tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56119962011-12-23T22:17:16.451-06:00Because dissent is the highest form of patriotism.homerclesnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-51781867896842653642011-09-13T09:38:00.004-05:002011-09-13T17:19:42.156-05:00

I ordered the Star Wars trilogy on Blu-Ray. I think the law now requires me to refer to George Lucas as "Daddy," and give him half the money from all my tricks. Oh, well. It's not like I had any human dignity or self-respect to begin with.

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-20857504967689082752011-09-11T10:11:00.002-05:002011-09-11T10:18:19.854-05:00

This is all I'm going to say.I'm still teaching at the same school. I'm still doing the same things with my spare time. I didn't lose anyone that day; hell, I've never even seen the places involved, except on TV.Just the same, I feel like the course of my life has been radically altered. God knows I'm not the same person I was back then, even if that person's life is in roughly the same orbit.

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This will come as a shock to the ones of readers I have, but I'm strongly considering giving up comics. The stars are kind of aligning that way right now.DC Comics (who account for 95% of my comics purchases) has rebooted the entire universe; all the old continuity has been wiped out, and everything is starting over with a brand spanking new #1 issue. I think the idea is to provide a jumping-on

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-31170019651609116852011-09-09T09:24:00.004-05:002011-09-11T10:06:19.567-05:00

If you know one of the students on your roster has been diagnosed with a multiple personality disorder, would you consider maybe FUCKING TELLING THE TEACHERS WHO WORK WITH THE KID?! Just trying to help.

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So yesterday, I was struck with an intense desire to find myself back in 1996. This is irrational, of course, due to both the impossibility of time travel, as well as the seeming randomness of the year.Why 1996? Not entirely sure, really. It was the first year of my teaching career. I was 23 years old, so I had that going for me, too. The X-Files and Millennium were the cornerstone and raison

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-9393997383763731092011-08-15T16:58:00.002-05:002011-08-15T17:03:25.905-05:00

This goes out to someone who doesn't know of this blog's existence. Enough with the goddamn Facebook posts about how ashamed you are that Michelle Bachmann won the Straw Poll. 1) The straw poll doesn't mean anything.2) You weren't even going to consider voting for someone other than Obama anyway. You know full well O could molest your parents, kidnap your children, burn your house to the ground,

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-27074527671314675182011-08-15T14:47:00.002-05:002011-08-15T14:51:18.992-05:00

Can we take a moment to recognize how boring Ennis' and Robertson's The Boys has become? A comic book series that started out with the premise of super-heroes with all too human foibles and perversities (and perversions, let's be honest here) has become a book where people talk. And talk. And talk. And talk. Get on with it!

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-5172799117142301322011-08-15T13:53:00.002-05:002011-08-15T13:56:36.670-05:00

if anybody at DC Comics ever finds this, the reboot is a TERRIBLE idea. The new costumes are cool, if today is in 1993. The story previews I've seen suck. In all likelihood, you've managed to chase off someone who's been reading since Reagan was president.

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-16251794081167129262011-08-15T13:15:00.003-05:002011-08-15T13:50:19.252-05:00

I swear to Christ above, I'm at my saturation point. I don't even care if nobody agrees with me (and let's face it, NOBODY in my life agrees with me); what is driving. me. in. sane. is the sheer tenacity with which people cling to their progressivism, even if the suppositions they base their progressivism on are demonstrably, patently, and provably false. You know what? It's not even that.

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-40462152105564809612010-06-14T07:55:00.002-05:002010-06-14T08:02:14.906-05:00

Yesterday, President Obama compared the Gulf Oil spill to 9/11 . . . and then he went golfing.It's interesting to watch Michael Moore-ish events unfold in real time, and not through the magic of creative editing.PS: Either the comparison to 9/11 is idiotic and Obama gave it the seriousness it deserved, or the comparison is apt and he didn't. Either way (and I'm going with the former), it looks

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-43858242352637576472010-05-31T19:59:00.004-05:002010-05-31T20:09:42.191-05:00

That's the goal anyway. Seems being married has put me back on the bullet train to pudgy town. Work has been so crazy that I've not exercised regularly in oh, say, nine months. So to you, all three of you, I confess my sins, and pledge to remedy them. The goal is to walk (or bike) a total of 500 miles this calendar year.So, counting the 4.3 miles I walked today, and the 2.7 I walked yesterday,

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Thanks for waiting. Comments are up back in the original thread.

