tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38383382011-07-14T17:27:35.024-04:00Selected news headlines, accompanied periodically with ranting psychosis and the very sporadic well-thought-out analysis. Veeeery sporadic.Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comBlogger1251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-1089954334315642712004-07-16T01:04:00.000-04:002004-07-16T01:07:13.000-04:00

Read' fsectionid="333&fArticleId=">"http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=333&fArticleId=2149318"> Read this. I don't know exactly what to think of it...  

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Psychosis: Have we no dignity? (But whose psychosis is it, really?) Tonight, I was at my girlfriends house, and her brother was watching "Fear Factor". Tonights episode...the little that I caught before being too repulsed to watch...had three teams, each consisting of one adult and one of their children. Now, these children were by my estimation twelve years old each. A twelve year old can't

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Todays links have been pirated from CNN News: Iraq is being handed back over to the Iraqis. Paul Bremer stepped down this morning at approximately ten-thirty AM, handing power in Iraq over to Ayad Allawi, interim Prime Minister in Iraq. Reactions among the Iraqi citzens have apparently been mixed. Some poeple have been celebrating the handover of power, whereas others seem to believe that the

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Psychosis: Recently, Ronald Reagan died. Or, as The Onion put it, "Reagan's Body Dies." Well, good! He was a no-good, useless motherfucker before the alzheimers even hit him. Why is everybody so upset? Reagan is the direct cause of a great many of the problems plaguing the world today: He financed Osama Bin Laden to fight the Russians, giving him power and money and weapons. He also turned a

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Read this.

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The News: The following two articles are from the New York Times. You can register for free at their website. Italic quotes and the hyperlinks are all from the Times; anything in straight print is my own. U.S. Uses Terror Law to Pursue Crimes From Drugs to Swindling By ERIC LICHTBLAU Published: September 28, 2003 WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 — The Bush administration, which calls the USA Patriot

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This is good news.

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Further Updates: The following are other stories on the plot to kill the President, most of which cite the Manila TImes article found in the previous posting. ABC7, California Washington Times New York Post The White House website has no news on this. And yes, this is whitehouse dot GOV and not dot COM. If anyone out there has any other links about this, or any news at all, really, send it

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News Flash! Article from the Manila Times "Tuesday, September 16, 2003 Elite NPA assassins target George Bush? By Karl B. Kaufman, Reporter and Anthony Vargas, Correspondent THE communist New People’s Army has deployed at least 50 of its “elite, highly trained” troops in Metro Manila to carry out an assassination assignment on US President George W. Bush, who is scheduled to visit

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Today, we have a guest writer: Mister Casey Labrack. Because of these writings, Casey has been elevated to hero status. Wisdom Teeth As much as I hope I won't need it, I can be pretty sure of having my wisdom teeth removed. Almost everyone is given the operation automatically at my age, as we're assured by dentists that these furthest-back teeth will cause problems later. Most mouths, we're

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AAAAAAAA! According to the above linked article, weapons of mass destruction in Iraq are no longer an "issue". Some interesting comments at the end of the article, though: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar, R-Ind., called Bush's address "a comprehensive presentation of the scope of our war against terrorism, its current focus, our determination to succeed and the cost."

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AAAAAAAA! According to the above linked article, weapons of mass destruction in Iraq are no longer an "issue". Some interesting comments at the end of the article, though: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar, R-Ind., called Bush's address "a comprehensive presentation of the scope of our war against terrorism, its current focus, our determination to succeed and the cost."

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Testing comment thingy.

