ASTOR PL OPERA HOUSE RIOTS MARK FIRST TIME ARMY CALLED TO CULL CITY’S WHEAT FROM LOW-BRED DRUNKEN FILTHY IGNORANT SHAKESPEARE-LOVING CHAFF
NOTICED @DalaiLama HAS OVER ONE MILLION TWITTER FOLLOWERS BUT DOESN’T FOLLOW ANYBODY BACK STOP HEY EVER HEARD OF A LITTLE THING CALLED KARMA
@KeithOlbermann IDEA: RETURN TO AIR WITH HEARTFELT APOLOGY INDICTING @FoxNews AND HAVE BEN AFFLECK DELIVER IT AS YOU
WHEN WE FOUND GRANDPA MISSING WE FEARED WORST STOP THEN FOUND SILVERWARE AND LIQUOR MISSING STOP AT LEAST HE’S COMPOS MENTIS
@MoRocca: HIPSTERS ON A PLANE STOP THE HORROR STOP THE HORROR
♺ @MoRocca: So many identical MacBooks on airpt sec conveyer belt. Waiting 4 Mac mix-up romantic comedy w/ Justin Long. Title?
@ZODIAC_MF SON SON SON SON SON SON SON SON SON SON SON
RT @ZODIAC_MF: POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP
@EmilyEDickinson WHY CAN EVERYTHING YOU WRITE BE SUNG TO THE TUNE OF GILLIGAN’S ISLAND STOP WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL US
DADDY WENT AND LOST HIS LEG STOP THE POOR INVALID IS A TERRIBLE POKER PLAYER
DILLINGER SHOT DEAD OUTSIDE CINEMA RUNNING FROM GMEN STOP CAUGHT EXITING GANGSTER MELODRAMA STOP COPS PREFER THEIR STORY IN LIVING COLOR
ARRIVED BUFFALO LAST WEEK WITH JUST SAWBUCK AND ANTIQUE CUFFLINKS STOP LEFT LAST NIGHT WITH FIFTY GRAND AND WARRANT FOR MY ARREST
@SarahKSilverman A LITTLE ELBOW GREASE AND A FINE SHAMMY JUST MIGHT DO THE TRICK
RT @SarahKSilverman: This constant masturbation is losing it’s sheen.
@CAPSCOP WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE
@ebertchicago CANCEL THE HOPI SWEAT LODGE STOP WHY NOT JUST HEAD TO THE LOCAL SHVITZ INSTEAD STOP THEY’VE GOT BETTER INSURANCE
RT @ebertchicago: NYTimes headline: “After Sweat Lodge Deaths, Fewer Tourists With Spiritual Needs”
FIRST PAVED ROAD NOW TELEGRAPH WIRE NEXT ASBESTOS FACTORY STOP OUR TOWN HAS BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD STOP SMELL OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE AIR
ULCER SUFFERERS REJOICE STOP PROF FLETCHER’S DISTILLED TONIC STOP FIRST PATENT MEDICINE WITH GIN ALREADY INCLUDED
@CrankyKaplan LET GO OF THE TELEGRAPH WIRE
RT @CrankyKaplan: SLIGHT TINGLING SENSATION IN FINGERTIPS. FUCK, I HATE HAVING A TINGLING SENSATION.
@hunterw THAT’S BECAUSE THERE’S TOO MUCH TRAFFIC
RT @hunterw: Angelenos CANNOT drive
RAISING CHICKENS WITH LITTLE SUCCESS STOP PLENTY OF WATER SUNLIGHT FERTILIZER STOP BEEN PLANTING THEM HEADFIRST BUT NEIGHBOR SAYS FEET FIRST
@megancarpentier THAT’S BECAUSE FOX NEWS VIEWERS THINK ALGORITHM MUST BE SOME KIND OF GLOBAL WARMING HOAX PERPETRATED BY HOMOSEXUALS
RT @megancarpentier: On 60 Minutes, they just defined “algorithm,” proving Neil Cavuto right for admonishing me on-air on FBN for using …
@ToureX WHAT A JADED VIEW OF NAIVETE
RT @ToureX: RT @jennyholzer: IT’S BETTER TO BE NAIVE THAN JADED
@LUBAVITCH_REBBE GEVALT STOP THEY COULD STONE YOU FOR WEARING WOMEN’S UNDERWEAR STOP GOOD THING GOD’S NOT ON TWITTER
RT @LUBAVITCH_REBBE: Bitches, I’m STONED…and wearing women’s underwear!
PLEASE SEND EVERYTHING YOU CAN STOP SIX HOGSHEADS LARD SLID OFF DELIVERY WAGON STOP REST OF OUR INVENTORY SLID OFF GREASED BRIDGE
@michaelianblack: 8YR OLD SCOTCH STOP THAT’LL TEACH HIM TO RESPECT HIS ELDERS
♺ @michaelianblack: What’s a great gift for a 5-yr-old boy? And DON’T say a bottle of Walgreen’s generic acetaminophin. Because it’s NOT.
@Edgar_Allan_Poe PERHAPS IT WAS HIS TERRIBLE SPELLING AND OVERALL WEAK GRAMMAR
RT @Edgar_Allan_Poe: Jack the Ripper was misunderstood.
RT @ZODIAC_MF: FUCK YEAH THIS GUY KNOWS HIS FACTS RT @telegramslost WHY NOT TAKE SIDE ACTION ON HOW MANY FREE DRINKS YOU CAN GET
@ZODIAC_MF WHY NOT TAKE SIDE ACTION ON HOW MANY FREE DRINKS YOU CAN GET
RT @ZODIAC_MF: THE ONLY GOOD GAME IN A CASINO IS TRYING TO SCAM FREE DRINKS WITHOUT SPENDING ANY FUCKING MONEY
@TweetsofOld FAT CHANCE WOLF STOP I’LL SET UP MY OWN POST OFFICE OUT WEST STOP YOU’LL NEVER FIND ME
RT @TweetsofOld: The person who stole the letter stamp and ink pad from the post office is requested to return same to J. H. Wolf. IL1897
EVEN SQUIRRELS IN CITY ARE STUCK UP STOP TRIED TO FEED ONE A FLAVORED POTATO CHIP STOP RODENT SNIFFED THEN RECONSIDERED
@varnado: WE HAVE POST-HOLIDAY CLEARANCE SALES AND DOUBLE OVERTIME INSTEAD
♺ @varnado: there’s no Jewish equivalent to Santa.
@TweetsofOld OL MRS WILLIAMS ALWAYS WINS WITH HER CRY STOP I KNOW WHERE THE BODIES ARE BURIED STOP GETS EM EVERY TIME
RT @TweetsofOld: Mrs. Charles Williams won first place in the husband call contest at the Lyndon County fair. KS1928
EVERYONE’S SO EXCITED ABOUT PNEUMATIC TUBES NOWADAYS STOP WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE HUMBLE TELEGRAPH STOP SUPPOSE YOU CAN’T WIRE A SANDWICH
PROFESSOR FLETCHER’S ALL-PURPOSE UNGUENT OINTMENT AND POMADE STOP CURES EVERY MODERN AFFLICTION FROM GOUT TO STUMP RASH TO COWLICKS
RT @kevinpollak: Saw a Jewish Faith Healer. Cures by comparing illnesses. “Sprained your ankle? I have a growth on my colon the size of …
PROF FLETCHER’S BRILLIANT WHITE COLLARS STOP FINEST CELLOPHANE KEROSENE FINISHED STOP PROFESSIONAL MEN KNOW HOW TO FIRE UP THEIR WARDROBE
YOUR SPEEDY TELEGRAPHIC REPLY EVOKED NOSTALGIA FOR SIMPLER TIMES WHEN I COULD BE DEPRIVED OF YOUR STUPIDITY FOR MONTHS VIA POSTAL SERVICE
@hunterw EVEN NOW YOU REALIZE THAT WHEN HENDRIX WAS MY AGE HE HAD BEEN DEAD FOR TWO YEARS
@hunterw NOW I’LL FINALLY BE AS OLD AS I’VE LOOKED AND FELT FOR THE PAST DECADE
HEARD YOU WERE TURNING THIRTY STOP HOW UTTERLY BOURGEOIS
SCHOOL GOING WELL STOP HAVEN’T BEEN TO ANY CLASSES YET STOP FORTUNATELY FOUND A FEW HIGH GRADES RUMMAGING THROUGH TRASH AT PROFESSORS HOMES
@hunterw I ALWAYS BRING MY SPECIAL SANDWICHES ON TRAIN RIDES OF ANY LENGTH
@TweetsofOld THEY BETTER CATCH THAT THIEF TONIGHT STOP MY WIFE HAS FORTY CENTS SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF HE CATCHES HOLD OF HER
RT @TweetsofOld: Four prisoners escaped, Wm. Sisk, Robert Morris,Tom Justice, white, all murderers, and a negro man who had stolen forty …
@hunterw SERIOUS PEOPLE SEND TELEGRAMS STOP THIS TWEETING IS FOR THE BIRDS
PROF FLETCHER IN TOWN AGAIN WITH MEDICINE SHOW STOP ASKED HIM WHY HE GOT IN THE BUSINESS STOP SAID A MAN ONCE TOLD HIM FUTURE IS IN LIQUIDS
@batshelter CHANCING UPON COLLEAGUE IN BATHROOM ETIQUETTE SAYS PAY A COMPLIMENT STOP THEN POLITELY PROFUSELY APOLOGIZE FOR SAID COMPLIMENT
THIS IS MY FIRST TELEGRAM FROM THE BIG CITY STOP THAT OL SAWBUCK I HAD SAVED UP SURE CAME IN HANDY STOP SAY WHAT DO YOU MEAN TWO BITS A WORD
MINE COLLAPSE STOP NINE COMPANY MEN LOST STOP SIX HORSES TWO CARTS SIX THOUSAND FOOT OF TRACK TWENTY PICKAXES STOP FEW DOZEN DAY LABORERS
CAN STAND YOUR COVERT AFFAIRS NO LONGER STOP LEAVING YOU RETURNING TO MY HUSBAND STOP AT LEAST HIS ADVENTURES WITH YOUR SISTER ARE PUBLIC
SOUTHERN LEAGUE OF BASE BALLISTS HOST HOMERUN DERBY JACKSNVLLE MACEDONIAS LICK SAVANNAH BROADS STOP COPS SWEAR LYNCHING KEPT TO BARE MINIMUM
@CrankyKaplan TUESDAY NIGHTS ALWAYS THE SLOWEST
RT @CrankyKaplan: AT BEACH BONFIRE JAMMING POCKET KNIFE INTO LEFT CALF AS HOT PREPPY MATRON, DRUNK ON MY GIN, WEEPS FOR HER YOUTH.
REGRET TO INFORM CPL HASEK DEAD STOP BRAVE SOLDIER FRIEND TO MANY STOP SUCCUMBED TO MYSTERY ILLNESS AFTER DOWNING THREE BOTTLES OF SLIVOVITZ
@TweetsofOld RECALL NEWSPAPER EDITOR WE PAID TO BEAT UP PACIFISTS IN THE GREAT WAR STOP SEEMS CLUBS CIRCUS GAVE AS PARTING GIFT WERE BIG HIT
RT @TweetsofOld: Benito Mussolini has been bitten by the golf bug. IT1929
@GenMcChrystal ZULU MOST BOTHERSOME STOP SOME EVEN LEARNED TO USE RIFLES STOP IT SOUNDS LIKE IT UPSETS THE ELEPHANTS
RT @GenMcChrystal: URGENT MESSAGE TO PETRAEUS: Use the power of the vuvuzela. May the force be with you.
