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Monday, March 31, 2003
What if the USofA Loses the War?
Peter Arnett's America

posted by DRH 3/31/2003 11:54:00 PM

That was quick
MSNBC says
buh bye to Peter Arnett. I was sure there'd be a circling of wagons, at least for a while. Impressive. It lwon't harm Arnett's wallet, he's now an official martyr of the left and will be getting some serious speaking fees and such. And the viewers of MSNBC will hopefully be getting better news coverage. Everybody wins.

posted by DRH 3/31/2003 08:37:00 AM

Sunday, March 30, 2003
Peter Arnett
What the heck is up with this guy? It's really hard to come up with a reasonable excuse for the guy. According to the
article in the Washington Post, here's what he said:
He said the United States is reappraising the battlefield and delaying the war, maybe for a week, "and rewriting the war plan. The first war plan has failed because of Iraqi resistance. Now they are trying to write another war plan."

"Clearly, the American war plans misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces," Arnett said during the interview broadcast by Iraq's satellite television station and monitored by The Associated Press in Egypt.

Arnett said it is clear that within the United States there is growing opposition to the war and a growing challenge to President Bush about the war's conduct.

"Our reports about civilian casualties here, about the resistance of the Iraqi forces, are going back to the United States," he said. "It helps those who oppose the war when you challenge the policy to develop their arguments."

The obvious things here is that he's on the state-run broadcasting arm of a enemy government... which in and of itself isn't horrible, but what did he say? Well, first, he said that the Allies are in trouble (based on what? a week?). Second, that the anti-war movement in the US is strengthening (based on what? he's in Bagdad, for crying out loud!). Essentially, what he's doing is acting as domestic propaganda for Saddam's Baath regime. Now he's supposed to be taken seriously as a journalist?

posted by DRH 3/30/2003 11:18:00 PM

Saddam pulled a knife on Papal Envoy!
I'm amazed I didn't here about
this before. Here's the story:

When Saddam Hussein met with papal emissary Cardinal Roger Etchegaray in Baghdad a few weeks ago, the Iraqi dictator responded to questions about why he wasn't cooperating with United Nations weapons inspectors by drawing a long knife. Holding it for the cardinal to see, he ran his finger along the sharp edge of the blade--it was an obvious gesture at intimidation.

But Mr. Etchegaray wasn't stricken with fear. He simply reached into his pocket and drew out a rosary.

"We Christians have weapons too," the cardinal told the dictator.

posted by DRH 3/30/2003 01:02:00 PM

Poll!




Who would win in a fight?
Ronald McDonald
The Burger King

Select an answer and click to vote
Do not select an answer and click to view result


posted by DRH 3/30/2003 12:16:00 PM

Saturday, March 29, 2003
Ever wonder how google works?

Find out!

posted by DRH 3/29/2003 12:34:00 AM

I Really Want This Video

"Uncle Saddam"... check it out!

posted by DRH 3/29/2003 12:20:00 AM

Friday, March 28, 2003
AntiSemitic Nut Jobs at it Again
It seems like the big protest places like
San Francisco and France. It probably shouldn't be surprising, given the anti -Israel and even -Jew nonsense that is spewed by some "peace" activists.

posted by DRH 3/28/2003 02:14:00 AM

Remember to Pray for Me!
Mary Beth Bonacci, writing in Envoy Magazine, says something I've wanted to say, but haven't:
"If anyone stands up here and announces that I’m already in heaven, I want that person removed — forcibly — from the room." And "odds are quite good that, if I did as well as I hope to, I’m currently in purgatory. And I won’t be getting out without some help.

"So pray for me. Keep praying for me. Don’t stop until you’re ready to join me. If you’re Protestant, pray for me anyway. Humor me. Consider it one final favor."
She expresses it a heckuva lot better than I would, as well.

posted by DRH 3/28/2003 12:37:00 AM

Optimus Prime Goes to War!

