They invite abuse, it would be impolite not to give it to them.

Now some people think I'm being harsh on global warmmongers who, finally, sort of admit that maybe they've been wrong.
I'm of the opinion that they deserve far more abuse than I'll give them.
Case in point.

Bolt and Blair were right all along. The whole AGW enterprise was a political movement, and was rotten to the core.

The "Blair" in there is Tim Blair. Ausse maker fun of Global Warmmongers extraordinaire. He's like an Aussie Ace.
So the response?
Perhaps, but if so they were so thru prejudice and not observation.

How can you be polite to people like that?
Why be polite to people like that?

H/T Veeshir

Posted by: Veeshir at 11:51 PM | Comments (10) | Add Comment
Post contains 123 words, total size 1 kb.

I know you all have missed Fan Fic Friday...

so today I bring you another installment via Topless Robot

I am not going to say much about it and will instead let this quote speak for the story:

Sorry to break it to you, Harry, but you lost your pride the minute you agreed to give Hermione a blowjob so she wouldn't cry. Getting annally violated by Hermione's magically enlarged penis is just a bonus.

I don't know where these people find these stories. I'm not sure I want to know where they find these stories. Actually I am positive I don't want to know where they find these stories, but they do offer you a new and disturbing perspective on the human race.

Posted by: chad98036 at 08:28 PM | Comments (19) | Add Comment
Post contains 124 words, total size 1 kb.

Some friendly advice this Valentine's Day weekend:

Don't piss off your girlfriend if she's wearing stilettos.

British police say they've charged a 33-year-old woman with stabbing a man through the eye with her stiletto heel.

 West Yorkshire Police in northern England say the man was in a critical but stable condition after the woman, with whom he was sharing a cab, assaulted him with the heel of her shoe.

 The Sun newspaper quoted neighbors as saying the pair were a couple and had gotten into an argument when she kicked him.

That would be an epic use for zombie heels, methinks.

Posted by: Ember at 07:28 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
Post contains 101 words, total size 1 kb.

Ted Rall - Obama is a frigging idiot

Yes that Ted Rall.

Juicy excerpts:

Thanks to CribNoteGate, we can finally say it out loud: Sarah Palin is stupid. But where does that leave Barack Obama?

Even stupider.

...

By this low standard, Obama is dumber than dumb. We're not talking Dubya dumb. We're not even talking Sarahcuda dumb.

We're talking pulling-off-your-mask-so-the-clerk-of-the-bank-you're-robbing-can-hear-you dumb.

A year ago, Obama comes into office facing a global economic meltdown. Half a million jobs are vanishing each month. Millions of Americans have just lost their homes to foreclosure; millions more are on the chopping block. So what does he focus on?

Healthcare reform.

...

Two words: Id. Iot.

Every time it counts, Obama doesn't have a clue.

...

Obama held all the cards. But he was stupid. And he was corrupt.

Ah schadenfreude, sweet, sweet, schadenfreude

Posted by: chad98036 at 07:08 PM | Comments (8) | Add Comment
Post contains 140 words, total size 1 kb.

Ahhh, the sweet smell of success.

You know, sometimes you work and you work and you just don't know if you're doing any good.

Other times, you see results. You realize you're not just pissing into the wind. Those are the good times.

Just 8 percent of Americans want the members of Congress re-elected, according to a CBS News-New York Times poll

Yes, CBS and the NY Times, probably even with their usual demographic tricks, found out that people are totally pissed off at the Democrat led gov't.

How cool would 100% turnover be?
Not because it would mean that Republicans would be the majority in the House and would at least gain seats in the Senate, but because of all the career pols sent home. Think of those members of the House who've been elected every two years for decades going home to K Street....errrr.... home.

Yeah, Puppy-blender link. So sue me.

Posted by: Veeshir at 05:45 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment
Post contains 153 words, total size 1 kb.

Why We Fight

We fight animals such as these. We fight to keep animals such as these from attacking anything close to civilized life. And we fight animals such as this because they are sick freaks who need to be exterminated. ***Warning: the link itself is safe, but leads to some really vile stuff***.

Any questions?

Posted by: eddiebear at 03:15 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment
Post contains 56 words, total size 1 kb.

Ohhhhh Ember?

You truly need these.



See how I am blatantly begging for pics a caring giver? Because that's what I am.

