Dear Charlie Crist

Fuck you. Seriously, fuck you with that which you fear most: a shortage of spray tan. Fuck you for making a Democrat look classier than you. Fuck you because you are a fucking lying fuckdustery of fuckquackery and opportunism rolled up in a flaming fuckzeppelin of fuckbaggery set alight by the glowing fuck baggery you exude. And zenfuck you to enlightenment for saying shit like this after the declining health, and eventual death, of an opponent's father:

Former Republican Governor Charlie Crist, now an Independent, was also in attendance and I asked him what he thought of the elder Rubio’s illness, to which he responded, ” Yeah, I heard about that.”

How fucking crass is that? How fucking callous is that? And how fucking low of a wormburner do you fucking have to be to say something like that? And how fucking big of a cockhandler do you have to be to support that shit?

Seriously, "Governor", that is fucking low. No wonder you bolted the party before the primary: you don't have the fucking decency to listen to the people of Florida and stand down when they tell you. And treating an opponent in this fashion just exemplifies it further.

So fuck you, Charlie Crist. And fuck any RINOhumping fuckrumbler who still thinks getting rid of your orange coated ass was a bad move. Seeing Senator Rubio triumphfuck what will remain of your career this November will make everything worthwhile.

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It's the beginning of the end

Craigslist is ditching its Adult Services section.  I'm not going to comment on which of our cobloggers will be hit hardest by this.

I suppose the reason this is disappointing to me from a First Amendment standpoint is that there are so many other websites that publish ads that are much more risque than anything Craigslist posts. Maybe it's like having Cosmopolitan at eye level in the grocery store - when you're looking around for lightly used snowboards you shouldn't be assaulted by heavily used untamed va-jay-jay. 

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Does the Texas State Fair last through the first weekend in October?

Why yes, it does!

This seems like an awesome way to grow a beer belly.

Inventor Mark Zable said it had taken him three years to come up with the cooking method and a patent for the process is pending. He declined to say whether any special ingredients were involved.

His deep-fried beer will be officially unveiled in a fried food competition at the Texas state fair later this month.

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A plastic ball pit too far?

Okay, that's funny.
The FTC sent out a bunch of subpoenas to companies to defend their actions in marketing to kids.
So who did they subpoena? Camel? Parrot Bay Rum? The makers of pink AR-15s?
Nope,
Chuck-e-Cheese, Yum brands and the marketers of Air Heads and Baby Bottle Pops (candy for those without kids or who never go to a supermarket).
So a restaurant designed for kids can't advertise to kids?

I mean, I understand, Parenting is hard, and when your kids see a commercial for something they want it's hard to say, "No".
So the only answer is to make children's lives so incredibly bleak that they can't whine about all the nice stuff they're not seeing.

Quote of the article.
"We are not proposing any regulation" she said

"Yet" she subvocalized as a "bwa-ahahahahhahaha" escaped her lips.
I may have made up that last part.
Via Cold Fury, dude always harshes my mellow and has for nearly 9 years.

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Upcoming debates on Intelligence Squared

I don't really know if anyone else here is interested in these things, but Intelligence Squared has a number of interesting debates airing over the next couple months.

Sep 14 - Treat Terrorists Like Enemy Combatants, Not Criminals:

In 2009 the Justice Department announced that 9/11 plotter Khalid Shaikh Mohammed would be tried in New York City, setting off a firestorm of protests. Besides the cost and safety concerns, at issue are whether terrorists should be tried in criminal court or whether national security requires the use of military commissions. Likewise, issues like the closing of Guantanamo, the reading of Miranda rights, and enhanced interrogation all center on the same question: How should the U.S. treat captured alleged terrorists? In a war with no foreseeable end, whose actors are neither criminals nor soldiers; can we keep America safe and still bring terrorists to justice.

Oct 6 - Islam Is A Religion Of Peace

Is the rise of terrorism and violence justifiably traced to the teachings of Islam, or is this call to war a twisted interpretation of the true Muslim faith? Most of the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims are moderates who see Islamic terrorism as a violation of their sacred texts. Is it wrong to let a radical minority represent authentic Islam? Has fear blinded us to its lessons of tolerance and peace?

