May 22, 2006

JASON LEOPOLD'S LAST HURRAH

When you're so far ahead of the news cycle, you're in Bellevue...

UPDATE: Drudge ahead of the news cycle too; young women ahead of menstrual cycle

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May 18, 2006

WHY LIBERALS ARE MOREMINDED THAN CONSERVATIVES

One thing I'll say for liberals is that they're far more minded than conservatives. For instance, I never see conservatives reading the latest Michael Moore or Noam Chomsky books to broaden their minds. But anyone who follows Amazon can tell you that whenever a new conservative book comes out, hordes of liberals rush out, purchase the book - sometimes even before it's gone on sale! - & devour it, before posting a savagely disappointed one-star review*.

Just recently Mary Cheney's new book came out, & I have to say I'm very proud of the many, many liberal homos who raced to the store, slapped down money, read the book standing up, & then slammed that self-hating neocon bitch. Because at least they have minds.

*Dr. Sanity has suggested there's some sort of psychopathology involved, but she's a dumb bitch.

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May 11, 2006

FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE ROTTEN TOMATOES D-LIST...

Angry Left pop tart / Tourette's poster-girl Maryscott O'Connor is pissed! Seems a film site called pajiba went down, & - like everything else - Bush did it. Here's the site owner's vague explanation:

"Homeland Security has seized the disk drive on which our site was hosted ... I suppose we shared server space with some punk who threatened the President or something, & now anyone on that server has to suffer the consequences..."

Right. Homeland Security has never heard of IP addresses, they just take the whole goddamn server. Maryscott:  "Imagine coming in to the office to discover your livelihood has just been shattered because you pissed off the wrong fucking Politburo asswipe. THAT'S what this fucking is, man. They've turned us into the fucking KGB-riddled Soviet fucking Union."

While waiting for the other shoe to drop, you'll find the comment thread entertaining, especially with a copy of the DSM manual handy...

Update: it's not 1984, just child porn

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May 03, 2006

YOUR RED HOT MARYSCOTT O'CONNOR

Today's Maryscott O'Connor impersonation is by Mink Stole, one of my favorite actresses, in her unforgettable role as unmedicated housewife Peggy Gravel in John Waters' Desperate Living, a film that contains the immortal line I don't want some renegade necrophile princess as my roommate! Video: Mink Stole Channels Maryscott O'Connor

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May 02, 2006

MARYSCOTT O'CONNOR IS A FUN DATE

This is how she spent her birthday:

"I have this thing about getting to the movie on time. I do not like to be late to a movie. You can't get your optimal seating; if you get decent seats at all, they're not your first choice. Second, you miss the fucking previews. I hate missing the fucking previews. Suffice to say I ONCE AGAIN had to do my I hate being late let's please please please get there early routine... to which he replied with his usual Chill out, we'll get there in plenty of time. Guess who turned out to be fucking WRONG. 114 seats, maybe 7 were available, none of them together, all of them in the front two rows. So I stalk outside, tell him we can't see the movie, no good seats, I was right, he was wrong.  And we dissolve into our usual, patented crap... "

She counted the seats. Happy fucking birthday. (PS Was it United 93? I want to see it, so don't tell me the ending.)

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April 28, 2006

YOUR DAILY MARYSCOTT O'CONNOR

In an effort to help Angry Left Boring Left ingenue Maryscott O'Connor quit smoking & thus deprive us of her entertaining nicotine-fueled rages, we offer this instructional message from John Waters.

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April 27, 2006

MARYSCOTT O'CONNER GOES HOLLYWOOD

Straight to her head: ever since the WaPo puff piece on her, Angry Left pinup Maryscott O'Conner has been one big fat no fun zone.  And now she's quit smoking????

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April 18, 2006

AT LEAST THIS ONE IS SPELLED RIGHT

In case it's absolutely vital to know, Barbra Streisand has issued her latest foreign policy statement. It's much like the last, presumably much like the next...

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April 15, 2006

MAKE PASTRY, NOT WAR

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LEFTOID LUNACHICK OF THE DAY

My new idol, demented blogress / leftie pin-up / shrieking harpy Maryscott O'Conner:

"I was not like this before. I was riddled with empathy for everyone suffering in the world. I have become one of those people with all the bumper stickers on their car. I am this close to being one of those muttering people pushing a cart. I'm insane with rage & grief. But I also feel more connected than I ever have."