Related:

Posted by: alexthechick at 01:35 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
Post contains 23 words, total size 1 kb.

Geek Tech - Build your own Microsoft Surface multi-touch platform

Yesterday I can across a vid of kids at Carnegie-Mellon developing a Dungeons and Dragons application for the Microsoft Surface

D&D on the Microsoft Surface from CrunchGear on Vimeo.

Posted it on facebook and today a friend of mine sent a link to an article on how to build your own.  This is cool.  Who wants to give me $850 so I can build one.

(and yes this deserves the hotassery tag.  It isn't as cool as machine guns and flamethrowers but it is cooler than shoes  :-) )
more...

Posted by: chad98036 at 11:58 AM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
Post contains 109 words, total size 2 kb.

Pew pew pew pew pew

Air Force uses airborne laser to knock down ballistic missiles.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at 11:56 AM | Comments (36) | Add Comment
Post contains 15 words, total size 1 kb.

Aha! I Knew I Was Saving The Earth By Eating So Much Meat!

Fuck you, vegetarians. Fuck you and your smug self righteousness with a soy block soaked in bacon drippings. Fuck you for lecturing me that eating meat was bad for me. Fuck you for trying to push that "healthy lifestyle" fuckhelmet of fucking fuckitudinally fucked up fuckheadedness upon us. And fuck you for killing jobs and raping your beloved Gaia more than us knuckle dragging meat eaters ever will do.

The Cranfield University study found that switching from British-bred beef and lamb to meat substitutes imported from abroad such as tofu and Quorn would increase the amount of land cultivated, raising the risk of forests being destroyed for fields.

Production methods can be energy intensive and the final products tend to be highly processed, the report, which was commissioned by the environmental group WWF, found.

The researchers concluded: 'A switch from beef and milk to highly refined livestock product analogues such as tofu could actually increase the quantity of arable land needed to supply the UK.'

They also warned that a significant increase in the number of vegetarians in Britain from the current total of 3.7million could cause  the collapse of the country's livestock industry and result in meat production moving to countries with few regulations to protect uncultivated land {since when did weenies care about jobs?-ed}.

Donal Murphy-Bokern, one of the report's authors and a former farming and food science coordinator at the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, told The Times: 'For some people, tofu and other meat substitutes symbolise environmental friendliness but they are not necessarily the badge of merit {and absolution from affluence guilt so many weenies have today-ed}that people claim.

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!1!1!11!!!

*GOUGH*

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAA!11!!!

Stupid fucking hippies.

Now, I do not wish to include in my mockery those who are required by health issues to eat a certain diet. But the rest of you vegetarians can go choke on a syphillis soaked sack of senile sausage for all I care

Posted by: eddiebear at 11:46 AM | Comments (14) | Add Comment
Post contains 337 words, total size 2 kb.

Check out the big brain on Ron

It is, I guess, with some regret that I post this bit of dumb as a sack of fucking rocks political analysis from Ronaldus Maximus' son right after eddie's Reagan post, but them's the breaks...

"As much as we're ringing [sic] our hands about the Democratic Party though and it's all well that we do that, we have to remember that the alternative, the Republicans are a true train wreck -- a train wreck," Reagan said. "Look at Sarah Palin. Look at Scott Brown. You know."

First, while we can debate the merits of Palin's decision to resign as Alaska's Governor (I personally think it was a mistake), she's got the best-selling political memoir since, well, EVAR and just signed a lucrative deal to appear on the most-watched network on cable. Meanwhile, you made these remarks on, um, where, exactly? Did anyone view these remarks? Someone noted them, I guess, or we wouldn't be talking about any of this. Oh, and, um, what exactly is it that you do for a living?

Secondly, pointing to newly-elected United States Senator Scott Brown (D-oh, wait, R-Massafuckingofallplaceschusetts) as a "train wreck" seems to cast some doubt on your sagacity as a political analyst. You know, since he won as a Republican in the bluest of blue states and all. And because you're apparently a fucking dumbass.

You know.

Posted by: Sean M. at 02:29 AM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
Post contains 231 words, total size 2 kb.

Why I Will Never Be A Liberal

Here is the video of Ronald Reagan announcing his candidacy for President in November of 1979. This video, while a bit long, hits every point concerning why I am conservative, and will never be a liberal: optimism, faith in the future, belief in the goodness of mankind, contempt of government's spiked fisting of the people, and an unwillingness to accept our best days are behind us.



