a transatlantic political primer from the daily show

Here’s a little roundup just to demonstrate that I can tell the countries apart. Everything I know about politics I learned from satirical and handsome television personalities. Hey, there are worse resumes, I’m telling you. I would post a clip of Boris talking about Canada, but all I could find was the Saskatoonberry essay, and let us just say the visuals are not exactly compelling.

First, here’s Jon Stewart on the Canadian terrorist plot:

And here he is again, from last year, on the microscopic differences between the US and the UK leadership:

And here’s a special bonus segment of Rick Mercer’s Talking to Americans. In this episode, he makes asses of people at NYU, Stanford, and the Gore and Bush campaigns:

 

moby’s SO over techno

So over technology of all kinds that he’s not going to use the Internet till next year. But he wants you to keep those cards and letters coming; also the visits and phonecalls. Meatspace rulz!

From Gawker.

> From: moby
> Date: Sep 15, 2006 5:31 AM
> Subject: might sound crazy, but…
> To: MOBY HALL
>
>
> well, this might sound crazy.
> ok, most likely it will sound crazy.
> but it’s something that i’m going to try…
> at present i receive between 200-400 emails a day.
> and i check on-line news around 15 times a day.
> so, for the rest of the year, i’m turning off my email and i’m not
> going
> to use the internet.
> yes, that sounds nuts, i know.
> if you want to get in touch with me you can call me or visit me or
> send me a letter.
> i’ll make it easy:
>
> my phone: [redacted]
>
> my home: [redacted]
>
> so, write me or call me.
> oh, i don’t have an answering machine. so if i’m not here you’ll have
> to call back.
> who knows, this might be a disaster.
> or it might make me more sane.
> i promise to pick up the phone if i’m here.
> and if you visit i’ll answer the door.
> eh, we’ll see how it goes.
> it’s only until january 1st, 2007, at which point i’ll check my email
> and let you know what it’s
> like not having email/internet/answering-machine/cell-phone.
> my email/internet will be off starting…now(ok, not ‘now’, but ‘in 2
> minutes’).
> just think of me as your crazy friend who’s trying an experiment.
> -moby
>
> p.s-really, you wanna come visit? i’ll be here.

I’m so there, man. Now, where do you live again?

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In a world where it seems that every ethnicity and cultural splinter group demands equal airtime, we at the raincoaster blog are heartened to see the undead take their place among the blogoproletariat.

After all, it’s not as if the rest of us are making much more sense anyway.

A sample post:

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September 13th, 2006

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Aim for the head!

aim for the head!

keep rocking, Lebanon!

In a followup to this post of mine, Ahmad over at Cold Desert has posted a couple more liquor ads. It’s amazing how patriotic a good marketing company can make getting pissed, eh? We saw it here first, but these guys just don’t stop! They may be hungover, but they’re still on the ball; still, there goes the sales in Southern Florida.

Check out the latest Absolut ads in Beirut:

absolut return

and

absolut determination

Rebuilding a country is thirsty work. Man, I could really use a drink right now…

sexy Star Trek slashtube: Closer

Every love story is better with a little Nine Inch Nails, right?

Or is that just mine…? Don’t answer that.

From Defamer.