Maryscott also posts at Markos Screw'em Zuniga's Daily Kos, aka Angry Leftoid Central, alongside Democratic presidential candidates, the House Minority Leader, & failed presidents. (H / t the Malcontent)

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April 14, 2006

MADNESS TAKES ITS TOLL...

Typical signatory to online petition to Stop Bush from Attacking Iran (which again threatened Israel with nuclear annihilation today):

#9320. Julie in Battle Creek, MI: "First off, I want to relate that I had attempted to sign this earlier, but I was sent to some bizzare [sic] link in Cyberland & then, once again, the contents of my e-mail box was removed & I was prohibited access to it, nor could I send any mail. This has happened numerous times as I am a VERY vocal non-supporter of this war, or any war!! So Dubya & friends, I hope you & your buddies at AOL enjoyed my mail & I also want to make clear that I do NOT support you, your Congress & your bloody wars!!!!! You Condi, Rummy, Cheney, Rover...all of you are the worst thing to ever happen to this country & the world!! All you care about is blowing bloody hell out of the rest of the World to further your oil-grubbing ways & control issues! I, & most every one of my fellow American's [sic] that I have spoken to, are sick of it!! ENOUGH! STOP THE MADNESS NOW BEFORE YOU KILL US ALL!!!!"

For a psychological explanation, see Dr. Sanity: Logical Fallacies & Rhetorical Ploys Used in Denial. See also Susan Powter: Stop the Insanity!

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April 12, 2006

WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT MILLIONAIRE SOCIALISTS?

Over at the Nation, editrix Katrina Vanden Heuval, whose grandfather founded MCA-Universal, doesn't even know who her Congressional rep is. At Harper's, publisher John R. MacArthur, grandson of gazillionaire John. D. MacArthur of the MacArthur Foundation, applies his silver spoon acumen to the now-scrapped French labor law that would have allowed employers to fire new workers if they were worthless jackoffs.

According to Jr., it's nothing but "discrimination permitting bosses to exploit & churn the lowest-paid people with the least seniority." Also known as a market economy. MacArthur Jr. applauds the boutique protesters that brought down the law:

"Whatever the merits of a 'flexible' labor market, at least French unions still have enough dues-paying members to put up a fight."

If he'd studied medicine instead of dabbling in journalism, he'd know that some parasites kill the host. And if his grandfather had lived in a decrepit sclerotic socialist bureaucracy, Jr. wouldn't be playing publisher, but making paper-clip chains as a government clerk & saving up to buy that economy Yugo.

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March 30, 2006

‘WE US R TRIBE’ — ROSIE HATES ON DAT SKINNY BITCH STAR JONES

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March 28, 2006

SEAN PENN'S ANN COULTER VOODOO DOLL

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March 27, 2006

MAKING THE CASE FOR CENSURE

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March 26, 2006

BLESSED ARE THE ASSHATS

Dear Christian Peacemaker Losers,

I see you finally got around to thanking the neoimperialist thugs who saved your sorry asses. Like you, I'm grateful no one got hurt during your release rescue, because if an American or British soldier had been killed wasting his time on you, I would have finished you off myself. It's too bad the Islamonutters snuffed that one dude, but, you know, shit happens, especially if you go around sticking your head in septic tanks.

I'm so bored with these anti-American halfwits - like that Italian cow - who think Zarqawi's jihadi death squads are going to have a hen party with them just for mouthing tired old paleoliberal crap. In the future, why don't you protest the absolute evil of Chimpy McHitler by cutting your own heads off? That would save us all a lot of time, wouldn't risk the lives of any real men, & would raise the collective world IQ.

Your friend,
Jeff

See also Pre-emptive Stockholm Syndrome

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March 04, 2006

BARBRA STREISAND STILL HASN'T FOUND THE SPELL-CHEQ

Today's grammar-addled foreign policy wrapup, in which the Diva comes out in favor of profiling to oppose the UAE ports deal...

