I am not saying *I* would sleep with either character, but I love the argument made by the author of this article on how the PC always ends up looking like the nicer person compared to the smarmy Mac guy. Which if you are Apple and already have the jerkwad pseudo-artistic crowd locked down, why are you intentionally pissing off people to attempt to gain market share?
Author Archives: John Wallenfeldt
For one night, Jayson Werth goes klepto on the basepaths – Big League Stew – MLB – Yahoo! Sports
I only saw the highlights of this, but a pretty amazing feat nonetheless. Check out the story and video.
In Moscow, an Attempt to Wed Pushes Gay Rights – NYTimes.com
Rethug Conservatives love the Putin Russia.
Don’t believe me?
They love a police state under the rule of an all powerful military and intelligence community.
They love bombing anyone they want with impunity (re: Chechnya, Georgia, etc.).
They love having a big energy conglomerate (i.e. Gazprom) work without any government restrictions and constantly padding politico’s pockets and having it’s own small army. Imagine Exxon with Blackwater/Xe as it’s strong arm.
They love bigotry, especially government sanctioned homophobia. The linked article focuses on a couple that wanted to get married and were denied, just like Republicans get wet about whenever they think about it happening here in America.
So, sure, some Dems would like the US to be a tad more socialist. Not the president, but they are right about some liberal types.
However, it seems the conservatives in our nation would love to fall over themselves to emulate post-Soviet Russia ala Putin style. It completely seems to be right up their alley.
Catholic political divide over Obama at Notre Dame : NPR
Once again, more proof on why I’m not a practicing Catholic.
If I’m supposed to accept that the bigotry of Lil’ Miss Prejean-dice is an “opinion” instead of a bigoted screed, then how in the hell can her backers who play with overt racism reject the President of the United States as a valid speaker at Notre Dame?
They don’t like his policies, that’s for sure. But given that they were cool with Bush’s torture and Reagan’s hatred of the poor, and Clinton’s deceptive marital status, there really is only one valid reason to balk at Obama’s visit to their school to deliver a commencement address, and it isn’t his stance on abortion.
There’s some vile discussion of the “controversy” here. The comments and views of Gary Bauer and Cesar Condi and Steve Steckler are particularly odious.
Arizona State is refusing to grant President Obama an honorary degree as he speaks there tonight. Given that Arizona is a complete and utter conservative haven for dipshits (re: Goldwater, McCain, Kyl, Arpaio, and Simcox, et al), their particular brand of bigotry isn’t really a surprise. With that said, I present – via the Daily Show – the idiots that will soon be inflicted upon us that will have degrees from Arizona State that they “earned”.
EDIT: Well, *that* video got well and truly scrubbed from the internet. Pity. Calling ASU the “Harvard of Date Rape” really told the story.
Liberal – Conservapedia
Once you get past the bullshit bias in the write-up, this is a very common-sense and conventional definition of what being a liberal is.
That said, does ANYONE truly know what being a conservative means today?
Also, how pathetic do you have to be to create your own version of an encyclopedia because reality has proven you wrong at every turn?
Political Irony › The Irony of Blowback
This is a pretty good read on the value of at least trying to foresee the unintended consequences of your actions. You know, maybe if Bush had surrounded himself with non-Yes men, he might not have screwed our country up as bad as he did.
Then again, I’m pretty sure that was inevitable.
A dweeb’s debate: 10 Reasons ‘Star Wars’ is better than ‘Star Trek’ – Project Mayhem
There’s a lot of chatter about Star Trek lately. And that’s fine; more power to them.
That said, let’s make sure we know what sci-fi franchise is on town and, more importantly, why it is the superior piece of the genre.
Special Tools Required For Last Call To Hubble : NPR
Yes, tools amaze me. I’m a gear geek and these one-of-a-kind Hubble fix-it tools are pretty damn cool in my book.
The Volokh Conspiracy – When and Why did the Federation Turn Socialist? – A Question I Hope Will be Answered in the New Star Trek Movie:
I knew some conservatives were batsh!t crazy about labelling everything they don’t agree with socialism, but this attack on Star Trek is pretty out there. Seriously, read this idiot and his commenting hack followers.
God forbid such a world with no hunger or want or racism/sexism/etc. exists. Oh, the tyranny of no large corporations to poison our waters, abuse our citizenry, or corrupt our leaders! Seriously folks, if the GOP is against THIS kind of world view, I really think anyone who still votes for these clowns deserves all the misery they get.
I honestly DO actually agree with the premise however. The Federation probably is a socialist collective, but in more the Scandinavian sense than in the mutation the Soviets tried. I really don’t know why you would be against health care and child care and free education. I really don’t know where the evil is in talking to people you don’t agree with. I mean, the worst that can happen is that you – gasp! – learn something from another point of view. Which, as I understand it, is against everything in the Republican platform.
Look, let’s let these folks be honest with themselves. Stop charging them taxes. All taxes. That way, you can pull them over EVERY DAY for not driving a car with tags. Oh, and charge them for the time wasted by the police officer. If their house is on fire, put it out for the sake of the community, but charge them, what?, half a million? If a burglar is in their house, don’t send a cop until the $50,000 fee has cleared the bank. Their children can’t go outside as they are unregistered and haven’t had their shots. They can’t shop at a store because they won’t pay sales tax.
If they COULD go overseas, they have no consulate to run to in times of trouble. Hell, they wouldn’t even have a passport as they wouldn’t properly be American citizens. Actually, by the rules their PATRIOT Act loving officials put into place, they couldn’t even leave the country.
And eventually, they couldn’t even vote.
I say we do this. Let them live the courage of their convictions. Since they refuse to pay taxes they wouldn’t even be able to hold jobs. Or keep a home. They’d be even more of a drag on society than the illegal aliens they use as handy scapegoats. At least THEY pay taxes and do so without bitching about it. Even when they’ll never see the benefits of pitching into Social Security.
That said, I don’t want to see my few Republican family members showing up at my doorstep. Your “rugged individual” ass WILL be taken to the nearest nursery or Lowe’s the next morning and you WILL be roofing, tiling, planting, or whatnot to earn your keep.
In-N-Out: Can perfection survive? – Los Angeles Times
Some potentially disturbing news from the Double-Double front.