RT @robdelaney: IF YOU SWIM IN A LAKE, YOU ARE GOING TO BE KILLED AND EATEN BY THE THING THAT LIVES IN THAT LAKE.
SMALL ACCIDENT STOP FOREMAN SUFFERED BROKEN LEG STOP CAN’T FIND REST OF HIM
@TweetsofOld TOLD YOU NOT TO MARRY THAT BEAR YOU OLD CODGER STOP YOUR EYES GET WORSE EVERY YEAR
RT @TweetsofOld: William Pangborn, 82 years of age, is charged with killing his wife. He claims that he did it while fighting a bear.ME1875
MA’S FINE STOP PA’S FINE STOP BROTHER’S FINE STOP SISTER’S FINE NIECES AND NEPHEWS FINE STOP WE’RE ALL BEING FINED BY THE CITY FOR SQUATTING
@TweetsofOld FIND THE JOKER WHO TOOK OUT SAWBUCK ON LIGHTNING BOLT AND GIVE HIM HIS EARNINGS
RT @TweetsofOld: More than 300 persons were thrown to the ground by a lightning bolt while watching the horse races. UT1905
TRY PROF FLETCHER’S CONDENSED TALLOW AND AXLE GREASE FOR TODAY’S ACTIVE LIFESTYLE STOP DAUB ON WAGON WHEELS AT DAWN AND BREAD AT DUSK
PHILOSOPHIZING TELEGRAPHICALLY ALWAYS DISCOURAGING STOP WITH EVERY SENTENCE WESTERN UNION BEGS YOU TO QUIT ASKING QUESTIONS
ARRIVED AT CONEY ISLAND STOP SHIPMATES ALL SAY THEY’RE GOING TO SEE THE ELEPHANT STOP SAW IT FROM THE DECK AND IT DOESN’T LOOK THAT SPECIAL
@TweetsofOld REFUND REQUESTED IMMEDIATELY STOP MONKEY CAN’T FETCH OR DEFEND PROPERTY STOP ANYWAY TASTED AWFUL
RT @TweetsofOld: Mike O’Shea traded his monkey for an alligator from Louisiana. CO1900
MOTHER MISPLACED SPECTACLES STOP COME HOME FROM TOWN IMMEDIATELY STOP WE’LL BROOK NO DISSENT
BP TANKER TORREY CANYON SINKS OFF CORNWALL STOP CARGO FLOATS STOP OIL SPILL MAY SINK BP
RT @sixwordstories: Flat tire. Flight missed. Air crash. —Pranay
@ebertchicago POWWOW BROADCAST WAS SCHEDULED STOP NETWORK PREZ RENEGED ON TIMESLOT STOP CHOLERA COVERED M&MS AND FIREWATER IN GREEN ROOM
FALSE ALARM AFTER BOMB FOUND IN ROYAL CARRIAGE STOP POLICE SUSPECTED ANARCHISTS UNTIL QUEEN ADMITTED TO HEAVY BEAN AND CABBAGE FILLED LUNCH
STRUCK OIL IN GULF NEAR FOURCHON STOP CARELESS SUPERVISOR DROPPED CIGARETTE IN WATER STOP CLAIMS REDISCOVERY OF GREEK FIRE
@LUBAVITCH_REBBE RECEIVED YOUR AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED STOP HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THE 7TH BOOK OF THE MISHNA ENTITLED “YAYO”
RT @CrankyKaplan: WE’LL GO ON A TWISTER THAT’LL MAKE OMAR THE SOUSED PHILOSOPHER OF PERSIA LOOK LIKE AN ANEMIC ON A GOAT’S MILK DIET!
STAYED UP ALL NIGHT WITH STOMACH FULL OF BUTTERFLIES STOP THEY TASTED AWFUL
HOMO SUM HUMANI NIHIL A ME ALIENAM PUTO STOP EXCEPT THOSE ANIMALS WHO CANNOT UNDERSTAND LATIN
RUNAWAY INFLATION SEEMS INESCAPABLE STOP SOMEDAY TELEGRAMS WILL CHARGE PER LETTER NOT PER WORD
@sixwordideas @sixwordstories THE WORD PARSIMONY IS HARDLY PARSIMONIOUS
@sixwordideas @sixwordstories DON’T BE SPARTAN WITH LACONIC WIT
@sixwordideas @sixwordstories YOU CAN’T HAVE TOO MUCH PITH
LOCAL SAVAGES BELIEVE THEY CAN STAVE OFF FAMINE WITH HUMAN SACRIFICES STOP WOULD CORRECT THEM BUT VENUS IN RETROGRADE THIS WEEK
PASTOR PREACHED FEMININE IMMODESTY EARTHQUAKES STOP BEGS QUESTION WHY NO QUAKES IN AFRICA WHERE NATIVES PRANCE AROUND NUDE
THIS DAMNED COUNTY WON’T SELL BEER UNTIL NOON STOP WHAT DO THESE RUBES HAVE FOR BREAKFAST?
@TweetsofOld DEAR MOTHER STOP CRITTENDEN HAS DEVELOPED ACUTE LEAD POISONING STOP CAN’T HELP BUT FEEL PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE STOP MISSED TWICE
RT @TweetsofOld: Shortly after Mrs. Fair emptied lead into Crittenden the other day, she telegraphed to her mother that she had shot him …
PAWNED GOLD WATCH STOP BOUGHT SUNDIAL INSTEAD STOP THESE NEW ELECTRIC LIGHTS KEEPING ME UP ALL NIGHT
CREDIT MOBILIER PLOT REVEALS OLD HORSE THIEVES BECAME ROBBER BARONS THANKS TO INDUSTRIALIZATION STOP CAN’T LOOK GIFT TRAINS IN THE MOUTH
THESE RAILROAD STOCKS ARE GALLOPING ALONG AT A STEADY CLIP STOP WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE SIMPLE HORSE TRADER
CELLOPHANE STOCKS GO UP IN FLAMES AS PAPER COLLARS PROVEN FLEETING FASHION STOP CIGARS SAFE ONCE AGAIN AS TOBACCO FUTURES ROLL UPWARD
GETTING OUT OF COTTON FUTURES STOP BOLL WEEVILS & ABOLITIONISTS UNRELIABLE FACTORS STOP RATHER INVEST IN PROSTITUTION STOP UNYIELDING DEMAND
@LUBAVITCH_REBBE BEFORE LEAVING FOR AMERICA YOU MET MY DAUGHTER STOP NEVER THOUGHT I’D MEET BIGGER MAMZER THAN YOU STOP NOW HE’S MY GRANDSON
SORRY I MISSED YOUR CALL STOP DROPPED PHONE IN THE TOILET STOP THESE EXTRA-LONG CORDS DANGEROUS IN WRONG HANDS
RT @MRadclyffe: @telegramslost @sixwordideas @sixwordstories Any six word stories starting ‘For sale: baby shoes’ should automatically b …
@MRadclyffe @sixwordideas @sixwordstories CAN WE AGREE HEMINGWAY WRITES TELEGRAPHICALLY
RT @TweetsofOld: An Ohio man just dead has made a cast-iron will. Will slighted heirs claim that the document was forged? MI1883
@TweetsofOld HOST OF ROACHES MOVED IN STOP REFUSE TO BE ROUTED STOP NEW RENTER NOT AS TOUGH STOP PROMPTLY ROUSTED
RT @TweetsofOld: At the old bachelor’s house were observed innumerable and very large cock roaches, one of which filled a thread box. IA1898
SAW PROFESSOR FLETCHER’S MEDICINE SHOW UP NORTH STOP CAME DOWN WITH 6 PREVIOUSLY UNDIAGNOSED ILLNESSES & GALLON JAR OF ALL-PURPOSE OINTMENT
@sixwordideas @sixwordstories FOR SALE BABY SHOES LIGHTLY CHEWED
@sixwordideas @sixwordstories ESCHEW OBFUSCATION STOP DELIBERATE VERBIAGE ECONOMICALLY
@sixwordideas @sixwordstories BREVITY PARAMOUNT STOP KNOW WORDS’ VALUE
BOMB KILLS 1 IN UNION SQUARE STOP ANARCHIST BOMBER ON POINT OF HURLING IT LOST HIS STOMACH AS WENT OFF IN HANDS STOP GUTS NOW PAINTING KERB
PERFIDY STOP WENT DRINKING ON THE BOWERY LAST EVE WITH A SHINY NICKEL STOP FROM PROSPERITY TO PAUPERDOM IN LESS THAN 3 DRINKS STOP SEND CASH
DI DI DA DIT DI DI DAW DA DI DA DIT DA DI DAW DI DIT DA DIT DA DA DIT DA DI DA DIT DIT DA DIT DI DI DIT DA DA DAW DI DA DIT DI DI DIT
LIFE IN THE BIG CITY MOST EXCITING STOP WAS BEATEN & ROBBED TWICE STOP BY MOST FASCINATING CHARACTERS NOT LIKE SAME OLD DRUNKS BACK HOME
ARRIVED IN BIG CITY A WEEK AGO STOP SIGHTS SOUNDS SMELLS RECALL SUMMERS AT OUR QUAINT SWIMMING HOLE JUST DOWNSTREAM FROM THE SLAUGHTERHOUSES
@thecarljung DREAMT WRITTEN WORD WAS REPLACED BY TELEGRAPH KEYS IN EVERY HOME STOP SPEECH REPLACED WITH CACOPHONOUS CLACKING EVERYWHERE
@megancarpentier WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE OFF ALL CONGRESSMEN ARE PERVERTS ANYWAY
RT @megancarpentier: Congressman SHOULD be held to a higher standard than perverts.
REGRET TO INFORM YOUR SON PVT JOHN DOE DEAD STOP POSTHUMOUSLY PROMOTED FOR BRAVERY STOP HAD HE LIVED WOULD’VE HAD TO HANG HIM FOR COWARDICE
DREADFUL MEAL AT MORTON’S STOP TWO FILTHY IMMIGRANT LADIES LAUGHED AT ME ALL THROUGH LUNCH STOP SHANT HAVE THEIR FRIED WHOLE OX AU JUS AGAIN
PROFESSOR FLETCHER’S ALL-PURPOSE MEDICATED WHISKEY AND DENTRIFICE STOP GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YOU MORNING NOON AND NIGHT
BISMARCK’S PET EMPEROR WILHELM SUCCUMBS TO ANARCHIST’S BULLET STOP CAN THE ROYALISTS SAVE THE EMPIRE FROM BEING EXPOSED AS A REPUBLIC?
COAL DUST EXPLOSION AT COURRIERES STOP THOUSANDS FEARED DEAD STOP FRANCE MAY HAVE TO KEEP WARM BY BURNING CORPSES THIS WINTER
COAL MINE DISASTER STOP HUNDREDS PRESUMED DEAD IN COLLAPSE STOP COMPANY STOCK MAY WELL BE BURIED WITH THEM
SOME FOOL NAMED BELL CLAIMS PATENT ON LOVERS TELEGRAPH STOP WHO WANTS TO HEAR NAGGING BY VOICE WHEN TELEGRAMS ARE SO MUCH EASIER ON THE EAR?
