April 22, 2007
What 50 Cents At A Book Sale Got Me
"Devices such as thin films, cryotron, parametron, twistors, and tunnel diodes are just a few [storage devices] which will be used in the computer of the future."
Fundamentals of Digital Computers by Weinstein and Keim, 1965
Incidentally, the book also came with a punch card labeled "Star Trek" hidden inside it.
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March 28, 2007
By Senator Chuck Hagel, R-NE
We have misunderstood, misread, misplanned and mismanaged our honorable intentions in Iraq with an arrogant self-delusion reminiscent of Vietnam.
Glad to see the Republicans finally face reality. Although it sounds kind of hollow now that they're no longer in power.
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January 30, 2007
By Louis-Ferdinand Céline
The poetry of heroism holds an irresistible appeal for people who aren't involved in a war, especially when they're making piles of money out of one. It's only natural.
From Journey to the End of the Night.
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October 25, 2006
By George W Bush
"One of the things I've used on the Google is to pull up maps. It's very interesting to see that."
Yes, President Bush uses The Google. Probably because it's the only search engine that indexes all of The Internets.
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October 3, 2006
Hypocrite Of The Worst Kind
"It's vile. It's more sad than anything else -- to see someone with such potential throw it all down the drain."
Mark Foley, about Bill Clinton's sexual misconduct (from DailyKos)
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September 29, 2006
The Lawless, Liberal Hideaway To The North
He had been confident of bringing Father Mike to justice in the U.S. courts. But who knew what would happen once he got to Canada? Canada with its pacifism and its socialized medicine! Canada with its millions of French speakers! It was like...like...like a foreign country! Father Mike might become a fugitive over there, living it up in Quebec. He might disappear into Saskatchewan and roam with the moose.
From Middlesex By Jeffrey Eugenides
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July 26, 2006
By Doremus Jessup, Newspaper Editor
The tyranny of this dictatorship isn't primarily the fault of Big Business, nor of the demagogues who do their dirty work. It's the fault of Doremus Jessup! Of all the conscientious, respectable, lazy-minded Doremus Jessups who have let the demagogues wriggle in, without fierce enough protest.
From It Can't Happen Here, by Sinclair Lewis.
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February 23, 2006
By Sen. Orrin Hatch
Saturday, February 18:
And, more importantly, we've stopped a mass murderer in Saddam Hussein. Nobody denies that he was supporting al-Qaida... Well, I shouldn't say nobody. Nobody with brains.
SaturdayWednesday, February 22:
Saddam clearly had a long history of supporting terrorists, but I was not talking about any formal link between Saddam and al-Qaida before the war... Instead, I pointed out that the current insurgency in Iraq includes al-Qaida, under the leadership of al-Zarqawi, along with former elements of Saddam's regime.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
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November 7, 2005
By Norman Mailer
"Even now she was very patriotic, and like most patriots she felt strongly and thought weakly, and so it was not easy to argue with her."
From The Deer Park, 1955
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June 27, 2005
By NY Rep. Jerrold Nadler
In regards to the proposed Constitutional Amendment to outlaw burning the American flag in protest:
If the flag needs protection at all, it needs protection from members of Congress who value the symbol more than the freedoms that the flag represents.
Via Zoomed In.
June 1, 2005
The True Meaning of Disassemble
President Bush's reaction to Amnesty International calling Guantanamo Bay the "gulag of our times":
It seemed like to me they based some of their decisions on the word of -- and the allegations -- by people who were held in detention, people who hate America, people that had been trained in some instances to disassemble -- that means not tell the truth.
Source: White House transcript
April 1, 2005
By George W. Bush
"In cases where there are serious doubts and questions the presumption should be in the favour of life."
A curious statement, considering Bush is the former governor of the state that executes more people than any other US state.
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February 24, 2005
Gay Marriage Evil, Says Pope
It's because of reasons like this, that I identify less and less with being a Catholic.
It is legitimate and necessary to ask oneself if [gay marriage] is not perhaps part of a new ideology of evil, perhaps more insidious and hidden, which attempts to pit human rights against the family and against man.
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February 14, 2005
Inflation Is Getting Out Of Control
The other day I was walking by the gallery of panhandlers, otherwise known as Broadway Ave in Capitol Hill, when I was forced to stop at a red light. A panhandler then approached me and said, "Hey brother, can you spare twenty bucks?"
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February 4, 2005
It's a hell of a hoot.
"Actually it's quite fun to fight 'em, you know. It's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up front with you, I like brawling."
Lt. Gen. James Mattis, who led troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, talks about fighting in Afghanistan.
January 25, 2005
He's Right You Know
The most thought-provoking graffiti I've seen in a long time was stenciled on the side of an abandoned building in downtown Toronto. It read:
Ironic Nostalgia Does Not An Artist Make
No argument here.
