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Gun. Fish. Barrel. Or, Busting the Busters
The funny thing about P.J. Gladnick is that when he tries to be funny, such as when he posts at Dummie Funnies, his supposed comedy blog, he is about as funny as a whoopee cushion or a squirting carnation or, frankly, the title of his blog. But when Gladnick tries to be serious, such as when he posts over at Bozell’s Circus, well, he’s pee-in-your-pants, fall-down-on-the floor funny.
Even though PJ’s entire background in science is that he’s got every episode of NCIS on VHS, he has recently been donning his lab coat and expounding upon climate science over at Newsbusters. In particular, PJ has been yelling “Blizzardz, bitchez!” and then explaining how the most respected climate scientist has renounced his former beliefs and now completely debunked the liberals’ global warming conspiracy.
Imagine if the Pope suddenly announced that the Catholic Church had been wrong for centuries about prohibiting priests from marrying. Would that be considered big news?
Of course.
And yet something like that has happened in the field of global warming in which a major scientist has announced that the world, in contrast to his previous belief, is actually cooling.
According to Gladnick, that major scientist is Mojib Latif of Germany’s “Leibniz Institute.”
Being highly skilled, as we are here at Sadly, No!, in the use of a cutting-edge technology called Google, we can tell you, even if PJ can’t, what Dr. Latif actually said:
“Just to make things clear: we are not stating that anthropogenic climate change won’t be as bad as previously thought”, explains Prof. Mojib Latif from IFM-GEOMAR. “What we are saying is that on top of the warming trend there is a long-periodic oscillation that will probably lead to a to a lower temperature increase than we would expect from the current trend during the next years”, adds Latif.
Fortunately for Gladnick there is no penalty at Newsbusters for being flat-assed wrong, and so Gladnick needn’t fear that Bozell will subject Gladnick to a public humiliation or to a cut in his paycheck. But, you know, Gladnick might really want to stop calling his own blog “Dummie Funnies” because it’s rather like the guy in the back of the short bus telling jokes about the developmentally disabled.
El Cid said,
September 25, 2009 at 15:01
The Earth is definitely cooling, because the people sailing through the new shipping lanes in the Arctic still have to wear jackets and stuff.
cippy said,
September 25, 2009 at 15:05
It’s definitely been getting colder lately, and I can’t quite put my finger on the reason, but I’m positive it means that global warming doesn’t exist.
Also, calling your blog “Dummie Funnies” is just one step away from sticking your fingers into your diaper and fingerpainting the walls with the rich pigments found therein.
Michael G. said,
September 25, 2009 at 15:06
It’s sort of a third wave of climate findings. At first, it was noticed that the Arctic ice was melting. Checking the mean temperature (by dissolved gas in ice cores) showed that there was indeed a warming trend. This theory was called “Global Warming”. But when the focus shifted from narrowly about the poles to the whole globe, scientists began to find that what would really happen was an unsticking from the chaotic entrainment we call weather patterns.
You’ve probably seen some local chaotic entrainment: ever experience a week where it rained every day around the same time in the afternoon? These little patterns seem to persist inside chaotic systems because the state-space is made up of lots of unstable orbits. If an orbit has a small (but positive) eigenvalue, it can take a long time to drift away, resulting in a kind of entrainment.
So anyway, it was decided that a better name was Climate Change. Old average values — rainfall, temperature, etc — wouldn’t hold true as the polar warming kicked the system out of the quasi-equilibrium it was in.
All of this climate study really refined techniques for determining the past temperature of the planet and for modeling the climate on a large scale. This has lead to better understanding of the lower order, slow modes of climate change that are not anthropogenic. That’s what Dr. Latif is referring to.
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 15:09
It’s definitely been getting colder lately
And the sun is going to bed earlier! And the trees are dying! We have never seen this before! Perhaps the billionaires can save us!
kingubu said,
September 25, 2009 at 15:10
Imagine if the Pope suddenly announced that the Catholic Church had been wrong for centuries about prohibiting priests from marrying. Would that be considered big news?
Hm, its a puzzlement…
Better question: what if Alan “Ayn Rand In Drag” Greenspan declared that laissez faire capitalism was bullshit in a publicly broadcast Congressional hearing; would it cause you selfish assholes to shut the fuck up for maybe five minutes?
Ted the Slacker said,
September 25, 2009 at 15:13
File under “Things you saw coming: when wingnuts and statistical modelling collide”.
This here is the nugget:
“on top of the warming trend there is a long-periodic oscillation”
Have yet to meet a single ‘nut who can comprehend the difference between cyclical changes and long-term trends. Here’s Doughbob from earlier this month:
“This overlooks the fact that solar cycles are permanent “periodic occurrences,” a.k.a. a very long-term trend.”
Perhaps it takes someone with my slacktastically nerdy background in econometrics to appreciate the essential stupid in this field of wingnut blartology, but the FAIL here has a Keystone-like predictability.
Citizen_X said,
September 25, 2009 at 15:17
Imagine if the global scientific effort had some sort of grand authority, like the Pope, that every scientist had to obey.
Because, y’know, it doesn’t.
TruculentandUnreliable said,
September 25, 2009 at 15:28
“This overlooks the fact that solar cycles are permanent “periodic occurrences,” a.k.a. a very long-term trend.”
DURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
Good God, are these people really that dumb, or are they just refusing to face reality?
Ironically enough, there was an ad for Priuses at that link.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
September 25, 2009 at 15:31
on top of the warming trend there is a long-periodic oscillation
Well that certainly sounds more effective than “up on the backstroke”.
TruculentandUnreliable said,
September 25, 2009 at 15:33
Also from Goldberg’s article: “For instance, when we have terribly hot weather, or bad hurricanes, the media see portentous proof of climate change. When we don’t, it’s a moment to teach the masses how weather and climate are very different things.”
Maybe because most members of the media are just as scientifically illiterate as you, asshole? And what the fuck does what they’re saying have to do with what this scientist is saying?
Jesus Christ, these people aren’t just wrong–they’re fucking stupid.
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 15:38
aren’t just wrong–they’re fucking stupid.
A medical professional would call this “co-morbidity.”
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 15:39
Indeed, the one saving grace of either global climate change for the warmer or cooler is they may mitigate the other.
However, it will mean more extreme weather swings. You know the old saying about being a mouse in an elephant fight.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
September 25, 2009 at 15:40
Jesus Christ, these people aren’t just wrong–they’re fucking stupid.
And that’s why we must laugh at them.
~
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 15:40
Also, calling your blog “Dummie Funnies” is just one step away from sticking your fingers into your diaper and fingerpainting the walls with the rich pigments found therein.
If you do it well enough, you can be featured in the latest edition of Architectural Digest.
Or so I’m told.
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 15:44
Michael G. said,
September 25, 2009 at 15:06
The dichotomy of long term cooling versus intermediate term warming has been known for about thirty years. You can look at old issues of Time Magazine warning of the Ice Age to come.
These are not inconsistent, however. Global warming due to man-made pollutants is real just as the cyclical nature of long-term cooling is real. We will have another ice age, and fairly soon (it’s been tens of thousands of years since the last one, so we’re due), but before that happens in the year 10,2009, we might want to think about how to survive our own mess to get there to worry about it.
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 15:48
““What we are saying is that on top of the warming trend there is a long-periodic oscillation that will probably lead to a to a lower temperature increase than we would expect from the current trend during the next years”, adds Latif.”
In other words: “The complexities of climate change and the determinant forces driving the climate itself are such that if one approaches the topic without respect for these inherent complexities you will end up looking like a fookin moron.”