Ayaan Hirsi Ali will be arguing against the motion

Oct 26 - Big Government Is Stifling The American Spirit

Intellectuals, tea partiers and everyone in between are concerned about the size of our government and how it affects America’s financial and political future. Is government intervention in everything from economic policy to health care rewarding the “takers,” and not the “makers,” stifling innovators, entrepreneurs and business owners? Or has government done too little to support the growing poor and rapidly shrinking middle class?

Art Laffer will be arguing for the motion

Personally I find these debates kind of interesting.  The arguments aren't as in-depth as I would like, but it's an hour long show so that's to be expected, however a lot of times I think it points out weak areas in the arguments on both sides.  I find that useful in refining my own arguments for and against certain positions.

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ZOMG YOU GUYS SRSLY

Duke Nukem Lives!  I so thought the collapse of 3d Realms was gonna be the end of it, and I thought the legal clusterfuck between Take Two and what remained of 3d Realms would kill DNF forever.  There's only one game that could really bring me back into gaming, and that's Duke Nukem Forever.  I am so friggin' excited, you mouthbreathers have no idea.

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Ron Johnson Wisconsin

I just passed a new billboard on I-94 going into Milwaukee put up by the Johnson campaign.  It primary thrust is tying Feingold to his buddy Obama.

To emphasize, the Republican candidate has determined that the most effective way to hurt his opponent is to tie him to the Light Worker.  In Wisconsin.

Oh yes, I can taste the sweet sweet pudding already.  And by 'taste' I mean "feel my testicles covered in ."

Also, I do what the FUCK I WANT with prepositions. 

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Sci Fi Libertarian?

On a whim I started reading "The Prefect" by Alastair Reynolds (along with several short stories) and as I delved through it I found more and more instances in which it almost seemed to have a libertarian (small 'l') bent to its message (what there is of one, which is benevolently minor).

Then I read this phrase:

(Genocide) had to be done the old-fashioned way, the historical way: not with a single catastrophic release of air or heat, something that would have been detectable from afar, but with the apparatus of state: armed force, applied via her new army of servitors. The citizens had been rounded up, pacified with lies and then executed by machine.

It was more impactful when you also consider that it revolves around an unarmed citizenry.   I'm not saying that is his intention but it certainly read as pro-power to the citizen at the expense of the state.

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Ear and Eye Protection

Does anyone have a preference or recommendation? This'll be for range use, which means you never know what the guy next to you is gonna necessarily have, so I want good quality gear...you only get one set of ears and eyes, after all.

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Aaaaaaand the idiots in Harrisburg kill the golden egg-laying goose in 5, 4, 3, 2,

One.  And I'd lay down every fucking penny I own on the fact that these guys will end up fucking things up, I guaran-fucking-tee it, this is PA, land of Murtha, after all.  Seriously, these gas and oil people are spending a ton of fucking money here in this part of PA, the pipelines aren't even set up yet and people are only starting to dipping into their initial royalty checks, but that's all gonna go away if these idiots fuck it up.

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I'm comforting myself that it's the Blind Squirrel Theorem

For pity's sake, Rahm Emmanuel actually said something I agree with - namely fuck the UAW.

Of course, the UAW is the one who wound up not being the chicken but still.  I feel dirty for agreeing with anything that Emmanuel thinks.

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An example of why our country is in the shape it’s in – Congressional Dumb Questions

I received this in my email this morning. I know that most of it probably isn’t true, but it’s funny and truth shouldn’t stand in the way of humor; so don’t go running to Snopes.com and then come back bitching.

A DC 'airport ticket agent' offers some examples of 'WHY' our country is in trouble!

1.I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman (Carol Shea-Porter) ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!)

2. I got a call from a Kansas Congressman's (Moore) staffer (Howard Bauleke), who wanted to go to Cape Town. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information, and then he interrupted m e with, ''I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Cape Town is in Massachusetts ..''

Without trying to make him look stupid, I calmly explained, ''Cape Cod is in Massachusetts , Cape Town is in South Africa .''

His response -- click..

3. A senior Vermont Congressman (Bernie Sanders) called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando . He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that's not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state.