Read his inspirational story!

posted by DRH 3/28/2003 12:14:00 AM

Thursday, March 27, 2003
Warning!!!
Only 4 more shopping days 'till April Fools!

posted by DRH 3/27/2003 11:53:00 PM

OK, So Maybe All Flash Isn't Evil
Just 99%..
this one cracked me up. It's a quiz! I'm disappointed that Wheat Thins weren't involved somehow, though.

posted by DRH 3/27/2003 11:49:00 PM

Pacifism: That Old French Passion
I came accross an interview of a noted French intellectual,
Pascal Bruckner, during my evening surfing tonight. It struck me as an interesting take on the perspective of France regarding the world in general and the US in particular. A brief quote to get your interest:
We have just gone through several weeks of almost Soviet anti-interventionist unanimity, in which the internal French debate over Iraq has consisted in maintaining, throughout the media, that war is the supreme evil. All the French moral and intellectual authorities thought they were obliged to speak up and assure the prince [i.e. Chirac] that he was right to oppose Washington's war machine.
It's encouraging to see that there is some kind of diversity of thought in France, especially with the cartoonish looneyness to which their government officials have sunk.

posted by DRH 3/27/2003 11:10:00 PM

Asked what he was doing, Sheen stated: "Mmrrffrrfll"

posted by DRH 3/27/2003 12:28:00 AM

PETA Disses Patriotic Dolphins!
Well apparently PETA thinks that those nice dolphins helping to get ships full of humaitarian aid to Iraq safely are a bunch of slackers. According to PETA, it's a
bad idea to depend on dolphins, since they will do a half-assed job. Apparently they slack off unless they understand that lives are at stake... standing around on the gulf floor, eatin' donuts and such.

Maybe PETA is just cranky because they just lost yet another frivolous lawsuit.

What will really be fun is when PETA funds out that
Morocco has offered us 2,000 monkeys, trained to detonate land mines. The fur will fly then. So to speak.


posted by DRH 3/27/2003 12:02:00 AM

Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Misty watercolor memories of the way we were (in 1999)
Sigh... it was so much fun back in the day a company like
this one could have actually gotten funding. Those were the days, my friend!

posted by DRH 3/26/2003 01:32:00 AM

An Iraqi Exile's Take on the War
Kanan Makiya, an Iraqi exile and author of the Democratic Principles Working Group report for the State Department's Future of Iraq Project
has been writing a
journal on the war for The New Republic. Check it out, he has some good insights as to what's going on in regards to the planning for post-war Iraq and his hopes and fears about the same. Also his perspective on the bombs being dropped where he has many friends and relatives is striking:

I am worried. Like every other Iraqi I know, I have friends and relatives in Baghdad. I am nauseous with anxiety for their safety. But still those bombs are music to my ears. They are like bells tolling for liberation in a country that has been turned into a gigantic concentration camp. One is not supposed to say such things in the kind of liberal, pacifist, and deeply anti-American circles of academia, in which I normally live and work. The truth is jarring even to my own ears. -- Kanan Makiya's latest update

posted by DRH 3/26/2003 01:09:00 AM

Monday, March 24, 2003
Moore Booed? (Gasp)
So Michael Moore was booed quite widely when he went off on his diatribe tonight. I'm honestly surprised ... I would have thought that the industry audience would have just clapped like trained monkeys. Is there actually some diversity of opinion there? Interesting...

I'm still not sure how some of that was supposed to parse, though... "ficticious duct tape"? Wha..? Does he not believe in the existence of duct tape? Maybe he asked for "duck tape" my mistake?


posted by DRH 3/24/2003 02:15:00 AM

Human Spam!
Using cellular/web connections, protestors have been coordinating swarming and re-swarming after each time the cops break them up, according to the
San Jose Murky News. Essentially, they have become human spam. Think about it. Batches of unwanted messages(protestors) clog up your mailbox(roads) making it impossible to get to work. It's just a matter of time before people with cell phones descend on major cities with signs that read "DISCOUNT VIAGRA" and "EARN MONEY FAST".

