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ABOVE (right to left, or left to right, you decide): David Cassidy, Stephen Spruiell
Stephen Spruiell, America’s Shittiest Website™*
Krugman’s New Comment Policy
- What kind of dishonest, cowardly shithead publishes stuff on the Internet and doesn’t allow people to comment freely on it?
‘Shorter’ concept created by Daniel Davies and perfected by Elton Beard. We are aware of all Internet traditions.™
*The redesign of America’s Shittiest Website™looks even worse than it did before the redesign, if you can believe it (and I certainly can). Pay special attention to the pathetic graphic of a corner — a poorly rendered image of a dark, lonely corner and perhaps an unintentionally accurate portrait of the souls of Jo-Dough and K-Lo. The graphic is so obviously lame that the site is begging for readers to submit something better in exchange for the princely recompense of nothing more than the eternal gratitude of Rich Lowry. The newly designed ASW™, of course, still doesn’t allow reader comments.
UPDATE: Commenter Angry Geometer pointed out that Spruiell can be tweeted. So Tintin now has a twitter account and sent this as his very first tweet.
And by ‘eternal gratitude of Rich Lowry’ you clearly mean ‘a five-second endorphin surge in Rich Lowry’s brain as he quickly processes then forgets that once again, some nameless schlub has done his work for him’.
Hey! That dark lonely corner looks one of the many along my dog-walking route. The dogs love it! I hope they don’t change a thing.
Well at least we now know who was writing all those epic, rambling, incoherent, and off topic rants in Krugman’s comments.
The newly designed ASW™, of course, still doesn’t allow reader comments.
Commenters and their “comments” are nothing but trouble.
You know what else had lots of corners?
Or maybe they’d prefer something a little more contemporary and starbursty.
WP mulligan…
Or maybe they’d prefer something a little more contemporary and starbursty.
Cute pic of SS staring into space here, too.
SS doesn’t even have an email link. Even the Doughy Pantload does.
Good’uns, Ted. You aren’t that slack.
Krugman:
So, um, never mind.
Yeah, Krug’s just imposing some sort of tl: nobody’s gonna read it policy.
I was going to comment of Spruiell’s bullshit, but I couldn’t find anyplace to comment. What kind of dishonest, cowardly shithead publishes stuff on the Internet and doesn’t allow people to comment freely on it?
It’s probably just as well. I would have been deluged with pleas for money or having them try to get me to sign up for some shitty cruise.
I find Krugman’s new policy ignorant and repressive. I have been publishing my novel about Obama being the Anti-Christ and eventually being defeated by Sarah Palin chapter by chapter in his comments section, and now I will have to pay some vanity press to publish my fascinating, path-breaking work.
Cassidy is the one with the necklace.
Right?
It doesn’t look significantly different to me, just a little cheaper.
K-thug – Concise writing is better.
Spruiell – blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Where was I? Oh yeah, I mean, Krugman just wants a site where everyone commenting there agrees with him. Loser.
Perhaps it’s just as well that I’m unable to submit a comment on his comment about Krugman’s commenters … because then surely some bright & shining star on the Interwebs would comment on MY comment … & then someone would comment on THEIR comment … & so on & so forth – & then the universe would implode.
Spruiell is the living embodiment of every character James Spader played in the 80’s.
Yay Dr. Tintin!
Hahahahahaha!
So, Spruiell is coming out in favor of copypasta? No shit? I mean, never mind the “we don’t have comments so neener-neener” aspect, how can you be that fucking stupid to whine about Krugs getting rid of something that everyone hates anyway? It’s like lobbying in favor of fingernails on a chalkboard.
Also, that’s unfair to put Spruiell next to David Cassidy. Even if you didn’t know who Cassidy was, you’d guess, just looking at him, that he was teen idol material. Spruiell, on the other hand, looks like Mr. Date Rape.
Hey! I don’t look like no long-haired sissy!
Truly, irony is over in The Corner, weeping.
Spruiell is the living embodiment of every character James Spader played in the 80?s.
This is so awesome I want to embroider it on a sampler and hang it in my kitchen.
OK, but seriously, that graphic is so bad, so pathetic, I kind of want to fix it for them. Maybe that’s why they’re so mad at the world: because they don’t have nice things.
I mean, sure – white privilege, wingnut welfare, and most of them don’t actually have to see Jonah face to face every day, but they’re surrounded by shitty things like a drawing that would get a C- in 6th grade art class.
