Bon weekend!
Labels: other bloggers' lives, random
What Are You Doing Today?
11.29.2008
Ore : 12:07 PM
Ore : 12:07 PM
I'm posting this, then going back to reading until the bf picks me up from my parents (he's off goldpanning in Yuba Co.) Ann Althouse apparently hasn't stopped drinking since Thursday evening.
Bon weekend!
Bon weekend!
Shitsteyn
10.26.2008
Ore : 10:15 PM
Ore : 10:15 PM
Right-wingers are going off their rockers everywhere you look. Recently, Mark Steyn openly admits to copraphilia. Really.
He unironically and thoughtlessly quotes a by-the-way amusing David Sedaris piece for the New Yorker in which the latter writes of political undecideds:
To which Steyn actually replies "Well, to be honest, I’ve never much cared for chicken."
In a word: Ew.
This, kids, is what happens to the massively doltish when they think they're more clever than they are.
P.S. Of course, I could be more forgiving of Steyn's choice, and speculate that he'd rather eat feces than engage in cannibalism -- a position for which an argument could conceivably be made.
He unironically and thoughtlessly quotes a by-the-way amusing David Sedaris piece for the New Yorker in which the latter writes of political undecideds:
I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. ‘Can I interest you in the chicken?’ she asks. ‘Or would you prefer the platter of s—t with bits of broken glass in it?’
To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.
To which Steyn actually replies "Well, to be honest, I’ve never much cared for chicken."
In a word: Ew.
This, kids, is what happens to the massively doltish when they think they're more clever than they are.
P.S. Of course, I could be more forgiving of Steyn's choice, and speculate that he'd rather eat feces than engage in cannibalism -- a position for which an argument could conceivably be made.
Labels: America's Shittiest Website, funnzies, other bloggers' lives, Republican't stooges, wingnuttery
Is It Just the Native Petulance...
10.05.2008
Ore : 6:21 PM
Ore : 6:21 PM
....Or is Charles Krauthammer really, really sick? Just caught him on PBS, watching his grinch-like visage spew excuses for Palin's inability/unwillingness to answer questions, and while he is always pissy, this time his pissy-ness had an extra, indefinable edge to it -- the kind I've seen in people with terminal illnesses who don't have that long to go. Coupled with his feeble and rickety physical presence, I got a distinctly aidsy vibe.
Or maybe it's just too much of the wrong make-up plastered over bad plastic surgery. Thoughts?
Or maybe it's just too much of the wrong make-up plastered over bad plastic surgery. Thoughts?
Labels: other bloggers' lives, random, Republican't stooges, wingnuttery
Glibertarian Type 4, Tier 8 -- D-List
8.26.2008
Ore : 7:33 AM
Ore : 7:33 AM
Several thoughts upon "discovering" Robert Stacy McCain's blahg:
- His tag reads "Award-winning columnist, reporter, editor, author, bon vivant and raconteur." First, I'd like to know which awards he's won besides a booger-encrusted gold star from Instapundit's crotchlings. Second, I'm sure there's no such thing as an award for a raconteur -- certainly, I can't imagine such an award being doled out to someone who has the temerity to label himself one. And third, anyone who calls himself a bon vivant is just admitting to a case of raging, incorrigible alcoholism.
- Immediate impression is of a coverless, dog-eared, yard-sale paperback version of PJ O'Rourke (who himself hasn't been funny since the year I was born.)
- Another glibertarian: tolerates the hypocritical, finger-wagging scolds among his fellow travelers for the sake of political expediency, but likes his controlled substances and what he thinks passes for humor (and it does, among the knuckledraggers with whom he canoodles.) Just wishes all the niggers except for Alan Keyes would go away.
- An example of his rakish, cocked-elbow, Buckley-eyebrowed humor: "The Women's Caucus. Imagine me in a roomful of liberal women, some of them possibly heterosexual. Frightening." Analysis: any humor contained therein is purely unintentional -- frightened of possibly heterosexual women? I'm shocked, really. Of course, he meant "BWA-HA-HA LIBERAL DEMONCRAT WOMEN ARE BIG BULLDYKES HAHAHA" -- but then, what is he, a sophisticate, or a Delphi Forums troglodyte? Then again I often find myself more comfortable around lesbians, but I'm a huge faggot.
