Does he realize that “The Conspiracy to Keep You Poor and Stupid” is a more accurate reflection of the crowd he runs with than any of those he attacks? What kind of crackerjack intellect sails under the flag of “poorandstupid.com?”

Krugman may be too arcane for these really, really deep thinkers.

Jealous much, Lusky?

He’s just jealous because they don’t hand out awards for pooh flinging and the stamping of widdle feet. (that’s some frenzied stamping too)

Poor widdle Luskin, holler, holler
Whine like a hyperactive toddler
Show us your white-hot burning envy
Be all the crass pig that you can be

All of your vaunted skills and thinkies
Could fit in Krugman’s little pinkie
Don’t hold it back, you’re on a roll
Poor widdle Luskin, oh!

I believe in a relatively equal society, supported by institutions that limit extremes of wealth and poverty. I believe in democracy, civil liberties, and the rule of law. That makes me a liberal, and I’m proud of it.

– Paul Krugman

Donald Luskin, financial genius. Maybe they’ll develop a Nobel Prize in FAIL so he’ll finally have a chance.

Everybody seen this yet?
Best topical picture blog since “hot chicks with douchebags”

http://sadguysontradingfloors.tumblr.com/

Some classic Assrocket from 2005 in which he mocks Krugman for his assertion that there might be a housing bubble:

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/011291.php

“Here are some of your deep thinkers:”

Yes, Howard Stern represents everything wrong with the Liberal Left today.

Obsidian Wings dubbed Luskin as the stupidest man alive.

Be sure to follow the links to get a full picture of his stupidity.

Twoofie-

I’m supporting Obama so I can attack him from the left for being way too conservative.

You still smell like poo.

Yes, the existence of a few people who say they’re gonna vote for Obama but don’t know shit about politics is a devastating developement. I will have to rethink my whole position.

who most definitely aren’t supporting him because of his skin color or party affiliation.

Well, far as I can tell, the only reason you and folks like goober are against Obama so vitirollically is because of his party affiliation and his skin color. I mean, be real, it’s not like you’d ever vote for a black Democrat in a million years.

Luskin’s gone mental.

Luskin’s been mental, dude. Must drive the poor bastard up the wall to know deep down than Krugman has absolutely no idea he exists, too.

Sad Guys on Trading Floors is great.

That guy sounds like he wants Paul Krugman to be dead.

Is he related to Casey Luskin, the IDiot?

” just enjoyed showing you the well thought out political beliefs of Obama supporters”

I doubt it. Your capacity for joy and happiness seems rather stunted, from my vantage point. That aside, let’s talk about YOU, Truth. What are -your- “well thought out political beliefs”? I mean, besides trolling like a hormone-addled teenage boy on a Mountain Dew bender.

Hi guys, I’m back. My apologies for not posting here for a while, but my doctor thought I had prostate cancer. I went through a few tests and thankfully I don’t have prostate or any other type of cancer.

But back to the important subject of cryptozoology. I’m sure many of you have heard of the famous Patterson footage that was shot by Roger Patterson on October 20, 1967 that shows a female speciman of Sasquach from 6-7 feet tall and from 500 -700lbs estimated. As many of you are also probably aware, several people have come foward over the years that claimed to be the man in the “gorilla suit.”

However, what I am about to write you will most likely prove to you beyond a reasonable doubt that the Patterson footage indeed shows a large unknown species of bipedal primate and that all of the people who have come foward and claimed to be the man in the “gorilla suit” are to put it bluntly, liars.

I will here by give you the top ten reasons why I and many other cryptozoologists believe the Patterson footage to be genuine.

1: The breasts.

Why would a hoaxer put breasts on a gorilla suit to create a prank costume? How would a hoaxer posess the knowledge that, against all considerations that look sane, placing hair on the breasts makes perfect sense (as hair exists on human and chimpanzee breasts)? The mere fact that this is a female is one of the greatest positive indicators that this is not a hoax. Most hoaxes of Bigfoot appear to be projections of male human behavior, and it appears to be totally illogical to think that a hoaxed female would be created. The film of this slowing walking female departing the area seems to be calm, powerful, and a behavior that, despite what we see before our eyes, natural.

2: The muscle movement.

You can see muscles moving under the hair. Look closely. This is especially true of the arms, the thigh musculature and the pectorals. Tears in the hair and flesh are visable in some enhancements, but the basic nature of the connection between the muscles and the hair is a good piece of evidence for this being real.

3: The turn.

Grover Krantz felt the whole head and shoulders moved together, something he said you would only see in great apes. Multiple analyses have shown that?s not exactly so, but there is a rigidity to the move that seems someplace between a human and an ape. Besides, the direct stare-down when the turn happens shows an intellegent primate that does not seem human or a human acting like an animal.

4: The toes.

Jeff Meldrum found that the right foot shows a toe splay that opens independently.

5: The Hair.

The overall pelt rests on the body like it is hair versus fur. Standard gorilla and monster costumes made in the 1960s do not show this feature, but have fur, rough artificial inserts, and other fake materials that do not have the look of this Bigfoot?s apparent hair coat.

6: The Sagittal Crest.

The bony structure so obvious on the top of the head, the sagittal crest is unexpected but so right. If these Bigfoot are Paranthropus, as they seem to be, than a sagittal crest, found in females as well as males should be on this bipedal hominoid.

7: The Native Traditions.

This film was shot in Six Rivers National Forest, near Bluff Creek, California, a location that is surrounded with hundreds of years of Hoopa First Nations? folklore about the Oh-Mah. The context and reinforcing notion that this film was not taken in a vacuum assist in the multiple layers of evidence apparent in this event.

8: The Human Emotional Feeling.

Patterson?s reaction, Gimlin (Roger Gimlin, his companion.) holding his rifle but not using his gun, and the general sense of how this film makes people feel may seem to be a shaky bit of support for this film. But if humans and Bigfoot have coexisted for hundreds of thousands of years, the kind of nonverbal reactions I have seen in people may indicate a deeper level of evidence that this is genuine.

9: The Stabilized Film Images.

The feeling one gets from the regular motion and slowed down stabilized footage, especially in contrast the flood of You Tube videos and blobsquach images, is night and day. The Patterson-Gimlin film looks very clear, and a hoaxer must have realized the slow movement of this creature in the frames would expose a hoax quickly and early.

10: The Buttocks.

The existence of steatopygia, under-discussed by researchers, is one of the most postive new pieces of the puzzle to be added to the pro-stance.

My advice to you. View the Patterson film in its entirety. Pause it a several different intervals with this knowledge in mind. You may end up becoming a supporter of cryptozoology.

Obama’s legacy will make Carter’s look like the first attempts of an amateur graffiti vandal. In this respect, he is no tyro. He has been raised for this purpose as single-mindedly as Sarah Conner’s son was raised to fight the conspiracies of SkyNet.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/14/mccain-transition-chief-a_n_134595.html

Damn, I wish I were a GOOPer so I could’ve had a high-paying job lobbying for Sadam Hussein.

who most definitely aren’t supporting him because of his skin color or party affiliation.