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Lies, Lies, Lies Transcript, my comments in italics: THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. I have asked for this time to keep you informed of America's actions in the war on terror. Nearly two years ago, following deadly attacks on our country, we began a systematic campaign against terrorism. These months have been a time of new responsibilities, and sacrifice, and national resolve and great

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The news Props to Carter for once again giving me great news stories to put up here. Carter, you are now officially elevated to "hero" status. Also thanks to Fark. In our top story (because frankly, we found it before any of the others) tonight, an Alabama Congressman is trying to push a bill that would make it legal to display the Ten Commandments. Why? Well, apparently, he's a world-class

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Elections: Fair and Balanced Sorry-last Fair and Balanced joke for awhile. Honestly. Wally O'Dell, CEO of Diebold Inc., a company that makes voting machines, said that he is "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President next year." So basically, the man who makes the voting machines is committed to keeping Bush in office. Wonderful. An interesting Article from Time

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The news for lemmings: The Ben Way has a new look. Go check it out. The President seems to have a new habit of dropping his pet dog in front of children. Whoopsies. Thing about Bush is, if he doesn't make me mad, he makes me laugh. He's the kind of guy you'd want in a highly visible but completely impotent position, so he could entertain you while being unable to do any damage to anything.

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Big Fuckin' Surprise! Today, as I signed on to my woefully underpowered AOL connection, I saw something that caught my eye. Normally, I swear and curse and become violent at the computer until AOL finishes downloading all of it's pop-ups and the stupid "today" window. However, today, an article jumped out at me. It was in regards to my favorite topic, apart from Bush-Bashing: obesity among

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A Fair And Balanced Editors Note: Lately, I've noticed a decline in the quality of the reporting by the AP on Yahoo! news. There have been more spelling and grammar errors, and also more of a pro-American/pro-Bush tone to the articles. Henceforth, you will be seeing fewer articles from Yahoo! news here, and probably more from our friends at the BBC and random articles from Google news. We strive

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Headache: Thanks to Carter for providing me (indirectly) with these links, which can be found on the group blog in their original context with Carteresque commentary. Alright. Hands up. Which of you cynical folk out there thought to yourself, at some point or another, "It's only a matter of time before there's a movie made about the events of 9-11. And it will be all propaganda." That many of

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Karma lives on: Defrocked priest John Geoghan has been killed in prison. Justice has finally been served: the man who molested more than 150 boys and fucked up countless lives and, above all, was a "man of God" on the same approximate level as assholes like Robertson and Falwell, was killed by another prison inmate. I, personally, am of the opinion that this man got what he deserved. It is

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Well, folks, it's been a while since last I posted any major news here, or indeed anything at all. However, my good friend Matt has told a tale of the evils of Texas, the idiocy of a jury, and the sudden appearance of censorship in comic books. It all starts here. Jesus Castillo is a manager at Keith's Comics, a store in East Dallas. One day an undercover vice cop came into the store and asked

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Jesus Christ on crutches. That's the most horrible thing ever...and they didn't think it would offend anybody. Idiots. Seriously, though, what next? One day, this ad will run in Vogue or some other magazine: Hey, Kids! The latest line of fun in- and out-doors playwear lets you be your OWN Grand Dragon! The all-purpose white robes are made only from the finest silken fabrics, and with their loose

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To contact Who Cares, send an e-mail to deepfnord@yahoo.com and we'll post whatever you have to say.

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::NEWS:: Al-Quaeda continues to threaten USA Blah, blah, blah...more threats from the evil terrorist organization. While I respect the fact that they are out there and dangerous, we all know that they're gonna kill us all, and we shall swim in our own blood, and we shall poop snakes that bite our bowels with furiful venegance, it's getting a little old. It seems to me that it would be far more

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::NEWS:: Scroll down for commentary by our editor. CNN Cashes in on War in Iraq Fuckers. Maybe they're not all bad: The Anglican church may soon appoint an openly gay clergyman. The Catholic church, a lot of McMericans, and our lovely and admirable President are all aginst this because secretly they think they might be gay. Here comes the sun (do do do do do, do): Scientists have been able to

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Comments!! I got e-mail! I got e-mail! WOOOOO! I recently recieved an e-mail from my good friend and introducer to the ways of Eris, Carter. He informed me of a reporting error in my George Bush "Chicken Legs" story. Read on: "I was reading your news report a moment ago, and I wanted to talk to you about something. You led with that thing about the person in a Borders saying Bush has

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Back by popular request! We are back. Originally, we stopped when I lost my faith in humanity from reading the news too much; but then I realized that I didn't care, and then I got over it. Faith in humanity is over-rated, anyway. So without further ado, here is some news from the moment: Sad News: A performer has been banned from a bookstore after she said George Bush had chicken legs. What

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There is a god. And he hates us.