R.B. HAYES WRESTS PRESIDENCY FROM TILDEN STOP A FREE ELECTION FAIRLY SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER
PROFESSOR FLETCHER’S SEALING WAX AND LINT REMOVER STOP THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL OFFICE SUPPLIES THAT BECOME MORE USEFUL WHEN USED ACCIDENTALLY
PROFESSOR FLETCHER’S ALL-PURPOSE LUBRICANT AND FERTILIZER STOP YOUR SQUEAKY WHEELS GET THE GREASE STOP YOUR BARREN FIELDS YIELDS’ INCREASE
@sixwordideas @FredNitti REMEMBER ALWAYS GET PAID CASH UPFRONT
RT @FredNitti: @sixwordideas LOVE LIFE, EMBRACE WISDOM, UTILIZE KNOWLEDGE…
ADVISE SUSPENDING BATTLEFIELD PROMOTIONS STOP DIRE SHORTAGES STOP SOLDIERS MELTING DOWN THEIR MEDALS FOR AMMUNITION
MY FAVORITE PART OF ANY SNOWSTORM IS KNOWING THE BODIES WON’T BE DISCOVERED UNTIL SPRING THAW
@megancarpentier WHEN I HEAR THE NAME STIGLITZ I THINK ALFRED STOP TO BE FAIR WHEN I HEAR THE NAME TARANTINO I THINK OF ST. VITUS’ DANCE
HAVE DISCOVERED PROVEN METHOD FOR SELLING ICEBOXES TO THE ESKIMOS STOP TOLD THEM IT’S WARMER INSIDE THAN OUT
THESE SO-CALLED AUTOMOBILES WILL BE THE DEATH OF US ALL STOP ONE NEARLY CLIPPED GRANDMA YESTERDAY STOP SHE WAS BARELY ABLE TO OUTRUN IT
DESPAIRING STOP EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN HAS BEEN DONE STOP ALL THE SONGS HAVE BEEN SUNG STOP ALL THE THINGS HAVE BEEN THUNG ALREADY
DINED AT MORTON’S STOP DON’T EVEN LIKE STEAK BUT I’D SELL MY CHILDREN FOR ANOTHER PLATE STOP MY KIDS TASTE AWFUL
PROFESSOR FLETCHER’S BATHTUB GIN DID A NUMBER ON ME LAST NIGHT STOP ARRESTING OFFICER ESTIMATED BETWEEN FIVE AND TEN
GOV’T ORDERS DAYLIGHT SAVINGS REINSTATED STOP ENERGY SAVINGS PART OF WAR EFFORT STOP NOW WE HAVE EXTRA HOUR TO ENJOY WAR SHORTAGES
FORD ORDERS RECALL OF ALL 1910 MODEL T CARS STOP SEEMS HENRY SUSPECTS DESIGNERS FARKAS AND GALAMB ARE SHEENIES NOT BOHUNKS
REGRET TO INFORM LT DALE KILLED IN ACTION STOP WENT AWOL WITH OUR CIGARETTE RATIONS STOP CAUSE WILL BE FRIENDLY FIRE SOON AS WE CAN FIND HIM
CONGRESS RATIFIES INCOME TAX AMENDMENT STOP AMERICA DOOMED TO PERPETUAL PAUPERDOM STOP 2% OUTRAGEOUS STOP IMAGINE 4% OR GOD FORBID 5%
VALENS HOLLY BIG BOPPER KILLED IN PLANE CRASH STOP FINALLY OUR LONG NATIONAL ROCK & ROLL NIGHTMARE OVER STOP KIDS CAN GO BACK TO RAGTIME
POLK BUYS MANIFEST DESTINY FROM MEXICANS STOP ONLY $15 MILLION AND 14,000 CASUALTIES STOP AT THIS RATE THE REST WILL ONLY COST $60 MILLION
PUNXSUTAWNEY RODENT REVELATION FORESHADOWS SIX MORE WINTER WEEKS STOP DID WE HEDGE OUR BETS ON THIS HOG?
YOUR EMINENCE STOP ARRIVED IN NEW PARISH TODAY STOP VENI VIDI VENIAL AND MORTAL SIN
HEIRESS DIES MYSTERIOUSLY STOP FAMILY FORTUNE UNSURPRISINGLY REMAINS SAFE FROM UNSAVORY FIANCEE STOP WHEN THEY ASK FOR PRENUP JUST AGREE
@SeanCrespo REMINDS ME OF WHEN I RAN FOR PRESIDENT STOP WHEN ASKED ABOUT OPPONENT’S BEST PLATFORM POINT SAID HIS MOTHER WAS A COMPLETE WHORE
KOLLAA HILL UNCAPTUREABLE STOP WE ALWAYS THOUGHT TROLLS WEREN’T REAL STOP IT SEEMS THEY ARE ALSO CRACK SHOTS
WHITE DEATH STALKS RED ARMY STOP 500 DEAD BY ONE FARMBOY’S RIFLE STOP THEY SAY HE SMELLS THE VODKA ON THEIR BREATH FROM KILOMETERS AWAY
HAPPY CHRISTMAS OLD MAN STOP SENT YOU XMAS CHEQUE MONDAY STOP NO DOUBT THIS REACHES YOU GOOD AND SLOSHED
@Vincent_vanGogh YOU CANNOT WIN ME BACK WITH YOUR ODD GIFTS STOP BESIDES WHICH YOU KNOW I AM A VEGETARIAN STOP FED IT TO THE LANDLADY’S DOG
RT @Vincent_vanGogh: I hope I have just had simply an artist’s fit, and then a lot of fever after very considerable loss of blood, as an …
HAPPY THANKSGIVING STOP ALL WISH YOU WERE HERE STOP LITTLE BILLY SAYS THIS YEAR HE’S THANKFUL FOR ALL THE SCALPS YOU’RE COLLECTING OUT WEST
SENDING A HALF A PENNY FOR THE FINEST SACKCLOTH MY DARLING
CANNOT SEND CASH STOP YOU DON’T NEED NEW DRESS STOP FASHION’S FOR THE UGLY STOP PRETTY GIRL LIKE YOU CAN WEAR SACK AND STILL CATCH HUSBAND
STORE GEARING UP FOR BLACK FRIDAY STOP MAYBE WE CAN SELL ALL THE STUFF LEFT OVER FROM BLACK TUESDAY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
THE PRESIDENT’S GOOSE SEEMS COOKED STOP HOW CAN WE HAVE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AND SOCIALISM STOP THOUGHT FDR HAD A NEW DEAL
MOTHER STOP FATHER STOP ELOPED WITH CHIEF NEW MOON STOP HAPPY THANKSGIVING YOU WHITE DEVIL TURKEYS
CHRISTMAS HAS BECOME SO COMMERCIAL AND RELIGIOUS STOP RECALL THE GREAT RIOTS OF XMASES PAST LIKE 1838 STOP MORE SATURNALIA THAN ST. NICK
ANNOUNCING COAST-TO-COAST DIRECT DIALING SERVICE FROM THE PHONE COMPANY STOP RUN IN AND TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS
NOVEMBER 11TH 1918 THEY ARE CALLING THE RUGBY MATCH ABROAD STOP HOSTILITIES TO CEASE STOP LINGERING RESENTMENTS TO REMAIN STEADY
MORGAN FINDS LIVINGSTONE ENSCONCED DEEP IN DARK CONTINENT STOP HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO FIND THE ONLY OTHER WHITE FACE IN THE WHOLE JUNGLE?
YOU THINK YOU’RE SO SMART STOP IT REALLY IS COMING OUT OF YOUR SHARE STOP ALSO THE COPS ARE LOOKING FOR YOU STOP YOU JERK
SORRY YOUR CODE’S CONFUSING STOP THIS MESSAGE NOT IN CODE REPEAT NOT IN CODE STOP PARANOIA COSTS TELEGRAM FEES STOP COMING OUT OF YOUR SHARE
DOES REPEAT MEAN THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID? STOP THE COAST IS CLEAR AGAIN CLEAR STOP NO ONE CAME LOOKING FOR YOU OR THE PAINTINGS
THE COAST IS CLEAR REPEAT CLEAR STOP NO ONE CAME LOOKING FOR YOU OR THE PAINTINGS AT ALL
FLETCHER’S INJUN-PROOF COVERED WAGONS STOP FINE WORKMANSHIP IS WATERTIGHT AND REDSKIN RESISTANT STOP WARRANTY NOT VALID WEST OF MISSISSIPPI
THEM REDSKINS CAN’T HOLD THOSE UNASSIGNED LANDS ALL TO THEMSELVES STOP LET’S SETTLE OKLAHOMA SOONER RATHER THAN LATER
NO REPORT FROM SCOUTING PARTY STOP FOUND ARMY UNIFORMS AND WEAPONS BY RIVER BANK STOP THEY’VE EITHER DROWNED OR GONE OVER TO THE REDSKINS
SURROUNDED BY REDSKINS HERE STOP SEND RIFLES WHISKEY AND REAMS OF YOUR FINEST TREATY PARCHMENT STOP WE’LL ROUST THEM FROM THIS COUNTY YET
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SON STOP THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF PRESENTS WE’RE JUST TELLING ALL THE KIDS THEY’RE ADOPTED STOP SOME DAY YOU’LL UNDERSTAND
TO THE PEOPLE OF ARGENTINA STOP CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW TELEGRAPH CABLE STOP HAVE BEEN GRANTED PATENT STOP ROYALTIES DUE STOP T. EDISON
HOUDINI SOCKED IN STOMACH BY ANATOMY STUDENT AT MCGILL’S STRATHCONA HALL DURING ART CLASS STOP SOMEDAY THEY’LL LET THAT KID USE A SCALPEL
BANK RUN ON KNICKERBOCKER TRUST TODAY THREATENS COLLAPSE OF WALL ST STOP LET’S ENSURE LAST CENTURY’S MISTAKES SHAN’T BE REPEATED IN 1907
CHRIST RETURNS TO EARTH TODAY STOP DATE CALCULATED BY REVEREND MILLER WITH PERFECT FAITH STOP REPEATED BY DESPERATE BOOKIES WITH GLEE
GOOD NEWS FROM THE FRONT STOP HILL 235 RETAKEN STOP BAD NEWS STOP HILL NOW 35 MILES BEHIND ENEMY LINES
YOUR CHILD HAS EITHER DEVELOPED GLANDULAR CONDITION OR BECOME ADEPT AT HOARDING FOOD STOP HIS FELLOW INMATES HAVE DUBBED HIM BALLOON BOY
DARLING THIS LONG DEPLOYMENT IS TERRIBLY DULL STOP HOW IS THE DOG STOP FOR THAT MATTER HOW ARE OUR CHILDREN
I FEAR THE TELEGRAPH WILL PLUNGE THIS GREAT NATION INTO TOTAL ILLITERACY BY 1900 STOP ENGLISH WILL BE SURVIVED ONLY BY DITS AND DAWS
SURVIVED GREAT PERFIDY AT SEA STOP BANDITS MADE OFF WITH OUR RUM SUPPLIES AT LAST PORT CALL STOP CREW HAS MUTINIED EVERY DAY SINCE
MANY THANKS FOR SPLENDID ROCKET SET STOP YOUR NEPHEW IS OVER THE MOON FOR IT STOP MY NEW WIFE WISHES HIM TO STAY THERE WITH THE DAMNED THING
PLEASE REFUND LAST ORDER STOP 200 BOTTLES MOONSHINE MISLABELED CLEANING FLUID STOP ENTIRE JANITORIAL STAFF HOSPITALIZED
MUST REPORT I WAS FIRED FROM DITCH DIGGING JOB STOP THEY CAUGHT ME MOONLIGHTING AS A DITCH FILLER DURING LUNCH BREAK
@linajk BEEN 3 WEEKS STOP WITHOUT RECOMPENSE WILL RETURN UNSOLD PRODUCE BY AIR STOP I’LL RENT BARNBURNER AND DROP THEM OFF ON YOUR HOUSE
RT @linajk APPLE REFUND IMPOSSIBLE STOP THE EARLY BIRDS WILL EAT EAT THE WORMS STOP SUGGEST YOU CHARGE THEM STOP ENJOY YOUR APPLES
RECEIVED THIRTY BUSHELS OF APPLES STOP UPON CLOSER INSPECTION DISCOVERED ABOUT THREE BUSHELS OF WORMS STOP PLEASE REFUND DIFFERENCE
YOUR BASTARD SON KNOCKED UP MY PRECIOUS ANGEL AND REFUSES TO MARRY NOW YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE NOT TO HAVE THE APPLE FALL FAR FROM THE TREE
TEHRAN BUREAU REPORTS SHAH’S GRASP ON OIL FIELDS SHAKY STOP CIRCUS SUGGESTS AFFIRMING HIS GRIP WITH KID GLOVES AND A FEW STRAIGHT RAZORS
CONGRATULATIONS ON NEW ASSIGNMENT STOP HEAR SIBERIA IS LOVELY THIS TIME OF YEAR STOP AND JUST THINK- TOMORROW WILL BE SPRING!