Also.
phleabo said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:05
Yeah, I read about this in a blog post by a reporter for the BBC last week. The best part of that post was this bit towards the end:
You know that scientists are torn. They’re inclined to publish data, because that’s how knowledge gets disseminated and progress happens. At the same time, they know that stupid people work for news orgs, and have exactly zero interest in understanding the complexities of what they publish; also, there’s stupid/venal people who are eager to discard all complexity to get the money quote that supports what they’re looking for.
It’s a bother if they’re just talking about diet research or whatever; it’s depressing when it involves something that’s likely to make the world way harder to live in in the next 100 years. Sigh.
slippy said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:08
Wingnuts as a rule can’t think for themselves 99% of the time. Therefore they always look for the silverback baboon that’s squatting on the highest knoll in the area; he is taller and has a louder voice than everyone else. Therefore he must be in charge and know all the right answers.
This is why the GOP is in such a mess right now. Nobody left is smart enough to actually lead the party in a coherent direction. They had themselves a purity purge and got rid of everyone who knew fuck-all about anything.
Willy said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:09
The global warming theory has been based all along on the idea that the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans would absorb much of the greenhouse warming caused by a rise in man-made carbon dioxide, then they would let off that heat and warm the atmosphere and the land.
This is like a FAIL sandwich, with FAIL chips on the side, and a frosty mug of FAIL to wash it down. Then barfing to taste all that FAIL mixed together.
Mr. Wonderful said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:11
None of which matters, since, as been said here before, these nitwits speak to themselves. They’re like a herd/pod/whatever-the-plural-noun-is of seals. One starts barking, and then they all reply with barks and claps.
Oh, and: that there’s some damn fine Photoshopping, son. Wingnut Trailer Villa indeed.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:14
I do like the idea of a Pope of Global Warming Science. I imagine his pontiffical mitre would be sublime.
Yup, that was the biggest news story EVAR.
LD said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:18
What is it with wingnuts and their unability to understand what they read?
How does “…will probably lead to a to a lower temperature increase than we would expect from the current trend during the next years”
turn into
“…the world, in contrast to his previous belief, is actually cooling.”
???
Because someone should really use this in political discussion:
No-one is increasing taxes, we are in fact decreasing the speed with which the taxes are increased.
No-one is adding regulation to finanial sector, we are in fact removing the the blocks that were hampering creation of new legistration.
Etc.
By the time your average wingnut manages to read the sentence properly the law has been in effect a decade.
TruculentandUnreliable said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:25
And that’s why we must laugh at them.
:) I thought about doing this a while ago, but was far too lazy.
OT, but I just found out that Blue Cross/Blue Shield has starting requiring physicians at my institution to get pre-authorization for echocardiograms AND are requiring a massive amount of paperwork to be completed after the echos are performed. Insurance companies not only explicitly act like dicks by denying claims and procedures–they also make simple procedures and tests more difficult to perform so that doctors are reluctant to take the time to perform them if they’re not sure about the results.
In other words, they fuck you coming AND going.
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:32
They had themselves a purity purge and got rid of everyone who knew fuck-all about anything.
I think you are being way too generous, unless the purge you are talking about happened forty years ago. Remember James Fucking Watt, Ronnie Raygun’s EPA chief? Christian fundy, who believed the Rapture (Rupture?) was nigh and as a result thought any type of environmental stewardship was a waste of time and thought instead we should scour each and every terrestrial asset available with all possible speed so that we could live in as much excess as possible before Jeebus came and swept the Chosen off to the Big Ice Cream Stand of Goodness in the Sky. Modern know-nothingism has been a central element of the Republican party since 1980. Evil Dick Fucking Nixon at least had some respect for science.
(I’m not harshin’ ya, just ranting)
Bitter Scribe said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:36
Hey, don’t go dissin’ VHS. Some of us are TiVo-retarded.
MzNicky said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:39
barrel. It’s barrel. Not barrell. No offense.
[Tintin adds: I didn't notice that typo before I launched the post this morning. Thanks. Fixed. I blame it on a deficit of caffeine. We also had a few "Newbusters" in the post as well. Sigh.]
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:44
barrel. It’s barrel. Not barrell. No offense.
Spelling Hitler
Rusty Shackleford said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:56
No, I’m pretty sure it’s barelll.
Spelling Fascist said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:57
Spelling
HitlerFascistFiqxt.
cippy said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:58
I think you are being way too generous, unless the purge you are talking about happened forty years ago. Remember James Fucking Watt, Ronnie Raygun’s EPA chief? Christian fundy, who believed the Rapture (Rupture?) was nigh and as a result thought any type of environmental stewardship was a waste of time and thought instead we should scour each and every terrestrial asset available with all possible speed so that we could live in as much excess as possible before Jeebus came and swept the Chosen off to the Big Ice Cream Stand of Goodness in the Sky. Modern know-nothingism has been a central element of the Republican party since 1980. Evil Dick Fucking Nixon at least had some respect for science.
I wonder about guys like Watt. It’s strange how modern Christianism always seems to bend itself to the goals of casino capitalism, as if one was merely the crunchy candy shell around the other.
Two Minutes Hate said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:59
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:44
Spelling Hitler
And Godwin’s Law is revealed to be the law of the land yet again…
dlauthor said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:59
Man, I remember the Gland-dick when he used to post random political screeds over on alt.showbiz.gossip in the late ’90s. Good to see that a decade of failure hasn’t changed him, aside from him not being quite so obviously screamingly gay-in-denial as he was back in the day. I mean, aside from that cigar-that’s-not-just-a-cigar that his “comics” website’s mascot has in his, er, mouth.
Anyway, he hasn’t gained an iota of talent since, so Bruce Tinsley’s job is still safe, barring further DUIs of course.
Spelling Hitler said,
September 25, 2009 at 16:59
Nein! Nein! Nein!
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:00
Because someone should really use this in political discussion:
No-one is increasing taxes, we are in fact decreasing the speed with which the taxes are increased.
Actually, that’s precisely what Newt did in the Nineties.
He claimed the GOP had pushed a budget thru that had “tax cuts” in it, when in point of fact, all the budget did was slow down the rise in taxes that a previous budget had projected.
Al Franken called him on it in one of his books, can’t recall which one tho.
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:04
Oh, OK, I found the cite, and I need to take more Ginko:
Indeed, this had been precipitated by Gingrich claiming Medicare was *not* being cut because they were allowing benefits to rise, but that rise was not keeping up with inflation, thus creating a de facto cut in benefits.
Steerpike said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:07
That would be a double-barrel
Spelling Hitler said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:07
I wonder about guys like Watt. It’s strange how modern Christianism always seems to bend itself to the goals of casino capitalism, as if one was merely the crunchy candy shell around the other.
Capitalist Jesus!
http://sweeney.audienceoftwo.com/mag.php?art_id=384
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:07
No, I’m pretty sure it’s barelll.
No, I’m pretty sure Tintin has it right.
DO A BARRELL ROLL!!! = Double left shoulder button.
DO A BARREL RROLL!!! = Double right shoulder button.
And speaking of doing a barrel roll:
I mean, aside from that cigar-that’s-not-just-a-cigar that his “comics” website’s mascot has in his, er, mouth.
SpellCheck Czar said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:08
Barrel.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:08
Although, someone ought to tell Peppy not always the best solution.
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:09
PROTIP: Check nym after shifting for comic effect.
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:11
Capitalist Jesus shares many traits with Republican Jesus, Supply-Side Jesus, and Bizarro Jesus
handy said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:23
Actor,
That site you linked to is great. The entry on John Galt is teh awesome to eleven.