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Graduation for seniors is a few days away, so everything's crazy. Wanted you to know that I did read your comments, I was impressed by the thought you put into them, and I would like to respond to them. It just might take a couple of days. I guess I could've planned my triumphant comeback a little better.

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-8156945319558191392010-05-18T16:59:00.001-05:002010-05-18T17:01:24.112-05:00

Dumbass. I'll be the first to admit that some of us in the business just ain't that bright.link via Fark

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Nope, sorry. It was Ted Turner./enjoying the feeling that lefties must get when Pat Robertson opens his pie-hole

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-38860515036882191482010-05-17T08:23:00.002-05:002010-05-17T20:21:18.501-05:00

Given the Obama administration's disgraceful diplomatic performance, especially with regard to Israel, I've been wondering: are they really that tone-deaf? Are they that determined to drive away every single person that voted them in?Two separate things point the way for me. First, this JPost article in which Rahm Emmanuel cops the administration for bungling the message of support for Israel,

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-46693072803888441062010-05-15T07:51:00.002-05:002010-05-15T08:04:31.433-05:00

So, I'm actually READING the new Arizona immigration law, which I guess means I'm doing a better job of things than AG Holder. Here's the text of it, in case you'd care to do the same.I'm looking for the part which will lead to the supposed Mexican Apartheid/Holocaust, and I'm not finding it. Nor can I find, at least in what I've read so far, anything that indicates police can stop people

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-56023188687316688722010-05-10T16:15:00.003-05:002010-05-10T16:28:00.023-05:00

So John McCain must be in favor of border security.Check back tomorrow to see what Maverick says then!If there is a blessing to be found in the Obama presidency, it must be found in not having to put up with McCain's fair-weather conservatism writ nationally.

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-56082710424823341182010-05-09T10:58:00.002-05:002010-05-09T11:47:38.421-05:00

While this is more likely a statement of inevitable folly than a statement of fact, I'm going to state anyway that I'm back to blogging, at least on occasion.So where did I go?Been busy. Got married, had the worst, most demanding year of my career. Even without blogging, I have so little time, I feel like I'm not doing anything right.So why am I back?Because I missed it, I suppose. Back when I

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-4379319908996645872009-04-01T16:00:00.001-05:002009-04-01T16:03:46.695-05:00

Given today's date, I'm still waiting to hear confirmation. If it is an April Fool's gag, it's all too plausible.Obama's Gift to the Queen of England: An iPod.Thank God Almighty we didn't elect those dumb bumpkins McCain and Palin, eh? Given the Anointed One's almost eerily flawless diplomatic skills, I'm sure the ills of the world shall be all fixed, almost instantaneously. Any second now.Just

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-52991837329230833922009-03-26T16:40:00.002-05:002009-03-26T16:45:52.318-05:00

From a comment left in regard to this Protein Wisdom post:[Obama] wants to take my money and leave my children in debt and make them do mandatory voluntary service, and socialize the health care system, and weaken the military, and grow the size of government, and make it more intrusive, and take away our guns, and ghettoize religion, and force physicians and pharmacists to either do things they

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Too bad I'm not him.Thank God we didn't vote those morons McCain and Palin in, eh?

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Barack Obama's apology for remarks made on the 3/19 taping of Jay Leno's show, first draft."Ladies, Gentlemen, my fellow Americans . . ."What's the big fuckin' deal, bitches? Seriously, I wasn't saying waterheads were bad, I was just saying that I bowled like a gimpy waterhead. That's all. What? Somebody slip you some aspirin when you were a kid or something?"Anyway, what do you care? If you can

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-28286536901286494702009-03-14T14:29:00.002-05:002009-03-14T14:38:15.357-05:00

The ever growing list of proles who dare to refuse the bliss of being One with Dear Leader:1. Rush Limbaugh2. Jim CramerAnd now,3. Sarah PalinThe sideshow continues. Pay no attention to the sudden exodus of money from private citizens whose only sin was earning a living. Maybe they can throw us some bread while we're watching the spectacle.And while we're at it, let's borrow a line from Ann

