Showing posts with label International Relations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International Relations. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

While dredging the Web, I found this:



"There's no energy on the non-zealot side of the cultural debate."


Some quotes - like this one - are just too exquisite to pass by. And so, taking a page out of G. K. Chesterton's book Tremendous Trifles, I will attempt to parody its style.







  • There's a disappointing lack of Republicanism in the Democratic Party nowadays.


  • Unfortunately, there's little sympathy for OU's football team among UT fans.


  • Surfers, oddly enough, don't like to live in Nebraska.


  • Saladin didn't actively support Richard the Lionheart's cause.


  • Fish adamantly refuse to take part in marathons, despite a major publicity campaign aimed at getting "FINS ON THE ROAD!"


In more current news...

The Pope, for some reason, is "bypassing" Boston in his upcoming visit - point of fact, he's only going to New York and Washington, D.C. This, I suppose, proves beyond a doubt that Boston is now flyover country.

I think a lot of people are regretting the decision to let China have the Olympics. They're putting cell phone towers on Mount Everest, prohibiting Olympic athletes/attendees from having bibles...something tells me they'll next put a huge statue of Mao Zedong holding the Olympic Rings in Beijing. (By the way, the word "Beijing" is a blight on the eyes. Unlike "Peking" which had a tasteful clearness and lack of dots.)

In Venezuela, "reforming" a constitution apparently means creating a dictator and eliminating freedom of the press. Maybe they meant "reforming" in the sense that this is "reforming" a birthday cake.

Oh, and D.G.D. Davidson and I are doomed to MORTAL COMBAT!

On one side, the veteran of countless archaeological encounters and international Sharp Trowel Expert, on the other, a veteran of The Simplification with world-renowned prowess in blunt weaponry...

In the case of , um, this blog going dormant, I'll just say I don't much regret what I've done with my life (except the one time I used my sister's copy of Persuasion as tinder....and the time I ate Tabasco sauce straight....and some other things...)

Over and out.

Monday, June 4, 2007

Well, England, is *this* the front you show the world?

In fairness, idiot logos probably got their start over here in the USA.

Yet, HOW COULD SOMEBODY INCORPORATE HEAVILY STYLIZED MAPS OF VIETNAM AND AUSTRALIA INTO AN OLYMPICS LOGO - AND TAKE IT SERIOUSLY??????!???!!!!!

Hat tip to Mr. Milne (snicker).

And happy Queen's Birthday/Bank Holiday to you English folks!

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

"Robot Vietnam Challenge On The Way"

I, for one, suspect a mistranslation somewhere.

Vietnam: The Land Where "Youngsters" "Blood" Badminton Players!

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Unfortunately, our enemies are not, as a rule, this dumb

Fortunately, they are this stuck-up.

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I'm waiting for someone to look at the Middle East and decide "Hey, when do we get to stop recieving attacks from the Imperialist/Jewish/Crusader forces and maybe conquer something?"

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It will be a while, but eventually it will come, I am certain...

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Goes to show...

Popularity ain't worth a darn if it's coming from the wrong folks.

WHO CAN LEARN FROM THIS: Anyone who has a job in America, Catholic bishops, Catholic politicians.

H/T: Provoking the Muse.

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