It’s often said in the Blogosphere, describing an absurd situation, that “Life imitates the Onion.” Well, this story blows the Onion out of the water.
“Iraq to chair U.N. disarmament conference”
Yup.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you willReally, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
who has been deprived of food for at least 6 hours - sounds like an unusually cruel thing to do, I know, but I'm sure
who like to chant slogans and can't come up with any better rhyme than something that has to do with the number "four" and "war."
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After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
going to be monitored so closely that I'd be surprised if he were able to put in a phony name at a porn site and not have
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
go it alone. What he failed to do was tell us who the members of his war coalition are. Why? Because there is no coalition.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
vulnerability.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
rivals.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
conflict.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
cause, but I,
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
looks like a green light, no?
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
who has been deprived of food for at least 6 hours - sounds like an unusually cruel thing to do, I know, but I'm sure
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
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Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
Wheeler Hall last spring.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
who like to chant slogans and can't come up with any better rhyme than something that has to do with the number "four" and "war."
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
let you know when there's a mushroom cloud over New York, because that's the only "final proof" that seems to be able to
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
It is time for a new day to dawn in the Blogosphere, my gnome brothers. A glorious day. A day when no longer will we
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
So welcome. If this is the first and/or only post you can see, it means I haven't imported my archives from Blogspot yet,
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
for the life of me, cannot see it. The news showed a clip of a guy trying politely to walk around a woman so self-righteous
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I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
the not-being-a-jerk department.
who has been deprived of food for at least 6 hours - sounds like an unusually cruel thing to do, I know, but I'm sure
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
Wheeler Hall last spring.
Maybe I can't change the fact that I have to be intimately confronted with the death and pain in order to really feel the
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
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course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
computer systems.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
looks like a green light, no?
I've been blogging since July 2005, and in that time, I've had a few inter-blog arguments with the folks on the other
In your face, Space Coyote!
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
nothing may stand in our way!
that I hadn't thought of it first!
conflict.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
At the very least, don't let me hear any of these things when you're standing in my presence, unless you want a faceful
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
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Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
trying to get an education
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
the not-being-a-jerk department.
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
but I hope to do that soon. I also hope to win the Nobel Prize in Kickboxing, and judge each of those things to be of
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
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you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
nothing may stand in our way!
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
computer systems.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
In your face, Space Coyote!
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
rivals.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
go it alone. What he failed to do was tell us who the members of his war coalition are. Why? Because there is no coalition.
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
trying to get an education
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
looks like a green light, no?
let you know when there's a mushroom cloud over New York, because that's the only "final proof" that seems to be able to
In your face, Space Coyote!
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
conflict.
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
hacky-sack?"
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
superiority.
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
looks like a green light, no?
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
of fist.
conflict.
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
the Feds know about it.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
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