@kevin_nealon ASK ABOUT THE ECONOMY STOP OUR NATION WIPED OUT BY WALL STREET THIEVES GOULD & FISK STOP WHAT’LL THAT DRUNK GRANT DO ANYWAY?
ARRIVED AT FINAL DESTINATION LATE LAST NIGHT STOP MORNING FINDS CITY TEEMING WITH LIFE STOP ALSO HOTEL ROOM
@linajk YOU SAY I SWALLOWED SOME DIAMOND STOP IT’S BEEN OVER TWO DAYS STOP FEEL FREE TO RUMMAGE THROUGH MY EFFECTS
RT @linajk@telegramslost CLIENT NOT INTERESTED IN YOUR GALLSTONE STOP HE IS HOLDING OUT FOR THE DIAMOND YOU SWALLOWED
PLEASE TELL YOUR CLIENT I HAVE FOUND A BRILLIANT STONE FOR HIM AT THE PRICE HE QUOTED STOP IT WAS REMOVED FROM ME THIS MORNING
RECEIVED DEFECTIVE ORDER FROM SUPPLIER STOP HE ASSURED ME IT’S ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE STOP ORDER WAS FOR A BOLT OF MOLESKIN
YOUR BOY IS SIMPLY OUT OF CONTROL STOP RELEASED HIM FROM OUR REFORMATORY SIX MONTHS EARLY STOP LAST SEEN IN WOODS WITH CORPSE OF INSTRUCTOR
@linajk IF IT’S OFFICE SUPPLY WAR YOU WANT YOU HAVE IT STOP YOU’RE NOTHING BUT A PAPER TIGER STOP WE’VE GOT THE CORRECTION FLUID BOMB
SENT TO INVESTIGATE RUMORS CHINESE WILL LAUNCH ROCKETS SOON STOP WENT TO CHINATOWN IN FEBRUARY STOP LAUNCH VERIFIED
PLEASE UPDATE LAST ORDER STOP BOX OF PENS REAM OF PAPER ONE JAR SEALING WAX STOP EXPECT HANDWRITTEN CRITICISM OF YOUR OFFICE SUPPLIES
WEALTHY LONER LEAVES TITANIC WEALTH TO BELOVED PRIZE STALLION STOP HANDLERS SWEAR HORSE CAN SPEAK STOP STABLE BOY CAUGHT FORGING HOOFPRINTS
LUXURIOUS AND UNSINKABLE HMS TITANIC REPORTED MERELY LUXURIOUS SOMEWHERE IN NORTH ATLANTIC
PROFESSOR FLETCHER AND I TO WED STOP SAYS HE IS A MAGICIAN STOP OUR RENT APPEARS EVERY MONTH BUT I AM FORBIDDEN TO ASK HOW TRICK IS DONE
SHACKLETON BRAVES UNIMAGINABLE CONDITIONS IN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION STOP NOT A SINGLE MAN LOST STOP NOR SINGLE FLAG PLANTED STOP LAYABOUTS
CARAVAN ATTACKED BY INDIAN BRAVES STOP THEY HAD MUSKETS THIS TIME STOP WE MUST ENSURE THEY NEVER GET HOLD OF LAWYERS
MOB OF ANGRY PROTESTERS CALL ON GOV TO STAY EXECUTION STOP DEMANDING BETTER VIEW OF SCAFFOLD AND PORTABLE TOILETS
@linajk SUPPOSE THE WIRE LEADING BEHIND THE DRAPES AND CLICKING NOISE FROM TELEGRAPH KEY GAVE YOUR POSITION AWAY
CAN’T SAY I’M WILD ABOUT THE NEW DRAPES STOP HAVE DECIDED TO MOVE TO ANOTHER TOWN AND GET REMARRIED EFFECTIVE LAST WEEK STOP
GOOD NEWS STOP BUSINESS BOOMING STOP CUSTOMER BASE EXPLODING STOP BAD NEWS STOP OUR STORE IS LITERALLY BOOMING AND EXPLODING STOP SEND HELP
ENGLISH KING ABDICATES ABDUCTING AMERICAN DIVORCEE WITH HIM STOP THEY HAVE LEFT PALACE AND ARE TAKING TO THE AIR FRANCE NEXT STOP
BLACK BART SIGHTED IN DENVER STOP SEND HORSES GUNS AND PETTICOATS STOP THAT WAY WE GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE BEHIND IF HORSES & GUNS DON’T WORK
@VildeChaya RECEIVED REQUEST FOR GINGERBREAD COOKIE FUNDS STOP IF IT’S MOLASSES FLOODING STREETS AT LEAST THERE’S NO RUSH
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN STEAL MY POSITION AS CHIEF SURGEON STOP I’VE GOT THE LAST LAUGH STOP I LICKED EVERYTHING IN THE HOSPITAL BEFORE I LEFT
GOLD NUGGETS FOUND AT SUTTER’S MILL STOP WON’T BE LONG BEFORE THEY FIND SUTTER NUGGETS JUDGING FROM ALL THE HYSTERIA RUNNING THROUGH TOWN
@linajk JUST BECAUSE YOU DIP TAPEWORM IN CHLOROFORM DOESN’T GRANT YOU PATENT FOR DUCT TAPE STOP CALLING MY LAWYER SOON AS HE’S DONE SUING ME
SUFFER NO MORE FROM BROKEN BONES STOP DR FLETCHER’S SKELETAL FORTIFIER CURES FRACTURES STOP IMMOBILIZES YOU LONG ENOUGH TO HEAL ANY WOUND
@VildeChaya WHAT FURTHER INSULTS TO CHASTITY WILL SCIENCE MAKE POSSIBLE STOP SOON THEY’LL FIND WAY TO SEND UNTOWARD DRAWINGS BY WIRE
@linajk SENATE BROUHAHA RESUMES AS ARGUMENT BREAKS OUT OVER BEST WAY TO SCREW CONSTITUENTS STOP ERUPTS INTO VIOLENCE STOP NO DISTRICT SPARED
SENATOR SUMNER DECRIES VIOLENCE IN BLEEDING KANSAS THREE DAYS AGO STOP TODAY SUMNER CRIES VIOLENCE FROM BLEEDING SENATE
BROOKS FLOGS SUMNER ON SENATE FLOOR WITH WOODEN CANE STOP 1ST RECORDED USE IN SESSION STOP IT BEATS THE FILIBUSTER STOP WITH A STICK
BROUHAHA IN SENATE STOP THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN FROM SC BROADLY BEAT SENATOR SUMNER WITH HIS CANE STOP LEFT DISTINGUISHING MARKS
@linajk THEY MUST THINK ROBERT MOSES CAN DO ANYTHING STOP WHO’S NOAH?
