“Harken, O ye wolf in sheep’s clothing, for you will be cast onto a steaming dung-heap!”

Go check out the Biblical Curse Generator, which bills itself as follows:

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via a private mailing list I’m on.

The more things change…

They ask “God, can you imagine if this were published today?”.

Yeah, these days it would have a picture of Saddam or Bin Ladin, and some anti-Islamist (or perhaps simply anti-Muslim/anti-Arab) epithet.

But wait, there’s more!

Fortunately popular media isn’t pushing the “war on terror” the way it did real wars.

The mark of a true gentleman.

Opinion: A Gentleman Never Discloses…

I must say, the quality of discourse in this country has taken a sharp plunge of late, not only among the ruffians and ne’er-do-wells from whom one expects coarse speech, but among gentlemen of letters and esteem. I have, with my own ears, several times in the past week, heard the elder sons of prominent families introduce into mixed company subjects formerly reserved for private discussion among gentlemen. It pains me even to raise this point, but following a string of recent events, there is no question that the adage bears repeating: A gentleman ought never to disclose…

Go see the rest. (Warning, explicit content.)

From the Onion, via a post on DBA

Life imitates art…

“SMOKING GUN” PROOF THAT ILLUMINATI PLAN TO ATTACK ON 9/11 AND BEYOND WAS WELL KNOWN AS FAR BACK AS 1995!

In 1990, role-playing inventor, Steve Jackson, was planning his newest game, which he would ultimately call the “Illuminati — New World Order” Game, or “INWO” for short. Jackson was creating a game that would hit very, very close to home, very close to the actual plan of the Illuminati to propel the world into the New World Order — also known as the Kingdom of Antichrist. As we shall show you, Jackson issued playing cards, three of which foretold the events of 9/11…

Funny stuff. At least I hope that these guys are trying to be funny. If not, one scary bunch of nutters… but good for a laugh in any case!

link via my brother… I assume I missed this when it made the Daily Illuminator?

A must for any time traveller

Joseph LeConte, 1823-1901: Instructions for the Manufacture of Saltpetre. (Columbia, S.C.: Charles P. Pelham, State Printer, 1862.)

At the UNC Chapel Hill online library. Very cool, and if you’ve ready much time travel fiction, you’ll know exactly why this is so handy if you ever get trapped in the pre-industrial past. I love the internet.