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The Book Review News Feed thing
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2003 11:38 am
by Vain
I had to can it because there are some legality of use issues....apparently a change in ownership and policy
At any rate, I'm not too sure who read it but I have replaced it with a little something else but if you guys figure it's a waste of space then I can take it out.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2003 11:55 am
by Vain
Oh yes...I also jiggled the menu items around a little.....I'm hoping there's method to my madness
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 6:03 am
by duchess of malfi
I liked that book review thing. A lot of times something would catch my eye, and I'd read the review...
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 7:12 am
by Vain
I like it too....but at least now I know about
www.iraqinformationminister.com 
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 2:32 pm
by duchess of malfi
That thing yesterday about Dick Cheney?
I thought that was pretty amusing!
Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 2:18 am
by Dromond
Vain: I like the satiresearch thing. I'm all for keeping it.
Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 3:13 am
by Skyweir
yeah totally!! .. that is brilliant!!
AND I LOVE THE IRAQI INFORMATION MINISTER SITE!! I EVEN HAVE IT BOOKMARKED ..it was soo funny!!
and so astute!!
they still havent caught him have they??
Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 4:12 am
by Skyweir
Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 4:58 am
by Skyweir
Some quotable quotes from Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf (Minister of Information) ..
During the campaign for Iraq .. I used to have mixed feelings about MSS's reports .. here was a man deeply in denial or so messed up as to actually believe the stuff he was saying. But he never failed to keep me in stitches!!
from the mouth of the Iraqi Minister wrote:
"they are nowhere near the airport ..they are lost in the desert...they can not read a compass...
they are retarded."
"The Americans, they always depend on a method what I call ... (pause) .. stupid, silly."
"Our estimates are that none of them will come out alive unless they surrender to us quickly."
"Today I have visited whole Baghdad city, no invaders found. You go and see how we have ousted them from this city.
They are cying outside and waiting to receive bullets. They will be killed shortly."
"We blocked them inside the city.
Their rear is blocked"
Speaking of the invading forces: they are "the louts of colonialism."
"It has been rumored that we have fired scud missiles into Kuwait. I am here now to tell you,
we do not have any scud missiles and
I don't know why they were fired into Kuwait."
"We have destroyed 50 tanks today. That 5-ohhh tanks" [while
holding up his fingers]
"
the insane little dwarf Bush"
"The
midget Bush and that Rumsfield deserve only to be
beaten with shoes by freedom loving people everywhere."
"Bush is a very stupid man. The American people are not stupid, they are very clever.
I can't understand how such clever people came to elect such a stupid president."
"After we finish defeating all of those animals we will disclose that with facts and figures."
Question: Is Saddam Hussein still alive:
"I will only answer reasonable questions"
"Don't believe anything! We will chase
the rascals back to London!"
"
Even those who live on another planet,
if there are such people, would have condemned this action before it started"
"We expect the aggressors to use anything, we don't rule out that in their depression at being vanquished, those losers will become hysterical and commit even more folly."
"Our
farmers , they are targeting accurately the enemy." (shooting at helicopters)
"You think their tanks are in an endless line coming towards us,
wrong they are
only a few of them and
they turn around and
then return as if to make a long snake"
He called Americans and Brits "Tarateer"– In Iraqi slang, Tartoor means a guy full of farts
"We are winning!"
Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 8:08 pm
by Lord Mhoram
I've read a few of those reviews, too..
Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 8:11 pm
by I'm Murrin
I like the satiresearch thing, but they could do with some more British sites on there - Americans just can't do good satire. If only they had a real sense of humour...
Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 3:06 pm
by Skyweir
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 11:56 am
by Vain
The Satire Search started getting a bit too tacky but hopefully its replacement is more topical
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 2:10 pm
by danlo
U just haven't met the right American yet! The one's w/decent senses of humor r smart enuf 2 stay out of the Corporate/Political media flow that tend 2 "brain-numb" the majority. Listen 2 some Dennis Leary instead and check out The Onion that Lord Foul and Jay (Kevinswatch) heartily recommend! I don't read it but please keep the satire Vain...
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 1:10 am
by [Syl]
OT- Dennis Leary (also Louis Black, Dennis Miller, Gerafalo, et al) and The Onion are both great.
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 1:37 am
by Dromond
Vain wrote:The Satire Search started getting a bit too tacky but hopefully its replacement is more topical
WHAT??
Cletus?? Tacky?
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 6:58 pm
by danlo
Is there anyway 2 put 'who's online' above that feature? It would save alot of scrolling...
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 8:58 pm
by Reisheiruhime
That would be quite useful, I think.
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 3:59 am
by Dromond
what danlo said.
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 10:52 am
by Vain
I'll fix it
If you guys want the Satire one back I'll slap it up in a dash.