TORNADO DESTROYED STORE STOP JUST TOOK OUT LARGE FIRE INSURANCE POLICY STOP WAS ACROSS TOWN BUYING GASOLINE AND MATCHES WHEN STORM HIT
FLOOD WATERS THREATEN LEVYS STOP ALSO ALSO THE HOMES OF THEIR GOD-FEARING CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS
@hodgman DON’T WHAT? STOP
@critterblogs HEARD YOU HAVE A SECRET INGREDIENT FOR NEW ELIXIR STOP TELL THOSE NATIVES WE’LL BUY THE WHOLE CROP STOP LET’S CLEAN THEM OUT
RT @critterblogs NATIVES GAVE ME TONIC OF PALM LEAF STOP WITH FRONDS LIKE THESE WHO NEEDS ENEMAS STOP
BIRTHDAY SALUTE TO PRESIDENT KENNEDY TONIGHT STOP NO-SHOW ETHEL MERMAN WAS TO SING “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” STOP MIGHT AS WELL CANCEL WHOLE EVENT
WILDE FREED QUESTION REMAINS STOP WHY DOESN’T THE CROWN PROSECUTE EVERY BOY AT PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL AND HALF THE MEN IN THE UNIVERSITIES
OSCAR WILDE RELEASED FROM READING GAOL STOP THE CROWN MAY NOW BE CERTAIN HIS HOMOSEXUAL PROCLIVITIES HAVE BEEN DULY CURED IN PRISON
BATTLE OF SPOTSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE OVER STOP VICTOR UNCLEAR BETWEEN GRANT AND LEE STOP GAINS CERTAIN TO BE OVERTURNED ON APPEAL
MEXICO CEDES LANDS NORTH OF RIO GRANDE STOP EXCHANGED DEBT FOR HOSTILITIES WITH US STOP TRADED WHAT THEY DON’T WANT FOR WHAT THEY CAN’T GIVE
WE REGRET TO INFORM STOP YOUR SON PVT. JOHN DOE KILLED STOP FOUGHT ENEMY BRAVELY DURING ACTION STOP FOUGHT SYPHILIS BRAVELY DURING FURLOUGH
RT @TheTweetWriter POTS, MARGE LETS NORAH SEE SHARON’S TELEGRAM STOP
@linajk DOMINOES MUST REFUND CREDIT CARD CHARGE STOP DELIVERY BOY BARELY LASTED 30 MINUTES STOP HIS INCOHERENT RAMBLINGS COULD SAVE THIS WAR
@linajk WE GIVE HALF TO THE WIFE AND YOU RUN OFF WITH THE MISTRESS NOTHING STAYS IN VEGAS STOP CUT ME OUT AT OWN PERIL STOP SHARE OR ELSE
“SHOOT FIRST ASK QUESTIONS LATER” POLICY UNDER FIRE FROM OFFICER CORPS STOP FRESH RECRUITS KEEP ASKING WHICH WAY TO POINT THEIR GUNS
CAPTURED SUSPECTED ENEMY AGENT STOP CLAIMS HE IS NONCOMBATANT STOP EITHER WAY WE’LL BEAT IT OUT OF HIM
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT STOP WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SCHULTZ STOP HE SNORES LIKE MACHINE GUN FIRE
DARLING SUMMER HERE IS UNBEARABLE STOP MALARIA AND DYSENTERY STOP AWFUL HEAT BY DAY ROVING BEASTS AT NIGHT STOP WISH YOU WERE HERE
HAVE YOU HEARD STOP MILITARY CENSORSHIP LIFTED STOP WE CAN FINALLY TELL THE KING WHAT A FINE FUDGE HE IS
LOCAL CURRENCY COLLAPSED STOP YOU WOULDN’T BELIEVE WHAT I HAD TO DO TO OPERATOR TO GET THIS TELEGRAM SENT
SELL THE HOUSE STOP SELL THE CAR STOP SELL THE KIDS
@linajk HOPEFULLY I WILL NEVER BE INCAPACITATED BEYOND THE ABILITY TO TAP OUT CRY FOR HELP IN MORSE CODE
@linajk @TweetCapsule ONLY TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE AND PIGEON-CARRIED MAIL RETURNED STOP I SHOOT PIGEONS STOP BEST TO SEND TELEGRAMS
@TweetCapsule IF “A ROARING AUTO THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT RUNS ON MACHINE-GUN FIRE IS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN WINGED NIKE” HAVE I GOT THE CAR FOR YOU
@TweetCapsule SE “UN AUTOMOBILE RUGGENTE CHE SEMBRA CORRERE SULLA MITRAGLIA E PIU BELLA DELLA VITTORIA DI SAMOTRACE” TE VENDERO UNA MACCHINA
@linajk THE COUNCIL OF ASTRONOMERS HAS RECEIVED YOUR REQUEST STOP PLEASE WIRE US YOUR INITIAL OFFER FOR PLANETARY NAMING RIGHTS IN DOLLARS
NAMING NEW PLANET STOP PLEASE CONSIDER PLUTO STOP SUGGESTED BY SMALL GIRL VENETIA BURNEY FOR DARK AND GLOOMY PLANET
@linajk SIAM TONGUE THAI’D STOP THAIS FEEL FOREVER TIED TO THEIR SIAMESE BROTHERS AND SISTERS
MT CHURCHES BLESS CONGRESS FOR ESTABLISHING GLACIER NATIONAL PARK STOP SAY THOSE GLACIERS WILL MELT BEFORE WE LOSE OUR GRACE IN GOD’S EYES
PULLMAN WORKERS STRIKE IN CHICAGO STOP LED BY MAN NAMED DEBS STOP WILDCAT STRIKERS RUN WILD BUT COULD BE WORSE STOP DEBS COULD BE A PINKO
SIAM CHANGES NAME TO THAILAND STOP NATIONALITY OF SIAMESE TWINS REMAINS UNCHANGED
@linajk PICNIC SOUNDS LOVELY STOP YOU BRING THE BASKET STOP I’LL BRING THE ANTS
DONE AND DONE
TRANSCONTINENTAL RR TO DRIVE LAST SPIKE TODAY AT PROMONTORY SUMMIT UTAH STOP SOLID GOLD NAIL TO BE DRIVEN AT NOON STOP EXPECT STOLEN BY 1:30
@linajk NO VIRTUE LEFT IN THIS LAND STOP CAN’T EVEN FIND VIRGIN TRAIN TRACKS LET ALONE BLONDE STOP SEEMS “MADONNA” WILL DO STOP ANYTHING
@VildeChaya NO ROPE TO SEND STOP APOLOGIES FOR LATE REPLY STOP PEOPLE ARE STILL TYING VIRGINS TO PONY EXPRESS TRAILS IN THESE PARTS
RT @VildeChaya NEED TO TIE BLONDE VIRGIN TO RAILROAD TRACKS STOP SEND ROPE STOP WILL WAIT PATIENTLY TWIRLING MOUSTACHE TO PASS TIME
YOU MAY FIRE WHOLE WRITING STAFF IF YOU WISH STOP IF YOU’VE NOTHING NEW TO SAY YOU BETTER HAVE SOMETHING OLD WELL PREPARED
YOUR FULL THICK MANHOOD ASSURED STOP ENVIED BY ALL GENTLEMEN LUSTED AFTER BY EVERY LADY STOP DR. FLETCHER’S MOUSTACHE OINTMENT & SHOE POLISH
DISCOUNT SOFTWARE! STOP MERE NICKELS A BOLT FOR GOODLY FABRICS WORTH TWO BITS A YARD STOP CHEAP PATCHES TOO
HELLO I AM A NIGERIAN PRINCE STOP QUEEN BEING HELD BY SPANIARDS STOP 10% OF $5000 RANSOM PAID DISCREETLY WILL YIELD $1000 FROM GRATEFUL KING
DR. FLETCHER’S HERBAL TONIC CURES ALL DISEASE STOP SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN HEALING PROPERTIES OF MERCURY VAPORS AND ARSENIC SALTS STOP ONLY $5
HANDSOME MAIDS WISH TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOU STOP DEMURE YET YIELDING STOP WILL ARRANGE MEETING FOR NOMINAL FEE STOP WIRE CASH
@VildeChaya MARVIN SEND SOME OF THOSE MUSICIANS MY WAY STOP FIRST MAKE SURE NONE OF THEM KNOW ANY LAWYERS OR ACCOUNTANTS
GOOD NEWS BATTLEFIELD PROMOTION ASSURED HERE STOP WILL SOON ATTAIN RANK OF COLONEL STOP HOWEVER FAIRLY CERTAIN COMMISSION WILL BE POSTHUMOUS
WALKER LEFT TODAY ON NICARAGUAN EXPEDITION STOP GATHERED 60 FREEBOOTERS TO CONQUER JUNGLE STOP CROWD OF WELL-WISHERS BADE GOOD RIDDANCE
@critterblogs SEARS ROEBUCK DEEPLY REGRETS ERROR STOP SENDING 30 GALLONS HIGH-GRADE AIRPLANE GLUE INSTEAD
RT @critterblogs @telegramslost SEARS CATALOG FAILED TO NOTE HOUSE ORDERED NEEDED ASSEMBLY STOP SEND 200 BOXES NAILS AND 100 BOTTLES WHISKEY
DEWEY REPORTS MIGHTY SPANISH FLEET IN MANILA BAY SURRENDERED IN 7 HOURS FLAT STOP CHIEF ENGINEER OF USS MCCULLOGH DEAD OF HEART ATTACK
YIDDISH STAGE AND SCREEN STAR @JoshMalina RUMORED ILL STOP REPORTED SNEEZING AND MAKING CHICKEN SOUP STOP NISHTUGEDACHT
@critterblogs WORLD RECEIVED YOUR MESSAGE STOP NOT ALONE IN BEING ALONE STOP DISPATCHED 100,000,000 BOTTLES WITH REPLY STOP CHECK BEACH
RT @critterblogs @telegramslost SENDING OUT AN SOS TO THE WORLD STOP PERHAPS MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE WOULD WORK TOO STOP
RECEIVED REQUEST FOR 6FT GOLD CROSS FOR THAT FAT BASTARD BRYAN STOP ENGINEERS SAY MUST BE GOLD PLATED INSTEAD FOR STRUCTURAL SUPPORT
RT @telegramslost CALLING WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN’S BLUFF STOP SEND SIX FOOT TALL CROSS OF GOLD STOP LETS END THIS BIMETALLIST HUMBUG STOP
HAWAII REPUBLIC DECLARED US TERRITORY STOP CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY NOW DEAD LETTER STOP SANFORD B. DOLE DECLARED TOP BANANA
@PresidentTaft IF YOUR DIET CONSISTS SOLELY OF LITTLE GOLD CHIPS AND DIAMOND JUICE YOUR PLUMBER MUST BE A WEALTHY MAN
APOLOGIES FOR DELAY OF YOUR ORDER STOP MOST OF MY WORKERS ARE OUT SICK WITH INFLUENZA STOP REST ARE OUT DEAD
@VildeChaya RECEIVED YOUR CHALLENGE STOP PISTOLS AT DAWN IT IS STOP IF I ARRIVE LATE START WITHOUT ME
ENEMY SOLDIERS FAST APPROACHING STOP MOTHERS HIDE YOUR DAUGHTERS STOP CHILDREN HIDE YOUR PETS
JOHN WILKES BOOTH EMERGES FROM HIDING IN ROLE OF LIFETIME STOP CORPSE CARRIED OUT OF BARN BY UNION SOLDIERS
@critterblogs LUGGING THE LIKES OF TAFT OVER SIERRA NEVADAS IS A WORTHY GOAL FOR OUR NATION STOP HOW MANY WOULD DIE CHASING SUCH A DREAM?
RT @telegramslost IT IS TOO BAD UNCLE DONNER WAS NOT WITH @presidenttaft STOP AN ARM WOULD HAVE PROVIDED PROVISIONS FOR AN YEAR STOP
@critterblogs AT LEAST ONLY MONEY WAS LOST STOP HEARD TELL SOME OF THOSE FELLOWS HAVE LOST APPENDAGES TO VARIOUS DISEASES
RT @telegramslost NO WONDER YOU LOST MONEY ON THAT MARE STOP ALL OF THE MEN AT THE PUB HAVE HAD A RIDE ON THAT HORSE NAMED CARRIE STOP
@critterblogs STRANGE, SURVIVORS SAID ULTIMATELY GEORGE WASN’T THE MOST RESOURCEFUL OF THE PARTY
RT @telegramslost I HAD AN UNCLE NAMED GEORGE DONNER WHO WENT WEST TO CALIFORNIA STOP HE EDUCATED ME IN RESOURCEFULNESS STOP
@critterblogs POPPYCOCK STOP EVERYONE KNOWS IN 100 YEARS WE WILL ALL WEAR TROPOSPHERE-AGE FABRICS
RT @telegramslost MET MR LEHMAN AND BROTHERS AT COTTON EXCHANGE STOP PREDICT THEIR FIRM WILL STILL BE IN THE NEWS IN A HUNDRED YEARS STOP
@critterblogs YOUR ACCOUNT OF PAINTING IN TITANIC SAFE INTRIGUING STOP DID YOU BUY IT OFF A MERMAID?
