August 9, 2003
August 8, 2003
August 7, 2003
August 5, 2003
GI Joke
(via This Modern World)
From the box: George W. Bush – U.S. President and Naval Aviator
Excuse me while I barf.
An Incredibly Insightful Quote from Jon Stewart
I do believe we need to go to a 24-hour fake news channel, Fox
can’t be the only fake news channel out there!
— Jon Stewart (The Daily Show)
To be fair, The Daily Show is somewhat less fake than Fox News.
Drum and Bugle Corps/Drum Corps Search Engine Rankings
Via the use of a popular search engine’s
web api:
- “Top” 100 “Drum and Bugle Corps” web sites
- “Top” 100 “Drum Corps” web sites
Note that this is purely arbitrary and probably doesn’t mean anything (just testing a Perl interface to the api).
Skeptical Links
The Thought Police are Watching
Here’s a disturbing story (via This Modern World)
Apparently, someone got a visit from the FBI because he was observed reading a “printout of some kind” in public.
- Full story: Careful: The FB-eye may be watching
- The article that got the author in trouble: Weapons Of Mass Stupidity
Gutenberg Bible on the Internet
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The University of Texas has put its entire two-volume Gutenberg Bible on the Internet, making it easier for scholars and the public to browse one of the world’s most valuable books.
Check it out: The Gutenberg Bible: Digital Gutenberg Images
_Iron Chef USA_ is an Unholy Abomination Straight from the Deepest Pit of Hell
If memory serves me correctly, I fortunately missed this dreck when it originally aired on UPN. Sadly, this weekend (July 19-20, 2003), the Food Network aired it in place of the real Iron Chef. Out of morbid curiosity, I subjected myself to the horror, known as Iron Chef USA.
Honestly, I really can’t put my finger on why it turned out so bad. It’s like they copied the formula for the real Iron Chef, but still managed to get it all wrong.
Drum and Bugle Corps Scores – 2003
People are Stupid, Part II
Here’s some disturbing polling data from Program on International Policy Attitudes:
Among those who approved of the decision to go to war and were not just supporting the president (53% of the sample), a majority of 52% said the US has found weapons of mass destruction (48%) or did not know (4%).
Among Republicans who said they follow international affairs very closely — and thus may also be more exposed to headlines reporting promising leads — an even larger percentage — 55% –said weapons have been found, with just 45% saying they have not.
Another widespread misperception is that Iraq actually used chemical or biological weapons in the war. Twenty-two percent held this misperception, with 9% being unsure, while 69% correctly said that Iraq had not used such weapons. However, unlike the question of whether weapons have been found, there is no greater tendency to hold this belief among those who support the war, or are Republicans who follow international affairs closely, than there is in the general population.
The above, combined with this, leads one to believe there are a lot people just not paying attention.