Um,yuh. We’re supporting him because we’re worried what will happen if a bitter, craven, dangerous old man gets elected.

Phoenix Woman, your po-itry is beautiful. Sniff.

Pause it a several different intervals with this knowledge in mind. You may end up becoming a supporter of cryptozoology.

I believe that film is of a libertarian, rendered hairy and helpless in the face of his inability to support himself and pay the bills for electric-razor electricity.

Y’know, “The Buttocks” is a vastly underutilized argument in support of any controversial position.

I, for one, intend to use it as my primary argument, both in support and in refutation of, any position I should choose to defend…

mikey

Cryptozoology? They’ve got zoos in crypts now?

1: The breasts.

10: The Buttocks.

Wait a minute… has this guy been watching footage of Sarah Palin?

Hey, “The Truth”.

I’ve got two words for you, young man:

The Buttocks…

mikey

Y’know, “The Buttocks” is a vastly underutilized argument in support of any controversial position.

Yeah! The closest thing I can think of that we see around here much is “tonguejack my shitbox”.

Must I be the man in a gorilla suit
Is it me, the man with the stranger’s buttocks

Is this some sort of Blog-Performance art?

I wish the “Wingnut” would become a mythical creature, seldom see outside its basement lair, leaving evidence of its presence by drifts of orange dust and spittle-flecked leaves. When startled, it shrieks and makes several illogical leaps.

And by the way, welcome back, Josh St. Lawrence. We’ve missed you! I’m glad to hear you’re all clear.

is it me, the man with the stranger’s buttocks

Yes, and he wants them back.

Thanks J, I appreciate that. I was pretty nervous for a while, but now that I know I’m clean, I’m back to investigating cryptids.

Dear The Truth:

I can’t seem to find any polling data right now.

You always seem to provide lots of poll results. Do you happen to have the current ones?

Krugman’s economic theories are clearly pro-sodomy.

I was pretty nervous for a while, but now that I know I’m clean, I’m back to investigating cryptids.

Glad to hear you’re OK.

Ahh, Josh St Lawrence. I see your sagittal crest and raise it one FUCHING FERRETS!

THE RANTOUL ILLINOS PRESS ONCE AGAIN SHOWS IT IS THE ONLY BRAVERY IN THE FACE OF THE MENNECE OF TEH FUCHING FERRETS. THEY ARE BRAKEING A STORY ABOUT HOW JOHN MCCANE WAS GOING TO STEEL THE BAILOUT MONEY AND ATTEMPT TO BRIBE TEH FUCHING FERRETS INTO NOT GANAWING HIS FACE OFF AND FOR THARE ASSISTANCE IN SEIZING THE IRANIAN EYELINER DEPOSITS. HU JINTAO AND ED MACMANN WERE SCHEDULED TO PRESENT A GIANT CHECK FOR 700 BILLION DOLLARS TO GEORGE BUSCH FOR THE BALEOUT. JOHN MCCANE WAS GOING TO APPEAR TO CLAIM CREDIT FOR FILLING OUT THE PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOSE SWEEPSTEAKS FORM THAT MADE THE BALEOUT HAPPEN. WHEN THE EVENT WAS OVER JOHN MCCANE WAS GOING TO TAKE THE CHECK AND SAY HE WAS GOING TO PUT IT IN HIS OFFICE FOR SAFE KEEPING. HE WOULD THEN DUCK OUT THE BACK DOOR AND INTO THE BED OF JOE LEIBERMENS EL CAMINO AND COVER HIMSELF WITH A SURPLUS FEMA TARP AND BE DRIVEN TO A SECRET MEATING WITH TEH FUCHING FERRETS. THE REAL SURPRISE WAS THE DOUBLE CROSS. TOD PALING WOULD HAVE KNOCKED LEIBERMEN AND MCCANE UNCONSCIES WITH AN EMPTY BOTTLE OF OLE GRAND DAD AND DRIVEN HIM TO THE CHEEPEST MOTEL IN RANTOUL ILLINOS WHERE TEH FUCHING FERRETS WERE WAITING. ON THE WAY HE WAS GOING TO PULL OFF THE INTERSTATE IN PESOTUM ILLINOS WHERE SARA PALING WOULD BE WAITING TO TAKE THE BALEOUT CHECK. SHE WOULD USE THE CHECK TO PAY OFF THE NOTE THE CHINEASE HAVE ON ALASKA AND DELCEAR INDEPENDANCE AND CROWN HERSELF QUEEN OF ALASKA. SHE WOULD THEN DON HER POLER BEAR PELT AND LEAD AN INVASION OF THE UNITED STATES BY RUNNING SCREEMING ACROSS THE BOARDER WITH THE SEVERED HEAD OF VLADIMER PUTIN IN ONE HAND AND A MOOSE FEMUR SPEAR IN THE OTHER. HER ARMY OF ZOMBY MOOSE WOULD HAVE FOLLOWED HER AND SET UP AN ARMAGEDDAN LIKE BATTLE WITH THE HORDES OF TEH FUCHING FERRETS ON THE PLAINS OF NORTH DAKOTA. SINCE TEH FUCHING FERRETS WOULD BE ENRAGED AT BEING STIFFED OUT OF 700 BILLION DOLLARS ZOMBY MOOSE WOULD BE NO MATCH EVEN LEAD BY A SHRIEKING QUEEN OF ALASKA.

Lonny Martello/2012

Krugman’s economic theories are clearly pro-sodomy.

The Boner Curve was a total giveaway.

Don’t BJ’s fall under the definition of sodomy?

If so, count me as pro-sodomy!

Wow. Hey Luskin? Penis envy much?

Is this some sort of Blog-Performance art?

You’re kinda new around here, aintcha?

The Loch Ness Monster is an entirely different story. While I remain 99.99% certain that Bigfoot exists, and is either an as of yet undiscovered species of bipedal primate or the supposedly “extinct” gigantopithicis (I personally tend to believe the latter theory) I am only 50% certain of the existence of the Loch Ness Monster.

Is it possible that the Loch Ness Monster exists? Absolutely. Do I believe that there is ample evidence to continue with the investigation of Nessie? You bet.

However, there are several problems which need to be addressed more fully. The first and most obvious problem is this, if Nessie exists and is indeed a supposedly extinct “plesiosaur” as many believe, than there must be a breeding population that would be able to avoid inbreeding. That would mean that there would have to be at the very least 50 of those creatures living in Loch Ness.

If there are that many Nessie?s living in Loch Ness, than it seems highly likely that they would be seen with much more frequency. Though one could argue that there is no one alive today that knows with absolute certainty the behaviors of the plesiosaur, which supposedly went extinct with the dinosaurs around 65 million years ago. It could be that they only surface when they have to breath, which of course we can only guess as to how long plesiosaurs can remain underwater without surfacing for air.

