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Saturday, May 2, 2009 09:05 PM
Original article: Quote of the day

see, i have this fantasy

after the inaugration, W goes back to texas and into his folks' house "well, it's done, dad. from now on, your presidency will look pretty good, in comparison". and his mother says "Georgie, you're a wonderful son. the world will never know how you sacrificed your own reputation, just to save your father's. i know how hard it was for you to stop yourself from doing anything positive or even competent".

Saturday, May 2, 2009 09:27 PM
Original article: Rorschach "Rachel"

"she couldn't even conceive that non-violent resistance by an American citizen would be responded to by lethal force"

well, that explains why so few "peace advocates" become human shields against suicide bombers of israeli buses and discos, random missile attacks on sderot, etc. I mean, those guys will kill you for damn sure, no questions asked. it's always easier to become a human shield confronting the side you really think isn't as bloodthristy, even if your rhetoric doesn't show it.

Saturday, May 2, 2009 09:57 PM

"How many Congresspeople show up when pro-Irish activists speak?"

why ask when you can look it up? http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/aia/wilson95.htm#chap9

And the NRA? You are actually suggesting the Israel Lobby is more powerful than the NRA? I gather you haven't been following the news or you would have noticed the headlines when the NRA displaced the AARP as Fortune magazine's pick of the most powerful lobbying organization, when the Republicans ascended into power. Said rightward tilt having more to do with the power of the "Israel Lobby" than any actual regard for Israel, much as the Bush administration did not actually join with the NRA in a belief that democracy depended on each home stocking an AR-15.

I'm also surprised you haven't noted how many American elections seem to depend on the results in Florida, which ends up meaning that candidates bend way over backwards to keep a small but devout group of rabidly rightwing Cuban exiles happy, with serious foreign policy influences on the US.

Saturday, May 2, 2009 09:59 PM

Oh My God.

do it

do it

do it

do it

do it

do it

!!!!!

Sunday, May 3, 2009 05:29 PM
Original article: Rorschach "Rachel"

there's a lotta letters here

i gave up checking them all...

is there any where a "pro-Israel" party criticized another "pro-Israel" proponent for making racist antiarab/muslim comments, or where an "anti-Israel" poster criticized any of the antisemitic faction of the antiIsraelis?

Sunday, May 3, 2009 05:42 PM

the lesser evil, quantization

i would waterboard a terrorist to save a million people

i would tickle a toddler until its face turned blue to save a thousand people

i would rap a puppy on the nose with a newspaper to save three people

i would kick a cat to save nine people (twelve if it has to be my cat)

i would eat a live baby to save a billion people

i would tell my mother her butt looked huge to save 4,738 people

i would fart in an elevator full of people to save one person

i would photoshop a stranger's head into a photo of an orgy and post it on the internet to save 283 people

i would eat garlic before going on a blind date to save 7 people

i would pass traffic in the right hand lane to save two people

i would punch a blind guy in the nose to save 18 people

(all quantizations have a margin of error of 20%)

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 08:41 AM

I strongly prefer

that my children be molested by heterosexual pedophiles, as God intended.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 08:54 AM

well gee

we'll just have to survive without their services. that's the price we pay for living in a civilized society. we'll just have to limp along without them, no matter how difficult it may be. i hope we manage to pull through.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 08:57 AM
Original article: This Modern World

uh, trueblue

i don't think the point here is to make fun of biden himself....

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 08:58 AM
Original article: This Modern World

somebody's missing the boat

amazon, for instance, oughta have a "swine flue free shipping" month, or somemthing like that.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 09:17 AM

like to hear from all the self-proclaimed christians here

as to why christ was just kidding about that renunciation of worldy goods stuff:

"Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions."

of course, he was serious about that "no homos!" thing.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:04 PM

hey what about me?

why won't anybody look at my birth certificate? oh, i'm not good enough for the republicans? is that it? bunch of elitists.

Thursday, May 7, 2009 11:02 AM

nice to see bristol still running around counseling abstinence again

because as everyone knows, her abstinence was the key to her fame and fortune. and almost landing a dreamy reformed badboy hunk of a husband, sweeeeeet.

Friday, May 8, 2009 05:38 PM

even drudge

both specifies the treatment " kept in a dark, damp cell with no bed and no opening except a slot in the door through which a bowl of food could be pushed. Much of the time he was handcuffed. Hour after hour, a high-frequency whistle pierced the air" and refers to it as torture.

oopsies!

Friday, May 8, 2009 05:45 PM

sumting smels

i usually laugh at conspiracy theories, but i still automatically wrinkle up one side of my face quizzically when i'm told that they had to pose this whole thing to generate a photo. as everybody says, photoshop..... i can't help but wonder if there wasn't some sort of security test behind it...?

anyway, next time they catch me going 100 mph, i'll just say i needed a photo of a car doing that speed and there was no other way to get one.

Saturday, May 9, 2009 03:40 PM
Original article: Finale wrap-up: "Dollhouse"

"Whiskey"

Uh, in case you guys haven't figured that out by now

Alpha

Bravo

Charlie

Delta

Echo

...

Sierra

Tango

Uniform

Victor

Whiskey

etc.

Whiskey's not the personality name, it's the doll's serial number.

Does that mean there's only 26 dolls?

Saturday, May 9, 2009 05:27 PM
Original article: Finale wrap-up: "Dollhouse"

But when brain-erased escorts start showing up on the streets of America...don't say you weren't warned.

that a joke?

Saturday, May 9, 2009 05:28 PM
Original article: Finale wrap-up: "Dollhouse"

best line

"we have a black president????"

Saturday, May 9, 2009 05:35 PM
Original article: "Star Trek"

please tell me

there is no hint of the theme song to "Enterprise" anywhere in this movie.

Saturday, May 9, 2009 05:38 PM
Original article: "Star Trek"

any article about Trek discussing Kirk's swashbuckling

is required to reference "Horation Hornblower". It's true, look it up on Wikipedia. Give me ten minutes notice first, though.

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