Giving the world a hand since February 3rd, 2002. "If you're gonna dine with them cannibals, sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten."




Comments by YACCS

 
Now this is my kind of acting! "....whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to sit here in this jacuzzi and soak it all in..."
so wrote Leper around about 11:51 PM

 
Nothing livens up a game of rugby quite like high explosives.....My question is: why did he have this just sitting around in his garage?
so wrote Leper around about 11:37 PM

 
The Dubya administration has decided to designate fewer sites for restoration by the Superfund toxic waste cleanup fund and to shift the bulk of the costs from industry to taxpayers. Color me suprised. I mean, actually holding corporate polluters responsible for their environmental disasters would be....unbusinesslike.
so wrote Leper around about 11:28 PM

 
Remeber that French judge in the Olympic pairs skating? The one that said she was under pressure from a country to influence her voting? She says that the country influencing her was Canada! Where's your moral outrage now, eh?
so wrote Leper around about 11:20 PM

 
Did the loss of this ship in 1694 ultimately lead to the American Revolution? In any case, shipwrecks are cool.......'cept the Titanic, because James Cameron ruined that one for everybody...
so wrote Leper around about 11:13 PM

 
"Well, I was gonna leave, so I sold a bunch of stock.....but, um, then I decided to stay before I told anyone I was gonna leave...." Either this guy is the most incompetent CEO in history, or he's full of shit.
so wrote Leper around about 11:01 PM

 
In the next episode of "As the Olympics Turn", we find the Russian delegation threatening to walk out of the Winter Games in SLC, as well as boycott future Games, over how their athletes have been treated in three sports (pairs figure skating, women's cross country, and men's ice hockey).

Yes, even the Olympics have become the domain of whiners. First Canada, then France, now Russia....
so wrote Leper around about 10:50 PM

 
The supporters in the Senate of the campaign finance reform bill now have 60 votes in their favor, which is enough to end any Republican filibuster attempts & actually pass the bill. Leading opponents have said that they will fight the bill in the courts, rather than the Congress.
so wrote Leper around about 10:41 PM

 
"The cream and brown cow was last spotted in nearby Mount Storm Park, where it's been hiding for several days." Wow, a cow on the lam. *snicker* This beef has gone to ground! *nyuk nyuk nyuk* Gives new meaning to the term "cowhide". *Bwahahahahaha*

The really funny thing is that the cow has been evading police for several days.
so wrote Leper around about 10:35 PM

 
The title says it all: Queen meets world's first transsexual MP in New Zealand. In case you were wondering, the one in blue is the Queen.
so wrote Leper around about 10:27 PM

 
Arthur Andersen tried to buy off Enron shareholders in a proposed out-of-court settlement. Only $260 million? Somehow, I highly doubt that they'll get off that easy...
so wrote Leper around about 10:49 PM

 
Apparently, the US will launch an attack on Iraq in May. An intense air campaign will be backed by 200,000 troops based out of Kuwait. In addition, the US has already chosen a leader for the post-Hussein Iraqi government. Dubya, it seems, is all gung-ho for this to happen this year rather than next, despite the opinions of other world leaders:

"When the Europeans plead for caution, the Bush administration sees only lack of resolve. Privately, the president rails against spineless 'European elites', the contemptuous phrase increasingly used in the conservative press to refer to European governments."

If this is true, Dubya is acting like a hyperactive four-year-old running around the house with a loaded gun--completely out of control, with no regard for his or anyone else's safety. I really hope this is wrong.

Now, don't get me wrong, I dislike Hussein as much as the next guy, but by moving unilaterally, we're giving the opponents of US policy credibility. "Look at the big American bully. They're not interested in what other countries want, they only wish to impose their vision on the world." What happened to the days of the United States not willing to be the 'world's policeman'?
so wrote Leper around about 10:19 PM

 
Israel is changing tactics to deal with the increased violence from the Palestinians, but they're not revealing what kind of changes they're making. Seeing as how their present strategy involves bombing, tanks, & bulldozers, I'm guessing that they're opting for something more low-key....
so wrote Leper around about 9:48 PM

 
"Did I say 'Axis of Evil'? What I meant to say was 'Axis of Rainbows, Fuzzy Puppies & Kitties, and Super Nice People'.....now can we have him?" (via rc3)
so wrote Leper around about 12:26 AM

 
Those wacky Israelis & Palestinians are at it again. The UK Times has an article about the whole fiasco. The really interesting bit is at the bottom, though. "Some ministers have demanded the permanent reconquest of the main Palestinian cities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the overthrow of Mr Arafat’s Palestinian Authority. Both were rejected by Mr Sharon yesterday, who was reported to have told ministers that an element of restraint was necessary in order not to sabotage US plans to topple President Saddam Hussein of Iraq." I'm guessing that Dubya really wants a war with Iraq in order to overshadow his dirty Enron dealings. He is really turning out like his dad: a winner abroad, a failure at home.
so wrote Leper around about 9:13 PM

 
The SatireWire has a fabulous take on American foreign policy, with a dead-on impression of Dubya. Here's a quote:

"Colin Powell told me that acting alone was not in our long-term interests because, as he put it, 'No man is an island,'" Bush recalled. "Of course, I pointed out that America is a nation, not a man, and that lots of nations are islands, so I didn't really 'get' his argument. But do like to say 'Colin Powell' whenever I talk about foreign affairs because it makes me look diplomatic."

I honestly believe that the SatireWire has been funnier (although not more prolific) than The Onion recently.

so wrote Leper around about 7:32 PM

 
I have to admit feeling sorry for the Canadian men's hockey team. They are under a tremendous amount of pressure. Canada hasn't won a gold medal in hockey in 50 years. Apparently, the average Canadian citizen has decided that this year had better be the one that they win. Add to the mix the poor showing of the team in the 1998 Olympics, and you have a potential recipe for disaster. Their team is overloaded with NHL stars, and maybe because of the fact that they haven't had much of a chance to practice together, they haven't really come together as a team. They seem so wrapped up in the gold fever that they seem to have forgotten that it's just a game & to simply go out & play. In comparison, the USA & Swedish teams seem positively relaxed. If Canada doesn't win, I wonder what effect it will have on the players & fans in Canada...
so wrote Leper around about 9:48 PM

 
When I was a kid, the big thing was to have a lemonade stand, not a speakeasy.
so wrote Leper around about 9:30 PM

 
UK invades Spain. France surrenders. (via Fark)
so wrote Leper around about 8:21 PM

 
The movie "Predator" is currently playing on AMC. This is wrong on so many different levels. Well, I guess it's better than "Charlie's Angels"....
so wrote Leper around about 8:14 PM

 
Dubya is still an idiot. I don't know why anyone listens to him anymore. He seriously needs his press secretary to act as an interpreter to the rest of the world.
so wrote Leper around about 8:13 PM

 
Check this out. Now where did I leave that 'David Hasselhof Home Brain Surgery Kit'?
so wrote Leper around about 10:14 PM