20 lies about the war. Falsehoods ranging from exaggeration to plain untruth were used to make the case for war. More lies are being used in the aftermath. By Glen Rangwala and Raymond Whitaker.
Category: Odd and Interesting
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Domestic Violence or, Terrorism?
HomeFront of Calgary, Alberta, Canada has been given the mission to reduce domestic violence in Calgary through “coordinated community action.” Among other things they’ve done to promote domestic violence awareness, they’ve produced some (web only) public service announcements that are raising questions all over the internet.
Look at the videos yourself (video 1 – video 2) and be warned that they are graphic, they depict foul language and disturbing imagery. They have been banned in Canada and have caused quite heated discussions and commotions everywhere they’ve been seen.
What do you think? Are they over the top? Are they too disturbing for even Canada’s censors? Do they get their message across or, is this merely gratuitous violence to inspire “shock and awe,” to use the popular nomenclature of the day. Or, is this simply more evidence of the demonization of men in todays culture?
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From the “Run Screaming From The Room” Dept.
BBC NEWS – Boy ‘pregnant’ with twin brother.
Doctors at Chimkent Children’s Hospital in Kazakhstan originally believed Mourat Zhanaidarov was suffering from a cyst. But during surgery, they discovered he was in fact carrying the dead foetus of his twin brother. The foetus had developed into a tumour but was found to have hair, nails and bones.
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Party Like It’s 2001
You can go to the 2001 Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates at the bureau of Labor Statistics and see what you used to make before you got canned!
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paxtonland Update: New Forum Added
Added a new category to the paxtonland forum called The War Room. Get in there mix it up. Please try to keep comments about the posts within the comments links. For all other discussion, take it to the forum. That way what you have to say won’t be buried.
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That’s Entertainment!
Everyone is so bent about Micheal Moore speaking his piece during his acceptance speech but, no one really noticed that a man who raped a 13 year old won an Oscar too.
In fact, he wasn’t present of course.. he’s in hiding as he fled the country rather than face his charges. In case you aren’t sure what I’m talking about, read the court documents yourself. That is not to say I don’t respect his talents but, I don’t respect his apparent lifestyle or, his conduct as an honorable man either.
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The Incredible Quotable Quote
Strange world we live in…
Germany doesn’t want to go to war, France offers to take up arms after all, and Iraq is the chair of the UN disarmament committee. (This has been an excercise in an evolving quote, try your own version today!).
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Zero-Tolerance Stupidity Update
Ohio school suspends 1st. grader, possible expulsion pending for having a plastic knife that they gave him in the school cafeteria. The child’s parents have pledged to sue school for distributing weapons to children, if the school persists in it’s stupidity.
More evidence of school administrators avoiding logical decision-making and evading liability by creating and hiding behind “zero-tolerance” laws.
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paxtonland Update: New Features
So, we’ve made a few changes around here. Mostly behind the scenes. Two things you will notice is that 1). comments now have permalinks. That way, if you want to mail a comment or, refer to a comment within a comment, or refer to a comment in a post, you can link directly to it. The other obvious thing you may notice is that 2). I now list the last 15 comments, by the author and the entry title. Scroll down and look on the sidebar under “Archives” and you’ll find what I’m talking about. This way, you won’t miss it too easily when someone rants back to your rave.
Finally, in the comments, I’ve removed the display of all e-mail addresses for spam protection reasons. Previously, I merely coded them to hide them from the spambots but, that is a loosing battle. I will still require an e-mail address to post comments to prevent anon commenting. I don’t save them or add you to any mailing lists. If you want to subscribe to the mailing list, you have to do that yourself, also on the sidebar. Also, you can add the URL of your website and I will display that, and it will be clickable.
Cheers from the bowels of PL. Oh, I added some more Bushisms, there are about 250 of them now.
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These People Should Be More Careful
I saw this headline…
…and thought, “you mean that someone shot those astronauts?”
Now, of course that’s wrong. Hell, they aren’t even spelled the same but, don’t you think that headline was just a bit misleading or, is it just me?
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I Told You To Get Those Brakes Checked
52 million dollar fighter jet rolls off end of flight deck in San Diego while Iraq and North Korea giggle uncontrollably.
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It’s Only Just Begun
Fingers are out looking for something to point at. It hasn’t been 24 hours yet.
