Saturday, November 9, 2002 at 4:53PM Here's a mildly intersesting article about a Rutgers undergradute (whose father is a professor there) who writes a "campus sex" column for the school paper.
Saturday, November 9, 2002 at 4:20PM The (alleged) Maryland snipers are starting to talk.
Saturday, November 9, 2002 at 2:55PM Cigarettes, Greed and Betrayal: An Insider's Saga. An interesting read from Sunday's LA Times.
Saturday, November 9, 2002 at 10:50AM The New York Times reports that the Pentagon is working on a computer system to spy on us.
"As the director of the effort, Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter, has described the system in Pentagon documents and in speeches, it will provide intelligence analysts and law enforcement officials with instant access to information from Internet mail and calling records to credit card and banking transactions and travel documents, without a search warrant."
"Without a search warrant." Can you say Big Brother? I knew that you could.
You can read it here (may require registration).
Time to join the ACLU?
Saturday, November 9, 2002 at 10:43AM Speaking of Winona's clothes, here's a very picture-intensive deconstruction of her daily trial wear that's fairly hilarious.
Saturday, November 9, 2002 at 10:16AM Here's an amusing article about the media's fascination with what Winona wore during her recent trial.
Friday, November 8, 2002 at 4:03PM Interpol says Bin Laden is alive and we are about to be attacked. Apparently, they're coming. Are we ready?
Thursday, November 7, 2002 at 5:24PM "Make the Pie Higher." I can't tell you how happy I am to have such an articulate president. Our former masters, the British, appreciate it too. Thrill to our President's command of his native language, as noted by our european brethren (and sistren)!
Thursday, November 7, 2002 at 4:52PM LOCAL NEWS: Are you a tenant or landlord in San Francisco? If so, this might interest you. It interests me because I know many of the people involved in the lawsuit.
Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at 4:51PM I apologize if it is politically incorrect, but this stuff cracks me up. I love the way English is mangled and misused by the Japanese. They seem to have a particular proclivity for mangling it.
In a related note, I found this article about the dreaded incorporation of English (and other languages) into Japanese very interesting.
Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at 4:21PM North Korea posts daily "news" in English that is often hilarious. The website offers unreconstructed communist propaganda and dogma, which is quite poorly translated. Entries tend to detail the antics of North Korean Premier Kim Jong Il, and they are often unintentionally amusing.
In a typical posting, Premier Kim Jong Il undertakes some inspirational trip -- such as visiting workers at a shovel factory or goat farm or the like. These visits are invariably preceeded by great periods of personal self-deprivation on the part of Kim. He often works through the night without food (except for [if lucky] a rice ball), and he sometimes has to travel by donkey over impassible mountains to be with his people. Once on site, Kim dispenses brilliant advice to the brave workers about industrial efficiency or military strength or something similar. The workers understandably appreciate this. Typically, their thankfulness first rises to the level of near orgasm, and then they acheive release by presenting Kim with some ridiculous gift.
Next day, the process repeats at the next shovel factory or goat farm down the line.
I love this stuff.
(Thanks to Matt Drudge for linking to North Korea's website for many years.)
Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at 3:30PM Yet another of Judge Kent's infamous orders. This one involves tobacco and Bolivians.
Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at 3:26PM Here's another favorite from a different Texan, Federal District Court Judge Kent. This guy does not mince words. (Dissing New York counsel for complaining about having to appear in Galveston rather than Houston.)
