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June 17, 2009

Breaking News: Barack Obama WOULD hurt a fly - and does

Seriously, the man's a goddamn jedi. Fly meets Barack Obama - fly meets its end.



But, you know what? George Bush had some moves too. Remember the shoe throwing incident? Dubya ducked that flying footwear like he was Shinobi.



I reckon there's something in the White House water. Those taps are pumping pure berocca, baby!

Keep th' faith,
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January 21, 2009

Veet viral and the Germans in Veet-nam

This has likely travelled the world 100 times over by now, but hey, I take my moment to applaud Veet, not for originality, but for pluck -
there's likely plenty of companies that would have balked at this timely gag ad for ladies' hair removal:
 
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But this UGC advert from a German lady and her (rather odd) beau speaks further volumes for the Veet and the traumas women endure uncomplainingly and men take for granted:
 
 
Look how that guy's dressed, by the way. All about the action man khakis. This is clealy his own personal Veet 'Nam...
 
Eyethankew!

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November 5, 2008

Obama victory a victory for democracy and Doonesbury

Can we kick it? Yes we can!
 
So, Garry was right. Doonesbury retains its credibility. The United States of America has a new president (or will have in a few months - Obama's President-Elect til then). The world feels a swell of hope.
 
 
Hyperbole? Over-egging the presidential pudding? Take a look at Obama's victory speech on BBC News and tell me it isn't an exciting prospect to have a lucid, literate, charismatic leader in the White House. A man for whom 210 years of history has particular resonance as he stands at the podium tracing the immense arch of the USA's democratic history of civil wars, slavery and oppression, all the while able to press his palm against the recurrent keystones of hope, progress and change and feel its strength, feel its bold and noble foundations, and take that palm and press it then to his own chest and speak sincerely and passionately of a government of the people, by the people, for the people.
 
The hope and the promise will doubtless subside and be subsumed into the reality of politics and compromise, but today, if no other day, just for today - whatever you do - do it better. The world deserves it; you deserve it. Do it better.
 
Keep th' faith,
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November 4, 2008

Doonesbury counts Obama's chickens early

Ooooooh. Now THAT'S a risky little number.
 
Garry Trudeau, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist / author of the Doonesbury strips has submitted his strip for Wednesday 5th November 2008, the contents of which depict a scene in Iraq as soldiers witness and celebrate an Obama victory. Today's strip 4th November 2008 - a prelude - resides below:
 
 
This potential hubris in the face of the Fates has some of the strips syndicated newspapers (of which Doonesbury features in hundreds worldwide) understandably jittery. Afterall it could look a tad out of touch come 5th November if John McCain has taken the vote. But Trudeau says that "From a risk-assessment viewpoint, I felt comfortable with the odds."
 
A McCain camp spokesman has reportedly said that the strip proves to be as 'predictive as it is consistently lame.' Ouch! Scratch your eyes out!
 
In more measured retorts, McCainers point to an amusing precedent for early editions famously calling victory and falling flat on their faces - siting the Chicago Tribune's ill-fated 1948 headline 'Dewey defeats Truman'. See below a victorious President-elect Truman crowing some over said headline.
 
Which way is it going to go? I don't know. Is Doonesbury's calling for Obama a jinx or is it Fox News calling for George W Bush; Warner calling for Blu-ray; Oprah calling for the Kindle (another blog to follow on that one)...?
 
Either way, in about 24 hours or so, we'll know. And those cartoon soldiers sitting round the TV in Iraq shouting "Son of a gun! What a great day! We did it!" will either represent a precient, poignant echo of a worldwide sense of something phenominal occuring, or will just be another bitter little pill amidst a debris of ugly medicine many folks have to take that day.
 
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September 27, 2008

John McCain has just heard of the curve

US Presidential candidate John McCain has just joined Twitter. http://twitter.com/JohnMcCain Having joined on 19 September 08 he (I say 'he', I mean some advisor or sophmore rebublican runner) has posted a giddying total of five updates.
 
Is this quality over quantity? You tell me:
 
I Know, I know. It's the Times.: ABC News reports: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., reportedly.. http://tinyurl.com/529f64 about 21 hours ago from twitterfeed
A Partisan Paper of Record: Today the New York Times launched its latest attack on this campaign in it.. http://tinyurl.com/47azyy 07:30 AM September 24, 2008 from twitterfeed
Biden: No Coal Plants Here in America: AUWAERTER: Senator, Senator, wind and solar are flouris.. http://tinyurl.com/4bh5pb 07:30 PM September 23, 2008 from twitterfeed
No Time for the Facts: Time magazine's Karen Tumulty accuses this campaign of racism for launching thi.. http://tinyurl.com/3j2cuf 05:00 PM September 19, 2008 from twitterfeed
 
McCain has (as of 27 Sept 08 11.19 GMT) 1,050 followers and follows 1,031. Among those he follows are Barack NObama (see what he did there?) and Fake Barrack Obama BUT he does not follow his actual competitor's Twitter stream. I mean you wouldn't want to know what your opponent was doing would you?
 
So - compare this to the competition: Mr Barack Obama. He has 80,000+ followers and follows more than 90,000 people. (Presumably before the 2K cap imposed by Twitter). He (again - 'he' - some clued-up stooge more likely) has posted 206 updates.
 
McCain has stated that he doesn't even use email so this is all of little surprise really.
 
But is this genius? McCain is so behind the curve he almosts reverses around the circle entirely and ends up back AHEAD of the curve again! I love it!
 
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