Here is the text.

My favorite portion:

In recent months leaders in our government have told us that, we, the people, have lost confidence in ourselves; that we must regain our spirit and our will to achieve our national goals. Well, it is true there is a lack of confidence, an unease with things the way they are. But the confidence we have lost is confidence in our government's policies. Our unease can almost be called bewilderment at how our defense strength has deteriorated. The great productivity of our industry is now surpassed by virtually all the major nations who compete with us for world markets. And, our currency is no longer the stable measure of value it once was.

But there remains the greatness of our people, our capacity for dreaming up fantastic deeds and bringing them off to the surprise of an unbelieving world. When Washington's men were freezing at Valley Forge, Tom Paine told his fellow Americans: "We have it in our power to begin the world over again," we still have that power.

We--today's living Americans--have in our lifetime fought harder, paid a higher price for freedom and done more to advance the dignity of man than any people who have ever lived on this Earth. The citizens of this great nation want leadership--yes--but not a "man on a white horse" demanding obedience to his commands. They want someone who believes they can "begin the world over again." A leader who will unleash their great strength and remove the roadblocks government has put in their way. I want to do that more than anything I've ever wanted. And it's something that I believe with God's help I can do.

Contrast that optimism with the shit Obama spews on a daily basis. Contrast Reagan's optimism with Obama's clueless fatalism. Contrast Reagan's belief in the things that made and continue to make America great with a fool who bows before anything in front of him. And contrast the hope and change that Reagan promised (and delivered) versus what we have now.

America's best days are ahead of us, and fuck those who disagree. Fuck them with the sonicblasted hurty stick of hurt. Fuck them for pushing the clowns on us who are preventing our best days. Fuck those fuckduckcocks of FAIL. Fuck them because we need people at the helm who are optimistic, not whining fuckwhiners who blame others. And fucking fuck them with the fucksicle of fucking get outta my fucking way for being dead fucking weight holding America back.

We need people willing to dream and accomplish big dreams, not fucking pussies who tell us we should accept less in order to spread the wealth. We need people who refuse to leave a shithole for their children to live in, not clowns who continue to burden and enslave our future to a life of penury and chattelism to the bureaucracy. And we need somebody with the balls to tell the left to fuck off and take their fuckitude with them. And all of this was accomplished with the projection of strength, confidence, intelligence, and a refusal to accept nothing less than the best for all.

So, fuck you lefties. Take a look at how a real man with optimism can save the world.  It happened once, and may soon happen again in 2012.

Posted by: eddiebear at 01:11 AM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
Post contains 630 words, total size 4 kb.

I do not think these words mean what you think they mean.

I couldn't resist clicking on the MSNBC link titled, "My policies aren't anti-business, Obama says".  Just try resisting that one.  I'll spare you the drivel, but I just knew my favorite Morons would find this particular quote to be highly amusing:

We are pro-growth. We are fierce advocates for a thriving, dynamic free market.

Feel free to browse the whole thing.  It's long and very painful.

Posted by: Ember at 11:40 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
Post contains 78 words, total size 1 kb.

Didja miss me?

I missed you.  Really, I did!

I got some nasty computer virus, and, in the height of my laziness (and the need for a computer since Mr. Ember takes online classes), rather than wait a week and a half to get the old computer fixed, I bought a new one today.  It's shiny and purty and I'm glad to be back.  I missed you, interwebz!

So, to show you all how much I missed you, some (not-professional) Emberpics below the fold.  Complete with shoes that I know Alex wants.

more...

Posted by: Ember at 10:04 PM | Comments (13) | Add Comment
Post contains 94 words, total size 1 kb.

Is America a "Christian" nation?

The NY Times magazine* is asking that question this week and they actually don't do too bad a job of it:

This year’s social-studies review has drawn the most attention for the battles over what names should be included in the roll call of history. But while ignoring Kennedy and upgrading Gingrich are significant moves, something more fundamental is on the agenda. The one thing that underlies the entire program of the nation’s Christian conservative activists is, naturally, religion. But it isn’t merely the case that their Christian orientation shapes their opinions on gay marriage, abortion and government spending. More elementally, they hold that the United States was founded by devout Christians and according to biblical precepts. This belief provides what they consider not only a theological but also, ultimately, a judicial grounding to their positions on social questions. When they proclaim that the United States is a “Christian nation,” they are not referring to the percentage of the population that ticks a certain box in a survey or census but to the country’s roots and the intent of the founders.