"Over the last 5 years, Bush's leadership has resembled that of a dictatorship. The arrogance of this C student [Bush has Harvard MBA, Streisand has high-school education] who maligns his opponents’ crediblity [sic] by calling them flip floppers, is the biggest flip flopper himself! When debating Al Gore during the 2000 presidential elections, Bush spoke against nation building, yet went into Irag [sic] a year later [sic] to national build [sic]…"

Bonus points: "political curruption," "subpoening," "impeachment preceedings," "warrented," "dictatoriship," "desperatly," "Adminstration" (this is just one paragraph)

Jason provides a Barbra / English dictionary; Silly Barbra Streisand

UPDATE: You're welcome

UPDATE, 3/6: Babs finally found the spell check. Gee Barb, I guess that makes Drudge da man, while BA is just refried crap on toast...

UPDATE, 3/7: Babs has issued a (yawn) Truth Alert

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February 21, 2006

DOES THIS CHE MAKE ME LOOK LIKE A TWIT?

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February 10, 2006

AN URGENT MESSAGE FROM BARBRA STREISAND

In which the Diva encourages her devotees to read Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election. Clearly, the correct hormone balance has not yet been reached, but we keep hoping.

UPDATE: Commenter Ryan notes that Fooled Again has only 5-star Amazon reviews. Q: How many Amazon accounts does Barbra Streisand have?

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February 08, 2006

COLOR-CODED GUIDE TO PEACE

If you're a peace warrior who wants to be part of the solution, one of the most important decisions you can make is which color best suits you. If you're a winter, say, & you join the Red Brigades, you're not just going to spend your life fighting for a lost cause, you'll do so looking wan & washed out. Suggestions:

Code Pink Moonbat hen party founded by Medea Benjamin, who said living in Cuba made her feel like she "died & went to heaven." Still shills for Castro even though he tossed her out of the country for writing blurb he didn't like. Generously donated $600,000 to terrorists / paramilitary killers in Fallujah. Recently planned girls-gone-wild world tour of totalitarian party spots, including Cuba, North Korea, & Libya.

Women in Black Calls itself 'worldwide movement' even though you've never heard of it. "Opposed to injustice, war, militarism & other forms of violence," but only if it involves Israel. Women dress in black & hold signs. Website features idiots guide to vigils:

What's a vigil? A vigil means a nonviolent demonstration in which we hold signs in a public location

Most Women in Black vigils are composed of women [duh].

At vigils, we hold signs The variety is amazing. Israeli Women in Black hold signs that say "End the Occupation". Internationally, many signs read "End the Israeli Occupation".

Ladies in White Damas de Blanco, consisting of wives of journalists & dissidents imprisoned by Fidel Castro in his 2003 purge. Gather every Sunday at Havana's Church of Santa Rita - the patron saint of  lost causes - as a silent protest against Castro's tyranny (like Argentina's Madres de la Plaza de Mayo). Possible counter-protest to be held by Code Pink.

Charcoal Shade of hideously unflattering peekaboo frock worn by Bush basher / America basher (& now England basher) Gwyneth Paltrow to 2002 Oscars.

Blue: 1) Increasingly rare US demographic phenomenon. 2) Color of Monica Lewinsky's Gap dress which Bill Clinton dribbled on while brokering peace agreements with Yassir Arafat

Green: Savvy marketing ploy / way to save the planet while wiping your ass

Gold Star Families for Peace Founded by citizen / superstar / Senate hopeful Cindy Sheehan. Opposed Iraq War, Afghan War, everything else. Set up shanty town / lawn party in Crawford to demand Bush have 2nd meeting with Cindy, who said:

"You get that evil maniac out here, cuz a Gold Star Mother has some questions for him. You tell me that my son died for oil. You tell me my son died to spread the cancer of Pax Americana. You don't tell me my son died for freedom & democracy. Cuz, we're not freer. You're taking away our freedoms. The Iraqi people aren't freer, they're much worse off than before you meddled in their country. You get America out of Iraq, you get Israel out of Palestine."

Purple Finger of Freedom - Symbol of Iraqi democracy, & sign that Iraqis braved death threats to vote in Iraq's first free elections in 35 years. Scorned by pampered American Leftists, who also scorn US 2004 election results as fraud.

Red Scare - Popular historical revisionism as seen in Clooney's Good Night & Good Luck, which pretends Communists had not infiltrated US government at highest levels. Adherents long claimed Alger Hiss & Rosenbergs as innocent martyrs, changed subject after further revelations.