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More STS-107 Links and Info
STS-107 Mission Status Center and NASA TV (Realplayer/Helix feed), which is running 24/7. Here’s another RADAR animation sequence. Some items are showing up on eBay, real or not. People are finding debris everywhere, including possible body parts. Also, son astronomers in California say they saw the shuttle in trouble much earlier. The BBC has an excellent timeline of space flight since Sputnik 1. Reminiscent of post 9/11 WTC imagery, AMC Theaters are pulling “The Core” trailers that feature the 1886 shuttle explosion. Finally there is a lot of talk about an AP prewritten article that had fluff text about the shuttle landing safely. I’ve yet to find it, however.
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It ain’t over ’til it’s over
Hatfields and McCoys appear before judge.
More than a century after the last shots were fired in America’s most storied feud, the Hatfields and McCoys went before a judge Wednesday to try to resolve a dispute over access to a graveyard.
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Good Is On His Side
UK Court refuses trial by combat.
After entering a not guilty plea, he threw down his unconventional challenge. Humphreys, from Bury St Edmunds, said: “I was willing to fight a champion put up by the DVLA, but it would have been a fight to the death.”
He asked the court to pick a champion of it’s choice. Now, I’m for that, I’m looking in the books to see if we have deuling laws or, other combat options under the law here too. Hell yes, allow me to step into court with my assistant, my claymore, and my good heart against the evil gub’ment system.
Anyway, the must’ve been scared shitless of the old kook because they turned him down and fined him an additional $300.
Stinking cowards. Sent in by Rich.
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Did They See Pink Humans?
“The elephants, after consuming huge quantity of country-made liquor, went berserk, killing six people on the spot,” a police spokesman said.
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Yes, You Can Live Out All Of Your Fantasies, Here On The Internet
Man killed, ate willing victim
The state prosecutor’s office in the central German city of Kassel says in a statement the accused supposedly first cut off the victim’s penis by mutual agreement because they wanted to eat it together.
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It’s That Time of Year Again
“Christmas time is here, by golly,
Disapproval would be folly.
Deck the halls with hunks of holly,
Fill the cup and don’t say when.Kill the turkeys, ducks and chickens,
Mix the punch, drag out the Dickens.
Even though the prospect sickens,
Brother, here we go again.”– Tom Lehrer, An Evening (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer, 1959 (listen for yourself)
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So, When Are You Moving Out of Your Moms House?
In Morocco, a 75 year old woman recently delivered a 46-year-old fetus. Mom reportedly said to son, “When are you going to get a job and move out already!”
Additionally the surgery team plans to show a video about the surgery at a news conference Friday. I’ll make sure and watch that.
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Gubernatorial Death Match 2002
“I’m a third party candidate running for Governor of a northern midwestern state without any professional wrestling experience. But, as of today, the Brighton police department and the Michigan state troopers are helping me fill that void in my resume.”
– Michigan Green Pary candidate for governor, Douglas Campbell. Writing from the Brighton County jail, Tuesday, May 21, 2002
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Wishing Joe McHugh Luck
Our friend Joe McHugh is facing the first political challenge of his life in Sterling Heights, MI as we speak. The polls closed just under an hour ago and his long wait begins.
Why don’t you head over there and wish him luck.
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Mrs. Atty. General, Could You Not Call My House?
Michigan candidate for Governor, Jennifer Granholm has personally called my house no less than 5 times in the past 3 months. A the end of the pre-recorded telephone call, she gives a number to contact for more information. I called it and asked to be placed on their “don’t call” list. My request was apparently ignored.Since Mrs. Granholm also list several tactics to “take control of your telephone and stop telemarketers,” I decided to follow her advice. I contacted the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) and added myelf to their national list to stop receiving calls from her campaign, but since her campaign is not a DMA member, I doubt it would help. It didn’t.
Now, remember that one of Mrs Grantham’s biggest concerns are telephone telemarketing solicitation. I have filed a complaint letter with her office, since she is the Attorney General of the State of Michigan, about her own campaign tactics… Since pre-recorded telemarketing is illegal, I thought it was my duty as a citizen to report this criminal behavior to the (ahem) proper authorities.
Somehow, I think she’ll get away with the heinous crime.
What is worse, if I was considering voting for her, she has lost my vote. What a terribly stupid way to loose a vote. Yet somehow (again), I think that she’ll win in the end. Then, I hope to begin my pre-recorded telemarketing campaign to her office. I have a arm-long list of issues, send me yours too if you wish.