What is the bizarre logic that says only positive comments can fit in 3 lines? Right wing thinking is defined by oversimplification, sweeping generalization and large does of missing middle logic. That really favours Krugman’s critics if anything. We’re the fucking nuance people who “think in paragraphs” and need that pesky empirical data to prove our points.
What’s Spruill’s beef? You know it can’t be that 3″ isn’t long enough.
Even if you didn’t know who Cassidy was, you’d guess, just looking at him, that he was teen idol material
True story – I have seen David Cassidy in his underpants.
Ha! Yer welcome to it, LC!
Mr. Sprewell haz a Twitter, if you wanna ask him if he killed irony, or if Rod Dreher and Jonah Goldberg did it and he just fucked the corpse.
<True story – I have seen David Cassidy in his underpants.
There was a time, long long ago, when I would have made inquiries as to newsletters and such. Did I mention how long ago that would have been?
David Cassidy drooled, Bobby Sherman rooled.
Hey! That dark lonely corner looks one of the many along my dog-walking route. The dogs love it! I hope they don’t change a thing.
It looks to me like it’s along the walking path of many, many dogs. Surely there’s no graphic artist out there so incompetent as to depict a streetlamp giving off light that is decidedly urine colored and falls in such an irregular pattern. That has to be a huge piss stain.
I’m guessing it was a while ago.
Tintin, S_McG stole your post from the future.
Cuz he’s like that.
~
Ze breaking news!
Pitcher of salami confiscated at ze JFK Internationale airport!
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/07/30/magazine/20100801-taryn-simon-contraband.html
Ou est le Amy Alkon?
Someone help me on the “redesign” of ASW… have they just like changed the font, added a crappy picture and a
Starbursts4Palinfacebook link? It’s like the neighborhood losers who paint their house a lighter shade of beige and wonder why no-one congratulates them on the makeover.Still, some things never change. You can still go there and enjoy classic posts like, “Buy the Book, Cruise with the Author”. The FAIL never dies.
Yes, such a pity that Krug’s not going to allow the same people to copy/paste whole Ron Paul speeches in every thread anymore. Censorship!
At least when Powerline redesigned they went for something more epic-seeming. This is just ugly and inconvenient.
If someone with the ability to do so wants to fix the Corner’s logo I suggest adding a hobo clinging to the lamppost. A hobo with a wingnut face mullet, a large, half eaten sammich (no vegetables!) in his hands and a copy of Liberal Fascism sticking out of his jacket pocket.
Wow, that Corner image is crying out for Gavin to improve it like he did Ace’s logo.
Yes, such a pity that Krug’s not going to allow the same people to copy/paste whole Ron Paul speeches in every thread anymore.
Krugman can just install an auto-executing Dancing Badgers feature.
Can’t have too many dancing badgers.
From teh Cornhole, er, Corner:
From teh wiki:
Blasted Obama and his time machine!
Also from the top post at teh Kurner:
(COMMENT: […] Air Force One, a Boeing 747. Fuel consumoption: A gallon […]
Either they STILL haven’t figured out spellcheck or they’re writing in Palinese.
If Obama were really a man of the people, he would ride a horse, or perhaps his bicycle, instead of wasting all this taxpayer money on “motorcades” and “air force one” and “security”.
Also, he should leave the door of the White House unlocked and unguarded, like Andrew Jackson.
Really, who does he think he is?
ahh, comments; the chance for some rich asshole to pay a tech company for a bot script that will post over 9000 variations of “libruls are stupid” at the end of everything you say.
i remember the old days, when the assholes weren’t quite as rich and had to used their comment bots to post spam for viagra and low APR loans..
(COMMENT: […] Air Force One, a Boeing 747. Fuel consumoption: A gallon […]
According to wikipedia, 747s were first placed on order by Reagan, first used by Bush I. Why do these people hate America?
Clearly, the President of the United States should work ceaselessly without vacationing, should take public transportation when he travels, and should only take inexpensive meals – probably Cup-o-Ramen, consumed at his desk, so that everyday people aren’t inconvenienced by his presence at a hamburger restaurant. He should never go on television but should always be in touch with the people, and he should do whatever Sarah Palin says he should do. And he should Call Her!