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:23
Capitalist Jesus shares many traits with Republican Jesus, Supply-Side Jesus, and Bizarro Jesus
Yes. Actually, Republican Jesus was what I wanted, (but could not have) in mind. Gazoogled CapJesus instead.
TruculentandUnreliable said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:27
That site you linked to is great. The entry on John Galt is teh awesome to eleven.
Fucking brilliant, especially the picture of them in college and the fact that Roark (“Red”) randomly shows up.
LittlePig said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:28
Imagine if the Pope suddenly announced that the Catholic Church had been wrong for centuries about prohibiting priests from marrying. Would that be considered big news?
Priest: “Depends. Can we still keep fucking altar-boys?”
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:34
Handy, thanks for finding that. I laughed hard.
Sirius Lunacy said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:41
That would be a double-barrel
Looks more like a double bare L
Newbie McNoob said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:42
But, you know, Gladnick might really want to stop calling his own blog “Dummie Funnies” because it’s rather like the guy in the back of the short bus telling jokes about the developmentally disabled.
When you consider that “Dummie Funnies” attemps to mock certain alleged conspiracy-prone Democratic Underground members, P.J. Gladnick ought to take a gander at the comedic fodder Free Republic generates on a nanosecond by nanosecond basis.
Birthers, deathers, etc. An embarrassment of riches at it were.
You think that would occur to Gladnick since he posts his DUFU blog on the RimJob’s site. Then again, self-awareness isn’t exactly a wingnut trait.
g said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:43
imagine if the Pope suddenly announced that the Catholic Church had been wrong for centuries about prohibiting priests from marrying. Would that be considered big news?
Analogy FAIL!!
The leader of a human-created institution announcing a policy change he’s authorized to make DOES NOT EQUAL a scientist observing a natural phenomenon.
But perhaps it’s telling that bonehead either thinks scientists can control the weather OR that the Catholic Church is part of the natural world.
zombie rotten mcdonald said,
September 25, 2009 at 17:55
barrel. It’s barrel. Not barrell. No offense.
I lived in a town that had a sub shop called “Pickle Barrell” Lousy spellers. Great subs.
Xecky Gilchrist said,
September 25, 2009 at 18:02
When you consider that “Dummie Funnies” attemps to mock certain alleged conspiracy-prone Democratic Underground members, P.J. Gladnick ought to take a gander at the comedic fodder Free Republic generates on a nanosecond by nanosecond basis.
If he’s the guy I’m thinking of, his sense of humor is pretty well unsalvageable. Isn’t he the fuckhead who thought it would be funny to interfere with the fundraising for some poor guy trying to raise money to pay for cancer treatments, who ended up dead out of the whole thing?
PeeJ said,
September 25, 2009 at 18:17
One small request: Please, for my and FSM’s sake, refer to that miasmic pile of excess biomass as anything but PJ. My stomach is turning from the association.
Thank you very much.
Sirius Lunacy said,
September 25, 2009 at 18:22
OT, but the Big Bad Bald Bastard wants to be a Big Bad Bald Bulldog Bastard next season.
Newbie McNoob said,
September 25, 2009 at 18:26
If he’s the guy I’m thinking of, his sense of humor is pretty well unsalvageable. Isn’t he the fuckhead who thought it would be funny to interfere with the fundraising for some poor guy trying to raise money to pay for cancer treatments, who ended up dead out of the whole thing?
The very same. Gladnick thought the whole thing was a scheme to con DU members out of their welfare/cheetos money or some such nonsense. I guess actually dying from cancer was all part of the scam.
Rusty Shackleford said,
September 25, 2009 at 18:28
Is that our BBBB? He certainly looks B, B, and B. Have to take his word on the B part.
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 18:35
The very same. Gladnick thought the whole thing was a scheme to con DU members out of their welfare/cheetos money or some such nonsense. I guess actually dying from cancer was all part of the scam.
If I did something like this, I would have the irresistible urge to self-banish myself from the Interons forevah. I mean, FUCK, you sped another person to their death. Empathy? Compassion? Decency? Anything that doesn’t scream “PATHOLOGY” in big fucking bold letters? Not. So. Much.
N__B said,
September 25, 2009 at 18:37
OT, but the Big Bad Bald Bastard wants to be a Big Bad Bald Bulldog Bastard next
seasonturn of the karmic wheel.fiqqst
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 18:40
Oh, and there’s a special boat for these folks. We can hold a “Corner Cruise” event.
The only question: Do we sink this boat first, or last?
smedley said,
September 25, 2009 at 18:44
“That site you linked to is great. The entry on John Galt is teh awesome to eleven.”
And they should use that approach if they are going to make a film of Atlas Shrugged. I am picturing Patrick Warburton as Galt.
Wyatt Watts III said,
September 25, 2009 at 18:49
Global warming is, indeed, a myth:
Here’s Positive Proof
DAS said,
September 25, 2009 at 18:55
We will have another ice age, and fairly soon (it’s been tens of thousands of years since the last one, so we’re due),
Is that necessarily so? Before the Pleistocene, the Earth was relatively warm, so maybe the Earth is just warming up again and won’t glaciate for a long, long time (even geologically speaking) even in the absence of global warming.
This is not to provide aid and succor to wingnuttia or cast doubt on well-established evidence for anthropogenic warming, and I don’t know enough about the field to know the evidence for or against the current climate being “interglacial” vs. being out of the ice age entirely, but it seems to me that there is no particular evidence that we are not emerging into a regime of already warmer climate.
SomeNYGuy said,
September 25, 2009 at 19:00
I lived in a town that had a sub shop called “Pickle Barrell” Lousy spellers. Great subs.
What idiots. Everyone knows it’s spelled “pickel”.
J— said,
September 25, 2009 at 19:01
Isn’t he the fuckhead who thought it would be funny to interfere with the fundraising for some poor guy trying to raise money to pay for cancer treatments, who ended up dead out of the whole thing?
Yes, that’s him.
Romper Room said,
September 25, 2009 at 19:03
Don’t be a Sadnick! Do be a Gladnick!
kate said,
September 25, 2009 at 19:09
” Imagine if the Pope suddenly announced that the Catholic Church had been wrong for centuries about prohibiting priests from marrying. Would that be considered big news?”
“And yet something like that has happened in the field of global warming in which a major scientist has announced that the world, in contrast to his previous belief, is actually cooling.”
He elevates this scientist to the level of power of the Catholic church? The similarity between the two is that the foundation of beliefs of either are so strong and widely supported by 1)in the case of the Catholic church, an entire belief system and 2) in the case of global warming, nearly every environmental scientist in the world.
So in either case, one small change would effect no one. The church is still patriarchal, global warming still exists.
Idiot.
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 19:10
Yes, that’s him.
Just read those links. Words fail me.
Pere Ubu said,
September 25, 2009 at 19:11
And they should use that approach if they are going to make a film of Atlas Shrugged.
Cripes, that brings back memories of reading “Starlog” magazine in the early years (’78 or so) when the editor was peeing himself over the idea that someone was, indeed, working on a movie version of Atlas. Thank god I never took the bait (“oooh! a SF book I’ve never read!”) and read the thing back then; I would have fallen for it hook & sinker.
owlbear1 said,
September 25, 2009 at 19:14
Shorter Saddick:
I’ve just pulled this Gerbil out of my ass, if there is such a thing as global warming it should have been a Hamster. This Guy agrees.
WHERE’S MY HAMSTER,LIBS!11!!
