Monthly Archives: September 2006

Dispatches from abroad

Co-blogger and sometimes roving field correspondent JMD sends the following images from of Germany and Ireland, respectively. (click for huge versions)

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How do you pronounce that?

Instapundit quotes the Huffington Post: What galls even more is how hopelessly naive, and reductive, those of us are who suggest that being the victim of American imperialism somehow exempts one from being corrupt and imperialistic [...] (emphasis mine) If … Continue reading

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I did not know that

I purchased some razor blades coated with PTFE. Curious I Googled it and it turns out it’s the wonder material known by the trade name Teflon- Used in no-stick pans, bearings, electrical insulation and “copkiller” bullets. One interesting detail re: … Continue reading

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More crushing of dissent by the left

Well, this sucks. Ilkka, I hope you get yourself a psuedonym and continue your excellent writing somewhere that the politically-correct academic feminazi blackmailers can’t find you. And if you do, please let your readers in the TJICisphere know.

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Great tool for gadget freaks

Want to know the size of that newly released cell phone? Or wondering if the new shuffle really is that small? Check out Sizeasy.

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Schweddy Balls

I’ve had one of those mornings when you just follow links all over the internet till you have no clue where you are. In my travels I came across what is one of my favorite skits ever on SNL. For … Continue reading

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…and some of the cleanest prostitutes in whole of Central Asia!

Apparently Kazakh officials are coming to the US to whine about Sacha Baron Cohen [warning: scary picture] to George Bush: And now a movie of Borat’s adventures in the US has caused a diplomatic incident. The opening scene, which shows … Continue reading

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I did not know that

From the Economist: Your life-jacket can be found under your seat, but please do not remove it now. In fact, do not bother to look for it at all. In the event of a landing on water, an unprecedented miracle … Continue reading

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No service is the new service

No email again today. This will allegedly be cleared up tomorrow.

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Major suckage, revisted

No email today, again.

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It’s Russ’ internet – we just live on it

Russ makes a completely reasonable request.

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Manga Studio EX 3.0 looks pretty cool

I’m not really a manga fan, but any tool designed for drawing and laying out out pen & ink comics is probably worth looking into. In related news, my copy of Painter IX has mysteriously stopped working, and re-installing doesn’t … Continue reading

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If I’m not going to do it, I may as well read about it

Scott McCloud’s got a new book out.

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TV news: by and for idiots, apparently

I was poking around James Hudnall’s blog and came across his post The Censorship Factor. While I agree with James about O’Reilly’s ego (and, after a brief look around his blog, probably everything else), this Olbermann guy (whom I’d never … Continue reading

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A message to democratic strategists

I’ve been reading a lot lately that Democrat politicians are saying that Republican politicians are “using” terrorism to scare Americans into voting for them – a radical departure from the tried and true Democratic methods of buying votes with taxpayer … Continue reading

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