The Basement Burrow

2005-07-28T05:30:00.000-07:00

Bad Pun TimeIs the most theatrical of birds the starling?

2005-07-07T07:32:00.000-07:00

Atrocities in LondonPray for the injured and the bereaved, and may the Lord have mercy on the souls of the murderers.

2005-06-23T13:05:00.000-07:00

Yet Another Stupid CrookWhat an idiot.

2005-06-03T16:55:00.000-07:00

Is your doctor a terrorist?Find out.

2005-05-31T08:16:00.000-07:00

Bad Pun TimeWould you say that those Star Wars Mary Sues who win the affections of the Separatist general are Grievous tales indeed?

2005-05-16T07:15:00.000-07:00

Bad Pun TimeWould John Kerry's favorite pie be radian?

2005-04-28T11:42:00.000-07:00

The ivory-billed woodpecker still flies!Woohoo!

2005-04-17T10:19:00.001-07:00

Bad Pun TimeTwo Middle-Earth folk were having some coffee. One said, "This coffee is APALLING!" The other replied, "Treebeard didn't see anything wrong." The first replied, "The Ents don't justify the beans."

2005-04-09T17:48:00.000-07:00

Cobarde Zapatero sold Chavez chem warfare agentsClick

2005-03-31T12:18:00.000-08:00

Terri Schiavo murderedRest in peace.

2005-03-27T06:47:00.000-08:00

Bad Pun TimeI suppose that a dentistry might set up tooth-shaped birdhouses to help the cavity nesters.

2005-03-20T10:31:00.000-08:00

Outspoken Professor Meets Mixed Response at Mos Espa Tatooine (Agence Sélogne Presse) Embattled University of Corellia professor Ward Churchill, who stirred up controversy in Imperial Era 21 by calling the people who died in the destruction of Alderaan “little Gunrays,” (comparing them to the infamous Trade Federation viceroy) met mixed reactions when he spoke at Mos Espa Monday.He said that the

2005-03-12T07:54:00.000-08:00

Bad Pun TimeWould you say that when Achenar got trapped on Heven he was feeling blue? And that when Sirrus found no way out of Spire he was red with anger?

2005-02-28T07:00:00.000-08:00

Bad Pun TimeWould you say that Madam Pomfrey is a witch doctor?

2005-02-25T19:29:00.000-08:00

More Fifth ColumnNo support-our-troops ribbons, sez this git.

2005-02-17T16:17:00.000-08:00

IMAO does the Jimmy Carter captain's logRabbits and peanuts and omens, oh my!

2005-02-14T12:05:00.000-08:00

Gay rights groups outraged over penguin testFledermausen!

2005-02-07T11:07:00.000-08:00

Anti-American prof Says we need more 9/11s. Words fail me.

2005-01-31T08:45:00.000-08:00

Lately, Rantburg has been posting imam Q&A columns to get a look into what's being said. The moonbattery involed just screams to be lampooned. So without further ado, let me present… Ask your Friendly Imam Q. I’m a girl in twelfth grade in an non-Muslim country, wondering if I can go to my graduation. A. First, there is a mingling of the sexes there so no you must not, and second, why are

2005-01-30T14:22:00.000-08:00

Kennedy: It is time to exit the Oldsmobile iowahawk lets Ted Kennedy have it with both barrels.

2005-01-25T13:25:00.000-08:00

Ex-Klansman? What "ex"? For someone who's left the Klan, he's certainly got a lot of baggage from it.

2005-01-24T08:28:00.000-08:00

Krutzed-up, Column-5 College Click and seethe.

2005-01-19T20:56:00.000-08:00

A krutzed-up column-5 judge Can't someone find a parking-ticket court for her? Or can she even handle that?

2005-01-13T17:35:00.000-08:00

"We Will Thwart You" As sung by Capt. Picard to Dr. Tolian Soran To the tune of "We Will Rock You" bu Queen Buddy you're a madman Monomaniac El-Aurian You want to make a supernova to see your family Now, writ on your face Is disgrace We'll stop you from killing Planet 4's sentient race Singin' We will, we will, thwart you. We will, we will, thwart you. Buddy you're an evil man You murdered

2005-01-03T21:38:00.000-08:00

Bad Pun Time When Frodo put the Ring on at Amon Sûl, the Nazgûl looked like they'd been sucking lemons for millennia. Doesn't surprise me; they served Sour-on.

2004-12-29T07:07:00.000-08:00

The Earthquake and Tsunami Such a tragedy. My prayers go with the survivors and the rescue workers.

2004-12-24T13:33:00.000-08:00

Indymedia hits a new low They're not anti-war; they're on the other side. How are their burqas coming along?