- "Stacy"? How unfortunate. My condolences.
- His tag reads "Award-winning columnist, reporter, editor, author, bon vivant and raconteur." First, I'd like to know which awards he's won besides a booger-encrusted gold star from Instapundit's crotchlings. Second, I'm sure there's no such thing as an award for a raconteur -- certainly, I can't imagine such an award being doled out to someone who has the temerity to label himself one. And third, anyone who calls himself a bon vivant is just admitting to a case of raging, incorrigible alcoholism.
- Immediate impression is of a coverless, dog-eared, yard-sale paperback version of PJ O'Rourke (who himself hasn't been funny since the year I was born.)
- Another glibertarian: tolerates the hypocritical, finger-wagging scolds among his fellow travelers for the sake of political expediency, but likes his controlled substances and what he thinks passes for humor (and it does, among the knuckledraggers with whom he canoodles.) Just wishes all the niggers except for Alan Keyes would go away.
- An example of his rakish, cocked-elbow, Buckley-eyebrowed humor: "The Women's Caucus. Imagine me in a roomful of liberal women, some of them possibly heterosexual. Frightening." Analysis: any humor contained therein is purely unintentional -- frightened of possibly heterosexual women? I'm shocked, really. Of course, he meant "BWA-HA-HA LIBERAL DEMONCRAT WOMEN ARE BIG BULLDYKES HAHAHA" -- but then, what is he, a sophisticate, or a Delphi Forums troglodyte? Then again I often find myself more comfortable around lesbians, but I'm a huge faggot.
- "Stacy"? How unfortunate. My condolences.
Labels: analyses, evil, hilariously gay, other bloggers' lives, Republican't stooges, stupidity, wingnuttery
Alls I Have To Add Is This
11.06.2007
Ore : 8:43 AM
Ore : 8:43 AM
...That if they make a miniseries about the foulness and venality that infects every fiber of Bush's executive branch, this woman needs to be played by Elizabeth Shue -- it's about time she got to be a feckless villainess!
Labels: other bloggers' lives, Republican't stooges, wingnuttery
Fucking Fuckity Fuck
6.03.2007
Ore : 7:38 AM
Ore : 7:38 AM
You Don't Have To Feel Bad Anymore!
4.02.2007
Ore : 6:51 AM
Ore : 6:51 AM
...One coping strategy? Keep surfing the Internet!
Do perfect strangers studiously avoid eye contact when you attempt faltering, ill-advised overtures? Does the grocery deliveryman fail to broach small talk through the steel-reinforced receiving chute? Do hookers skip out with your wallet before the happy ending? Never fear, fleshbags: MSNBC is here with a few helpful tips!
- One often-effective cry for help? Vicious, nearly violent passive-aggressive venting. That'll show those elitist jerks who made fun of your mass-internment proposals!
- Don't be afraid to exhibit neediness. Bleg, bleg, and bleg! It's easy if you can get away with pretending you don't have a Lexis/Nexis account, or have ever even heard of Google!
- A more drastic approach? The future is transhumanism! Simply eliminate those pesky mammalian desires for social acceptance once and for all by becoming a gleaming, clacking, unholy marriage of flesh and machine!
(Glennbot graphic discourtesy of the highly unreliable hamsters who run Sadly, No!'s servers.)
Labels: America's Shittiest Website, Doughbob Loadpants, evil, funnzies, Glennocidal Tendencies, other bloggers' lives, wingnuttery
Eat Me
3.20.2007
Ore : 8:30 AM
Ore : 8:30 AM
I know this is terribly unscientific of me, allowing myself constantly to be pin-pricked by all this anecdotal evidence, but one can only hear of so many instances of pet food recalls and E. Coli outbreaks in the news before one's apprehension gets the better of one. So I decided to poke around...
