Author Archives: Michael Froomkin

I Can Haz Translation?

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

lol2.jpgLOLCat Bible Translation Project Wiki:

Hai! Teh blessigs of teh Ceiling Cat b pwn u, lol! This is a new translation wiki to get the entire Bible translated into kitty pidgin (the language of lolcats). Zotnix saw a link to a picture with this done to Genesis and thought, “Why not the whole darned book?”

I can think of several reasons…. (and other people will think this is a reason).

(Image via PHP LOL Cats Generator)

Wikipedia on what is a LOL Cat, for those fortunate enough to have been spared.

Obligatory cite to pedantic analysis.

Icanhascheezburger.com.

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More Evidence for the ‘Carriers Are Obsolete’ Theory

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

While they excel in force projection against weak third world nations, there have been increasing signs that aircraft carriers are also awfully big targets. Some suggested that in these days of cruise missiles, the carrier's days were numbered.

Now comes some suggestion in the UK Daily Mail that even old-tech submarines are too quiet for anti-sub technology: The uninvited guest: Chinese sub pops up in middle of U.S. Navy exercise, leaving military chiefs red-faced.

Not from the world's most reliable source, and there seems very little about it in the newspapers as yet, although the blogs are all over it. The Agonist asks if this Daily Mail story (which gives neither the name nor the date of the US exercise) is actually old news being re-floated at budget time?

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Worst. President. Ever.

Posted on November 10, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

George W. Bush has set a new record of unpopularity:

Bush reached an unwelcome record. By 64%-31%, Americans disapprove of the job he is doing. For the first time in the history of the Gallup Poll, 50% say they “strongly disapprove” of the president. Richard Nixon had reached the previous high, 48%, just before an impeachment inquiry was launched in 1974.

This seems as good an occasion as any to re-open the debate started here almost two years ago. In Discourse.net: Worst President Ever? I asked if GWB was the worst President ever. Readers were pretty persuasive that he was only a runner-up to James Buchanan.

But a lot has happened in two years: torture, politicization of every office of government, beating drums of war with Iran, poor management of relations with Pakistan, the dollar collapse, the deficit, the increasing inequality, the vetoes, the quagmire in Iraq (and the stop-losses), the forgetting of Afghanistan and New Orleans, one could go on and on and on.

So now I am prepared to remove the question mark.

What say you all?

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But Not R-Rated

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

cash advance

That high?

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Wikipedia Edit Voyeurism

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

WikipediaVision (beta). Anonymous edits to English Wikipedia (almost) in real-time.

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GW Bush Out of Office Countdown Calendar

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

The nice people at Sourcebooks Publishing sent me two copies of “The Out of Office Countdown Calendar,” which covers “2008 Though the Glorious End! (Jan. 20, 2009).”

bush-2008.gifIt's graced by little quotes from our feckless leader, such as these:

“Unfair but truthfully, our party has been tagged as being against things”

“This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating.”

“If this were a dictatorship, it's be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator.”

Thank you, and keep the blog swag coming!

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