posted by DRH 3/24/2003 02:05:00 AM

Sunday, March 23, 2003
Quote of the Day, Runner Up
"This is Bullshit!" --
worker at a homeless agency on Turk Street. Read the context.

posted by DRH 3/23/2003 12:23:00 PM

Quote of the Day
"The lesson for the children of Columbine this week is that violence is an accepted means by which to solve a conflict" --
Michael Moore. Amazing how a producer of "satire" is blissfully unaware that he sounds like Maude Flanders. "What about the children? Won't somebody please think of the CHILDREN?"

posted by DRH 3/23/2003 11:03:00 AM

Saturday, March 22, 2003
Fun Thing to Do
Go to
www.google.com. Then, type "french military victories" into the text box
and click "Im feeling lucky"...

posted by DRH 3/22/2003 02:47:00 PM

"Shocked ... Back to Reality"
A group of anti-war American "human shields" have crossed into Jordan with 14 hours of video. Here is a quote:



posted by DRH 3/22/2003 01:43:00 PM

Call the Wahmbulence!


Lots of the San Francisco protestors broke the law and we thrown in jail overnight. Now they are crying about it. That's what civil disobediance is, guys. You violate the law and willingly pay the penalty.

My favorite line: "When they did get fed, they got cheese or peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches that didn't taste great".
Boo hoo hoo hoooo....


posted by DRH 3/22/2003 11:23:00 AM

BLOG Recommend
Check out this Bay Area
high school student's blog... great stuff!

posted by DRH 3/22/2003 02:59:00 AM

Going the extra mile to support Democracy


Something occurred to me last night... whatever happened to all other people who, just after the 2000 election, were decrying the Electoral College and the "winner take all" system that the states use? Why did they fall into silence so quickly?


posted by DRH 3/22/2003 02:44:00 AM

Iraq News
The impression this
article in the Guardian gives is not that Iraqis didn't want us to go in and topple Saddam, it's that they are (1) disappointed that we didn't do so sooner and (2) worried that we will decide not to. It reminds me of an article from the New Republic not too log ago, that talked about how the Iraqi people were diappointed last time we said we were going to liberate them.

posted by DRH 3/22/2003 01:18:00 AM

Research about things that matter
I don't quite know what to make of
this. Heck, I like the classic hourglass. But then, I don't read Playboy, either. No, I don't look at the pictures either. Weasel words? Moi? Where was I? Oh, yes.,, hourglass. This bodes well... let those other compete for the women built like 13 year old boys. BWAH HAHAHA HA....

By the by.. how does one go about getting a grant to research such things?

posted by DRH 3/22/2003 12:42:00 AM

Friday, March 21, 2003
Meanwhile, back in the States...
Celebrites thevast majority of which have been going on about how there is no link between terrorism and Iraq, are
freaking out and demanding armored cars for Oscar night or just won't travel to them. And the Democratic National Committee is urging Democrats to drink Daschle's Kool-aide; I suspect that the majority have better political instincts than that, if nothing else. Meanwhile, even the salad dressing industry has been thrown into chaos!

posted by DRH 3/21/2003 08:07:00 AM

Homeland Security Fashion Tips


Something
for the ladies!

posted by DRH 3/21/2003 12:29:00 AM

The BLIXkreig Continues...
Iraq has launched the
missles they don't have. Lets hope they don't used the biological weapons they don't have.

posted by DRH 3/21/2003 12:22:00 AM

Thursday, March 20, 2003
Trainwreck du Jour

Monica can use the word "genre" in a
in a sentence and gets her own "reality show" as a reward! You just know it's going to su... Sorry, that would have been a cheap shot. One can hope that at least it will provide some academic loser with a job.

posted by DRH 3/20/2003 11:55:00 PM

Larry "Bud" Melman's Evil Twin!

posted by DRH 3/20/2003 11:49:00 PM

Way to Pressure for Disarmament, Guys!
Apparently even last year, France and Germany were
trading like mad with Iraq.