The second and most pressing problem is that of ample food supply for a breeding population of large aquatic (presumably carnivorious) animals. It appears that the Loch, may not hold enough fish that would be necessary to feed a breeding population of large aquatic animals such as the plesiosaur. Though the Loch did at one time have a much large fish and eel population than it does now. The eel population being only 3% of what it was in the 1970s. It may have been, that at one time, there was ample supply of fish and eels that a breeding population of assumed plesiours would require. If that is the case than it is possible that Nessie either went extinct, or is currently on the verge of extinction.

However, there is some hope for Nessie believers. Scientists have discovered what they believe to be an underground cave network, about 750 ft below the surface of the Loch. It his highly possible, that this network of caves could connect with the open ocean, thus making the afore mentioned problems null and void.

More thourogh examination of the possible cave network needs to be done.

LFC mentioned that Obsidian Wings named Luskin ‘the stupidest man alive’. He won that award because of this Washington Post editorial, published exactly one month ago today, just before the shitstorm started. Incredible stuff.

A few excerpts:
Things today just aren’t that bad.

… anyone who says we’re in a recession, or heading into one — especially the worst one since the Great Depression — is making up his own private definition of “recession.” And probably for his own political purposes.

And there is no crisis in housing, no crisis in banking, and no crisis in the financial markets. All is well.

…we’re on the brink not of recession, but of accelerating prosperity.

Unless he’s been canned in the last month, Luskin is one of McCain’s economic advisers.

Snort –
ITYM poo flinging, rather than pooh flinging. Although I am with the Dorothy Parker school that says a good pooh flinging would be a good thing to do.

RB,

Pssst. The name that should be on the tip of your tongue is Johnson.

How the hell am I supposed to read that with a straight face?

Any thoughts on the Rollin Calf of Jamaica?

Josh, has your research turned up any evidence for the existence of trolls?

Sure Snorghagen.

But aside from all that, how did you like my article?

Josh, if you haven’t already done so would you please investigate the Montauk Monster for me and report back? I wouldn’t give a fuck whether it’s real or fake but since it was found so close to Amagansett I’m a little concerned one of them might creep up on me mid-swill and cause me to spill my chardonnay.

…we’re on the brink not of recession, but of accelerating prosperity.

Dow 36,000!!!111!!!

eidos said,

October 15, 2008 at 1:28

“Josh, has your research turned up any evidence for the existence of trolls?”

LOL. Trolls are fairy tale monsters, and are somewhat out of the field of cryptozoology, along with ghosts and alien beings. However it is possible that people in the Middle Ages or earlier were seeing something (possibly a large primate like the European Wildman) that led them to believe in the existence of trolls. So it is a possiblity, I like to leave all doors open.

Lawnguylander said,

October 15, 2008 at 1:28

“Josh, if you haven’t already done so would you please investigate the Montauk Monster for me and report back? I wouldn’t give a fuck whether it’s real or fake but since it was found so close to Amagansett I’m a little concerned one of them might creep up on me mid-swill and cause me to spill my chardonnay.”

Will do my friend.

Sure Snorghagen.
But aside from all that, how did you like my article?

I bet Krugman’s green with envy.

The fact is, you liberals are biased and in the tank for Obama. He is a muslim and middle America here ion the Heartland doesn’t know him. You’ve made a big mistake trying to take on McCain with this unknown affirmative action case who is an empty suit and also a terrorist.

Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a troll who wasn’t there.
TheTroof was gone again today
His trolling masters wouldn’t pay.

Is my d*ck supposed to look like this?

Not that I can see it.

The Heartland … oh, fuck it all.

Pssst. The name that should be on the tip of your tongue is Johnson.

Good god I missed that. The whole post is pretty terrific.

Quoth mikey:

Y’know, “The Buttocks” is a vastly underutilized argument in support of any controversial position.

I’m not even sure where to begin admiring this statement.

Lonny Martello/2012

Yay Lonny!

I always wondered what would happen if Archie Pu and B1FF had a son.

Ah, the fine art of trolling.

Well, The Buttocks aside, I’d like to take a look at what Luskin was saying.

His argument seems to be that the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decided to honor Krugman’s earlier work, but only after he spent almost a decade wallowing in rabidly liberal politics. Ummm, yeah that sounds likely. Look Donny-boy, you don’t mind if I call you Donny-boy do you, it’s easy to admit that you were wrong. Here, I’ll go first – I was wrong when I said that I’d loke to take a look at what you were saying.

Actually, I think Brad Delong was the first to give Luskin the Stupidest Man Alive title, over Luskin’s infamous claim that Baghdad was safer than DC.

Also, anyone else remember this little gem?

Bigfoot is a guy in a gorilla suit. Thank you.

Different Jake H. said,

October 15, 2008 at 2:09

“Bigfoot is a guy in a gorilla suit. Thank you.”

Jake, read the article I posted at 0:43, than watch the video again. There is no way that video is of a man in a “gorilla suit. It has been proven scientificly time and time again.

Heh. Indeed. One of the added pleasures of seeing Krugman get this honor is watching all the wingnut heads explode. Stocked up on popcorn when I heard it.

Here’s an article about a skeptical fingerprint expert, who examined Sasquach footprints, hoping to debunk their existence, but came to the opposite conclusion.

http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_article.asp?id=303

I am only 50% certain of the existence of the Loch Ness Monster.

But, but, what about The Buttocks?

mikey

Bigfoot is a guy in a gorilla suit. Thank you.

It’s not a guy in a gorilla suit. It’s Antonin Scalia.

Never mind the Bullocks, here’s the Buttocks!

I like to prononce “buttocks” with emphasis on the second syllable and the “o” like the “o” in lock.

Here’s a link to an article, about the Patterson footage, that should assist in clearing up any doubts you might have as to its authenticity.

http://www.bfro.net/REF/THEORIES/pgfdebunkings.asp

Comment 706028 cries out for mercy from Würdpress.

From the link posted at 2:34.

“No scientists or qualified experts have ever debunked the Patterson footage. It has never been shown to be fake. On the contrary, every scientist who has studied the footage either says it shows a real, unclassified species, or that a conclusion cannot be made.

Close scrutiny and analysis of the Patterson footage almost always transforms scientific skeptics into supporters for more research into the subject.”

But, but, what about The Buttocks?

That argument stinks.

Close scrutiny and analysis of the Patterson footage almost always transforms scientific skeptics into supporters for more research into the subject.

Sorry, I’m not buying it.

That badger got its degree from some diploma mill.

Here’s a link to a page describing the anatomy of Sasquatches.

http://www.bfro.net/gdb/show_FAQ.asp?id=585

Hot!

I am only 50% certain of the existence of the Loch Ness Monster.

Josh St. Lawrence, you are out of your mind. Seriously, cave diving at 750 feet? That’s fucking insane.

Avast, ye scurvy dogs!

I return from the land of Alkon, with my 7,000 tiny dwarves.

That badger got its degree from some diploma mill.

Ahem, RB.

I was accepted into the Rabid Pelican College of Our Bleeding Tortured Savior with a full scholarship!

In spite of the rampant discrimination against Mustelidae, common at such places way back then.

