Until we can escape to Canada, I'll take my escaping in the form of simple, meaningless bullshit.

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Marines asked to pray for George W. Bush. Yes, you read that right. The Marines are the ones on the front lines, but George W. Bush is the one that needs the prayers. I mean, assuming that making soldiers pray is OK in the first place.

Why haven't I moved yet? I mean, I know Canada is bland, but they're not evil, right? God I'm sick of this bullshit.

If h4><0rZ Ruled the World, an especially well done Photoshop contest.

I gotta admit, I have ambivalent feelings toward "haxors;" on the one hand, I feel a certain cameraderie with anyone who's that into their geeky technical skills, but at the same time I think anyone who couldn't pass 8th grade English should be killed.

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So the bombs are falling and webpublishers all over the net are discovering larger fonts and reinventing grammar on the fly.

A fun game that you can play at home: Reload the New York Times once every fifteen minutes or so and See How Long the Headline Gets! Half an hour ago, it read:"Bombing Begins."

Fifteen minutes ago:
"U.S. Tries to Hit Saddam Hussein."

Now:
"Iraqi Missiles Fired at G.I.'s in Kuwait After U.S. Tries to Hit Saddam Hussein."

Next, I expect something like:
"US Fires Patriot Missiles to Intercept Iraqi Missiles Fired at GI's in Kuwait After US Tries to Hit Hussein."

Then:
"Iraqi Missiles Say They Really Would Rather The US Didn't Fire Patriot Missiles to Intercept Iraqi Missiles Fired at GI's in Kuwait After US Tries to Hit Hussein."

Hence:
"US Missiles Give Iraqi Missiles a Wedgie and Tell Them To Go Cry About It When Iraqi Missiles Say They Really Would Rather The US Didn't Fire Patriot Missiles to Intercept Iraqi Missiles Fired at GI's in Kuwait After US Tries to Hit Hussein."

Now, I understand that tastes have changed since 1974; however, it would seem to me that certain things could never appear palatable to normal humans (»more).

Of course, that is making the big assumption that people in the 70s were normal.

Well, we kind of knew this already, but here's confirmation from the ever-interesting Camille Paglia. According to Paglia, Scientology was based on Satanism! Well, to be precise, it was founded on the ideas of Aleister Crowley, who melds a variety of occultish ideas into a melange of bizarre spirituality. But whatever it is, it's a SCAM.