RT @telegramslost PAINTING WAS ON SAFE IN SHIP STOP WAS OF WOMAN WEARING DIAMOND ON TITANIC STOP IT WAS THE SHIP OF DREAMS STOP
@critterblogs IF IT’S TAFT WHO’S STUCK BETTER ALERT MINNESOTA TOO
RT @telegramslost WISCONSIN EXPERIENCING BUTTER SHORTAGE STOP HAD TO SEND TO WHITE HOUSE AS @presidenttaft WAS STUCK IN TUB STOP
@critterblogs RECEIVED REQUEST FOR PROVISIONS AND FIREARMS STOP SENT FINE RIFLE BUT NO PROVISIONS STOP BE RESOURCEFUL
RT @telegramslost AT THE FACTORY FOR A LONG SHIFT STOP SEND LUNCH PAIL COFFEE AND SHOTGUN STOP
@critterblogs HOW CURIOUS STOP LOST A GREAT DEAL BETTING ON A HORSE NAMED CARRIE THAT TURNED OUT TO BE BRAYING SPINSTER
RT @telegramslost MET FOUR TRAGIC SPINSTER TYPES AT THE RACES STOP NAMES WERE CARRIE CHARLOTTE MIRANDA AND SAMANTHA STOP
@critterblogs SUSPECT TITANIC PAINTING A FAKE STOP EITHER PAINTING’S ALL WET OR YOU ARE
RT @telegramslost SELLING LOVELY PAINTING BY ARTIST NAMED JACK DAWSON STOP VERY VALUABLE WAS ON HMS TITANIC STOP
GOOD NEWS FROM DOCTOR STOP CHOLERA LIKELY NOT FATAL STOP GANGRENE OUTLOOK LESS ROSY
ALFERD PACKER NOTORIOUS CANNIBAL REPORTED DEAD OF OLD AGE STOP SMALL FUNERAL FOLLOWED BY LIGHT SUPPER
CONGRATULATIONS ON PRACTICAL HELIUM EXTRACTION METHOD STOP ENDLESS COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS STOP FUTURE GENERATIONS OF NON-CASTRATI THANK YOU
@critterblogs EVIDENTLY BURLESQUE SCHOOLS QUITE EXPENSIVE STOP PASTIES NEVER GIVE UP THEIR SECRETS CHEAPLY
@critterblogs MUST THE WRIGLEYS POLLUTE THE CITY WITH THEIR STADIUM LIKE CHEWING GUM STUCK TO BOTTOM OF CIVIC SHOE STOP I HEREBY CURSE THEM
@michaelianblack RT HOW DISTRESSING STOP THIS PEPPER FELLOW SOUNDS LIKE A QUACK STOP QUIT DRINKING THE STUFF UNTIL MEDICAL LICENSE VERIFIED
@PresidentTaft VISITED DC WITH FAMILY STOP CHILDREN EXCITED TO SEE 1ST HOT AIR BALLOON STOP IMAGINE DISAPPOINTMENT WHEN TURNED OUT TO BE YOU
PROSELYTIZING SAVAGES NOT GOING WELL STOP BUT PLEASE SEND MORE PAMPHLETS STOP SEVERE LACK OF FIREWOOD IN THESE PARTS STOP
GENERAL HAVE FINALLY TRACKED DOWN THE ENEMY STOP WE ARE TOTALLY SURROUNDED STOP THEY’LL NEVER GET AWAY THIS TIME
@critterblogs DEAR GOD WHAT HAVE I BEEN DRINKING STOP WHY DOES IT ALWAYS LEAVE MY MOUTH SO DRY?
@VildeChaya “PANTS MADE OF TENT CANVAS?” STOP NO NEED TO BE COY STOP PROSTITUTION IS LEGAL HERE
@critterblogs HOPEFULLY QUAKE WILL KNOCK LOOSE A FEW NUGGETS STOP I’M LOSING MY SHIRT IN THIS RIVER
@critterblogs HOW DISTRESSING STOP THIS PEPPER FELLOW SOUNDS LIKE A QUACK STOP QUIT DRINKING THE STUFF UNTIL YOU VERIFY MEDICAL LICENSE
@VildeChaya IF ROOM STOPS SPINNING AND LIGHTBULB REMAINS UNSCREWED CLEARLY THERE IS MUCH DRINKING LEFT TO DO
@VildeChaya WALT, CAN YOU MAKE THE MOUSE WHISTLE? STOP STEPPED ON ONE THE OTHER DAY AND MY CHILDREN WERE DELIGHTED BY FUNNY NOISE IT MADE
@critterblogs $25000 FOR SPIRITS OUTRAGEOUS STOP BOSTON CAN HOLD ITS OWN DAMN SEANCES ON ST PATRICK’S DAY
@VildeChaya UNDERSTAND SODA FOUNTAIN FLOODING STORE STOP SENDING SEVERAL BARRELS ICED-CREAM TO HELP YOU STAY AFLOAT
@critterblogs SORRY CANNOT COMPLY STOP YOU TELL BILLY WAR IS OVER STOP WHENEVER I APPROACH AM PELTED WITH GRAPESHOT AND SHOUTS OF “YANKEE”
YOUR TOWN MUST BE EXCITED TO GET RAIL LINE EXTENSION AND STATION STOP NOW WHEN I DON’T VISIT IT WILL BE BECAUSE I DON’T LIKE YOU
FAMED ACTOR MACREADY TOURING COUNTRYSIDE STOP HOW MANY EGGS AND TOMATOES WILL BE SACRIFICED TO DEFEND ART?
@VildeChaya EXCITED BY YOUR BUSINESS PROPOSAL STOP WHERE CAN I GET MY HANDS ON $21 MILLION WORTH OF CORNED BEEF?
RECEIVED YOUR GRACIOUS GIFT OF TOP-NOTCH FURNITURE POLISH MANY THANKS STOP FOR SOME REASON IS MISLABELED “WHISKEY” STOP
RECKON FIRE AT COMPETING FACTORY WILL TREBLE OUR INVENTORY’S VALUE STOP MORTALLY WOUNDED DURING RESEARCH PROCESS STOP
DARLING YOUR LOVE SUSTAINS ME DURING THIS LONG DEPLOYMENT STOP GREAT NEWS ABOUT THE NEW BABY STOP HOW IS THE LITTLE BASTARD? STOP
RECEIVED YOUR “FUNNY” DAGUERREOTYPE STOP WHY ANYONE WOULD STAND PERFECTLY STILL FOR 5 MINUTES EXPOSING THEIR BUTTOCKS IS BEYOND ME STOP
VISITED FACTORY EXCELLENT PROGRESS STOP HAVE MADE 3 MILLION EDIBLE NAILS STOP LET’S HOPE GINGERBREAD HOUSING BOOM WILL CONTINUE STOP
RECEIVED LATEST DISPATCH FROM THE FRONT STOP IF WAR KEEPS UP AS SUCH IT WILL SOON BE THE BEHIND STOP
@critterblogs WINSLOW SAYS YOUR ASS SOMEWHAT GAMY OTHERWISE DELICIOUS STOP LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE’S ROWING HOME STOP
@VildeChaya YOU CHICAGOANS SURE LOVE BBQ CAN ALMOST SMELL IT FROM HERE STOP WILL ARRIVE IN 3 DAYS STOP WAIT, I CAN SMELL IT FROM HERE STOP
@critterblogs DON’T WORRY STOP HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THE LOSS OF YOUR BERTH ON HMS TITANIC WILL BE NO GREAT TRAGEDY STOP
TO MY OLDEST PAL THE GROOM- CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW YOUNG WIFE STOP TO THE BRIDE- MY PRE-EMPTIVE CONDOLENCES STOP
@critterblogs MUST BE ALL THE SUGAR STOP HAVE BEEN DRINKING BROWN FOR YEARS TO NO EFFECT STOP
@critterblogs THIS COCA-COLA DRINK SOUNDS INTERESTING STOP CANNOT FIND ANY HERE STOP PLEASE SEND RECIPE STOP
@critterblogs CAN’T FIND TOOTHACHE REMEDY FROM DENTIST STOP PLEASE LOOK AROUND WAS VERY EXPENSIVE STOP BROWN BOTTLE LABELED “HEROIN” STOP
@critterblogs IN POSSESSION OF LARGE STOCK OF SHOES STOP CAN YOU ARRANGE SIMILAR FIRE NEAR YOU? STOP
@critterblogs HAVE SECURED MONEY FOR TICKETS TO WIRE YOU STOP PLEASE SEND RIGHT AWAY ALSO ANY WOODEN LEGS YOU MAY HAVE LYING AROUND STOP
@critterblogs PLEASE SEND TICKETS STOP WILL PAY IN GOOD TIME BUT PRESENT FINANCIAL SITUATION DIRE STOP CAN’T EVEN PAY FOR THIS TELEGR
WHEAT CROP FAILED STOP CORN FIELDS DESTROYED STOP HOWEVER FAMILY FARM HOLDING UP WELL SINCE WE SWITCHED TO RAISING LOCUSTS STOP
@VildeChaya MANY FLY BARS IN HAVANA STOP SUGGEST ORDERING A STRONG CUBA LIBRE THERE STOP DON’T ASK FOR ONE TOO LOUDLY NEAR ANY POLICE STOP
ISLAND FLORA BEAUTIFUL STOP MOSQUITOS AS BIG AS HUMAN HEADS STOP THOUGH LOCAL TRIBE ARE HEADHUNTERS AND SHRINKERS STOP
FINALLY ARRIVED AT DESTINATION AFTER ARDUOUS JOURNEY STOP WILL SEND WHEREABOUTS AS SOON AS CAN BE ASCERTAINED FROM LOCALS STOP
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING NAMED ROYAL ENVOY TO HABU-HABU STOP PLEASE COLLECT AS MUCH OF PREVIOUS ENVOY AS POSSIBLE AND SHIP HIM HOME STOP
FINALLY RECEIVED SHIPMENT STOP 10,000 OF THE RIGHT SHOES STOP MANY THANKS STOP PLEASE SEND THE LEFT SHOES AT EARLIEST CONVENIENCE STOP
SUFFERED SMALL ACCIDENT STOP DON’T WORRY FINGERS REMAIN ATTACHED STOP CANNOT SAY THE SAME FOR HAND STOP
DEEPLY REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR FIANCEE PVT. JOHN DOE KILLED IN ACTION APR. 15TH STOP TAKE SOLACE STOP WAS RIDDLED WITH SYPHILIS STOP
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY STOP MINE COLLAPSE STOP DOZENS OF WORKERS KILLED STOP FOREMAN LOST GOLD WATCH DOWN MINE STOP INCONSOLABLE STOP
DELIVERED HEALTHY BABY BOY STOP LOOKS JUST LIKE FATHER STOP PLEASE RECOMMEND DIVORCE LAWYER STOP
GREAT NEWS STOP STRUCK OIL STOP WORSE NEWS STOP OIL STRUCK BACK STOP MANY DEAD STOP
THANKS MUCH $5 GIFT STOP BOUGHT NEW SUIT SHOES SHAVING KIT STOP TELEGRAMS NOW COST TWENTY CENTS PER WORD STOP PLEASE SEND MORE STOP
BOMBARDMENT SUCCESSFUL STOP NOW DEAF BOTH EARS STOP MARRIAGE GREATLY IMPROVED STOP
RECEIVED YOUR TELEGRAM LAST WEEK STOP GLAD HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN STOP WILL REPLY WHEN ABLE UNDERSTAND MORSE CODE STOP
NATIVES CLOSING IN STOP HAVE EATEN SERVANTS STOP SEND LAWYERS GUNS AND MONEY STOP
Christine O’Donnell went on TV with her usual claptrap about how Obama is a Marxist and Soledad O’Brien (who is on a huge streak of calling Republicans out in exasperation lately) rolled her eyes. In the clip, we don’t see the subject get pressed too much further, but this has been annoying me for a […]
In the summer of 2008, I wrote a short story that was intended to be a comment on what I thought was a coming depression, where overvalued assets would ruin the wealthy and force all those paper millionaires into destitution. I got some positive feedback from a literary agent, who thought I could turn it […]
The Wall Street Journal’s most popular article today was an editorial by one Professor Michael J. Boskin entitled, “Get Ready for a 70% Marginal Tax Rate,” and it was a doozy. It hearkened back to bygone days at university, when we carelessly tossed haphazardly written bullshit under the professor’s door a minute after the deadline, […]
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I’ve decided to resurrect my dear old blog, now a rambunctious and neglected eight-year old–today! On May 6th in 2003, I decided to start a blog instead of sending my friends links to stuff via Instant Messenger. Back, then, I had to carry these posts uphill both ways; I built my own blog software and […]
So the President unveiled his health plan(s) to what I thought was an incredible display of bravery on the Republicans’ part, and I’m jealous. I remember what it felt like to torture the substitute teacher from the back of class, yelling out “you lie!” and holding up signs and so forth. These people are really […]
Like you, I was very concerned about the well-being of crazy right-wingers this summer. Their favorite party out of office, a Democratic super-majority in the Senate, the stock market dragging its feet—how were we, as a nation, going to keep these people off the streets? By staging a gigantic nation-wide debate about healthcare, that’s how. […]
Usually I talk about politics here, with slight detours into science or arts or things like that, but on the sixth anniversary of Casual Asides, I’ve decided to turn to the foundational element of this blog: technology—specifically, the World Wide Web. Six years is a long time on the Internet, and even longer in the […]
A modest proposal for extreme and Constitutional gun control: The right is losing a considerable amount of ground in the culture wars—every poll released in the last year shows America lurching to the left on traditional issues for conservatives from gay marriage to economic regulation to opening relations with Cuba. But there is one issue […]
Later this month in Geneva, the United Nations will be holding what it calls the Durban Review Conference (a.k.a. “Durban II”) to “evaluate progress towards the goals set by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.” Part of the agenda at Durban II will be […]
The economic turmoil of the past year hasn’t just thrown Wall Street into disarray—it’s causing ideological havoc in Washington. The two major parties are just as confused by the crisis as the rest of America, and party lines are becoming blurred just at the point where the Democrats seem poised to steamroll the Republicans on […]
A few years ago, I bet a friend that the Dow Jones Industrial Average, an index of the leading American companies’ stock prices and one of the most celebrated economic indicators on Wall Street, would dip below 10,000 ‘points’ as a result of the oncoming credit crisis. Today I called him at work and said, […]
The component of the price of oil due to speculation was always kind of an unknown quantity. At the height of the oil bubble this summer, with prices at $150, someone suggested to Congress that up to a third of the price was actually due to market manipulation (a.k.a. “speculation”) by financial institutions, many of […]
Since I spent most of my last appearance on Sirius’ Blog Bunker and all of the previous post talking about oil without too much emphasis on the greenhouse gas part of the equation, I think it behooves us all on the left side of the political spectrum to deal with the fallacies of global warming […]
What drives oil prices? Everyone has a theory that suits their ideological niche—Democrats blame lack of regulation, Republicans blame too much regulation, and the rest of us wonder why prices aren’t higher than they are already. Earlier this month, Congress got an earful from a variety of oil experts on both sides of the ideological […]
