May
31
Posted at 21:21 by Sadly, No!
Over at everyone’s favorite clearinghouse for wingnut excellence, Melana Zyla Vickers writes:
“Hundreds…faced detention, torture or ill-treatment, and up to three year’s imprisonment in appalling conditions. Prisoners reportedly died from malnutrition in labor camps … and in detention centers, which were severely overcrowded. … About 70 had been executed in public in January after being forcibly repatriated.”
Pretty horrible stuff. Too bad it’s nowhere near the top of Amnesty International’s new annual report. Why isn’t it? Because it’s not about the 480-odd detainees in Guantanamo Bay or about the U.S. military, but rather about a Communist country, North Korea.
You know to expect lots of wingnutty goodness based on the fact that ZV links not to AI’s report (available here), but instead to AI’s site. Given her dubious quoting skills, that seems to have been a wise decision. Consider for example the line: “About 70 had been executed in public in January after being forcibly repatriated” which leads her to write: Read the rest of this entry »
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May
31
Posted at 18:48 by Sadly, No!
A lot of people were killed:
But they’ll celebrate, as I do, the Greatest Generation. The one that interned Japanese, nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki (toddlers are dead, people), firebombed Dresden and Tokyo, invented the flamethrower, Napalm, White Phosphorous, and various and sundry other horrific ways to kill people.
We correctly laud these things as having been necessary in order to protect our United States, but, the fact is, each of these killled many civilians. And we sanctioned it, and have accepted it for decades.
Yes, let us praise the internment of the Japanese and the killing of countless civilians — no regrets Jeans, it’s what all the cool conservatives are wearing nowadays.
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May
31
Posted at 16:13 by Sadly, No!
We’ve heard from a couple of people about our feed no longer updating in Bloglines. This should be ok now, Captain .htaccess has come to our rescue.
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May
31
Posted at 11:54 by HTML Mencken
Lileks has been reading The Da Vinci Code. The result is much as you’d expect: straw manufacturing, witless sarcasm, wankery, unintended irony. It’s typical Lileks, and starts in the typical way.
There’s the veneer of good ol’ Midwestern suburban manners, very aww-shucksy. Yet something’s too pinched about it, and as is par for the Bleat course, after some references to the kids and a bit of wistful, nostalgic study over a pop-culture relic of better days — back when whitebread was whitebread and the broads knew their place and the style was so atomic baby — Ol’ Jimbo gets down to business, which means that passive becomes aggressive and the okey-dopey Fred Rogers of Minnesota tears at his cardigan, bites the cork off a bottle of rot-gut and focuses his rage on those fucking hippies:
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May
30
Posted at 23:30 by Gavin M.
I’m just going to briefly sum up the latest, here. And rumor has it that Retardo is coming back all pumped and mean from one of his mysterious sojourns, still wearing one of Josh Trevino’s incisors on his bola tie from the last little scrap he had.
From Patrick Bell, who was on a crime spree of outing anonymous bloggers last week:
My trip was most refreshing, and I’ve come back with what I think is a fresh perspective. I must admit, Seattle wears on a person — and so does spending too much time sparring with Leftist attack blogs.
My last edition of “Leftist of the Week”, which featured “Clif” from “Outsidethetent.com” may have gone too far, as perhaps did my comments on his blog. Attacking someone on the web (whether outing them, or excoriating them with snarky ad hominem attacks) is not only distasteful, it is also a complete waste of time.
Such behavior only breeds more contempt and distrust along the political spectrum. I have come to the supreme realization that some blogs are entirely focused on wasting people’s time, and destroying reputations by any means possible; that is not what we want to accomplish with this blog.
Grudge over; everyone wins. Yay!
However, it’s a bit like playing whack-a-mole over here, because some punk-ass outed Theristes, who’s the guy at BlogIntegrity who was following the Bell story. Next, everybody’s pal Jeff Goldstein chimes in with a bwaa-ha-haa, and as usual things go completely off the rails with people threatening Theristes, his wife NY Mary, and their children.
Now, if we’re a blog ‘entirely focused on wasting people’s time, and destroying reputations by any means possible,’ it’s high time to live up to some kind of standard.
Please check out this BlogIntegrity post if you haven’t already. That post got someone outed and had their children threatened. [UPDATE: The story's more complex than this; more later.] The sound you hear is sawing and hammering in the basement, as we work on what to do next.
[Double-update: Well. Goldstein, signator of the right-blogosphere's famous Online Integrity Pledge, just outed Theristes and his wife as well, in his comments.
Okay, that’s it. I’ve had it.
Until [redacted] and [redacted] of [redacted] College in [redacted] prove that one of my commenters made this comment about their kid—or else explain to their own commenters that coming over here and trying to tar my site with this offense is very bad form and will no longer be tolerated—[redacted and redacted of redacted in redacted] can kiss my ass. From the annex where they teach [etc].