The CDC's surveillance is by far the most comprehensive, and arguably the least flawed. Yet their studies are far too narrowly conceived to be of much use for this post. (Their most comprehensive reports showed now real increases between 1993-1997, and more recently. And this one deals precisely with self-reported instances of diarrheal illenss.) Furthermore, I find their interpretations overly cautious and suspect, especially as they automatically assume that it was the switch to more active rather than passive surveillance that accounts for the apparent trend of an increase in foodborne disease outbreaks. Wild speculation, I know, but I'm convinced that there's more going on here.
Right now I am inclined to believe that incidences of food poisoning and recalls increase under Republican administrations -- inclined, but in the interest of fair-mindedness, I could be convinced otherwise if some independent staticians could review as many studies as possible and find me wrong. Nevertheless, I am deeply curious: precisely what is the causal relationship between Republican aversion to regulation and the higher percentage of injuries and fatalities, and how can we tie this all together with undisputable numbers? And what is the moral calculus that makes this okay?
...FSIS recently announced a sustained increase in chicken-broiler carcasses testing positive for Salmonella during 2002--2005...Now, this is an old entry. A more recent one in the same vein can be found at their new scienceblogs home (yes, also home of pharyngula.)
The CDC's surveillance is by far the most comprehensive, and arguably the least flawed. Yet their studies are far too narrowly conceived to be of much use for this post. (Their most comprehensive reports showed now real increases between 1993-1997, and more recently. And this one deals precisely with self-reported instances of diarrheal illenss.) Furthermore, I find their interpretations overly cautious and suspect, especially as they automatically assume that it was the switch to more active rather than passive surveillance that accounts for the apparent trend of an increase in foodborne disease outbreaks. Wild speculation, I know, but I'm convinced that there's more going on here.
Right now I am inclined to believe that incidences of food poisoning and recalls increase under Republican administrations -- inclined, but in the interest of fair-mindedness, I could be convinced otherwise if some independent staticians could review as many studies as possible and find me wrong. Nevertheless, I am deeply curious: precisely what is the causal relationship between Republican aversion to regulation and the higher percentage of injuries and fatalities, and how can we tie this all together with undisputable numbers? And what is the moral calculus that makes this okay?
Labels: morality, other bloggers' lives, Republican't stooges, stupidity, tinfoil millinary, wingnuttery, your corporate overlords
So Francis Dollarhyde and Jeffrey Dahmer walk into a bar...
3.15.2007
Ore : 7:41 PM
Ore : 7:41 PM
- Norah Jones would never stand a chance of winning American Idol.
- "Pax"??? Please, someone revoke Jolie's passport.
- I'm withholding judgement until I see Rove's e-mails to Jeff Gannon.
- Muscular, well-oiled Spartans in black leather underoos killing Persians: I can see why the 82nd Chairborne is all gaga over this one...
- "Summer blend" my ass. At what point will we be smart enough to stop putting oil executives in charge of government?
- The mortgage default tsunami is coming and I for one have a boogie board.
- Peter Pace picked a peck of priapic peckers. Pass it on.
- What would you confess to after five years of being detained in Guantanamo Bay without hope of legal counsel, proper medical care, a trial, or relief from electrodes and chemical lightsticks?
- I was voted best kisser in my POW camp.
- What did I just post? I can't remember -- I'm on Ambien.
- Breaking! Paul beats Heather to death with her own coke-filled fiberglass leg.
- Happy birthday, you steer-wrangling hooker.
- "Pax"??? Please, someone revoke Jolie's passport.
- I'm withholding judgement until I see Rove's e-mails to Jeff Gannon.
- Muscular, well-oiled Spartans in black leather underoos killing Persians: I can see why the 82nd Chairborne is all gaga over this one...
- "Summer blend" my ass. At what point will we be smart enough to stop putting oil executives in charge of government?
- The mortgage default tsunami is coming and I for one have a boogie board.
- Peter Pace picked a peck of priapic peckers. Pass it on.