2004-12-14T07:40:00.000-08:00

Dutch consider infant euthanasia Click. They tried that in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. IIRC, it got really ugly really fast.

2004-12-08T21:14:00.000-08:00

Et tu, Steves? Then fall, Penguin Rick Steves has lost it now. Rantburg's fisking.

2004-12-06T19:20:00.000-08:00

Politically Correct Gift Guide m****cript funny!

2004-11-29T17:58:00.000-08:00

"Let Me Go" As sung by Saavedro To the tune of "Let it snow" O what the boys did was quite frightful But the news is so delightful Narayan is safe, I know Let me go, let me go, let me go Man, it has been twenty long years And suddenly hope appears By now the kids will be grown Let me go, let me go, let me go. My dear Tamra, are you there? Also are you still true to me If our lives we still may

2004-11-18T19:34:00.000-08:00

Ted Rall sacked It's about 'scripting time!

2004-11-13T20:52:00.000-08:00

Automatic Moonbat Rant Generator This is funny!

2004-11-13T20:48:00.000-08:00

Last Battle of Vietnam: a Poem Read it.

2004-11-10T19:09:00.000-08:00

"Sidious and Vader To the tune of “I Once Was as Meek as a Newborn Lamb” by Gilbert and Sullivan. SIDIOUS: I once was an innocent Naboo lad Darth Sidious now am I *ha ha* A shadowy fellow With eyes of bright yellow Darth Sidious now am I *ha ha* VADER: And I’m no more eschewing bad I’m a Sithlord none defy *ha ha* Check the Tusken village Which of life I did pillage A Sithlord none defy *ha

2004-11-03T11:24:00.000-08:00

Bush wins! The campaign was very suspenseful, but Bush won!

2004-10-30T19:07:00.000-07:00

Cronkite loses it Attributes the Osama tape to Rove. Absolutely, Walt. And I'm a common starling.

2004-10-23T07:47:00.000-07:00

Bad Pun Time So the Cardinals made it to the World Series! What-Cheer!

2004-10-15T13:38:00.000-07:00

KRS-One=Seditious krutzhead Click.

2004-10-09T19:10:00.000-07:00

LLLs on Howard's reelection When the Good Guys™ get a point the LLLs seethe and whine.

2004-10-05T05:49:00.000-07:00

"Haven, Spire, and D'nî" To the tune of “Kind Captain I’ve Important Information” by Gilbert and Sullivan Sirrus: Kind stranger, will you give me the red pages? Sing Haven, Spire, and D’nî; take a look. My brother he is giv’n to murd’rous rages. Sing hey, please put the pages in my Book. Stranger and Sirrus: Please put, please put the pages, Please put, please put the pages, Please put, please

2004-10-04T10:53:00.000-07:00

Bad Pun Time Would Elvish field rations made on August 1 be Lammas bread?

2004-09-23T16:54:00.000-07:00

They needs to see a shrink Wohbanobongu! Cuckoo!

2004-09-18T17:59:00.000-07:00

"Acolyte" As sung by Gehn To the tune of “Kryptonite” by 3 Doors Down I took a walk back to the cave that I come from I left my son in the too-tender care of my old Mum. I lost my marbles; they all fell out so soon I’m afraid I’m crazy as a loon, yeah. I’ve gone nutso; I am just as crazy as a loon. Too many Ages I Wrote simply fell apart too soon. But you Katran will soon now be my bride Vile

2004-09-15T14:45:00.000-07:00

The Mikado tackles Cyberirritants To the tune of “My Object All Sublime” Mikado: A more humane Mikado nowhere On Internet exists On all the World Wide Web My charity don’t ebb I’m a philanthropist The computer users will jump for joy when I make each beauzeau pay Who disrupts the websites For their own delight They’ll be jokes of the day. My object all sublime To make computer time A place of

2004-09-08T17:03:00.000-07:00

Greater love hath no man than this… He gave his life for the students. Rest in peace.

2004-09-08T15:23:00.000-07:00

Bad Pun Time Would a starship from the blue book in Myst be a Haven Battle Dragon?

2004-09-07T18:35:00.000-07:00

Bad Pun Time When a maker of violins dropped one of his works, which shattered, his comment was "Oh fiddle."

2004-08-30T20:21:00.000-07:00

Protests around the RNC My father said the Big Apple is now the Big Dandruff because of all the flakes. I say it's the Big Snowstorm.

2004-08-24T19:40:00.000-07:00

Bad Pun Time A cat thought it could tangle with any bird, no matter how large. It was wrong, and suffered a bittern defeat. It did not learn, and so did not peng-win and was left puffin quite a few times. It would egret most of its fights.

