A copy editor really needed to get their pen on this

I only had a couple of minutes to bap on The Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Sciences, I'm sure youse guys can throw in much more fun.

Al Gore has had some tough breaks — like losing the presidency after getting more votes than the other guy — but the noted environmentalist achieved a singular honor last week, becoming the first vice president to have a Los Angeles school named after him.

And, fittingly, the school will be devoted to environmental themes. {as opposed to education}

But as in the 2000 election, there's a catch. {a catch?  since when is the U.S. Constitution a catch?}  Critics say the campus' location poses a long-term health risk to students and staff.

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"Renaming this terribly contaminated school after famous environmental advocates {I thought Gore was a famous advocate of his own pocketbook} is an affront to the great work that these individuals have done to protect the public's health from harm," an environmental coalition wrote in a letter to the Los Angeles Unified School District. Making sure the school is safe "would be an even better way to honor their contribution to society." {making sure the school is safe should be a basic fucking requirement, and should have nothing to do with honoring ManBearPig.}

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Lowry said the school's environmental emphasis will do Gore proud, including recycling projects and research and beach cleanups {but will he make money off carbon offsets from this?  I don't think he's going to be proud if he doesn't.}. Cross-curriculum efforts will include environmental speeches and presentations in English {at least they're teaching some English in this school}, topsoil measurements in math and climate study in science.

The principal also envisions an organic garden that could produce a student-led farmer's market.

Suwol said Lowry sounds "incredibly wonderful," but added that she'd feel better if the vegetables were grown in planters above the ground.  {I feel bad cackling over kids getting poisoned, so I won't shout "BWAHAHAHAHAAA!".  But at least, thanks to the 20 million child deaths from the DDT ban, the school won't be overcrowded.}

(via IHateTheMedia)

UPDATED to include the Crazed Sex Poodle pic.  Thanks to Aggie for sticking that back in our brains.

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Yeah. How Dare We?

This lady over in England nails how the Eurotwats don't understand the opposition to Obama.

With the smug incomprehension in which it takes so much pride (can’t understand – won’t understand!), the BBC sets about the American Tea Party Movement as if it were a cross between the Klu Klux Klan and the German neo-fascist brigade. Not once in all the demonic depictions I have seen and heard (last week’s Newsnight package was particularly outrageous) have I heard a mention of what the TPM is actually about: taxation. (Note to BBC editors: the movement is named after the Boston Tea Party because it is protesting about the imposition of higher federal taxes and over-weening controls on citizens who believe their voices have been ignored.)

The British generally and the BBC in particular have a real problem understanding the obsessive suspicion in which the power of central government is held in the US. This is not some funny redneck eccentricity: it is fundamental to the Constitution which gives individual states much greater sovereignty than the countries of the European Union enjoy. The states have independent judicial systems (some states have capital punishment, others do not) and separate taxation systems (some have sales taxes, others do not). Only a Supreme Court ruling can over-turn state law by, for example, declaring something (such as abortion) to be a legal right which a state legislature may not deny.

Yeah. How dare we care for our future? How dare we cherish the freedoms brave men and women have died in order to protect? How dare we cherish the system set up that enables the United States to become the last best hope for man in the face of tyranny and despair? Yeah. How fucking dare we?

That's right. How fucking dare we care? What the fuck is wrong with us? Why can't we just take what the bureaucracy throws at us and ask for more? Why can't we just accept a lower standard of living and be happy, just so we don't get called racist?

You know why? Because we are fucking Americans. That's why. Freedom and opportunity were our birthrights, forged over 230 ago with people standing up, demanding that their leaders be held accountable, and refusing to accept limits on our futures. Liberty is our divinely entitled right, and fuck anybody who sees otherwise. Fuck them seriously and with the vigor that doesn't need boner pills to get ready. And fuck anybody on any side who wishes to endanger or limit those freedoms through deal making and then tell us they know better than us.

