Tayeb Abdel Rahim, senior Yasser Arafat aide, does his best impression of the Dome of the Rock mosque during his boss' recent hospitalization. "It helps pass the time," Rahim told reporters.
Monday, November 08, 2004
In Arafat's absence
Tayeb Abdel Rahim, senior Yasser Arafat aide, does his best impression of the Dome of the Rock mosque during his boss' recent hospitalization. "It helps pass the time," Rahim told reporters.
Sunday, November 07, 2004
Too bad you didn't make our day that day...
John Hinckley, Jr., shown here in a self-portrait that, unfortunately, wasn't self-actualizing, now wants 5-day, unsupervised visits to his parents' home in Virginia.
Someone please remind John Hinckley that the reason he's not still living in his parents' basement today, is that he chose to attempt to assassinate President Reagan in 1981.
The answer, I hope, will be, "NO, you loon. Stop asking!"
Transcendental Yasser
Recent photos of Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, may indicate that he is tranforming into an pure energy being, according to French doctors.
"De struggle to retain power ees very strong een dis man," said Dr.Pierre Lepieu, one of Arafat's physicians. "Dis is unparalleled een medicine, but I have seen eet een Star Trek."
Saturday, November 06, 2004
Let them eat locusts
Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recommends that Cypriot farmers eat the locusts that have swarmed into their eastern Mediterranean countries from Africa.
"Here are a few local recipies from locust-affected countries," a page on the FAO web site says, "Please send us yours!"
"Take several dozen locust adults, preferably female, slit the abdomen lengthwise and stuff a peanut inside," one Cambodiam recipe suggested. "Then lightly cook the locusts in a wok or hot frying pan, adding a little oil & salt to tase. Be careful not to overcook or burn them."
Isn't that a typical U.N. response to all problems: never provide a real solution, just an unpalatable one?
Friday, November 05, 2004
Novel uses for origami
Students at a Rome design school, inspired by origami, have come up with a folding cardboard home for use by street people.
The Quasar Institute is hoping to find volunteers once the kinks are worked out with the homes.
The Quasar Institute is hoping to find volunteers once the kinks are worked out with the homes.
The buckeye stops here
For months, Kerry carried around a lucky buckeye - a type of chestnut that is the symbol of Ohio - in his right jacket pocket. In the wee hours of Election Day, Kerry touched down in Toledo and reached for the talisman to show the crowd greeting him at the airport. The buckeye fell to the stage, slipping from his eager fingers. Twenty-four hours later, so would the state that held all his hopes.
-Helen Kennedy, New York Daily News
Thank you, Ohio!
Thursday, November 04, 2004
Moore fulfills pre-election vow
Fulfilling his pre-election vow to fed his liver to a polar bear if the idiot Bush wins the election, film maker Michael Moore fed his liver to a polar bear today.
Milo, the clean cat
8 week old kitten catnaps in washing machine and lives to meow again. Milo's owner, Ginny Troth, only realized where the inquisitive kitty might be halfway through the wash cycle.
"Blimey," said Ms. Troth, "I'm just relieved I didn't buy the washer with the acid cycle."
Arafat enters own pool
"Put me down for two dinars," says Palestinian leader, Yassir Arafat, joining the informal pool going around The Compound predicting the time of his own demise.
All the news that's fit to print.
Romanian paper headline reads: "Bush/Cheney:Another Four Years in the White House."
In contrast, the UK's Daily Mirror headline reads: "How can 59,054,087 people be so DUMB."
Not just the facts anymore.
In contrast, the UK's Daily Mirror headline reads: "How can 59,054,087 people be so DUMB."
Not just the facts anymore.
Cartoon physics does work!
Tragedy was averted in the aftermath of an unfortunate steamroller accident when the two victims were picked up and shook until they returned to normal.
Double rainbow over Baghdad
The news of the re-election of George W. Bush spread quickly through Iraq.
In contrast, several thousand Iraqis burned U.S. flags and Bush effigies marking the 25th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy in Tehran & the taking of 52 hostages for 444 days...the legacy of Jimmy Carter.
It's unfortunate that the American voters didn't make Carter follow in the tradition of Stevenson, McGovern, Mondale, & Kerry.
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
Election surprise photo
"Bush did whaaat?"
Make room for George "Daddy Bigbucks" Soros at the monastary.
Make room for George "Daddy Bigbucks" Soros at the monastary.
In happier moments...
Memories...of the way we were...before the wheels came off...
How long before the cries of 'Blame Edwards' begin?