PeeJ said,
September 25, 2009 at 19:18
BREAKING!!!! Lunch Lady sacked!
cowalker said,
September 25, 2009 at 19:27
If I read that scientists who studied weather and climate were concluding that there were weather cycles we couldn’t control that could have unforeseen effects on climate on a planet that was experiencing anthropogenic warming, I might urge that we re-double our efforts to replace dirty fossil fuels with clean energy sources with no carbon footprint, because any changes in climate and excessive weather patterns would require more energy.
If I weren’t a wingnut.
Newbie McNoob said,
September 25, 2009 at 19:30
Lunch Lady sacked!
Aw, that’s a shame. I liked her posts.
Let me know when Coach Urban “Badoodle boo-yeah, looney libs” Meyer gets his pink slip. He needs to be served a spread of unemployment benefits.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
September 25, 2009 at 19:32
WHERE’S MY HAMSTER,LIBS!11!!
Perhaps in that hole in the ground.
Lady Doctor Missus Marita said,
September 25, 2009 at 19:38
OT: Coming soon! A prize for the winner of the Dash pool! Sorry to take so long, these babies are soooo demanding of attention, y’know?
Aaaand, the Daily Dash: We have a picture of mommy from her teenage years looking approximately like this, but we aren’t posting it here.
DAS said,
September 25, 2009 at 19:44
If I weren’t a wingnut.
Reminds me of a song from a Broadway musical:
If I were a wingnut / garble, garble, garble, garble, garble, garble, garble goo / all day long I’d shill for the man / if I were a wingnut man
I wouldn’t have to think hard / garble, garble, garble, garble, garble, garble, garble goo / I’d write garble garble gloock yang zoop / and call it a well thought out argument
I would sit and eat cheetos paid for by my parents / in a basement by the computer / I’d collect wingnut welfare / sitting on my ass all day long / garble garble garble goo / I would sigh about how the underprivileged / need to stop whining and get jobs / then I’d cash my wingnut welfare check and score some food / garble goo / garble goo / garble goo
If I were a wingnut / garble, garble, garble, garble, garble, garble, garble goo / all day long I’d shill for the man / all day long I’d sit on the can / all day long I’d write garbage and say it’s grand / all day long I’d get money placed in my hand / if I were a wingnut man!
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
September 25, 2009 at 19:49
It’s just a job, kid.
cippy said,
September 25, 2009 at 19:55
Isn’t he the fuckhead who thought it would be funny to interfere with the fundraising for some poor guy trying to raise money to pay for cancer treatments, who ended up dead out of the whole thing?
Yes, that’s him.
Jesus wept. I mean…fuck.
Bruce said,
September 25, 2009 at 19:57
DAS, as I understand it, so long as North and South America stay connected, the Earth would (but for mankind) remain in an expanding and contracting glacial age – because the ocean currents get turned northward and then back south, rather than circulating at the equator and staying significantly warmer. In a few million years, this will change (and depending on where the continents line up, Earth could go Jurassic hothouse or could go Snowball). But that’s long term – me, I’m more concerned that Greenland’s glaciers are melting underneath (underside conducting ocean warmth into the interior). If that all slides off land into the Atlantic, my fair Baltimore will look like it did after Isabel – but all the time.
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:04
If I did something like this, I would have the irresistible urge to self-banish myself from the Interons forevah. I mean, FUCK, you sped another person to their death. Empathy? Compassion? Decency? Anything that doesn’t scream “PATHOLOGY” in big fucking bold letters? Not. So. Much.
Clearly, we have to shove his face in his murder.
Sirius Lunacy said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:06
If that all slides off land into the Atlantic, my fair Baltimore will look like it did after Isabel – but all the time.
Also no more PENIS, um, I mean Florida.
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:09
We will have another ice age, and fairly soon (it’s been tens of thousands of years since the last one, so we’re due),
Is that necessarily so?
The standard theory says that interglacials occur for about 12,000 years, and we’re about 11,000 from the last glaciation.
Yes, prior to the Pleistocene, there’s evidence the interglacial was 28,000, but that is not proven.
How the fuck do I know this stuff and not where the hell my car keys are???
Pere Ubu said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:11
OOOOOOOOOHHHH, if there was ever someone who deserved being punched in the face through the Internet, it is Mr. Gladnick.
slippy said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:13
I guess being a steaming pile of worthless excrement means never having to say “I’m sorry,” or, “Jeez, I guess I was wrong about that.”
Fortunately, excrement can be removed. You just need a good high-pressure hose, some industrial cleaning fluids, and a clothespin.
slippy said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:15
Just imagine your anxiety if you knew neither. That is what it’s like to be a wingnut: you literally know nothing of importance and are of no use to anyone.
That’s why they clump together to support each other, because it’s got to be scary to be as worthless a pile of fuming shit as PJ Gladnick.
jim said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:15
In fact, some researchers allege that “being flat-assed wrong” is the only way for staff at this august scholarly website to earn enough, ahem, Brent-Brownie-Points to earn themselves a Bozell Blumpkin Bonus™.
Is conclusive documentary proof of this unique incentive-system available on YouTube yet?
Sadly, no.
kg said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:16
cute kid.
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:21
Just imagine your anxiety if you knew neither. That is what it’s like to be a wingnut: you literally know nothing of importance and are of no use to anyone.
Actually, that sounds quite nice ;-)
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:22
We have a picture of mommy from her teenage years looking approximately like this, but we aren’t posting it here.
Was that with or without rolling papers?
Xecky Gilchrist said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:25
Actually, that sounds quite nice ;-)
Hee hee – it does. Wingnuttery, however, requires that despite your lack of anything but flaws, you present yourself as a Randroid superman and would just die just die if you thought anyone believed otherwise.
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:25
Clearly, we have to shove his face in his murder.
I really am at a loss. Shamelessly interfering with a critically ill patient’s access to potentially life-saving surgery. How do you speak to that?
I need to brood.
Bizarro actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:27
Wingnuttery, however, requires that despite your lack of anything but flaws, you present yourself as a Randroid superman and would just die just die if you thought anyone believed otherwise.
Me not care! World revolve around me! Me! Me Me Me! ME!
slippy said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:30
Actually, that sounds quite nice ;-)
I can imagine that life as a sea frond is probably pretty relaxing. Just sort of drifting there, bathed in a sea of cathode ray radiation, absorbing nutrients through your ass.
But, not very intellectually stimulating.
Bizarro actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:33
I can imagine that life as a sea frond is probably pretty relaxing. Just sort of drifting there, bathed in a sea of cathode ray radiation, absorbing nutrients through your ass.
But, not very intellectually stimulating.
Me feed thru my ass! Me head up me ass! Why you hate America so????
MzNicky said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:40
LDMM: Your l’il Dash is almost as cute as my new puppy-dog.
Yeah, newborn babies are real time- and attention-gobblers, aren’t they? Dang little freeloaders! Tell him to grow up and get a job already!
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:45
Shout out to Stabenow for telling Kyl your mom probably did.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:47
You know who else experiences long periodic oscillations on top of a general warming trend? Your Mom.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:50
…absorbing nutrients through your ass.
Know who else likes to absorb it through her ass?
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:51
Your Mom.
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:52
LDMM: Thanks for the
StudieDash update. It’s a good tonic.Pere Ubu said,
September 25, 2009 at 20:59
Know who else likes to absorb it through her ass?
That WOULD explain the strange looks my freinds gave me when they had dinner over at my house.
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:03
Know who else likes to absorb it through her ass?
Sponge Bob Square Pants?
SomeNYGuy said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:04
Aaaand, the Daily Dash:
Why is he holding his dainty little pinky up like that?
