Chertoff: European terrorists trying to enter US
When I read this headline, I couldn't help but try to imagine the havoc these European terrorists could wreak.
For example: a man in a beret walks into a cafe and lights up a cigarette. Many years later, some of the people in the cafe die from lung cancer, possibly due to secondhand smoke.
Or: a masked terrorist hacks the television signals and reads Nietzsche over the air while wearing lederhosen. Millions of Americans are kept awake at night by existential angst.

Can I answer "The Doctor" for both? The 10th incarnation anyway. He's so freakin' paternalistic. Seriously, he's always like "hey, everyone has to do what I say because I'm the Doctor! I know what's best for everyone!" Even though doesn't always.
Also, he's really hypocritical. Whenever humans use violence - even when it's justified - he gets all indignant, but the Doctor has used violence plenty of times in the past. Sure, he uses it as a last resort, but he's still used it. Why is he the only one who gets to say when violence can or can't be used?
And the 10th doctor seems to be especially pacifistic. Now, I don't like violence either, but sometimes you gotta blow some motherfuckers up. Especially if they're Dalek motherfuckers. It's not like you can convince Daleks to stop killing everything in their path. The Doctor said it himself, they're genetically modified to want to kill everything that isn't a Dalek. (What they'd do if they ever succeeded, I'm not sure. I don't really picture the Daleks playing bingo or watching re-runs of I Love Lucy.)
( ranting about the finale )
But even so, I love the Doctor...he's just so freakin' adorable...although I still like Nine better than Ten. He knew that sometimes you gotta kick ass and take names. Ten is all talk.

Ever hear that joke about waterboarding? How about the one about killing Iranians? And why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?

If you aren't familiar with those witty japes, then you've missed out on John McCain's lighter side. Rooted in a time before there was political correctness, and before there was the "South Park" backlash against political correctness, McCain's wisecracking persona is cutting at times, self-deprecating at others, and always amused by the political process swirling around him. Even in his pursuit of the White House, the candidate has — sometimes to the dismay of his handlers — managed to keep his sense of humor.

As he campaigns through the densest media thicket in American history, it's become clear that McCain hasn't acquired the layer of polish that produced, for instance, Ronald Reagan's gentle, oft-repeated jokes and Bill Clinton's colorful, folksy yarns.

McCain's humor, by contrast, makes him the political counterpart of the radio host Don Imus (whom he has defended): It's sharp, unrehearsed and, at times, way, way over the line. This cycle, he's drawn winces, and worse, for everything from a joking reference to domestic violence to a now-notorious little ditty about bombing Iran. Earlier in his political career, the Arizona press reported that he'd cracked a rape joke that would now probably end any politician's career, a joke his aides then and now say he doesn't recall making.
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I notice they left out the part about how he called his wife a cunt, I don't think that was actually a joke though.

You know how people sometimes have hobbies/interests/opinions? And you know how they sometimes express them in the form of bumper stickers? I was thinking it might be fun to sell bumper stickers, only instead of being about religion or politics, they'll all be complete non sequiturs. Like, "cuidado piso mojado" or "don't fill up on bread" or "It's 10PM, do you know where your hamster is?"
I wonder if anyone would buy them.

I got back from Michigan today. On the way back we stopped briefly at the Dutch Village. When we stopped for lunch, I browsed in an antique store for a little while. I love antique stores. They're like museums, but you can touch things and buy them if you want.
After we got back to Oak Park I did some shopping at the Brown Elephant. I got some tops, a couple skirts, and a jacket/blazer thingy.
Then after I got home I sorted through my clothes and picked out some to donate to the Salvation Army.

I've often wondered what an alien anthropologist would think if they came to earth.
For example, what would they think about professional sports?
"The primitives often engage in violent fertility rituals. The males compete to show who is the most virile, while the females dance to entice the gods to bless them with fertility. Each wears a ritual costume, with a special symbol on the back. They often pray to various native animals for success, such as 'bears' or 'hawks.'
I have not been able to observe it yet, but at the end of the cycle they hold something called a 'super bowl', in which I assume the blood of the losing team is collected in a large bowl and offered to the gods as a sacrifice."

I wish I owned a gas station. I'd put up a sign saying that the gasoline was "organic" and then people wouldn't mind paying a lot of money for it.

So I'm up in Michigan now. The wedding's not till 3PM so we might go to a museum or something before that.
I'm on the computer in the hotel lobby - there's some kid's show on the TV, and it's totally creeping me out. It's CGI and there's that whole uncanny valley thing.

Haha, some furry's ranting about how he doesn't owe Native Americans an apology...um, no one said you did? I'm so tempted to ask him about the oppression of "fursons."

Yeah, so I'm going to my cousin Derek's wedding up in Michigan this weekend. I won't be getting back till sometime Monday. I haven't even seen him in a few years...at least. I hope it isn't too weird.
We might to to an amusement park while we're up there, though. I like roller coasters.