Ukrainian Opposite Candidate Yushchenko Announces Victory, Says Election Results “Falsified”
As it turns out, as long as the exit polls say you won, you've won. I bet Kerry wishes he had known that. It would have been cool if he had announced himself as president - too bad there are so few northeast liberals in the army, or we could have tried a coup?
Monday, November 22, 2004
Thursday, November 11, 2004
still jiggy
last weekend as i flew to las vegas to inagurate the greatest band that ever lived, i opted for delta song's movie option, and paid $5 to see...drumroll please...I, Robot. now the reviews i have heard of this movie have ranged from awful to god awful, but i decided it was better than doing work, so i plugged myself in and turned on.
the movie sucks. i mean by all objective standards it sucks. the dialog is awful. the "science" is fairly silly. the effects are pretty cool, but ridiculous (robots lighting up in red once they become evil is a good example). but you know what? i still like it, for one reason only, will "big willie style" smith. his heroically overacted, muscularized performance once again proves that the fresh prince still delivers.
as i dug deeper into my psyche, i realized that as will progressed to doing crappier and crappier movies, i liked all of them despite myself. independence day, men in black, enemy of the state, wild wild west. the list goes on. despite the obvious shortcomings of all of them (aside from ID4 which fucking rules), I keep coming back for more. he doesn't mean it. he'll change. he still loves me.
we can make it if we try, willie. we can make it if we try.
the movie sucks. i mean by all objective standards it sucks. the dialog is awful. the "science" is fairly silly. the effects are pretty cool, but ridiculous (robots lighting up in red once they become evil is a good example). but you know what? i still like it, for one reason only, will "big willie style" smith. his heroically overacted, muscularized performance once again proves that the fresh prince still delivers.
as i dug deeper into my psyche, i realized that as will progressed to doing crappier and crappier movies, i liked all of them despite myself. independence day, men in black, enemy of the state, wild wild west. the list goes on. despite the obvious shortcomings of all of them (aside from ID4 which fucking rules), I keep coming back for more. he doesn't mean it. he'll change. he still loves me.
we can make it if we try, willie. we can make it if we try.
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Cabinet Reshuffle
Today the Bush administration announced the resignation of Attorney General John Ashcroft. Mr. Ashcroft completes a distinguished four year term of service to the American people. Replacing him will be Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich. Mr. Heydrich comes to us from his former post as the head of the Gestapo - an organization which he lead to unparalleled success in the meting out of righteous unmitigated justice. He will be joined by deputy attorney general Tomas de Torquemada, formerly Grand Inquisitor for her highness Queen Isabella - his centuries of experience successfully converting heretics are likely to prove invaluable to our faith-based initiatives. Please join me in congratulating our distinguished newcomers.
Monday, November 08, 2004
Thursday, November 04, 2004
Hand of God
"He is still alive. He is not clinically dead. There is no brain death, but his condition is deteriorating. Because there has been no diagnosis, we don't know what's wrong with him."
Don't fuck with the chosen people.
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
your revolution is over, the bums lost
the democrats control the entertainment industry, and their economic policies represent the bottom part of the wealth pyramid, which should mean they represent a very large chunk of the population. the kerry campaign had the most money ever. and yet they still lost in every category. what is missing?
do the democrats do studies to understand voters? what they care about? i think at this point they need to call every republican in ohio and florida and say "what will get you to vote for me next time"? are constituencies parcelled out by lobbying groups? or by race? or by wealth? i guess i still don't understand in the american system how smaller groups are represented.
in parliamentary systems it seems like you can just vote for the party you want, and then the party has a more clear agenda, and they join someone's coalition which allows them to promote this agenda. so i can vote for the things i really care about rather than the things i sort of care about, and then know that some of the things i care about will get done.
like the god people should have their own party. the ones who really believe that religion and religious belief belong in politics. and the people who want all those people to lose their right to vote. that's a party. and then all the good folks who just want to get high in their free time and not be arrested for it. that's a party (and what a party!)
