Monthly Archives: April 2009

Almost REALLY doesn't count…

My modest proposal last year, re: General Motors: I say the following not as a serious recommendation, as 1) it would be a compromise of principle since it allows for state involvement, though one that would work differently than the … Continue reading

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Yeah, I'm a dork

I knew that dude in the Wolverine trailers w/ the swords was Deadpool before he said anything.

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Strategery Lives!

Bored out of my skull, did my usual surfing and ran across this.  Here’s a summary: ======================== Specter: “I don’t think 30 years is long enough in congress.  Maybe with some luck I’ll last ’till 100, then keel over during … Continue reading

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Semi-random thought

Watching TV earlier, saw that Heinekin ad they’ve been showing with the people singing along to the radio in the taxi.  Thought to myself “Man, it would’ve been ironic as hell if they had used that song without clearance & … Continue reading

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A teaching contradiction?

While we’re on the subject of reactions to the torture memo, here’s another one the Washington Post saw as sane: Americans should be clear on what Obama has done. In a breathtaking display of self-righteousness and intellectual arrogance, the president … Continue reading

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Up is Down, Love is Hate, Dirt is Air

Reminder #12312978 of the bankruptcy of politics: people that write garbage like this aren’t laughed into obscurity…: If ever there were a time for President Obama to trust his instincts and stick to his guns, that time is now, when … Continue reading

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So much smarter, yet still so stupid

Back in high school, random idle chitchat at one time that got into interracial adoption prompted a running joke with my friends that one day I’d adopt a little white boy & change his name to something like Malik or … Continue reading

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"We're not THAT laid back…"

Found this interesting: Jamaica’s government put police and the army on alert to prevent violent demonstrations as it prepared to announce tax increases on gasoline, cigarettes and other consumer items on Thursday. Police and soldiers were deployed at what the … Continue reading

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Timing is everything

I dunno how legit this is supposed to be, or if it’s a joke gone horribly wrong, but here’s what someone in Ohio wants to do for the 4th of July (the original video was yanked, someone else recorded from … Continue reading

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Scalia: Objectively pro-molestation

There was argument before the Supreme Court yesterday about the propriety of strip-searching 13-year-old girls on suspicion of having drugs, such as that scourge of humanity and claimer of souls known as Advil.  In a sane society this would be … Continue reading

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