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or Powell's or me• • •
"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
October 03, 2004
What Are Our Imperial Lackeys For, If Not To Slap?
Glen Rangwala passes along an enjoyable BBC story about Hamid Karzai and his security detail:
Just about everyone in Kabul knows when Hamid Karzai is on the move... a convoy of Humvees - the armoured jeeps mainly used by the American military - sweeps past. They are packed with Western security contractors brandishing machine guns.Posted at October 3, 2004 12:02 PM | TrackBack...last Sunday the president did make it to the north-west to open a road construction project...
In no time at all, the speeches were over and the road diggers moved into place.
As the dignitaries went to watch, the whole ceremony descended into farce.
Security men pushed and shoved anyone who tried to get close. A cameraman was punched by a bodyguard when he dared film the proceedings.
But perhaps most damagingly an American security contractor slapped an Afghan.
Only later did it emerge that he had hit the Transport Minister.
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