July 31, 2007
Allahpundit's Secret Identity Revealed!
I finally got it. He mentioned a while back he has a cat. Then it hit me! A guy who nobody knows who he looks like, sits in front of a computer screen all day, and has a cat...
This is you, isn't it Allah? Or should I say, Dr. Claw!
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Wonkette: Pat Tillman Was Ordered Assassinated By Administration
Here's some liberal crazy for you, served up by the cockroaches at
Wonkette. (don't give them traffic, I'm just citing) plus Ace and Bryan at Hotair asked me to copy their post, so I had.
dept. of political assassinations
It’s almost too depressing to mention again, but let’s recap the Pat Tillman revelations from Army
medical examiners and internal Pentagon reports released last week and
find out what happens when famous football stars turned Army Heroes become anti-war critics:
- He was shot three times in the forehead at close range with an American M-16.
- This was after he was shot in the chest, legs and hand.
- And this was after he screamed to the “friendlies” that he was Pat Tillman and please stop shooting him.
- But they didn’t; they executed him.
- They were Americans.
- There wasn’t even an “enemy” around; not only was nobody shot by “enemy fire,” no equipment was shot by “enemy fire.”
- “Members of Tillman’s unit burned his body armor and uniform in an
apparent attempt to hide the fact that he was killed by friendly fire.”
- Army medical examiners tried to get a criminal investigation opened, but they were shut down.
- The Army brass who conspired to shut down any criminal investigation into the U.S. assassination of Pat Tillman sent “congratulatory e-mails” to each other after shutting down the snoops.
Ace mentioned that its interesting that the left kicked around Tillman, up till they thought he could be used to their advantage. Sick fucks.
I thought I'd drop you a little reminder of what these sick fucks used to think of Tillman.
Remember this?UPDATE:
Baldilocks sends us
this which blows Wonkette's Rummy refusing to testify talking point out of the water.
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Just today, Donald Rumsfeld refused to testify on the subject of Tillman’s assassination before Congress on Wednesday.
This is a lie.
Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is scheduled to testify, said committee spokeswoman Karen Lightfoot.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070801/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/tillman_friendly_fire
Posted by: baldilocks at July 31, 2007 09:53 PM (26Vjl)
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Thanks Baldi. I have to add you to my blogroll too. I'll make an update with that info of course. Did you send that to HotAir? You should get some linklove too!
Posted by: doubleplusundead at July 31, 2007 09:57 PM (lMR62)
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Why do you guys say I'm gay? I'm just a guy blogging at a girl's blog even though there are no girls there anymore and the logo is a chick and the name of the blog is feminized. What's the deal?
Posted by: Wonkette Staffer at August 01, 2007 09:44 AM (JefgB)
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7,500 Hits!
Awesome!
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Here's another one for you...congrats! Do I have to delete my cookies for my visit to be a hit? I dunno how that shiznit works.
Posted by: skh.pcola at July 31, 2007 09:35 PM (jFpwo)
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No idea. I'm just happy you visit. Got linked at Protein Wisdom too.
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Congrats, want to share?
Posted by: doriangrey at August 01, 2007 06:09 PM (KCPpu)
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What, a blogroll exchange? Sure!
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Here is the popular from heaven and earth, there is that is comfortable and cheap shoes, my site
http://www.pumaforever.com will give you a pleasant shopping trip. so cool!
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Mining in The Sinestrosphere Feverswamps
For a good long time, pjcomix has been finding only the finest moonbattery in threads at DemocraticUnderground, but has expanded to mining for madness at DailyKos and I believe HuffPo too at his blog
DUmmie FUnnies.
I thought I'd point it out as a resource for those looking for fine moonbattery. I think he's one of the most underrated bloggers out there, few people could stand to read sift through that much mindnumbing idiocy in a day, but he does so and revels in the task, finding some real choice crazy. While some people only get to see moonbattery on sparse occasion, you can get a daily dose here. If I were a GOP candidate, I'd have DUmmie FUnnies bookmarked and checked regularly to copy down the latest in leftie hate for the next round of campaign ads.
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I agree he has some good stuff...but all of that damned bold typeface makes my eyes roll back in my noggin'. It's akin to reading all CAPS, at least to me.