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-82456446013358905392009-03-04T09:35:00.003-06:002009-03-04T09:45:46.345-06:00

Do I title this post "Weapons of Mass Distraction" or "Two-Minute Hate?"Remember this big of comedic gold from subretard Seth MacFarlane?Substitute "Rush Limbaugh" in for "9/11," and you have the Anointed One's current strategy for deflecting criticism. (Link via Drudge)I don't even like Limbaugh. Making the news cycle revolve around him, however, is such a painfully transparent bit of sleight of

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-8791626501456826902009-02-22T11:58:00.002-06:002009-02-22T12:05:50.976-06:00

Take Russian LOLcats, recaption them in English, and you have one of the most brilliantly clever things I've seen on the Intertubes in a while.Sly, subversive, and a potent reminder of the stultifying effects of Collectivism on human beings.Was it intended that way? Probably not, but I'm amazed at how the memories of Soviet-era Communism have faded, and become replaced by something akin to

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George Lucas, the chief string-puller of Lucasfilm Inc, LucasArts, Skywalker Sound, and Industrial Light and Magic is saying that raising taxes on the rich won't help the economy.Maybe, just maybe, he should've thought of that when he was helping prepare the Anointed One for his glorious ascension.Enjoy doing your patriotic duty, George.(Pictured above: IRS agents observe an unidentified citizen)

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Who needs it? Now that I've found the single best commercial EVER MADE, I'll never turn the idiot box on again.***Probably not true**Definitely lying here

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Two separate reports of Islamic terrorists raping people, so that they will ease their shame by becoming suicide bombers.Once, for young men, and again, for women.But but but . . . we're the bad guys. Israel's the bad guy.Just keep telling yourself that, progs.

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Oh, schadenfreude. Were I a better man, I'd be able to resist your seductive charms. Sadly, I'm not.It's not about politics, and not about anyone my readers may know.You got what you deserved, shitbag.

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Dear Leader showed the Iranians our belly, and they noticed.It would seem the Alpha and Omega of our pathetic drone existences lacks a certain, how do you say, experience in dealing with madmen and zealots.When Israel is turned into a sheet of molten glass, do you think we'll be able to see it from orbit?

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Hand to God.By the end, however, you'll wish it was.

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Congratulations, you elected a piece of pop art.

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Context.Maybe, you know, I'm, uh, you know, being too, um, harsh about this, you know?PS: Why yes, I am having tons of fun with the obamicon.me poster generator. Thanks for asking.

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He is risen. He is risen, indeed.Golden Oldies:The latest:"I pledge to be of service to Barack Obama."Wow.Just wow.The creepymeter just got pegged.**RELATED** None dare call it what it is.

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Sorry. Had to do it.Ricardo Montalban has left us. Geeks everywhere will remember him from his amazing turn as Khan Noonian Singh in Star Trek II. Personally, however, my memories of him stem more from Fantasy Island. Even as a kid, I was fascinated by the way he could play benevolent and sinister at the same time.

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Almost time to sacrifice a fatted calf to honor the Ascension of the Anointed One*Seriously, I know I wished for a media that wasn't quite so adversarial, but the needle that was once pegged at "psychopathic rage" is now buried under "abject fawning."(Not directly relevant, but effectively conveys the general creepiness of the Cult of O)If I see one more, just one more, human interest piece about

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-65770226121082168172009-01-09T16:34:00.002-06:002009-01-09T16:36:11.335-06:00

Andrew Breitbart's Big HollywoodIt's like The Huffington Post, only not written by the naive, the simplistic, or those otherwise touched by the Progressive spirit.