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Surprisingly intelligent for Fox News. Have a newslink for me, since I'm too lazy to read all the news anymore? Mail it here.

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Slacking Alright. Frankly, I haven't posted here in a while, and probably won't again for some time, simply because I've lost my interest in it. So, until I get less bored with running two separate things, check my personal blog here. I'll post any links I find interesting there, as well as the usual nonsense about my life that I post. Until later, Ben

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Oops! The BBC says the USA has attacked a convoy believed to be carrying Saddam Hussein and his sons. Apparently, the attack occurred on Syrian grounds, and some Syrian nationals were injured in the attack. Also in Iraqi news, an Oil pipeline has been attacked in Iraq, slowing progress towards rebuilding the Iraqi economy by exporting oil yet again. You decide: the BBC has an article here

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Nothing Like Some Self-Immolation to Make a Statement! This woman has set herself on fire in Paris to protest roundups of leftist Iranian exiles. A woman in Switzerland and a in London have also set themselves ablaze in protest. The Bishop who hit a pedestrian and covered for child molestors in Phoenix has resigned. Good riddance to the stupid bastard. He claims he "thought he hit a dog or cat

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Hobbit Humor: Check this out for some good hobbit jokes.

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Selected News Things for this morning: According to this article at the Times, conditions at Guantanamo Bay are rather nasty: "I was trying to kill myself," said Shah Muhammad, 20, a Pakistani who was captured in northern Afghanistan in November 2001, handed over to American soldiers and flown to Guantánamo in January 2002. "I tried four times, because I was disgusted with my life. "It is

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Mindless Malevolent Morons Make Might Right Bush is dismissing the claims of "revisionist historians" in the linked article. Need I point out the irony here?

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Pustulent Pirates Pursuing Perjurous Politicians Police Puzzled The News Today: -->One in Three American children are likely to develop diabetes in their lifetime if current habits of eating a shitload and not getting off their lazy disgusting fat asses continues. -->This guy from the Aussie intellignece services said they lied about the war. Again. Soon, I'm going to stop posting news reports

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Malignant Mercenaries Masticating Mild Midgets! The News US troops have attacked a "Terrorist Training Camp" in Iraq in an effort to destroy "subversive elements" that still lurk in the nation. From an article in the Times by Laurie Goodstein: "In Roman Catholic dioceses from New York to California, many bishops are still torn between their public promises to resolve the child sexual abuse

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Beware:

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Old Married Couple This couple from Oklahoma got into a fight about who should feed the goat, and then the wife killed the husband over it. I thought I had a dysfunctional relationship...

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The News for Voles This is a very interesting article about how scientists may soon have the technology to turn waste products, like dead animal parts and computers and sewage, into oil suitable for everyday usage. The Times has a wonderful Op/Ed piece on Bush's tax cut plans. Mr. Thomas L. Friedman says in this article: "Democrats have been groping for a way to counter George Bush's maniacal

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Fuck Michael Savage! Mike Savage, for those of you who don't know, is perhaps the most profoundly idiotic ultra-right wing psychopath on the air these days. He is ultra-conservative, attacks anybody who even remotely disagrees with him, and is a general all-around idiot. He has recently tried to sue a bunch of websites that have made a mockery of him. How rabid is he? Here's a quote from the

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"How can a man who comes from the state that sentences more people to the death penalty than any other and who fights to start wars talk about creating a culture of life when he still creates and supports such a strong culture of death?" ~Maria Mrowicki on President Bush and his "culture of life". An article about Bush's "culture of life". I guess that it's okay, then for Christian "religious