Orange Revolution Peaceful populist revolt in Ukraine that successfully contested rigged 2004 election results. Rallies featured bodacious Ukrainian pop star Ruslana in skimpy outfits & orange bandanas.

Rainbow PUSH Civil rights for fun & profit. Features Jesse Jackson's patented fund-raising technique of making bogus racism charges against corporations, who later make substantial cash donations to Rainbow PUSH. Jackson also pulls strings: Clinton pardoned Rainbow PUSH official who pled guilty to stealing $1.2 million in government grants.

Lavender: Queers for Palestine. Aka stupid stupid queens.

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January 31, 2006

WHY I LOVE THE ANGRY LEFT

Today's mood at Cindy for Senate:

"This Democratic Party has betrayed us again! Almost half of them voted to end the filibuster. [Which had no chance of success.] If you are like me you cried your eyes out last night & screamed yourself hoarse. They are Vichy Democrats.  It is pathetic! They are spitting in our face. It is time for a third party! If that nut Ross Perot could do it so can we. I'm screaming at my PC right now! What next!"

UPDATE: Beautiful Atrocities suspects / sincerely hopes the Cindy for Senate site is a spoof.

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January 29, 2006

CITIZEN SUPERSTAR

Globetrotting citizen / superstar Cindy Sheehan says she'll run for Senate against Dianne Feinstein if the bitch doesn't toe the line & call the troops home yesterday! Apparently that Idiotarian of the Year award went straight to her head. Cindy's already got DiFi jumping around like a trained seal: when she threatened to run if Di didn't support a filibluster, Di immediately fell in line. You go, girl!

In between bullying senators & slipping the tongue to Hugo Chavez, Cindy posted her latest scribbles at Huff Post about ‘matriots’, which is not a kind of marsupial but patriots with ovaries. Cindy's screed - which includes the words sputum, nefariously, matriotic, & spit - makes a stunning point:

"There is one universal truth that no one can dispute no matter how hard they try: Everyone has a mother!"

Sadly, not everyone has shizzle. While millions of women may be running to their hairdressers barking "Gimme the Cindy!" (aka Pageboys for Peace), below the neck Cindy still looks like the mange. She doesn't even have a signature look, an absolute necessity if you're going to be a citizen / Senator / superstar.

Q: Who should design Cindy's signature look? (click designer for pop-up frock)
	Jean Paul Gaultier
	Vivienne Westwood
	Joe Boxer
	Mullah Omar
	Target by Isaac Mizrahi
	Bjork by Marjan Pejoski
	Mao Tse Tung
	Slava Zaitsev

BONUS: NSA wiretap of Cindy Sheehan phoning Janaene Garofalo from Venezuela

See also Cindy Sheehan: I'm Still Here, Dammit!; Amor Latino!; Cindy Cymmetry; President Cindy

UPDATE: Click for Cindy!

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January 04, 2006

IN CASE IT'S ABSOLUTELY VITAL TO KNOW...

...Barbra Streisand has issued her latest foreign policy statement.

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December 23, 2005

LEADING DEMOCRATS' ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE PHOTO OP

photo © beautiful Atrocities

DURBIN: My god, what a pristine wilderness!

BOXER: Breathtaking! What time does the sun come up?

BIDEN: Around June. For 10 minutes.

JESSE JACKSON: That could be good for tourism, no risk of sunburn.

BYRD: Do you people sunburn?

JACKSON: What kinda racist KKK shit is that??

BYRD: Oh don't crimp your pubes, I'll make another goddamn 'contribution' to PUSH. Damn, you bargain like a Jew.

JACKSON: Now that's funny!

PATTY MURRAY: What the— who the hell is dry-humping my ass??

("mumble mumble baby got back hiccup!")

MURRAY: Ted! Get off me, you oaf!

BIDEN: Is that water running?

BOXER: Sorry. I had to tinkle.

REID: You're desecrating a pristine wilderness! What if some pitiful animal drinks that?

MURRAY: Are there even any animals here?

(grrrrowl)

MURRAY: Oh my god, what's that??

DURBIN: Heh-heh.

MURRAY: You asshole, Dick! That's not funny.

