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a transatlantic political primer from the daily show

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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:

 

VampireFreaks disclaimer update

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Looks like things have calmed down at VampireFreaks, although Auntie Angel reports that a lot of people have signed up to the site just to look at Gill‘s pictures and blog, and are still hanging around. There will always be gawkers at a tragedy; Gill himself was a gawker of the Columbine Massacre.

In any case, there’s a new note at VF and an acknowledgement that the media hasn’t actually been all that Goth-bashy after all. Which is no more than the truth; the media mentions Gill’s Goth side because really, other than that, there was nothing whatsoever interesting about him. Without the trenchcoat, shades, metal and guns, he was just another unemployed alcoholic living in his mom’s basement.

The new message from VF:

News Update, Wallpaper contest
 * September 16, 2006 * 
 
Thanks to everyone’s support in light of recent events. There’s been a huge reaction on this site, and really i want to express a thank you to everyone who has been supportive. We will be monitoring the site more closely due to recent events. And once again I offer my sincere sympathy to the victims and their families. It really is a tragic event. I’ve gotten countless emails about the incident, yes a few of them were very negative and close-minded towards goth culture and this site, but the vast majority of feedback i’ve received has been understanding and supportive of the site. Mature adults, not into the goth scene, who are smart enough to see that this site is not to blame for what happened. Also, thanks to the media, for actually not being that hard on goth culture this time. I know that the goth scene and this website in particular has gotten bad publicity in the past, and while a few reporters have decided to make us look bad again and try to place the blame on us, i see that many members of the media are actually starting to be more accepting and understanding of our scene. Anyway, I feel this has been the topic of conversation on here for too long, so lets just move on and go on with our usual site updates. If you want to further discuss these news, please do so in the entry posted before this one, it already has over 7,000 comments related to the incident and this entry is for our new wallpaper design contest…

How to win friends and influence people on VampireFreaks.com

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Looks like Kimveer Gill‘s Friends page at VampireFreaks has changed since two days ago. If I’m not mistaken, he has more friends now.

Charming.

I wish I could say this surprised me, but from what I know about fans it does not, not even slightly.

moby’s SO over techno

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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?

Harry Potter, terrorist

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Potter. Harry Potter.It seems that in the latest development in TWAT and The War Against Liquids, the forces that be have turned their beady little eyes to the tiny terrorist known as Harry Potter.

American airport staff almost stopped Harry Potter author JK Rowling boarding a flight because she would not part with the manuscript for the final book.

Rowling was not prepared to stow her top secret notes for book number seven in her check-in baggage when she flew back from a book festival in August.

Eventually she was allowed to take them on the flight, bound in elastic bands.

Seriously, doen't he look pretty sketchy to you?Indeed, if that manuscript fell into the hands of terrorists, what havoc could they create? Unimaginable, worldwide suffering would invariably follow the manuscript-napping.

But seriously, what was she going to do? Use it to threaten the pilot? “Turn this plane around NOW and land in Havana or Hermione gets written out!“