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Three More Good Ashcroft Photos: Click the last link in the post previous to this one for another great picture which I cannot post on my page. So sorry, but I'm too lazy to work real hard on this, so you'll just have to click to goddamn link. And now the photos:

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We would like to apologize for the low quality of this news posting, but we are also very very tired. Lies: Bush still think he'll find those WMD's in Iraq. Even if the Iraqis had had WMD's, they're long gone by now. In another story (which is basically the same, but slightly different) that is chock-full-o'-lies, he claims he'll "reveal the truth" about Iraqi WMD's soon. You know, I think you

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This is just fucking peachy. I think I linked to something about it a while ago, but this is a better article. Excerpt: In a long dissent, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said the court was abandoning a historic understanding of the Fifth Amendment. "This is no small matter. To tell our whole legal system that, when conducting a criminal investigation, police officers can use severe compulsion, even

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From the New York Times: All of this stuff was taken from the New York Times. I reccomend that everyone head on over to the Times and subscribe online--it's free, and darned good. In the 11 months after Sept. 11, the Justice Department detained 762 noncitizens in connection with terrorism inquiries, many on charges of entering the country illegally or overstaying visas. The inspector general

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FLASH: A Monty Python Quote from the Architect Sketch has caused legal troubles in Australia. I, of course, am delighted to hear this. Probably you're sick to death of me posting pictures. Too damn bad; I'm not bored enough yet to stop.

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More News: --> The ESA is planning on launching a spacecraft sometime today to orbit mars and determine whether or not it is inhabited. It will reach mars in December, and then a British-built lander will rove the surface and look for signs of life past or present. The orbiter is supposed to stay for about 687 days. --> According to the Prime Minister of Italy, our President told people at the

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News: Check out this article, which is yet another great article-funny that none of these are from American sources- about how our leaders lie and decieve to benefit themselves. This one's about the WMD thing, and how we vastly exaggerated our reports and used ancient intelligence for a modern war. Also, a virus has been spreading via e-mail. Beware anything unsolicited from Microsoft in your

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One last picture: I Will not wake you from your sleep Leave you wandering, counting sheep No more sad and sunshine days Trust me dear, you're better off this way You'll be selling books at the airport! Apologies to Guster

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Bleating and babbling we fell on his neck with a scream... The following is an excerpt from the book Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser, taken without any permission at all. It is a real story of a tour he was given of a slaughterhouse by a worker who was disgusted by it. “Sides of beef suspended from an overhead trolley swing toward a group of men. Each worker has a large knife in one hand

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-951564642003-06-01T12:30:00.000-04:002003-06-01T12:30:35.486-04:00

Pretty, isn't it? The News: Taken from Tom Tomorrow The Aussies have some interesting intelligence reports. Read. Inside the intelligence used to decide whether or not to go to war.

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Headlines for Saturday: All of this news was ripped off from Yahoo! and Fark. --> President Bush says that we've found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Personally, I remain skeptical, but I could be wrong. --> The US just arrested a bunch of guys from the Baath party in Iraq. Shower party officials still missing. (sorry!) --> A woman was kidnapped and shown a video of her husband with

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This Just In: Apparently, a naked guy in Florida broke into someones house, stole a gallon of Milk, and hijacked a bus full of Special Needs kids. He then demanded to be taken to the hospital. Link. Also, a woman died in a dishwasher accident. And finally, a hostage standoff was ended with a 6-pack of Dr. Pepper.

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The News for Friday I'm too tired to be detailed. Headlines only today, until further notice. I advise you to actually read the articles, though. World News: -->The Marines can't figure out why they can't find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. We have all the proof we need, though: We have the receipts! -->The US accidentally released Mohammed Jawad al-Neifus, responsible for lots of death,

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-950554652003-05-29T19:24:00.000-04:002003-05-29T19:24:17.893-04:00

Yet another example of the gradual death of civil liberties.