posted by DRH 3/20/2003 11:40:00 PM

Eeeewwwwwwww......
San Francisco, the
Athens of the West Coast. Sigh.

posted by DRH 3/20/2003 11:08:00 PM

What is it good for?

http://www.protestwarrior.com

posted by DRH 3/20/2003 08:44:00 AM

William Shatner has a BLOG
E I E I O

posted by DRH 3/20/2003 01:10:00 AM

Get you mind off the war

How about a nice game of
Ro Sham Bo, Dr. Falken?

posted by DRH 3/20/2003 12:55:00 AM

Quote of the Day
"In response to Bush's ultimatum, Saddam's son, Uday Hussein, said Bush was stupid. He said Bush wanted to attack Iraq because of his family. And he said American boys would die. At least someone is finding the New York Times editorial page helpful these days." --
Ann Coulter

posted by DRH 3/20/2003 12:36:00 AM

Hopeful News!
Reportedly, 2/3 of Iraqi troups are ready to
ready to surrender without a fight! Let's pray that the Republican Guard does the same.

posted by DRH 3/20/2003 12:32:00 AM

Wednesday, March 19, 2003
An odd article in the New York Times
I suppose that, as a native Californian I should be flattered that on such a big news day (war starting and such) the NYT takes time to cover
what "we" think. To be honest, it didn't even occur to me to fret about what New Yorkers think and feel on this day... at least no more so than what, oh, Virginians, Texans, Alaskans or Arizonians might think. In retrospect, I should have, though.. since the 9/11 attack happend there and it's natural that they be more freaked out than the average bear.


But why would the Times decide top cover SF and LA today? Is it the assumption that, as prime "blue" area and having been as far as possible from the 9/11 attack, "we" can be counted on to agree with their editorial board? Is it a reflection of the "only the coasts matter" mindset? Much is made of how differnet the West coast is from the east coast... but both are probably more diffeent from, say, anywhere in-between... so contrast doesn't seem to be the big thing. Though I suppose it could be to re-enforce tehir self-image as the "serious" side of the country? The Hollywood jackasses they mention in the article sure don't make us look all that bright: "During some lunchtime and office-cooler chatter there has even been longing for President Clinton, a Hollywood favorite, who, the reasoning goes, would never have allowed a war to play havoc with Oscar night, one of the state's most hallowed traditions."
Arg.


posted by DRH 3/19/2003 11:39:00 PM

Starved for Entertainment?
Here's a nice way to
waste 25 bucks.

posted by DRH 3/19/2003 11:30:00 PM

Who says all Canadians are BOOOORRRRIIIINNNG?
One
W.R. McDougall is apparently quite the excitable looney. Not a rare thing on the 'net, of course... but he's Canadian. It's like finding a jalepeño in your nonfat vanilla yogurt.. you just have to take notice.

Now I really, really enjoy a good rant. Maybe it's a character flaw, but they just crack me up. I picture the little flecks of white spittle flying from his mouth as he speaks the words in his jerimaid. I picture his tin foil hat Read it aloud in wacky accents. It's fun.

I could go on, but Cops is starting and I have a big bag of Mickey D's to eat, as I sit on my special extra-wide chair. Then, I'll get in my SUV and do donuts in the Safeway parking lot. Maybe get a pie as long as I'm there. It might sound boring, but I'm just killing time 'till the government nukes me so it can blame terrorists.

posted by DRH 3/19/2003 09:19:00 PM

Whoa...
I found a link to this on
Andrew Sullivan's blog. A peace activist on some radio call-in show had to confront and actual Iraqi who was driven from his country by Saddam. Apparently, he called to question her on her alleged concern about "the Iraqi people". It's hard to listen to when she goes into giggle mode without being terribly embarassed for her.

posted by DRH 3/19/2003 12:16:00 AM

Got Milk?
See who
does!

