Archive for December, 2003

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Quote of the Day

"Don’t you think Jerry Falwell reminds you a lot more of the Pharisees
than he does of the teachings of Jesus? And don’t you think this campaign
ought to be about evicting the money changers from the [...]

Have You Been Paying Attention?

The Dowbrigade thought he was tracking the current Democratic campaign
pretty closely, but a
quiz in today’s NY Times reveals how inadequate
our best efforts were. Obviously, we need to spend at least a [...]

Secret Spy Museum Shows Off CIA Gadgetry

McLEAN,
Va., Dec. 27 (AP) When the Central Intelligence Agency’s gadget makers
invented
a listening device for the Asian jungles, they disguised it so the enemy
would [...]

Not Hard Core – Just Stupid

MINNEAPOLIS
(AP) – A naked man got stuck in the chimney of a bookstore early Christmas
morning. Don’t worry, it wasn’t Santa Claus.
The 34-year-old man was treated Thursday for bruises and abrasions at Hennepin
[...]

Wall Street’s Most Wanted

The
deck of playing cards has become the 21st century version of wanted
posters, trading cards or commemorative dinner plates. The Dowbrigade
still remembers the first deck of non-standard playing cards he ever
[...]

Slam Bam – Silk Road City Leveled

BAM,
Iran (Reuters) – A pre-dawn earthquake razed much of the ancient Silk
Road city of Bam in Iran on Friday, killing more than 20,000 people and
injuring tens of thousands more, government officials [...]

Harper’s Index Great Teaching Tool

For
years the Dowbrigade has been using the Harper’s Index with his advanced
ESL students.  The Harpers Index is a monthly list of surprising
or unexpected or counterintuitive statistical
[...]

What Kind of Postmodernist Are You, Anyway?

Cool little quiz over at quizilla.com, called "What kind of post-modernist
are you?" I’m not really sure what a post-modernist is, except that I
think it has something to do with deconstructionism.
Thanks to Ryan
Overbey for the [...]

McCarthyism Meets Libertariansim

Gadzooks! Jay McCarthy has discovered Ayn Rand! Also notable as a sweet application of outline-based, category-rich blogging.
From Make Out City

Princess’s Pooch Eats Queen’s Corgi

The holiday spirit was dampened and Christmas dinner ruined at Buckingham Palace by a combination dog fignt / cat fight involving The Queen of England, her daughter Princess Anne, a bull terrier named Dottie and the Queen’s favorite Corgi, name of Pharos. Note the gratuitous use of Latin. American papers should do more of [...]

Dean Finds God on Christmas Morn

As
the top prize gets closer and closer, The Remaking of Howard Dean is
reaching a fevered pitch. What with Michael Jackson embracing the Nation
of Islam, hearing that Dean is embracing his Christian [...]

Lieberman Vows to Save ESL Jobs

In this
exclusive photo by Dave Winer, Sen. Lieberman warily eyes the Dowbrigade,
as your intrepid reporter, pen in one hand and beer in the other, grills
him [...]


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