theweaselking | Oct. 29th, 2004

Oct. 29th, 2004

bradhicks explains why Americans are terrified of voter fraud

Speaking of election fraud, yet more Republican "bring down the vote" fraud:

Creepy things to be reading at work on a Friday:

"His holiness the Ayatollah has declared in private that any warrior who carries a nuclear device into the abode of the eater of souls will certainly achieve paradise."

The "abode", of course, being the Temple of Yog-Sothoth, in Basra.

A Colder War kicks so many kinds of ass I've lost count.

The city of Masada, in Israel.

"Despite his later claims to success, Franco Liao was far from the exemplar of virtue and goodness that would-be legendmakers might prefer. Like so many of his clan, Franco had a variety of quirks and habits, many of which were hard to deal with and some that were downright irritating. In particular, he fancied himself an accomplished musician, but to the great regret of all within hearing distance, his instrument of choice was the bagpipes. On more than one occasion during the Confederation's early days, visitors the the Chancellor's palace were greeted with the screechings of Liao at his finest, while many of the household staff could be seen conducting the business of the day, placidly, with cotton stuffed in their ears."