The Christian “truth” about America’s founding has long been taught in Christian schools, but not beyond. Recently, however — perhaps out of ire at what they see as an aggressive, secular, liberal agenda in Washington and perhaps also because they sense an opening in the battle, a sudden weakness in the lines of the secularists — some activists decided that the time was right to try to reshape the history that children in public schools study. Succeeding at this would help them toward their ultimate goal of reshaping American society. As Cynthia Dunbar, another Christian activist on the Texas board, put it, “The philosophy of the classroom in one generation will be the philosophy of the government in the next.”

...

the Christian bloc’s notion this year to bring Christianity into the coverage of American history is not, from their perspective, revisionism but rather an uncovering of truths that have been suppressed. “I don’t know that what we’re doing is redefining the role of religion in America,” says Gail Lowe, who became chairwoman of the board after McLeroy was ousted and who is one of the seven conservative Christians. “Many of us recognize that Judeo-Christian principles were the basis of our country and that many of our founding documents had a basis in Scripture. As we try to promote a better understanding of the Constitution, federalism, the separation of the branches of government, the basic rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, I think it will become evident to students that the founders had a religious motivation.”

Plenty of people disagree with this characterization of the founders, including some who are close to the process in Texas. “I think the evidence indicates that the founding fathers did not intend this to be a Christian nation,” says James Kracht, who served as an expert adviser to the board in the textbook-review process. “They definitely believed in some form of separation of church and state.”

There is, however, one slightly awkward issue for hard-core secularists who would combat what they see as a Christian whitewashing of American history: the Christian activists have a certain amount of history on their side.

The article goes on to look at both sides of the issue for 9 pages.  It's conclusion, while the founders may have been Christian they were also participants in the enlightenment (enlightenees??) and that was characterized by questioning and distrust of religions role in government. 

I agree.  I am not a constitutional scholar but personally I feel that the founders did intend a "wall of separation", at least at the federal level.  It can be seen in Jefferson's writings, the history of colonization in America (specifically the Pilgrims who came here to escape "established churches"), The writings of Thomas Paine and James Madison among others.  The board members in Texas seem to ignore those writings.  Personally I think they fatally undercut their case.

  I suspect that there are some who will disagree with me wholeheartedly.

(Note:  This isn't to say that I am denying the strong Judeo-Chrsitian influence on American society and history.  That is undeniable and a positive thing in my opinion.  I am just saying that I don't think the founders intended a "Christian nation") 

*I am probably violating the DPUD style guide by linking the NY Times but I excerpted a lot of material so I felt it had to be done.

Posted by: chad98036 at 09:57 PM | Comments (30) | Add Comment
Post contains 749 words, total size 5 kb.

Is Hooters about to go tits up?

A San Francisco based investment bank has been hired to sell the company, asking price is $250 million.  Hooters has been struggling in the bad economy, and has made some really bad investment decisions, perhaps most famously the failed Hooters Air, which actually used to fly out of Scranton, heh.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at 08:25 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
Post contains 124 words, total size 1 kb.

Uselessly late movie reviews

Longer below the fold. I don't go to movies so these are all HBO,Skinemax, Encore and/or Showtime movies
10,000BC: Sucks. Stone age empires using steel? Really? Really?

Tropic Thunder: Laughed my butt off.

One Eyed Monster: Funny, funny, funny.
more...

Posted by: Veeshir at 07:14 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
Post contains 500 words, total size 3 kb.

Lazy Floridian

Heh.
Some guy was taking "stock photos" of Dolphins Stadium before the Super Bowl when a turkey vulture came through the windshield, sat on the pilot's lap, and hitched a 20 mile ride to the airport where he then flew off.
There's video with a voiceover by the pilot talking about what happened.
 
It's pretty crappy video. Which is funny considering the guy who was doing the filming was a professional, he was getting paid to film the stadium after all.

You can kind of see the bird in the chopper and you can definitely see it fly away. For a second I was reminded of a scene from Dawn of the Dead (the 70s version, not the recent one) where I thought the lazy bird might fly into the rotor.
Via Say Uncle

Posted by: Veeshir at 06:20 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
Post contains 136 words, total size 1 kb.

