Heart of Dorkness

[Doctor Rock]

He cried in a whisper at some image, at some vision—he cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath—"The goober! The goober!"

[Doctor Rock]

Hey, over here!   Brand new topic!  Fresh from the oven!  Even includes a few bad puns! 

[Doctor Rock]

I mean, what else do you need? 

[Bizarro]

The one part of Talladega Nights that did rub me the wrong way was the over-reliance on gay jokes. Overall, it has its moments, but I'm glad I didn't bother to see it in the theater.

If we're going to heap abuse on piece of shit Will Ferrell movies, let's do Semi-Pro. There weren't any laughs of any kind in that stinker.

My favorite gag on product placement came from a different film most of y'all didn't like: Idiocracy. I liked the Secretary of State who ended every comment with "brought to you by Carl's Jr."

[Doctor Rock]

i want a sponsor.  i haven't had one since jump rope for heart in 2nd grade.  mrs. newbury sponsored me.

I mean you want a sugar daddy? 

[matthew]

AP Newsbreak: CIA destroyed 92 interrogation tapes

WASHINGTON – New documents show the CIA destroyed nearly 100 tapes of terror interrogations, far more than has previously been acknowledged.

The revelation Monday comes as a criminal prosecutor is wrapping up his investigation in the matter.

The acknowledgment of dozens of destroyed tapes came in a letter filed by government lawyers in New York, where the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit seeking more details of the Bush administration's terror interrogation programs following the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.

"The CIA can now identify the number of videotapes that were destroyed," said the letter by Acting U.S. Attorney Lev Dassin. "Ninety two videotapes were destroyed."

ACLU attorney Amrit Singh said the CIA should be held in contempt of court for holding back the information for so long.

"The large number of videotapes destroyed confirms that the agency engaged in a systematic attempt to hide evidence of its illegal interrogations and to evade the court's order," Singh said in a statement.

The tapes also became a contentious issue in the trial of Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, after prosecutors initially claimed no such recordings existed, then after the trial was over, they acknowledged two videotapes and one audiotape had been made.

The letter, dated March 2 to Judge Alvin Hellerstein, says the CIA is now gathering more details for the lawsuit, including a list of the destroyed records, any secondary accounts that describe the destroyed contents, and the identities of those who may have viewed or possessed the recordings before they were destroyed.

But the lawyers also note that some of that information may be classified, such as the names of CIA personnel that viewed the tapes.

"The CIA intends to produce all of the information requested to the court and to produce as much information as possible on the public record to the plaintiffs," states the letter.

John Durham, a senior career prosecutor in Connecticut, was appointed to lead the criminal investigation out of Virginia.

He had asked that the requests for information in the civil lawsuit be put on hold until he had completed his criminal investigation. Durham asked that he be given until the end of February to wrap up his work, and has not asked for another extension.

Durham's spokesman, Tom Carson, had no immediate comment.

The criminal investigation into the CIA's videotapes included interrogations of al-Qaida lieutenant Abu Zubaydah and another top al-Qaida leader. They were destroyed, in part, to protect the identities of the government questioners at a time the Justice Department was debating whether the tactics used during the interrogations — which are believed to have included waterboarding — were illegal.

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Associated Press Writer Matt Apuzzo contributed to this report.

[bebopbalogna]

i want a sponsor.  i haven't had one since jump rope for heart in 2nd grade.  mrs. newbury sponsored me.

I mean you want a sugar daddy? 

you offering, pops?

[Doctor Rock]

Sooo... We finally solved our broken TV problem.  Yep, it took us something like three months to replace our old TV.  We were thinking of going for one of those cool LCD TVs, but in  the end we decided that it wasn't worth spending that much money on something we don't use that much.  

I found a used 27" Sony Wega flat-screen on craigslist, a big cathode ray tube thingy from three or four years ago, for 150 canadian bucks.  The guy who sold it was so happy someone was willing to buy his tv that he even delivered it for free to our door.  

[Doctor Rock]

i want a sponsor.  i haven't had one since jump rope for heart in 2nd grade.  mrs. newbury sponsored me.

I mean you want a sugar daddy? 

you offering, pops?

I would if I could afford you.  You seem to be high-maintenance. 

[matthew]

Soldiers assassinate Guinea-Bissau president

[bebopbalogna]

i also liked idiocracy.  it was no beavis and butthead to be sure, and not really a laugh-out-loud type film, but the social commentary was pretty spot on. every time we hire a new busboy, or anyone under the age of 22,  i am reminded of idiocracy.  we are not that far off.  

[Doctor Rock]

Soldiers assassinate Guinea-Bissau president

Oh joy.   

They don't have enough problems already, see? 

[Bizarro]

Fun thing I learned in Hungarian this week:

The baby talk way to refer to the hiccups is (phonetic spelling) "chewkly bewkly."

[Doctor Rock]

Fun thing I learned in Hungarian this week:

The baby talk way to refer to the hiccups is (phonetic spelling) "chewkly bewkly."

Cute!  Sounds like something the swedish chef would say.

[bebopbalogna]

i want a sponsor.  i haven't had one since jump rope for heart in 2nd grade.  mrs. newbury sponsored me.

I mean you want a sugar daddy? 

you offering, pops?

I would if I could afford you.  You seem to be high-maintenance. 

what do you mean? it's not like i require diamonds or pearls or anything like that.  just a little gypsum and dolomite, and maybe something metamorphic on my birthday.