3.30.2002
3.28.2002
Irony Alert
Debbie sent this in from the History News Network:Evidence that history is richly ironic: Last Spring CLS Publishing -- a famously anti-Clinton organ ("The Clinton Atrocities," "Davidian Massacre," etc. etc.) -- sent out a flier advertising its latest publications. Among CLS's pithy observations ...
"As of the date of this production (June 21, 2001), since Clinton left office, there have been no terrorist bombings of World Trade Centers, US Naval vessels, US embassies, or federal buildings; no major airplane crashes and no untimely deaths of government officials -- unlike ANY five month period during the entire 8 years that the Clintons were in power."The HNN site also relates the following excerpt from a Bush speech to the Japanese Diet on 2/18/02:
"My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important reason. It begins here because for a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times."There was that pesky little spat we had, but other than that, we've been great friends for the last 150 years.
3.26.2002
All Hail the Kings of the Geeks
Colin writes:This is the most flatteringly unflattering portrait of intense geekdom since Trekkies (which you all must see, if you haven't):
They go outside in white canvas space suits trimmed in duct tape. Their helmets are made from plastic light fixtures and white bullet-shaped trash-can lids. In their habitation module (the thing that looks like a silo), they sit with their laptops late into the cold desert night, typing up reports of simulated Mars disasters.NB: Sounds more like Capricorn One to me.