given that we have 50 states why are the voting systems are as homogeneous as they are? it's like we have 50 labs to try different stuff and compare results, and instead we do the same experiment over and over again, find the results pretty dissatisfying, but still stick with the same thing.
my hope is that the democrats third resounding defeat in a row (counting the 2002 elections) will push people to reevaluate the way this is working. maybe it is time to hunker down for a few years and re-evaluate the way our system works. to chip away at the republican coalition by offering a credible alternative, rather than trying to pull them to what they see as an enemy party. or maybe we can have a little civil war - we do have them surrounded, though i think they have more nukes.
bring back the whigs?
do the democrats do studies to understand voters? what they care about? i think at this point they need to call every republican in ohio and florida and say "what will get you to vote for me next time"? are constituencies parcelled out by lobbying groups? or by race? or by wealth? i guess i still don't understand in the american system how smaller groups are represented.
in parliamentary systems it seems like you can just vote for the party you want, and then the party has a more clear agenda, and they join someone's coalition which allows them to promote this agenda. so i can vote for the things i really care about rather than the things i sort of care about, and then know that some of the things i care about will get done.
like the god people should have their own party. the ones who really believe that religion and religious belief belong in politics. and the people who want all those people to lose their right to vote. that's a party. and then all the good folks who just want to get high in their free time and not be arrested for it. that's a party (and what a party!)
given that we have 50 states why are the voting systems are as homogeneous as they are? it's like we have 50 labs to try different stuff and compare results, and instead we do the same experiment over and over again, find the results pretty dissatisfying, but still stick with the same thing.
my hope is that the democrats third resounding defeat in a row (counting the 2002 elections) will push people to reevaluate the way this is working. maybe it is time to hunker down for a few years and re-evaluate the way our system works. to chip away at the republican coalition by offering a credible alternative, rather than trying to pull them to what they see as an enemy party. or maybe we can have a little civil war - we do have them surrounded, though i think they have more nukes.
bring back the whigs?
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Rise up, fellow buddhists...
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/041102/w110234.html
The Dalai Lama should declare war on Osama, bring out the elite Samana paratroopers, and yoga the mujaheddin into the afterlife.
The Dalai Lama should declare war on Osama, bring out the elite Samana paratroopers, and yoga the mujaheddin into the afterlife.
Conversations with an ex...
how i've changed in 8 years...
ex: i just looked at your profile--i would never message you
ex: but i guess that's ok, since i'm not what you are looking for these days
me: :)
ex: i might write back if you messaged me first, because i do tend to click well with engineers
ex: but i'd probably go out with [girl] before you ;)
me: hehe
me: what do you not like about my profile?
ex: "truth?"
ex: "I'd also like to meet cute girls to make out with'"
ex: "the pic of you with another girl"
ex: the "about me" section
me: i like truth
ex: and:"fuck tv, netflix rules. oh and the family guy "
ex: makes you seem angry
me: excellent
ex: and "god i am so fucking corporate"
me: anger is one of my most endearing characteristics
ex: makes you seem too cool for school
me: which is true
me: and explained in my "about me" section :)
ex: oh, and "fuck me?! fuck you!!"
ex: also lots of anger
me: righteous anger
ex: i think that's everything
ex: i'm sure some girls like that stuff
ex: i just looked at your profile--i would never message you
ex: but i guess that's ok, since i'm not what you are looking for these days
me: :)
ex: i might write back if you messaged me first, because i do tend to click well with engineers
ex: but i'd probably go out with [girl] before you ;)
me: hehe
me: what do you not like about my profile?
ex: "truth?"
ex: "I'd also like to meet cute girls to make out with'"
ex: "the pic of you with another girl"
ex: the "about me" section
me: i like truth
ex: and:"fuck tv, netflix rules. oh and the family guy "
ex: makes you seem angry
me: excellent
ex: and "god i am so fucking corporate"
me: anger is one of my most endearing characteristics
ex: makes you seem too cool for school
me: which is true
me: and explained in my "about me" section :)
ex: oh, and "fuck me?! fuck you!!"
ex: also lots of anger
me: righteous anger
ex: i think that's everything
ex: i'm sure some girls like that stuff
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