekers arriving in Britain, officials claimed that the modest but significant unrest in central Iraq has unnerved the authorities,... Keep reading this entry »
The United States continues to ignore the latest threat to international security. Props to the monkeys down at Scrappleface.... Keep reading this entry »
Hank: Your weblog is horribly gone and unreadable! Sun Ra: Erm... It's still there, and quite readable. Hank: Never mind. I think it's a horrible problem on my end. Sun Ra: I have a horrible problem with my 'end' as... Keep reading this entry »
Den Beste gazes at his crystal ball. A few of his main points: We'll probably start hostilities on 1/31 or 2/1. The U.S. may use anti-transistor weapons early on to disable Iraqi equipment and force a surrender with a minimum... Keep reading this entry »
Cold. So very cold. Marrow-cracking cold. The kind of cold that seeps into your brain and frostbites your thoughts. It's currently 0 with a windchill of -14 and a clear sky, so we're sure to lose some digits tonight. It's... Keep reading this entry »
An anonymous tipster named Tim pointed out this article to me. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in the past that corporations are considered 'persons' and should enjoy the same rights as individuals. Last month, Porter Township in Pennsylvania passed... Keep reading this entry »
Well. School starts tomorrow for the last time ever. It's a good thing, too, cuz I'm really running out of things to do. All my Blither archives from Cromlech have finally fallen under the grinding gears of Movable Type. The... Keep reading this entry »
Imagine that. A 12,000 page dossier, and all of it lies, lies, lies. The teams of UN inspectors sent to investigate Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction arsenal made a stunning breakthrough last week when they uncovered evidence of Iraq's... Keep reading this entry »
Moose: what classes you takin' for your final load? Sun Ra: Impractical Graphix, Web Paige Carnage and Permutation, Family Values and Stoichiometry, Jump Ass Ensemble 1, Miscommunication and Elasticity, and Crucibles of Persuasion. Moose: Nice. Sun Ra: What are you... Keep reading this entry »
Little nuggets of joy, brought to you by the Workers World Party, your favorite leper standing behind International A.N.S.W.E.R. In addition, the heroic uprising of the Palestinians has mobilized the population of many Arab countries against U.S. imperialism and increased... Keep reading this entry »
Reports on the anti-war protests in Washington are comin' in. It should be known that the principle organizer of these rallies, International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism... is anyone else concerned that they conflate war and... Keep reading this entry »
Surly counselors and surly kids meet one another for a cold winter frolick sans snow. Go nuts. "IT'S A DOG!!!"... Keep reading this entry »
Sun Ra: Do you want to speak, too? Everyone wants to speak. Tova: Sure Sun Ra: Cool. Sun Ra: So. Uhh... Walnut. Tova: Small put Sun Ra: quell soot. Tova: Mail poot Sun Ra: Chainmail moot. Tova: Mammal prude Sun... Keep reading this entry »
Question: Why did Kentucky Fried Chicken change its name to KFC? a) They genetically engineered a creature called Animal 37, which is like a chicken but has three breasts and no beak and needs to eat all its meals from... Keep reading this entry »
Got a new site design brewing in the pots. A fresh table on the main blog page should make sure everything is lined up and happy in all but the most poorly orchestrated browsers. The templates for the blog, the... Keep reading this entry »
1 broken toe. cause: preexisting affliction from apartment staircase. Remedied by shoving foot in tight snowboard boot, forcing toe to rethink its slow battle toward recovery. Further serious injuries managed to dull pain from toe. 1 bruised tailbone. cause: numerous,... Keep reading this entry »
This will only hurt for a second. After 14 hours of driving and 6 hours of killing time in Boulder and 36 straight hours of being awake, we are finally raising a ruckus in Summit county. With a solid day... Keep reading this entry »
Well... I've been on break for what? two weeks, now, and my feet have hardly skittered across the cold pavement since it started. In this, and in celebration of my friend finally getting my father's computer working which now allows... Keep reading this entry »
Happy gnu year, ya'll!... Keep reading this entry »