The resident curmudgeon @ An Exercise in Futility -- Why do I even bother? (a man after my own dark heart) describes himself as,
"an echo-boomer who specializes in deconstructing cultural lies that were handed down to all of us by a generation" [...]
One struggles to find new realms of contempt in which to hold Charles "I'm writing as bad as I can" Johnson, but -- because he's a putz -- he always provides them. Latest realm? A sniveling bit of denial concerning the Sparkman death now revealed not to' [...]
HT: Brewerpatriot
[...]Eric Raymond (uber-programmer and author of a number of How-to documents and FAQs, many of which are included in the Linux Documentation Project corpus) just posted a short item called Hiding the [...]
Rich countries pledged $410m (ï½£247m) a year in a 2001 declaration - but it is now unclear whether the money was [...]
The Democrat Party Dines in Washington, as interpreted by Monty Python
MILTON GLASER DRAWS & LECTURES from C. Coy on Vimeo.
[...]
"I'd rather be a free man in my grave,
Than living as a puppet or a slave."
I'm moving this to the top of the list for official anthems of "The Conservative Revolutionary Front."
Who appointed over 40 ambassadors on the sole basis of campaign contributions, or has as many [...]
If you're still playing catch-up in the smoldering wreckage from the Holy Hand Grenade of hacking detonated in the Hadley CRU, a great place to start is Charlie Martin's succint and link-rich Global WarmingGate: What Does It Mean? Martin lays' [...]
"Want a child-friendly way to introduce your little one to the traditions of the Old Cult? Meet little Cthulhu, who lives in the magic city of R'lyeh with all his friends, as you and your child embark on a fun and educational journey through the world of the Great Old'" [...]
The Web's worst high-functioning autistic photographer, Charles Foster Johnson, has made it possible for you, yes you, you lucky sod to actually stare at his vacant snapshots for an entire year. Yes, lucky dogs, it's Little Green Footballs - The [...]
The Web's worst high-functioning autistic photographer, Charles Foster Johnson, has made it possible for you, yes you, you lucky sod to actually stare at his vacant snapshots for an entire year. Yes, lucky dogs, it's Little Green Footballs - The [...]
Hey, if the "better" ideas of the right mean something and are to communicate something, the first thing that needs to be done is the carpet bombing to a wet spot on the tarmac of "Townhall.com." Check this crapulous [...]
Many in the no-longer-so-loyal opposition to the Obama juggernaut of taking the wrecking ball to the Republic fret about how to slow or stop it. Here's the news: You can't.
There are now so many programs and initiatives in play on so many levels that just keeping' [...]
The Green House, Berkeley California, 2008
BACKSTAGE: A Preface to a Prologue
In response to yesterday's note about the publication of Let It Bleed: The Rolling Stones, Altamont, and the End of the Sixties a friend and alphablogger whose judgement I respect writes to ask that I' [...]
The Ferris Wheel, lit in long stripes of searing red and blue and green neon like some whirling sketch of an earth-bound star, pirouettes into the night sky above the slate waters of the Pacific at the end of the Santa Monica pier. Below it, the old [...]
"No problem. I've done this thousands of times...."
Every time I think that mankind really is "the crown of creation," something like this comes along to confirm we're just God's experiment with "the smart monkey" to see if He can better monologue material for "The Eternity Show:"
A' [...]"Every time you put milk into your coffee and watch it mix and realize that you can't unmix that milk from your coffee, you are learning something profound about the Big Bang, about conditions in the very, very early universe. This is just a giant clue that the real universe'" [...]
It probably works like this. Every morning when Obama rises he takes a deep and refreshing hot coffee high-colonic. During this meditative phase of his day he thinks, "Let's see... how can I show my contempt for America in a manner not previously thought possible? Last week" [...]
In the AMERICAN DIGEST comments on "Afghanistan: The Failure to Plan Is "The Plan"" reader BGR asks: "What can we do to stop him? What can I do to fight the hordes of people who agree with Obama? Whatever" [...]
Now you swear and kick and beg us
That you're not a gamblin' man.
Then you find you're back in Vegas
With a handle in your hand.
Your black cards can make you money,
So you hide them when you're able.
In the land of milk [...]
A handy guide on divestment from the evil Jewish State, with some key tips and points you won't find anywhere else!
HT The invaluable Helene Bidwell
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
-- William Butler Yeats -- "The Second Coming" Analyzed
The secular infection of the post-post-modern mind is beyond virulent and oozing pus wherever one' [...]
And today, coming in as [...]
Section 3.
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on [...] 
... The Marine Corps is at war. America is at the mall."
Which is where, if history is any guide, an unknown number of Americans will die on a day as yet to be determined.
" [...]
Kimberly Munley, the police officer who shot the Fort Hood gunman, with the country singer Dierks Bentley.
"Prayers and thanks flooded the apparent Twitter feed of Sgt. Kimberly Munley, the civilian police officer hailed as a hero for stopping the shooting rampage at Fort Hood.
"One admirer sent a [...]
Sane people know that unemployment has been above 10% for months,** but there comes a time when it is so bad for so long that not even "the most powerful man on Earth" can keep the number hidden. Drudge doesn't sugar coat it.
And this handy chart puts' [...]
iOwnTheWorld states This is Allegedly the Shooter
More, many more, to come.
UPDATE:
EDUCATION? Vitals - Doctor Nidal M Hasan, MD profile
UPDATE 2: Could be a different [...]
No wonder the left hates Walmart. The company feeds more people more for less than any socialist system you can imagine today.
"As shoppers evaluate the impact of tight budgets on holiday meal planning, beginning today Walmart will feature select 12-pound turkeys for less than" [...]
Last night upon the stair
I saw a man who wasn’t there.
He wasn’t there again today.
I hope he never goes away
-- Variation on a nursery rhyme
Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.
-- Gertrude Stein
Atheists, like songwriters, are always seeking lines more [...]
Like a fine wine, Julia's personality and just continues to improve with age. (The science not so much)
"Today I've turned my kitchen into a bio-chemical laboratory." Julia Child cooks up a batch of primordial soup and explains how these simple ingredients produce amino acids - the building blocks of' [...]
COMING... slow... ly... to a theater near you.
"... and AGAIN, and AGAIN, and AGAIN, and AGAIN, and AGAIN, and AGAIN, and AGAIN, and AGAIN, and AGAIN, and AGAIN, and AGAIN, and" [...]
Long ago the iconization of Obama jumped into the shark. What's coming out now is pure sharkshit: Check out What is the weather and what to wear in Seattle? and plug in your own city. [...]
US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet trick or treaters at the North Portico of the White House as they celebrate Halloween. The First couple welcomed more than 2,000 children from Washington, Maryland and Virginia schools and their families to celebrate Halloween.
Halloween at the [...]
Clinton puzzled at Pakistan failure to find al Qaeda
Hillary Clinton, setting the argument that women are as smart as men back 100 years every day.
[...]
Your answers for the inquisitor
In his wine-stained satin lace,
Are as irrelevant as answers
Deduced from deepest space.
Your presence in his universe
Confirms him of your crime.
He seeks to seal all passages
Divined from space and time.
Behind the science of his spectacles
Lives a [...]
To surge, or not to surge: that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous battles,
Or put down arms against a sea of troubles,
And by withdrawing end them? To retreat: to fight
No more; and by retreat [...]
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