Posted 21:28 by Grote 0 comments

Kinda like a mother lion teaching her cub to hunt...

This story from Yahoo news claims that Saddam was held by Kurdish forces, drugged and left for US troops. Now, a)its Yahoo *Singapore* news b)I haven't found a second source for this. So take this with a grain of salt.

Posted 22:39 by Grote 0 comments

I'm dreaming of a booby Christmas

The AccuWeather website posted a map detailing the odds for a White Christmas. Well, If you look in the Utah/Wyoming area, you'll find what looks to be the shape of a well endowed lady. The image is safe for work.
Thanks to the Fark Forums for the heads up on the picture.

Posted 16:16 by Grote 0 comments

What would you do witha barrel of oil?

Shane Messer has created a game for $39.99 you can hunt for those elusice WMDs. You can read about the story here.

Posted 20:30 by Grote 0 comments

I knew the Frenchies were involved in 9/11!

Follow me if you will:

When Charlemagne died he split up the Holy Roman Empire between his three warring sons. This leads to the Alsace-Lorraine dispute. (Alsace-Lorraine is the border between France and Germany). This, of course, is an indirect cause of World War I (See also: Franco-Prussian War). World War I is a direct cause of World War II, when the victors gave Germany, et al, the shaft. World War II leads to creation of Israel. The creation of Israel over the state of Palestine is the cause of terrorism and hence 9/11. Stupid Charlemagne.
Note this is just purely in fun and the idea was unabashedly stolen from this comic. And the Dan Patrick Show's case for McPherson's claim to the national title. Go Bulldogs!

Posted 16:11 by Grote 0 comments

Michael Crichton Speech on Environmentalism

In this Commonwealth Club Speech he talks about Environmentalism as a religion. It's very interesting, you should check it out.

Posted 21:57 by Grote 0 comments

The Continuation of the Infantization of America

Democratic Candidate/Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) has proposed that the Federal Government put warnings on advertisements much like movie ads are accompanied by parental warnings. What a *great* idea! Cause I was going to eat that box of ho-hos and drink that 2 liter of soda in one sitting but now that I just found out its bad for me *gasp* I won't. Sheesh. I can see it now "Chips Ahoy Cookies rated PG", "Funions rated PG-13" and coming this summer "Pork Rinds rated R." In his statement he says that Dubya "has done little to provide consumers with better information or stop corporations from preying on children." Um, exactly *when* was the 10th amendment repealed? The Federal Government is not supposed to protect us from ourselves. If we want to get fat that's our prerogative. Besides it's not the junk food company's fault that kids are getting fat. It's the parents who let their kids eat this junk!

Posted 23:01 by Grote 0 comments

Movie Review: Timeline

Timeline is a movie based on the superb book by Michael Crichton. Sadly that's where the parallels end. It's not a bad movie, but it's not exactly a "must rent" either. Our heroes go to see Bill Gates to go back in time to rescue their archeology professor/father (Actually only one of our heroes is the professor's son but that's neither here nor there). There's a lot of quiet arguing going on throughout the movie and it seems like the younger actors compete for screen time. The biggest problem with the movie is that there is no sense of time. In the movie they have 6 hours (31 less than the book's 37 hours) to rescue Billy Connolly's character and get home. They get there in the mid-afternoon and have time to get captured, escape, save the princess, get captured again, get involved in a night battle and get home. We only see how much time they have left before they are stuck there forever, maybe five times. The filmmaker's really dropped the ball on this one. I'm not saying have a "game clock" up in the corner of the movie like some NFL game but still give us some idea how much time is left to add tension to the story. What made the book better was there weren't chapter numbers but after they went back in time the chapters were labeled with how many hours:minutes:seconds were left to get home. Seriously, save your money or go see Master and Commander (which I hear is a really good movie).

Posted 22:28 by Grote 0 comments

One Man's Quest to Waste your Taxpayer Dollars and Ruin his Daughter's Life

I'm sure you've heard of this nut, he lives out in Cal-ee-fornia and has sued to get "In God We Trust" of the money and most recently, "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance. His name? The Rev. Dr. Michael A. Newdow, Esq (could you have anymore titles??). Of course he's founded his own church, the First Amendmist Church of True Science, which is odd being atheist and all. A quick trip to www.dictionary.com finds the definition of "church" as "A building for public, especially Christian worship, " and "atheist" as "One who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods." So what are services like? Do you have a different reading from the book of Madison? Not to mention his refusal of the correct usage of the English language. Rather than use the correct pronouns he and she and his and her, he uses "ree" for the formers and "rees" for the latters. More importantly he claims that, and I'm not making this up, that he was "tricked into fathering a child." You can read the whole Washington Post article here.