Dragon-King Wangchuck said,

October 15, 2008 at 2:50

I was thinking more in the way of a submersible.

But, but, what about The Buttocks?

Never Mind the Buttocks, Here’s the Sex Pistils!

I’m more into cryptobotany.

Does this burqa make my butt look fat? I want to look good for Obama’s coronation.

#

Righteous Bubba said,

October 15, 2008 at 2:42

But, but, what about The Buttocks?

That argument stinks.

Perhaps you didn’t hear me clearly.

I asked about “The Buttocks”.

What are you, anti-science or something?

mikey

I was thinking more in the way of a submersible.

Ahh, that makes more sense. Navigating in the peaty waters would probably have to be done by sonar. Still, that’s one heckuva expensive investigation.

I was accepted into the Rabid Pelican College of Our Bleeding Tortured Savior with a full scholarship!

How did I know you’d turn out be a muslin?

Do you support some kind of “Intelligent Buttocks Design” theory or something?

Just saying “God hit that” is not good enough, my friend.

We come from the Buttocks Reality Community here, and we know our buttocks.

Tell ‘im, Josh….

mikey

Yes, it would be very expensive, however in my humble opinion, the price tag will be worth it. It could very well prove or deny the continued existence of a supposedly extinct creature. Or the existence of a creature previously unknown to science for that matter.

If Krugman is dead, that’d make Luskin a Zombie – which would go a long way toward explaining his difficulty with non-brain-scarfing-type concepts, like economics.

Damn … his own company going tits-up just makes it that little bit more savory, doesn’t it though?

LOL. Trolls are fairy tale monsters

Heh heh heh. Not on these here Interwebs, they’re not.

Heck, I’ve gone on the odd merry jaunt under the proverbial bridge myself, when some wingnut posts something sufficiently ripe for prime trollage – although I don’t go full-trolltard, meticulously opening new e-mail accounts &/or posting from library terminals to hunt my prey with relative impunity. I (sort of) respect the banhammer, even if the slug wielding it has a room-temperature IQ – it’s THEIR blog, after all.

Y’know, “The Buttocks” is a vastly underutilized argument in support of any controversial position.

Not to mention an apt descriptor of some of those who advocate one. Personally, I’ve tended to favour the more earthy contra to any thesis “X” – namely, “X, my ASS!”

Guess that’s what happens when you come from the wrong side of the tracks.

Josh,
Delta looks about right for this type of investigation, but considering the size of Loch Ness, the search could take a very long time. Also, even if successful and a underwater tunnel was found, it wouldn’t prove the existence of Nessie.

Here’s a link to a page about “Nessie’s lair.”

http://www.nessie.co.uk/htm/about_loch_ness/lochness.html

Do you support some kind of “Intelligent Buttocks Design” theory or something?

If you think J-Lo’s ass bootated from monkeys you’re out of your mind.

Delta would probably be the best submersible for the job. Finding the underwater tunnel wouldn’t necessarily prove the existence of Nessie, but it would prove that it is highly possible that it does exist. Also, it would be best to attach an underwater camera to the submersible, which in any event if Nessie(s) is found and photographed at that close of a range, it would indeed prove its existence.

Don’tcha have a link to a page about “Nessie’s Buttocks”?

mikey

The case for buttocksial intelligent design is compelling. The First Law of Thermodynamics clearly states that buttocks cannot be created or destroyed. Only the firm hands of an all-powerful higher entity could have shaped the First Tush.

…if Nessie(s) is found and photographed at that close of a range, it would indeed prove its existence.

So now you’re implying Nessie’s a transvestite?

I say ban this apostate!

If you think J-Lo’s ass bootated from monkeys you’re out of your mind.

Survival of the Funkiest?

mikey

We wuz wondering about you just the other day, Josh.

First, props for being the only other blog commenter I’m aware of to use the word ‘steatopygia.’ It’s long been one of my favorites.

I guess it was you medical situation that prevented you from getting back to us about the Hodag?

Survival of the Funkiest?

Irreducible junklexity!

mikey said,

October 15, 2008 at 3:17

“Don’tcha have a link to a page about “Nessie’s Buttocks”?”

mikey

LOL. If Nessie is an supposedly “extinct” plesiousar as many in the cryptozoology community would believe, than photographing its buttocks would be fairly difficult. A plesiosaur would’t have a buttocks like a mammal would. All it would have would be an anal opening, like a crocodile or other species of reptiles.

The Blind Junkmaker?

mikey

Ahh.

I sensed an anal opening.

And I went ALL IN!!

mikey

Yes indeed PeeJ. But thankfully I don’t have any cancer, which would have been quite a bummer, in that I have yet to scientifically prove the existence of any cryptid to the “mainstream” scientific communities satisfaction.

All it would have would be an anal opening, like a crocodile or other species of reptiles.

D00d, this isn’t the pr0rno channel.

Clearly the possibility that the recently discovered underwater caves in Loch Ness could have led to the trans-Atlantic organizing of Bill Ayers and Barack Obama cannot be dismissed.

For those of you who don’t know, steatopygia is the accumulation of fat between the two gluteus muscles (maximus and medius). It was very common among human females during the stone age, where during the dry season, as food shortages happen, human females could have lived largely off their stored fat.

Steatopygia is not very common among human females today, except for the Khoisan and the Hotterntots of Southern Africa, the Pygmies of Central Africa, and the Negritos of the Andaman Islands, Southeast Asia.

THE LAST LIVING SPECAMENS OF BIGFOOTS WERE EXTERMANATED BY THE OFF TARGET MOOSE HUNTING SHOTS OF A YOUNG SARA PALING. THE EVIDANCE OF THE BIGFOOTS WAS DESTROYED BY A HORDE OF TEH FUCHING FERRETS. THEY QUICKLY TURNED THE DEAD BIGFOOTS INTO A PILE OF SANDWITCHES WITH MAYONASE. TEH FUCHING FERRETS ATE THE SANDWITCHES WITH SEVERAL GALLONS OF DIET SPRITE AS THEY NORMALLY DO. TEH FUCHING FERRETS THEN BELTCHED LOUDLY AND SCARED A PACK OF MOOSE WHICH RAN TOWARDS SARA AND TOD PALING. ONE OF THE MOOSE STEPPED ON TOD PALINGS SNOWMOBILE AND SCRATCHED THE PAINT. EVER SINCE THEN THE PALINGS HAVE BEEN ON AN ANTI MOOSE JIHOD UNTIL THE LAST MOOSE IS TURNED INTO MOOSEBOURGER OR A ZOMBY MOOSE. SO SARA PALING IS NOT ONLY RESPONSIBAL FOR THE EXTINCTIEN OF BIGFOOTS BUT ALSO AN EPIC BATTLE WITH TEH FUCHING FERRETS WHICH WILL END ALL LIFE ON EARTH.

Let’s make the Republicans cry:

It’s goodbye to the Reagan era as Feds buy stakes in banks

By Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — When the sun set on the nation’s capital Tuesday, it marked the end of one era in the nation’s political economy and the beginning of another. American taxpayers, the proverbial Joe Six-Pack and Jane Wine-Box of campaign lore, had become partial owners of the nation’s nine leading banks, with more to come.

