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Archive for December 12th, 2003

Cthulhu funnies?

December 12th, 2003 | Category: Andrew's Cthulhu tales

Yes and they are bloody (or should that be fishy) funny as well.

Via: Shoggoth.net

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PP on door-to-door evangelical nuisances

December 12th, 2003 | Category: Religion

The post contains some interesting ways of getting rid of them.

I particularily like this one:

Forewarned, you could answer the door wearing a Charles Manson T-shirt, carrying a copy of Aleister Crowley’s The Book of the Law in one hand and a dead chicken in the other, with Alice Cooper’s Welcome To My Nightmare blaring out of the stereo

For music I would suggest something like Deicide Once Upon the Cross or Morbid Angel’s Covenant, then again a little Slayer would not go amiss (or is that abyss) either.

Update: You could always say you’re a worshipper of Dagon.

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A bit of nostalgia

December 12th, 2003 | Category: Gratuitous plugs

A former girlfriend of mine,Jessica Eckstein, did a series of banners for my book Statism Sucks! They appeared on Gameranger over a couple of months. Feelings on them were mixed, but everyone was talking about them. Here is one of the three for your viewing pleasure.

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EU needs more fights…

December 12th, 2003 | Category: Politics

British Spin seems to think a few punch-ups in the EU would be a good thing. It would be fun to watch a Taiwan style brawl on the floor of European Parliament.

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More on internet taxation

December 12th, 2003 | Category: Technology

Over the past few weeks, every e-commerce entrepreneur and Internet innovator has been breathlessly watching the congressional debate on whether we should lift the moratorium on Internet sales taxes. Asking this question now is like asking Mrs. Lincoln about the play. To tax or not to tax will never be an appropriate question, simply because the net gains in tax collections (albeit in the billions) will never be greater than the cost to e-commerce entrepreneurship and innovation and the jobs and wealth produced through their efforts.” (12/10/03)

Via: Rational Review

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Eamonn on Private Health Care

December 12th, 2003 | Category: UK Politics

And its bigger than the NHS. A very interesting piece on the extent to which private health care has grown in the UK. He provides amble ammo for anyone defending the private sector; either here in the UK or in parts afar.

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Not all Spam is useless

December 12th, 2003 | Category: Religion

I recieved an email today, in Hebrew, with this at the bottom. So I pinched it. If any of you wish to use this, feel free. Its rather nice.

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British Letter of Complaint

December 12th, 2003 | Category: Amusements

What follows is an example of British humour in a complaint letter sent sent to a British ISP. The piece suggests two things:

1) Americans and Canadians are not the only ones who get poor service from their ISP, cable or alarm companies. (NTL is a cable operator in Britain). 2) The Brits probably write the world’s best letters of complaint.

Dear Cretins,

I have been an NTL customer since 9th July 2001, when I signed up for your four-in-one deal for cable TV, cable modem, telephone, and alarm monitoring. During this three-month period I have encountered inadequacy of service which I had not previously considered possible, as well as ignorance and stupidity of monolithic proportions. Please allow me to provide specific details, so that you can either pursue your professional prerogative and seek to rectify these difficulties — or more likely (I suspect) so that you can have some entertaining reading material as you while away the working day smoking, and drinking vendor-coffee on the bog in your office.

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Iraq The Cashba

December 12th, 2003 | Category: Stuff

The National Post:

OTTAWA — U.S. President George W. Bush thanked Canada for its help in the war on terrorism and said Canada won’t be excluded from lucrative contracts to help rebuild Iraq, retiring Prime Minister Jean Chretien said after receiving a farewell phone call Thursday.

“He thanked me for what we’re doing in Afghanistan and for the offer of money in the reconstruction of Iraq,’’ Chretien told a news conference.

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