Lofty views, live
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! The Dagley Dagley Daily is now an official online affiliate of one of the world's best-known landmarks: The Empire State Building and its live Towercam. Just click on the image there in the left-hand column and you should get two pop-up windows: one will be the Empire State Building's official web site, and the other a live view from the Towercam. You can choose from among several views, including the observatory decks, and you can even e-mail an image right from the Towercam viewer. Some browsers may need plug-ins in order to show the image properly; if so you'll be offered a chance to download and install it the first time you visit. Of course, regular readers of this blog know that since its founding Feb. 1, 2003, The Dagley Dagley Daily has had a longstanding unofficial relationship with the Empire State Building, similar to the relationship between the classic Japanese artist Hokusai and Mt. Fuji.
In other news, as reported yesterday by Ohrada News, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi inadvertently invoked one of the best-known laws of cyberphysics yesterday when he compared Germany's representative to the European Parliament to a Nazi concentration camp guard. According to Godwin's law, as an online discussion grows longer, "the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress." While Godwin's law applies to online discussions, it seems equally valid in real-world arguments as well. Berlusconi mentioned Nazis, and automatically lost the argument. He has since apologized, but be that as it may, he still lost the argument.
Thanks again to Sen. Frank Lautenberg, (D-N.J.), who once again impeccably represented this constituent's interests in his response to George W. Bush's double-dog-dare to anyone who might want to attack U.S. troops in Iraq. "I am shaking my head in disbelief," Lautenberg said. "When I served in the Army in Europe during World War II, I never heard any military commander – let alone the Commander in Chief – invite enemies to attack U.S. troops.". Unlike Lautenberg, George W. Bush is not a war veteran, and mystery surrounds his record in the Texas Air National Guard. Rewards are still available in Texas and Alabama to anyone who can provide proof that Bush actually served in those states' National Guards. Meanwhile, Lautenberg has also written to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to express his concern about the growing number of U.S. casualties in Iraq; one-third of those died after Mr. Bush announced the "end of hostilities."
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posted by Janet Dagley Dagley @5:01 PM
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