Month: May 2005
Have you seen The Huffington Post yet? Isn’t it sort of… funny? (Get it!?!)
In anticipation of President Bush’s diplomatic trip to the Baltic States this weekend, protesters in Riga, Latvia were out in full force today. Thankfully, these were literate types — you know, real Eastern European, Milan Kundera-reading coffeehouse denizens — and took the opportunity to demonstrate against Bush’s arrival using that uniquely untapped Baltic brand of oblique irony.
As you can see above, however, their protestation is so goddamned indirect that, well, the “Engrish”-esque point is nearly lost on an American audience. “Peace Duke?” The idea comes across, but just barely.
Some blunter, coarser suggestions for future demonstrations in Riga:
NO MORE NATO
Russians Out, and Bush, Too
Bush & Kalvitis: Ogres in Arms
FAIR TRADE: We Supply You with Pornstars, You Supply Us with War
RELATED: Google results for “peace duke”, which you shouldn’t bother clicking, as they’re of no help at all
EARLIER: I’m sorry, I don’t speak “European”…what exactly are you trying to say, here?
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Krisis In Krumpland!
From, Why Is Chappelle’s Show at a Halt? Not Because of Drugs, an Aide Says, by Jesse McKinley and Lola Ongunnaike, The New York Times, May 6, 2005:
Representatives of the comedian Dave Chappelle yesterday denied rumors that drugs were involved in the suspension of production of his acclaimed sketch comedy show, ‘Chappelle’s Show.’
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Indeed, some of the internal pressures may have come from the unique style of production employed by ‘Chappelle’s Show,’ in which dozens of comedy sketches, musical numbers and other bits are shot in no particular order and assembled later in the editing room. ‘They don’t necessarily have a shooting script for a set episode,’ said Mr. Labov.
Also, those elaborate sets and visual effects probably don’t help.
Related?: Dave Chapelle [sic]
RELATED: Bush Marks National Day of Prayer, the Associated Press
Courtesy of New York Times writer James Barron, and his account of brain-injured firefighter Donald Herbert’s remarkable recuperation from his decade-long comatose state, we’re treated to this handy, pocket-sized, sentence-length compendium of the events of the past ten years in American History (After Sudden Lucidity, Firefighter Is Less Animated, May 5, 2005):
Dr. Ahmed said Mr. Herbert thought that it had been only a couple of months since the accident, not a decade – in which a president was tried for impeachment; e-mail and cellphones became popular; and his hometown football team, the Buffalo Bills, made the playoffs four times.
Clinton’s impeachment, technology’s growth and proliferation, etc…This seems to cover all the bases, for the most part.
Shit…Wait, wait, something’s missing, right? What the fuck else has happened in the past ten years? Maybe George Pataki can help us out here:
“We will never forget the individual lives that were lost, the tremendous personal sacrifices and the countless acts of heroism that will forever mark September 11, 2001 as a day the world changed forever,” Governor Pataki said. “Those heroes will be forever in the hearts and minds of people throughout New York State and around the world.”
There you have it: Bills quarterback Doug Flutie, forever in our hearts and minds.
Per low culture’s reliable sources deep within Skywalker Ranch, there’s a good reason Revenge of the Sith is getting such glowing reviews — Tom Stoppard wrote the script. Producer Rick McCallum insisted Lucas find a ghost writer, and Stoppard was the only writer Lucas wouldn’t interfere with.
[Confirmed here]
Hooked: Lynndie and Carter Allan England, left (via AFP); Ride ‘N Stride 2-Way Safety Harness (via Baby Catalog of America).
REUTERS/Jeff Mitchell
RELATED: Judge Rejects England’s Guilty Plea in Abu Ghraib Case, NPR
EARLIER: Number 2 at the Box Office? “Man on Fire”
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More Hard Bodies for Your Monday
Tara Reid’s putty-like stomach
via ez board