He replied, 'Don't lie to me!, I looked on the map, and Florida is a very THIN state!!'' (OMG)

4. I got a call from a lawmaker' s wife (Landra Reid) who asked, ''Is it possible to see England from Canada ?''
I said, ''No.''

She said, ''But they look so close on the map'' (OMG, again!)

5. An aide for a cabinet member (Janet Napolitano) once called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas . I pulled up the reservation and noticed he had only a 1-hour layover in Dallas .. When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, ''I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we will need a car to drive between gates to save time.'' (Aghhhh)

6. An Illinois Congresswoman (Jan Schakowsky) called last week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 a.m., and got to Chicago at 8:33 a.m.

I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois , but she couldn't understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went fast, and she bought that.

7. A New York lawmaker, (Jerrold Nadler) called and asked, ''Do airlines put your physical de scription on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?'' I said, 'No, why do you ask?'

He replied, ''Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said (FAT), and I'm overweight. I think that's very rude!''

After putting him on hold for a minute, while I looked into it. (I was dying laughing). I came back and explained the city code for Fresno , Ca. is (FAT - Fresno Air Terminal), and the airline was just putting a destination tag on his luggage..

8. A Senator John Kerry aide (Lindsay Ross) called to inquire about a trip package to Hawaii . After going over all the cost info, she asked, ''Would it be cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii ?''

9. I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman, Bobby Bright from Ala who asked, ''How do I know which plane to get on?''
I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied, ''I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these planes have numbers on them.''

10. Senator Dianne Feinstein called and said, ''I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola , Florida . Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?''

I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola , FL on a commuter plane.
She said, ''Yeah, whatever, smarty!''

11. Mary Landrieu , La. Senator, called and had a question about the documents she needed in order to fly to China . After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded her that she needed a visa.

"Oh, no I don't. I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those.''

I double checked and sure enough, her stay required a visa. When I told her this she said, ''Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!''

12. A New Jersey Congressman (John Adler) called to make reservations, ''I want to go from Chicago to Rhino, New York .''
I was at a loss for words. Finally, I said, ''Are you sure that's the name of the town?''

'Yes, what flights do you have?'' replied the man.

After some searching, I came back with, ''I'm sorry, sir, I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a rhino anywhere."

''The man retorted, ''Oh, don't be silly! Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!''

So I scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, ' 'You don't mean Buffalo , do you?''

The reply? ''Whatever! I knew it was a big animal.''

Now you know why the Government is in the shape it's in!
Could ANYONE be this DUMB?
YES, THEY WALK AMONG US, ARE IN POLITICS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO BREED.

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Zeitgeist. Bless you.

Lexington Green attempts to explain what Beck was doing with his rally.
Apparently Beck agrees.
It's a little long but interesting. I don't believe so I was put off a little by all the overt religiosity, but I can't quibble with the rest of the message.
I love America and I love freedom.
Quote
Beck is building solidarity and cultural confidence in America, its Constitution, its military heritage, its freedom. This is a vision that is despised by the people who have long held the commanding heights of the culture. But is obviously alive and kicking.

Far be it from me to order you around, but RTWT.

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Where to start?

I just saw this commercial (which has apparently been around for a year) and it's a perfect symbol for the federal government.  And that's not a good thing.

First of all, whoever came up with this seems to think that a "We Are the World"-type video is a relevant frame of reference circa 2009-10. Yeah.

Secondly, whoever decided that it would be a great idea to have a bunch of low-level Treasury Department staffers (I'm just guessing here—they could just as easily been Agriculture Department staffers or Justice Department lawyers who weren't busy working on ways to piss us all off) write a song...not a good idea.

Third, why are there a couple of black-suited, dark sunglasses-wearing agents from The Matrix in there? Seriously, those guys are in there twice. Did the Machines come up with this concept?

Actually, that would make a lot of sense.

Finally, we have Abe Lincoln telling us that this website is "So great, you might just get carpal-tunnel syndrome." Um, what? This government website is so good that you'll become somewhat disabled?

I give it a solid B+.