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-947946562003-05-23T13:33:00.000-04:002003-05-23T13:33:39.366-04:00

Warning: I am in a really bad mood right now. I feel foul and angry and depressed, and frankly, I blame a combination of my relationship troubles, the weather, and stress based on school. So the headlines today and any editorials I write might well be pretty fucking pissy. On To The News: Money: The wonderful suit-wearing millionares in the Senate have approved a brilliant new tax cut, despite

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-947577492003-05-22T18:33:00.000-04:002003-05-22T18:33:06.700-04:00

News for Today: Really cool: Stonehenge has bodies buried near it. In our "What the hell" department: A small child in Cambodia has become locally famous after befriending a large python, causing people to believe that he was a dragon in a former life. As for "real news", which generally constitutes tragedy and death and destruction, a massive earthquake has hit Algeria. About 1,000 people are

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-947085082003-05-21T19:05:00.000-04:002003-05-21T19:05:55.480-04:00

Re-Publishing of "Something Fierce" review I'm republishing my review of something fierce. And here we go: Something fierce is in the air tonight... Some of you may remember that a while back, I reviewed the debut CD of a wonderful, Maine-based band named Rocktopus. Basically, I said they were great and I'd mother their love children were I not a male and therefore unable to do so. I'd direct

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-946962892003-05-21T14:03:00.000-04:002003-05-21T14:03:05.726-04:00

BIG NEWS: More evidence that tea is good for you. Less Big news: Tobacco Woes: "A US court has backed five leading cigarette companies' appeal against a record $145bn (£87bn) fine, in a legal victory for the tobacco industry...(BBC)" Democratic Republic of Congo is still having violence troubles. About 250 bodies have been found, some of which have possibly been cannibalised. Children have

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-946865382003-05-21T10:25:00.000-04:002003-05-21T10:25:04.240-04:00

Terrorism and related things So, since the whole "Orange Alert" thing seems to be a big issue in all the major news sources of late, I'll do a few articles on that. According to this article at Yahoo!, The FBI has said that we're all in imminent danger, but they have no idea what the specifics are. The message seems to be "Be very very afraid." Interestingly, a lot of the terrorist threats and

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-946527792003-05-20T17:45:00.000-04:002003-05-20T17:45:12.330-04:00

Terror alerts have been sprouting up like mushrooms on a fresh pile of cow poo. The alert status has been raised to Orange, or something like that, because apparently Al-Quaeda is still alive and well, blah blah blah, great danger, blah blah blah. I guess that War on Terrorism is really working out well, just like the War on Drugs.

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-945912452003-05-19T14:07:00.000-04:002003-05-19T14:07:30.993-04:00

Ari Fleischer, the white house press secretary, has resigned. More news later.

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BIG NEWS: US Government totally full of shit Well well well, take a look at this article for some interesting perspective on how our Machiavellian government has been manipulating the news of late. The BBC has a good article on how the US government made the rescue look more dramatic. And hey kids! Look! The thought police have been particularly active of late. I actually went and downloaded

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-944009552003-05-15T13:37:00.000-04:002003-05-15T13:37:49.293-04:00

And Now...the News for Goats. My thanks go out to my good friend Maria, who sent me this article. Trekkies, geeks, and other people like me definitely need to check this out. And if you speak Klingon...you're in luck. Other odd things include a flight of nude people who apparently just wanted to relax. Also, there's this man, who is my new hero. He painted his house lime green with purple polka

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-942684432003-05-13T11:09:00.000-04:002003-05-13T11:09:06.873-04:00

I can't believe the news today After you read this, why not scroll down and examine my review of Rocktopus' new CD, Something Fierce? First story of the day is this one, about an angry badger attack. Nick, you'll appreciate this one. In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, suicide bombers today shot their way into three seperate compound where foreign workers were being housed and detonated car bombs. At

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-942182022003-05-12T14:54:00.000-04:002003-05-12T22:19:40.000-04:00

Something fierce is in the air tonight... Some of you may remember that a while back, I reviewed the debut CD of a wonderful, Maine-based band named Rocktopus. Basically, I said they were great and I'd mother their love children were I not a male and therefore unable to do so. I'd direct you to the archives, but for some reason December's archive has been wiped out. Moving right along, today in

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-941656072003-05-11T17:35:00.000-04:002003-05-11T17:35:05.570-04:00

These monkeys bashed the hell out of a computer. Maybe they're smarter than we think.

