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Dark City: March 2005
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Thursday, March 31, 2005. Severe earthquake in Indonesia has no effects on Shiavo case. A severe earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale which struck Indonesia on Tuesday had 'little or no effect' on the Terri Schiavo case, the 24-hour news networks confirmed today. Consistent with that mission, the networks today asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for an emergency ruling that would keep the Schiavo story alive at least until May sweeps. Elsewhere, to pay his respects to the late Johnnie ...
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Dark City: Liquid Ban Shocker
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Monday, August 14, 2006. Mel Gibson Protests FAA's Ban on Liquids. Actor Enlists Support of Billy Joel, Liza Minnelli. Days after the Federal Aviation Administration issued a ban on passengers bringing liquids on board flights in their carryon luggage, actor Mel Gibson came forward to vehemently protest the FAA's new restrictions. At a press conference in Malibu today, the 'Braveheart' star said today that banning liquids on board planes was an example of 'persecution at its worst.'. When asked who he th...
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Dark City
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Thursday, February 16, 2006. Cheney says shooting of fellow hunter was based on faulty intelligence. Believed Shooting Victim Was Zawahiri, Veep Says. Vice President Dick Cheney revealed today that he shot a fellow hunter while on a quail hunting trip over the weekend because he believed the man was the fugitive terror mastermind Ayman al-Zawahiri. An aide to the vice president said he believed that the American people would believe Mr. Cheney's version of events, but added, 'If he was going to shoot...
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Dark City: December 2005
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Thursday, December 15, 2005. WAR COST TOPS ONE ZILLION. Pentagon Renames Iraq Conflict 'Operation Infinite Expense'. Just hours after the Pentagon estimated the cost of the war in Iraq at half a trillion dollars, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld revised that figure slightly upward, restating the cost of the war as one zillion dollars. To reflect the new, higher cost of the war, the Pentagon today officially renamed the conflict Operation Infinite Expense. At the White House, President Bush acknowledg...
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Dark City: August 2005
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005. Next time you're wondering why the hamburger with no pickles you ordered at the drive-thru came loaded with pickles, or the fries were left out of your order, or there were no napkins or straw for your drink, look at this picture found on the speaker stand at a local fast food place. Posted by Mr. Hand at 9:51 AM. Monday, August 29, 2005. The real issue with Iraq's constitution. IRAQIS REJECT DEMOCRACY, FEARING OBESITY MAY BE NEXT. While Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds have been divid...
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Dark City: Strategery
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Thursday, February 23, 2006. BUSH VOWS TO ALIENATE REMAINING POCKETS OF SUPPORT. President Determined to Drive Approval Rating Down to Zero. In a nationally televised address from the White House last night, President George W. Bush announced several bold new initiatives designed specifically to alienate his remaining pockets of support. The president said that he was considering several new initiatives to alienate his remaining pockets of support, such as naming outgoing Harvard University President Lar...
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Cultural Nadirs
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LEAVING A BITTER AFTERTASTE IN THE MIND SINCE 2004. Evangelicals: when you're done fingering the kids with your prayer face on, what better way to repent than by ordering a talking Jesus from Holy Huggables? The Huggable talking Jesus (can double as Charles Manson) comes complete with a repertoire of 7 Bible verses. If this isn't dumb enough to sell in droves, God knows what is. ( Link to this. It's the Most Weird Time of the Year. Could it really be Karl Rove? Alan Jones: the Antipodean Rush Limbaugh.
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Dark City: No problem. Just move to Iraq. There's plenty of US money there.
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Monday, February 27, 2006. No problem. Just move to Iraq. There's plenty of US money there. WP: Two-thirds of Katrina donations exhausted. Six months after Hurricane Katrina laid waste to the Gulf Coast, charities have disbursed more than $2 billion of the record sums they raised for the storm's victims, leaving less than $1 billion for the monumental task of helping hundreds of thousands of storm victims rebuild their lives, according to a survey by The Washington Post. Posted by Mr. Hand at 9:53 AM.
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Dark City: Avian Flu now more popular than Bush
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Thursday, March 09, 2006. Avian Flu now more popular than Bush. Bird Pandemic Surges Ahead of President in Latest Poll. In a seemingly ominous development for the White House, a new survey released today indicates that the avian flu is now more popular than President George W. Bush. The poll, which was taken by the University of Minnesota's Opinion Research Institute, puts the President's approval rating at 34 percent, well behind the avian flu at 46 percent. But even this strategy carries with it certai...