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So it's a little late in coming, but here's 2008 in a nutshell.Phrase of the year: [Thrown] under the busExamples: Obama threw Jeremiah Wright under the bus when Wright's racist views came to light.Obama pal Tony Rezko was thrown under the bus once his shady land deals came to light.Obama's now-dead white grandmother was thrown under the bus when he spoke of older racists like her.Et cetera, et

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Just trying to figure out the progressive mindset.Pastor Rick Warren? Bad choice for the inauguration invocation.Reverend Jeremiah Wright? Evidently, it was a good choice for the Messiah to sit in his pews for twenty years.Cheer up, progs! Your Messiah's purity is still intact. It was probably too hard to find a nondenominational African-American Black Panther Lesbian quadriplegic pastor on

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I'm paraphrasing here, but the best comment I've heard re: Obama vis-a-vis Blagojevich runs something along the lines that so many Obamatons are so completely unwilling to even acknowledge the hint of a spectre of a looming presence of the possibility that the Messiah comes from an irrevocably corrupt political machine, that if he is, he is also the proverbial virgin in the whorehouse.Needless to

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Still waiting for the obligatory Obama "This isn't the Rod Blagojevich I thought I knew" statement.It seems to me that the more I hear about Illinois/Chicago politics, the more I feel like America has its very own banana republic within its borders.Here's the question for me: Blagojevich was hoping for a plum job in the Obama administration, yet he has no ties whatsoever to Obama? Either he was

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-44848263930482627472008-11-27T22:09:00.002-06:002008-11-27T22:16:11.588-06:00

A verdict has been reached in the Lori Drew cyberbullying case, with Mrs. Drew receiving only three misdemeanor convictions, which may get tossed out on appeal.This was the right decision. The government's reasoning behind their case was shaky at best, and a gross perversion of existing laws governing online behavior at worst.Having said that, I will also say that if I were to witness Mrs. Drew

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-65376639301549571552008-11-13T18:40:00.000-06:002008-11-13T18:41:26.998-06:00

Yahoo! Movies has a new Watchmen up.

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May he govern more humanely than he campaigned.May he be the moderate everyone's thinking he'll magically turn into.May he, for once in his life, put others before himself.

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You might not have heard about this one:See more funny videos at Funny or Die

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Strange, I never made the connection before now.He's not a candidate, he's a fucking fashion statement.

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10) It's official now: Gov't nationalizes MSNBC, renames it "Ministry of Truth"9) Ooh, puppies! Rainbows! Cotton-candy clouds!8) Doing my "patriotic" duty. Again, and again, and again . . .7) A kinder, gentler news media. Why, that horrific grimace that passes for Helen Thomas' smile will alone be sufficient to warm my heart.6) With Israel reduced to rubble, every Palestinian will now have his or

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-62319724632341864222008-10-29T15:00:00.002-05:002008-10-29T16:19:50.918-05:00

In response to Anon, who has taken great offense to my comments a couple of posts back, first, I thank you for your patience. Work's been crazy. These are my thoughts on the matter, and if they are not in proper essay format, you can blame my sinuses, which I now estimate to be the size of grapefruits.One of the strategies I sometimes employ in teaching kids social skills is to respond in the

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-69468181009032557082008-10-27T07:54:00.002-05:002008-10-27T08:02:00.099-05:00

Then again, this was 7 years ago, and he probably thought it'd go down the Memory Hole. So it would seem that "spread the wealth around" wasn't just a misstatement.This is likely to get disappeared, so feel free to download the interview hereOh, and Anon, you'll get a response soon. I'm at work right now, and I kinda feel like I need to get back to work.

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Update from last night's post: Ace's tip is confirmed.CAVEAT: I don't know if this has been verified by a news agency, so it lacks confirmation; it is, however, noteworthy if proven true.Ace has received a tip stating that 3 state agencies in Ohio have been been accessed for purposes of digging up dirt on Joe the Plumber.Just to reiterate: IF this is true, then someone (or someones) with access

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It's not over.It's not over by a long shot.I see the signs for Obama everywhere; it would seem that I am adrift and alone in a sea of HopeyChanginess. Iowa, from all outward appearances, would seem to be a lost cause. It may very well be. I intend, however, to do everything I can, within the limits of my principles, to make Obama have to fight for every single vote. The Obama campaign has more

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And you will rejoice. Or else.I would hope that even the most stalwart Obama supporter might find it even the teensiest bit disturbing that the guy who dares to ask the Annointed One a tough question is the one who gets crucified, while the answer is as studiously avoided as a food stain on your boss' shirt. Evidently, dissent will not, in fact, be the highest form of patriotism in the Obama

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Chicago Style!Here's an interesting documentary that alleges some, shall we say, irregular activities during the Democratic Primary process. I'm still watching it at this point, but I am disturbed at what I've seen so far. No wonder so many Hillary supporters are pissed.And ladies, gentlemen, again I ask you to play nice. This is a heated election, and we're all getting pissy. God knows I am

homerclesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611996.post-5070753935233314422008-10-09T17:10:00.002-05:002008-10-09T17:12:46.648-05:00

Remember, kids, it's not voter fraud if "community organizers" are behind it.Vote for change.Because it's gonna happen anyway, by hook or by crook.

