The culture was preserved better by the Arab and Seljuk empires. They preserved libraries (after the admitted burning of Alexandria) for their later introduction to Europe during the Crusades, and to a greater extent via Florentine/Venetian trade with the Ottomans - producing the Rennaisance.
Were made to appear to come from Saudi Arabia. If you wanted to dominate global oil, and secure the mid-east for Israeli interest, you'd use fake Saudis - with fake documents. 4 of the supposed "hi-jackers" are still alive, and have been located! They were victims of identity theft. Do you really believe you can take over a jet with a box-cutter? Jesus! People are stupid sheep to fall for this "operation Northwoods" style dis-info!
To
the citizens of the United States of America, in the light of your failure
to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves,
we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective
today.
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths
and other territories.
Except Utah, which she does not
fancy.
Your new Prime Minister (The Right
Honourable Tony Blair, MP for the 97.85% of you who have until now been
unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a
Minister for America without the need for further elections.
Congress and the Senate will be
disbanded.
A questionnaire will be circulated
next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the
transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are
introduced with immediate effect:
1. You should look up "revocation"
in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up "aluminium." Check the
pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been
pronouncing it.
The letter 'U' will be reinstated in
words such as 'favour' and 'neighbour'; skipping the letter 'U' is nothing
more than laziness on your part. Likewise, you will learn to spell
'doughnut' without skipping half the letters.
You will end your love affair with
the letter 'Z' (pronounced 'zed' not 'zee') and the suffix "ize" will be
replaced by the suffix "ise."
You will learn that the suffix
'burgh' is pronounced 'burra' e.g. Edinburgh. You are welcome to re-spell
Pittsburgh as 'Pittsberg' if you can't cope with correct pronunciation.
Generally, you should raise your
vocabulary to acceptable levels. Look up "vocabulary." Using the same
thirty seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "uhh", "like",
and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication.
Look up "interspersed."
There will be no more 'bleeps' in
the Jerry Springer show. If you're not old
enough to cope with bad language
then you shouldn't have chat shows. When you learn to develop your
vocabulary, then you won't have to use bad language as often.
2. There is no such thing as "US
English." We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft
spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter
'u' and the elimination of "-ize."
3. You should learn to distinguish
the English and Australian accents. It really isn't that hard. English
accents are not limited to cockney, upper-class twit or Mancunian (Daphne
in Frasier).
You will also have to learn how to
understand regional accents --- Scottish dramas such as "Taggart" will no
longer be broadcast with subtitles.
While we're talking about regions,
you must learn that there is no such place as Devonshire in England. The
name of the county is "Devon." If you persist in calling it Devonshire,
all American States will become "shires" e.g. Texasshire, Floridashire,
Louisianashire.
4. Hollywood will be required
occasionally to cast English actors as the good guys. Hollywood will be
required to cast English actors to play English characters.
British sit-coms such as "Men
Behaving Badly" or "Red Dwarf" will not
Raining shrimp
On April 28, it apparently rained shrimp onto the tennis courts at the Summit residential development in La Jolla, California. According to Scripps Institution of Oceanography curator Bob Burhans, the shrimp were likely sucked up by the wind and dropped over land. (More background on the Fortean phenomena of weird rains here.) From the San Diego Union-Tribune:
"There were warnings of potential sea spouts a couple of hours before that storm came in," says Burhans, adding that a sea spout can travel a mile or two, or even farther.
Raining shrimp
On April 28, it apparently rained shrimp onto the tennis courts at the Summit residential development in La Jolla, California. According to Scripps Institution of Oceanography curator Bob Burhans, the shrimp were likely sucked up by the wind and dropped over land. (More background on the Fortean phenomena of weird rains here.) From the San Diego Union-Tribune:
"There were warnings of potential sea spouts a couple of hours before that storm came in," says Burhans, adding that a sea spout can travel a mile or two, or even farther.
Raining shrimp
On April 28, it apparently rained shrimp onto the tennis courts at the Summit residential development in La Jolla, California. According to Scripps Institution of Oceanography curator Bob Burhans, the shrimp were likely sucked up by the wind and dropped over land. (More background on the Fortean phenomena of weird rains here.) From the San Diego Union-Tribune:
"There were warnings of potential sea spouts a couple of hours before that storm came in," says Burhans, adding that a sea spout can travel a mile or two, or even farther.
You are an angry little fellow! Rape is not a sexual act - per se.
Educate yourself. Rape is an act of violence, using sexual vulnerability as an opportunity to exert dominance, inflict injury and negate the existence of the victim.
I just talked about sex, you know - like you hope to have someday.
My post contrasts the reletive acceptable amounts of sexual versus violent content in films, and you immediately equate sex with violent acts, like rape!
Goofball mods who "trolled" my post: turn down the Limbaugh.
From BoingBoing:
Right wing blogs go ape over George Lucas article in Wired
Steve Silberman's excellent story about George Lucas in the current issue of Wired is inciting a good deal of mouth foaming and carpet chewing on conservative blogs. Says Steve: "My Lucas story has blown up on right-wing blogs like Instapundit and the National Review Online, after being referenced on a conservative forum about film called Libertas. What's strange is that -- with the exception of Libertas -- Lucas' 'statements,' particularly re: Fahrenheit 9/11, are being condemned with no link to the story or the online QA, as if Lucas' supposed opinions are just in the air somewhere. And while Lucas critiqued F911 in the interview, the wingers are characterizing him as a 'Moore-loving liberal.'" Link
Slashdot Mirror
Mac on Linux. Fantastic on PowerPC, for running OS X as a task under Linux. Simple porting will likely get this running on Intel-based distros. Hello!