The Bush administration’s announcement that it would take ownership stakes in private banks marked a momentous shift away from a 30-year effort to get government out of business’s way and opened the door to a new era of government engagement with business in ways that are only starting to unfold.

…what’s going on here is instead a progression of the mixed democracy-capitalism that’s been evolving at least since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal of the 1930s. The evolution this time is toward stronger government and more regulated markets, whereas since the start of the Reagan Revolution in 1981, it’s been the opposite…

Looks like the most dreadful words ever heard by Republicans are “I’m from the Obama campaign, and I’m here to kick your ass.”

Nessy’s got a big ole butt
I know I told you I’d be true
But Nessy’s got a big ole butt
So I’m leaving you in my submersible with an underwater camera

We better not be working towards a Hottentot Venus discussion.

All it would have would be an anal opening, like a crocodile or other species of reptiles.

It always comes back to the poop here.

There are no Hottentots, unless you’re blogging from the 19th Century.

Scores of minutes of fun.

(Use your cursor.)

So now that we are ALL Bankers do we get the hours?

I wonder tho, doesn’t that mean we are now on the hook to any disgruntled stock holders?

From El Cid’s link:

American taxpayers, the proverbial Joe Six-Pack and Jane Wine-Box of campaign lore, had become partial owners of the nation’s nine leading banks, with more to come.

Insert Ann Althouse joke here.

Insert Ann Althouse joke here.

Sexist pig! Stop standing so close to the Clenis™.

Rush Limbaugh decides he just doesn’t need any black listeners any more. Via Digby and from Crooks & Liars:

From the time of my birth, 57 years ago, to today, this country has grown and expanded, prosperity has opened its doors for more and more people around the world, not just people born in this country.

We know the stories of Asians emigrating and running rings around people born in this country academically in California. We know all about the immigration, legal and illegal, to get into the country. We know that the standard of living has risen. We know that technological advancement is going along at light speed.

And yet during this period of time, whether it be the last 57 years or be it the last 20 years, it seems that a majority of the black population has remained angry, frustrated, and behind. They’ve been left behind. They are acting like they’ve been left behind, and of course we’ve heard that this is because of racism, natural systemic institutional racism in America, that we are unfair, that this country is just horrible and rotten.

You ever ask yourself how it is that people not even born here can come here and in a few short years begin prospering in school, their own business or what have you, yet people who are born in this country somehow have been raised to hate it, to think they’re still back in the days of slavery.

I actually think, after studying all this ACORN stuff and reading what Stanley Kurtz has written about this, I actually believe that what has taken place here in addition to liberal Democrat legislation, such as the Great Society and the war on poverty, which a lot of people will now acknowledge really busted up the black family by the government taking the place of the husband and father, free to roam around and bear no responsibility.

The mother remained the mother, she got the financial assistance from this legislation, from the federal government. The federal government became the father.

The father didn’t have to hang around in order for the kids to be okay, depending on how you define okay. But as you study more and more of this ACORN stuff, you find that it has been part of an entire movement that has been going on for two, maybe three decades, right under our noses.

We thought that it was just liberal welfare policies and all that that kept blacks from progressing while other minorities grew and prospered, but no, it is these wackos from Bill Ayers to Jeremiah Wright to other anti-American Afrocentric black liberation theologists with ACORN, and Barack Obama is smack dab in the middle of it, they have been training young black kids to hate, hate, hate this country, and they trained their parents before that to hate, hate, hate this country. It was a movement.

It was a Bill Ayers, anti-capitalist, anti-American educational movement. ACORN is how it was implemented, right under our noses. They’re doing far more, folks, than just cheating when it comes to elections and registration.

They are in deep in this mortgage crisis. ACORN and Obama and Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, the Democrat Party, have their fingerprints all over the subprime mortgage crisis. The whole concept of affordable housing was people that can’t afford a mortgage are going to get one, because America is unfair.

It has been a movement, it has been a religion, and Obama and Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers were all up to their big ears in it.

As long as you understand that by “hate this country” you mean “black people voting for Obama and/or Democrats”. Nice.

Scores of minutes of fun.

As long as you don’t pick up the red phone.

I was accepted into the Rabid Pelican College of Our Bleeding Tortured Savior with a full scholarship!

Another example of you LIEbrals using affirmative action for the advantage of our enemies in the war against pelicans and badgers!!

Rush, you keep forgetting,…

Bigot=Frightened Moron.

Still, I can’t wait to see the protest signs:

FEAR the ACORN!!

It never fails. Someone mentions reptilian anal openings and then up pops Rush Limbaugh.

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It never fails. Someone mentions reptilian anal openings and then up out pops Rush Limbaugh.

Fixed!

Ann Althouse = Jane Wine-Box * Amy Winehouse

Rush Limbaugh decides he just doesn’t need any black listeners any more.

In all seriousness – did he have any before?

Ann Althouse?

I’m going to have to see “The Buttocks”…

mikey

This is just the darnedest thread I ever did see. I don’t know half of what you kids are goin’ on about tonight. Pelicans, badgers, cryptozoology, Big Foot, wineboxes, outhouses, the Loch Ness monster’s buttocks, Hottentots, ferrets, trolls, Rash Phlemgball AND the Clenis and magic snakes and I don’t know what all. You’ve all gone psycho-loco is what I think. I’m turnin’ in before I catch something.

The pass-phrase to scare Republicans will now be “Out of little ACORNS mighty oaks will grow.”

Too Late, MzNicky!!1!

I’m with you, MzNicky. I don’t have a friggin’ clue. I think they all had some of Rugged’s “special” mushrooms . . .

Candy: Either that or the perfect storm of wingnuttery has finally done ’em all in.

A horrifying prospect!

I don’t know half of what you kids are goin’ on about tonight. Pelicans, badgers, cryptozoology, Big Foot, wineboxes, outhouses, the Loch Ness monster’s buttocks, Hottentots, ferrets, trolls, Rash Phlemgball AND the Clenis and magic snakes and I don’t know what all.

It is incumbent upon us as concerned citizens to explore all of these topics, each of them a critical component of today’s kaleidoscopic political scene.

Ann Althouse?

mikey

“Dear god!” cried Candy, covering her eyes with one frail, shaking hand while batting at the mental light switch with the other in a futile attempt to oh fuck make it stop!

A pelican, a badger, a cryptozoologist, Big Foot pushing a tiptruck loaded with wineboxes, the Loch Ness monster with his buttocks stuck in an outhouse, a Hottentot, a ferret, a troll, Rash Phlemgball, a magic snake AND the Clenis (aka, “The Twins”) all walk into a bar . . . .

It is incumbent upon us as concerned citizens to explore all of these topics, each of them a critical component of today’s kaleidoscopic political scene.