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-941654912003-05-11T17:32:00.000-04:002003-05-11T17:32:03.713-04:00

News for Now Thanks to Yahoo and Dave Barry, from whom I stole my stuff. According to this article we aren't grown up until we're 26 years old, out on our own, married, and have a child. Who sets these standards? I don't like the marriage institution, I don't want to have children, and I'll be self-sufficient within a year and a half, at the age of 20. Sheesh. This is how I will feel if I ever

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-938813472003-05-06T15:59:00.000-04:002003-05-06T15:59:34.080-04:00

Absurdity! Today's thanks to CNN.com as well as Yahoo!, where I stole my news from. I was checking out the news at CNN.com, when I saw this article. I truly feel sorry for anybody who feels insecure enough and is obsessed enough with appearance to buy a diamond-studded cellular phone. Status symbols have gotten way out of hand. I sincerely hope that if I ever become obsessive about owning a

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-937660532003-05-04T19:04:00.000-04:002003-05-04T19:04:35.883-04:00

Amputations and Sex: More news Thanks to Yahoo!, where I get my strange news. This guy is amazing. You all have probably heard of him by now- he was hiking and had to amputate his own arm after a boulder fell on him. He did it with a pocketknife. Damn. And in the odd news section, something like two-thirds of English people admitted to Having sex outdoors or in cars. This kind of goes along

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News for the Day: Yahoo has a great article on why I hate SUV's. Earth-wrecking, unsafe, overpriced, and falsely portrayed four-wheel drive status symbols. I laugh at the poor sods who drive these; I only have to pay 20 bucks a week for gas, while some of them pay three times that much easy. Since I'm already trashing the "American way of life" by being anti-SUV, I may as well trash Obesity at

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-935056142003-04-29T22:42:00.000-04:002003-05-01T08:22:36.000-04:00

More new posts at The Ben Way. Or, check out Zombo. So, 7 US troops are injured and 2 more Iraqis dead after further demonstrations in Iraq. The pessimists win again!

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-934621372003-04-29T08:57:00.000-04:002003-04-29T08:57:35.286-04:00

Good to see you back here again, Nick. By the way, to anyone who doesn't know, Nick has an excellent blog at pragmatism.blogspot.com. Apparently, 12 to 13 people in Iraq are dead after US forces opened fire on them. Reports say the crowd may have fired first; more details here. Also, a man in Seattle is suing authorities over his right to bike naked. We all should support him. After all, if we

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-933441622003-04-27T11:15:00.000-04:002003-04-27T11:16:46.000-04:00

That's weird, your working link shows up on your webpage, but not on the edit page.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01817854378714932880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-930743382003-04-22T18:45:00.000-04:002003-04-22T18:45:07.430-04:00

It's been ages since I posted here, but I post at another site frequently, so click this massive link and head on over, unless you don't care, in which case you must wedgie yourself vigourously.

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-925384472003-04-13T15:39:00.000-04:002003-04-13T15:39:22.920-04:00

For more pertinent information on the life of Ben, visit The Ben Way.

