Ouch.
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Friday, August 07, 2009
The new Green Day album was somewhat disappointing...
but apparently that has carried over to their recent tour as well. Ratboy just texted Lovely from the show, declaring: "Miley Cyrus is more punk rock than these douchebags".
Ouch.
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Ouch.
Please shut up
Mara Liasson on Fox News: "Cash for Clunkers is like a mini-Katrina".
Yeah. In the same way the Alternative Minimum Tax is like a mini-Treblinka.
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Apology here.
H/T: Suspect Device.
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Yeah. In the same way the Alternative Minimum Tax is like a mini-Treblinka.
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Apology here.
H/T: Suspect Device.
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Sunday, August 02, 2009
The dark side of the earth
Bill Maher last night:
Speaking of the sun, this week Bobo became fascinated by a thought experiment posed at Marginal Revolution. Bobo's column may be summarized as follows:
What a deeply enthralling mind-bender! Doesn't it just captivate your entire intellect for seconds upon seconds?
... yeah.
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In January, I told Lovely that if she turned into a boy, I'd become "gay" for her. [Admittedly, I had a bottle of wine in me.] She thought it was one of the most romantic things I'd ever said to her. (And it might've been. The bar isn't exactly in the stratosphere.)
But that exchange led to a thought experiment, which I'll share: Suppose greenhouse gases caused a widespread incurable "disease" that randomly struck people and "reversed" their genitalia. Boy parts would quickly wither away and transform into girl parts. And vice versa.
Some questions: How would the conservative fundagelical right view this change of events? Would they interpret it as part of the divine plan, or as "punishment" for sinful man's lack of stewardship over God's creation? Would our current, rigid view of gender undergo a sea change? Would we all get more extreme about limiting greenhouse gases? ... Gay Marriage prohibitions? Mwah ha ha... How would parents change the way they raise their children, knowing that their precious kids might one day get a case of the ole 'switcheroo'? On a personal level: Imagine you or your spouse were "afflicted"? Would you tell your friends or would you keep it a secret? [Why is oyster suddenly a "stall man"?] Would you get surgically altered if you were afflicted? Then what if the disease hit you a second time? Would you pray that it would? Is it against God's law to give your wife a tug job? Is the tug job ok if you've both been "reversed"?
Put that scenario in your chaw and grind it for a while. I bet it's more fascinating and instructive than the one Bobo explored. Remember, in a thousand years we're all going to be wankers anyway.
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Variation: I suppose a greenhouse gas-induced "switcheroo 'disease'" that affected skin pigment instead of sexuality might also be interesting to contemplate.
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Lou Dobbs has been saying recently that people are asking a lot of questions about [Pres. Obama's] birth certificate. Yes, the same people who want to know where the sun goes at night.===
Speaking of the sun, this week Bobo became fascinated by a thought experiment posed at Marginal Revolution. Bobo's column may be summarized as follows:
What if a freak solar episode sterilized half of the humans on the side of the planet that was facing the sun?
OMG! We'd start doubting God's omnibenevolence and we'd give up our grand, long-term projects! Aren't kids the best? They give us hope and discipline!
What a deeply enthralling mind-bender! Doesn't it just captivate your entire intellect for seconds upon seconds?
... yeah.
===
In January, I told Lovely that if she turned into a boy, I'd become "gay" for her. [Admittedly, I had a bottle of wine in me.] She thought it was one of the most romantic things I'd ever said to her. (And it might've been. The bar isn't exactly in the stratosphere.)
But that exchange led to a thought experiment, which I'll share: Suppose greenhouse gases caused a widespread incurable "disease" that randomly struck people and "reversed" their genitalia. Boy parts would quickly wither away and transform into girl parts. And vice versa.
Some questions: How would the conservative fundagelical right view this change of events? Would they interpret it as part of the divine plan, or as "punishment" for sinful man's lack of stewardship over God's creation? Would our current, rigid view of gender undergo a sea change? Would we all get more extreme about limiting greenhouse gases? ... Gay Marriage prohibitions? Mwah ha ha... How would parents change the way they raise their children, knowing that their precious kids might one day get a case of the ole 'switcheroo'? On a personal level: Imagine you or your spouse were "afflicted"? Would you tell your friends or would you keep it a secret? [Why is oyster suddenly a "stall man"?] Would you get surgically altered if you were afflicted? Then what if the disease hit you a second time? Would you pray that it would? Is it against God's law to give your wife a tug job? Is the tug job ok if you've both been "reversed"?