Well, fine. I’m as much in favor of critical exploration as the next Sadlynosian. I fear, though, that when the discussion veers into Althouse Buttock’s terrain, some sort of theoretical line of decorum has been breached. With all due respect, I hearby move that discussion of Ann’s anal area and parts east and west be tabled to be taken up at some future date only in the event that such discussion is of profound national security importance. I feel fairly sure this will keep us safe for some time to come. So to speak. All in favor . . .

I fear I’m objectively anti-Ann’s ass. Maybe it’s because her head is usually up it.

A pelican, a badger, a cryptozoologist, Big Foot pushing a tiptruck loaded with wineboxes, the Loch Ness monster with his buttocks stuck in an outhouse, a Hottentot, a ferret, a troll, Rash Phlemgball, a magic snake AND the Clenis (aka, “The Twins”) all walk into a bar . . . .

And the cryptozoologist couldn’t find any of them.

What’ll ya have, my fiends?

What’ll ya have, my fiends?

I’ll have a straight-talk express, on the rocks with a twist of bitter lemon.

Shaken Weird Parakeet Sweat with Drunken Chilled Maple-Flavored Syrups

Ingredients:
7 cups God-damned parakeet sweat, ineffectually iced
3 ounces cryptic maple-flavored syrup, luckily iced

Add the parakeet sweat cold-bloodedly to the maple-flavored syrup since it’s lighter. Serve in a small creamy tumbler. Run.

I think our Mr. Lawrence has a wee disorder known as monomania.

Justme-
apparently I am not aware of all internet traditions. Looks like MzNicky isn’t either.

Althouse Buttock’s terrain

Isn’t that Hieronymus Bosch’s neighborhood?

Hey! Don’t blame us for buzzing around your living room! Josh St. Lawrence left all the doors open again!

A pelican, a badger, a cryptozoologist, Big Foot pushing a tiptruck loaded with wineboxes, the Loch Ness monster with his buttocks stuck in an outhouse, a Hottentot, a ferret, a troll, Rash Phlemgball, a magic snake AND the Clenis (aka, “The Twins”) all walk into a bar . . . .

All one guy?

can someone tell me how to make italics on this stupid thing?

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can someone tell me how to make italics on this stupid thing?

I check with RB for all my recipes.

But [i] and [/i] opens and closes your italix-amurkans. With angle brackets <, not squares [.

buskertype: Less than sign small i greater than sign words you want to italicize less than sign backslash i greater than sign.

fancy Latin name for Chupacabras

Remove the spaces between the alligators and the i’s.

That didn’t work. Ignore my comment; read the previous two. I blame my campaign.

Wingnut Instapunk lists his favorite music;
Bob Dylan
Mick Jagger
Rolling Stones
Neil Young
Bonnie Raitt
Bruce Springsteen

Sounds about right; conservative, stodgy, staid and dogggedly anti-inventive. It’s just a shame so many Progressives seem to be beholden to that kind of music as well.

Looks like the Canadian neoConservative Party is heading for either a strong minority or a weak majority. It’s a black day.

I am furious with the Liberals. They picked the worst possible candidate to lead and made some disastrous moves early on. FUCK. We cannot have Bush running this country…we are well and truly fucked.

Don’t feel bad Lesley, it appears to be a stronger minority, but we expected a majority two weeks ago, don’t you recall. I’m actually relieved.

The Liberals actually suffer from more than the Worst Possible Candidate. They suffer from Paul Martin’s advisors. The Martinite branch of the party has got to be among the most unbearable of losers ever to grace the Liberal machine. I knew they were losers by the very fact that they thought that Jean Chrétien was a loser. There is no political winner in Canada more winning than Jean Chrétien, and I wasn’t even that much of a fan of him.

I’m keeping an eye on CBC.CA, Leslie. Are you?

[Thundering roar of SadlyNo!sians and their cryptozoological menagerie stampeding away from Canadian political talk.]

Looks like a strong minority (as in, three opposition parties will be needed to defeat Harper).

I think one of the reasons why cryptozoologists like me are so interested in AAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!!! IT’S THE LOCH NES>•–,,——,,——-

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Aha! I get it!
should have asked a long time ago.

I’ve got a squeaker in my riding: 500-something votes separating the Liberal from the leading Bloc guy. Still counting.

Mandos, do you now what happened to TresBullocks?

Did Harper get them in the end?

Sadder than the geekiest Star Wars fanboy… the Rand-roid…

“I flashed on the scene from Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead when Peter Keating hears a speech by Ellsworth Toohey — the diminutive newspaper columnist and professor to whom I’ve likened Krugman before –“

I’ve got a squeaker in my riding

Is this crypto-zoology or some weird Canadian election thing?

If poor old Alfred Nobel could’ve seen this thread, maybe he wouldn’t’ve been so perpetually dour about that whole inventing-dynamite-thing … but then, with no guilt, he’d never have endowed the magnificent Prize that bears his name!

Therefore this thread is a menace to humanity!

In a nice way, I mean.

I have yet to scientifically prove the existence of any cryptid to the “mainstream” scientific communities satisfaction.

I sense a paradox. Being proven, would not said critter then cease to be a cryptid? This’s more like cryptoZENology, amirite? It’s the sound of one taxonomy clapping if you ask me.

Find me a Kraken & I’ll die a happy man.
Cthulhu would be even better – the GOP is quickly running out of viable candidates, & “Big C” would fit right in … at least until he started devouring his running-mate & campaign staff.

Tres Toros is having technical difficulties, moved onto an old DB, anything you write to them will go into /dev/null. That’s what you get for letting biologists try to run their own hosted blog.

Is this crypto-zoology or some weird Canadian election thing?

YESSSSSSSS!
/Marv Albert (chomp!)

Buskertype: it’s a Canadian election thing. We have things like squeakers and squishies and ridings and doggings and fuzzings. Our elections (and politicians) are just more cuddly.

Y’know, “The Buttocks” is a vastly underutilized argument in support of any controversial position.

That is all my bum.

I’ve got a squeaker in my riding

Is this crypto-zoology or some weird Canadian election thing?

Um…both?

The Monster Of The Memphremagog

That’s what you get for letting biologists try to run their own hosted blog.

Fucking Biologists!

Well after all, it was just an experiment.

Ludophile said,
October 15, 2008 at 5:40

Paging The Fool…Paging The Fool…

Please report to Thread 12725 immediately…

Well, The Buttocks aside, I’d like to take a look at what Luskin was saying.
“The Buttocks, Braintree, Essex” sounds like the abode of a retired stockbroker.
Luskin’s point appeared to be that real economists like Hayek and Friedman never left their ivory towers or stooped to the marketplace of ideas in order to promoting specific policies.

Only the firm hands of an all-powerful higher entity could have shaped the First Tush.
I never realised that Snorghagen was an adherent to the Church of Shakira’s Ass.

I’ve got a squeaker in my riding

That sounds either sexy or painful or both.

To the ear unattuned to Canadian politics.

I read there was a Conservative minority finally – is that official?

The area of zoocryptology does not receive the attention it deserves.

A plesiosaur would’t have a buttocks like a mammal would.

