You can count on Dave Barry to provide bloggable material. “I’m not making this up” is his common lead-in to a story that’s so bizarre nobody could possibly have made it up.
Month: October 2002
Media Bias?
OK ..here’s something to think about. Earlier, I mentioned the Liberty and Livelihood march in London, which drew 400,000 marchers in protest of a proposed ban on foxhunting and other urban assaults on the rural way of life. The news media in this country covered it very prominently. That’s understandable, since a protest of that… Continue reading Media Bias?
Blogger’s Block?
I knew this would happen sooner or later. It’s been almost a week, and I haven’t had anything worthwhile to say here. I wandered around and looked at a couple of other blogs, and found GoogleFight, proof that some people are even more bored than I am. (I tried sex vs. chocolate .. guess which… Continue reading Blogger’s Block?
Sponsors of Terrorism
Another interesting twist in the Global War on Terrorism. Iraq’s biological weapons program, which is one of W’s excuses for bombing him (and lots of innocent civilians), got its start with considerable assistance from good old Uncle Sam. And it happened in the 80s, when Ronnie and Daddy were running the country, so we can’t… Continue reading Sponsors of Terrorism
"Non-Lethal" Weapons
Aside from the fact that the name is somewhat of a misnomer, this kind of research and development looks like another great reason to annihilate Iraq … except that it ain’t Iraq that’s working on it. Pot, meet kettle.