2004-08-14T12:59:00.000-07:00

I updated my blogroll agehn I have discovered and begun frequenting new blogs. And there's one non-politix-related in the lyst now.

2004-08-14T12:52:00.000-07:00

Hurricane Charlie pounds Florida Yahoo link. Democratic Underground conspiracy theories in 5, 4, 3…

2004-08-14T12:30:00.000-07:00

Belmont Club on Sadr's demands Click here.

2004-08-07T11:19:00.000-07:00

Latest beheading video a hoax for publicity Here. I'm at a loss for words.

2004-07-30T18:44:00.000-07:00

When he's a Filmmaker he'll Tell Taradiddles… Mendacious Mike doctored the "Gore won" headline to suit his vendetta. Pantagraph article.

2004-07-26T13:02:00.000-07:00

What if Narnia had Indymedia? King Miraz Assassinated- Beruna Independent Media Center A Paravelist goon impersonating the mythological King Peter has cravenly assassinated the rightful King Miraz on the orders of Caspian the Usurper. The evil Caspian, who fled when Miraz tried to bring him to justice for treason, organised a Paravelist/theocratic uprising against Miraz. He recruited

2004-07-25T18:25:00.000-07:00

Saddam was nabbed by an Iraqi immigrant! Clickie.

2004-07-23T06:43:00.000-07:00

"You're Just Plain Crazy" Sung by Aitrus the Younger and Ymur. To the tune of "She drives me Crazy" by Fine Young Cannibals Ymur: Teranî gave us raw deal What they did! Run them 'neath keels! Let me see, you are Ronê That means you're evil, 'tis plain to say You hate that we arotantî Finally, have been set free Aitrus: You're just plain crazy Like my old pop You're just plain crazy And you

2004-07-23T06:36:00.000-07:00

Boston sign of Bush support surfaces Here for article. Here for photo. Update: The city is slapping him with all sorts of fines.

2004-07-22T17:08:00.000-07:00

Rafah as Sister City proposal rejected Good.(Sorry, no link)

2004-07-13T17:23:00.000-07:00

Tinfoil rapper My impression of Jadakiss? Very wacky.

2004-07-12T06:34:00.000-07:00

Harry Potter banned in China. Because of sections of Order of the Phoenix that the PRC would find anathema?

2004-07-06T09:43:00.000-07:00

"The Myst Games are Cool" To the tune of “Baby I Love You” by Martina McBride Edanna’s a lovely Age As was coded on the page Years ago A bird that has a trumpet call A rodent opening plants small And so much mo’ The Myst games just get people wrapped up (I solved that refractor!) Cerebrally active There’s grossameries too And crook-trapped kormantî in red and blue The Myst games are cool A

2004-06-29T11:42:00.000-07:00

Early Transition of Power al-Reuters, so watch for bias. Iraqi blogger Hammorabi on the handover and the Arab media's response.

2004-06-25T18:31:00.000-07:00

r.e. Mendacious Mike Fahrenheit 911 is out. Hope it's ineffective, or else backfires. To the tune of "When He's a Bad Bart." by Gilbert and Sullivan. Young Michael Moore: When I'm making films I will tell taradiddles Chorus: He'll tell taradiddles when he's making films YMM: And truth I will kill and with facts I will fiddle C: With facts he will fiddle and truth he will kill YMM: You have to

2004-06-18T08:53:00.000-07:00

Bad Pun Time In "I've Got a Little List" of course they'd none of them be missed. They'd all of them be riven!

2004-06-13T10:12:00.000-07:00

What was the LLL saying about Reagan when he was Prez? Click to find out. Do any of these people or notions ound familiar?

2004-06-05T19:11:00.000-07:00

Ronald Reagan; 1911-2004 Rest in peace and thanks for winning the Cold War.

2004-06-05T05:33:00.000-07:00

Protests on Calamari Calamari(Galactic Free Press)—Nine million protestors, many from Interstellar ANSWER and such, descended on the capital of the Republic on Calamari on Saturday to call for an end to the war against the Yuuzhan Vong. Very common were signs like “Omas is Palpatine,” “No circulatory fluids for biotech,” and many other slogans. Said Falynn Daydreamer of Tatooine, “The Yuuzhan

2004-05-31T03:53:00.000-07:00

Today's Memorial Day A moment of silence for all the soldiers who gave their lives for America. Thank you.

2004-05-26T09:18:00.000-07:00

Mornie utúlië in Canada The shroud of darkness has descended upon the great white north.

2004-05-25T15:53:00.000-07:00

Sarin confirmed Here. See? Bush did not lie, after all.