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October 14, 2004
By George W Bush
And just look at other countries that have tried to have federally controlled health care. They have poor-quality health care.
Our health-care system is the envy of the world because we believe in making sure that the decisions are made by doctors and patients, not by officials in the nation's capital.
From the third presidential debate, Oct 13, 2004. Transcipt
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April 9, 2004
Fortune Cookie
Your ideas will be totally acceptable.
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March 23, 2004
CBC Movie Review
Undead zombies knock resurrected Christ from top slot (link).
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February 21, 2004
Pub Ad In A Seattle Newspaper
We serve 20 oz. pints!
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January 7, 2004
World War II Propaganda Poster
When you ride alone, you ride with Hitler!
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December 16, 2003
By Bart Simpson
Christmas is a time when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ.
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October 23, 2003
By Tom Papa
We're Americans. Our motto should be "No more than fifty feet from any snack food."
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October 3, 2003
By Jean Chrétien
I don't know what is marijuana. Perhaps I will try it when it will no longer be criminal. I will have my money for my fine and a joint in the other hand.
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September 21, 2003
By Bill O'Reilly
And I said on my program, if, if the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush Administration again.
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August 2, 2003
By Sideshow Bob
Air show? Buzz-cut Alabamians spewing colored smoke from their whiz jets to the strains of Rock You Like A Hurricane? What kind of countrified rube is still impressed by that?
July 10, 2003
By Ray Romano
I'm from NY... I'd rather be in Vegas, 108 degrees, than NY, 80 degrees. You know why? Legalized prostitution!
June 24, 2003
By Bill Gates
Like almost everyone, I receive a lot of spam every day, much of it offering to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It's ridiculous.
June 10, 2003
By Radiohead
Now no one likes a smart arse
But we all like stars
May 7, 2003
By Richard Jones
But most people have better ways to spend their time than dreaming up ways to break their tools.
April 17, 2003
By David Bowie
I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
[Chris] is in America
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March 26, 2003
By Massive Attack
Getting a visa card nowadays isn't hard.
March 3, 2003
By James Lileks
At some point we all stand in the supermarket aisle, looking at the two varieties of hot dog:
- Armour Hot Dogs
- Armour All-Beef Hot Dogs
The second one makes you question the first, and eventually you question the second as well.
January 26, 2003
By Will Shetterly
The tragedy of Canada is that they had the opportunity to have French cuisine, British culture, and American technology, and instead ended up with British cuisine, American culture, and French technology.
January 2, 2003
By Livia Soprano
Then kill me now. Go on, go, go into the ham, and take the carving knife. And stab me here, here! Now!
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December 2, 2002
By Homer Simpson
We only get thirty sweet noggy days. Then the government takes it away again.
November 15, 2002
By Douglas Coupland
Everyone at Microsoft seems, well, literally 31.2 years old, and it kind of shows.
November 11, 2002
By John Mccrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
October 27, 2002
By C Montgomery Burns
Oh, meltdown. It's one of those annoying buzzwords. We prefer to call it an unrequested fission surplus.
October 15, 2002
By Jean Chretien
A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.
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September 29, 2002
By Peter Gabriel
I'm afraid of being mothered
with my balls shut in the pen
I'm afraid of loving women
and I'm scared of loving men
September 23, 2002
By Dave Lewis
Could advertising have lied to me?!
September 7, 2002
By Jose (from the film 12 Monkeys)
You were a hero, man. They gave you a pardon! And whadda you do? You come back and fuck with your teeth!
August 15, 2002
By Parliament
Let me put my sunglasses on. That's the law around here, you got to wear your sunglasses. So you can feel cool.
August 1, 2002
By Yevgeny Zamyatin
And like children, you will only swallow all the bitter stuff I have to give you if it is carefully coated with a thick syrup of adventure.
July 25, 2002
By Jack Handy
If you ever discover that what you're seeing is a play within a play, just slow down, take a deep breath, and hold on for the ride of your life.
July 17, 2002
By Angela Hammond
And it's soooooo friggin' hot here. I'm sweating like a monkey!!
Yes, I said monkey, don't they sweat?
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July 12, 2002
By Dilbert
I think we're losing our laser-like focus on the customer.
July 1, 2002
By Jay Leno
President Bush is up there (in Canada) with 34 other world leaders, but he is going home early because he was voted the weakest link. Goodbye.
June 21, 2002
By James Lileks
Moderation and rotation. We have red meat once a week; we have ice cream once a week. Sometimes Daddy loads the cheese on the turkey tacos; sometimes we have curried lentils for supper. Moderation, rotation. Sometimes Daddy cuts the horse with Enfamil; sometime [sic] he shoots it pure. You have to teach your kid about balance.
January 1, 2002
By Edsgar Dijkstra
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
December 15, 2001
By Cracker
What the world needs now is another [weblog] like I need a hole in my head.