substitute: (orwell)
http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2006/05/fisa-in-one-syllable-words.html

Excerpt:

Q: Hmmm. It is cinch to heed the law then, and still keep us safe. YAAYYY!

A: But the Bush Administration did not heed the law. With no warrants, it spied on some phone lines. It spied on a LOT of phone lines.

Q: Why? Did they say why they broke the law?

A: They gave two "why"s. First, the Man who ran the NSA wire taps said that to go to the FISA court, and do what the law and Constitution say --

Q: The Constitution is good!

A: ... yes. The Man who ran the NSA wire taps said that to go to the FISA court would take too much time, and they would have to fill out a lot of forms!

Q: Ummm ... huh.

A: Yep.

Q: That does not seem like a good "why."

A: Nope.

Q: You would think they would have guys whose job it is to fill out forms.

A: You would.
substitute: (alec guinness)
Where the worlds of pants-filling terror and head-throbbing annoyance meet: ACTION MOVIE MARKETING:

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) -- A newspaper promotion for Tom Cruise's upcoming "Mission: Impossible III" got off to an explosive start when a county arson squad blew up a news rack, thinking it contained a bomb.

The confusion: the Los Angeles Times rack was fitted with a digital musical device designed to play the "Mission: Impossible" theme song when the door was opened. But in some cases, the red plastic boxes with protruding wires were jarred loose and dropped onto the stack of newspapers inside, alarming customers...
substitute: (dubbya)
Just so you know what you're getting into, this is an article from the Waco Tribune in Waco, TX. Okay. Ready? Sure? Don't click until you're ready.

How are we to rid ourselves of this terrible stigma? )
substitute: (bongo punished)
Via robotwisdom, the dangers of linguistics on official flights.

suspected language 1052x744 .png web screenshot )

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