2004-05-17T08:48:00.000-07:00

The sarin that wasn't there used on troops Clickie. They say that the LLL are already running the spin machines full tilt.

2004-05-17T08:04:00.000-07:00

Lucifer gets gay marriage in Mass. Pandora's Box is open.

2004-05-09T12:05:00.000-07:00

Songbird Madrigal Flown north is the junco But here's the song sparrow Falalalalalalala The downy woodpecker stays And so does the blue jay Falalalalalalala falalala The black-capped chickadee Is singing merrily Falalalalalalala The common starling and the wood thrush Sing sweetly and don't hush Falalalalalalala falalala The red-winged blackbird he's A-singing in the reeds Falalalalalalala

2004-05-03T13:09:00.000-07:00

Bad Pun Time Rall's libel against Tillman ticks me off. And tocks me off too.

2004-05-03T13:07:00.000-07:00

Ted Rall=Evil Liar Clickie if you can handle it.

2004-04-24T14:31:00.000-07:00

Honor killings have come to the U. S. of A. Here.

2004-04-24T14:23:00.000-07:00

Bad Pun Time I've got my blogroll right there. Please pass the butter.

2004-04-24T14:19:00.000-07:00

Redoing and increasing my blogroll Allah is in the House A sometimes funny, sometimes simply weird, blog by one claiming to be Allah Barking Moonbat Early Warning System Just what it says. Belmont Club Essays on world affairs. Bleat, the Random, funny "bleats" about life and such. Birding Babylon A soldier reports the birds he's seen in Iraq. Blue Sky Plans Brainstorming by my father. Dhimmi

2004-04-21T17:45:00.000-07:00

Bad Pun Time Is the brightest of birds the bulb-ul?

2004-04-17T20:26:00.000-07:00

Exit Rantissi Here.

2004-04-10T12:38:00.000-07:00

LotR anti-war slogans What would ANSWER et al be saying in III 3019 on Planet Arda? Aragorn is Castamir! Free Mordor! Elrond lied, people died! Armenelosism is racism! No more Valinor! No blood for mithril! Overthrow Aragorn! The Nazgûl chief was assassinated! You armed Sauron, remember?

2004-04-10T09:50:00.000-07:00

Bad Pun Time If you focus sunlight onto the Bleached Tricolor, is that a French Fry?

2004-03-31T21:07:00.000-08:00

Bad Pun Time To get past the trap in Exile, you have to put the squees on the log.

2004-03-22T16:48:00.000-08:00

Bad Pun Time Some thrushes cannot fly straight; they're veery.

2004-03-22T16:41:00.000-08:00

Yassin in Hell Yesterday, Sheikh Achmed Yassin, leader of Hamans, got helizapped by the IAF.

2004-03-13T13:18:00.000-08:00

Bad Pun Time House sparrows are not the most frivolous of birds. In fact they're downright cheep.

2004-03-06T13:11:00.000-08:00

OBL's own kids mocked him Clickie!

2004-02-28T05:52:00.000-08:00

I have to post my 'scripting blogroll agehn… [Allah is in the House] [The Bleat<] [I don't know] [Instapundit] [Healing Iraq] [iowahawk] [Little Green Footballs] [Rantburg] [ScrappleFace] Contact me

2004-02-28T05:47:00.000-08:00

Bad Pun Time So they found a dwarf star that's a giant carbon crystal. What will they call this new mineral? Gimlite?

2004-02-24T11:39:00.000-08:00

Bad Pun Time "Ash nazg durbatulûk" has a not-so-nice ring to it.

2004-02-19T13:50:00.000-08:00

Hamanism watch Sickos desecrating graves.

2004-02-14T10:34:00.000-08:00

Bad Pun Time Did you hear about the bird that took up comedy and dancing? It's a macarena punguin.

2004-02-12T10:38:00.000-08:00

Brilliant idea Here. But I bet the mullahs will be quick on the fatwa.

2004-02-12T10:31:00.000-08:00

Bad Pun Time Is the bird that wavers most the flicker?

2004-02-05T06:49:00.000-08:00

Bad Pun Time Which Myst Age has the most TV? Channelwood, of course.

2004-02-05T06:48:00.000-08:00

My take on Janet's "wardrobe malfunction" "Wardrobe malfunction" my foot. That was not welcome.

2004-01-29T08:09:00.000-08:00

It's that time agehn To give my blogroll here. [Allah is in the House] [The Bleat<] [I don't know] [Instapundit] [Healing Iraq] [iowahawk] [Little Green Footballs] [Rantburg] [ScrappleFace] Contact me

2004-01-29T08:06:00.000-08:00

Maeglin list Clickie. In the immortal words of Mister Spock,Fascinating.