Day March 13, 2004

Classic Doublespeak Doublespeak is “language deliberately constructed to disguise its actual meaning.” Orwell called them words “deliberately constructed for political purposes: words, that is to say, which not only had in every case a political implication, but were intended to…

They’ll pry the accelerator from my dead cold feet! Deep Audit alerts us to yet another Hideous Menace. The bastards STILL won’t let us drive 120 mph on the freeway.

Hey kids, maybe President Georgie will invade South Korea too! South Korea’s Defense Minister said Saturday that the president’s impeachment caused a “crisis situation in the supreme military command,” and urged U.S. military assistance in maintaining “impeccable vigilance.” Got to…

This is a seriously smart idea  A new coffee shop, created jointly by Starbucks and Hewlett-Packard so customers can create their own music CDs, will open in Santa Monica, Calif. More such music-centric facilities, called Hear Music Coffeehouses, are expected…