You’re not letting him read George Will, ARE YOU?!?!?!?
Tommmcatt said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:05
Wait, the baby was born while I was gone? How big was he? Has he shown any preference for single-payer over public option yet?
Steerpike said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:06
You know who else experiences long periodic oscillations on top of a general warming trend?
Hitler, that’s who!!
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:07
Has he shown any preference for single-payer over public option yet?
Dash is all about sucking at the public teat. For now.
SomeNYGuy said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:12
Dash is all about sucking at the public teat.
Gavin should punch you in the nose for insulting his wife like that.
Pere Ubu said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:14
Dash is all about sucking at the public teat.
Wait – they’re PUBLIC now?!
kg said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:19
These babeies’r takn r jobs!
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:22
Clearly, we have to shove his face in his murder.
O.K., I’m game. How?
The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:25
Of course, if the melting of arctic ice makes the water in the Labrador Sea so fresh it can’t sink and feed the Thermohaline Circulation, shutting down the Gulf Stream, and rendering Europe and North America uninhabitable, they’ll crow: “We told you Global Warming was a lie!” right up till they freeze to death or starve.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:25
Clearly, we have to shove his face in his murder
Know who’s face I shoved it into last night?
Your Mom.
JM said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:27
Shamelessly interfering with a critically ill patient’s access to potentially life-saving surgery. How do you speak to that?
With lawyers.
LD said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:29
“actor212 said,
Dash is all about sucking at the public teat. For now.”
A pure teat-totter eh?
One wonders what he will do when Sadly No crew will go out drinking?
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:29
Your Mom.
Mom didn’t have her magnifying specs on. She missed it, apparently.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:29
Speaking of Moms, I see that you labelled that jumper accurately. Too Cute indeed.
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:31
With lawyers.
Yeah, I was wondering if family stepped up on that (I don’t know the full story, so bear with me). I would think they would have some sort of basis to hammer him. Make him fucking homeless, I say.
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:33
She missed it, apparently.
Kinda like that tag…runs in the family.
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:34
Clearly, we have to shove his face in his murder.
O.K., I’m game. How?
I dunno. Seems to me a Gladnick=Murderer piece of Internet Performance Art should suffice.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:42
Make him fucking homeless…
Know who else is fucking the homeless?
What, not funny anymore? Well, know who else ain’t funny anymore?
Looch said,
September 25, 2009 at 21:44
What, not funny anymore? Well, know who else ain’t funny anymore?
Yo momma.
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 22:13
Well, know who else ain’t funny anymore?
Yo momma.
Fortunately, his is still fun.
IF you know what I mean…
Bitter Scribe said,
September 25, 2009 at 22:16
OT, whatever happened to Oily Tits or whatever her name is? You know, that crazy California broad who’s a lawyer AND a dentist, who’s always filing birther lawsuits? Last I heard, she was staring down a huge fine by a pissed-off Federal judge and disbarment. Did she manage to wriggle out of it?
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 22:20
BS,
World-O has an article demonstrating how her paranoia has gotten the worst of her. She’s taken legitimate criticism of her husband (he wrote some software that is used by Big Pharma) and somehow twisted it into criticism of her as a tool of the Obama administration, or some such
Pere Ubu said,
September 25, 2009 at 22:26
criticism of her as a tool of the Obama administration
Well, she IS a tool, you have to admit.
Substance McGravitas said,
September 25, 2009 at 22:33
Orly is being beaten like a redheaded city comptroller:
Steerpike said,
September 25, 2009 at 22:38
This eplains why her hair looks the way it does: the wig doesn’t fit right over her tinfoil cap.
Steerpike said,
September 25, 2009 at 22:38
explains, even
J— said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:04
Last I heard, she was staring down a huge fine by a pissed-off Federal judge and disbarment. Did she manage to wriggle out of it?
On September 18 the judge in Georgia ordered Taitz to show cause why she shouldn’t be fined $10,000. He gave her 14 days to do it. Her client in that case told the same judge she was planning to complain to the California bar about her attorney. Taitz and other birthistas say the letter is a forgery. Taitz’s next date with destiny is October 5, when Judge David Carter in California will hear arguments regarding the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss yet another birther case, this one with a huge list of plaintiffs.
I’m afraid the FEMA Gulag looms in the near future for Taitz because the United States is just like Soviet Union.
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:07
Any money being placed on how soon she bolts back to Israel and begs asylum?
Smut Clyde said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:12
Aaaand, the Daily Dash:
Does Dash have his own Motorhead t-shirt yet?
J— said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:15
Everybody loves Orly Taitz, including the OC Weekly.
City comptroller indeed.
actor212 said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:23
In an affidavit posted this month on Sinclair’s website, Sinclair says Taitz asked him to testify at her Sept. 8 hearing. He flew to Orange County from Florida, but the night before the hearing, Sinclair says, Taitz told him to testify he knew about three people who had been killed by Obama—a charge that Sinclair says isn’t true. The next day, he told her he wouldn’t testify and would be flying home.
Errrrrrrrrr, isn’t that suborning perjury?
Lady Doctor Missus Marita said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:23
Does Dash have his own Motorhead t-shirt yet?
Not yet. I have wanted to get him this, but haven’t managed to just yet.
gocart mozart said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:29
For information straight from the horses ass’s mouth. Why not go to her blog. It would appear that comments are open. Would it be irresponsible if we all went over there and spoofed her or would it be irresponsible not to?
http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/
Smut Clyde said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:31
Your mother.
Substance McGravitas said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:32
I very much like this for kids.
Smut Clyde said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:34
Conclusive proof that babies really prefer Motorhead over your wussy AC/DC.
J— said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:35
Errrrrrrrrr, isn’t that suborning perjury?
Yeah, that’s why Sinclair said to Taitz I break with thee, I break with thee. Lucas Smith said the same. Funny thing about Sinclair, here’s sentence previous to “In an affadavit…”:
So he has no trouble saying crazy shit about Black Caesar, as long as it’s not in federal court and under oath.
Substance McGravitas said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:36
My baby liked listening to this guy. It beat the vacuum cleaner.
Nylund said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:37
Let us take a series of numbers that double each year.
2, 4, 8, 16, 32
Then, the next year, instead of getting the exptected 64, we only get 50.
50 is of course still a larger number than 32, but this nitwit is arguing that since 50 < 64, that 50 must also be less than 32, which of course it isn't.
Please, can't we enroll him in an adult education course to teach him enough basic calculus so that he can understand the difference between the first and second derivative.
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:41
Apparently Jesus doesn’t listen to you lie unless you just put your hand on his fanfiction.
gocart mozart said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:41
From her comment section. I think this is very very good advice and I highly recommend that she take it. I mean, what could go wrong? (heh)
Dear Dr. Taitz,
There is a very simple way to quickly change Judge Clay Land from a bullying tyrant into a meek little lamb.
If the judge keeps his promise to impose a $10,000 dollar fine on you, simply say to his honor, — For the record your Honor, in what form of payment does this court demand payment? Is this court demanding payment from me in the form of unconstitutional Federal Reserve Notes, or some other form of unconstitutional money, or is this court demanding payment in Constitutional money, which is ONLY gold and silver coinage, minted by the U.S. Mint according to the Constitution?
If payment is demanded in any form of money besides Constitutional gold and silver coins, then your Honor is in serious breach of his sworn oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America. If this court is demanding Constitutional money, then such a demand for payment is impossible for me to comply with, since there is no longer any Constitutional money in circulation.
—Pasco
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:43
Well, babies, like rock musicians, know that when the time has come to party, one should party hard.
