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Month: April, 2004

Yesterday and Today

30 April, 2004 (16:55) | War | No comments

29 years ago today Saigon surrendered to the Vietcong an inevitable result of US political interference, turned miltary interference, in a foreign country. Today the US troops started to pull out of Fallujah turning control of the city over to several of Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard generals (you know – those nasty, empire of evil, [...]

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Real Life Dilberts

28 April, 2004 (17:21) | Sociology | No comments

For all the cube rats and former cube rats in the audience I profer this list of quotes from real-life Dilbert-type managers. Via Clyde via Car Talk

“As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday and employees will [...]

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A Unique Political Experiment

27 April, 2004 (19:39) | Political | No comments

For the last 4 months there has been a very interesting political experiment going on here in British Columbia. BC has long had a first past the post electoral system and that’s a system rife with deficiencies.
In “first past the post” the candidate who gets the most votes in a riding gets to represent [...]

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The Cause of Arthritis

24 April, 2004 (10:06) | Humor | No comments

A man who reeked of alcohol flopped on a subway seat next to a priest. The man’s tie was stained, his face was plastered with red lipstick, and a half empty bottle of rum was sticking out of his ripped jacket pocket. He noisily opened his newspaper and started reading.
After a few minutes, the disheveled [...]

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What? You didn’t see this coming?

22 April, 2004 (20:36) | Political | No comments

Let me see if I have this right. Leaving aside the whole WMD farce we are being told that the “real” reason for invading Iraq was to get rid of an evil dictator and his evil regime. You know that regime that was responsible for the death of tens of thousands of Iraqi’s every year [...]

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The Swine

22 April, 2004 (17:33) | Humor | No comments

Ah my old buddy and cow worker Pure Carnage is at it again! This time he’s back with his take on the TV show The Swan. Don’t miss it and get yer nominations in early!

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Too good to be true

21 April, 2004 (19:49) | Political | No comments

Oh please please please let this be true – Condi calling Bush her husband at a big dinner party for some of the movers and shakers in DC. Oh wouldn’tthat be something – Condi and Bush boinking each other – if only there was some proof
via Heli’s Heaven and Hell

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Out Out

21 April, 2004 (19:38) | Humor | No comments

OK OK so I’m not much of a picture hacker – you get the idea

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Complaint Letter Extraordinaire

21 April, 2004 (18:49) | Humor | 1 comment

If only I could write so well when some company has pissed me off. The British are so reserved
What follows is a superb example of British humour in a letter that was truly written and sent. The piece suggests two things:

Americans and Canadians are not the only ones who get poor [...]

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Turning the Pages

20 April, 2004 (21:01) | Literarature | No comments

The British Library has put 10 of the world’s rarest books online for you to turn the pages at your own pace. You get

SFORZA HOURS: Renaissance masterpiece by Birago and Horenbout
GOLDEN HAGGADAH: Lavishly illustrated 14th century Hebrew manuscript
VESALIUS’ ANATOMYLandmark medical work of the 16th century.
BLACKWELL’S HERBAL1: George III’s personal copy of a beautiful [...]

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