Justice Scalia Proves Why He Kicks So Much Ass, His Brain Is A Lethal Weapon

Not only does the good Justice show grace and class with a prospective screenwriter, but he nukes the "secession" argument some people are making vis a vis whatever crawled into their brains and died.

I am afraid I cannot be of much help with your problem, principally because I cannot imagine that such a question could ever reach the Supreme Court. To begin with, the answer is clear. If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede. (Hence, in the Pledge of Allegiance, "one Nation, indivisible.") Secondly, I find it difficult to envision who the parties to this lawsuit might be. Is the State suing the United States for a declaratory judgment? But the United States cannot be sued without its consent, and it has not consented to this sort of suit.

Bang!

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A worthy charity

First there was Pizza for the IDF.
You can buy take-out for soldiers on the front lines in Israel.

So now Rusty has an idea.
Whoever killed the Hamas terrorist in Dubai (naturally they're claiming it was the Joooooooos)
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That the Mossad used his real passport information to enter Dubai where they killed a known terrorist.

Rusty's response?
Personally I'd be tickled pink if the Mossad killed a Hamas leader in my name.
Note to Mossad: leave "Rusty Shackleford was here" notes on the next guy you ice.

Rusty thinks we should have Passports for the Mossad.
I'm all over that.
How would you start something like that? Maybe a Facebook page?

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Just when you think a meme has run its course...

...someone comes along and dores something fucking brilliant with it:

The best line? If you asked me, it's where he asks people to leave the room.

(Stolen shamelessly from Hehindeedpundit.)

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At this point it appears that John McCain doesn't have a lot to worry about

Former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, who on Monday officially entered Arizona's Republican race against Sen. John McCain, defended his recent call for President Barack Obama to produce his birth certificate, suggesting his questions stem not from conspiracy theories that Obama was really born in Kenya but from concerns about identity theft.

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"Identity theft? I mean, come on," an incredulous CNN host Campbell Brown said, laughing. "Is that honestly what this is about?"

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A truther in Texas and a semi-birther in AZ.  This is going to be an interesting campaign season.

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Iowa Rep. Steve King wastes raccoon with a Desert Eagle, PETA throws a tantrum

The raccoon was trying to claw it's way into the house, King said he thought it might have been rabid.  He declared on Twitter, Desert Eagle 1, Crazy Raccoon 0.  PETA is of course weeping bitterly.  Said King, in response to PETA,

King told Fox News on Tuesday that he'd offer PETA more hospitality than the animal.

"That crazy coon ran up against 'a man's home is his castle' and this man's castle won. But if it had been PETA volunteers outside in the middle of a blizzard, I'd like to think they would have rang the doorbell, instead of trying to claw into the house. And I would have given them shelter for the night and served them bacon and eggs the next morning," he said in a statement.

Awesome.  The only question I have is, was this the full Desert Eagle, or the "Baby" Eagle?  Because I have to imagine a full Desert Eagle would leave a hell of a mess, even if you had the .357 barrel set in, I can't imagine the mess a .50 AE would make...I'm guessing a fine red mist and fur everywhere. 

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Color me miffed

Remember the awesomely cool D&D table I posted about last week. Don't try and deny it I know you guys all had geek-gasms over it.

Well, Ace posted about it today, which is cool, but did we get any link-love. Noooooo!!! Which tells me that Ace is dissing us and not reading DPUD. Should we declare war?

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Stop giving up wine for Lent. You're Killing The Planetâ„¢!

Are you wondering what to give up for Lent?  Actually, I rather hope you're not wondering what to give up for Lent.  You should know that by now.  But, in case you're way behind in deciding what to cut back on this year, the Catholic Church in the UK has a great suggestion for you:

Carbon fasting!  (Typing that phrase was literally, actually painful.  Part of my brain may have actually ceased to function.)

Seriously. 

The Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, and the Bishop of Liverpool, James Jones, are among those calling for a carbon fast for Lent -- a period ahead of Easter which Christians traditionally consider a time of penance and reflection -- which begins on Wednesday.