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One Batty Baptist Minister
A Bristol, Virginia minister was busted for DUI and indecent exposure recently, but that's only the
beginning. The good reverend also took a leak in front of a group of children at a car wash...wearing a skirt. When he was arrested, he also offered to give sexual favors to the cops and had an open bottle of vodka (no mention if it was Val-U-Rite) and an emptyied bottle of Oxycodone.
He also hosted an AM radio show, the audience was told by the station manager to pray for him.
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Chickensh*t
This is brutal. I can't even imagine...
The
pungent odor of the nitrogen-concentrated chicken excrement still hung
in the air at White's 441 Walker Road home, where shortly after 3 p.m.
last Thursday an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rolled over and dumped 24
tons of the stuff in his front yard.
The owner of the property offered this to describe the situation
"There's stuff still 20 feet up the tree," White said, pointing. "It was like a tsunami wave of hot chicken (manure)."
His family actually left because the stench and flies were too much, and there's manure splattered up the side of his garage, which was 30 feet away from the accident.
That is so wrong! The wave of manure actually destroyed one of his cars. Read the whole thing, then pray hard that it never happens to you.
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Holy eh, too easy.
I like his line, "my life didn't smell like this before." Hopefully the company keeps its word and makes things right.
Posted by: Sunny at July 31, 2007 11:05 AM (AJlZw)
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I went to school in Maine. On days when the wind was blowing from the northeast, the fumes from a chicken farm would gently blow over the school. It would literally wake you up from a dead sleep. That chicken farm was a good 10 miles away.
This guy should petition to have his home declared a hazardous waste dump.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2007 11:05 AM (t+mja)
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Oh, I know those industrial chicken farms can be nasty business. I haven't been near one yet, Sauder's is the big egg farm business in PA, but I haven't been near.
Posted by: doubleplusundead at July 31, 2007 11:09 AM (lMR62)
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I'm becoming highly suspicious of these HotAir linkies. (Congrats! Again.)
Posted by: PattyAnn at July 31, 2007 11:10 AM (t+FKE)
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If you have something really good, send it to HotAir's Tipline. I usually try and only send things I know stand a chance of getting through. Send only the best stories, or a pretty good story on an otherwise slow news day.
Posted by: doubleplusundead at July 31, 2007 11:13 AM (lMR62)
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Thanks. The Hostages never have anything good. That's my problem.
Posted by: PattyAnn at July 31, 2007 11:24 AM (t+FKE)
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Keep an eye out for good stories, you'll get the right one sooner or later.
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Finally! A gross-out story to top my "I was put on burning cess pit detail in Iraq and later lost thirty pounds in thirty days with the dysentery-in Diwaniya-diet!"
I've been a passenger in a Hum-Vee as it went over a cliff at fifty MPH. I've a dozen other hardship stories. But none can top "
a tsunami wave of hot chicken (manure)."
I've officially been bested.
Posted by: Kadnine at July 31, 2007 01:16 PM (9AJic)
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Dude, you missed a
story I had that topped this one.
Where have you been anyway? I still have to add you to my blogroll.
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"Where have you been anyway?"
I was in Key West at the time ... on vacation. I'm a pampered wuss.
Lovin' yer blog, S.
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That's cool, I haven't been to Key West. Is it nice?
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I lived in Key West from '78 until '83. Good times, back before it was tourist and weirdo central.
Not to belabor niggling trivialities, but "(manure)" is stylistically incorrect. It should've been "[manure]." Not that a journalist would actually, you know, know how to feckin' write or anything.
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Refrigerator Funk of the Worst Kind
Sick!A man buys a flat in an upscale area of Kuala Lampur, opens the door and is welcomed with a nasty stench. He called the police, who opened the fridge and found a body hacked up into pieces, wrapped in garbage bags and sealed with tape, which only leaves one question,
are there hobos in Kuala Lampur?
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Ace retires from blogging. And a hobo turns up dead in Kuala Lampur. Coincidence? I think not.
Posted by: Tushar D at July 31, 2007 10:29 AM (Q7Ugu)
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Well, we aren't sure if its a hobo yet. But if it turns out it is, Ace might have gone international.