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Just thought I'd pose an additional question along the same line of thought as my last post.Now that we've seen what Obama and the Dems are willing to do to attain power, how far do you think they'll go to keep it?PS: New link to the video I embedded a few days back. Seems the last one got deleted due to, ahem, copyright infringement. Seems the world is full of cute little coincidences.**UPDATE**

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During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.--Eric Blair, AKA George OrwellA lot of things have been percolating through my mind lately. I suppose, much as with dreams, my thoughts are affected by the events around me.Finally saw V For Vendetta on FX. V writer Alan Moore has been notorious for taking the money and running, so to speak; he has worked overtime to

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That's what the paranoid types always ask, yes?Well, maybe we should, if we're looking to place blame for the current financial clusterfuck at someone's feet.Spread it. It's no "grassroots" uprising, but it'll do.

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The honor goes to Patterico, for his commentary on McCain's suspension of his campaign to to to Washington to work on the big bailout, and Obama's refusal:"Maybe spending $700B is all in a day’s work for President Obama but this seems like an unusual situation to me. But even if Obama has no problem sitting out the bailout debate and his chance to vote “Present,” voters might not agree that his

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When your own grass-roots support won't cut it, hire an ad firm to fake the whole thing.Un-fricken-believable.Obama voters: feel free to chant "The ends justify the means," repeatedly while you're voting for your Messiah. Maybe it'll soothe the growing unease you're feeling in some remote corner of your heart.

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Here's the video for the McCain/Palin rally that occurred in Cedar Rapids today.

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John McCain: "I'd rather lose an election than lose a war."Barack Obama (paraphrased): "I'd rather prolong a war than lose an election."

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Context***********************************************************************************Friends,I am a lifelong conservative Christian, 2x Reagan Voter, 2X Bush voter. I am a card-carrying NRA member who fervently defends his right to shoot any trespassing illegal wetbacks who attempt to invade my sovereign homestead. I cannot, however, in good conscience, vote for John McCain. His plan to tax

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Better men than I have already written volumes.I will limit myself, therefore, to stating these simple truths:1) I will not forget.2) I will stand and be counted among those who remember.

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I've tried in the past few days to combat (or at least mock) the anti-Palin smear machine, while hopefully leaving room for honest questions about her. If you're on the fence in this election, I'll ask you to read the following pieces:1) Separating Palin fact from Palin fiction2)Sullivan Implies Palin Supports Teaching Creationism and Opposes Teaching Contraception; Neither Is TrueThe second

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The Palin-a-thon continues!I had an interesting thought while mowing the lawn today. We can see that the Left's (and thus, the media's) hatred of Ms. Palin is actually having a profoundly negative effect on their cause, so why not hasten it along? Why not feed ever more outrageous rumors into the Left-o-sphere, or perhaps sympathetic "conservatives" like Andrew Sullivan, and sit back and enjoy

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But it easily could be. If anybody has a handle on how the media has beclowned itself with respect to Ms. Palin, it's Jim Treacher.Palin Dodges Tough Questions About Existence of "Alaska"**UPDATE** In retrospect, I'm starting to think this post by Treacher fails to completely address the Palin situation. True, the crass stupidity of most of these journos is rightfully lampooned, but the real

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Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women.Crazy delicious. Yummy, you guys.

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So I've made my first ever contribution to a political campaign. I can't believe I sent money to Maverick. My head hurts.I've been keeping tabs on the outbreak of Palin Derangement Syndrome, and the sheer vitriol of the response has been, shall we say, breathtaking. We have "feminists" saying she should be at home raising kids, we have "Republicans" in Alaska smearing her because she upset the

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I've made no secret of the fact that McCain was not my choice for the Republican nominee; he is, however, the choice I was given. Through a chain of events beginning with the surprising performance of the Huckabee campaign (gee, thanks again, Iowa), meandering through Giuliani's betting all his chips on Super Tuesday and crapping out, we ended the process with a newly resurgent MCain campaign. I

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Well, at least I won't have to work as hard to explain the Cold War to my students.