- What would you confess to after five years of being detained in Guantanamo Bay without hope of legal counsel, proper medical care, a trial, or relief from electrodes and chemical lightsticks?
- I was voted best kisser in my POW camp.
- What did I just post? I can't remember -- I'm on Ambien.
- Breaking! Paul beats Heather to death with her own coke-filled fiberglass leg.
- Happy birthday, you steer-wrangling hooker.
Labels: abu Gonzales, celebrity make-up tips, common sense, funnzies, other bloggers' lives, pop entertainment, random
And We're Shocked?
2.27.2007
Ore : 6:49 AM
Ore : 6:49 AM
Yet more proof, ladies and gents, that Shaitan takes care of his own...
Oh, and if you ever needed even more evidence of his devilry, this quote is worth its weight in evil gold:
“They clearly try to find ways to question the authority of the central government,” Cheney said of Taliban insurgents. “Striking at Bagram with a suicide bomber I suppose is one way to do that.”Yes, suicide bombing is just another way of questioning authority. In other words, Code Pink and veterans who demonstrate against the Iraq war are the moral equivalent of suicide bombers.
Glenn Reynolds, Hugh Hewitt, Michelle Malkin, Jeff Goldstein, Ann Coulter, et alia: These aren't merely isolated fringe elements who operate in a vacuum, folks.
UPDATE: Just so we're clear, folks, I don't mean just a little evil. (Read the whole thing, especially the last three or so paragraphs.)
Labels: crypto-fascism, Darth Cheney, evil, Glennocidal Tendencies, Greenwald, jingoism, other bloggers' lives, stupidity, war on tair, wingnuttery
Cutting Corners
2.22.2007
Ore : 11:36 AM
Ore : 11:36 AM
Shorter K-Lo: "Why won't the INS detain me already???"
Shorter Iaiaiaiain Murray: "Z.P.G., next to Birth of a Nation, was the finest conservative movie ever produced, in that it warned us of environmentalists' desire to purée babies."
Shorter Whale Pod: "Since 9/11 killed irony, it's fine for me to comment negatively on another man's physical attractiveness."
Shorter Jack Fouler: "Cuba! Marx! GET IT? Ha!"
Shorter Iaiaiaiain Murray: "Z.P.G., next to Birth of a Nation, was the finest conservative movie ever produced, in that it warned us of environmentalists' desire to purée babies."
Shorter Whale Pod: "Since 9/11 killed irony, it's fine for me to comment negatively on another man's physical attractiveness."
Shorter Jack Fouler: "Cuba! Marx! GET IT? Ha!"
Labels: America's Shittiest Website, crypto-fascism, jingoism, other bloggers' lives, stupidity, wingnuttery
Moranic Argument From Assertion
2.15.2007
Ore : 8:14 AM
Ore : 8:14 AM
Rick Moran at the apparently unironically titled Right Wing Nuthouse pulls a not-so-fast one. (The column has to be long, you notice, because there's a lot of pretzel-twisting going on -- not even a blockquote from Jizzshake McCockslap, as famous for his intricate empty-calorie verbosity as he is for his ability to pack a whopping amount of non-information into one sentence, can find him a bridge to brevity.)
He wants to defend Instahack for his typical Glennocidal tendencies ("Thou shalt not speak ill of a [notional ally]" and all that) while still being on the right side of the issue. So he attacks Greenwald's mostly moral condemnation of Reynolds's plan while back-handedly lauding Yglesias's evisceration of its practicality. But Moran wastes no time demonstrating why even a junior-high schooler may disregard his disagreement with Greenwald:
But that is a digression.
There are not many, there is one holistic argument against government-conducted assassinations of civilian scientists and religious leaders, and Greenwald stressed its moral elements while Yglesias focused on the practical (a careful and ingenuous reading of each reveals that neither did so exclusively.) And there was no tag-teaming and shifting of goal-posts between Greenwald and Yglesias; one's argument (that Glenn's plan is wrong and nastier than a shithouse rat) reinforced the other's (that Glenn's plan is impractical and deeply stupid.)
