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29Oct/06Off

Borat walks all over America

Toronto Sun: Borat walks all over America

"This is tricky ground, of course. Saying one thing and meaning another is the essence of irony, and irony is appreciated only by those with a sense of humour. The Jewish Anti-Defamation League recently expressed concerns about the character, while insisting that it 'got' the joke, warned about others not getting it. In a press release, it noted that Cohen 'is himself proudly Jewish. We hope everyone who chooses to see the film understands Mr. Cohen's comedic technique, which is to use humour to unmask the absurd and irrational side of anti-Semitism and other phobias born of ignorance and fear.

'We are concerned, however, that one serious pitfall is that the audience may not always be sophisticated enough to get the joke, and that some may even find it reinforcing their bigotry.'"

As Jim Stoltek wonders, the real question is, will the American audience realize the joke is on them? Frankly, I think Borat would have done the world a better service by filming in "sophisticated" Europe (cough) instead of America, but I guess America was the easier butt of this joke. Maybe for the sequel...

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27Oct/06Off

US opposed UN arms trade treaty

Telegraph: US is only country to oppose UN arms trade treaty

"America is the only country to have voted against a proposed United Nations treaty aimed at controlling international arms sales. [snip] The resolution was adopted with 139 countries voting in favour of the motion, 24 abstentions and only one 'no' vote."
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26Oct/06Off

What the Army recruiters don’t tell you

YouTube: Before You Enlist! (updated)

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25Oct/06Off

US Military blocking access to liberal web sites

Wonkette: Freedom On the March

"It seems that every non-conservative politics website has been blocked by our firewall guys...including your site. [snip] I don't have the words to describe how I feel. They have sent me to this desert three times...each time saying that we are defending freedom...which is BS and everyone knows it. And on top of that they have taken away many of the freedoms that we are supposedly fighting for.... "
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25Oct/06Off

Don’t Stay the Course!

YouTube: Stay the Course?

Good for the Democrats for outing the biggest flip-flop of all time. In November, please don't vote for Republicans, they need to go.

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23Oct/06Off

Trying the io programming language

A couple of days ago I stumbled upon the io programming language. I've been reading about it a bit at a time, and I'm really impressed by it. It's now on the list of things I want to learn more about and try out.

"Io is a small, prototype-based programming language. The ideas in Io are mostly inspired by Smalltalk (all values are objects), Self (prototype-based), NewtonScript (differential inheritance), Act1 (actors and futures for concurrency), LISP (code is a runtime inspectable/modifiable tree) and Lua (small, embeddable)."
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22Oct/06Off

The Dirtiest Bomb on Earth

The Dirtiest Bomb on Earth

Four and a half billion years is a long time...

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22Oct/06Off

Skidboot the Dog

Google Video: Skidboot the Dog

A touching story about a brilliant dog and his best friend.

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21Oct/06Off

Wii/Zelda Fan Video – A Wii Adventure

Google Video: A Wii Adventure

An amazingly well done fan-video featuring Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker-esque graphics, characters, and the Wii-mote. Poor Link!

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20Oct/06Off

Kevin Tillman on his brother, the war, and the US

Truthdig: After Pat's Birthday

"Kevin Tillman joined the Army with his brother Pat in 2002, and they served together in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pat was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. Kevin, who was discharged in 2005, has written a powerful, must-read document."

Must-read indeed.

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