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Victoria's Secret to drop TV fashion show |
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12:55 pm EDT, Apr 13, 2004 |
] Victoria's Secret is dropping its nationally televised
] fashion show this year, at least partly because of
] criticism following Janet Jackson's breast-baring faux
] pas at the Super Bowl. Terrible business decision. [ Agreed. Also lame. God forbid we should see some lingere on TV. Our kids will be corrupted forever. Really, titties are dirty and foul. Dirty, filthy titty, as David Cross might say. -k] Victoria's Secret to drop TV fashion show |
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Man charged with fatally kicking dog like a football |
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2:08 pm EDT, Apr 8, 2004 |
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- A man was arrested on charges of killing his neighbor's 17-year-old dog by place-kicking it like a football. Chad Daniel Crawford, 23, was charged with cruelty to animals and vandalism Tuesday in the death of Gizmo, a 2-pound miniature Yorkshire terrier. Crawford was freed on $25,000 bail. Jalani Lewis said he was in his apartment complex when he saw one of three men holding the dog like a football and then saw Crawford kick the animal. Lewis said the dog flew through the air in a high arc, hit the pavement and rolled under a parked car. The dog was apparently dead when it hit the ground and the men were laughing, Lewis said [ Yeah... How about we suspend these fucktards in midair, and smack them a few hundred yards with a catapult. I've had to kick a dog before, but, you know, it was a big one. Attacking me. -k] Man charged with fatally kicking dog like a football |
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Bored Boy Behind President Gets Nationwide Attention |
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5:40 pm EDT, Apr 5, 2004 |
] Bored Boy Behind President Gets Nationwide Attention [ Did anyone else follow the CNN shenanigans on this one? Essentially it appears that CNN is covering for someone in the WH, or an overzealous Bushie inside the company, maybe, over a series of retractions and "misstatments" as pertains to this kid. Quite a clusterfuck considering this is the most harmless sort of public lampooing. Krugman covers it here : http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/02/opinion/02KRUG.html -k] Bored Boy Behind President Gets Nationwide Attention |
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Wired News: GAO Says Army on Road to Ruin |
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4:33 pm EDT, Apr 5, 2004 |
] It's been called the most ambitious military effort since
] the Manhattan Project, and the centerpiece of Donald
] Rumsfeld's plans to overhaul America's armed forces: a
] $92 billion push to change almost everything about the
] Army by 2010, from the guns GIs carry, to the officers
] they salute, to the tanks they drive.
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] A new congressional report is alleging that the Future
] Combat Systems program is poised for major delays and a
] financial train wreck. Worst of all, the report claims,
] the Army knew this was going to happen all along. [ FCS has some good pieces, from the things I've been reading, but like anything else, you have to watch your budget, and I think Rummy is trying to push too hard. Anyway, the GAO appears to think so. -k] Wired News: GAO Says Army on Road to Ruin |
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Pledge of Allegience (the Powerpoint version) |
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5:50 pm EST, Mar 29, 2004 |
from Slate. The PowerPoint version. Objective: To "Pledge Allegience" to:
* Flag (U.S.A.)
*Republic (ditto) [ Funny... esp the "Citizens for whom there is liberty and justice" slide... -k] Pledge of Allegience (the Powerpoint version) |
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Generation Debt: The New Economics of Being Young: The Ambition Tax |
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5:45 pm EST, Mar 25, 2004 |
] The average collegian in the U.S. isn't graduating into a
] world of boundless opportunity, but rather is
] $20,000-plus in the hole thanks to student loans and
] credit cards. So begins the snowball effect: The most
] desirable entry-level jobs often pay wages too low for
] the indebted, who must fork over a large percentage of
] their salaries to Sallie Mae or Citibank. This problem affects me and practically everyone I know. Very insightful article about the problems that trouble Generation X and Y. [ Hear hear. I'm under no illusions that i'm among the lucky ones, able to pay my bills and have some money left over... but i'm still trailing a pretty sizable debt. -k] Generation Debt: The New Economics of Being Young: The Ambition Tax |
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5:40 pm EST, Mar 25, 2004 |
] Use the location search (on your home address) to find
] those who live near you that have made presidential
] campaign contributions. You can also search for friends
] or celebrities by name. This is a neat little tool. Clearly needs to be updated, but still has some valuable info in it. Neighbor Search |
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Bush pokes fun at himself at dinner |
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5:24 pm EST, Mar 25, 2004 |
] There was Bush looking under furniture in a fruitless,
] frustrating search. "Those weapons of mass destruction
] have got to be somewhere," he said. ah ha! AH HA HA! Thats right - since there apparently never WERE any, just move the goal posts and make the whole WMD thing out to be one big joke! Guess those 600 (and rising) BODY BAGS of US soldiers that have been coming home in a steady stream for the last 12 months are a joke too? B.A.S.T.A.R.D. -LB Bush pokes fun at himself at dinner |
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1:30 pm EST, Mar 25, 2004 |
[ That was awesome. "er, if you have some citations, uh, heh..." OK, Jackass, here's some citations right here... hope your lying ass enjoys looking like a complete buffoon for the next 30 seconds. Perfect. The hosts there should have stood up at the end there, slammed the desk and said "DOMINO, MOTHERFUCKER!" -k] Rumsfeld gets nailed. |
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