Karim

brigadoon...or someplace quite like it? - edythe

it's the ident the bbc played at the top of every hour for about 30 years. correct answers include "london" (as in, "this is london"), and "listening to the bbc world service on shortwave." the march is called "Lillibullero" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...) and was originally published in 1661 as "An Antidote Against Melancholy." - Karim

:) - edythe

"During her stop in California, Palin was asked about an Associated Press analysis that said her charge about Ayers was unsubstantiated, a point made by other news organizations, and the criticism carried a 'racially tinged subtext that McCain may come to regret.' - Karim

"'The Associated Press is wrong,' Palin said, before arguing that the issue had not been adequately discussed." - Karim

"Skilled with a crowd, she is still subject to slips. In California, for instance, she seemed to lose her train of thought while discussing U.S. troop efforts in Afghanistan and referred to the country as 'our neighboring country of Afghanistan.'" - Karim

GAH. How people can look beyond her outright lies is beyond me. - Cheryl Jones

i'm late to the game... just found this using viewzi: http://blogoscoped.com/archive... - Karim

:) - edythe

"As Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America, where do they go? It's Alaska." -- Future President Palin - Karim

@Michael: It just would have been better if representatives of that good portion of people in the US also happened to represent the people in the government :) - Svetlana Gladkova via twhirl

Indeed... - Michael W. May via twhirl

Avast! Tired of ye booty bein' plunder'd by scurvy dogs in Washington? Then sign aboard the Black Hope, as we're plannin' t' sail up th' Potomac in November, an' retake that what's rightfully ours! But step lively, lads 'n lasses! We raise anchor and set t' mainsail at dawn! Arrr! - Karim

Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory reported today the disappearance of a recently-catalogued extrasolar planet, HD 189734 c. "We had only recently discovered this planet, which is in a solar system far, far away from our own," said a spokesperson for the ESO. "The planet had been given the nickname of 'Alderaan,' since the International Astronomical Union does not name extrasolar planets. It was last recorded in astronomical observations last night. But as of today, there is nothing there but a thin asteroid belt." When asked if this meant disaster for Alderaan, the spokesperson said, "That's what I'm trying to tell you, kid. It's not there. It's been totally blown away." - Karim

At a press conference today, Conan Motti of CERN celebrated a successful test of the Large Hadron Collider, but ruled out any possible connection to the planet's disappearance. "It's absurd to think that we had anything to do with an event that far away, and even more absurd to think that we should put limits on our research until the cause of Alderaan's disappearance is found. Because we can generate levels of energy not seen since the Big Bang, this station is now the ultimate power in the universe. I suggest we use it." - Karim