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KleptoCon Senator Ted Stevens (R-etarded) House Raided in Federal Sting
I'm sure everyone already knows, but I want to put up my own thoughts on it.
Good, if he's guilty, he can share a cell with Duke Cunningham, William Jefferson, or James Traficant. We need to clean house when it comes to the KleptoCons, it was a big reason why we lost Congress in 2006, and if we don't get our shit together, 2008.
We need to go after the pork grubbers too, and Stevens was in the top echelon.
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Gads. I hope they take him and his nepotism-a-mistic fambly with them. Those carpetbagging maroons have been raping the contiguous 48 for years.
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July 30, 2007
Bill O'Reilly Throws Stones in Glass House
On the Factor today, O'Reilly attacks the Democratic presidential candidates for going to YearlyKos. But to me, seems he's being hypocritical. He had a segment about McDonalds hiring and firing of rapper Twista, and spoke with Fr. Pfleger, who is promoting his decency campaign. Problem is, Padre's been waging himself a little jihad against a
gunstore owner outside of Chicago, even getting arrested with Jesse Jackson for trespassing and threatening him.
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O'Reilly is phony as Al Sharpton.
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Maybe, but the guy has some clout, the fact that he's helping the anti-gun zealot Fr. Pfleger is not good, because exposure on one of the biggest TV shows raises Pfleger's profile.
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Beauchamp's Blog Dissection 2.0
I've decided to make an updated version of the Beauchamp Blog dissection. My first one was sort of slapdash, while useful, was a bit on the sloppy side given that it was a breaking event, and there have been new and interesting findings since. I suggest for those not real familiar with the Beauchamp story to go to
Ace of Spades HQ, and
Hotair to get familiar with the story. For the short story, Beauchamp is a soldier who wrote pieces for liberal magazine The New Republic, he wrote about atrocities and misconduct committed while he is serving in Iraq. These stories have come into question.
I want to assemble a well organized piece for people to be able to pull up and use. I will try to credit everyone with what they found, some I've forgotten, but if you know who got it first, you can tell me in comments. This is gonna be fairly involved, so after the jump.
more...
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Beauchump didn't delete my comments.... I'm new to blogging and didn't spell check my first post. Looking back I still made a few grammatical errors. Then I accidentally double posted. So I deleted two of, essentially three identical posts. I think the guy's slime.
HOO-AHHS Jack
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Ah, I wondered what that was about. Okay then, I'll have to issue a correction. Thanks for the info. The guy really is a bastard. I didn't serve, but I do respect the armed forces, and this guy just looks bogus to me.
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Wow, great work, Sinistar!
On the German chick, I read
here that the picture he uses is actually a picture of a German
blogger, who certainly doesn't know him (look at their top post).
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at July 30, 2007 09:28 PM (tGcH+)
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Curious, looks like I'll be updating my post. Thanks for the info Mrs. Peel!

I still gotta add you to my blogroll.
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I'm too lazy to find it now, but the pic of his "girlfriend that embodies racial perfection" is actually some female German blogress whose picture Bocump misappropriated.
Also, I would speculate that his blog is still up because he has no internet access any more, and he can't erase it.
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Doubleplusundead, thank you for taking the huge amount of time it must have takeny you to compile all of this information.
Mrs. Peel is correct. Although I know all three bloggers as Missunderestimated Germans, I know Michael Meyn absolutely the best. He has confirmed that Claudia Heym is the girl in the Top Photo (even though I think a couple of years ago, Claudia confirmed that to me.) Not only was the picture he posted over 4 years old (a 2002 photograph) his slur as holdfast indicates is a slap in the face of every anti-nazi german that ever was, or ever will be. No one under the age of 67 years old in Germany (i.e., those born after 1940 and that is probably 95% of the population) had anything to do with the bullshit about "racial perfection" you can find the link in my post that Mrs. Peel referred to). As an American born in Germany after WWII (1946 to be exact) and having a significant amount of german heritage, I think that Mr. Beauchamp is one dispicable human being. Oh, yeah, and he's a bad writer too.
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No problem Roper. I'm glad I can confirm that, and I'll make the edits (which I forgot to do earlier...oops). I'm glad we can clear the air on it. My gut tells me he's lying, and there is plenty in his blog to tell me he had a grudge with the Army, the Gov't, the Admin, and the people, as well as a tendency to make up stories about atrocity.
