Monthly Archives: October 2004

Nude Bush Oil Removed from Museum

WASHINGTON – A cartoonish painting of President Bush in the nude has been taken down from the wall at the City Museum of Washington. The picture, called "Man of Leisure, King George," adopts the pose of a famous Impressionist painting, … Continue reading

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Debt Slavery

Inside Debtors’ Prison, London There is an issue dancing around the the political debate, being bandied in intellectual argument and stark statistics, which really deserves to be front and center. It runs through the American political and economic firmament like … Continue reading

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Harvard & MIT’s Bastard Child

We assume that Harvard, like Mickey Mouse, has a guardian of its image and trademark, constantly on the lookout for rip-offs and unauthorized usage of its name. Hell, they probably have an office full of worms, moles and spiders combing … Continue reading

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Harvard & MIT’s Bastard Child

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Get Real

Boston breeds a special sort of media junkie, hopelessly hooked on the minutiae of American political discourse, and usually Democratic, while simultaneously obsessed with the other Great American pastime, baseball. They unfortunately suffer under the weight of baseball’s Sisyphusian boulder … Continue reading

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Hooray for Frassle

Don’t ya love it when some wish you wanted to come true suddenly happens without warning or any effort on your part? Just a couple of weeks ago we were dreaming that the next version of Frassle, Shimon Rura‘s next-generation … Continue reading

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Style Points from the VP Debate

Appearantly the TV talking heads are calling the VP debate a draw, while the internet pundits on both sides are declaring their guy the clear winner, not surprising in an event less a debate than a systematic expostulation and repetition … Continue reading

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Harvard Blogging Panel Sans Bloggers

We wanted to attend an event at the JFK Jr. Forum of Harvard’s JFK School of Government tonight with the intriguing title: "FORUM: IRAQ, 527s, Bloggers & Battlegrounds" so we found ourself circling lazily in the Great White Shark we … Continue reading

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Australian Tickler Closes Airport

An adult sex toy sparked a security scare which closed an Australian airport for nearly an hour. The vibrating object was discovered at Mackay Airport by a security officer who noticed a suspicious package inside a rubbish bin. Cafeteria manager … Continue reading

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Poodle Liberation Front

The recent advertising campaign sponsored by that pillar of American political discourse the NRA which depicts john Kerry as a Frech Poodle has inspired a firestorm of protest – from Poodle owners who decry the comparison as an unprincipled attack … Continue reading

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Hurt Hand, Hand Hurts

The Dowbrigade has somehow wrecked up his hand, which is swolen and painful to the point of inoperability. The curious thing is that we cannot remember any traumatic incident which could have produced such an injury; we did not punch … Continue reading

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Blogging in Bed

It has come to our attention that we spend an inordinate amount of our time in bed these days. Actually, this has been going on for years, and we have decided to come out of the closet and jump into … Continue reading

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