There’s witty banter, there’s political crosstalk, there’s incomprehensible oddity; it’s all there when Larry King interviews Jon Stewart. Banter: STEWART: Can I tell you something, I appreciate you acting interested in me the night after you had the president on. I think that’s really sweet. KING: Hey, wait a minute. STEWART: You’re focused like this. […]
Larry King vs. Jon Stewart
Posted by Ben on July 24, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/larry-king-vs-jon-stewart/
Augment all you can augment in the army
There are some articles whose headlines and captions appear written by mentally deranged waterfowl, and then there are articles whose headlines virtually write themselves (though not without human intervention, of course); the following, I think, is one of the latter.
Posted by Ben on July 22, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/augment-all-you-can-augment-in-the-army/
Guess Who?
One guess who said this: [The legislators] cannot have the guts to come out there in front of you and say, ‘I don’t want to represent you. I want to represent those special interests: the unions, the trial lawyers’ … I call them girly-men. They should get back to the table and they should finish […]
Posted by Ben on July 22, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/guess-who/
365 Old Favorites that you didn’t know were Old or Favorite
Ubuweb relaunches (though I have to confess, I missed the initial launching) its 365 Days Project: 365 mp3s of crazy, eccentric, off-the-wall recordings. Wild and crazy stuff, like Casper The Friendly Ghost singing Motorcycle Policeman (yes, that Casper the Friendly Ghost), and Van Morrison singing songs called Ring Worm, You Say France And I Whistle, […]
Posted by Ben on July 21, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/ubuweb-365/
Scattershot: Dogs, Dogs, and Blobs
Wonder Dog? In Toronto, a dog may well have prevented a massacre. The dog—whose identity has yet to be confirmed (sounding more and more like a superhero)—approached a man who was planning a killing spree, thus defusing the situation. The man’s plan was to load his weapons and then drive around, killing at random, etc., […]
Posted by Ben on July 20, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/dogs-dogs-blobs/
Thirdly, the logic is supported…
This sentence is so wickedly, outlandishly sloppy that it’s almost funny: Thus, although Bush cited only British evidence that was determined to have been inconclusive, other intelligence files clearly contained other inconclusive evidence of the truth of the claim. The whole article reads like a bad tenth grade essay. Admittedly, the AP’s not here to […]
Posted by Ben on July 19, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/thirdly-the-logic-is-supported/
Are you lookin’ for it?
The WorldWatch Institute has a guide to good stuff. Here it is. With topics on everything from DVDs to meat, WWI’s guide to good stuff lets you know what’s good and what’s not. The Consumption Manifesto accompanying the guide is also good, with 10 principles of good consumption. (via How To Save The World)
Posted by Ben on July 19, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/good-stuff/
Crazy Apes and Damaged Bananas (and Pens)
Pentrix. I’ve never been able to master the 360 degree normal—that annoyingly absent-minded trick where somebody (we’ll call him “Ace”) spins a pen effortlessly around his thumb. Then again, I’ve never really been good with pen tricks in general. But now there’s a web site that can help. Well, maybe it can’t help me, but […]
Posted by Ben on July 18, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/crazy-apes-and-damaged-bananas-and-pens/
Top Ten George W. Bush Complaints About “Fahrenheit 9/11”
(from the Late Show with David Letterman, June 29, 2004) 10. That actor who played the President was totally unconvincing 9. It oversimplified the way I stole the election 8. Too many of them fancy college-boy words 7. If Michael Moore had waited a few months, he could have included the part where I get […]
Posted by Ben on July 16, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/top-10-gw-complaints-on-letterman/
‘squitoville
They kill humans, and from a more balanced perspective, that’s a good thing. I’m not saying that I’m gonna start wearing a t-shirt reading I [heart] mosquitoes anytime soon, but it (the above-linked article) does raise an interesting thought, one that you may not often have occasion to consider. (The point, for those of you […]
Posted by Ben on July 15, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/mo-squitoville/