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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 12, 2004
Thanks
Thanks to Atrios, This Modern World, Majority Report on Air America and everyone else for paying attention to this important story. If everyone pulls together it should have some impact, although given Hersh's statement I can't help but be concerned with the effect it might have on the lieutenant who reported it.
If new visitors would like a break from grim news, you might enjoy these humor pieces by my friend Michael Gerber and myself:
Atlantic
New York Times
Village Voice
Village Voice
your welcome.......
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tuesday on planet Earth
i DEDICATE in order to EVOLVE,
UNIVERSALIZING SYNCHRONICITY.
i seal the MATRIX of NAVIGATION
with the CRYSTAL tone of COOPERATION.
i am guided by the power of UNIVERSAL-WATER.....
i am a galactic activation portal...enter me......
12 caban ~~ red crystal earth ~~ kin 77/260
day 12/13 of world-bridger wavespell 6/20
day 23/28 of electric moon 3/13
year 8/16 of Tel-ek-ton-on Cycle give thanks...heartlove...in lak'ech...
Ah Yum, Hunab Ku, Evam Maya E Ma Ho!
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NO LETTING UP
there's only 21 days left to fight for the freedom of the ENTIRE PLANET!!!
we must wake up AMERICANS by showing PHOTOS and VIDEO and DOCUMENTS so we can take our country back from these criminals and ELECT JOHN KERRY!!!
SUCK IT UP AND TURN IT UP AND FIGHT WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT - the fate of the planet is in your hands in 21 DAYS!
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Posted by: 13ben at October 12, 2004 09:02 PM13ben,
You sort of lost me there, but I appreciate the sentiment.
Posted by: Jonathan Schwarz at October 12, 2004 09:17 PMSince your "Periodic Table of Rejected Elements" was published, several new transmoronic elements have been discovered:
En: Enron
Hb: Halliburtonium
At: Ashcroftium
Rv: Rovium
Zq: Zarqawi
Nj: Najafium
Sm: Smirkium
Ky: Kerrium
Ed: Evildoterium
D'oh! I left out
Cz: Condoleezium
Tu: Wolfowitz
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