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Statism Illustrated

This picture, while old, illustrates the difference between freedom, prosperity, and hope versus slavery, poverty, and despair better than any words can. The light was provided by 60 years of American sacrifice, as it has been all over the world. Wherever we go, we bring hope and light; wherever the others go, they bring despair and darkness. And I never want my family to have to live in the darkness. And that is why politics has become personal to me. I never, ever, fucking ever want to see any person I know and love subjected to the darkness that the left leaves in its wake (seriously, imagine the world today if today's Democrats were in charge in the 1940s and 50s), and feel compelled to fight anything and anybody who would facilitate the darkness.

I see a battle between the darkness of statism and the light of freedom. And to those on the statist side, I wish them to get freedomfucked with a flaming copy of Das Kapital up their feculent fuckpots. Fuck them for wanting to force the darkness over us. Fuck them for wanting to stand in the way of freedom, and the happiness and hope it provides. And hyperfuck them with a robocock soaked in fuckoil for thinking that subjecting my daughter to a lifetime of debt, weakness, and worry over the future is an acceptable price to pay for the socialism that has ruined every land it touches.

I will not tolerate compromise with those who wish to enslave my family, our side included. And I will not support any politician who wishes to accommodate and facilitate, rather than stop deader than my diet plans, the decline of the last great hope of mankind into second tier status. So fuck you, statists and your enablers. For my daughter's future, go get fucked and leave the country to us.

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Pffft, fucking quitter

As someone with a BA in History, I think it's vitally important to note that the fat Indonesian kid who was smoking two packs of cigs a day has managed to kick the smoking habit with rehab.  Rehab was provided for the child in Jakarta by the Indonesian government.

In other news the fat Iraqi gangsta kid was recently quoted recently by Iraqi news sources that he quote "Still won't hesitate to cap a fuckin' bitchass motherfucker."

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“I’m a dentist and I don’t think this country is headed in the right direction.”

I was going to call your bullshit, but you're a dentist? 

Well, in that case, fuck away!

"I'm a vagrant blogger and I don't think conventional physics theories are getting enough play vis a vis string theory."

"I'm a asteroid mining robot and I really like Jennifer Aniston's hair."

Could his being a dentist have less to do with the rest of his statement?  Is there a word for completely unrelated expositional phrases in a sentence?

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Why I Can't Stand Mitch McConnell

Summed up in a brief snippet.

“I think I'll be seeing a lot more of him in the future,” McConnell, R-Ky., said today on ABC/Washington Post’s “Top Line.” “And I think if we have a larger number of Republicans, it will hopefully move him to the political center, which is the way he{deceptively-ed}ran in '08, but not the way he's governed since then. And hopefully,  if he moves to the center or the right of center, we can to do business.”

{yeah, but remember: "I Won" is still his mindset-ed}

McConnell said there are several big areas where Republicans can work with a Democratic White House.

“We're interested in cutting spending and debt. If he becomes interested in that, I think he'll find us a willing partner,” he said. “He says he's for trade agreements. We'd like to ratify trade agreements. He says he is for nuclear power. We'd like to do that. He says he is for clean coal technology. We'd like to do that. I mean, there are areas where we'd ought to be able to work together for the good of the country.”

Yeah, like stopping him and his agenda cold and setting forth an agenda for 2012. But Get Along Mitch won't say that.

Eesh. It's shit like this that has a good part of the not Obama base angry at the Beltway Leadership. This is the idiot who didn't do a whole hell of a lot to stop Obamacare in teh Senate when he could have and should have thrown every legislaive trick out there as he could. But he didn't, for he's Get Along Mitch. And he tried to handpick some very skecthy candidates in red states and has been in DC too long.

Oh well. This tool may be the next Majority Leader. Read and despair.

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I gotta agree with Ace, Mike Castle for DE Senate

In addition to the things Ace lists, I believe that this interview with Christine O'Donnell completely destroys whatever lingering credibility she may have had.  Disaster.

I wonder if Michelle Malkin, who endorsed her, will weigh in on any of this?

Okay, how about Erick Erickson?  Hmmm...

Crickets.

Tumbleweeds. 

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Old-enfreude

A study of old folks discovered that they like reading negative stories about young people for the self-esteem kick it gives their feeble, demented minds.  (via Slashdot)

Also, get off my lawn.

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