Speaking of assholes…
From teh wiki:
The current presidential limousine entered service on January 20, 2009
Also: “During his presidency, Barack Obama has consistently used the limousine of former President George W. Bush during visits nationwide and internationally.”
Where he climbs aboard “Cadillac One,” the biggest prez limo ever.
Interesting. The first fake scandal my governor, Deval Patrick, got nailed for was riding around in a fancy Cadillac he didn’t deserve. I wonder what he has in common with the president?
I wanted to applaud Spruiell, but I can’t figure out how to make comments on NRO’s website.
Can someone help me out here?
Yeah, changing the font on your shitty website to Times New Roman does not an “update” make…
Welcome to the dark side, Tintin.
Clearly, the President of the United States should work ceaselessly without vacationing, should take public transportation when he travels, and should only take inexpensive meals – probably Cup-o-Ramen, consumed at his desk, so that everyday people aren’t inconvenienced by his presence at a hamburger restaurant.
I love how everytime he does take a trip somewhere some people get the vapors over the cost to the taxpayer. Doesn’t he have a pre-set travel budget, meaning that they’re already accounted for?
There was an article in National Geographic last year or so that said the president is billed for groceries and other personal expenses and is expected to pay out of his salary. That surprised me.
Interesting. The first fake scandal my governor, Deval Patrick, got nailed for was riding around in a fancy Cadillac he didn’t deserve. I wonder what he has in common with the president?
That was actually a Pontiac.
I love how everytime he does take a trip somewhere some people get the vapors over the cost to the taxpayer.
And if he didn’t travel, they’d complain about how he was ignoring We The People and insulating himself from dissent or something.
Oh, and speaking of complaints about cost, I watched a fabulous program about teenage hobos during the Depression last night, and they had a clip from a news reel on the Civilian Conservation Corps with quotes from dissenters who complained it was a) a drain on the Federal budget and b) a skeery training camp for a Fascist youth army. Seriously, over 7 solvent and Fascist-youth-army-free decades and the assholes are STILL singing the same tune.
I was also left wanting to punch to death anyone using the phrase “Greater Depression” to refer to the present because YOU HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA.
Now that’s what I’m talking about!
/Will Smith
This, if anyone’s interested. Very moving.
That was actually a Pontiac.
Haley Barbour, for instance, probably gets driven to work in an ’86 Ford Pinto.
Didn’t Sarah Palin buy an Escalade for her unwed mother daughter?
I hear the wedding is off by the way. Levi knocked up another girl.
Sure, I could be bringing back flying cars and such, but I choose THIS.
I need a hug. And/or weed.
I don’t know about Bristol’s Escalade, g, but Bible Spice did have the town of Wasilla buy her an “official mayor’s SUV” when she became mayor. Also, spent $50,000 redecorating her offices (in a style that, according to some, could be described as Early Bordello), also hired a town manager for a town of about 3,000 at the time.
I see what you did there.
I need a hug. And/or weed.
O
I notice the absence of a certain thespian today. I didn’t get the memo.
My immediate reaction was “Needs a K-Lo in leopard print and fishnet hanging off it, all ‘Come-hither’ and whatnot.”
Then I tried to figure out how to get the Draino past my eardrum.
I notice the absence of a certain thespian today. I didn’t get the memo.
Perhaps he’s here but he’s acting like someone else.
Ouch
I need a hug. And/or weed.
O
Thanks. Sorry to be a whinypants.
My immediate reaction was “Needs a K-Lo in leopard print and fishnet hanging off it, all ‘Come-hither’ and whatnot.”
You are a sick, sick person. I hate you.
“I notice the absence of a certain thespian today. I didn’t get the memo.”
Etchings don’t just happen. They take time and dedication.
Thanks NVM and justme; I was starting to think I would have to explain it.
I recall an anecdote my father used to spin often, late at night, when he was in his cups, as being illustrative of the differences between liberals and Conservatives and, moreover, as being the (perhaps) crucial impetus which finally drove him, for once and for all, up, as it were, from liberalism and back into the sweet atavistic embrace of the Conservatism which has long held our family in good stead and which promises, in the future, to continue to suckle the best and brightest among us from its honey-milked teat in the Arcadia of American political philosophy.
