Funny
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Everything you can say about America is true
Vampire Candidate ‘Won’t Hide Evil Side’
Thursday, January 12, 2006MINNEAPOLIS One gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota is giving a whole new meaning to the “dark side” of politics. A man who calls himself a satanic priest plans to run for governor on a 13-point platform that includes the public impaling of terrorists at the state Capitol building.
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Including the impaling of terrorists, rapists, drug dealers and other criminals, Sharkey’s platform includes emphasis on education, tax breaks for farmers and better benefits for veterans.I think govenors have been hiding their evil sides for far too long, and I welcome his candor. Throw in his impalement policy and I think we have a winner. Sure, it didn’t work for Dole in 96, but America has changed since then.
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Joke of the moment
From a Reason article on the future of Russia.
Answering a question about the future of democracy in Russia, Shevtsova said: “To add some optimism to my conclusions, I’ve got my favorite joke that, it seems to me, reflects the ambiguity of our democratic movement.
A sick man is picked up by an ambulance. He asks the doctor, ‘Doctor, where are you taking me?’ The doctor replies, ‘To the morgue.’ The man says, ‘But I’m not dead yet!’ The doctor says, ‘But we’re not there yet.’”
If this is Russian-style optimism, I’d hate to see what the pessimism looks like.
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Insights from the Carter Family box set
I got the first Carter Family Box set recently. It’s quite good, and nowhere near as repetitive as most of these things. And at $25.99 its well worth it for disks. I think all Carter Family stuff is out of copywright, which is why it is so cheap.
The current zinger, from the children’s song “Chewing Gum”
I’d never marry a lawyer, I’ll tell you the reason why
Every time he opens his mouth, he tells a great big lieI wouldn’t have a doctor, I’ll tell you the reason why
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Funny
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A thought
Whilst contemplating my working night (after a working day) I think of the adage that “Hard work never killed anybody”. Then I think, yes, it has. Millions in fact.
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Apple’s best yet
The iProduct!
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Two from Dreck
The first link is to a post containing a proposed national anthem
The Scotsman is mean, as we’re all well aware
And bony and blotchy and covered with hair
He eats salty porridge, he works all the day
And he hasn’t got bishops to show him the way!and
And crossing the Channel, one cannot say much
Of French and the Spanish, the Danish or Dutch
The Germans are German, the Russians are red,
And the Greeks and Italians eat garlic in bed!The Germans are German is a lovely insulting tautology.
And speaking of the Scots, this article Taller women are more career-driven – that’s the long and the short of it is well worth a read. I have no idea if it’s true or not, but any article that seems to use “homely” as a technical term must be interesting.
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A useful vicious
This month’s winner for biting commentary comes, not surprisingly, from Jeff Clark who dubbed The Aristocrats “an endurance contest for chronic masturbators”.
I haven’t actually seen the movie., but I haven’t heard much good about it.
And speaking of endurance contests, September is conspiracy to stop me from getting more than 5 hours of sleep a night. I finally have a light day and I get a new client with a crash and burn project that keep me up till 5:30, writing a blog post while files upload.