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Been busy. I won't go into detail, but I will say it has been one crazy summer.I don't know when I'll be back again, but since I actually had a moment to spare, I thought I'd leave you with something to think about.Last Friday, Speaker Pelosi adjourned Congress for their summer break. She was in a hurry to do so for a couple of reasons: (1) she wanted to avoid a vote on an energy bill, so that

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Heard about that crazy Texas Mormon cult? Yeah, you probably have.Frankly, I'm excited to see a group of religious nuts that the media IS prepared to give two shits about. If only we could re-categorize Islamism as some sort of bizarre Christian offshoot.

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Another day, another protest in San Fran. Zombie's got pics. I can smell the heady mix of patchouli, body odor, and smug self-righteousness from here. Here's a couple of Zombie's pics, but you really need to click over to see the good stuff. I'm not saying leftism is a mental disorder, but it sure seems like a lot of unstable people gravitate toward leftism. Still, correlation is not causality

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Something to put me in the mood.Seriously Not Safe For Work

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"We have met the enemy, and he is us."--From Kelly's Pogo comic stripPicked up I Am Legend on DVD. Having just finished the alternate version on Disc 2, I can say now, with very little hyperbole, that had this been the official theatrical version, I would have pissed on the screen on the way out of the theater.The new ending reminds me of Kelly's quote, which has, incidentally, become the very

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See how many Sci-Fi/Horror movie references you can spot in this, ahem, alternate-reality Clinton-Obama debate. This video is almost South Park brilliant (which automatically makes it 10^(10^100) times more brilliant than Family Guy).

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I've received an e-mail from Steve King's people bringing my attention to his full comments regarding Barack Obama. In the full comments, which were not mentioned in the article I read, King did in fact echo the points I made earlier this week. So he did mention that withdrawal from Iraq would be perceived as a victory by Islamists. So consider the record set straight.I do, however, stand by my

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I know, cheap joke. But you knew it was coming. Uh huh huh, huh, huh huh. I said "coming."Sure, it's a clear-cut case of sheer hypocrisy, and sure it's another case of Democrats attempting to excuse the conduct of their flock. And Spitzer's presser yesterday has taken the place of every post-Monica press conference Bill and Hillary ever stood shoulder to shoulder in as the single most

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The Daily Show takes a shot at Berkeley and Code Pink.Fucking hippies. I suspect their aversion to waterboarding is that it's much too close to bathing for their taste.*BONUS* As Eric Cartman has taught us, hippies are repelled by death metal. Enjoy Slayer's "Raining Blood."I can feel my mellow being harshed already.And while we're at it, here's Ministry's "Stigmata." Technically not death metal

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I was going to simply leave a comment on the post I'm writing about, but hey, the masses have been demanding my triumphant return, so I'll make a post out of it.Mathman notes, with some indignation, Representative Steve King's assertion that Islamists will be "dancing in the streets" should Obama win the presidency, and that Obama's middle name (Hussein, on the off chance you haven't heard) would

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It's not that there hasn't been anything to blog about. Rather, its (a) I've still got no desire to blog about my personal life anymore, and (b) I'm wrapping up my Master's in a couple of months.Some random crap to throw at the wall until I have time to throw up a real post:1) Amazing how the Clinton shenanigans don't work when the media refuses to play along. I've waited a long time to hear

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I think I've found the panacea for all that ails me: I watched Charlton Heston kick Amish zombie ass in The Omega Man on Netflix. True, he used guns and such in the movie, but Chuck could've just as easily have asploded the zombie scum using nothing but the power of Teh Macho, which fairly oozes from his pores. Course, if he had done that , it would've actually killed the actors playing the

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Just to piggyback on 29's post about The RIAA trying to use the legislature to abed its draconian anti-piracy measures, I'd like to add that I found an article on Fark that notes how the RIAA would like antivirus software to scan for and delete pirated files. As a commenter points out, software which does something against its owner's wishes is, by definition, malware. Sony already tried

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The rise and fall of Amy WinehouseBack in Black is an amazingly good album, especially if you have any affinity for 60's Soul/R&B. I'd tell you to go out and buy it, but at this point, she'd probably put the royalties up her nose.