There came a moment in my father’s twenty-fourth year when, glancing at an editorial in the National Review, he found himself taking up a minor quibble with one of the points raised by Saint Buckley of Exeter. It wasn’t even a substantive issue, as he told the tale, but rather, as it were, a grammatical and stylistic disagreement viz, that Bill (for as we shall see my father was invited to call him “Bill” and the right to call Bill Buckley “Bill” has passed, since the beginning of time, from father to son like a much-loved edition of Tristam Shandy or a reliable nigger valet) had subjected a particular subjunctive clause to a torturous choreography of commas and semicolons when it ought, as my father said, to have been allowed to die in peace.
Not only did Bill write my father back immediately, entreating him to please always refer to him as “Bill” but, indeed, he invited my father to supper with him at the Yale club next time he was in the city. For Bill to make such a gesture toward a relative parvenu (my father, you see, was only a 4th generation Yalie and would not normally have been allowed in the club at any time between first brunch and third supper) was an act of such breath-taking generosity that my father forever told the story as an example of how a true gentleman comports himself with regard to discussing and allowing commentary on his own work.
With Krugman, truly the world of letters, the world of political discourse, and the world, for the love of G_d, of YALE MEN has spun out of control such that, as that Mick once wrote, the falcon cannot hear the falconer.
The mention of Haley Barbour reminds me: (Possibly NSFW; illegal in Alabama)
Interesting to note Alaska’s ranking as well.
Wrong orifice for Barbour. He needs an apple in his mouth.
Etchings don’t just happen. They take time and dedication.
Also: acid.
Interesting to note Alaska’s ranking as well.
Dude, you gotta do something during those long, dark winters.
Also: acid.
Wait, acid takes time and dedication?
Well, it’s a good idea to set aside a good solid eight hour block.
If it’s decent acid, anyway.
Wait, acid takes time and dedication?
I was talking about etching requiring acid, but YES.
I was starting to think I would have to explain it.
I almost did.
Word to the wise: do not go to the House of Mirrors.
Word to the wise: do not go to the House of Mirrors.
That sounds like it would be terrifying.
I’ve never tried acid–I’m half-convinced I’m one of those people who would permanently break her brain or have really awful flashbacks if I did it.
Speaking of acid…
“mycroft said,
July 30, 2010 at 20:51”
Aw don’t be such a weenie, T&U. I’ve done shitloads of acid; it didn’t hurt me at all. It didn’t hurt me at all. It didn’t hurt me at all. WHOA! Look at that spider, man!
Wait, acid takes time and dedication?
Word to the wise: do not go to the House of Mirrors.
Or ride motorcycles at night.
I’m doing a summary of my work in the public library this summer, and it’s basically “I learned how to babysit children of various ages and hide my annoyance with their parents.” How do you fill up three pages with that?
How do you fill up three pages with that?
Charts. Big charts and tables.
Never had the really awful flashbacks – I don’t think – but having your brain melt for most of a waking day is gonna change you. In my case I think it was for the better.
This is a fine book.
Aw don’t be such a weenie, T&U. I’ve done shitloads of acid; it didn’t hurt me at all. It didn’t hurt me at all. It didn’t hurt me at all. WHOA! Look at that spider, man!
Ha! I’d like to try ecstasy, too, but given my tendency toward soul-crushing depression, it’s probably a bad idea to fuck with my seratonin levels that much.
X sounds like acid with less downside. I’d do it if I wasn’t a lazy bastard.
Never had the really awful flashbacks – I don’t think – but having your brain melt for most of a waking day is gonna change you. In my case I think it was for the better.
Yeah, I’ve figured that it could actually be good for me, but I’d rather not risk it. My brain’s already weird as it is.
X sounds like acid with less downside. I’d do it if I wasn’t a lazy bastard.
Yeah, I think it’s the same feeling, but amplified. And without possible hallucinations.
““I learned how to babysit children of various ages and hide my annoyance with their parents.” How do you fill up three pages with that?”
Diplomatically.
This is a fine book.
So is this one. Albert Hofmann is one of my heroes.
Charts. Big charts and tables.
Ha! I should do a table outlining the number of children I assisted overall to the number of children I assisted who actually said “thank you.”
I could also make a table of how many times the custodial guy came over to talk to me for no discernible reason.
The Corner graphic needs a crack whore with a “suck for a buck” sign; with a BMW pulling up to her with a christ fish, war ribbon and american flag on the back bumper.
Also: how to breathe in a room that smells like pee while simultaneously suppressing the desire to yell at parents for NOT CHANGING THEIR KIDS’ DIAPERS WHEN THEY’RE WET. Come ON, people.