posted by DRH 3/19/2003 12:03:00 AM

Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Is This Real?
Could a
stalking service be not only legal, but legit? How does one pick the right comeplete stranger on which to blow their thousands of dollars?

posted by DRH 3/18/2003 11:54:00 PM

Saturday, March 15, 2003
Mel Gibson's Passion
Wow! Read
this article by Raymond Arroyo of EWTN on the movie that Mel Gibson is making, focussing on the Passion of Christ. There are stories floatindg around that Mel is associated with some odd anti-Vatican II splinter group, though... what a shame, if so.

posted by DRH 3/15/2003 05:26:00 PM

BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH!!!!


Just a friendly warning.

posted by DRH 3/15/2003 01:25:00 PM

Eat an Animal for PETA DAY!!!!

Today is apparently
Eat an Animal for PETA Day. I'm glad I saw that before it was too late to participate. It's Lent and I've given up meat, so I guess I'll have to eat salmon. Or maybe I'll take it literally and eat a trout, crab or other entire critter.


Take a look at that sick ad that PETA is running... the Nazis considered Jews to be on the level of animals... and so does, PETA apparently. Come to think of it, Hitler was a vegitarian (he refered to broth as "corpse tea") and Göring threatened to throw vivisectionists into concentration camps. (See The Nazi War on Cancer, especially p. 129)


posted by DRH 3/15/2003 12:28:00 PM

More Sanity from Fr. Neuhaus
Thoughout the various scandals involving gay and pedophile priests during the last couple years, John Neuhaus has had very sane, reasonable and Catholic things to say in the journal First Things, and
still does. Check it out. It's very refreshing, in a sea of people whose only interest in the issue seem to be in furthering their own agendas. (Such as recently someone using the issue against the Pope's stand for peace in Iraq!)

Back to First Things, the latest issue has a good article but they don't publish to the web until an issue is off the newstands. Don't be a cheapskate ... go buy one. They have it at Borders. And your better news stands, of course.

posted by DRH 3/15/2003 11:32:00 AM

This Happens a Lott
Michael Kinsley has some reasonable things to say about the flap about Democrat Sean Moran's remarks on the "Jewish Community" and their alleged support for the War on Iraq.

posted by DRH 3/15/2003 10:57:00 AM

Mighty Morphin' Power Frog!

posted by DRH 3/15/2003 04:18:00 AM

No Viet Cong Ever Called Me...
Apparently Black women and Asian men have a
problem in common... difficulty in finding mates. I sez, the solution is to start a matchmaking service geared toward maching them up. Dang, I'm smart.

What would be the equivalent to "zebra" (paleo-slang for someone of black & white heritage), though? "Tiger"? That would be cool. Wait.... hasn't that been used by someone? Tee hee.

posted by DRH 3/15/2003 04:00:00 AM

This Could Explain Some Things
French and Russian oil and gas contracts signed with the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq "will not be honored," Barhim Salih, a leading Iraqi Kurdish official, said in Washington Friday, just before a series of high-level meetings with Bush administration officials.

"A new Iraqi government should not honor any of these contracts, signed against the interests of the Iraqi people. The new Iraqi government should respect those who stood by us, and not those who stood beside the dictator," added Salih, who is prime minister in the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan government that controls Iraq's eastern Kurdish area.

Click for entire article

posted by DRH 3/15/2003 03:54:00 AM

Promising News of Adult Stem Cell Research
Wesley J Smith reports that adult stem cells saved the life of 16-year-old Dimitri Bonnville, whose heart was damaged by a three inch nail. One thing that stands out in a lot of the press coverage is that they finally seem to be "getting it" ... adult stem cells have a heckuva lot of promise. Why should we walk down the ethically questionable path of "harvesting" tiny humans for their stem cells when adults have their own?

posted by DRH 3/15/2003 02:59:00 AM

Friday, March 14, 2003
Study Finds in Favor of the Bloody Obvious!
Who doesn't realize that
spell-check (and worse... "grammar check") makes good writers into bad writers? Well, OK... not obvious to everyone... but at least anyone who's used that alleged "feature" of Microsoft Word. It's best to just turn the durn thing off.