How would you know they worked?
Glasses for dogs? Doggles.
Glasses for cats? Coggles or caggles?
The country is divided on this issue.
The fat lady sings...finally.
Just after 11 AM EST, John Kerry called President Bush & graciously said, "Congratulations, Mr. President."
The ordeal is over.
Pre-election exit polls dead wrong
Looking at yesterday afternoon's early exit poll results gave me a swift-kick-in-the-solar-plexus kind of feeling. You know, a bunch of Maalox moments strung together into an acid reflux chain.
The exit polls showed Kerry was up...up...& up in absurdly high numbers, but as the evening wore on, the artifice fell apart, and Bush's numbers soared. What happened?
A little google searching revealed that the new consortium responsible for the 2004 election exit polling system is called the National Elections Pool (NEP). The NEP is run by Warren Mitofsky, of Mitofsky International, & Joseph Lenski, of Edison Media Research.
This is the same Warren Mitofsky who was executive director of the CBS News election & survey unit, & was an executive producer of its election night broadcasts. In fact, he developed the projection & analysis system used by CBS and VNS, and he started the CBS News/New York Times Poll in 1975 & directed it for CBS for 15 years.
Warren Mitofsky was also the founder of the forerunner of Voter News Service (VNS), the consortium that was disbanded following two major failures in 2 years, including the 2000 election.
VNS + NEP + CBS + NY Times = biased exit polls.
You do the math.
The exit polls showed Kerry was up...up...& up in absurdly high numbers, but as the evening wore on, the artifice fell apart, and Bush's numbers soared. What happened?
A little google searching revealed that the new consortium responsible for the 2004 election exit polling system is called the National Elections Pool (NEP). The NEP is run by Warren Mitofsky, of Mitofsky International, & Joseph Lenski, of Edison Media Research.
This is the same Warren Mitofsky who was executive director of the CBS News election & survey unit, & was an executive producer of its election night broadcasts. In fact, he developed the projection & analysis system used by CBS and VNS, and he started the CBS News/New York Times Poll in 1975 & directed it for CBS for 15 years.
Warren Mitofsky was also the founder of the forerunner of Voter News Service (VNS), the consortium that was disbanded following two major failures in 2 years, including the 2000 election.
VNS + NEP + CBS + NY Times = biased exit polls.
You do the math.
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Forget Waldo, where's Tuh-Ray-Zuh?
Mozambique Momma T. has been keeping a low profile since her latest faux pas. She's harder to find than Waldo...who's right here on The BLOG
Remember 9/11/01
Following 9/11/01, I heard many Gore voters express their relief that George W. Bush was our president on that fateful day.
President Bush stood atop the rubble and said through a bullhorn, "I can hear you; the rest of the world hears you, and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear from all of us very soon."
They heard us loud & clear, but the global war on terror isn't over. There is more to be done. Ask yourself, who do you want in charge?
Remember that when you cast your vote today.
Vote BUSH.
Monday, November 01, 2004
Defiant American cloud's reply to UBL & Kerry
Brought to you by the Association of Accretion of Water Vapor Molecules for BUSH.
The bawk bawk vote
UBL tape warns voters not to vote for Bush or there will be terror.
UBL tape counsels voters to vote for Kerry if they want a truce with terrorists.
UBL knows which side wants to appease the terrorists.
Winston Churchill once said, "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."
Crocodiles love Democrats; they taste like chicken.
Don't let UBL force you to vote for fear.
Vote for strength. Vote for leadership. Vote BUSH.
UBL tape counsels voters to vote for Kerry if they want a truce with terrorists.
UBL knows which side wants to appease the terrorists.
Winston Churchill once said, "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."
Crocodiles love Democrats; they taste like chicken.
Don't let UBL force you to vote for fear.
Vote for strength. Vote for leadership. Vote BUSH.
Virtual retinal display
Virtual retinal display technology (VRD), originally developed at the University of Washington's Human Interface Technology Lab, now goes mobile with a head-mounted portable unit.
Do you suppose they watch Star Trek?
Do you suppose they watch Star Trek?
Legends Field Rally
15,000 Bush supporters waited hours in the hot Florida sun, but spirits remained high throughout the event.
The cheering was loud & frequent & lengthy. Good manners and a feeling of well-being abounded.
But, best of all, it was great to see the President.
A special treat, indeed.
The cheering was loud & frequent & lengthy. Good manners and a feeling of well-being abounded.
But, best of all, it was great to see the President.
A special treat, indeed.
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