now where’s that dingo?
of course i’m referring to that movie with meryl streep where she proclaimed “the dingo ate my baby” in the movie a cry in the dark about missing baby azaria chamberlain. american tourist jean barnard would have been happy to have had a dingo to whisk away the toddler that she claimed screamed so loud [...]
limiting the advancement of one colored person
the national association for the advancement of colored people (n.a.a.c.p.), the champion of civil rights can now take responsibility for the limiting of one colored person named shirley sherrod. ms. sherrod, up until yesterday, worked for the department of agriculture. she was forced to resign because a video of her giving a [...]
now you’re asking them to tell?
in an unprecendented move, the military is asking the forces what they think about gays in the military. they’re doing it by electronic survey distributed last week distributed to 400K active duty personnel. it’s unprecedented because they didn’t do this when, say, they were integrating the military or when they were including women and many [...]
tehran makes ‘the fonz’ cool
the iranians are in the news again. this time, they’ve released a set of approved haircuts for men, an alternative to the soon to be illegal decadent western haircuts like the mullet. according to time magazine “You’re in the clear if you have a short, conservative haircut – and you can use hair gel, just [...]
monday morning funnies
we haven’t shown a jon stewart funny in a while. here’s his take on the kagan confirmation hearings.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
/’fat/
well filled out : thick, big <a fat book> b : full in tone and quality : rich <a gorgeous fat bass voice — Irish Digest> c :d : prosperous, wealthy <grew fat on the war — Time> e : being substantial and impressive <a fat bank account> well [...]
lobbying mtv
if you didn’t believe that young people are being cautious, here’s another story about the consequences of putting it all out there. a young woman that was a ‘house guest’ on the recent season of mtv’s the real world in washington, dc is suing the show and mtv for $5 million bones because she [...]
