top stories: 10/7-10/13/2006
hello all. it appears the time has come for this week's installment of 'top stories.' so, lets get to it, shall we?
north korea drops the bomb:
or more acurately: sets the bomb down gently in an abandoned mine shaft, lights the fuse, and runs away real fast. north korea released a statement claiming a successful nuclear test, but it turns out that this claim was just a bit exaggerated. turns out that according to seismic data collected the explosion was (like kim jong il, himself) much smaller than expected (*zing!!*). seriously, it seems this test, like the launching of taipo dong 2 missles earlier this year, was less of a success then everyone's favorite little dictator's propaganda ministry would have us believe. the big boom did get our president a bit huffy; bush has called for serious sanctions for north korea until they acquiesce to our desires...and as we all know, sanctions (especially UN ones) always work.
speaking of sanctions...
the UN plans to bring the hurt to north korea:
and by hurt i of course mean that they are planning to vote on saturday whether or not to ask north korea politely to stop what they are doing or else. and by else i of course mean the UN will have to ask them politely to stop again. keep up the good work guys.
out with the annan, in with the ban:
maybe 'little kim' will be a bit more careful where he sticks his nukes now that there will be a south korean as secretary general of the UN. yep, the UN general assembly approved on friday ban ki moon to be the successor of kofi annan; he will be come the first asian secretary general in over 30 years...i don't think that statistic really matters, it's not like there has been an intentional 30 year moratorium on electing asian diplomats, but every news source seems to mentioning it so i will too. annan praised ban as a man who is remarkably qualified for the position. if anann's endorsement rings true, ban's rein will almost certainly continue the legacy of ineffectiveness which has been handed down like a bejewled scepter from secretary general to secretary general for sixty years. gotta love a tradition.
now to the important stuff.
welcome to the google empire youtube:
$1.65 BILLION!! let me show you that in zeros $1,650,000,000...that's how much google will pay for the video site. how will this change youtube?--well, not much according chad hurley, ceo of youtube. turns out google will buy the site but allow it to operate independently. that's about it for this story...i just put it in the top stories because that number is absolutely ridiculous. good for google, good for youtube.
now, sad news:
country, bluegrass, and blues is what it stands for, but it shall not stand for much longer. better known as the CBGB, the bowery neighborhood club whose stage graced the likes of patti smith, joan jett, the talking heads, bad brains, and (of course) the ramones will close its doors for the last time this sunday. after 33 years in new york the club will close because of a tenant-landlord dispute. that landlord could expect several angry letters from disgruntled ramones fans if it were not for the fact that, as we all know, most ramones fans can't read. but don't despair my punkrock friends, the CBGB will reopen...but if you live in new york, it will be a bit of a commute; hilly kristal, the 74-year-old owner of the club (by the way, how cool is it that a 74-year-old owns a punkrock club...'don't break your hip in the mosh pit, grandpa!') will move west...to vegas, baby! because nothing goes with the glamor and glitz of las vegas like old school punk rock. oi! oi! i've got $500 on red.
and last but not least:
APATHY AS ACTIVISM REACHES 2000 HITS!!! we'd like to thank you for your support and by you i mean our 3 regular readers and by support i mean logging on to AaA and hitting the 'refresh' button repeatedly. we couldn't have done it without you guys. you are what makes AaA the obscure political blog that it is. we love you...platonically.
alright kids. that's our top stories for the week. hope you enjoyed them. until next time...
north korea drops the bomb:
or more acurately: sets the bomb down gently in an abandoned mine shaft, lights the fuse, and runs away real fast. north korea released a statement claiming a successful nuclear test, but it turns out that this claim was just a bit exaggerated. turns out that according to seismic data collected the explosion was (like kim jong il, himself) much smaller than expected (*zing!!*). seriously, it seems this test, like the launching of taipo dong 2 missles earlier this year, was less of a success then everyone's favorite little dictator's propaganda ministry would have us believe. the big boom did get our president a bit huffy; bush has called for serious sanctions for north korea until they acquiesce to our desires...and as we all know, sanctions (especially UN ones) always work.
speaking of sanctions...
the UN plans to bring the hurt to north korea:
and by hurt i of course mean that they are planning to vote on saturday whether or not to ask north korea politely to stop what they are doing or else. and by else i of course mean the UN will have to ask them politely to stop again. keep up the good work guys.
out with the annan, in with the ban:
maybe 'little kim' will be a bit more careful where he sticks his nukes now that there will be a south korean as secretary general of the UN. yep, the UN general assembly approved on friday ban ki moon to be the successor of kofi annan; he will be come the first asian secretary general in over 30 years...i don't think that statistic really matters, it's not like there has been an intentional 30 year moratorium on electing asian diplomats, but every news source seems to mentioning it so i will too. annan praised ban as a man who is remarkably qualified for the position. if anann's endorsement rings true, ban's rein will almost certainly continue the legacy of ineffectiveness which has been handed down like a bejewled scepter from secretary general to secretary general for sixty years. gotta love a tradition.
now to the important stuff.
welcome to the google empire youtube:
$1.65 BILLION!! let me show you that in zeros $1,650,000,000...that's how much google will pay for the video site. how will this change youtube?--well, not much according chad hurley, ceo of youtube. turns out google will buy the site but allow it to operate independently. that's about it for this story...i just put it in the top stories because that number is absolutely ridiculous. good for google, good for youtube.
now, sad news:
country, bluegrass, and blues is what it stands for, but it shall not stand for much longer. better known as the CBGB, the bowery neighborhood club whose stage graced the likes of patti smith, joan jett, the talking heads, bad brains, and (of course) the ramones will close its doors for the last time this sunday. after 33 years in new york the club will close because of a tenant-landlord dispute. that landlord could expect several angry letters from disgruntled ramones fans if it were not for the fact that, as we all know, most ramones fans can't read. but don't despair my punkrock friends, the CBGB will reopen...but if you live in new york, it will be a bit of a commute; hilly kristal, the 74-year-old owner of the club (by the way, how cool is it that a 74-year-old owns a punkrock club...'don't break your hip in the mosh pit, grandpa!') will move west...to vegas, baby! because nothing goes with the glamor and glitz of las vegas like old school punk rock. oi! oi! i've got $500 on red.
and last but not least:
APATHY AS ACTIVISM REACHES 2000 HITS!!! we'd like to thank you for your support and by you i mean our 3 regular readers and by support i mean logging on to AaA and hitting the 'refresh' button repeatedly. we couldn't have done it without you guys. you are what makes AaA the obscure political blog that it is. we love you...platonically.
alright kids. that's our top stories for the week. hope you enjoyed them. until next time...
posted by nicholas at 3:35 AM
9 Comments:
"three regular readers" pish-posh. We have at least four. And I only hit the refresh button when it's really necessary.
right, like when you want to watch the number climb quickly. :)
Yes, and when I need to know that what I do has an effect on the world.
also a good reason.
so the regular readers - not counting you three and Joel's wife would be.... me and who????
i was counting us.
Congrats! Checked out your blog 'cause I saw the word apathy. Diggin' it so far. I just started my first blog yesterday "Apathy Cafe". Keep up the good work, I'll be back to check you out.
shad-
thanks for stopping by. we will hopefully be getting AaA back up and running before too long. me and rogue are doing it solo (or duo...whatever) and over the past months we've both been in the midst of some geographical and economic changes. glad you enjoyed what you read. hopefully there will soon be more.
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