I could also make a table of how many times the custodial guy came over to talk to me for no discernible reason.
Ya got boobs. There’s your reason.
“The Corner graphic needs a crack whore with a “suck for a buck” sign; with a BMW pulling up to her with a christ fish, war ribbon and american flag on the back bumper.”
I thought a guy just taking a dump on the sidewalk would be good, too.
Ya got boobs. There’s your reason.
Oh, yeah. Sometimes I forget. I also enjoyed the weird/fascinated looks I tended to get from the public when I wore lipstick. Come onnnnnnn, people.
I also enjoyed the weird/fascinated looks I tended to get from the public when I wore lipstick.
Most people put that on their lips, not their eyebrows, silly.
A woman I dated got me to try ecstasy… its nothing like acid at all. Its mainly a mood altering drug, and makes people more open, talkative, horny and eventually hyper. I am pretty much that way already, so probably wouldn’t seek it out again.
I thought a guy just taking a dump on the sidewalk would be good, too.
Ooo, even more appropriate!
Most people put that on their lips, not their eyebrows, silly.
Oh! That explains so much.
holy crap there a lot of ‘tintin’ s in twitter. why can’t i find you? i wanted to update you on my afternoon quest for Bobo’s army jacket yearbook photo. no sign of one yet.
holy crap there a lot of ‘tintin’ s in twitter. why can’t i find you? i wanted to update you on my afternoon quest for Bobo’s army jacket yearbook photo. no sign of one yet.
I don’t think he’s been indexed to the Twitter directory yet. I couldn’t find him, either, but I searched topics within my Twitter client and he popped up and I was able to find him that way. You might try that.
When will the anti-American left finally admit that their sole purpose as a political movement is the destruction of American culture? I mean come on now! First you libtards plead with outraged American citizens after 9/11 to “be understanding” and to “go easy” on the muslim fanatics that bombed the trade towers because after all islam is a “religion of peace.” Then you liberals begin the fifth column movement by speaking out against the war on terrorism. You condemn the torture of captured terrorists while expressing little or no outrage for the many atrocities commited by “the religion of peace” both before and during the war.
You even go so far as to demand the prosecution of all those involved when instead they should be given the medal of honor for the vigorous efforts at defending Our Nation. Then you traitorous scum defend the illegal Mexican invasion of the United States by exusing their illegal actions as the “brave” and “courageous” actions of “poor hardworking individuals” seeking to provide a “better life” for their families.
Even if that were the case, which it isn’t, it still doesn’t justify their sneaking the border into Our Nation. They are the scum of the earth who break the law to come here, more often than not break the laws while they are here, put our people out of work or otherwise contribute to the abysmal state of the economy, or otherwise come here to pop out “anchor babies” while collecting welfare checks and destroying our traditional American culture.
If I were President, their would be a wall 40 feet high and 20 feet thick stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. It would be manned by 40,000 U.S. troops with orders to shoot to kill anyone who attempts to cross the border. Their would be machine gun and sniper towers every few miles along the top of the wall. Inside would be an armored fortress and a military garrison to defend Our Nation’s Southern Border. Each gate, the purpose of which is to allow for well regulated “legal traffic” will be guarded by a full platoon of 40 soldiers.
No one would break into fortress America. Not on my watch.
holy crap there a lot of ‘tintin’ s in twitter. why can’t i find you?
http://twitter.com/tintin_sadlyno
Or you could do that.
“If I were President,”
FTW!!
Steve said,
July 30, 2010 at 21:39
Lemme guess, you like the number 40.
X sounds like acid with less downside.
Not at all. The first time I did X I said “shit baby I aint doing coke no more!” Then I drank about thirty Coronas, danced shirtless for hours, told everyone how much I loved them and had the best sex of my life as the sun came up. The subsequent hundred or so experiences were vastly varied in the details but largely similar in the bigger picture.
X is the speediness of coke and the trippiness/love-all of mushrooms. From what I remember.
Peej, yeah, that sounds awesome. Were you depressed afterwards?
Answer me these two questions.
1. Do you liberals support allowing foregin nationals to enter into Our Nation illegally?
2. If not, then how do you propose to deal with the situation on the southern border?
the last time i took E five hours later i was still squirming and undulating on my floor in an erotically lovecraftian way while reading flash and filigree and listening to that brilliant 1st dexy’s midnight runners album and intermittently sending dirty catullus-themed text messages to my second favorite ex-girlfriend.
