Archive | Free Speech

23 June 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Thanks George

George Carlin dead at 71.

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31 May 2007 ~ 1 Comment

What?

Is this from National Bingo Night? 45 5F E1 04 22 CA 29 C4 93 3F 95 05 2B 79 2A B2 I just keep seeing this number all over the place.

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24 May 2006 ~ Comments Off

My new favorite ringtone

They Might Be Giants are giving away my favorite ringtone ever: Call Connected Thru The NSA. (via BoingBoing)

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16 March 2006 ~ Comments Off

Some Good Advice

Alan Moore says: “I suppose what I was doing was if I were to actually go around and imprison all the people that I wanted to mentally and spiritually set free, and subject them to torture for a couple of months, I’d probably get locked up, wouldn’t I? Nobody would understand that one.” Really? Good [...]

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14 February 2006 ~ Comments Off

Goldfish murder and defibrillation

(Video long since removed) They drain a fish’s bowl, fill it with Mountain Dew (killing the fish), replace that with water and revive the fish with a 9V battery. Wow. Via Kottke.

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09 February 2006 ~ Comments Off

I hate to keep harping on this Danish cartoon thing

…but Christopher Hitchens1, in an article about the ongoing lunacy over the anti-islamic cartoons says: But if Muslims do not want their alleged prophet identified with barbaric acts or adolescent fantasies, they should say publicly that random murder for virgins is not in their religion. Which, of course, lots of Muslims say all the time. [...]

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08 February 2006 ~ Comments Off

Another Open Letter to Jeff Jacoby, columnist for the Boston Globe, RE: Religious History

Dear Jeff, I just read your article We are all Danes now over at the Boston Globe, and I have a few questions: Were you born yesterday? No, really? Do you think we were born yesterday? I don’t disagree with you that the recent violence sparked by drawings of Mohammed in Jyllands-Posten are terrible and [...]

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19 September 2005 ~ Comments Off

Elmendorf AFB Loves Me

Man, those airmen can’t get enough of the TangleBones: Sorry boys, my military service obligation is up! You’ll have to defend the world and browse the Internet picking fights without me.

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10 August 2005 ~ Comments Off

Joe Clark: Thin-Skinned Crybaby, or Insensitive Cad? You decide

Joe Clark (previously mentioned) is having some trouble with fans of the Opera Web Browser. Normally when people are getting a web-style curb stomping, I like to post a little something in their defense. And in Joe’s case, I have all the reason in the world to say a few words of support. He wrote [...]

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17 August 2003 ~ Comments Off

Where was that guy when I was in high school?

The Smoking Gun has given out their Legal Document of the Year award for 2003. Knowing the creative lunacy of the american legal profession, this might be premature, but I’d have to stand behind them on this one. TSG has a 7 page brief detailing the history of the “F” word filed by Deputy Colorado [...]

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