As well as spending a day without using technology such as mobile phones or iPods, the 46 daily suggestions also include eating by candlelight, cutting meat and vegetables thinner so they cook faster and flushing the toilet less often.

"Instead of giving up chocolate for Lent, why not fast for justice ... to help those suffering from the effects of climate change," said Jones.

So, uh, don't flush the toilet for Jesus!  Or something.

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Why "going green" is great for China

There's a lot more to going green than just separating your glass, plastic, and paper waste from the rest of it.  You've got to buy fancy lightbulbs, and insulate your house, and maybe install some solar panels, and you definitely need to get some sort of green car.  (Unless you're Al Gore or Prince Charles.  Then, you should fly private jets all over the world and waste tons of electricity.  It's good for the planet.  Shut up.)

And, as we all know, Teh Won is pretty damn sure that the way to fix the economy is green jobs.  After all, it's the way of the future, those evil oil companies are run by fat-cat capitalist assholes, and you need to have some sort of a political agenda to push when your "stimulus bill" has stimulated us straight to double-digit unemployment. 

How could going green possibly go wrong?

Well ... a couple of ways, actually.  (All emphasis, naturally is mine.)

Now rare earth elements with exotic names such as europium and tantalum hold the key to hybrid cars, wind turbines and crystal-clear TV displays - that is, if a looming supply shortage doesn't stop innovation in its tracks.

Rare earth elements, called "rare earths" by those who use and study them, often prove irreplaceable in green technologies and high-tech consumer products. Yet the world's production of rare minerals relies mainly upon China, and the Chinese government warned last year that its own rising demand will soon force it to stop exporting the precious elements.

"Countries and companies that have or plan to develop industries that need rare earth minerals to make products are concerned about China's growing consumption, which they fear will eliminate China's exports of rare earths," said W. David Menzie, chief of the international minerals section at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

China has also encouraged companies that use rare earths to locate their manufacturing facilities in China, Menzie told TechNewsDaily. But some companies fear moving because of concerns about intellectual property protection, he added.

Deposits of rare earth elements exist in the United States, Canada and other countries. But only China's government supports the mining and refining industries capable of processing the resources from start to finish.

Brilliant.  Fucking brilliant.  So, not only does China own our goddamn debt, they also have, essentially, a world-wide monopoly on mining and refining the very elements that are essential to our essential green jobs push?  Are you fucking kidding me? 

I have a few choice words on this subject.

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I call it "Plan B"

That my friends is a Remington 870 modified to fit that M-4.
Possibly, maybe (if we all pray real hard), they'll be available to civilians.
Not the M-4, the shotgun. But only in places where short barreled shotguns are legal. Like oh, say..... Virginia.
It has 3 configurations


But really, who cares? The pistol is pretty darn cool but....
My .50 Beowulf will have an underslung 12 gauge.
For the zombie-elephant apocalypse.

Update:
Should I h/t the Firearm Blog considering the link goes there (and the huge URL in the pic) and I'm the one who saw it there?

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It's all about the sportsmanship

This really steams me.
Wyatt Earp (aka Swifty Morgan) totally misunderstands the Olympics.
Seriously, it's about the sportsmanship that brings the world together.

What it's not about is the hot, toned   athletic women    who   compete.

He's sullying a beautiful thing.

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Everybody Knows.....

Ace links to Rubio's fundraising "bomb" or something.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying don't give him money, but....

Ace quotes something from the link
While Marco enjoys a 14 point lead today, this race will certainly tighten up as Gov. Crist has a commanding cash advantage ($9 million raised to Rubio's to $3.4 million). That's why Marco's trip to California is so important to helping him raise the funds necessary to turn his lead into a victory.

It's the Holy Grail to politicos* that money=votes.

I don't know if that is a valid assumption anymore.
It used to be the only time anybody heard about a politician was when he was in a commercial. Most people didn't watch debates or really pay attention to politics until the weekend before the election.

Now?
Teh Peepul are angry so they're looking for information, it doesn't have to look for them.
There is suddenly a bad form of publicity in politics not involving dead hookers or live boys.


*No, not the lying blog that's hilariously trying to claim the name, the original use of the word.