Yeah, holdfast, I had heard that, which I mentioned, but I wasn't sure because I saw new posts deleted, but I was corrected by John, who explained that the blogger system is a little clumsy to use.
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Dear Mr. Doubleplusundead or Bad Candy or Sinister or whatever your name really is.
I'm hurt and offended that you haven't taken my word, the word of a true patriot, over that of a group of chickenhawks and winos. Those guys claiming my German girlfriend is getting married, they're crazy. She was just at my barracks a couple of days ago, without a wedding ring.
All the other stuff I've posted, 100% true. I just wished blogger hadn't gotten the dates all screwed up. Its been nice since I moved to my new site, the morons at the blogger HQ aren't able to toy with the dates on my posts to make me look bad.
Toodles.
Posted by: scott thomas at July 31, 2007 10:48 PM (YgMQV)
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BWAHAHAHA! I'm in ur soulpatterns, messin with ur mindthoughts
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Excellent roundup, Sinistar.
Posted by: Cuffy Meigs at August 01, 2007 09:38 AM (JefgB)
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"The Germanian chicks dig me."
that's really funny.
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71% Of The Country Wants Big Brother Security Systems
Not good.I'm sorry, I know some people think having these close circuit cameras all over is a good. It might be advantageous in some instances, but the long term risk for potential government abuse is too much, and I can't support these things.
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If this isn't just wishful thinking from the socialist fuckwits at ABC Nooz, then I'm still going to call BS. For 210 million US citizens to choose 24/7 monitoring is unthinkable. Ponder traffic cameras used to nab speeders...have you *ever* known a single person who thought those cameras were a great idea? Me neither. The surveillance CC cameras are just an extension of that concept, and I can't fathom how more than 10% or so of the public would want a UK-style Big Brother following their every move.
Posted by: skh.pcola at July 30, 2007 10:46 AM (jFpwo)
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Don't worry about them. You'll hardly even notice that they're there. Trust us. Everything will be fine.
Posted by: The Government at July 30, 2007 01:44 PM (4Au3T)
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I've written several times on the evils of the UK surveillance system (now centralized with real-time access by police!), but most people have the "if you're not doing anything wrong, what's the problem" sort of attitude. Now, as we similar systems entering several US cities, I don't expect much resistance on the part of the populace.
Posted by: geoff at July 30, 2007 04:54 PM (wUo6n)
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Yeah, I know, and its a very BAD thing.
Posted by: doubleplusundead at July 30, 2007 07:59 PM (lMR62)
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Wake me when they can laser site a breath alcohol reading. Then I will think about driving after dark on weekends in LA.
Posted by: sunny at July 30, 2007 11:09 PM (AJlZw)
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Cool Grandmother
This is so cool! An 84 year old Polish grandmother went skydiving with her grandaughter recently, becoming the oldest person to do so in Poland. When asked about it she said,
"I survived World War Two and wasn't afraid, so what's there to be afraid of now?"
The news channel asked if she'd jump again, and she told them she'd do it on her 100th.
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There ain't enough mind-altering substances on this orb to make me want to jump out of an airplane and hope a couple of pounds of fabric saves my ass from deceleration-caused death when I hit the ground. More power to her, but the whole enterprise is foolish.
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July 29, 2007
Nutroots Trying To Target Fox News Channel's Advertisers
MoveOn, the Kossacks, the Campaign For America's Future, and David Gilliam, who made the movie OutFoxed are all
gunning for Fox News Channels advertisers. I don't know that they'll get too many victories, given that FNC is stomping its competitors pretty reliably.
This stepped up campaign is largely a reactionary thing against Bill O'Reilly , who went after JetBlue for sponsoring the Yearly Kos convention. JetBlue bailed rather quickly. It was pretty funny how
Kos was beating his chest and boasting that O'Reilly had failed to stop JetBlue's sponsorship, only to have JetBlue pull its support soon after.
I like this part;
MoveOn.org is campaigning against Fox
because it says the network characterizes itself as a fair news network
when it consistently favors a conservative point of view, said Adam
Green, the organization's spokesman.
