The Great Round World » shared http://the-great-round-world.com And What Is Going On In It Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:48:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://the-great-round-world.com http://www.the-great-round-world.com/Downloads/logo.png The Great Round World HAPPY ST. PADDY’S DAY FROM FATHER JACK HACKETT! http://the-great-round-world.com/links/happy-st-paddys-day-from-father-jack-hackett http://the-great-round-world.com/links/happy-st-paddys-day-from-father-jack-hackett#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:46:22 +0000 Phil LaDouceur http://the-great-round-world.com/links/happy-st-paddys-day-from-father-jack-hackett

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Father Jack Hackett from the absolutely fantastic comedy series Father Ted.

[From Eclectic Micks: HAPPY ST. PADDY'S DAY FROM FATHER JACK HACKETT!]

]]> http://the-great-round-world.com/links/happy-st-paddys-day-from-father-jack-hackett/feed 0 No, Seriously We’re Utterly Fucked http://the-great-round-world.com/news/no-seriously-were-utterly-fucked http://the-great-round-world.com/news/no-seriously-were-utterly-fucked#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:36:43 +0000 Phil LaDouceur http://the-great-round-world.com/news/no-seriously-were-utterly-fucked Every time I read an article about the melting ice caps, there is always a sentence like this:

Shipping firms have already proposed taking short cuts through the polar region, which also contains large reserves of oil and natural gas.

[From Al Jazeera English - Americas - Arctic ice 'could melt by 2013' ]

Aaaaand cue intro riff to Crazy Train. All aboard the ‘We’re Looking For The Bright Side of Things Even If It Fucking Kills Us’ Express!

]]> http://the-great-round-world.com/news/no-seriously-were-utterly-fucked/feed 0 But Don’t Let This Stop You From Being Afraid! Very Afraid! http://the-great-round-world.com/news/but-dont-let-this-stop-you-from-being-afraid-very-afraid http://the-great-round-world.com/news/but-dont-let-this-stop-you-from-being-afraid-very-afraid#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:44:57 +0000 Phil LaDouceur http://the-great-round-world.com/news/but-dont-let-this-stop-you-from-being-afraid-very-afraid

Iran has no weapons-grade uranium, US military officials have said in an attempt to clarify recent statements from Washington and Israel.

[From BBC NEWS | Americas | Iran 'has no bomb-grade uranium']

Can we just make up our mind about this?

]]> http://the-great-round-world.com/news/but-dont-let-this-stop-you-from-being-afraid-very-afraid/feed 0 Shoe attack mars Bush’s Iraq visit http://the-great-round-world.com/links/shoe-attack-mars-bushs-iraq-visit http://the-great-round-world.com/links/shoe-attack-mars-bushs-iraq-visit#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:31:22 +0000 Phil LaDouceur http://the-great-round-world.com/links/shoe-attack-mars-bushs-iraq-visit Oh, please let there be video of this.

The outgoing US leader had just told reporters that while the war in Iraq was not over “it is decisively on its way to being won,” when al-Zeidi got to his feet and hurled abuse – and his footwear – at the US president.

[From Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Shoe attack mars Bush's Iraq visit]

]]> http://the-great-round-world.com/links/shoe-attack-mars-bushs-iraq-visit/feed 0 From the “Man, are you fucking kidding me!?” file. http://the-great-round-world.com/links/from-the-man-are-you-fucking-kidding-me-file http://the-great-round-world.com/links/from-the-man-are-you-fucking-kidding-me-file#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:47:50 +0000 Phil LaDouceur http://the-great-round-world.com/links/from-the-man-are-you-fucking-kidding-me-file

Climate change has caused Greenland’s ice sheet to melt increasingly fast in recent years, threatening traditional ways of life but making drilling for oil more feasible.

[From Greenland votes to step closer to independence | International | Reuters]

]]> http://the-great-round-world.com/links/from-the-man-are-you-fucking-kidding-me-file/feed 0 Scientists: Please Stop ‘Helping’ http://the-great-round-world.com/news/scientists-please-stop-helping http://the-great-round-world.com/news/scientists-please-stop-helping#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:45:08 +0000 Phil LaDouceur http://the-great-round-world.com/news/scientists-please-stop-helping Now we just need to found that Mars colony.