1. Do you liberals support allowing foregin nationals to enter into Our Nation illegally?
Do they have weed and/or X and/or LSD?
the last time i took E five hours later i was still squirming and undulating on my floor in an erotically lovecraftian way
Oooh, that reminds me of a really hot scene in Dermaphoria, which I was otherwise “meh” about…
Eh! Steve!
steve. you rock. i love all the “quotes” with no footnotes (this is obviously NOT Gavin fake-trolling). just tossing around the Medal of Honor like that shows you to be a complete fucktard. and you should really learn to differ between “their” and “there” you just look silly. viva la Mexican Invasion….i love fresh produce 😉
confidential t Steve:
More importantly, Anne Rice isn’t Christian anymore.
“For those who care, and I understand if you don’t: Today I quit being a Christian. I’m out. I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being “Christian” or to being part of Christianity. It’s simply impossible for me to “belong” to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. For ten …years, I’ve tried. I’ve failed. I’m an outsider. My conscience will allow nothing else.
In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse to be anti-Democrat. I refuse to be anti-secular humanism. I refuse to be anti-science. I refuse to be anti-life. In the name of …Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen.”
What is the significance of this? Discuss.
2. If not, then how do you propose to deal with the situation on the southern border?
Send you to Mexico to stop them before they try getting in. Be proactive, Steve, not reactionary.
dont worry steve. the Situation will only be in South Beach for a little while and then back to NJ.
Steve, you had me until you awarded the Medal of Honor to a bunch of torturers. I actually thought you were a real troll. Now, I’m wondering who you really are…
Hey, didn’t we just notice that actor212 hasn’t posted in a while? Come to think of it, have you ever seen actor and Steve in the same room together? (It’s at least as strong a case as Orly Taitz has.)
Anyway, Steve, here’s your next assignment: How deep does the ditch have to be, how tall does the wall have to be and how many troops do we need to keep psychotic trolls away from Sadly, No?
t&u–
i was also meh about dermaphoria which was a shame b/c i thought the contortionist’s handbook showed promise and i guess i was hoping for a novelization of thomas dolby’s “may the cube be with you.”
President Eisenhower deported 80,000 illegal aliens in one year. After his administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration there were no more problems with illegal immigration for several years. This of course was before the mass third world invasion caused by President Kennedy’s shameful change in American immigration policy during the 1960s. But it goes to show that the enforcement of Our Nation’s immigration laws works, and it can be done.
All we need are some patriotic politicians with some backbone and who put America First!
i was also meh about dermaphoria which was a shame b/c i thought the contortionist’s handbook showed promise and i guess i was hoping for a novelization of thomas dolby’s “may the cube be with you.”
Yeah, I mean, I think it had potential, and I didn’t mind that I read it, but, you know, “meh.”
1. Do you liberals support allowing foregin nationals to enter into Our Nation illegally?
Only those who can correctly spell “foreign” can enter. Speak English, Steve! If it was good enough for Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to speak, you should learn how to spell it.
“foregin”? Is that some sort of foreskin-steeped alcoholic beverage?
First you libtards plead with outraged American citizens after 9/11 to “be understanding” and to “go easy” on the muslim fanatics that bombed the trade towers because after all islam is a “religion of peace.”
To the people of Iran: The United States respects you; we respect your country. We admire your rich history, your vibrant culture, and your many contributions to civilization. You deserve an opportunity to determine your own future, an economy that rewards your intelligence and your talents, and a society that allows you to fulfill your tremendous potential.
— President George W. Bush, “An Appeal to Muslims: Address to the United Nations “
President Eisenhower deported 80,000 illegal aliens in one year
And at that rate, it will only take 137.5 years to deport all the undocumented immigrants currently in the US. Steve has convinced me!
Were you depressed afterwards?
Not in the least. I slept a few hours and woke feeling as good as I had felt in years. Note that I was somewhat bipolar at the time, mostly living in the depression zone.
