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Friday, March 28, 2003

A picture named crazy.gifI'm getting fed up with this shit. 'Dying.' 'In large numbers.' Great. BBC NEWS | UK | 'Showdown' looms - UK army chief

"Chief of the General Staff General Sir Mike Jackson said irregular Iraqi forces were being "pinned down" and "dying in large numbers". "
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A picture named crazy.gifHoon. Blair. Straw. What planet do those guys live on? William Gibson

""Umm Qasr is a town similar to Southampton", UK Defence Minister Geoff Hoon told the House of Commons yesterday. "He's either never been to Southampton, or he's never been to Umm Qasr", said one British soldier, informed of this while on patrol in Umm Qasr. Another added: "There's no beer, no prostitutes, and people are shooting at us. It's more like Portsmouth."
11:16:50 PM     |     
  


A picture named crazy.gifDemocracy in Pittsburgh, US of A. Rachel went on a peace march:

"We were all rounded up and arrested. 122 of us. I heard later that the cops had prevented anyone who looked older than 30 from continuing to march. That there were federal marshals there, who had given the order to arrest everyone, even those who weren't causing any trouble."

"I spent the next 30 hours in jail, being called a coward, an asshole, a fucker, a traitor to my country, ungrateful to the troops dying for my freedom, a bitch, a lesbian, a pinko (yeah--really, a pinko!), etc." [...]

Via a comment by The Fabulous Flemish Blogger at The Ministry of Propaganda
11:03:30 PM     |     
  


A picture named robots.gifWhere's his TARDIS? Yahoo! TV: Entertainment News & Gossip - 'TIME-TRAVELER' BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING

"NEW YORK -- Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading charges -- and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!"

"However, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear the technology could 'fall into the wrong hands.'"
10:33:01 PM     |     
  


A picture named Tafel_017_medium.jpgArtforms of Nature. Wow. I didn't know something like that exists; linkfilter again pointed me to this website. Ernst Haeckel: Kunstformen der Natur, 1899-1904, all the colour plates scanned in high resolution. If you like, you can download the whole book as a 272MB PDF.

But there's much, much more: Stueber's Online Library has all in all 23388 scanned in pages from 135 books - von Humboldt, Mendel, Darwin... I think I'll have to spend a few days there. Highly interesting is Betrachtung der versteinerten Seesterne und ihrer Theile (1760) ... erm ... seriously: that's a great library.
10:19:53 PM     |     
  


A picture named crazy.gifMore from the Memory Hole. The Gulf War: Secret History.... Saved by The Memory Hole, this extensive history of the first Gulf War by William M. Arkin draws on lots of declassified documents and inside information to present previously unknown facts about that conflict. It was published in installments on the Website of the magazine Stars and Stripes (a privately-owned magazine, not the US military newspaper of the same name). At some point the Website disappeared and with it, unfortunately, went this important piece of work. A full copy had survived in the Internet Archive until just a week ago. Now that it has completely vanished from the Net, The Memory Hole is extremely pleased to resurrect it. [Ye Olde Phart]
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A picture named tiere.jpgDas Potential Mengele. (For my German speaking readers) Although Hans Wollschläger's complete works edition is apparently progressing rapidly, his excellent essay "Tiere sehen dich an" oder Das Potential Mengele is still online. More about the author, musician and philosopher at Andreas Weigel's website. Oh - and a late 'Happy Birthday' to you, Hans!
9:04:55 PM     |     
  

A picture named crazy.gifLiar. Tony Blair has lied again to the public. 'Regret' over Blair execution comment. A government minister expresses regret over any hurt caused by the prime minister's claim that two British soldiers were executed. [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition]
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A picture named robot.gifBack for a week. Be well prepared for daily entries. I'm a whole week back at home in London. And here's a very funny Irish joke I found at Zoe's My boyfriend is a twat:

Saddam Hussein was sitting in his office wondering whom to invade next when his telephone rang.

"Hello! Mr. Hussein," a heavily-accented voice said. "This is Paddy down in the Harp pub in County Sligo, Ireland. I am ringing to inform you that we are officially declaring war on you."

"Well, Paddy," Saddam replied, "This is indeed important news! How big is your army?"

"Right now," said Paddy, after a moment's calculation, "there is meself, me cousin Sean, me next door neighbour Seamus, and the entire dart team from the pub. That makes eight!"

Saddam paused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have one million men in my army, waiting to move on my command."

"Begorra!" said Paddy. "I'll have to ring you back!"

Sure enough, the next day, Paddy called again. "Mr. Hussein, the war is still on! We have managed to acquire some equipment!"

"And what equipment would that be, Paddy?" Saddam asked.

"Well, we have two combines, a bulldozer, and Murphy's old farm tractor."

Saddam sighed. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 6,000 tanks and 4,000 armoured personnel carriers. I've increased my army to 1.5 million since we last spoke."

"Saints preserve us!" said Paddy. "I'll have to get back to you."

Sure enough, Paddy rang again the next day. "Mr. Hussein, the war is still on! We have managed to get ourselves airborne! We've modified Harrigan's ultra-light with a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four boys from the Shamrock pub have joined us as well!"

Saddam was silent for a minute and then cleared his throat. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 1,000 bombers and 2,000 fighter planes. My military complex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites, and since we last spoke, I've increased my army to TWO MILLION!"

"Jezus, Mary and Joseph!" said Paddy. "I'll have to ring you back."

Sure enough Paddy called again the next day. "Top o' the mornin', Mr.Hussein! I am sorry to tell you that we have had to call off the war."

"I'm intrigued," said Saddam. "Why the sudden change of heart?"

"Well," said Paddy, "we've all had a long chat over a few pints, and there's no way we can feed two million prisoners."
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