Scientists in the US say they have developed the ability to selectively wipe out uncomfortable memories.

[From BBC NEWS | Americas | US scientists 'erase mice memory']

]]> http://the-great-round-world.com/news/scientists-please-stop-helping/feed 0 Mildly Racist Roman Catholic Nun To Vote Obama http://the-great-round-world.com/news/mildly-racist-roman-catholic-nun-to-vote-obama http://the-great-round-world.com/news/mildly-racist-roman-catholic-nun-to-vote-obama#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:29:11 +0000 Phil LaDouceur http://the-great-round-world.com/news/mildly-racist-roman-catholic-nun-to-vote-obama Well, you win some, you lose some:

Asked about her hopes for the US under an Obama presidency, she says: “Peace abroad. I don’t worry about the Iraq war because I can’t do anything about it. Lord knows how it will end.”

“It is very complicated,” she said. “Those Eastern people are not like we are.”

[From BBC NEWS | Americas | 106-year-old voter chooses Obama]

I’ll cut her some slack since she is 106 years old. And a nun. What a weird fucking election, eh? We’re probably going to end up with a president named Barack Hussein Obama. I’m not expecting much, but damn if I don’t get a kick out of the name.

]]> http://the-great-round-world.com/news/mildly-racist-roman-catholic-nun-to-vote-obama/feed 0 BBC NEWS | UK | Pilot completes jetpack challenge http://the-great-round-world.com/news/bbc-news-uk-pilot-completes-jetpack-challenge http://the-great-round-world.com/news/bbc-news-uk-pilot-completes-jetpack-challenge#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:35:52 +0000 Phil LaDouceur http://the-great-round-world.com/news/bbc-news-uk-pilot-completes-jetpack-challenge Mothafuckin’ JETPACK!!! The future just knocked, ladies and gentlemen!

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Yves Rossy aimed to reach speeds of 125mph[From BBC NEWS | UK | Pilot completes jetpack challenge]

]]> http://the-great-round-world.com/news/bbc-news-uk-pilot-completes-jetpack-challenge/feed 0 Economists for Obama: What the Crisis Will Mean for President Obama http://the-great-round-world.com/news/economists-for-obama-what-the-crisis-will-mean-for-president-obama http://the-great-round-world.com/news/economists-for-obama-what-the-crisis-will-mean-for-president-obama#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:46:09 +0000 Phil LaDouceur http://the-great-round-world.com/news/economists-for-obama-what-the-crisis-will-mean-for-president-obama This is of course what the Republican plan has been all along:

My worry is that Obama will step into the White House facing loud calls for the government to take a greater role but will find the crisis has left the nation’s finances in tatters and without the resources to respond to those demands.

[From Economists for Obama: What the Crisis Will Mean for President Obama]

Step one: Claim government can’t fix anything. Step two: Systematically destroy government institutions. Step three: Sit back and exclaim how you were right all along when the destroyed institutions are unable to respond to the needs of the people.

]]> http://the-great-round-world.com/news/economists-for-obama-what-the-crisis-will-mean-for-president-obama/feed 0 Saudi Cleric Says, “Kill Mickey Mouse” http://the-great-round-world.com/news/saudi-cleric-says-kill-mickey-mouse http://the-great-round-world.com/news/saudi-cleric-says-kill-mickey-mouse#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:37:14 +0000 Phil LaDouceur http://the-great-round-world.com/news/saudi-cleric-says-kill-mickey-mouse Which, oddly, I support. Not because I believe children are so stupid that they love real mice because they’ve seen a cartoon mouse that is loveable. No, I just hate Mickey Mouse. But the part that I liked was this.

Last month Mr Munajid condemned the Beijing Olympics as the “bikini Olympics”, claiming that nothing made Satan happier than seeing females athletes dressed in skimpy outfits.

Frankly, this does not make Satan sound very scary. This makes Satan sound like, um, a lot of people. Like me. Because female athletes in skimpy outfits makes me happy. By equating people like me with Satan, Sheikh Muhammad Munajid is diminishing the fear of Satan in all people. Therefore, Sheikh Muhammad Munajid should be forced to watch beach volleyball.

[Mickey Mouse must die, says Saudi Arabian cleric - Telegraph]

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