Ike sent troops to protect the kids going into Little Rock Central High. i know that will give steve heart burn.
how is hacky sack on X?
steve, honeychilde, getting people to respond to you isn’t a victory. hastily written parodies of bret easton ellis grrrl characters can rack up 200 responses in an hour. this is the internet. none of us have much better to do than play chinese-death-volley-and-return-style posting games with schmucks. but you could be a little more interesting. let me let you in on a secret. help me help you, my friend. here is what you do: hit a bong while listening to an old stiv bators project (the wanderers would be perfect, plenty of peter beter action) and reading some old larouche literature. this will up your game from the kind of pedestrian bullshit you’re spewing now(think updike trying to write gravity’s rainbow) to some real james cummins/max apple type sublime, deeply weird bullshit.
Answer me these two questions.
No. Now piss off.
President Eisenhower deported 80,000 illegal aliens in one year
He also set the top marginal income tax rate at 90% on income over $250,000, had a 50% corporate tax rate, and warned against the dangers of the military-industrial complex. I will go along with deporting 80,000 illegal aliens if we can adopt Ike’s tax rates, get out of Iraq and Afghanistan immediately and slash the defense budget by 2/3.
President Eisenhower deported 80,000 illegal aliens in one year
Know what else will give Steve butthurt? Last year we deported over 250,000 people.
how is hacky sack on X?
You’d have to ask him.
Not in the least. I slept a few hours and woke feeling as good as I had felt in years. Note that I was somewhat bipolar at the time, mostly living in the depression zone.
Your anecdotal evidence proves that I should try it! Of course, I have no idea how the fuck to acquire it here.
Off topic question for Mac users: How the hell do I create a zip file? I’m trying to zip two large image files into a folder and I can’t figure out how to do it. I’ve Googled and keep getting answers that are obviously not correct. When I go to File, “Compress” is grayed out. And when I Control-click the files, there is no option to Archive or Compress. WTF?
Pretty funny that a Cornerite is making this complaint about Krugman (that’s Professor/Dr./PhD/Nobel Laureate Krugman to you Cornerlings) when their America’s Shittiest Website dive has none. Then the twit tweets that Sadly,No! has no comments. Does NR pay for this kind of complete ignorance? I mean, that’s not ideological (although I realize that your ideology is a tribal substitute – it’s what gets your blood going, it’s what ties together the non-sequiturs, the non-empirical dogma (I’d call it postulates, a priori reasoning or axioms, but that implies there is some truth to your sophistic reverse-logic of finding ways to argue for complete plutocracy), the fairy tales – in short, the intellectual shortcomings of the “conservative” movement.
Actor has had other stuff going on lately, go check his blog for hints. http://simplyleftbehind.blogspot.com
First you libtards plead with outraged American citizens after 9/11 to “be understanding” and to “go easy” on the muslim fanatics that bombed the trade towers because after all islam is a “religion of peace.”
Really? Because you put those statements in quotation marks but I don’t remember saying anything of the sort.
NM. I gotta say…everyone raves about Macs. And I’m really starting to loathe mine.
I gotta say…everyone raves about Macs. And I’m really starting to loathe mine.
I started out using an Apple II (back in the Dark Ages) and learned that they were evil when they summarily abandoned the Apple II line and refused to service those they had already sold. I have been a PC guy ever since.
Get Quicksilver, use Quicksilver.
http://www.blacktree.com/projects/quicksilver.html
Also, go to the Applescript folder in Applications. Hit AppleScript Utility and choose Show Script menu in menu bar and Show Computer scripts.
everyone raves about Macs. And I’m really starting to loathe mine.
Perhaps it has demons? You my yourself be possessed. There’s an easy way to find out!
On the comments section of one of Krugman’s posts, I forget which one, there was some whinin’ weener mewling about Krugman “censoring” him because PK didn’t answer a “question” the whinin’ wingnut had about something that wasn’t in the article. I don’t remember that commenter’s name, but could it have been the imitation David Cassidy?
Perhaps it has demons? You my yourself be possessed.
Call me MIITAKK!
Oh noh yo dinnit!!
Also: That Corner pic is part of a larger stock image. At least it looks exactly like an image I used for a brochure … dear lord, like 9 years ago. So they get a -1 for being unoriginal, another -1 for being so out of date, and -eleventy bajillion for being giant douchebags.
Also, too: What is it with this place and the copy-pasta trolls? Steve posted pretty much that same shit in a different thread.
Original thought: You’re doin’ it wrong.
Oh, and with the risk of getting in trouble:
X = Teh Awesomest ever. Never had sex on it, but it feels like I did anyway.
Just sayin’ …
Will do, Sub.
