Archive for 2004

Happy Christmas to anyone visiting World of Badger.
Sorry if the latter part of this year has been a bit pants (posting-wise, rather than geo-politically - that wasn’t my fault), but I promise to try harder in 2005.

The annual Lyttle Lytton Contest challenges entrants to write the world’s most atrocious first line to a novel, and this year’s winners have been announced. My favourites being:
I know who the murderer is, Kevin blogged.

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Now, you’re all aware of my vocal campaign against the global slave trade, so what I am about to confess may [...]

It’s been ages since I’ve posted properly, and even longer since I posted any fun games I’ve stumbled across. So here’s Fun Cup, a very nice little driving game that does some really clever stuff with Flash.
And for offline fun, how about the EGBG anti-telemarketing counterscript, designed to baffle those annoying people that ring up [...]

Hurrah! That deranged wanker’s gone!
There’s no point in me displaying false modesty; clearly it was World of Badger that forced David Blunkett to resign (or for the Sun readers, It Was Badger Wot Done It). Let’s examine the evidence:

November 25th: I announce my intention to stop Blunkett with my David Blunkett Voodoo Doll.
November 27th: allegations [...]

So within a few days of posting my Blunkett Voodoo Doll, the Home Secretary’s embroiled in big scandal. Coincidence or black magic? You decide…
I wonder if we’ll see him storming the House of Lords dressed in his Fathers 4 Justice Batman outfit soon?

Two links for you today, the first one upsetting, with the second one to cheer you up (or at least baffle you):

Since the media already seems to have forgotten about the pile of rubble formerly known as Fallujah, here’s a site with lots of graphic photos of the aftermath (warning - links to disturbing content).
The [...]

As we all know, David Blunkett is a dangerous madman and must be stopped before he turns this country into an Orwellian nightmare. But how do we go about stopping him? Now IANAL, but I guess that there are probably laws against running up to the Home Secretary and felling him with lethal kung fu [...]

OK, before I start ranting about the forthcoming attack on Fallujah, maybe we could do with some light-hearted stuff. For starters, I pity the fool who collects Mr T memorabilia.
Then, in true Heat fashion, we can always laugh at beautiful, successful people who just don’t think they’re quite beautiful and successful enough.
For anyone wanting to [...]

It’s important to remember that not all Americans are Bush-loving rednecks; things like this help: Sorry Everybody. (Memo to self — visit Travis County).
Saturday update: Oh dear, seem that site isn’t currently available – presumably as the result of far too many visitors, or some Republican script kiddie. Basically it was a bunch of cool [...]

Today’s headline on the front of the Mirror did make me smile. For a moment at least.

Greg Palast’s written a piece examining the way votes were counted in Ohio and New Mexico. Disturbing though it may be, it does seem a little futile; after getting away with the farce that was 2000’s election, sadly no [...]

Tracker’s just penned his tribute to Bush, based on Stop the Clocks, retitled Hail to the Chief:
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with a muffled drum
Bring out the President, let the mourners come.
Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message [...]

Seems like a good time to remind people to watch the final part of The Power of Nightmares on BBC2 at 9pm tonight.
The first part examined the origins of the Islamic fundamentalists and American neo-conservatives, and the second part looked at how they joined forces in Afghanistan. Tonight’s should be particularly interesting/depressing in the light [...]

God, you’ve got to feel sorry for the sane Americans who didn’t vote for the chimp. On the bright side, at least I won’t have to find something else to occupy the Random Bushism space here.