News to Tell Who’s Stupid: Your Friends or You

Do you have an idiot friend who likes the Da Vinci Code? Are you someone’s idiot friend that likes the Da Vinci Code? You or said idiot friend should then be directed to a New Yorker review of the Da Vinci Code movie. Some highlights include:

There is also Silas (Paul Bettany), a cowled albino monk whose hobbies include self-flagellation, multiple homicide, and irregular Latin verbs.

There has been much debate over Dan Brown’s novel ever since it was published, in 2003, but no question has been more contentious than this: if a person of sound mind begins reading the book at ten o’clock in the morning, at what time will he or she come to the realization that it is unmitigated junk? The answer, in my case, was 10:00.03.

Should we mind that forty million readers—or, to use the technical term, “lemmings”—have followed one another over the cliff of this long and laughable text?

Do you have an idiot friend who plays make believe on Sunday mornings? Are you someone’s idiot friend who prays to make believe entities on Sunday morning? Then you should consider this, and this:

And in the humourous piece of the day, the Onion has some good solutions for the immigration issue. A viable Mexican economy? What the hell would anyone gain from that?

Oh, and a public service announcement for those Americans who have no problem with the NSA’s telephone data-mining program…

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A Government Interns 3 Step Guide to Becoming Famous

#1. Procure internship in White House or Congress, attend local intern gatherings, and get your fat lips around as many male membranes as possible
#2. Blog about it.
#3. Get caught blogging about said mouth around said male membranes, and watch the endorsements and book deals pile up.

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History (In the best interests of America)

“But the bearded bleeding hearts at home, and lefty politicians, soon put a stop to this. I guess we weren’t supposed to hurt the enemy.”

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For those of you in NYC, June 3rd

An important event in New York City next weekend being run by Independent Viewpoints:

 
Date: Saturday, June 3rd 2006
Time: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Venue:
New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 West 64th Street at Central Park West
New York, NY 10023

AM Session: Shia-Sunni Speakers’ Panel Discussion
Moderated by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!
PM Session: A Dialogue with Noam Chomsky
Small Group Discussions:
8-10 audience members in each group, Seating is limited
Ticket Price:
$20/ticket online if purchased by May 26th,
$35 thereafter and at the door
Profits to go to Iraqi Relief

Click here for more info

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Hipster + Yuppie =

yupster – A hipster with a professional job who seeks to climb the corporate ladder but remains true to indie musical tastes, lives in a hipster neighborhood, and likely has a hipster hairstyle.

Financial analyst Chad, a known yupster, couldn’t wait to wear his new Brooks Brothers sportcoat with his vintage “Jake the Snake” t-shirt to the Unicorns show at the Empty Bottle on Friday.

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