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Month: August 2004

  • Boy George thinks that Eminem is gay, but he is totally wrong

    It is sometimes funny to see how gay artists make some assumptions when they come to talk about Eminem. Most of their assertions are based on Eminem’s false gay-bashing reputation.

  • New Statesman XML

    Congrats to the New Statesman, they have added XML feeds! http://www.newstatesman.co.uk/nscontents.xml http://www.newstatesman.com/nsfronthalf.xml http://www.newstatesman.com/nsfreetoview.xml http://www.newstatesman.com/nsbackhalf.xml Man I love Sharpreader.

  • Georgia reports deaths in clash

    More strange goings-on in Georgia and South Ossetia. The question is who do we believe. I tend to believe the Georgians when they say things like “external forces [planning] to drag Georgia into a large-scale armed conflict on its own territory”. Or Russia to you and me. The Ossetians are blaming Georgia for: 28 people…

  • The three 8 Mile battles

    Three battles at the end of the 8 Mile movie made Jimmy Smith aka B. Rabbit a reputation in the rap arena. A real challenge for Jimmy Smith who was left with no voice at the beginning of the movie: a typical case of stage fright.

  • New video shows CIA man 'beheaded'

    Yet another video, it may or may not be a hoax. And it may or may not be a CIA man. Will have to wait and see how this one plays out.

  • Colin Powell on the Beatles and knowing Elvis

    Another good exerpt from the interview. P. J. O’ROURKE: Ok, well, this is the key one. Which is your favorite Beatle? I actually asked Bill Clinton that. When he was running for President, I interviewed him and I said, “Which one’s your favorite Beatle?” And he looked quite surprised because he thought only policy questions…

  • A Conversation With Colin Powell

    PJ O’Rourke interviews Colin Powell. Here’s a good sample: P. J. O’ROURKE: The powers that are on our side, why aren’t they pulling on their oars? I mean, the EU has as big an economy and as big a population as we do. SECRETARY POWELL: First of all, I do think they’re on our side.…

  • Nasa to save Hubble telescope

    NASA has finally seen sense: The US space agency has given the go-ahead for a robotic mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, Nasa officials have announced. Nasa chief Sean O’Keefe has asked for a firm mission proposal to be worked up in a year, after which a decision whether to proceed will be made.…

  • New CIA director/Sep 11

    I do like a good conspiracy theory. And I have spent the last few nights lurking around several sites like memoryhole.org or cooperativeresearch.org. Low and behold an interesting twist in the tale of new CIA head, Porter Goss. On the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, in a room on the House side of the Capitol,…

  • Xzibit, another gifted player in the gangsta rap game

    Xzibit is one of the most influential hip hop artists in the rap game. He has collaborated with the greatest artists such as Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Nate Dogg.