a. A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.
b. Dijon vu - the same mustard as before
c. Practice safe eating - always use condiments.
d. Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death.
e. Those who jump off a bridge in Paris must be in Seine
f. A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy.
g. A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
h. Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
i. Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.
j. Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.
k. When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.
l. A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired.
m. Definition of a will: A dead give away.
n. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
o. She was engaged to a boyfriend with a wooden leg but broke it off.
p. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
q. If you don't pay your exorcist, you'll be repossessed.
r. With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
s. When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds.
t. You feel stuck with your debt if y ou can't budge it.
u. Local Area Network in New Zealand or Australia: the LAN down under.
v. Every calendar's days are numbered.
w. A lot of money is tainted - It taint yours and it taint mine.
x. A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
y. A midget fortune-teller who escapes from prison is a small medium at large.
z. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
AND:
aa. Once you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall.
ab. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis.
ac. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
ad. Acupuncture is a jab well done.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Could it be a tad disparate or something?
White supremacists with rifles? No big deal.
Black inmate with baby powder? Credible threat
Dave Neiwert, writes about the disparity in the Colorado justice system towards threats against presidential candidates.
It seems there may be a reason federal law-enforcement officials are not interested in pursuing serious charges against the white-supremacist tweakers who were caught this week in Denver:
The man making the decision is a republican operative.
And when it came to a threat against John McPain by a black man, he had a completely different approach.
The ap story describing the official pooh-poohing of the threat gives us a clue:
But when a black man in prison sent John McPain a threatening letter containing baby powder, it was another story altogether:
The man making the decision is a republican operative.
And when it came to a threat against John McPain by a black man, he had a completely different approach.
The ap story describing the official pooh-poohing of the threat gives us a clue:
"we're absolutely confident there is no credible threat to the candidate, the democratic national convention, or the people of Colorado," U.S. attorney Troy Eid said in a statement.
But when a black man in prison sent John McPain a threatening letter containing baby powder, it was another story altogether:
Marc Ramsey, an inmate in the Arapahoe county jail, the man accused of sending a threatening letter to McPain through McPain's Colorado headquarters office, admitted he sent the letter.
On Friday afternoon, the U.S. attorney Troy Eid announced Ramsey will be charged with knowingly threatening to harm or kill through the u.s. mail.
The charge is punishable up to five years in federal prison and up to $250,000 fines.
"We won't stand for threats of this kind in Colorado," Eid said.
"A death threat is not a legitimate form of political expression," Eid said.
On Friday afternoon, the U.S. attorney Troy Eid announced Ramsey will be charged with knowingly threatening to harm or kill through the u.s. mail.
The charge is punishable up to five years in federal prison and up to $250,000 fines.
"We won't stand for threats of this kind in Colorado," Eid said.
"A death threat is not a legitimate form of political expression," Eid said.
So, on the serious threat meter, this is how it goes:
A black inmate sending letters with baby powder - serious threat.
White men with rifles, a caches of guns and ammo, consipiring to kill Obama...not so much.
White men with rifles, a caches of guns and ammo, consipiring to kill Obama...not so much.
Dave goes on to investigate U.S. attorney Troy Eid, who was part of the Karl Rove-Harriet Miers team.
But you have to wonder, what's the big deal?
A meth-head with a rifle, that's not dangerous at all!
Not in the least!
Not in the least!
Futurese
Language evolves over time. Here are examples of how English has evolved over the last 1000 years and how it might evolve over the next 1000 years. All examples say the exact same thing.
This is how some think English will sound in the future ...
| 1000 AD: | Wé cildra biddaþ þé, éalá láréow, þæt þú taéce ús sprecan rihte, forþám ungelaérede wé sindon, and gewæmmodlíce we sprecaþ... |
| 2000 AD: | We children beg you, teacher, that you should teach us to speak correctly, because we are ignorant and we speak corruptly... |
This is how some think English will sound in the future ...
3000 AD: *ZA kiad w'-exùn ya tijuh, da ya-gAr'-eduketan zA da wa-tAgan lidla, kaz 'ban iagnaran an wa-tAg kurrap...
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Ancient Mayan underworld discovered in Mexico
This is an update on a subject of an earlier post:
Archeologists in Mexico think they might have discovered Xibalba, a mythical Mayan underworld also known as the "place of fear." After some serious scuba diving and inching across deeply submerged underwater tunnels near the Yucatan peninsula, investigators reached an entrance to a bunch of dry chambers with the stone ruins of eleven sacred temples and a 330-foot long road. There were also lots and lots of human bones. According to the ancient Mayan scripture Popol Vuh, the entrance to Xibalba was once protected by rivers filled with blood, scorpions, and pus, and houses swarming with shrieking bats. Thanks to Boing Boing for the photo
Archeologists in Mexico think they might have discovered Xibalba, a mythical Mayan underworld also known as the "place of fear." After some serious scuba diving and inching across deeply submerged underwater tunnels near the Yucatan peninsula, investigators reached an entrance to a bunch of dry chambers with the stone ruins of eleven sacred temples and a 330-foot long road. There were also lots and lots of human bones. According to the ancient Mayan scripture Popol Vuh, the entrance to Xibalba was once protected by rivers filled with blood, scorpions, and pus, and houses swarming with shrieking bats. Thanks to Boing Boing for the photo
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