Put that scenario in your chaw and grind it for a while. I bet it's more fascinating and instructive than the one Bobo explored. Remember, in a thousand years we're all going to be wankers anyway.
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Variation: I suppose a greenhouse gas-induced "switcheroo 'disease'" that affected skin pigment instead of sexuality might also be interesting to contemplate.
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Explosive news
NEW ORLEANS:
Previously, I've noted Stormy's penchant for saying she literally wants to tackle or wrestle Vitty-cent, which is not the most Senatorial of impulses. Of course, domestic violence is a serious matter. What on earth did Stormy do to her poor husband?
Yes I abhor domestic violence and yes I will treat the information in this news article with snarkasm. If you are unable to deal with those competing propositions simultaneously, then please skip the next paragraph.
If my wife ever came home after a long day on theRiders of the Stormy porn set campaign trail and became angry at the way I prepared her clothes and then she proceeded to break some candles... I would immediately call or tweet the police. Immediately. There'd be no hesitation on my part because that only allows the situation to escalate, and soon my wife would be tossing plants in sinks or flinging wedding albums on the floor or hitting me on the head. No way, jose: I wouldn't let it come to that, but that's just me.
Ms. Daniels may decide to run against incumbent Senator David Vitter, who is also known for his temper. One time Vitter got aggravated by a woman who questioned him about gay issues at a political event, and was found to have advanced toward her in a threatening manner.
Anyway:
Brian's a friend of mine and I'm glad he's alright. I'd like more facts, too. Greg's betting $40 that Brian "did this himself", which is a bet I'll take for any amount.
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It's been a tough week for porn actress Stormy Daniels-- complete with a domestic violence charge and a car explosion-- as she continues to mull a U.S. Senate bid that could make life uncomfortable for incumbent first-term Louisiana Republican David Vitter, still recovering from a sex scandal.
Previously, I've noted Stormy's penchant for saying she literally wants to tackle or wrestle Vitty-cent, which is not the most Senatorial of impulses. Of course, domestic violence is a serious matter. What on earth did Stormy do to her poor husband?
Daniels was arrested Saturday on a domestic violence battery charge after she allegedly hit her husband at their home in Tampa, Fla., during a dispute about laundry and unpaid bills.
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Daniels was arrested Saturday at 3:18 p.m. after her husband, Michael Mosny, reported that Daniels hit him several times... Police said neither Mosny nor Daniels were injured.
Mosny told police that Daniels was upset "about the way the clothes had been done" and then "got more upset about some bills that had not been paid,"...
The police report said Daniels allegedly "threw a potted plant at the kitchen sink," hit Mosny on the head several times and "threw their wedding album onto the floor and knocked candles off coffee table, breaking them."
Yes I abhor domestic violence and yes I will treat the information in this news article with snarkasm. If you are unable to deal with those competing propositions simultaneously, then please skip the next paragraph.
If my wife ever came home after a long day on the
Ms. Daniels may decide to run against incumbent Senator David Vitter, who is also known for his temper. One time Vitter got aggravated by a woman who questioned him about gay issues at a political event, and was found to have advanced toward her in a threatening manner.
Anyway:
[Stormy's bad week started] on July 23 when her political adviser's car blew up in suspicious circumstances in New Orleans.
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Welsh, a Democratic adviser and manager of the Stormy Daniels Senate Exploratory Committee LLC., said his Audi convertible exploded into flames around 11:15 p.m. July 23, a Thursday, while he and his wife were walking their dog nearby.
He said he became suspicious after reviewing surveillance tapes of the street where his car was parked, wedged between other vehicles.
On fuzzy security tapes that Welsh posted on YouTube, a person in a white shirt can be seen loitering around his car and apparently getting into it shortly before the car explodes in a ball of flames
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Welsh said he had no suspects, but feared someone caused the explosion.
"Maybe there is a reason, more of an intentional reason for the car blowing up," Welsh said. "I want to get more facts."
Welsh said he was uncertain if the explosion was connected to his work with Daniels.
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"I really wish this had not happened," Welsh, 38, said. "I need a car."
Brian's a friend of mine and I'm glad he's alright. I'd like more facts, too. Greg's betting $40 that Brian "did this himself", which is a bet I'll take for any amount.
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