Granted, here at Freedom Camp I only rarely delve into moral issues, knowing full well how tricky they can be, how unauthoritative I am, and how much easier it is to smack down the Rick Morans of Blogistan simply with observations that hew as close to materialism or utilitarianism as possible. But I can without any arrogance assert that unlike many of my counterparts on the Right, I know damn well there's a hell of a lot more to morality than, say, adhering to doctrinaire codes of sexual behavior.
For one thing, I've often noticed that a good litmus test for what is truly moral is that it virtually always accords with true pragmatism. It is morally feasible as well as materially pragmatic to fully fund and support public education. Torture is wrong as well as ineffective. Lying in order involve your country in an unjustified foreign war is as concretely damaging and counterproductive as it is evil and reprehensible. There's just no splitting the difference here.
PS "Lambchop"? "Sock-puppet"? This is an inside joke if I've ever heard one -- did I miss some Right-wing gotcha moment in which Greenwald was revealed as Sprezzatura II? What gives?
He wants to defend Instahack for his typical Glennocidal tendencies ("Thou shalt not speak ill of a [notional ally]" and all that) while still being on the right side of the issue. So he attacks Greenwald's mostly moral condemnation of Reynolds's plan while back-handedly lauding Yglesias's evisceration of its practicality. But Moran wastes no time demonstrating why even a junior-high schooler may disregard his disagreement with Greenwald:
How Lambchop managed to wangle a column at Salon is a mystery. They obviously haven’t been reading his shallow, calumnious, hate filled rants toward conservatives and Bush supporters. His generalized assaults on people who disagree with him are wildly beyond the pale of decency and common sense – coarse, exaggerated, full of laughably simplistic analysis coupled with nauseating, moralistic lecturing. Lambchop is a Calvinist without the redeeming belief in God’s mercy....Because by the time you're in 9th grade, you quickly learn from the low scores on your essays in Freshman English that you cannot continue neglecting to provide concrete examples in support of even the most mundane claims without ultimately failing the class. "Shallow"; "calumnious"; "hate filled [sic]"; and laughably, "beyond the pale of decency and common sense": All without a single link or quote to shore up his, let's face, far from mundane assertions. He even has the nerve to call Greenwald's posts "...full of laughably simplistic analysis..." without illustrating how this is so -- Rick cannot go beyond Moranic invective. While, to wit, Jeff Goldstein accusing someone of arguing in bad faith is utterly hilarious on the face of it.
But that is a digression.
There are not many, there is one holistic argument against government-conducted assassinations of civilian scientists and religious leaders, and Greenwald stressed its moral elements while Yglesias focused on the practical (a careful and ingenuous reading of each reveals that neither did so exclusively.) And there was no tag-teaming and shifting of goal-posts between Greenwald and Yglesias; one's argument (that Glenn's plan is wrong and nastier than a shithouse rat) reinforced the other's (that Glenn's plan is impractical and deeply stupid.)
Granted, here at Freedom Camp I only rarely delve into moral issues, knowing full well how tricky they can be, how unauthoritative I am, and how much easier it is to smack down the Rick Morans of Blogistan simply with observations that hew as close to materialism or utilitarianism as possible. But I can without any arrogance assert that unlike many of my counterparts on the Right, I know damn well there's a hell of a lot more to morality than, say, adhering to doctrinaire codes of sexual behavior.
For one thing, I've often noticed that a good litmus test for what is truly moral is that it virtually always accords with true pragmatism. It is morally feasible as well as materially pragmatic to fully fund and support public education. Torture is wrong as well as ineffective. Lying in order involve your country in an unjustified foreign war is as concretely damaging and counterproductive as it is evil and reprehensible. There's just no splitting the difference here.
PS "Lambchop"? "Sock-puppet"? This is an inside joke if I've ever heard one -- did I miss some Right-wing gotcha moment in which Greenwald was revealed as Sprezzatura II? What gives?
Labels: common sense, crypto-fascism, Glennocidal Tendencies, Greenwald, morality, Moranic Assertions, other bloggers' lives, Yglesias
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