Monthly Archives: December 2007

Nanny Statism shows her ass

Posted on December 25, 2007 by B Psycho

Dumb.  Just dumb: Texas is about to make it more expensive to watch a little bump and grind. In what some have dubbed the “pole tax,” the Lone Star State will require its 150 or so strip clubs to collect … Continue reading →

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“…and the Lord said ‘you have too much time on your hands’”

Posted on December 21, 2007 by B Psycho

People in Dallas are praying for an interstate highway.  Loudly. Why?  Oh, they think it’s been referred to in the bible. Saw the video of this a few minutes ago while flipping through channels.  I laughed so hard I lost … Continue reading →

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Yet another way to jump the shark

Posted on December 19, 2007 by B Psycho

Via Sullivan comes one more sign that people are fucking retarded.  Two words: Canned.  Air.

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Short question in search of a long answer, part 2

Posted on December 18, 2007 by B Psycho

From a post on Ron Chusid’s site about Steve Bainbridge’s opinion of Ron Paul, for some reason followed a link to this — which turned out to be the closest thing to a sane comment posted on NRO since they … Continue reading →

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“…and your little dog, too!”

Posted on December 18, 2007 by B Psycho

The somehow-still-going myth of “liberal media”.  The corporatizing of war.  The absurdities being conducted in our name.  The internet-encouraged ability to find snark in the darkest places.  All this, boiled down for an ultimate example, to one headline: “New York … Continue reading →

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Deeper, please…

Posted on December 17, 2007 by B Psycho

I’m kinda torn on this poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they believe the Constitution guarantees each person the right to own a gun, according to a poll released Sunday. In all, 65 percent said they thought the Constitution ensures … Continue reading →

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From elsewhere

Posted on December 12, 2007 by B Psycho

-John Cole notes NRO picking who they want to lose in 2008, and Huckabee trying to pass off religious bigotry as a mere lack of info. -Glenn Greenwald takes the right-wing narrative that to be anti-neo-con is to be anti-jewish … Continue reading →

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“…Take off the gun so you can see what’s up…”

Posted on December 12, 2007 by B Psycho

Apparently Iraqis are familiar with N.W.A., because the increasingly fundamentalist government there just took a policy cue from MC Ren: The Iraqi government has ordered all policewomen to hand in their guns for redistribution to men or face having their … Continue reading →

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Fill-in-the-blank demagoguery

Posted on December 11, 2007 by B Psycho

Found another eligible entry for the “a broken clock is right twice a day” department, this one from E.J. Dionne, WaPo’s wet-noodle moderate-Dem columnist.  Here he has an educated hunch about a wedge issue for ’08 congressional elections, starting off … Continue reading →

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Pansies

Posted on December 8, 2007 by B Psycho

Shorter Democratic-led House: “What’s that, Mr. Bush?  You want us to bend over AGAIN on the one issue that got us in power?  Sure thing!”: House Democratic leaders could complete work as soon as Monday on a half-trillion-dollar spending package … Continue reading →

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