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6 December 2000
On this day in 1492 Columbus discovered Haiti
In Today's Issue
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1. A Word A Day -- meshuga
2. Graphic of the Day -- Red Boat 1984
3. QOTD -- Randy Newman
4. HotSites -- Comparison Shopping
5. Reading List -- PORT and STARBOARD
6. Weird News -- PETA Poster Boy Pleads
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1. A Word A Day
meshuga also meshugga (muh-SHOOG-uh) adjective
Slang. Crazy; senseless.
[Yiddish meshuge, from Hebrew mesugga'.]
"`The rumors come from paranoid sources,' he (Judge Mikva) said at first.
Then he decided there was a better adjective: `They're not paranoid.
They're meshuga.'"
Ira Stoll, More Than a Lawyer, Forward, 6 Oct 1995.
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>From A Word A Day:
http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/
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2. Graphic of the Day
Red Boat 1984
by David J. L'Hoste
http://lhostelaw.com/ia/ia2/gotd/84redboat.htm
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3. QOTD -- Randy Newman
Political Science
No one likes us-I don't know why
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens
We give them money-but are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful and they're hateful
They don't respect us-so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them
Asia's crowded and Europe's too old
Africa is far too hot
And Canada's too cold
South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us
We'll save Australia
Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
We'll build an All American amusement park there
They got surfin', too
Boom goes London and boom Paree
More room for you and more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will just be another American town
Oh, how peaceful it will be
We'll set everybody free
You'll wear a Japanese kimono, Babe
There'll be Italian shoes for me
They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now
Let's drop the big one now
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4. HotSites --Comparison Shopping
DealTime.com
http://www.dealtime.com/
BizRate.com
http://www.bizrate.com/
mySimon
http://mysimon.com/
Excite
http://excite.buybuddy.ca/
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5. Reading List - PORT AND STAROARD
PORT:
A Legal Slaughterhouse
By Paul Begala
The most interesting and illuminating thing about
the Supremes’ brief and unsatisfying sojourn into
this case has been the extent to which conservatives
— whose careers have been built on proclaiming deference
to states — were suddenly willing to overrule a state
court’s interpretation of a state law.
Full Article:
http://lhostelaw.com/iatext/001204begala.htm
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STARBOARD:
Recount plan can't add up
By Robert Novak
The Democratic formula for handling close elections,
familiar in congressional and statewide elections
for the past two decades, now has been applied at the
presidential level--and extended indefinitely into
the future. First, count, recount and recount so
long as the results are negative. Second, don't
worry about rough handling of ballots. Third,
whenever a count is positive, declare victory.
Full Article:
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/novak04.html
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6. Weird News -- PETA Poster Boy Pleads
Thomas Capriola admitted in court that he made videos
with titles like "Debby the Destructor," "Vanessa's Frog
Stomp" and "Vanessa, Topless Crusher." In some of the
features, Capriola dressed as a woman and did the
high-heeled stomping himself. Victims included mice, rats,
guinea pigs, lizards and turtles.
Full story:
http://www.newsday.com/coverage/current/news/wednesday/nd459.htm
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22 December 2000
Happy Yule Sabbat to all you witches out there
In Today's Issue
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1. A Word A Day -- galumph
2. Graphics of the Day -- Self-portrait with Stella 1977
-- Merry Christmas 2000
3. QOTD -- Lewis Carroll
4. HotSites -- Photography
5. Reading List -- The Media Moves In
6. Weird News -- Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Penthouse
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1. A Word A Day
galumph (guh-LUMF) verb intr.
To move or run clumsily or heavily.
[Phonesthemic invention of Lewis Carroll, perhaps
blend of gallop and triumphant.]
"When it was announced that this galumphing
vehicle was moving from screen to stage, insiders
shook their heads in disbelief."
David Benedict, Colourful animal magic that just
saves the show,Independent, 15 Jul 1998.
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2. Graphic of the Day
Self-portrait with Stella 1977
by David J. L'Hoste
http://lhostelaw.com/ia/ia2/gotd/77selfport&stella.htm
Merry Christmas 2000
by David J. L'Hoste
http://lhostelaw.com/djl/mc2000.htm
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3. QOTD -- Lewis Carroll
The Jabberwocky
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought-
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So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arm, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe
(Carroll The Annotated Alice 191-97).
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4. HotSites -- Photography
photo.net is an online learning
community of people improving
their photography expertise.
http://www.photo.net/
PDN Online (Photo District News)
http://www.pdn-pix.com/
The ONLY place to buy:
http://bhphotovideo.com
Simply slick pics:
Pictures of the Year (POY)
http://www.poy.org/58CFE/
Neleman
http://www.neleman.com/
Safia Fatima
http://www.safiafatimi.com/
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5. Reading List - The media moves in
The media moves in
As the press begins to recount ballots in Florida,
the Republicans cry foul.
- - - - - - - - - - - -By Eric Boehlert
Dec. 22, 2000 | If you thought the controversy over
Florida's contested vote count was laid to rest this
week with President-elect George W. Bush's bipartisan
tour of Washington, think again. With media
organizations lined up in Florida to review 45,000
disputed ballots, the press's unique post-election
project may bedevil Bush and Republicans for weeks or
even months to come.
For instance, on Tuesday the Orlando Sentinel reported
that its review of invalidated ballots in nearby Lake
County -- where Bush beat Gore by 15 percent -- showed
that if voter intent had been the guiding principle in
judging ballots, Vice President Al Gore would have
picked up a net gain of 130 votes there. Bush won
Florida by just 537 votes . . .
Full Article:
http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/12/22/recount/index.html
From: http://www.salon.com/
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6. Weird News - Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Penthouse
Thursday December 21 9:07 AM ET
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas prisoner sued
Penthouse Magazine for publishing what he said was a
disappointing layout of Paula Jones, but a judge
dismissed the lawsuit with a Christmas poem, a court
clerk said on Wednesday.
The lawsuit charged that the December pictorial of
Jones, whose own sexual harassment suit against
President Clinton (news - web sites) led to his
impeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives, was
not sufficiently revealing and caused plaintiff David
Joyner to be "very mentally hurt and angered." It
sought $500,000 in damages.
Joyner, who is serving 14 years for robbery and
assault, wrote the lawsuit, in which he identified
himself as the Minister of Law of the Mandingo Warriors
prison gang.
U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks dismissed it with a 12-
line poem and a $250 fine against Joyner for filing a
frivolous legal motion.
The poem read in part: "Twas the night before Christmas
and all through the prison, inmates were planning their
new porno mission.
"...The minute his Penthouse issue arrived, the
Minister ripped it open to see what was inside. But
what to his wondering eyes should appear -- not Paula
Jones' promised privates, but only her rear.
"Life has its disappointments. Some come out of the
blue but that doesn't mean a prisoner should sue,"
Sparks concluded.
From Yahoo! Oddly Enough News:
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