"We're not trying to silence anybody," Green said. "Rush Limbaugh has a right to be on the air—he admits his point of view. Fox doesn't."
That's fine, and I say FNC should admit its bias, right after MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC openly admit theirs. Till then, I say let FNC play the "Fair and Balanced" game.
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Never going to happen. The MSM has empty-headed leftards in its back pocket. And really, I don't watch FNC much any longer, because the channel ISN'T BIAS ENOUGH to the right. They used to be, about 7-8 years ago, but they've conceded way too much to the socialist leftards to hold my attention. Employing Whoraldo and Greta is a deal breaker...
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Hello. I came across your blog through Michelle Malkin's website. Like you, I am a fan of hers.
I am contacting conservative bloggers around the country since I am one as
well. I hope this email is not an intrusion.
If you are open to doing a link exchange, I get some pretty decent traffic.
Thank you.
eric aka www.blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com
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Delorean To Make A Comeback
You remember the Delorean, right? Most people recognize the stainless steel, gull-wing doored car from the movie Back To The Future. It has a big cult following. So much so, that a company that restores the car is looking to
build limited release Deloreans, around 20 a year. The Deloreans made in the 80's sell for about $25K now, as much as they sold for when they first came out. I'm not sure if they'll be using Delorean's old repair stock, parts built in-house, or if they'll be using a mix of parts.
Its interesting, and I hope the concept of bringing back old cars becomes a trend, so many cars that are on the road today are soulless hunks of ugly metal or plastic. I know the Delorean is hated by many, but I'm sure there are cars you see on the road and wax nostalgic, hoping that someday we can see that kind of rolling artwork on the American road again.
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I'm surprised there aren't more cars out there with the pure, unpainted stainless steel look. Personally, I'd love to have a sleek sports-car entirely in bright, shiny chrome :-)
Posted by: Enas Yorl at July 29, 2007 08:56 PM (Y+kil)
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Yeah, I'm kinda surprised by that too. The handful of Deloreans that I've seen in real life and pictures, I've never seen one with rust issues. The only thing I can think of is that its heavier than the plastic that gets used now.
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"Twenty a year?!" Impossible. Even Ferrari, Lamborghini, and the rest of the "boutique" premium sports car makers couldn't survive on that volume...even at a couple of million a copy. I doubt this is possible.
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July 28, 2007
Before I Forget!
A good thought! Word is, Beauchump has had his internet and phone privileges taken away (I forget where I read that) while the Army investigates his conduct, which means we should have access to his blog and his myspace and whatever else he has for a while longer, the only way he'll be able to wipe them is if he gets to call someone that he can leave his passwords and logins to, and given his intellect, and the abandoned nature of his blog in particular, he might not think to do that.
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I'd say the probability of a total blog wipe is low. This guy thinks he's good.
Real good. He wouldn't see what the problem is and he wouldn't want to deny the world his literary contribution. He's
proud of that big smelly sack of pretentious crap.
Most at risk would be those posts where he talks about joining the army strictly as a way to bolster his writing cred. But even that would strike him as perfectly understandable, and even laudible.
Posted by: S. Weasel at July 29, 2007 06:19 AM (noiV5)
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Could be true, but I'm not sure, he might wake the hell up when all hell breaks loose.
Posted by: doubleplusundead at July 29, 2007 11:25 AM (s7pGt)
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Even if he does wipe it, several people at HotAir screencapped and copied it in its entirety, so we're good, its just more convenient to have the actual blog to click through.
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Big Nanny Is Baking You
Great, more
nanny news. This time from Christian Science Monitor, they're trying to install regulators to control how much electricity
you use. Basically, this gizmo will limit the flow of juice to your house during peak use, usually days where heat or cold are their most extreme.
The utility companies may be able to actually raise or lower your thermostat remotely. Some of them want to install regulators on your wall sockets and other big appliances. Yeah, your fucking wall sockets, your dishwasher! They say that it'll be voluntary, of course. But we know shit like this is too tempting for the government, they'll be wanting to put their hand on it too.