And how can we stand in front of our children and grandchildren and tell them that we sat silently by as the Leviathan sought to enevlop us? How? Through moderation? Fuck that. Fuck that with the forecock of future freedoms. Fuck anything close to surrender or compromise. I owe it to my daughter to refuse to let her future be threatened, and I must do what I can through the electoral process to preserve it. I must stand up and tell "our betters" that they are not special, and that they listen to us. I must exercise my rights, so that she will be able to have the same ones as she grows up. And I must not yield, for the other side never quits.

And while not easy, it can be accomplished. How do I know? Because I fucking lived through it. And I know we can do it again.

So fuck you, statist critics of freedoms. Fuck you, go to hell, and let us save the future.

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Oh yeah, and...

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An amazing tribute

Go read this now, and when you're done, you'll appreciate all the people in your lives who have believed in you and sacrificed things to help you reach your goals.  Be warned, though, you will likely shed at least a couple of tears.

Also, you will come away from it disliking Charlie Crist even more than before.

(Via Hot Air.)

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Awesome TV starts up again tonight.

Katey Sagal should have won an Emmy for last season. It's a travesty that she wasn't even nominated.  And I can't even begin to figure out what direction they're going to go this season; I thought I had it puzzled out and then I read something on Kurt Sutter's* blog that makes me think I've got it all wrong. 

*Yeah, he's a total lefty.  But the mental disorder that goes along with being that far out in moonbatland means that you're adept at creating some great believable fiction.

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Please oh please let the author be in Texas

Where "he just needed killin" is still a valid defense.

I suppose the good news is, if we find someone in possession of this manual, we can lynch him right away instead of waiting for him to actually hurt someone.

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Fourmile Fire

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Oops!

A lot has been made about Obama's "They talk about me like a dog" remark today, but check out what he just barely avoids saying at around 0:48...



Almost told the truth there, didn't you?

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I Like Art. Yes I Do

And this is art.

Jane said: “It is a bit like when children use their hands and feet to create individual pieces of pottery, but instead, women can use the shape of their breasts to make a unique ceramic piece.

“Women can then paint a plate, mug or other item of their choice, either with paint brushes or using their breasts.

“It is a tongue-in-cheek fun event, but it will all be done very tastefully and screening will be provided so women can create their breast 
artwork in privacy.

“If some women don’t fancy taking part in breast art, they can just do ordinary pottery and painting.

“Painted ceramics make ideal presents and I’m sure husbands and boyfriends will welcome painted breasts on their work mug!”

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Probably too soon for this

This is the same guy who refused to participate in the Super Bowl Shuffle because he thought it would be a distraction.



via Gawker.

And in keeping with the basketball spirit, Deadspin has a collection of bleacher collapse videos.

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Kathleen Parker continues to be stupid

We have a few tried and true punching bags here, and Kathleen Parker is one who seldom fails to disappoint, so to speak.

In a column where she suggests that social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace may hold the key to Middle East peace—Facebook "friends" don't tend to kill each other, she basically contends—everyone's least favorite "conservative" columnist manages to out-stupid herself with the following:

Meanwhile, evidence mounts that sentiments are shifting among younger people, whose worldviews are broader than those of previous generations. Recent polling by Frank Luntz found that American Jewish college students are more willing than their elders to question the Israeli position. They resist groupthink and desperately want peace.

Might Palestinian youth feel similarly? Alas, I could find no similar polls.

Ahem.

First of all, we're talking about American college kids who have probably never faced a Hamas rocket attack being polled here, not Israelis. Secondly, you "could find no similar polls" because...

1.) I doubt Frank Luntz does much polling in Gaza and/or the West Bank and, more importantly...

2.) Many Palestinian children are brought up from birth to hate their Jewish neighbors and are taught early and often that killing people is a great way to get into heaven.

Such people are not known to desperately want peace.

Meanwhile, Kathleen Parker draws a paycheck from the MFM in between remembering to breathe.

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Sad news

One of my favorite comedians, Robert Schimmel, died of injuries he suffered in a car accident. He was only 60 years old.

He was one funny motherfucker, and he will be missed.

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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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