Pere Ubu said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:48
Well, babies, like rock musicians, know that when the time has come to party, one should party hard.
Gotta fight for your right to potty.
gocart mozart said,
September 25, 2009 at 23:49
This one kills me. Is this from the “real” Ed Anger of “Weekly World News ” fame?
Ed Anger
September 22nd, 2009 @ 5:11 pm
This “judge” Land has got me madder than a dozen wet hens. Dr. Mrs. Orly (esq) you have a DUTY to tell this “Land” character that HE is fined a ten thousand dollars a DAY until he shuts his YAPPER and follows the CONSTUTION of AMERICA. Last I checked, this was AMERICA, not Borneo or of those countries with stan at the end. Get hopping! I am praying to Jesus Christ the lamb that he gives this Land character cancer and also lupus. If you are Jewish persuasion pray to whoever gives those things in your faith.
Bitter Scribe said,
September 26, 2009 at 0:08
Is being a dentist and a lawyer like being a dessert topping and a floor wax?
gocart mozart said,
September 26, 2009 at 0:10
I just posted some words of encouragement to Oily Taint under the alias Gary Rupert. Its what real Gary would have wanted me to do.
Bitter Scribe said,
September 26, 2009 at 0:11
Is this from the “real” Ed Anger of “Weekly World News ” fame?
Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune put together a great Ed Anger or Glenn Beck? quiz.
Lesley said,
September 26, 2009 at 0:32
Anyone have a link to the epic thread attacking PJ for slandering a cancer patient who died?
Lady Doctor Missus Marita said,
September 26, 2009 at 0:35
Dr. Mrs. Orly (esq) you…
Oh man, she’s a doctor and a missus and an esquire? I just can’t stay ahead of these people.
Substance McGravitas said,
September 26, 2009 at 0:38
Check upthread Lesley.
Creepy sweepstakes winner:
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
September 26, 2009 at 0:49
This is the single spookiest thing I’ve seen since “Jeepers Creepers” in the theater.
For some reason, I don’t think he’s discussing the terror that came into my heart when I realized someone was paid to make that movie.
True story: I was going to see a movie in which a trailer for “Jeepers Creepers 2″ was shown. At the end, I yelled out in a darkened theater “WHY WOULD YOU MAKE ANOTHER ONE?”
Pere Ubu said,
September 26, 2009 at 0:58
I recently saw the first video of the school kids singing the Barack Obama song in class. At first I thought it was the promo for the new “Children of the Corn” film or perhaps another remake of “Village of the Damned”, but alas, it is not. It is real. But I think it’s way scarier than either of those two retreads will be.
Meanwhile, were those kids to have sung songs to Dear Leader back in 2002, it would have been perfectly okay and appropriate and patriotic ’cause he wasn’t a scary black guy and was a WAH PREZNIT and shut up that’s why.
Me, I thought the “W” stickers on the backs of cars were creepy, but then again I don’t recall that Obama’s waxed lyrical about the political benefits of a dictatorship recently, either.
El Cid said,
September 26, 2009 at 0:59
TBogg notes that Roy Edroso looks to our future of mainlining the konservative kulture kommon-taters at The American Culture:
And truly they are brilyant:
O noez! Emmy’s done gone to good shows and not stuff what everbody liks! We just like Honduras I mean but they were totally not a coup I mean Chavez or somethin’.
And also, too, nobody watches that fag show “Mad Men” no way, and if they did, somebody good ort to write it so it gets all more positive and more better about business & stuff instead a’makin’ it look all seedy and weird. Sort of a Leave It to Beaver / Mel Gibson’s The Patriot version of “Mad Men”, that would be better.
How come they ain’t got no awards what is based on just how many peoples is watchin’? You know, you could prolly come up with a ‘ratin’ system or something. Pffft. But, nooooooo.
Bitter Scribe said,
September 26, 2009 at 1:02
…low-rated shows, largely with a negative attitude toward American institutions and the conventions of bourgeois life…
Comedy stemming from a negative attitude! Who ever heard of such a thing?
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
September 26, 2009 at 1:05
RAMONES!1!!
~
Bitter Scribe said,
September 26, 2009 at 1:08
For some reason, I don’t think he’s discussing the terror that came into my heart when I realized someone was paid to make that movie.
Isn’t this “someone” a convicted child molester?
Bitter Scribe said,
September 26, 2009 at 1:12
FYWP FYWP FYWP
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
September 26, 2009 at 1:23
Who ever heard of such a thing?
I haven’t been this upset since the Three Stooges/Charlie Chaplin double-feature I saw glorified physical violence as a comedic device!
Substance McGravitas said,
September 26, 2009 at 1:30
Clearly things most people don’t pay attention to should be ignored EXCEPT FOR MY CRAZY MARGINAL OPINIONS WOO WOO!
gocart mozart said,
September 26, 2009 at 1:50
“their intent to continue using their bully pulpit to turn the nation into a banana republic.”
Wait, “Mad Men” won an Emmy. Is there a connection between Banana Republic and Mad Men. Lets check the great Gazoogle.
http://www.stylelist.com/blog/2009/07/10/banana-republic-is-mad-for-mad-men-and-you-could-win-a-walk-on/
Oh Nooos, Its Twoo Its Twooo!!!
Looch said,
September 26, 2009 at 1:51
Gotta fight for your right to potty.
Yea, yea, I think that right there is pretty funny.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
September 26, 2009 at 2:13
POTTY!
~
Lurking Canadian said,
September 26, 2009 at 2:15
Wait, Mad Men is pissing them off, now? It is now “politically correct”, not just to point out that people are racist, sexist homophobes now, but also to point out that people were racist, sexist homophobes in1960?
Typical wingnut: Why can’t the networks just show good American programming like Amos and Andy?
Looch said,
September 26, 2009 at 2:19
Wait, Mad Men is pissing them off, now?
If I am not mistaken, traffic cones and dryer lint are pissing them off now.
Bitter Scribe said,
September 26, 2009 at 2:26
Actually, traffic cones kind of piss me off. Especially when there’s mile after mile of them, blocking traffic and causing hourlong jams, with nary a human in sight.
Xecky Gilchrist said,
September 26, 2009 at 2:30
Wait, Mad Men is pissing them off, now?
Well, liberals do seem to like it.
I’m hoping that Christina Hendricks’ knock-your-eyes-out bombshelliness in that helps to make it OK for women to be non-anorexic again in pop culture.
Looch said,
September 26, 2009 at 2:34
Actually, traffic cones kind of piss me off. Especially when there’s mile after mile of them, blocking traffic and causing hourlong jams, with nary a human in sight.
Fair enough. But that was just a partial list. Light bulbs, envelopes, and houseplants also piss them off, terribly.
kingubu said,
September 26, 2009 at 2:37
The Bullfrog
1) Drop a half a can of frozen Limeade in your favorite blender.
2) Fill the blender with ice.
3) Pour vodka over the ice, leaving a little room.
4) Blend until fully pureed, serve.
5) Try not to walk into anything valuable.
Yep, that, some sushi, and some Joel-era MTS3K and I call it a Friday.
ckc (not kc) said,
September 26, 2009 at 2:38
3) Pour vodka over the ice, leaving a little room.
…what if you can’t find the door to the little room?
kingubu said,
September 26, 2009 at 2:46
…what if you can’t find the door to the little room?
Drink directly from the bottle until it appears.
El Cid said,
September 26, 2009 at 2:48
Curiouser and curiouser!
B/N said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:02
According to CY, that KY census worker did not have a large PENIS.
Smut Clyde said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:08
using their bully pulpit to turn the nation into a banana republic.