But Nessie’s posterior passage
Is blocked by the sounds of denial
Which accounts for the “big foot” of Bigfoot”,
And Nessie’s inscrutable smile.

I read there was a Conservative minority finally – is that official?

Looks like, Sam. [Sigh…]

We have a heartland here too. Yesterday’s man/woman will always get 35-40% of the vote.

Yesterday’s man/woman

I suppose that also has cryptozoological implications.

Totally unrelated, but Obama just cracked 80 on Intrade.

The Globe is reporting that Harper’s popularity is up by less than 1% over the 2006 election which means he hasn’t persuaded most Canadians he’s the guy. 61% of the electorate – so far- has voted for one of the other four parties.

Past this election, the liberal-left is going to have to form a coalition. Right now the vote is too split.

The Liberals are a total disaster, nationally. They have virtually zero support west of Ontario, relatively little in Quebec – which is terrible considering Dion’s first language is French for Christ sake and he won the debate there – and they’ve been beaten badly in Ontario. The Cons have lost hugely in Quebec but they’ve conquered western Canada, including my province, tragically. (I shudder to think what lives under the floorboards in BC…)

Christ, Canada’s elections really are starting to look more & more like American ones – big votes for neocons from ambivalent voters, & a turnout-percentage in the mid-fifties. There was no big issue this time, like Free Trade in 1988, but this is still downright disgusting to me – I can remember (& not very long ago at that) when a turnout this low would’ve been a major national disgrace … now nobody’s even prone to bat an eyelash.

It always feels weird to me to vote, knowing that this very minor & simple activity puts people in or out of power – & that around the world, a lot of folks have died just to get a shot at doing it.

Another Harper minority = good … a stronger one = bad. He wisely hid from Canadians since taking over from Martin (he makes Cheney look like JFK, personality-wise), & his pandering to the SUV-set looks to be paying off. “Tax cuts are way kewl, & social services are, like, Totally Ghey!” Sound familiar? He’d like to deregulate our financial sector, too – the same one that’s largely been spared the horrorshow going on in the US by those pesky rules – so you just KNOW what an economic genius he is.

Canadians learned NOTHING from the marathon of fugly that was the Mulroney Years that they couldn’t forget with a trip to the mall & a few new DVDs.

Anyone interested in Canuckistanian voting results can see the progress here. There are still votes to be counted but it looks like a slightly stronger Conservative minority (over 2006).

National: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/
Provincial: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/v5/content/election2008/provincial-results.html

3Bulls has entered cryptozoology territory!!

Get Josh on it !!

What happened is that the old Social Credit coalition has been put together again, but not well enough to make it stick.

The other thing is that there is nothing that anyone with a “Conservative” label on his behind can do that will get them defeated in Alberta. Nothing.

My theory on why the Liberals have tanked, for what it’s worth, is
a) the introduction of the carbon tax was a disaster, particularly for rural voters who don’t have access to public transit and for those who are facing long term unemployment in manufacturing. The plan was poorly communicated and the anti-Green Cons attacked it mercilessly.

b) Dion has no charisma. He’s educated, intelligent, thoughtful, but he’s a capital N nerd whose English is often garbled. Like I could give a crap about that, but a lot of people want someone who comes out punching and he’s not up for that. Chretien (former Liberal PM) frequently garbled his English but Canadians had a gruff affection for him because he never backed down. He would raise his voice and stand his ground. In fact, when some conservative (can’t remember who) made fun of Chretien’s facial disability that contributes to him sounding garbled, the vast majority of Canadians reacted furiously. Dion seems incapable of asserting himself. His broken English only compounds the problem.

He’s dead in the water now.

Having discovered “Sadly, No!” our hero rejoices…

I’m not so fond of the Liberals, but the problem for them runs deeper than that. They have no talent. They drove out the Chrétien wing of the party, for losers with a bad theory. Have we heard a peep out of Sheila Copps or Lloyd Axworthy or Herb Dhaliwal? These are all people who’ve retreated to private life, but are seasoned politicians who know what they’re doing. The rest are Paul Martin idiots and neophytes in the manner of Rae and Iggy(-Pop). I mean, Paul Martin is a huge “What were they thinking?” moment, and it’s like the party has never moved past that.

The other thing is that there is nothing that anyone with a “Conservative” label on his behind can do that will get them defeated in Alberta. Nothing.

Yup, Alberta’s politically retarded challenged.

Rob Anders in Calgary West wins 58% of the vote. I heard he disappeared – didn’t even bother campaigning.

In BC, I’m almost sure the lack of support relates to the carbon tax.

Second, we have a provincial liberal government that is rapidly decreasing in popularity because well…absolute power has corrupted absolutely and that never goes down well. Ironically, the BC liberals are much closer to the neocons in practice and ideology but some people may associate the federal with the provincial party. They shouldn’t.

Third, BC has large suburban immigrant populations of South Asians and Chinese who tend to vote conservative.

Plus there are a fuck of a lot of rich people living here…wow. Filthy rich. You practically have to be to afford a home in Vancouver anymore.

The oil companies in Alberta influence the vote. Definitely.

“But, but, what about The Buttocks?”

That taint fair.

Lloyd Axworthy left long before Chretien got nailed for ad-scam. I believe he’s teaching international relations at UBC. I’d love for him to come back but he’s not interested. Can’t say as I blame him after ad-scam and just the hell involved in being a politician these days.

The party had no choice but to get rid of Chretien. He’s a liability.

What has it got? John Manley and Bob Rae. (Ontario still holds a grudge against Mae so he’ll never get the top job.) Torture-bill supporting Iggy (ugh!) and you can bet Iggy’s eye is on the top job now. I’m sure he’s salivating tonight. If Iggy wins the liberal leadership, Canada’s done as far as having any liberal representation.

The cons have 141 elected. Lib has 75 and the NDP has 33 🙁

OT: Too lucid for the National Review of which he’s a 1/7 owner, the junior Buckley pays for his heresy.

The GOP in 2008: A Thousand Points Of Spite.

Also, “JIHOD” is my new favorite word.

I beg to differ that Chrétien’s a liability. He could have won through Adscam. I said I’m not a Lib fan (NDP supporter)—but Adscam was a trivial crisis that the Martinite wing of the Liberal Party eagerly helped make a big issue. Adscam could have been a hurricane in a thimble, handled properly. I mean, Gomery? Come on. I thought Chrétien’s reaction to the whole thing was hilarious and appropriate. That golf balls thing, heh heh.

Lesley, have you read this? Hilarious.

It needs to be required reading for all Liberals if Iggy makes another grab at the brass ring.

Rob Anders is the guy who objected to giving Nelson Mandela a national award on account that he may be a terrorist…

Ah, Calgary. They feel that they’re voting against Ottawa, not against a party.

Please, spare us from Iggy. But cutting out Dion, though probably inevitable, will be a mistake. The blame lies with party strategists. I still blame Martin. I beat my head against the wall over the Martin absurdity. Apparently, they were telling Warren Kinsella that he was an unwelcome Chrétien has-been… (He is, but he still knows how to win.)