posted by DRH 3/14/2003 09:20:00 AM

Huh?
What is this
bloody shiite?

posted by DRH 3/14/2003 09:13:00 AM

An Interesting Question
When you look at various protests, a goodly portion of them made up of groups that aren't, on the surface, ven slightly related to issues of war and peace. For example,
"women's groups". But do those groups even conside the situation of actual Iraqi women, such as Um Haydar? Wouldn't one expect a group that purports to be pro-woman at least have something to say about the life of actual women in Iraq? One could still be against the war for pragmatic reasons and condemn Iraq... so why the silence?

posted by DRH 3/14/2003 09:03:00 AM

Thursday, March 13, 2003
New Orleans Update
Alcohol Abuse!!!!

posted by DRH 3/13/2003 10:27:00 PM

Michael Stivic, Call Your Office
Mmmmm....
hats of meat

posted by DRH 3/13/2003 01:48:00 AM

Word for the Day
"Wahmbulance"... saw it used in
Michelle Malkin's article for today.

posted by DRH 3/13/2003 01:44:00 AM

Saturday, March 08, 2003
Ars Gartia Artis

posted by DRH 3/08/2003 01:46:00 PM

Curious George Story
Read the "heartwarming"
online-only story about Curious George!

posted by DRH 3/08/2003 01:41:00 PM

Thursday, March 06, 2003
Eminenema
Unblock yourself with
Eminem Ragtime!

posted by DRH 3/06/2003 02:21:00 AM

Andrew Sullivan deflates a boogeyman
... in a
reasonable article on the "conservative media".

posted by DRH 3/06/2003 02:18:00 AM

Rant Time!
One man covers his ears and shouts "LA LA LA LA LA LA LA, I'M NOT LISTENING LA LA LA LA". Or
pretends to, anyway.

posted by DRH 3/06/2003 02:08:00 AM

What did your Arteries Ever Do For You?
Check out this
manly dinner. Hungry Man™ says: "Look upon my works, ye chubby, and despair!".

posted by DRH 3/06/2003 01:54:00 AM

First Test for Screen Actor's Guild Free Speech Proclamation!
Now that SAG has put out it's brave
policy regarding free speech and how exercising of same shouldn't damage one's career... we have it's first test. There is a letter-writing campaign to prevent Micael Savage from having his new show on MSNBC. Will SAG support Savage (who is more than likely a member)? Place your bets....

posted by DRH 3/06/2003 01:34:00 AM

Tuesday, March 04, 2003
Looney Watch
There are some people who have brains that I would really, really love to be able to hook up to a video monitor. Their
perspective is just so far removed from reality. Full of political paranoia, vague mis-understandings of high school science classes, buckets and buckets of jargon... and of course, a deep, abiding belief that Everything Mark Morford Dislikes is all linked together.

posted by DRH 3/04/2003 12:35:00 AM

Monday, March 03, 2003
At Least the USA has no Monopoly on MORONS
Soooo many things wrong with
this story. A British school decides the kids can't read about pigs, because it might offend Muslims. Nevermind that it's perfectly OK for Muslims to read about pigs. Nevermind that nobody every worried about Jews (who alos don't eat pork). Cheeeezzzz.........

posted by DRH 3/03/2003 11:41:00 PM

Sunday, March 02, 2003
A Game to Play with Eating Pollo Loco
Just
click here and chow on some tasty, flame broiled chicken. (I go with the pinto beans and green salad as a side. And get the corn tortillas.) Whenever a chicken dies in the boiling water, take a big bite of chicken and laugh maniacally! It's fun!

posted by DRH 3/02/2003 12:49:00 PM

Brave Brave Sir Robin...
"Human shields" are
leaving, many due to safety reasons. Wasn't the point that they were putting themselves in danger? An what's this about there not beinging enough volunteers? The news reports were saying that they were getting more than expected not too long ago...