Needs more Trojan horse. White elephant also.
ckc (not kc) said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:13
crocodile tears? mare’s nest?
islmfaoscist said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:13
Imagine if the Pope suddenly announced that the Catholic Church had been wrong for centuries about prohibiting priests from saying Mass in any language except Latin.
Oh, and fucking little boys in the ass.
gocart mozart said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:16
According to CY, that KY census worker did not have a large PENIS.
Classy guy that Cornfed Wanker, innit he?
El Cid said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:20
Okay, now, which friend of the Confederate Wankee went down to Colombia to work alongside circus-robbing gangsters and made sure to squire the burro before leaving?
ckc (not kc) said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:23
…they have been unable to rule out [sic] whether [sic] this was an accident, homicide or suicide
…leaving ??? ah, he died of old age!!
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:24
I lived in a town that had a sub shop called “Pickle Barrell” Lousy spellers. Great subs.
Would that have been Bozeman, Montana? Home of the Museum of the Rockies, therefore, dinosaur aficianado heaven?
Is that our BBBB? He certainly looks B, B, and B. Have to take his word on the B part.
There is but one bastard, I am one aspect, he is yet another- read Joseph Campbell’s Bastard with a Thousand Faces for more info.
If that all slides off land into the Atlantic, my fair Baltimore will look like it did after Isabel – but all the time.
Gondolas would add an element of romance that Baltimore is sadly lacking at this time.
We have a number of parties that had evidence, that had knowledge that might be detrimental to the defense, that were found dead. . . .
CHIEF EDITOR KORIR IS DEAD!?!?!?
On-topic, even if anthropogenic climate change weren’t a problem, wouldn’t oceanic acidification still be a major concern? I mean, I like soft-shelled crabs as much as the next guy, but won’t somebody please think of the plankton?
gocart mozart said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:27
The commander of the Metropolitan Police of Cartagena Wednesday pledged to capture the gang of youths who raided a small circus and raped its dancing donkey Paola.
Ringmaster Olascuaga Janner said that the thieves looted the Triumph Circus, taking everything and leaving the performers with nothing but their tent and the clothes on their backs, “as God brought us into this world.”
Describing himself as broken-hearted, Janner explained that the gang stole “amplification equipment, lights, costumes, money and even makeup,” reported newspaper El Universal.
El Cid’s link. I am assuming that CY was the mastermind unless proven otherwise.
“I am nothing. What is a clown without makeup? He is not a clown,” said circus director Isaias Acosta Montes. “Without music, we are not a circus,” he said from his perch on a trapeze, voice breaking.
Even more distressing than the material losses was the rape of the circus’s beloved donkey Paola, ‘the dancing donkey’.
Wilfrido Junco Castilla, a clown in the circus, stood by the dancing donkey. “They abused Paola like a woman,” he told Colombia’s Caracol news.”
gocart mozart said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:29
O.K. my comment appears in the middle of the story. Sorry.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:30
Actually, traffic cones kind of piss me off. Especially when there’s mile after mile of them, blocking traffic and causing hourlong jams, with nary a human in sight.
I have an irrational fear of cone shaped objects.
“I am nothing. What is a clown without makeup? He is not a clown,”
He is a Newsbusters columnist.
B/N said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:30
“Without music, we are not a circus,” he said from his perch on a trapeze, voice breaking.
Crybaby.
gocart mozart said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:33
What is a clown without makeup?
Ah . . Glenn Beck?
Jennifer said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:38
I wish we’d all stop dancing around the main issue and get a worldwide compact going to cut global population, via family planning and government and aid incentives, to roughly half what it is now within the next 75 years. Not only would that have a more meaningful impact on climate change and general global pollution than any cap n trade or other policy will, but we probably could provide some halfway decent life for half as many people. Fewer people in every country should be the goal. Sure, those nations already so overcrowded that millions cannot even eke out a bare subsistence need to reduce their populations – but so do we. Every first-world citizen not born represents a reduction in strain on the planet of a magnitude of at least x 10 compared to one less third-world subsistence farmer.
We can make the decision or it will be made for us.
El Cid said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:40
The most effective way to control population growth worldwide is to better the legal autonomy, education, health benefits, and work and business opportunities of the world’s poorest women.
Anyone who talks about serious population growth who doesn’t start there may not really be serious about it. It would do the most good at the lowest cost with the highest effectiveness.
gocart mozart said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:40
Wilfrido Junco Castilla, a clown in the circus, stood by the dancing donkey. “They abused Paola like a woman,” he told Colombia’s Caracol news.”
At least he is still standing by the donkey and not calling her a slut or anything.
Xecky Gilchrist said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:44
The most effective way to control population growth worldwide is to better the legal autonomy, education, health benefits, and work and business opportunities of the world’s poorest women.
I agree, but the most fun way is to go through conservative neighborhoods and sic Chopper the junkyard dog on all the young men’s nutsacks.
SomeNYGuy said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:46
Brilliant.
You have killed me. I laughed so lustily, all major organs failed.
My hairy pink arse said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:47
Drink directly from the bottle until it appears.
Bite Me.
El Cid said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:48
Yeah, but given the vast areas of the anti-contraceptive, pro ‘abstinence edumackation’ modal South and Heartland, Chopper’s eventually gonna get tired of chomping on guys like these’ nutsacks
ckc (not kc) said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:55
a “take” on the problem
Xecky Gilchrist said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:55
Chopper’s eventually gonna get tired of chomping on guys like these’ nutsacks
So far I’ve been surprised at Chopper’s stamina.
Jennifer said,
September 26, 2009 at 3:57
Agreed about empowering women, but having an agreed-upon global goal of reducing population would help that along too, would it not?
El Cid said,
September 26, 2009 at 4:01
This is a big debate, but in terms of what such a rhetorical / policy focus would likely achieve, no, not in my opinion. And the poorest people are generally struggling to survive and better their lives, and so it might be a nice change for once if the wealthy, resource-devouring West really gave a shit about seriously bettering the lives of the world’s majority, rather than once again hectoring the majority of the world’s inhabitants that they needed to learn to restrain themselves in the midst of poverty so that we could continue to overconsume.
J— said,
September 26, 2009 at 4:06
Okay, now, which friend of the Confederate Wankee went down to Colombia to work alongside circus-robbing gangsters and made sure to squire the burro before leaving?
Which friend? My guess would be Ace.
Xecky Gilchrist said,
September 26, 2009 at 4:15
the thieves looted the Triumph Circus, taking everything and leaving the performers with nothing but their tent and the clothes on their backs, “as God brought us into this world.”
It comforts me to know that donkey-raping is weird even in countries where people are born fully clothed.
Which friend? My guess would be Ace.
I doubt it – his contempt for bacon -n- play-doh probably crosses species boundaries.
But if you know otherwise, I’m happy enough not knowing.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
September 26, 2009 at 4:35
Which friend? My guess would be Ace.
Neal Horsley- need I even provide a link?
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
September 26, 2009 at 5:06
Neal Horsley- need I even provide a link?
No, I think there must be some term for a Q.E.D. embedded within the Q.E.D.
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Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
September 26, 2009 at 5:13
No, I think there must be some term for a Q.E.D. embedded within the Q.E.D.
Would Q.E.D., MOTHERFUCKER!!! be an appropriate term for such a construction?
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
September 26, 2009 at 5:16
Q.E.D., MOTHERFUCKER!!!³²³²³²³²³²³²³²
would probably do the job.
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ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
September 26, 2009 at 5:17
³ ² sez don’t oppress me.