Y’know, “The Buttocks” is a vastly underutilized argument in support of any controversial position.

I’m not even sure where to begin admiring this statement.

Perhaps with Johnson on the tip of your tongue.

I’ve got a squeaker in my riding
See also ferrets and noses.

Mandos said, I beg to differ that Chrétien’s a liability. He could have won through Adscam.

Are you kidding me? Ad-scam is the single reason the Liberals their majority momentum to Harper. Stealing millions in tax dollars – including shady transfers of large amounts of cash in paper bags to fat cats in Quebec for a liberal ad campaign – did not go over well with the country and this included Quebecors who felt they were tarnished by the fact that it involved Quebec businessmen. This was blatant abuse and few went to jail for it. The Liberal Party was corrupt as hell at the executive level.

henry lewis said, Lesley, have you read this? Hilarious.

Yes, henry 🙂 I read that when it first came out. I can’t figure out why that repulsive dude is in the Liberal Party. I can only include the Party has changed.

I’ve got a squeaker in my riding

Just pray it doesn’t thaw.

Henry, here’s another piece on Iggy
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060825.wxboat26/BNStory/National/home

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I think I shit a kitten laughing at that.

Just pray it doesn’t thaw.
OK, what did you guys do to make the house-ape giggle and fall off his chair?

Are you kidding me? Ad-scam is the single reason the Liberals their majority momentum to Harper. Stealing millions in tax dollars – including shady transfers of large amounts of cash in paper bags to fat cats in Quebec for a liberal ad campaign – did not go over well with the country and this included Quebecors who felt they were tarnished by the fact that it involved Quebec businessmen. This was blatant abuse and few went to jail for it. The Liberal Party was corrupt as hell at the executive level.

Sorry, we’ll have to agree to disagree on this one. I followed it pretty closely at the time, which seems so long ago now. Whatever it *really* was, it could have been made to go away—or made to seem less worse than it was, if factional fighting in the Liberal Party had allowed it.

Anyway, the Liberal Party problem is not just that the West is Conservative, it’s that the West has been anything-but-Liberal since the days of the NEP, which they have not gotten over. It’s telling that the best person to unseat Rahim Jaffer (he of the many body doubles…) in Edmonton-Strathcona was a Dipper.

OK, what did you guys do to make the house-ape giggle and fall off his chair?

From the AdNags thread below, re: his picture…

#Smut Clyde said,

October 14, 2008 at 0:56

That is an expression that shouts out “OMG, the gerbil has thawed”.

Chrétien’s MO when a scandal came was to aggressively ignore it (not merely ignore it, but act as though one were practically giving it the silent treatement).

It works, if you know how to pull it off. Some people couldn’t contain themselves in the party over Adscam, however, because they did not believe in the Chrétien approach to Québec and the West.

Thanks, Leslie. Too groggy to read all 18 pages, but, yeah, a soulless dipshit with advanced degrees – why didn’t Harper snap him up? What claim does he have on the center-left?

He’ll be the braintrust’s favorite and Harper will lead in perpetuity with his 35%. So sad.

I’ve got a squeaker in my riding

I probably should have rephrased that…

Canadians ‘voted to move our country forward,’ Harper says of strong minority: PM appeals to other parties to work together to protect economy

Shorter Harper: Working together means agreeing with everything I say or I’ll break my own law again.

Sorry, Lesley, I keep misspelling your name.

Had a friend named Leslie once…

http://fafblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-black.html

So when do we get hip-hop day?

Canadian election summary at Newshoggers. His take is that everybody lost.

The fact is, nobody cares about what is happening in Canada. We are the USA, masters of the free world.

Can-A-Duh!

Can-A-Duh!

The fact is, how did I become a crazy fish bartender?

That must have been some party last night…

Just an American from the sidelines here:

I always love to hear about Canadian politics because it reminds me of some alternate-universe United States.

It kind of reminds me of THE WEST WING, where sometimes what goes on in real life is sometimes more interesting than what happens on the show, and vice-versa.

THE WEST WING has an interesting alternate timeline: the U.S. had cases of Mad Cow disease, and Iran has The Bomb.

The fact is, how did I become a crazy fish bartender?

Do fish drink?

Do fish drink?

I’ve got one hell of a haddock…

New thread upstairs! Who’s got the keys to the ark so we can move the cryptomenagerie?

I… Like… Big…
Butts and I cannot lie
You cryptozoologists can’t deny
That a plesiosaur with an anal openin’
Aint’t no good for gropenin’

Why is there a picture of the author giving the wanker sign to a ghostly little Krugman? Such a strange people, the wingnut welfarians.

*Ain’t, dammit.

Or should that be Tain’t?

Cryptozoology is the study of species perpetuation projects that are impossible to find. It is best summarised by the cryptozoological constant, zero, and the revolutionary inversion of Occam’s principle.

Can-A-Duh!

U-S-eh!

U-S-eh!

eidos, sadly that link to the 2005 Assrocket article on Krugman now takes one to an article on Hugo Chavez.

Fortunately the cache is still available.

The Loch Ness Monster is an entirely different story.

I remember a theory going around when I was a kid that it was a giant sea slug, which would be more interesting, not to mention disgusting, than the pleisiosaur theory.

Krugs should take a page from The Sure Thing, so to speak, and send a postcard to Luskin with a gorgeous Swedish woman on it and write on the back, “This is the ugliest woman in Stockholm.”

I think it’s time to bring back Krugman’s theme song:

http://www.savefile.com/files/1837535

Score another victory for your flash research brethren. Your Ludophile reported:

“Wingnut Instapunk lists his favorite music;
Bob Dylan
Mick Jagger
Rolling Stones
Neil Young
Bonnie Raitt
Bruce Springsteen

Sounds about right; conservative, stodgy, staid and dogggedly anti-inventive. It’s just a shame so many Progressives seem to be beholden to that kind of music as well.”

He picked that up from links to those names in the “Favorites” column at InstaPunk.com. Only problem is, what’s favorite is the essays, not the groups. You people are funny. So confident, so ignorant.If you want to snipe at real InstaPunk favorites, we’re not hiding. Here they are:

http://www.instapunk.com/about.html

Enjoyed the silly comments on one of our more recent posts:

http://www.instapunk.com/archives/InstaPunkArchiveV2.php3?a=1534

You’ll hate this one even more:

http://www.instapunk.com/archives/InstaPunkArchiveV2.php3?a=1536

Maybe someday you’ll figure out that all your fine, dumb rage is just grist for our mill. You’re the new Lost Generation. It’s sad because you have no real excuse, and you could wind up losing everything for all of us, but what good is being young if you can’t be blind bone fucking stupid too?

I tried to read some of instahonkey’s posts but it’s just not possible. Too long and boring. You know a blog sucks when most of the posts are about 10 times longer than all the comments put together. There is some unintentional humor to be found in the grandiosity of the about section. I’ll give the pathetic white loser that at least.

Sadly,