http://realitycafe.blogsome.com Your daily dose of (un)reality Sat, 04 Mar 2006 10:33:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Even if you can’t read Urdu, this might be funny. http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2006/03/04/kangaroo-sex/ Pakistan has banned access to all blogs hosted on Google’s Blogger service. Danial has more: Pakistan Bans BlogSpot - Hysterical Censorship http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2006/03/04/bye-bye-blogger/ Yay for Turkey. Court drops Turkish writer’s case http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2006/01/23/charges-against-pamuk-dropped/ Some thoughts on ordering food: Entrées are appetizers. Never ask: “Can I get some water please?” for fear of the dreaded “With gas or without?” Instead ask for “une carafe d’eau.” Osso bucco rocks. http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2006/01/06/geneve/ An update on the President Musharraf Google Bomb project: it’s an utter failure. The insensitive jerk is nowhere to be found in Google’s search results. On Yahoo however, things are looking mighty fine! [Thanks Bob.] http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/12/25/google-squib/ I have to ask… If he’s the Prince of Persia, why is he returning to Babylon? http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/12/17/the-two-thrones/ Because he’s: Cold A false scholar An ultra-liberal A Manichean A conspiracy theorist A brand Head over to Bob’s for the full scoop. I’ll try to post a response in the next few weeks. http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/23/why-chomsky-sucks/ Here’s a fun little souvenir from our DC trip in April 2004. http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/23/what-would-barbara-do/ Philip Pullman, Monica Ali, Philip Hensher and Salman Rushdie comment on proposed legislation to curb incitement to religious hatred. In today’s United States, for example, it’s possible for almost anyone - women, gays, African-Americans, Jews - to run for, and be elected to, high office. But a professed atheist wouldn’t ... http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/23/identity-crisis/ Matter and anti-matter? “ISRAEL & PALESTINE AFTER DISENGAGEMENT: Where Do We Go From Here?” Co-sponsored by the Harvard Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum November 29, 2005 , 7:00 PM [link] Too bad I’ll be out of town. http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/11/20/chomsky-and-dershowitz-at-ksg/