Say, Retardo… What do we have going on tonight? I’m checking the schedule board, and it just keeps blinking ‘Goldstein’ in huge digi-green letters…
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May
30
Posted at 15:48 by Brad
It takes a lot for me to call someone a hero. When I was 9, my hero was Pee Wee Herman, and let’s just say that didn’t turn out so good. My subsequent hero selections, including O.J. Simpson, Barry Bonds and Bill O’Reilly, all turned out to be somewhat disappointing as well. So you can understand why I’m so reluctant to label anyone “heroic” in this deeply cynical age: at best, I’ll be painfully disillusioned, and at worst, I’ll be bombarded with lurid tales of Middle Eastern foods.
That said, I think it’s time to crank up the ol’ Bette Midler record, because this guy will go down as the greatest hero in the history of the universe:
A south Toledo man is using a replica of the Statue of Liberty to let the world know his thoughts on illegal immigration.  Art Bollinger says he got this idea from an e-mail he received, and decided to duplicate the picture.
From the front, you can see the Statue of Liberty. From behind, it shows Lady Liberty’s behind, in a thong bikini. The nearby sign says “Kiss my American Ass.”
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May
30
Posted at 3:36 by Brad
Very stupid, if they believe crap like this:
Despite media coverage purporting to show that escalating violence in Iraq has the country spiraling out of control, civilian death statistics complied by Rep. Steve King, R-IA, indicate that Iraq actually has a lower civilian violent death rate than Washington, D.C.
Note how he’s comparing the city of Washington D.C. to the entire country of Iraq. Not Baghdad, not Tikrit, not Fallujah, but the entire fucking country of Iraq.
I think this handy-dandy diagram capably illustrates King’s methodology:
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May
30
Posted at 1:35 by Gavin M.
(Still testing video-embed capabilities in Wordpress.)
Here, hopefully, is Robert Newman’s one-man show, ‘History of Oil,’ live at Hoxton Hall Theatre, London:
Update: And also, you ought not to miss this: http://writhesafely.wordpress.com/2006/05/28/one-foot-in-the-grave/
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May
29
Posted at 20:48 by Sadly, No!
Mr. Smith celebrates gets ready for Memorial Day by reaching for a bottle of Colt 45:
Liberal fashion fascists have been trying to have their way with us all our lives. During school days, they arrogated to themselves the power to declare themselves “in” and all the rest of us to be “out” kids.
This kid’s got issues — good news, everyone!
The day the New York Times handed down a diktat via its “style” book that the word “normal” was officially “out” of the American language, it was obvious that the abnormal “in” crowd was up to something. And that was before Clinton established his “don’t ask, don’t tell” legacy. Stroke of the pen – law of the land. Cool.
This isn’t going to get any better. Bonus points to Mr. Smith for working in a mention of The Clenis®.
It’s impossible not to notice the full court press that the DEMs have put behind making “google” a verb in popular parlance. They own the stock, profit from the company and hope to misguide the whole world into using a search engine that only finds what DEMs wish them to see.
Don’t worry, Mr. Smith, Google can still find you!
Google me once, shame on you. But don’t imagine that in this real information age, the world “out” here is full of A**[h]OL[es].
Code that, da Vinci.
That Colt 45 is some good shit. So wank the rant of man.
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May
29
Posted at 19:04 by Sadly, No!
Star Parker, no stranger to Sadly, No! readers, is in fine form today:
Gay agenda means less freedom for all
Giddy up!
Philosophers of science point out that there is nothing we can prove. We can only disprove things. The only thing that it takes to disprove something is to find one incident where the theory doesn’t work.
We have, for instance, a law of gravity. However, if we find one morning, while someone is eating their bowl of cheerios, that their spoon jumps out of their hand and flies up to the ceiling, we kiss goodbye to our law of gravity. [Italics added.]
Star, there are no Cheerios. Furthermore, Kaye Grogan called, she wants, her commas, back. Read the rest of this entry »
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May
29
Posted at 17:39 by Brad
Have a safe Memorial Day. Try to attend any tribute services or special events in your neighborhood before gouging your fat commie faces with tofu burgers and Amstel Light :-)
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May
28
Posted at 22:19 by Sadly, No!
It turns out that sometimes the people you think you know best are the people you don’t know at all. From Fox News:
Ever wish you could whisper in the president’s ear? Give him advice on issues plaguing the nation? Well, here’s your chance to tell the world what you would do if you were president of the United States. Twice weekly, we’ll ask our readers a question about an issue facing the nation and post your responses here.
Today’s question:
If you were president, what would YOU do to keep immigrants from entering the United States illegally?
The answer?
“Remember the Great Depression? When America sucked to live in and everyone was poor and out of work? Did we sneak into other countries to solve our problems? No, we fixed our own country through hard work. It’s time these Mexicans take pride in their own country and do something to make it a better place. Quit running away from your problems; take ownership of them. ” — Brad
:-(
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May
28
Posted at 19:45 by Sadly, No!
