Doc 40

Thursday, December 29, 2005

I’M SO HAPPY THAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS HELPING POOR ANNA NICOLE GET HER MONEY AND THAT THE PRESIDENT REALIZES THAT EVEN BLIMP-SKANKS DESERVE THEIR DAY IN COURT
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/12/26/scotus.roundup.ap/index.html

I’M ALSO VERY HAPPY THAT MAUREEN DOWD IS BEING BOOTLEGGED OUT FOR FREE
http://theunknowncandidate.blogspot.com/2005/12/secrets-shadows-and-vice.html

AND HAPPY TO HAVE A NEW PIECE IN LA CITYBEAT
http://lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=3060&IssueNum=134

AND, THANKS TO SOME GIRL, I CAN SHOW YOU THE MILLION DOLLAR WEBSITE INSTEAD OF WATCHING IT ON TV AND CURSING THAT I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT
http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/
For the story...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051229/ts_nm/homepage_dc

I'M EVEN HAPPY TO LEARN OF THE IRISH ELVIS FAN CLUB
http://www.irishelvisfanclub.com/index.htm
(Thanks to Miss Templeton http://horslipsmusic.blogspot.com/ )

The secret word is Delighted

CRYPTIQUE – You get the police state you pay for.

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

TROLLS FROM NOWHERE NEAR THE SHORT FOREST
My spybots inform me that, all through Xmas, hundreds of right wing trolls have been silently marching through Doc40 with snow on their boots. One even left a comment on the decor. They would appear to have been pointed our way by an Australian who believes George Bush can do no wrong and takes the concept of Global Warming as a personal affront.
http://timblair.net/

AND TALKING OF TROLLS
Here’s a shot of Georgie in action...

"Last month, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial USA Patriot Act.
Several provisions of the act, passed in the shell shocked period immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, caused enough anger that liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union had joined forces with prominent conservatives like Phyllis Schlafly and Bob Barr to oppose renewal.
GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the act could further alienate conservatives still mad at the President from his botched attempt to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.
"I don’t give a goddamn," Bush retorted. "I’m the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way."
"Mr. President," one aide in the meeting said. "There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution."
"Stop throwing the Constitution in my face," Bush screamed back. "It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!"
I’ve talked to three people present for the meeting that day and they all confirm that the President of the United States called the Constitution "a goddamned piece of paper."

For the full story...
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7779.shtml

The secret word is Oaf

LINKS
TOP FIFTY GADGETS
HCB sends over a fascinating list. (I mean, who could forget the Timex Sinclair?)
http://pcworld.com/resource/printable/article/0,aid,123950,00.asp

AND A BIT OF A PROBLEM FOR UNCLE OSAMA...
http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_4071

AND FROM THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT YOU DOMESTIC SPYING...
http://www.nsa.gov/kids/home_html.cfm

PANDAFIX
http://www.pandafix.com/pandafix/2005/12/tai_shan_goes_f.html

Monday, December 26, 2005

HAPPY BOXING DAY, YOU PAGANS
One of the better inventions of the British Empire (better even than the cunning use of flags – thank you, Eddie) by which the long suffering proletariat got the day off after Christmas to eat leftovers, drink gin, watch soccer, and send the whining kids out to play in the traffic.

I even unearthed a special holiday read – a piece from Fact magazine from about 18 months ago about fire and summer rock festivals. A sample – "I had clearly regressed down my DNA helix to some prehistoric point not too long after the monkey met the monolith, but demonstrable method lurked in my madness. "
http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/da/12261

The secret word is Atavism