I guess Mac doesn’t come with a zip program. Was lead to believe it would pleasure me sexually and cure herpes if I ever–*cough*–contracted it.
Anyway, I downloaded a free zip program, so problem solved.
Pup, I reckon it’s not possessed so much as rebelling against my myriad HUGE image files. Doesn’t seem to handle them one bit better than my PC’s. In fact, this computer has always seemed more laggy than my previous computers.
It does, I just assume you’ve got permissions problems for the file you want to mess with.
As a person who has
messed up his mindhad a few consciousness-altering experiences, I would strongly advise against taking any pills, caps, tabs, gelcaps or whatever that didn’t come in a sealed bottle from a pharmacy.Stick w/ nature’s way: Booze, reefer & coca leaves.
“It does, I just assume you’ve got permissions problems for the file you want to mess with.
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Yeah, I didn’t check that. My bad.
Also for VS, make sure you’ve got the developer tools and check out Core Image Funhouse and Quartz Composer. The latter is easy and responsive video manipulation. At the least you can make yourself and others nifty screensavers with the latter.
I haven’t messed with any sort of animation in a looooooong time, but I will totally keep that in mind.
If you are going to do a drug, X is about the best. It is a much better trip than about anything you can put in you. Its is pretty expensive, and not always easy to find. It is heavily synthesized and cut, so you don’t really know how good a hit you will get.
The woman I was dating had taken many hundreds if not thousands of hits. She claimed it was non addictive, but I think it affected her a lot more than she recognized. The things that X does for you seemed atrophied in her when she was off it; she had a lot going wrong in her life at the time though, so I couldn’t say for certain it was all the X.
I learned how to make it; if I ever break bad, that’s what I will make 🙂
Stick w/ nature’s way: Booze, reefer & coca leaves.
Mushrooms are nice as well. I would give the belladona and datura a pass (difference between high and dead is fairly small) and leave the toad licking to someone else for largely aesthetic reasons. Oh, and peyote is OK is you like throwing up.
Oh, and peyote is OK is you like throwing up.
Peyote is _great_ if you like throwing up. So I have been told, that is.
Mushrooms are not necessarily for the sensitive of stomach either, but are fun fun fun.
Mushrooms are not necessarily for the sensitive of stomach either,
Depends on the variety. There are some that fall into the datura/belladonna category.
As long as we’re being on the off topic, I finally found one priest who interests me in his religion.
I’ve never tried acid–I’m half-convinced I’m one of those people who would permanently break her brain or have really awful flashbacks if I did it.
I did lots of windowpane back in the day, and all I want to know is, where are the goddam flashbacks they promised me? Reading ASW really doesn’t qualify.
I did lots of windowpane back in the day
Well there’s your problem – for flashbacks you had to have done the microdot. Maybe you can borrow Obama’s time machine to go back and correct the situation. Can I ride shotgun?
I confess that I had a thing for one of the Monkee’s back in the day. No, it wasn’t cute lil’ Davey. Why Peter Tork caught my attention mystifies me to this day.
I also had a thing for extraneou’s apostrophe’s but I got over that.
Oops – wrong thread.
I found it enlightening nonetheless.
Oh, and as far as the elicit and illegal drugs go (since that seems to be the topic du thread) I wouldn’t worry about flashbacks or destroying one’s mind on today’s acid. The worst is that you’ll either get plain paper, or something cheap that just makes you see tracers and grind your teeth a lot.
Thought it has been years and years, so who the hell knows with the damn kids theseadays.
I am shocked, shocked! to encounter drug anecdotes in a S,N! thread.
peyote is OK
Not such a good thing if your room is papered with fractal paisley wallpaper.
Is it too soon to progress to “jobs where dropping a tab at work seemed like a good idea at the time but then, not very”?
#1, morgue attendant.
#1, morgue attendant.
We were referred to as “Dieners.”
“jobs where dropping a tab at work seemed like a good idea at the time but then, not very”?
Also, someone please e-mail some decent acid to T&U so she can beguile us withe the consequent amusing anecdotes.
And yes, I did, thank you very much.
Had some incredible times on ecstasy, and some bad times on pills that were cut with who-knows-what.
Unless you trust the person you got them from, you must must must get a testing kit.
I notice the absence of a certain thespian today. I didn’t get the memo.
How to put this…
You know how they tell you not to run with scissors or get a Red Ranger air rifle cuz….
Well, I did. Sort of.