What’s even better than a moonbat blog called Sadly, No!? A wingnut site called The Fact Is. To top it off, TFI even does shorters of its own pieces, such as:
Sex-trafficking is a big business and it’s a big problem across the blog [sic]. And the radical Sexual Left doesn’t want to stop it.
Other articles’ shorters ask rhetorical questions its authors don’t answer, such as:
AIDS turns 25 this year. Why is it that despite millions of dollars spent on education and prevention campaigns infection rates have remained the same?
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May
28
Posted at 16:19 by Sadly, No!
As Sadly, No! continues its life with WordPress, we are working to iron out some kinks, including:
- All comments being posted by Mal de Mer getting treated as SPAM by SK2.
- The popup comments thing.
- The comments in the RSS feed thing.
Let us know if we forgot anything.
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May
27
Posted at 23:13 by Brad
Ezra, didn’t I say earlier that writing in-depth critiques of Jonah Goldberg’s work was an utter waste of time? So why are you still doing it? Dude, seriously. Your life will become much mo’ enjoyable when you learn to dismiss Jonah out of hand and then toss in a cheap ad hominem for good measure. Now, step away from the laptop, fire up your TiVo, and check out that Price is Right re-run you’ve been meaning to watch. C’mon, dude, Barkers’ Beauties are calling you.
“Ezra Klein… stop debating Jonah and COME ON DOWN!”
UPDATE: On the other hand, this takedown of Larry Kudlow by Dr. DeLong is bloody hilarious. He uses just the right mix of wonkish nerdspeak and the blogosperic language of ”OMG, your a moron, LMFAO!11!!
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May
27
Posted at 20:16 by Gavin M.
Beth @ bamapachyderm.com has uncovered additional background on GI Jesse, IowaHawk has an exclusive interview with Jesse and The Sandbox has the linky list of bloggers who are bringing Jesse’s story to the public.
Michelle Malkin’s Townhall column has the Pro-Defeat Lefties enraged – they wish she would forget about Jesse and concentrate on Iran’s current lunacy. Talk about playing a shell game of CYA. The Pro-Defeat Left can’t stand being laughed at – too late. Thanks GI Jesse – you’ve done more to help discredit the Pro-Defeatists than Karl Rove could have ever done 
Oh, wait did you say your Commander was LTCOL ROVE?
“Hey Brad, are you feeling the rage?”
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May
27
Posted at 20:15 by Brad
Now I can die in peace. Matt Furey, known for running several of the various scams advertized on NewsMax, has responded to a post I wrote making fun of him last year!
Matt Furey said,
May 27, 2006 at 7:29 pm ·
Hey Folks!
This is the Matt Furey, and i’m so pissed at you guys for having a conversation about my products without inviting me!
You guys can say what you want; but you’re ugly, unsuccessful, short and fat losers who never get any sexual action!
Hey! I am not short!
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May
27
Posted at 17:55 by Brad
I like Ezra Klein, but he spends way too much time thoughtfully dissecting Jonah Goldberg in this post. It should be clear by now that Jonah is an intellectual masochist who takes perverse pleasure in getting sand kicked in his face by infinitely more intelligent left-wing jocks. Any effort to seriously critique Jonah’s work is a futile exercise, as he’ll just shrug off your concerns, crack open another can of Red Bull, and churn out yet another 750-worder attacking the left for being objectively pro-murder. If you spend more than two sentences debunking one of Jonah’s columns, you are literally wasting precious minutes that could be used for more productive activities, such as TIVO-ing The Price is Right and hitting “pause” every time the camera zooms in on one of the Barker girls’ cleavage. To save young wonks like Ezra from wasting their lives responding to Jonah Goldberg, I have made a list of the three best responses to any Jonah Goldberg piece. You can mix’n'match ‘em as you see fit:
1.) “Jonah Goldberg is the stupidest man alive.” (We’ll call this “The DeLong Method.”)
2.) “Jonah Goldberg is a wanker.” (a.k.a., the Atrios Method.)
3.) “Jonah Goldberg spends his weekends watching Xena re-runs while receiving injections of Mountain Dew and Twinkee filling into his buttocks.” (a.k.a., The Remarkably Insensitive and Mean-Spirited Bradrocket Method.)
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May
27
Posted at 1:45 by Brad
Fun, fun, fun:
Iraqi minister defends Iranian nuclear program
Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology and the international community should drop its demands that Tehran prove it’s not trying to build a nuclear weapon, Iraq’s foreign minister said Friday.
So how long until we invade Iraq again (if we ever leave)?
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May
26
Posted at 23:12 by Brad
So I’ve become a big fan of Lost and the new Battlestar Galactica. I was shocked to like both of them, especially Lost, since it’s the first good show ABC has ever produced. What say the rest of you?
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