If you want a more exhaustive and less-spittle-flecked catalog of offenses than what Kos offers, check out the site of (admittedly, a conservative) Bill Hobbs.
I agree that the deligitimization of the electoral process is the biggest threat confronting the republic. But from my perspective, most of the attacks on the process are coming from the left. Witness:
- the last-minute, illegal substitution of Frank Lautenberg in New Jersey when the existing candidate was going to lose;
- the Gore team's Florida ballot attack (I know it's conventional wisdom that Bush did this, but it was the Donks that spread rumors of ballot problems, then conveniently had lawyers on hand to save the day. Oh, and Bush just plain won Florida, and therefore the election, according to a coalition of journalistic organs including the NYT, Washington Post, and CNN);
- the effort to import election observers from abroad. I'm not keen on being lectured about the democratic process by the corrupt Kofi Annan or anyone of his choosing.
I hope Bush wins. But if he loses, I hope he gets his ass handed to him. I don't know how well the republic will endure another fiasco like the litigation following the 2000 election, and if it's a close election this time, all bets are off.
An 'Alan Smithee' directed film also refers to a film that turned out so bad the director demanded the removal of his name (instead of having it taken away from him, as the IMDB quote in the article states).
Example: the theatrical "Dune" movie was originally a David Lynch film, but subsequent prints bear the Smithee label.
Fun fact: "Alan Smithee" is an anagram of 'i.e., the alias man.'
Implication in context: rather than implying that Dashboard is so bad Apple took the project from its director, perhaps it means the project director doesn't want his name associated with it. Go Woz!
Courtesy Political Money Line (http://www.fecinfo.com), please note the following donations to the Conyers for Congress 2002 campaign:
MPAA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 10/5/2001 $2,000 SPRINT CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 10/4/2002 -$1,000 SPRINT CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 6/14/2002 $1,000 SPRINT CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 7/13/2001 $1,000 SPRINT CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 12/31/2001 $1,000 SPRINT CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 6/11/2002 $1,000 TIME WARNER TELECOM INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 1/23/2002 $1,000 TIME WARNER TELECOM INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 7/25/2001 -$1,000 TIME WARNER TELECOM INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 7/25/2001 $1,000
By the way, if you hear Conyers talk, he sounds exactly like Sugar Bear.
Kind of interesting in terms of cross-cultural cross-pollination, too. The fantasy world so gripping the Koreans in the article rests upon a fantastic European feudal mythology -- not something more "homegrown."
This will just not go away. "Effect" or "result" work just fine, but I think the impact people get a little thrill out of the word's little whiff of faux-violence. Ironically, "impact" sounds medical in a way I'm pretty sure is unintended (Nurse, that patient's impacted).
Also: "utilize." Helps people avoid the deplorable "use."
BSers love shoving syllables into words. I have watched 'preventive' grow into 'preventative' and recently had the pleasure of reading a sign extolling the importance of 'Preventitatative Maintenance,' for cryin' out loud.
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"in which Hussites threw 7 members of the Czech Town Council out of Prague's New Town Hall window--and to their deaths on the points of Hussite-wielded pikes below. To make the situation more interesting, King Wenceslas IV had an apoplectic fit and died of a heart attack upon learning of the defenestration."
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If you want a more exhaustive and less-spittle-flecked catalog of offenses than what Kos offers, check out the site of (admittedly, a conservative) Bill Hobbs.
I agree that the deligitimization of the electoral process is the biggest threat confronting the republic. But from my perspective, most of the attacks on the process are coming from the left. Witness:
- the last-minute, illegal substitution of Frank Lautenberg in New Jersey when the existing candidate was going to lose;
- the Gore team's Florida ballot attack (I know it's conventional wisdom that Bush did this, but it was the Donks that spread rumors of ballot problems, then conveniently had lawyers on hand to save the day. Oh, and Bush just plain won Florida, and therefore the election, according to a coalition of journalistic organs including the NYT, Washington Post, and CNN);
- the effort to import election observers from abroad. I'm not keen on being lectured about the democratic process by the corrupt Kofi Annan or anyone of his choosing.
I hope Bush wins. But if he loses, I hope he gets his ass handed to him. I don't know how well the republic will endure another fiasco like the litigation following the 2000 election, and if it's a close election this time, all bets are off.
An 'Alan Smithee' directed film also refers to a film that turned out so bad the director demanded the removal of his name (instead of having it taken away from him, as the IMDB quote in the article states).
Example: the theatrical "Dune" movie was originally a David Lynch film, but subsequent prints bear the Smithee label.
Fun fact: "Alan Smithee" is an anagram of 'i.e., the alias man.'
Implication in context: rather than implying that Dashboard is so bad Apple took the project from its director, perhaps it means the project director doesn't want his name associated with it. Go Woz!
"...may have developed a virus that fights the HIV virus." Would that be the Human Immunodeficiency Virus? That HIV virus?
Now excuse me, I have to get to the ATM machine.
Courtesy Political Money Line (http://www.fecinfo.com), please note the following donations to the Conyers for Congress 2002 campaign:
MPAA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 10/5/2001 $2,000
SPRINT CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 10/4/2002 -$1,000
SPRINT CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 6/14/2002 $1,000
SPRINT CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 7/13/2001 $1,000
SPRINT CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 12/31/2001 $1,000
SPRINT CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 6/11/2002 $1,000
TIME WARNER TELECOM INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 1/23/2002 $1,000
TIME WARNER TELECOM INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 7/25/2001 -$1,000
TIME WARNER TELECOM INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 7/25/2001 $1,000
By the way, if you hear Conyers talk, he sounds exactly like Sugar Bear.
Kind of interesting in terms of cross-cultural cross-pollination, too. The fantasy world so gripping the Koreans in the article rests upon a fantastic European feudal mythology -- not something more "homegrown."
This will just not go away. "Effect" or "result" work just fine, but I think the impact people get a little thrill out of the word's little whiff of faux-violence. Ironically, "impact" sounds medical in a way I'm pretty sure is unintended (Nurse, that patient's impacted).
Also: "utilize." Helps people avoid the deplorable "use."
BSers love shoving syllables into words. I have watched 'preventive' grow into 'preventative' and recently had the pleasure of reading a sign extolling the importance of 'Preventitatative Maintenance,' for cryin' out loud.
Slashdot: Compulsory conversations for nerds.
"As a member of the public, you can submit comments about these regulations, and have the Government take your views into account."
And by "have the Government take your views into account," we mean 'watch them bounce off our foreheads.'
Pretty nice tech for interrogating people...