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Sometimes you get the bear, and sometimes he gets you. So my guy's out of the race. I can live with that. And I certainly can understand why it happened. Rudy took a huge gamble, campaigning the way he did, and it didn't pay off. Fair enough.No, the thing that really chafes me is how the Left and the popular media treated him. It galls me that the narrative developed that Rudy was running on

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For once, I agree with Democrats. F*** Florida.Sigh. So, it looks like these may be my choices in November:Comedy:Or Tragedy:FWIW, with Rudy likely to throw in the towel, I'm seeking a new horse to back. Someone, shall we say, less "mavericky."

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To the good friend who inspired this post: you know I respect your opinions. Based on the comments you made when we spoke today, I felt compelled to check it out. This is what I found.The New York Times published an article last week noting that returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan have committed 121 murders in the years that the wars have dragged on. Horrifying, isn't it? My God, what

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Watching caucus coverage on MSNBC last night (Why MSNBC? Because I'm a moron, that's why), I was fairly certain Tim Russert had himself a special tingly moment over Obama's victory. The two points he managed to gasp out between paroxysms of ecstasy:1) Nearly twice as many Democrats showed up for their caucus as did Republicans2) This near-miraculous reaction from a red state shows that America

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More sunshine and rainbows from the most fervent adherents of the Religion of Peace.

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Top headlines from 2007:SURGE WORKS: MEANWHILE, MSM DISTRACTED BY SHINY THINGSAl QAEDA NUMBER 2 IN IRAQ KILLEDWHAT IF THEY HELD AN ANTIWAR MOVIE AND NOBODY CAME?BRITNEY SHOCKA: WHO KNEW K-FED WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBLE PARENT? MSNBC SWITCHES TO ALL "TO CATCH A PREDATOR," ALL THE TIME FORMAT; NO ONE NOTICES.AL QAEDA NUMBER 2 IN IRAQ KILLED (not a repeat)RON PAUL: SECOND COMING OR ENTIRELY NEW

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To a simple query of "Hi! How have you been doing?"10) "Good. Say, have you met my sister? She just got out of prison. Not much to look at, but she can make a shank out of a toothbrush and a toilet roll. You guys should go out."9) "Well, not so good, but my pubic lice are thriving!"8) (Tie)"Great! I've been working for the Ron Paul campaign! Have you heard of Ron Paul? He's the only true

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Random thoughts accrued during 59 hours without electricity:1) Goosing the heat when you know in advance an outage is likely: good idea. Not goosing it enough: bad idea.2) Not having your grad class work done in advance of a possible outage: really bad idea.3) For someone covered in fur, my cat is a total wimp.4) No TV and no Internet make Homercles something something . . .5) People warned me

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I'm told that Hillary Clinton appears somewhere in this picture, but hell if I can find her.

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I recently got into a discussion with a friend about Google, and how I prefer not to use it, given the Big G's, ahem, willingness to set aside principles if it means market penetration in an untapped area. (Background).Now, via Fark, comes this story of Google subsidiary YouTube banning a user for exposing torture practices in Egypt.As an incidental, I'd also like to mention just how

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In memory of Quiet Riot lead singer Kevin Dubrow, found dead today.

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American Thinker follows the money going in, and out of, the Ron Paul campaign.(link via LGF)Duke.Buchanan.Sheehan.White-supremacist organizations.The 9/11 "Truth" movement.With friends like these . . .If this guy is the "only real conservative" in the race, than gimme some a that sweet sweet Republican lite.

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I've waited fifteen years for this.There's a biopic out about Ian Curtis, lead singer of Joy Division.

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Dennis Kucinich questions Bush's mental health.Dennis.Kucinich.The guy who proposed legislation to outlaw satellite-based mind control rays.No additional comment necessary.

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It's that time again, folks. Halloween is near, and I'm once again planning on barricading myself in the basement, and gorging myself on candy and horror movies until I puke or pass out.This year's choices:28 Weeks LaterAlienHalloweenBram Stoker's DraculaAny suggestions?

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