Well, At Least We Are Making Progress...

EJ Dionne gets in on the snarkfest attacking the Tea Party and various other Not Obama types with this gem. It is as misguided and foolish as you would expect from EJ, but one thing caught my attention:

So, yes, parts of this movement do seem to be motivated by a new nativism, and by racism. But it would be a mistake to see the hostility to Obama only in terms of race.

Ahh..so racism is no longer reason numero uno for the left's understanding of why we oppose Obama. At least that's some progress. But then, EJ goes into the swamp of stupid without his lifevest:

Something else is going on in the Tea Party movement, and it has deep roots in our history {so you are conceding you are going against tradition? So who is the radical then?-ed}. Anti-statism, a profound mistrust of power in Washington, goes all the way back to the Anti-Federalists who opposed the Constitution {when the only Washington was named George-ed} itself because they saw it concentrating too much authority in the central government {and that only happened becasue people in power didn't follow the Constitution, which if followed correctly, tells the government what we allow it to do, not what the munificent Big Brother deigns to let us have. So while the Anti Feds were wrong on what would fuck things up, they were correct that letting government have power would be a really fucking bad idea-ed} . At any given time, perhaps 20 percent to 25 percent of Americans can be counted on to denounce anything Washington does {that low? fucking welfare mindset!-ed} as a threat to "our traditional liberties." {that, and Government fucks up everything it touches worse than a hooker with your wallet-ed}

This suspicion of government is not amenable to "facts" -- not because it is irrational, but because the facts are beside the point {thus irrational. Oh preach on, Wordsmith!-ed}. For the anti-statists, opposing government power is a matter of principle {yeah, and a really fucking good principle. I fail to see the problem with your assertion, given that people without fucking principles will sway around to the latest fad. See Obama Republicans in 2008-ed}.

If those who think this way are asked whether an economic collapse would have been better than passing a stimulus and bailing out the banks, the anti-statists typically say "yes," even if they might also challenge the premise of the question. {hindsight is proving that TARP was a bigger dmistake than leaving me alone with a booze truck and a pile of pr0n-ed}

The purest expression of this disposition has come from Rep. Ron Paul {ugh. Here we go. Tying your opponents to the kookiest fuckbag out there? Nice logical progression there, pal-ed}, the libertarian Republican antisemitic loon {fixed!-ed}from Texas. In 2008, Paul strenuously criticized President Bush's proposed bank bailout for "propping up a failed system so the agony lasts longer." Without a bailout, Paul conceded, "It would be a bad year. But, this way, it's going to be a bad decade {thanks to Obama, who took the balout and fucked the carcass even after it had assumed rigor mortis-ed}."

So, basically, you are saying that those of us who oppose Obama are just irrational cranks bitterly clinging to quaint traditions such as liberty and distrust of Government's attempts to force us into the fuckden of fury, pain, and FAIL without our consent? You are shocked that people beyond those who believe in the Wekkly World News as a legitimate source of news are opposed to the shit coming from Washington? You are shocked that people who believe that a fucking nation that was founded on the mistrust of government, and took written and codified steps limiting the Leviathan, thus fostering the greatest fucking country to ever exist, should avoid chaining its people is a bad thing? So you think those of us who are trying to stop measures that will hold back, limit, and retard the potential still teeming in this country with more legislative prison rape are fools and irrational? Well, I have a word for you, EJ:

more...

Posted by: eddiebear at 01:58 PM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
Post contains 983 words, total size 7 kb.

Debra Medina implodes

Medina was considered the Tea Party candidate in Texas, facing off against Rick Perry and Kay Failey Hutchison (who has got to go, not that I'm impressed by Perry by any means), and her poll numbers showed she could prove to be a challenge for Hutchison and ...then she came out as a Truther, or at least pandered to the Truther trash.

Did she think she was going to win by going all Ron Paultard?  Really?  I'm glad she did this though.  God, could you imagine if she won the primaries and came out with this Truther shit in the general?  We'd end up with a Democrat running Texas.  Yeah, let that sink in for a minute.  America is not on the same wavelength as the listening audience of Coast to Coast, Debra.  Sorry.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at 12:56 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
Post contains 137 words, total size 1 kb.