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-922929102003-04-09T10:50:00.000-04:002003-04-09T10:50:55.293-04:00

I got this fromTom Tomorrow. A WARMONGER EXPLAINS WAR TO A PEACENIK By Anonymous PeaceNik: Why did you say we are we invading Iraq? WarMonger: We are invading Iraq because it is in violation of security council resolution 1441. A country cannot be allowed to violate security council resolutions. PN: But I thought many of our allies, including Israel, were in violation of more security

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-920894402003-04-06T10:22:00.000-04:002003-04-06T10:22:30.186-04:00

Quotes for the Modern Day "Why of course the people don't want war, that is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, a parliament or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-917570862003-04-01T00:07:00.000-05:002003-04-01T00:07:09.000-05:00

NEWS Thanks to Matt Bernier for the following. First is a letter, second is an article. Apologies for typos; they are copy errors by my POS PC. First Dear Joshua, My apologies for taking so long to send this. I had 30 pages of essay to write and type in a week along with my other homework and I only have an hour or two of computer access a day, so I was a bit pressed for time of late. Anyhoo

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-916641322003-03-30T15:45:00.000-05:002003-03-30T15:45:42.310-05:00

It is a rainy day. Yesterday was rainy, too, and quite foggy. I was working; driving things around in rain and fog is quite the trip, let me tell you. And then I went to visit Leah, and driving on those treacherous backroads in fog is loads of fun also. Headlights out of obscurity Fog lifting away and repelled by The madness of manmade machines Personal universe in a world All but gone mad…

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-913830932003-03-25T21:05:00.000-05:002003-03-25T21:05:43.966-05:00

Until further notice, I would like to announce I will be taking a leave of absence until I'm not too poor to repair my sucky computer. Sorry faithful readers (all three of you). Seeya Ben. :P -Nick

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Update on Ben’s Life Recently, I’ve been feeling pretty okay about things. I was thinking for a while that I had lost my hostility towards things in general, but then I realized that I was still very hostile and angry, just very lazy at the same time. The net effect of this is that while I do care about things, I don’t really do anything about them, and I come off as being both bitter and mellow

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-909468842003-03-18T16:26:00.000-05:002003-03-18T16:29:29.000-05:00

Thanks to Tom Tomorrow for posting the following link, which I stole. And thanks to Matt for sending me to Tom Tomorrow. Apparently, some idiot has suggested that we tell those French folks that the better not ever disagree with us again by sending the statue of liberty back. This falls under the category of "Ignorance is Strength". A man in Florida set fire to a sign announcing that a mosque

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-909435332003-03-18T15:27:00.000-05:002003-03-18T15:27:44.950-05:00

Anybody who's interested can get the full copy of Mr. Bush's speech here. I could link you directly to it, only I'm lazy.

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-909434512003-03-18T15:26:00.000-05:002003-03-18T15:26:23.186-05:00

"Yet, the only way to reduce the harm and duration of war is to apply the full force and might of our military, and we are prepared to do so." ~President George W. Bush, 3-17-2003 Did I miss something here? Couldn't we avoid the harm and duration of war by simply not going? It seems to me that the best way to avoid the "harm and duration of war" would be not to go. Anybody else remember this

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-908655222003-03-17T12:47:00.000-05:002003-03-17T12:47:45.716-05:00

Breaking News Our wonderful, great, godly, studly, and not at all stupid "Grate Leedur" is going to address the nation tonight. The UN and State department are pulling out nonessential personnel and weapons inspectors, who are effectively nonessential these days anyhow. Proving that not all Americans are complete dickheads and/or mindless sheep, the lead singer of the Dixie Chicks is in trouble

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-898680252003-02-27T18:52:00.000-05:002003-02-27T18:52:05.013-05:00

Humanity Sucks! My good friend and fellow writer, Nick Laverty, for Who Cares?, has made some excellent points in his recent editorial. In sensitivity to the issues he has raised, this will now be a non-partisan website. Instead of mocking the Republican party as a whole, I’ll simply mock individual Republicans-as well as Democrats, Independents, Greens, Neo-Nazis, Reformists, and whatever other

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-897520852003-02-25T22:15:00.000-05:002003-02-25T22:15:46.250-05:00

Blind Faith - Partisan Disease We live in a society supposedly based on the tenets of pluralism, freedom of idea and objectivity. It is a sad fact that this is no longer true, as the country becomes more polarized along three lines of separation: conservatism, liberalism and apathy. I am not talking about the conventional forms of conservatism and liberalism, though, we have long since moved

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01817854378714932880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-896069792003-02-23T13:26:00.000-05:002003-02-23T13:26:26.000-05:00

Good Stuff! Lots of good stuff happening here.

