1. The IRA ”renounced violence as a political weapon Thursday and said it will resume disarmament, taking a dramatic step designed to revive Northern Ireland peace efforts after a 35-year conflict that killed and maimed thousands” (via Hoodlumman, who asks, “Do you think that the IRA’s announcement today had anything to do with terrorism hitting the British isles?”
Short answer? I doubt it was the blood pudding…)
2. Tim Worstall points out how, in the hands of the elitist-ruled nannystate, the life you save may not be your own.
3. Tom Elia reviews the good news and the bad news about the NASA shuttle program.
4. Fred Schoenman has a question for you concerning the latest in Japanese Stepford Wive-chic.
5. Van der Leun calls me an elephant. Or something.
6. Meanwhile, keg-headed drunkard Teddy Kennedy is miffed at conservative bloggers. Which I suppose is only fair—because it ain’t like we’re particularly keen on his fat, sloshy, obstructionist ass, either.
7. Tell me this isn’t a great idea. And I got plenty more where that came from.
8. Watched Gallipoli last night and absolutely loved it. Made me wish I was in Western Australia. And not climbing out of a trench in Turkey.
GALLIPOLIVIEWERCHICKENHAWK!
That was the buffet of links at which I gorged myself until I was swollen and satisfied. I have nothing to really add or expound on, so I’ll just “uuUURP! Ahh…” and loosen the belt a few notches.
Anyone got a toothpick?
Seriously, I got a little splinter of mid-afternoon linkage stuck between my molars, it’s killing me. I’ll settle for floss too.
I wonder what would happen If you gave the female android a sip of Liquid Orgasm?
Would she explode, or just start moaning?
She’d probably fake it.
Gallipoli is, undoubtedly, my favorite anti-war movie of all time. Actually, it’s just one of my favorite movies of all time.
Abso-fucking-lutely brilliant. I know which DVD I’ll be breaking out tonight.
I swear to God, I don’t know what we’d do without Japanese engineers. It’s like they have a terrible compulsion to go out and actually create the future seen in our comic books…
Spamword: answer. It’s 42. Duh.
I’m just wondering why they keep referring to this robotic toy as “she”…
Is it anatomically correct or something?
SB: person
I AM NOT AN ANIMAL!!
If that Japanese inventor gets laughed at by his colleagues, will he tint his skin blue and become a cartoon supervillain in an anime ripoff of “Kim Possible”?
[cue the purists who will insist “KP” is itself a ripoff of japanese anime]
Whew…for a brief moment I thought #3 was Lee Elia’s review. That would have been fun.
Me, I’ll settle for Pris, the “basic pleasure model” in Blade Runner. (But I wouldn’t hit her, no sir.)
I consider Galipoli one of the great date movies. If the girl isn’t in your arms, bawling her eyes out by the end, toss her back.
Spam word: Forces, as in, “My wife forces me into the guest bedroom when she realizes I put her through this test.”
cue the purists who will insist “KP†is itself a ripoff of japanese anime
Re McGeehee – the purists could argue that anime and manga in general are more than complicit in a little “ripping-off” of their own from early American and European efforts, or even that the whole matter of cross-cultural influences has gotten more than a little tangled.
As, for example, the delight that is Cowboy Bebop that I’m still grateful my son convinced me to watch.
Re Elephant etc.: Jeff, I swear I didn’t mean to start all this brouhaha. Next time I’ll just shut up. Not.
Jeff, I knew you’d appreciate “Gallipoli”. It’s a freakin’ classic.
Jack: How fast can you run?
Archy: As fast as a leopard.
Jack: How fast are you going to run?
Archy: As fast as a leopard!
Jack: Then let’s see you do it!
ANZACs, digger hats, “lions led by donkeys” and world-class Aussie Pom-bashing.
Gallipoli rocks.
So is that Japanese guy in the background the person that lady in the Citibank identity theft commercial was talking about?
“A girl robot! Nyahahahahaha…”
I’m sorry, but that female android has man hands.
Kennedy accusing conservatives of coordinating talking points? Pot calling the kettle black, since Howard Kurtz talked about a conference call between Kennedy and the “Top 50 Liberal Bloggers” staring in the 12th paragraph of his July 21 column:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/21/AR2005072100452.html
The money quote from the story is where Kennedy’s spokeswoman says what conservatives have been saying about liberals for years:
Kennedy “reached out to them directly to convey the impact that this decision will have on hundreds of millions of Americans, whose last line of defense for their freedoms and liberties is the Supreme Court,” says Laura Capps, the senator’s spokeswoman.
Dry gin Martini = Liquid Orgasm.
Which one in the picture is the android?
Gallipoli is, undoubtedly, my favorite anti-war movie of all time.
Can you people say with a straight face it beats Breaker Morant?
Can you people say with a straight face it beats Breaker Morant?
Good question – could Breaker Morant have some advantage in arising (at least in part) from a theatrical play, as well as being one of the few films (besides the cult fave The Wicker Man) that manages to bring Edward Woodward’s scenery-chewing under control? Not to mention that it ties into a very compelling Australian narrative about their relationship with the Brits that has interesting parallels to our own experience?