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Friday, October 19, 2001
Scam Busters reports that US Citizens should use caution when dialing the 809 area code, as there's a chance you will be billed exorbitant rates.
Along the same lines, beware of random emails from Nigerians. Although it's entirely believable that corrupt Nigerian officials need foreign help in bilking their country, the fact of the matter is that they already have that foreign help in the form of shady bankers in Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, the Middle East, etc. They don't need you, Joe American, to help them facilitate the transfer of tens of millions of dollars, as utterly desirable as that fiction may be. This site has more information about the Nigerian Scam, also known as the 419 scam.
.: posted by andy 10/19/2001
WWII propaganda posters got nothing on this.
I agree with Jeremy about the 1984 feeling I get from this war. Everyday I watch CNN, and everyday I get a different story than the day before, and it makes me feel crazy. The media behaves just like Leonard Shelby from the movie Memento, unable to form any new memories. They seem to function in a void where everything happens out of context. The world must be a constant mystery to these people. For weeks now I've had an urge to chronicle all the things reported everyday, and compare them to things that happen later on. I think we should start that project today. I'll make a separate page for it, and we'll use blogger to post there, as well.
.: posted by andy 10/19/2001
Stephanie is using a cell phone for email in japan. On the one hand, that could get very annoying, on the other hand, it's a good excuse for keeping replies short and sweet.
SO FAR I HAVENT FOUND ANY POSTCARDS AT ALL. NIIHAMA IS NOT MUCH OF A TOURIST TOWN. NO ONE EVEN SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT ONE IS. C U STEPH
.: posted by Jeremy 10/19/2001
Thursday, October 18, 2001
This article made me think of 1984. The press reported a week or so ago that the DOD had admitted that US Special Forces had been inside Afghanistan since Sept. 13. This article leads me to believe that that previous article was some kind of dream, and the actual facts are that it's a big mystery as to whether there are special forces in Afghanistan. I get images in my head of some intern sitting in a cubicle at the AP deleting old articles(dragging and dropping them into "memory holes").
And in another 1984 reference...
Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfield, is in charge of simple-ifying the English language. I think the word he was looking for was "Complicate."
"My interest is not to simplify things for the other side but to complexify them, if that is a word."
It's not.
.: posted by Jeremy 10/18/2001
Wednesday, October 17, 2001
The military has some valid points. The State Department should consult with the guys that wrote these messages. This was broadcast to the four guys with am/fm radios in Afghanistan.
"Attention Taliban, you are condemned. Did you know that? The instant the terrorists you support took over our planes, you sentenced yourselves to death. The Armed Forces of the United States are here to seek justice for our dead. Our helicopters will rain fire down upon your camps before you detect them on your radar. Our bombs are so accurate we can drop them right through your windows."
Kinda dumb and obvious, but still satisfying.
On a dog related note, my dog eats shit. I know this because I let him outside, and then let him back in a few minutes later. I picked him up, and he vomited shit in my lap. There will be no pro-daschund propaganda photos today.
.: posted by Jeremy 10/17/2001
Tuesday, October 16, 2001
Why is it that I can much more easily imagine devin in a movie theater alone, howling at the screen, than I can imagine anybody else? I'm glad all my friends aren't alike.
Shooting guns was fun. Shawn tried to set me up with a girl he knows by inviting her to go shooting with us. One of my friends at work remarked on how that seems very Freudian. That may be, but I think it was better than most of the other ways I've tried to meet girls. Oh, and plastic guns suck. They're expensive, and I can't hit anything with them. I did best with the 1911. The ammo is too expensive, though. I'll have to start reloading my own if I do this very often.
.: posted by Jeremy 10/16/2001
Monday, October 15, 2001
Peter Jennings just came on TV to say that the child of one of his producers contracted anthrax. Way to go, terrorists. You gave a kid anthrax. That's not any kind of political statement, that's just some mean fucker bent on destroying. I thought it was stupid when George Bush said they were attacking us because we're a beacon of freedom, but I guess that's as true as anything else. These people are attacking because they want to destroy life, and that's all there is to it.
.: posted by andy 10/15/2001
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