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Posted by: Zoon (Yet) Another Excerpt from America (The Calendar) by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart "Policy analysts see no alternative to America's continued dependence on foreign oil, barring some unforseen development like slightly modifying their lifestyles. Fortunately, the finite supply of fossil fuel is no match for the bottomless well of American optimism." | ||||||||
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Posted by: Zoon Can You Read Me Now? Small fonts rule! | ||||||||
| July 19th, 2006... | ||||||||
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Posted by: Zoon Rat Monster I laugh every time I see this video. "Do you need help, little man?" Classic... | ||||||||
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Posted by: Zoon %#@* Deer A Haiku for today: Went to the dog park. Everything was going well, Until the dogs found deer crap. | ||||||||
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Posted by: Zoon Time to go Buy a Bike Stat of the day: Each time the price of oil goes up by $10.00 USD per barrel, Iran stands to make a profit of $170 million. | ||||||||
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Posted by: Zoon One Day in July... Instead of watching the All-Star game, we watched One Day in September. A mandantory companion piece to Munich, this documentary is a stark reminder that the more things change, the more they remain the same. The parties responsible for the Munich Massacre were members of the Palestinian fedayeen. If you're scoring at home...
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Posted by: Zoon Dull Star Game As much as I love baseball, I've never been able to sit through an All-Star Game. In fact, the only two All-Star games I like less than Major League Baseball are the NFL and the NBA...though for different reasons. While I was running yesterday, I happened to catch the 2002 Home Run Derby at Miller Park in Milwaukee (there seriously wasn't anything else on...) and I couldn't help but chuckle listening to Chris Berman and Joe Morgan talk about these "superstar athletes" who are "ambassadors for the game". They wasted no opportunities to bestow praise upon the God-given abilities of the finalists of the Home Run Derby and talk about how their phenominal home run hitting power. For those of you who do not remember, the 2002 Home Run Derby finalists were Jason Giambi and Sammy Sosa. Giambi admitted to using steroids and Sosa was implicated, though never officially charged, but was also caught using a corked bat. Interestingly, when Sosa was down to his final two outs in the Home Run Derby, he inexblicably went to the dugout and grabbed a new bat. And to all of those conspiracy theorists and scientists who debate over whether or not a corked bat improves your power, I leave that argument up to you. I'll just say what I've seen for myself: I've never witnessed so many majestic home runs actually leave the ballpark and land on the street...all off the bat of a player who is completely out of baseball less than three years later. Perhaps this is why the All-Star Game means nothing to me, or maybe it's because there is at least one player ever single year that has no business being on the roster. This year's honoree? Mark Redman. As of this writing, Redman is 6-4 with a 5.27 ERA. He has given up 11 home runs and 32 walks in 82 innings, and right-handed hitters are batting .308 against him. Last year, he was 5-15 with a 4.90 ERA. Lifetime, he is 59-70 with a 4.53 ERA with a 2:1 strikeout to walk ratio. How in the world does Redman make this year's team while players like (just off the top of my head) Francisco Liriano makes the team only as an after-thought, and players like Curt Schilling, Travis Hafner, Carl Crawford, Mike Mussina, and Justin Verlander -- all of whom are having considerably better seasons -- get to watch from home? Yes, I understand that "every team must be represented", but Mark Redman?! Couldn't they have just gone with Mark Grudzielanek or Elmer Dessens from Kansas City? Oh, well. What do I know; I'm just a fan who, according to Major League Baseball, "Lives for This". | ||||||||
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Posted by: Zoon Another Excerpt from America (The Calendar) by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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Posted by: Zoon An Excerpt from America (The Calendar) by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart July 4, 1776. The day America officially broke with England. The day brave patriots signed a document stating, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." The day most historians refer to as "Democracy's Money Shot." |
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Posted by: Zoon Rent This Now, Too Finally got around to watching Good Night, and Good Luck. This film absolutely needed to be made. In our current age of television that is easily digested and quickly forgotten, this is a poignant reminder that content really does matter. I have no idea why newscasts feel the need to report on American Idol, nor do I understand why popular culture receives more alloted time during newscasts than the national segments. Debating whether or not a celebrity had plastic surgery is not equal in importance to the burgeoning nuclear crisis in North Korea. The fact that we hear more about Lindsay Lohan than KIM Jong Il is a frustrating reminder of how television now places greater emphasis on escapism than relevance. Decades earlier, Edward R. Murrow recognized the imminent demise of television when he said, "If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which would decline to carry it on the grounds that a Western or a quiz show would be more profitable." Brilliant... |
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