I like the hypothetical they ask here;
But can such watt-saving steps help save the planet? Yes, if they
keep utilities from building more carbon-spewing power plants –
especially the expensive kind that rev up only during peak hours. By
many estimates, fossil-fuel power plants are likely to be the preferred
source of electricity for years to come.
Oooooh, carbon spewing power plants. Sounds menacing. So why don't we build some nuclear power plants? They don't emit carbon after all. No, no! We can't do that, because that would mean people get to live in comfort without their betters making sure they don't do anything that Big Nanny would disapprove of.
Something's got to give. And it may be consumer lifestyles.
My A/C just got cranked down another three degrees for that. Maybe if the eco-freaks would have let us revamp the energy system when we needed to, we'd have a cleaner, bigger and more efficient energy grid, but noooooo, the enviro-cultists used everything at their disposal to grind progress in our energy grid to a halt, they succeeded and now, not only has it not expanded, its starting to become decrepit, and is facing much higher demand. There are blackouts and brownouts in both the Northeast and California because our energy grid is so fucking outdated.
The cost of installing what's called advanced metering
infrastructure (AMI) – with new meters alone priced up to $200 – may
take years for utilities to recover. Many in the industry are balking
at the up-front price tag, the technical challenges, and the
uncertainty of consumer reaction to volatile prices and in-your-face
meters.
Resistance? From utilities AND consumers? You mean, you think people
won't like having every aspect of their lives controlled by the
goverment cradle to grave?
Sensing resistance, Congress nudged utilities to adapt AMI in its
2005 energy law. Several states, especially California, are pushing it
hard. At present, though, AMI is used in only about 6 percent of
meters. State regulators need to be more aggressive in forcing
utilities to give up the old practice of selling as much electricity as
possible with flat-rate pricing and meters that consumers don't
understand (and can't easily see). One idea is to "de-couple" a
utility's profit from its electricity sales by guaranteeing a set rate
of return.
Thank God we have the numbskulls in DC to start to set things right!
So the writer thinks Big Nanny needs to crack down on the energy companies? Fine, I think I need my A/C cranked to its lowest temp. I'll be able to hang sides of beef and pork in here in a few hours. Screw the Nannystaters.
Nanny State: Because some people only find joy in their life by sucking the joy out of the lives of others.
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July 27, 2007
New Banner!
My Blog has only been around for a month, but I think its done pretty well (admittedly a fair bit of shameless self promotion involved), but nonetheless, I've done quite well I think, given my total inability to do anything technical(though I am improving). I'm getting better at picking out stories to put on instead of just putting anything on. I'm learning how to balance quantity and quality.
I've finally added a banner, while I liked the minimalist stock banner a little, this one is a huge improvement. Joseph @
Unrepentant Geek took pity on me and put the new banner together for me, so a big thanks to him. I'll be sure to add him to my Blahg Roll too. I love his banner and byline, I'd tell you it, but I want you to click his link and see it there.
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The banner looks great.
Quality?
What's that?
Posted by: mesablue at July 28, 2007 03:24 AM (KCOdQ)
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You keep using this word, "quality". I do not think it means what you think it means.
j/k dude.. banner looks good.
Posted by: Dave in Texas at July 28, 2007 10:04 AM (pzen5)
Posted by: doubleplusundead at July 28, 2007 10:40 AM (s7pGt)
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That's so cool! Now I'm all envious and shit (although I do like my own tagline, "Out of Touch with the Young People of Today").
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at July 28, 2007 01:08 PM (tGcH+)
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But seriously, yeah, quality, I know, its easy to goof on a crapblog talking about quality, but it matters, I used to throw anything up that was even remotely entertaining, but now I'm more selective.
Posted by: doubleplusundead at July 28, 2007 01:09 PM (s7pGt)
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Mrs. Peel I like your site too, its a nice one, I'll add you to my blogroll soon.
Posted by: doubleplusundead at July 28, 2007 01:09 PM (s7pGt)
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Someone check the
site I link here - can't possible be legit.
NSFW for being arguably blasphemous and hilarious at the same time.
Posted by: Joseph at July 28, 2007 01:50 PM (Uol+e)
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I've actually heard of that site. I have no idea whether its legit or a joke site. I'm guessing there are people far more religious than me who pay more attention to stuff like that and could tell you if its real or not.
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