misc stuff

Been following the tragic tsunami story this week. Anyone who reads this site and not annatopia, please go there now and donate money to the relief efforts.

Other stuff below the fold.

Top Ten Movies 2004

Ok, I do watch a lot of movies. So I’ll jump on the Top 10 Movies List Bandwagon. I thought about just copying the wife’s list, but that would be a cop-out. There’s a couple of old movies here that I honestly had never seen until anna made me watch them for my own good.

Top Ten Lists

Since I don’t listen to much new music, I cannot compile a top ten albums list. Instead I am doing a top ten best moments in 2004 list. It’s kind of therapeutic, as I have the holiday blues.

Oh, and I left out the numbering system and actually picked twelve moments, because I can.

Slept in and feelin’ good

Amazing. My family finally figured it out. We always argue at Christmas about how early me and the wife should show up so the nephews can open presents. We want to sleep in, they want us there at six a.m.. So this year we opened gifts last night and this morning I slept in, and am now drinking coffee and christmas blogging with the wife. So peaceful. To all (if there are any) my christian readers, Happy Baby Jesus’ Birthday. To the rest of you, we got screwed. I mean come on, on a Saturday? What the fuck good is a holiday on the weekend? Already off work, out of classes. Christ in hell.

they must love us down there

Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t posted on Iraq in a while. That’s because Juan Cole does such a great job. I want to continue focusing on this hemisphere, since few other blogs I read do.

evil man

Man, it seems everyone in the world is learning to hate the U.S., and with good reason. Our government continues to piss on the international community, ignoring international laws and saying the hell with treaties. As is the standard practice in this administration, one of the bastards who has helped make the world a more dangerous place appears to be getting promoted.

my nominations for the koufax awards

The Koufax Awards nominations are:

Best blog:
counterspin central
Best writing:
whiskey bar
Best post:
This is What Democracy Looks Like by Jeeni Criscenzo or curse of the prophet by attaturk
Best series:
part one
part two
part three
annatopia’s series on her abortion
Best single issue blog:
informed comment
Group blog:
rising hegemon
Humorous blog:
jesus’ general
Humorous post:
too hard to choose
Deserving wider recognition:
annatopia and prairie angel
Expert blog:
informed comment
Best new blog:
rising hegemon
commentor:
attaturk-of rising hegemon, seen in comments everywhere.

shit

Ok, so it’s late and I’m a little drunk. Anyhow, I’m sitting here surfing and I came to a weird conclusion that I’m hoping is wrong. See, President Bush pushes faith-based crap. And one of his things is that religious organizations can discriminate in their hiring practices.

followup

Well, there is some good news today via skippy:

Sources: Lieberman rejects White House overtures

Now if we can only get Joe to stop sucking the Israeli dick. And being a neocon.

rapture monkeys

Holy handgrenades. I think I just found the scariest christians in the world. Seems there is 20 million christain zionists in America who support Israel because of biblical prophecy. Only they don’t support the Jewish faith, because in the end of times all jews must be converted or burn in hell. These people approve of the wall, the killing of muslims and pray for the end everyday. Let me say that again: these rapture monkeys want war, and I mean the war to end all wars, are working diligently to move more jews to Israel, and are against any kind of peace in the middle east.