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Congrats, Daniel Entrikin, you just committed a federal felony

Via SiH, some dipshit comm major at UMass decided to be all profound'n'political'n'shit, and went to New Hampshire to buy a firearm in a face to face sale.  He's trying to make a point about the nonexistent "gun show loophole."  Of course, in the process of buying a firearm outside of his state of residence without an FFL overseeing the transaction, he committed a federal felony. 

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Union wins again: Rhode Island town's union teachers refuse small concessions to improve failing school, all are shitcanned

The median income in the town is $22K, the teachers were making an average $70-78K.  The superintendent asked that the teachers work an additional 25 minutes a day, be more involved with students, eating with students in the cafeteria once a week, receive an extra two weeks training and occasionally do some extra tutoring.  The superintendent not only shitcanned all the teachers, she shitcanned all the administrators too.  The area is in rough economic shape, and the graduation rate is horrible, graduation rate is under 50%.

You really weren't willing to take on those concessions for a job paying 70K+ a year?  I'll wager there are college professors that don't pull that much,

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Mendoooooooza

Dammit, I do not want to be on Gawker's side about anything.

Bastard.

Actually, it makes sense that Denton would take this stance since he's making a pile of money by sticking his finger in the eye of those with authoritah. I still feel dirty being on his side in anything and not in the good way.

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The worst economy since Herbert Hoover

Remember the "jobless recovery" while there was a five percent unemployment rate? The whole thing about how wages hadn't grown forever? (Or at least since, oh, January, 2001?)

What do you want to bet that Bush gets blamed for this?

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You wanna know why the Tea Party set is so unruly?

Because of shit like this, if there is one thing, just one thing that I've learned about PA politics, if there is a wrong choice or answer, the PA GOP leadership will make that wrong choice.  If there is a way to fuck something up, the PA GOP will fuck it up, with zeal.  There is no reason that PA should be as blue as it is.  The state GOP threw their support and endorsement to Tom Corbett.  GOP supporters and Tea Partiers posted their disagreement on the PA GOPs Facebook page, and the PA GOP promptly started deleting and banning comments and commenters who dared, dared question the exalted PA GOP's endorsement.

PA should have a good number of GOP pickups this year, but I guarantee our gains will be modest because of failures in leadership.  I don't think the Tea Partiers will run 3rd candidates in any significant way PA, but they will stay home if it's made clear they aren't wanted.

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Oh Great! Now The Hurricane Data Is Wrong?

You know, something tells me that the whole IPCC dataset is a bit mistaken. But that's just me.

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i can haz ASPCA?

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Hipster Puppies. 

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Best. Valentine's. EVAR!

The epic nerd in me is so very, very sad that I spent Valentine's Day (a) not in a Star Trek costume and (b) not at the Guinnes Record-setting most-Trekkies-in-costume-EVAH event in London.

Seriously, folks, waste of a perfectly good fake holiday.  Don't believe me?  Take a look below the fold.

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Speiilng Skliis Requlred

Spelling is important in most jobs; no boss wants to read a report that says, "We r teh BEST EVAR bruh and u shud b sooper kool dat I wurk 4 u," after all.  You'd think if you were in charge of making the currency for your country, somewhere along the line, you and your entire staff would be aware of how to spell the name of your country. 

Of course, if you thought that, you'd be so, so wrong:

Chile's mint has sacked its managing director after he sent into circulation thousands of coins bearing an incorrect spelling of the country's name.

The 50-peso coins, worth around 10 U.S. cents each, were issued in 2008 with Chile spelled "Chiie" -- an error that was only noticed late last year.

"Director Gregorio Iniguez has been fired over a series of issues, including the misspelled coins, which have brought the institution into disrepute," a mint official told Reuters on Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity.

"Some of the coins are still in circulation. They still carry their value. Some collectors are buying them up because they feel they are rare," the official said.

I'm not sure what's the worst part about this story.  Is it that not a single person involved in the creation of this coin realized that they'd spelled Chile wrong?  Or is it that it took them about a year to realize the mistake and recall the coins?

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