posted by DRH 3/02/2003 12:01:00 PM

Memo (Silently?) Repared by Observer
Dang, I wish I'd saved the original text after I
posted last night -- not that that can't be faked too. I could create a web page, just like anyone can create am email. Anyhow, the version of the alleged memo posted to the Observer website now says "Jan 31 2003" instead of "23/01/2003" and all of the British spellings have been replaced with American spellings... but they seem to have "fixed" it silently. It's mighty fishy that they couldn't at least note that the change was made and give their explantion.

The internet is chock full of opportunities for pulling a Winston Smith. Unless something makes it into the google.com cache (or similar), websites can re-write history with a few clicks of the keyboard. I forget ... haven't we allways been at war with Oceana?


posted by DRH 3/02/2003 11:40:00 AM

Paganism vs. Catholicism

Check out
Mark Shea's latest. A good read!

posted by DRH 3/02/2003 03:42:00 AM

"Close, but no Cigar" Propaganda
This is almost as funny as when Iraq supposedly produced propaganda about how "Bart Simpson" was
sleeping with the wives of US troops while they were participating in the Gulf War. The Observer, a UK newspaper, claims that it was leaks a US Government memo with secret plans for "dirty tricks", such as surveiling UN deligates. Sharp-eyed folks such as Matt Drudge have already pointed out that there are all sorts of obvious mistakes, point to a forgery by a Brit.

For example, the date is given in European format ("31/01/2003" instead of "01/31/2003") and words like "favorable" have the British spelling (like "favourable"). I noticed that people on "The Observer"'s message boards claimed that the dates could be "explained" by the receiving computer setting the dates, but: (1) Any system I've ever used, the sending system sets the date field. Spammers love to take advantage of this, by-the-by dating mail forward a month or two can keep it at the head of your message list. (2) The article seems to say that the message that was being reproduced is the original, US gov't message not the one forwarded to the paper and (3) Rfc2822, the internet standard, seems to say that it is the sending computer that sets the date. Of course, who knows exactly what email system was supposedly being used. I suppose some wacky system could be involved.

Lesson to take home: it is trivial to forge email! If anyone would like mail from santa@northpole.com or satan@hell.irs.gov or president@whitehouse.gov -- let me know. ;-) For that matter, why send it at all? Just use any text editor to create a mail message out digital whole cloth if you want.


posted by DRH 3/02/2003 12:56:00 AM

Saturday, March 01, 2003
Flash is Evil
Well, ok "Flash doesn't annoy people, people annoy people". Sorta, but it's a close call. Flash allows seisure-inducing banner ads that can't be turned off. It provides people to think that their
cartoons are somehow funny because they are animated. In reality, they just slow the "reader" down to the speed of the lowest, slack-jawwed third-grade-level lip-moving reader. OK, I get it. SUVs bad. To save you waiting the whole thing out, here's the "punchline" for the link: get the economy of Saudi Arabia moving. See, you were supposed to think USA, but it's Saudi Arabia. Guffaw. Never heard that before. That's where Macromedia Flash comes in... instead of just scanning a, say 4- or 9- panel cartoon and hitting the joke right away, you have to watch and wait... for that? What would have been beneath notice becomes an annoyance.

Conspiracy AlertThe magazine that featured that "funny" SUV cartoon runs banner ads for from oil companies ... maybe the point is to make the cartoon so obnoxious that it drives people to buy SUVs out of spite?


posted by DRH 3/01/2003 01:02:00 PM

I Hear Ya, Brother




posted by DRH 3/01/2003 12:30:00 PM

Ernest Borgnine on the Bus!
A fine film documenting...
Ernest Borgnine driving across the country in his fancy 40-foot bus/mobile home! Sweeeeet...

There's all sorts of interesting film in streaming format over there at Planet Krulik. Check it out.


posted by DRH 3/01/2003 02:11:00 AM



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