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Looch said,
September 26, 2009 at 5:30
Chopper’s eventually gonna get tired of chomping on guys like these’ nutsacks
That feller, skoalrebel, he’s a sensation.
Comments at Wonkette are mighty fine. Also.
Jennifer said,
September 26, 2009 at 6:34
rather than once again hectoring the majority of the world’s inhabitants that they needed to learn to restrain themselves in the midst of poverty so that we could continue to overconsume.
Hmmmm, not sure where you got that from, since my comment was about the need for ALL nations to reduce population, with the premise being that there should be incentives for voluntarily reducing family size. I didn’t spell that out but what I had in mind was some kind of guarantee to parents (again, all nations) that if they agree to one child only, that child will be guaranteed adequate nutrition, health care, and an education. In other words, the consumption would get spread around. At least that was my thought, and reviewing what I said initially, I think I pretty clearly spelled out that population reduction is just as, if not more, important in first-world nations, since they produce the most pollution and global warming per capita. I would hope that when I go to such detail and care to make an argument that it wouldn’t be misinterpreted by folks who should by now kind of have my drift to the point that they wouldn’t expect me to be less than even-handed and reasonable.
Lesley said,
September 26, 2009 at 6:41
Tbogg’s got a winner.
El Cid said,
September 26, 2009 at 8:00
Jennifer, maybe if you were designing and administering such a program, that’s how it might be. I was giving the version as I think it would actually happen, based on the sorts of programs already imposed upon most of the world when the West and lenders have their way to affect social policy.
However, I would reiterate that I was saying that the most effective way of reducing family size was to first concentrate on bettering the status of women, who are actually pretty good at being careful about family size as their autonomy and capacities improve; in my view, all else has secondary effects at best.
Smut Clyde said,
September 26, 2009 at 10:14
I cannot believe that Tintin has ignored the possibility of a “Dunny Funny” photoshop.
owlbear1 said,
September 26, 2009 at 10:27
They sure are bending over backwards covering for an ignorant coward.
A pot grower/meth maker wouldn’t fucking advertise the murder!
Watching this sink into a Whack jobs on parade…
Just Alison, aka Snail Joust said,
September 26, 2009 at 10:35
A part-time census worker found hanging in a rural Kentucky cemetery was naked, gagged and had his hands and feet bound with duct tape, said an Ohio man who discovered the body two weeks ago.
…
Rudzinsky said investigators hadn’t yet determined whether the death was a homicide, suicide or accidental.
Fuckin’ what?!? Suicide? Accidental? Rudzinsky (whoever the fuck he is) clearly leads a much more interesting life than I do, if he can think that hanging naked in a tree with hands and feet bound might be accidental.
Just Alison, aka Snail Joust said,
September 26, 2009 at 10:44
Jennifer, El Cid: I recall reading somewhere that the single feature most strongly-correlated with lower birth rate was status of women. That’s right: not technological sophistication, not national wealth, not availability of health care. Just relative position of women vis a vis men.
In societies where women are treated as chattels, birth rates are high. This includes places like Saudi Arabia, which, while indubitably rich and with access to high quality medical care, gives women no ability to decide when they choose to have children. The US, oddly enough, was toward this end of the scale: not as extreme as the Saudis, but still with less freedom to decide their own reproductive destinies and a correspondingly higher birthrate than most other western democracies.
In societies where women are considered fully equal with men (and the laws and customs reflect this), birth rates are fairly low, regardless of technological level. This end of the scale includes very primitive tribes whose highest technology is the spear (roughly speaking).
The upshot: where women are considered fully equal humans, and know where babies come from, birth rates are lower. Yes, good health care and access to contraceptive measures help, but they’re not the main determinant.
Food for thought.
Sheesh said,
September 26, 2009 at 11:20
OT: What do you guys think, is this the first-ever watb mention?
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2005/12/wanker-of-tomorrow.html
Smut Clyde said,
September 26, 2009 at 12:19
Courtesy of Tbogg’s post:
I can see how this is going to turn out.
Even if it turns out that the dead man was not lynched by liberals in a false-flag operation, it SPEAKS VOLUMES about the moral turpitude of the left wing, that we could believe them capable of such a thing.
LD said,
September 26, 2009 at 12:24
“Just Alison, aka Snail Joust said,
Fuckin’ what?!? Suicide? Accidental? Rudzinsky (whoever the fuck he is) clearly leads a much more interesting life than I do, if he can think that hanging naked in a tree with hands and feet bound might be accidental.”
Give the man a benefit of the doubt. He could have come across something like dead republicans wearing two wetsuits and a dildo before, so it could be they don’t want to rule out sexual perversions.
Wyatt Watts III said,
September 26, 2009 at 12:29
Rudzinsky (whoever the fuck he is) clearly leads a much more interesting life than I do, if he can think that hanging naked in a tree with hands and feet bound might be accidental.
You see, Watson, I’ve deduced that this man is a suicide who was quite seriously depressed, since he stabbed himself sixty-five times in the back with a butcher knife.
Looch said,
September 26, 2009 at 13:46
Rudzinsky said investigators hadn’t yet determined whether the death was a homicide, suicide or accidental.
I suspect there is a fair bit of political pressure from higher-ups in Kentucky to try and downplay the degree of racist and anti-gummint ugliness in the state. “Lynchington, Kentucky” may not be what the Commonwealth of Kentucky had in mind when it adopted the state marketing slogan “Unbridled Spirit.”
zombie rotten mcdonald said,
September 26, 2009 at 15:09
Chopper the junkyard dog…
holy hell, a Stephen King reference?
JC said,
September 26, 2009 at 15:21
“Dummie Funnies”: Well, he’s half right.
Weatherman: It’s snowing today in _____, I guess that means global warming’s a crock!
Me: Or, possibly, you got into broadcasting when you failed Physics.
N__B said,
September 26, 2009 at 15:30
holy hell, a Stephen King reference?
Nothing but shIT.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
September 26, 2009 at 16:51
From Tbogg’s comments:
Lolz!
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gocart mozart said,
September 26, 2009 at 19:23
Treebaggers gone wild
By: TBogg Friday September 25, 2009 6:33 pm
I knew it would come to this.
According to GayPatriot B. Daniel Blatt, even nature has turned against big Socialist government:
“Left-wing blogs have made much of the death of Bill Sparkman, a Kentucky census worker found asphyxiated by a tree in eastern Kentucky.”
If FreedomWorks forges an alliance with the triffids, we’re fucking doomed.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
September 26, 2009 at 20:10
As a gay man, Mr Bla(r)tt should realize that overheated eliminationist rhetoric is dangerous. The very same individuals who killed Bill Sparkman would be those most likely to do the same to Daniel Blatt, although the two out of the three letters scrawled on the body would differ.
Does he ever consider the persons with whom he’s chosen to make common cause?
SomeNYGuy said,
September 26, 2009 at 20:31
As a gay man, Mr Bla(r)tt should realize…
But Mr. Blatt is NOT a gay man. He is merely a homosexual.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
September 26, 2009 at 20:53
But Mr. Blatt is NOT a gay man. He is merely a homosexual.
I stand corrected and humbly ask for your forgiveness.
Smut Clyde said,
September 27, 2009 at 2:25
a Kentucky census worker found asphyxiated by a tree in eastern Kentucky
Mr Blatt is obviously thinking of the short story by Patricia Highsmith, Please Don’t Shoot the Trees. Once again life irritates art. Or possibly vice versa.
DC said,
October 5, 2009 at 20:22
<i>As a gay man, Mr Bla(r)tt should realize…</i>
But Mr. Blatt is NOT a gay man. He is merely a homosexual.