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Tuesday, April 27, 2004

I do despair of humanity, sometimes. This is supposed to be a satellite photo of Noah's Ark squatting on Mt. Ararat. Do you believe... [Pharyngula] 9:06:03 PM  Permalink  comment []

Mort Sahl, Still Simmering After All These Years. The unregenerate skeptic who has shocked the system for half a century shares his thoughts on comedians of the past and present. By Bruce Weber. [New York Times: Arts] Mort Sahl was riffing on the military record of President Bush the other night from the stage at the Village Theater, where he performed many times in the 1950's and 1960's, when the place was known as the Village Gate. He could only imagine, he said, the version of the conversation Mr. Bush had with his daughter Jenna that so many fathers have had with their children. "What did you do in the war, Daddy?" Mr. Sahl, as Ms. Bush, asked. Then, assuming a presidential manner, he answered himself: "I started it." 4:47:36 PM  Permalink  comment []

[Asinine] Bush administration: Science is the work of the devil. (SciAm) [Fark] 4:42:31 PM  Permalink  comment []

(2004-04-26) Leave 'under God' in, because we're the majority [Internet Infidels News wire] 2:47:16 PM  Permalink  comment []

Classic Onion: Cheney Wows Sept. 11 Commission By Drinking Glass Of Water While Bush Speaks [random($foo)] 2:42:47 PM  Permalink  comment []

Stalling in Sudan . . . (www.washingtonpost.com). TWO WEEKS AGO, Sudan's government agreed to a humanitarian cease-fire in Darfur, a region in the western part of the country. The cease-fire was necessary because of the government's own actions: It has carried out aerial bombings of civilians and armed a militia that has terrorized villages, burning crops, raping women and flailing men with studded whips. As many as 1 million people have been chased from their homes and have no food stocks to support themselves. Doctors Without Borders, an intrepid charity that has 30 foreign staffers in Darfur, reports that malnutrition among children is rising precipitously. The aim of the cease-fire is to allow food deliveries before the rainy season makes roads impassable, probably six weeks from now. If the world misses that window, mass starvation becomes probable. By . [washingtonpost.com - Opinion] 11:33:03 AM  Permalink  comment []

First John McCain, then Max Cleland, and now John Kerry…   The draft-dodgers controlling the Republican Party have smeared the valor of every Vietnam Veteran who has stood in their way. E. J. Dionne Jr. finally asks the question made famous by Joseph Welch - "Have you no sense of decency, sir?"   It is an outrage against everyone who has ever served their country in uniform. [Playing with my food, and other things...] 8:08:12 AM  Permalink  comment []

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