In 1517, a young monk named Martin Luther, began a new era in Christianity by declaring his independence from what he saw as the excesses and iniquities of the Roman Catholic Church. Having kicked off the Reformation by nailing an itemized list of complaints to a church door, Luther challenged not only the orthodoxy of […]
It’s Casual Asides’ 5th anniversary. Consider (with the new word count feature at the bottom of each post) that at this point, I’ve written about 260-odd posts and hundreds of thousands of words, enough to fill a decent sized book. That’s gotta be worth something, right? I pause here to consider that although I like […]
It’s hard to watch the news lately, because it’s just an interminable vivisection and slow broil of the Democratic candidates, thanks to Hillary’s stalwart refusal to do the math. C’mon, folks, it’s all on CNN’s delegate counter game, which has helpfully added a feature which lets you see exactly why Clinton needs a 66% margin […]
Dear readers, exciting things are happening. Here’s a quick review of the past few months. That Book I’m Always Talking About For the last two years, I’ve been writing a non-fiction book—it’s what I’m doing when I’m not posting here. When people ask me what the book is about, I usualy say something like, “it’s […]
It’s time for me to tell you what’s good for you, besides the obvious—cod liver oil, plenty of sunshine, and switching to a ‘light’ cigarette. Start Snitching The greatest thing about the immigration debate today is that everyone involved in debating it in the media is totally full of shit. You have your Lou Dobbses, […]
I missed the anti-war rally last weekend. I’d call it a peace rally, but nobody’s really for ‘peace’ anymore; the majority of the country still thinks the war in Afghanistan was justified, and they’re even receptive to bombing Iran. Even the majority of the country who is now against the Iraq war isn’t really against […]
Dear readers, you may be wondering what I’ve been up to, since lately dispatches are few and I never call anymore. Well, I’ve been working on a book. If you want a copy of the proposal, e-mail me and I’ll send it to you. For the purposes of this website, the proposal is to be […]
Now that News Corp has all purchased the Wall Street Journal and late capitalism is experiencing yet another paroxysm—er, market correction—I think it behooves us all to consider the fate of the lowly Glass-Steagall Act of 1933. You see, way back in the 1920’s the market was booming—everybody was getting rich speculating in the market […]
Welcome to another edition of actual casual asides, seasoned as usual with gotchas and I-told-you-sos. Ask Not For Whom The Bell Tolls… The United States and our allies have no rational interest in disclosing how many people we’ve killed in Iraq and Afghanistan if that number is inclusive of civilians. “We don’t do body counts,” […]
The foreign policy spat between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton couldn’t have been scripted better for the mainstream media. It’s also the reason why watching politics in America drives me crazy. The great triangulation has begun. Lyndon Johnson had the Texas two-step, and the Clintons have the Sister Souljah moment. It’s one of their ways […]
Sometimes, it’s too easy. What kind of idiot protests that the surge is working? “AJStrata,” for one, who wrote this charming piece of tripe which I cannot help but “fisk.” So, let’s get into it: The signs abound that Iraq is stabilizing. The massacres of Muslims that al-Qaeda and the Mahdi Malitia [sic] inflict are […]
Sometimes I wonder how many times I can restate essentially the same points about Iraq. I’ve been doing it for over four years now. I suppose I should derive some satisfaction from the fact that the majority of Americans are now against the war. Unfortunately, that’s like the majority of Americans being against the Big […]
When will Americans learn that prison just isn’t fit for rich people? Apparently, it was these last few weeks. First there’s the Paris Hilton in-and-out again with the overcrowded California correctional system. When asked why Hilton was being released a second time before her setnece had been served, an official mumbled somehing about ‘health concerns’ […]
There’s been so much stuff going on in the past month, both in the world and my own life, that I feel like I fell behind in the news somewhere around the beginning of June. Hence, no posts; I’ve been working on some other things. But There are some things I’d like to address, briefly: […]
The thrashing of Iraq continues. Today is Memorial Day, when America traditionally celebrates the deaths of its military men and women by going to the beach and wearing funereal shades of white and so forth. Speaking of symbolic dates, I propose a new slogan for the anti-war marchers for the summer season: “Out By September […]
I can’t quite put my finger on why I’ve singled Republican Presidential candidate Duncan Hunter out as my bête noire, but I have, so deal with it. Hunter isn’t as dangerous to civil rights as, say, Sam Brownback, or as connivingly amoral as Rudy Giuliani, but there’s something about him that just rubs me the […]
As I mentioned earlier, the Democrats don’t have enough backbone to do.. well, nothing, and let the Iraq war end in 180 days. So, they’re going to continue to fund the war in some fashion, likely by insisting on “benchmarks,” which is now the catchphrase du jour . As with everything else about the American […]
Today is this blog’s fourth birthday, and as you can see, I’ve done a bit of a redesign. The old design was intentionally cluttered, because that’s how my desk looks. But I figured that, as I say at the bottom of all my e-mails, “non sunt multiplicanda entia praeter necessitam,” which means not to multiply […]
Yesterday as I was watching Fox News, I heard a small but sharp explosion and the clatter of plastic shrapnel. The batteries in my VCR remote, which I last remember replacing sometime in college, decided that they’d had enough. A cursory examination of the debris showed the batteries were supposed to expire in 2012, with […]
C-SPAN is getting better and better with the Democrats putting the investigations front and center. I have to say it’s thrilling to watch Republicans squirm after years of this bullshit going the other way. Kucinich, bless him, is even going after Dick Cheney with articles of impeachment. I am a big fan of this approach, […]
There are a few topics I try to avoid on this blog; Israel, monetary policy, cats. But I suppose the most glaring omissions are feminist concerns (closely followed by Darfur, a topic about which I have long struggled to write without much success). I’m not going to offer some lame excuse like “I just don’t […]
Let me state at the outset that I am a huge, huge fan of both Tim O’Reilly and Jimmy Wales. I own several O’Reilly books, and obviously I use wikipedia all the time. I respect them immensely, and we should all bow before their superior technological wisdom. Except in this case: A widely forwarded New […]
Four years into the occupation in Iraq and it's still going on, despite the mounting frustrations of all involved. My writing on the subject has begun to resemble a post-mortem on a still-living body. I felt like I was beating a dead horse in 2005
Being philosophically-self aware is a very special kind of hell. The simpler your thinking, the more complicated your life becomes. While other people have no problems with the inherently self-contradictory, people like me get stuck on little details like how the entire world has obviously gone totally batshit. I had this problem with the war […]
I know I’ve ragged on Pope Benedict before for being a Nazi, but I do feel compelled to quote his Easter speech yesterday morning: How many wounds, how much suffering there is in the world! Natural calamities and human tragedies that cause innumerable victims and enormous material destruction are not lacking. … I am thinking […]
Oh, Christopher Hitchens. I used to be your biggest fan. I hate Mother Theresa and Bill Clinton just like you. I even forgave your support of the war in the early days of the invasion, because I knew you sympathize with the plight of Kurdistan. But you don’t return my e-mails or call. And then […]
I'm in the middle of this really long, drawn out criticism of Christopher Hitchens' "I wasn't right, but I wasn't wrong" piece on Slate from last week, but it's taking way too long to pen and you, dear readers, are probably wondering what the hell is going on. So, I substitute a letter I wrote […]
I'm back from the valley of the shadow of blog death with an old favorite
Right off the bat, I'm going to make an embarrassing admission–several, actually. Earlier, I quoted Clausewitz as saying block|Clausewitz also said, the best way to attack a powerful enemy is to attack the weakness in their greatest strength.|block Clausewitz did not say this. Al Ries and Jack Trout said it. "Who?" I hear you cry. […]
So the President is planning a surge, is he? All the warning signs are there–Dad’s friends on the Iraq Study Group embarrassed him, and he knows he has to announce some kind of change, so why not go for broke and double down on America’s military future? So The SurgeTM gets floated in some neoconservative […]
I started this blog on May 6th, 2003. For the previous few months, basically since I left Montreal, I had been working on a book at a maddeningly slow pace. The title was to be, “The End of the American Century,” and the premise was that in a hundred years or so, history students would […]
So the Democrats have won back the Congress without a coherent plan to get us out of the war, and no wonder; Bush is still Commander-in-Chief and his lawyers have argued the President's position on Constitutional matters to the point that to call it a 'coup' would be stretching the truth only slightly. The Democrats, […]
Less than a week from the mid-term elections and I’m starting to get worried that either a) the Democrats will lose, and b) the Democrats will win. Don’t Count Your Chicken-hawks Before They Hatch Smart people have a problem. They’re outnumbered by idiots. This is not necessarily meant as a jibe against either party, you […]
When you watch a White House press conference (or that rarest of birds, a Presidential press conference), you'll notice that tough questions are increasingly being asked as journalists feel emboldened by Bush's low approval ratings. But there is still a line that many refuse to cross, a moratorium on real self-examination about our foregin policy.<br […]
Now that I'm working for the good folks at a{http://www.mediachannel.org”>MediaChannel}a, and trying to write a book about technology (ever so slowly), I find that I haven't been blogging very much. One of the reasons I started this blog in the first place was to help me keep writing every day. In fact, I started out […]
Since my last post, the Middle East broke out into yet another war between right-wing militarists and Islamist militias, and President Bush went on a rhetorical offensive to shore up support for the war in Iraq (he hardly seems to mention Afghanistan anymore). Even though I haven’t posted on my blog for a while, I […]
As the Senate geared up to vote on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage last week, derisive howls were heard throughout the country when Senate Majority Leader Frist declared it a legislative priority. Though it’s clear that this ultimately doomed gesture was nothing but the purest pandering to cultural conservatives, there is a hidden truth […]
