Chinese Youths Crazy for English Alphabet Tattoos : UsedWigs
Hilarious, trendy morons on both sides of the pacific.
“The guy at the tattoo shop told me this means brave and proud warrior in English,” said beaming Beijing teenager Hao Tsang as he pointed to the letters GARF freshly inked onto his left bicep. “It’s perfect for me because I am very bold and confident, yet spiritual.”
Chinese Youths Crazy for English Alphabet Tattoos : UsedWigs
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Add comment November 3, 2007
FAKE TERROR – THE ROAD TO DICTATORSHIP
Excellent read. All truth.
It’s the oldest trick in the book, dating back to Roman times; creating the enemies you need.In 70 BC, an ambitious minor politician and extremely wealthy man, Marcus Licinius Crassus, wanted to rule Rome. Just to give you an idea of what sort of man Crassus really was, he is credited with invention of the fire brigade. But in Crassus’ version, his fire-fighting slaves would race to the scene of a burning building whereupon Crassus would offer to buy it on the spot for a tiny fraction of it’s worth. If the owner sold, Crassus’ slaves would put out the fire. If the owner refused to sell, Crassus allowed the building to burn to the ground. By means of this device, Crassus eventually came to be the largest single private land holder in Rome, and used some of his wealth to help back Julius Caesar against Cicero.
FAKE TERROR – THE ROAD TO DICTATORSHIP
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Duverger’s law – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
No shit! Err… duh.
The discovery of this tendency is attributed to Maurice Duverger, a French sociologist who observed the effect and recorded it in several papers published in the 1950s and 1960s. In the course of further research, other political scientists began calling the effect a “law” or principle. Duverger’s law suggests a nexus or synthesis between a party system and an electoral system: a proportional representation (PR) system creates the electoral conditions necessary to foster party development while a plurality system marginalizes many smaller political parties.
Duverger’s law – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Add comment October 27, 2007
I Park Like An Idiot – You suck at parking! Let the world know it!
So simple, so funny, and relatively inexpensive. Low-tac bumper stickers to carry in your car for those inevitable experiences with bad drivers.
I Park Like An Idiot – You suck at parking! Let the world know it!
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Add comment October 27, 2007
Iraqi adviser: Blackwater shooting unprovoked, guards must go – CNN.com
Blackwater, a company of mercenaries, without rules of engagement. Frustrating that modern day Hessians have emerged. This is not an American problem, the world has let it happen. I fear a resurgence of the Middle Ages and the Crusades, bloody murder based upon idealism and money.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki asked the U.S. State Department to “pull Blackwater out of Iraq,” after an Iraqi probe concluded that the private contractors committed unprovoked and random killings in a September 16 shooting, an adviser to al-Maliki told CNN.art.blackwater.car.afp.gi.jpgA man bicycles past a car on September 20 that was damaged during the September 16 Blackwater shootings.But in Washington, State Department spokesman Tom Casey said the department has received “no specific request” from Iraq to withdraw the company’s contractors.
Iraqi adviser: Blackwater shooting unprovoked, guards must go – CNN.com
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Add comment October 16, 2007
Flock is Alive again
Beta software is, well, beta. My Flock install took a dump after an unusual blue screen error on this laptop. Weeks of bouncing back and forth on the support forums finally led me to performing a profile deletion and fresh install. I hope the issue from before does not arise again. I can’t bring myself to Blog the old fashion way, without Flock’s built-in tools. So here I am again, blogging away.
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Add comment October 14, 2007
Satire: A Child’s Guide To United States Foreign Policy [July 19, 2003]
Flashback to 2003, amusing read today. Follow the link at the bottom, there’s much more!
Q: Daddy, why did we have to attack Iraq?
A: Because they had weapons of mass destruction honey.
Q: But the inspectors didn’t find any weapons of mass destruction.
A: That’s because the Iraqis were hiding them.
Q: And that’s why we invaded Iraq?
A: Yep. Invasions always work better than inspections.
Q: But after we invaded them, we STILL didn’t find any weapons of mass destruction, did we?
A: That’s because the weapons are so well hidden. Don’t worry, we’ll find something, probably right before the 2004 election.
Q: Why did Iraq want all those weapons of mass destruction?
A: To use them in a war, silly.
Q: I’m confused. If they had all those weapons that they planned to use in a war, then why didn’t they use any of those weapons when we went to war with them?
A: Well, obviously they didn’t want anyone to know they had those weapons, so they chose to die by the thousands rather than defend themselves.
Q: That doesn’t make sense Daddy. Why would they choose to die if they had all those big weapons to fight us back with?
Satire: A Child’s Guide To United States Foreign Policy [July 19, 2003]
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Pulmonary Plaque Pleasures
Cravings for an Angus ThickBurger or a sack of Krystals arise from the deepest reaches of my gut on occasion. Other than that, I’m not a huge Fast Food fan. I tripped over an amusing site describing fast food taste experiments that I probably performed as a teen. These guys detail some interesting creations such as the Triple Threat; a Big Mac, a Whopper, and a Wendy’s Classic all piled into a heart attack inducing monstrosity.
Linkage: Fast Food Fever
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1 comment August 8, 2007
Alice In Chains Fantasy Football Challenge
Up for a challenge this football season? Correctly answer the trivia questions and you may play fantasy football against Alice In Chains.
On September 6, the NFL is kicking off another season of pigskin action and we here at AliceInChains.com have decided to join in on the fun by organizing a fantasy football league. This league will see eight lucky fans pit their football knowledge (and luck) against Jerry, Mike and The Baldy’s expertise. All fantasy football league players will receive limited-edition Alice in Chains jerseys and the member with the most points will win an autographed guitar. That lucky person and two runner-ups will also receive a football autographed by the band members.
If you want to be a player in our fantasy football league, you need to first complete our fantasy football trivia contest. Everyone who correctly answers all 12 questions found below (and is over the age of 18) will be entered into a draw to become a player in the AliceInChains.com Fantasy Football League. On August 23, we’ll pick a total of 10 names (eight players and two alternates just in case one of our original eight flakes out). Those individuals will be contacted that same day with instructions on how to pick their players for the league.
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Add comment August 7, 2007
Fourteen Characteristics of Fascism
Excellent read, follow the link for all fourteen.
FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM
Dr. Lawrence Britt, a political scientist, wrote an article about fascism which appeared in Free Inquiry magazine, a journal of humanist thought. Dr. Britt studied the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia), and Pinochet (Chile). He found the regimes all had 14 things in common, and he calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism. The article is titled “Fascism Anyone?,” and appears in Free Inquiry’s Spring 2003 issue on page 20.The 14 characteristics are:
1.. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism – Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
2.. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights – Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to ‘look the other way’ of even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
3.. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause – The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe; racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists; terrorists, etc.
4.. Supremacy of the Military – Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM
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