Sep 30, 2006
Protester = Terrorist
BOO! BOO BOO BOO! The senate just unanimously passed a bill that labels civil disobedience as terrorism! Story here. Text of the bill here. It is nominally against "eco-terrorists", whom I naturally have no love for when they burn down half a forest to save the forest cuz there was a house in it. They just make us look bad. Arrest them all you want, but the bill also contains this bit of wonderfulness:
So if I stand in front of Nalgene and protest them making those little plastic blocks that hold rabbits in place for makeup testing or whatevertf, I can go to jail for 6 months?!?! Bullllllllllllshit!
`(1) for an offense involving exclusively a nonviolent physical obstruction of an animal enterprise or a business having a connection to, or relationship with, an animal enterprise, that may result in loss of profits but does not result in bodily injury or death or property damage or loss--
`(A) not more than $10,000 and the length of imprisonment shall be not more than 6 months, or both, for the first offense; and
`(B) not more than $25,000 and the length of imprisonment shall be not more than 18 months, or both, for a subsequent offense;
So if I stand in front of Nalgene and protest them making those little plastic blocks that hold rabbits in place for makeup testing or whatevertf, I can go to jail for 6 months?!?! Bullllllllllllshit!
Dog Health
This is no good. I've also heard before that Greenies can cause internal badness, but never really seen a whole lot of proof either way. Of course the companies say nono, and then there's one study that says yes yes. Not exactly conclusive, maybe it's just a weird allergy and 8 dogs in 2 years die of, like, dirt ingestion too. Ah well, here's your grain of salt.
Sep 29, 2006
Sep 27, 2006
Other Recommendations
Well, if I'm going to be recommending a show, and not just an individual thing, I might as well mention some others. My favorites are in the link bar, but I don't want to blab about them all, so the bestest of the bests are Keith and the Girl and The Show with Ze Frank. The former is a daily hour-ish podcast, nominally Keith and his gf Chemda, often w/ guests. It's the funniest podcast I know, though it is very very inappropriate in many many ways. But you should listen, it's awesome. The latter is a daily short vidcast by a dude named Ze (zay) Frank. He's very funny, very smart, and very cool.
You should be watching both of those, they are my favorite parts of the internet day. Seriously. Go now!
You should be watching both of those, they are my favorite parts of the internet day. Seriously. Go now!
Showbiz Newsy News
Heard about this vidcast on Podcast 411. Sort of a David Spayde Hollywood Minute thing, but animated and a lot raunchier. Half the jokes are sorta obvious and crap, but the other half are really funny :)
Halo RTS
On the fake-war front, this is completely uninteresting to me. Who wants to play an RTS on a console anyway? Maybe I'd be more jazzed if I was into the Halo mythology. But... I'm not, so... *BORing*
Convoy Ambush in Iraq
So, I don't really know if I should be posting more news-ish news items. I figure people can go elsewhere for that stuff. When the pope first said his dumbass thing, I almost posted it, and then decided not to cuz I really hoped it wouldn't explode. Nice how that turned out. So anyway, I dunno about venturing into this type of stuff, partially because I don't think I could keep up with all the real news anyway! Still, I thought this was important.
Maps of War
This is pretty cool, good perspective on the extent of the various empires that have ruled the Middle East. I don't like the ending, though. As real as an Iranian design over the region and influence in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon might be, you shouldn't ruin your nice informative thing w/ the little implications at the end.
Sep 26, 2006
Sep 25, 2006
Civ 4 Addiction
Well, I know i've seen this, but I can't seem to find the link in blogger's oh-so-extensive blog search, so... here it is anyway!
Frozen Frogs
Where some people see the glory of god, I see the glory of evolution. It is effin' amazing.
Sep 22, 2006
300
HOLY SHIT! How insanely good does this look?? Plus it's Frank Miller, he can't do wrong, yeah? It's called 300, btw. I guess the trailer is having trouble staying online, so search of the link goes down.
Sep 21, 2006
AMV Hell Championship Edition
Hahaha! Not normally the type of thing I'd link, it's a big compilation of AMVs, (anime done to some music, in this case to comedic effect). It's longer than god, so it needs some fastforwarding at points, but there are some pretty good ones in there.
Lazy Viewer's Guide:
Good ones are at:
1:18
3:10
4:05 (2 in a row)
6:45
11:40
18:00
Lazy Viewer's Guide:
Good ones are at:
1:18
3:10
4:05 (2 in a row)
6:45
11:40
18:00
Eragon
Hmm, is this the next Lord of the Rings? Or the next Dungeons and Dragons? Looks a bit too like the latter, to me. Hopefully it still lands somewhere around Dragonheart, eh? Either way, Eragon is too close to Aragorn.
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