Recently, David Asman of Fox News’ program “Forbes on Fox” asked the following question: “Bashing our military: seems like it’s a new sport for our media! But could all the negative headlines and lack of reporting about anything positive our brave men and women are doing there hurt America and our markets?” Naturally, Asman turns […]
Turn on cable news at any given moment and chances are good you'll be hearing about either immigration or record gas prices. It occurred to me that although you'd never know it from watching corporate media, these two issues have much more in common than you think, and their causal link goes back hundreds of […]
So, Saturday (May 6th) marked the third anniversary of Casual Asides. Faithful readers, I know you've been waiting breathlessly for the past month for me to update, and all I can tell you is that I've been working on a non-fiction book proposal instead of blogging. And don't worry, this week I'll break out that […]
<b>Abuse of Civil rights and Procedures</b> The lovely and always well-researched Ren has a really remarkable piece on the Nation website about the recent South Dakota Abortion Task Force, which was basically a front for a single State Rep's plan to challenge Roe v. Wade ASAP. The extended version of the piece is here, there's […]
With the third anniversary of the War in Iraq, our attentions have turned, naturally, to Iran. A while ago (before Iran’s nuclear program was making front-page news), I was talking to a friend about liberal interventionism, and of course, Iran came up. What did I ultimately propose to do, she asked, about the human rights […]
I exhort you, faithful readers, to vote for my blog in the Best Writing category of the Koufax Awards. I have this fantasy of winning out over 126 contenders. As the Mets say, You Gotta Believe. Please, vote here (it says the voting hasn’t opened yet, but it has): Wampum’s Koufax Award for Best Writing […]
It’s a busy week; there hasn’t been much time for blogging lately. I was considering posting something about it that read, “light posting ahead, sorry folks.” Then I remembered I don’t post that often in the first place, so I won’t be making any apologies. Ha! There’s a quality/quantity tradeoff, especially when it comes to […]
Just wanted to thank everyone who’s been coming to this humble little blog lately. My traffic has doubled, due in no small part to my fellow Koufax nominees linking to my recent post about the whole British-to-Emirate ports deal. Then there are all the people looking up either David Sanborn or Muhammad Sharaf, sometimes in […]
This weekend news came that the Bush Administration had approved the sale of Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation (a.k.a. "P & O"), the fourth-largest port operations firm in the world, to DP World, the seventh-largest. P & O is a British company, and DP World is owned by the United Arab Emirates. P & O […]
Since my internet connection went down earlier this week, I’ve been sitting and stewing about various things: No Blogging on Yom Kippur A few days ago, I was lamenting the fact that my traffic had been flagging lately. It’s not like I don’t know why; I don’t post every day, like most blogs do. These […]
If you didn’t think the White House was bereft of shame or even a sense of irony before, all you need to do is witness the latest salvo in its attempts to whitewash its failures. Today, in the midst of the investigations of Bush’s illegal NSA spying program (Bush supporters might prefer “extralegal” or “supralegal”) […]
Recently, the Abramoff lobbying scandal has yielded a raft of proposals from both sides in an effort to combat the “Culture of Corruption” meme we’ve been hearing so much about. Before I (or anyone else) talk about these reform proposals, we need to understand what Abramoff is really charged with and how lobbying works in […]
I have a whiteboard, generously given as a birthday present by Elephant. For the last six-odd months, there has been a diagram on it which I had been working on for some time. As time passed and other stories became more pressing, I just left it up and began to cover it with other notes. […]
Posted this on the wikipedia site’s entry for the Abramoff scandal, figured you might like to hear it: “To say that this scandal is being ‘painted as Republican’ is dishonest and ignores facts about Abramoff which are certainly undisputable. He was chairman of the College Republican National Committee and worked for Reagan’s 1980 campaign. The […]
Since I seem to be contenting myself with rehashing old themes lately, let’s go with the only one that people consistently seem to enjoy, i.e., actual casual asides. The Bush-NSA Spying Scandal Let us consider, for a moment, the depths of what has been revealed here. To begin with, I entered the words “warrant courts […]
From: D. J. Waletzky To: Martin Nutt Subject: Re: Disappearing accents On Fri, 2005-12-23 at 18:31 -0500, M_a_r_t_i_n_n_u_t_t___X_@_X__a_o_l_._c_o_m wrote: In your page http://waletzky.com/dj/permalink.php?uid=104 (Sunday, 12 Sep 2004 ) you state The only country (to my knowledge, please correct me) that didn’t build its TV networks this way is the United States, where television was invented. […]
Dear Dr. Krauthammer, I came across your article in the Weekly Standard which argued for two hypothetical exceptions from a blanket ban on torturing prisoners by the U.S. government. I must tell you how strongly I disagree with your conclusions merely on practical grounds (to say nothing of the morality of torturing detainees, a complicated […]
Dear Senator Clinton,Recently I read with interest your comments regarding the proposed partial criminalization of flag burning law in USA Today, namely,"I support federal legislation that would outlaw flag desecration," which I assume refers to HR 1974 IH, otherwise known as the Flag Protection Act of 2005. As your constituent, I have a few questions […]
I've been working on proposals for the Democratic platform. House Democrats beat me to part of it a few days ago, so I figured I might as well share part of it with you today: environmental policy. Even if you don't have cancer or asthma or water damage or mercury poisoning, you probably know someone […]
Bush’s October 6th speech at the National Endowment for Democracy was so close to self-parody that for once, Bush’s smirks were actually humorous. It was like a Friar’s Club Speech, if the friars were experts on Middle East affairs. The theme of this speech is the comparison (more precisely, the equation) of Islamist terrorism to […]
Have you recently noticed, a whole bunch of GOP figures are being indicted, investigated or excoriated for various (alleged) wrongdoings? If you are the corporate media, the answer is yes, but if you're a conscientious, informed American citizen, the answer is no. Call it an amazing coincidence, but it seems that the recent rash of […]
When I saw that the President was going to hold a press conference on Fox News this morning, I got out my notepad and took some notes: Smirks Guffaws 9/26 Bush remarks re: energy supply Bush looks haggard, like he hasn’t slept or watched professional sports in days. The rumors that he’s started drinking again […]
Note: I’ve been busy and uninspired lately. Actually, I’ve been trying to pitch articles to magazines instead of working like a dog to fact-check stuff for a blog that relatively few people read. The market has wreaked its horrible toll on this blog, I’m afraid. But don’t despair, I found this draft from a while […]
I was working on a major piece about Katrina but have decided to pitch it to a magazine instead of publishing it here. Does this attempt at commodification make for a worse blog? Yes. So, this means there will be no sweeping socialist, environmentalist, civil libertarian broadsides this week; instead we have some odds and […]
As the pro-war contingent of American politics becomes increasingly desperate–oh, who am I kidding, it’s actually just standard operating procedure on both sides of the aisle–we have progressed to ad hominem attacks on prominent anti-war media figures. As with the Dixie Chicks, Michael Moore, Tim Robbins, and so forth, we now have hawks trying to […]
While talking to Elephant today, I repeated my assertion that what we need are better laws, not more of them. The simpler a law is, the harder it is to find loopholes in it; what we need are the right principles rather than approximately justifiable rules. Elephant said the only sort of "business restructuring" law […]
My friend Elephant sometimes says that he’s a pro-market liberal. But he often makes the excellent point that markets are always created by the state. It’s not just regulation which shapes and produces markets; there are the limits of enforcement as well as the means for chartering corporations. Now, I had been harboring some vestigial […]
So, I'm turning 25 as we speak, and I've decided to celebrate by being responsible and catching up on all this work I need to have done today. That is why this post is so short. I have been working on a post wherein I advocate withdrawing from NAFTA, the War on Drugs and Iraq […]
Often, people think that when I argue with them about the war on terror, or the war in Iraq, or the war in Afghanistan, that I am somehow traitorous or ‘morally indistinguishable’ from a fifth-columnist or Al-Qaeda terrorists. Especially when I note that many of their political complaints are founded (though as I’m sure you […]
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Make no mistake, everyone who is involved in (American) politics, whether professionally or intellectually, wants to be the President (of the United States); even if only for a day. My problem is that I am, and always have been, totally unelectable–never won an election, probably never will. For one thing, Americans will vote for blacks […]
Brad, the newly repentant individual, has posted a reasoned, thoughtful account of his libertarian/natural rights philosophy here, and his argument sets out from an excellent starting point: block|…life, liberty, or property rights are quite easily discarded by an overbearing government. We can call them
Sometimes, when I talk about the foibles of our policies, people ask me, "well, what do you propose?" which is a good question. I prefer strategies which really look to the future, so here are some fun ways for us lefties to think two steps ahead: 1) Regardless of what Karl "The King of Plausible […]
While I was busying myself with other pursuits, Eric’s post about Iraq and Al-Qaeda seems to have prompted a really good discussion with Matt of Cerulean Blue and Mike of No Angst Zone (as always, I’ve arrived stylishly late to the party). In the thick of all this, Mike comes up with an essentially flawed […]
Two recent posts on blogs I read regularly have been bothering me: most disturbing is Time for the West to Close its Borders to Muslim Immigrants over at The Kvetcher, and the other one is DadaHead's post linking to Prof. Brian Leiter's "This is how we shall preach to the converted" manifesto. I'll take on […]
When Lincoln freed the slaves (in Confederate territory only, of course), some of the most voracious opposition came not from slave owners, but from poor whites. To be sure, there was an economic aspect–freed blacks would now be competing for jobs–but there was a more important and deeper social logic behind their opposition. If you […]
I’m in the middle of writing a very, very long post about Iraq, but in the meantime, I have discovered that my favorite book of all time, Penguin Island by Anatole France, is available entirely free as a plaintext file! Three cheers for the public domain! And although it was written in 1908, it’s an […]