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-893277442003-02-18T16:21:00.000-05:002003-02-18T16:21:24.303-05:00

More reader feedback! Thanks to my friend Zach for this one. "Christy makes an excellent point. Speaking from experence, people who have been brought up in religious households have an extraordinarily difficult time changing their views. Religion is a psychological comfort, something that does provide support in troubled times (although I would argue that not for the reasons, e.g. God,

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-892816822003-02-17T22:50:00.000-05:002003-02-17T22:50:41.190-05:00

!Reader Feedback! Regarding "Orange Alert"... "Over the top cynicism that will leave you in stiches!" --C. Hess Little editor of Etchings And regarding my Religion article... "It's kind of hard to ask somebody to stop refering to the bible, when that's how they've

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-891907312003-02-16T11:43:00.000-05:002003-02-16T11:43:50.900-05:00

I can't tell if you enjoyed my articles for real, or if that's sarcasm. But then again, we're all our own worst critic. Except that guy who sent me death threats and breath mints. *Groan!* Iraq has been supporting Anti-War protests. No surprise, I guess, but I can't help but think that this just makes our Great Leader look better in the nations eyes. What we really need is for Iraq to do

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-891097272003-02-14T15:35:00.000-05:002003-02-14T15:35:41.086-05:00

Geez Ben, go on a posting spurt, why don't you? :P Whereas my colleague has been posting these enlightening and witty articles, I have been struggling with my computer of hell for a good week or so, trying to make sure the damn thing doesn't break down. After discovering several obvious hardware problems, I tried calling tech support, where they told me that I needed a identification number that

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01817854378714932880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-891085862003-02-14T15:11:00.000-05:002003-02-14T15:11:53.000-05:00

Editors Note: This article started out with only a little seed of sarcasm, and then blossomed forth into a huge flower of bitterness and anger. If anyone has any comments, either post them on Evilgrin and I'l transfer them here, or e-mail me at deepfnord@yahoo.com and I'll post you up. Oh No! Orange Alert! Or Go America! The Department of Homeland Security or some other such Government agency

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-890704922003-02-13T22:38:00.000-05:002003-02-14T15:12:20.000-05:00

A Response, from Matt! "If the only reason you can give for being good is that you'll go to hell if you aren't, then you deserve to go to hell. Religion may reccomend morals, but religion isn't morals, it's morals illustrated through stories. Your belief and following of those stories does not make you a good person. Your heartfelt, sincere commitment to the values within them does. Paint your

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-890537262003-02-13T16:47:00.000-05:002003-02-13T16:47:07.370-05:00

That story, by the way, is totally ripped off without a shred of permission from someone else. The Illuminati series of books, I believe. Go to the Cabal of the Apathetic and they have more info. Editors Note: I’ve written some rather opinionated editorials. E-mail your comments to me ( deepfnord@yahoo.com ) or, if you’re on EvilGrin, post them and I’ll put ‘em here. I won’t edit them, or even

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-889343792003-02-11T17:00:00.000-05:002003-02-11T17:00:50.753-05:00

``Very nice,'' I said. ``But why did you bring me up here?'' ``It's time for you to see the fnords,'' he replied. Then I woke up in bed and it was the next morning. I made breakfast in a pretty nasty mood, wondering if I'd seen the fnords, whatever the hell they were, in the hours he had blacked out, or if I would see them as soon as I went out into the street. I had some pretty gruesome ideas

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415470895537661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838338.post-888711012003-02-10T16:28:00.000-05:002003-02-10T16:28:32.946-05:00

Laid Off! Ouch. I'm about to be...downsized. Money is going to be tight. Tighter than before. Insert your own Chad joke here.... But anyway, money is needed for me now. Send me e-mail at deepfnord@yahoo.com or whocaresnews@yahoo.com and I'll tell you how to give me money.

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