That's right. I forgot - kindof a CGI homo? Right?
Remember Soledad O'Brian talking to robots? O.K. - I lied. I don't rember the robots, either... But Soledad O'Brian!
Ducks
Take this VMS and shove it!
Self-cancelling statement: "Interestingly, Dvorak predicted..."
That beige G3 233 MHz is now ready for YellowDog, forwarding mail.
The culture was preserved better by the Arab and Seljuk empires. They preserved libraries (after the admitted burning of Alexandria) for their later introduction to Europe during the Crusades, and to a greater extent via Florentine/Venetian trade with the Ottomans - producing the Rennaisance.
Wait till Sibel Edmonds knowledge comes out.
And thanks for posting more insight in my journal, Mr. Boldface.
Declaration of Revocation
by John Cleese
To the citizens of the United States of America, in the light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today.
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories.
Except Utah, which she does not fancy.
Your new Prime Minister (The Right Honourable Tony Blair, MP for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a Minister for America without the need for further elections.
Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.
A questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up "aluminium." Check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.
The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and 'neighbour'; skipping the letter 'U' is nothing more than laziness on your part. Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters.
You will end your love affair with the letter 'Z' (pronounced 'zed' not 'zee') and the suffix "ize" will be replaced by the suffix "ise."
You will learn that the suffix 'burgh' is pronounced 'burra' e.g. Edinburgh. You are welcome to re-spell Pittsburgh as 'Pittsberg' if you can't cope with correct pronunciation.
Generally, you should raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. Look up "vocabulary." Using the same thirty seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "uhh", "like", and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication.
Look up "interspersed."
There will be no more 'bleeps' in the Jerry Springer show. If you're not old
enough to cope with bad language then you shouldn't have chat shows. When you learn to develop your vocabulary, then you won't have to use bad language as often.
2. There is no such thing as "US English." We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of "-ize."
3. You should learn to distinguish the English and Australian accents. It really isn't that hard. English accents are not limited to cockney, upper-class twit or Mancunian (Daphne in Frasier).
You will also have to learn how to understand regional accents --- Scottish dramas such as "Taggart" will no longer be broadcast with subtitles.
While we're talking about regions, you must learn that there is no such place as Devonshire in England. The name of the county is "Devon." If you persist in calling it Devonshire, all American States will become "shires" e.g. Texasshire, Floridashire, Louisianashire.
4. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as the good guys. Hollywood will be required to cast English actors to play English characters.
British sit-coms such as "Men Behaving Badly" or "Red Dwarf" will not
We're the Bloc Quebecios of the U.K.!
I wish that God were still alive to see this!
On April 28, it apparently rained shrimp onto the tennis courts at the Summit residential development in La Jolla, California. According to Scripps Institution of Oceanography curator Bob Burhans, the shrimp were likely sucked up by the wind and dropped over land. (More background on the Fortean phenomena of weird rains here.) From the San Diego Union-Tribune: Link
On April 28, it apparently rained shrimp onto the tennis courts at the Summit residential development in La Jolla, California. According to Scripps Institution of Oceanography curator Bob Burhans, the shrimp were likely sucked up by the wind and dropped over land. (More background on the Fortean phenomena of weird rains here.) From the San Diego Union-Tribune: Link
On April 28, it apparently rained shrimp onto the tennis courts at the Summit residential development in La Jolla, California. According to Scripps Institution of Oceanography curator Bob Burhans, the shrimp were likely sucked up by the wind and dropped over land. (More background on the Fortean phenomena of weird rains here.) From the San Diego Union-Tribune: Link
Well,
It beats submitting the thing as a Cliff post on Slashdot.
Yes, this Proof of Concept widget was fortunately deterred under Safari - the payload issued "Format C: /FS:FAT" to the command shell.
Kennedy assasinations should have been a big tip-off about what was under the mask.
Educate yourself. Rape is an act of violence, using sexual vulnerability as an opportunity to exert dominance, inflict injury and negate the existence of the victim.
I just talked about sex, you know - like you hope to have someday.
You are exactly who I am talking about.
My post contrasts the reletive acceptable amounts of sexual versus violent content in films, and you immediately equate sex with violent acts, like rape!
From BoingBoing:
Right wing blogs go ape over George Lucas article in Wired
Steve Silberman's excellent story about George Lucas in the current issue of Wired is inciting a good deal of mouth foaming and carpet chewing on conservative blogs. Says Steve: "My Lucas story has blown up on right-wing blogs like Instapundit and the National Review Online, after being referenced on a conservative forum about film called Libertas. What's strange is that -- with the exception of Libertas -- Lucas' 'statements,' particularly re: Fahrenheit 9/11, are being condemned with no link to the story or the online QA, as if Lucas' supposed opinions are just in the air somewhere. And while Lucas critiqued F911 in the interview, the wingers are characterizing him as a 'Moore-loving liberal.'" Link
posted by Mark Frauenfelder at 08:51:45 AM permalink | Other blogs commenting on this post
And what's with all the pregnant actresses showing off their six-month plus stomachs on the covers of magazines? Like that's all the bellies are for.
So, instead, a token effort is made to protect children from severed limbs - while natural parts of a healthy life are [censored].
You feelin' alright? Ummmm.
"MEDIC!"
No I didn't say "Nee"!