HOWARD DEAN:  Magnificent. This is exactly the kind of lifeless, desolate wasteland we should be preserving for - YEEEOWWWWGGGGHHHHHHHHH

REID: Howard, that screaming schtick is getting so old. (pause) Howard?

BIDEN: It almost sounded like he fell into a crevasse.

KERRY: Fell - or was pushed.

HILLARY: Heh heh.

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December 21, 2005

WHO WOULD DIEBOLD BOMB?

You see what I have to put up with? More delirium tremens graffiti from the certifiable crew at Oakland's Grand Lake Movie Palace, which sometimes even shows movies. While I was taking the pic, a stylin' young black woman walked past & said "Ain't that the truth?"  A spirited exchange followed. We're no longer friends.

More fun with signs here & here

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December 07, 2005

CINDY SHEEHAN: I'M STILL HERE, DAMMIT!

After her flop book tour, Cindy Sheehan fired her agent & hired a new publicist who's scheduled a media blitz to change her image & restore her status as America's sweetheart:

I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here: In the Sunni Triangle, Cindy & pals run for their lives to avoid becoming Al Jazeera's Snuff Vid of the Day. Also stars Alexis Arquette, Charles Rangel, Bai Ling, former Power Ranger Michael Copon, Heidi Klum, Flavor Flav, & Nancy Pelosi

Trading Spouses: Cindy's exasperated family swaps her for famous nutjob Marguerite Perrin of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, figuring batshit Pentecostal jeremiads (notorious video here) can't be worse than Cindy's stale old paleoliberal rants. Bonus:  Marguerite Perrin Reality Show Plea Petition

American's Top Model:  Cindy's stats: Age - 48. Hometown - Vacaville, CA. Occupation - Citizen / Superstar. Favorite TV show - The Ashlee Simpson Show. Favorite magazine - Cahiers du Cinema. Favorite movie - Girl on Girl Pt 7.  Favorite food - tabbouli.

Extreme Tetherball: Cindy & Louis Farrakhan face off against Hootie & the Blowfish. Losers are decapitated

I Can't Believe I Wore That!: Bo Derek ribs a good-natured Cindy about her regrettable taste for tie-dye, her appalling straw hat fetish, & inappropriate display of argyle body stockings, camel toe, & Wonderbras

Loveline with Mumia abu Jamal: A giggling Cindy plays Robin Quivers to wisecracking cop-killer Mumia, who gets her to take her top off. "You are a bad boy, Mumia, I could just give you a lethal injection!!"

Private Passions - Ultimate Fantasies: Host Nancy Grace gets Cindy to reveal her dream of some back-door action in a Shemar Moore / Hugo Chavez sandwich.

WWE Smackdown: Cindy & Ron Jeremy take on Trish Stratus & Hillary Clinton. Cindy bashes the bejesus out of Hillary's botox, screaming "Stop the killing you warmongering whoremonkey*!"

Days of our Lives:  Bo & Hope's shaky marriage hits the skids when Hope's old ice-skating rival Veronique Vernieux (Cindy Sheehan) shows up to make trouble. Veronique: "If you need me, Bo, just moo. You know how to moo, dontcha? Just put your lips together & moooooooooooo!"

* try saying warmongering whoremonkey 10 times fast

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December 03, 2005

JUST PLAIN NUTS

Barbra Streisand cancelled her LA Times subscription after it replaced oped liberal Robert Scheer with conservative Jonah Goldberg, leaving her with no breakfast reading except the NY Times & Revolutionary Worker: "I'm almost embarrassed for you seeing the LA Times being referred to as the Chicago LA Times* on the myriad of internet sites I've visited in the last few days."

A quick google shows that myriad = 2, Talk Left & Think Progress, where a commenter helpfully notes that Scheer can still be read at the World Worker Party [sic] paper (link here, pdf). Fun game: read the entertaining comment threads at Talk Left & Think Progress & try to guess which commenter is Barbra Streisand.

Babs' letter, which at least was spell-checked, rambles about "diversity blah blah integrity yada yada swiftly diminishing free press" etc.  Her Truth Alerts are always fun - she just called for impeaching Bush - but my fave riff is this give-her-enough-rope segue:

"August 6 marks the 60th anniversary of the US bombing of Hiroshima.  This is also the anniversary of another 'bomb' that was dropped 4 years ago into the lap of President Bush in the form of a memo titled Bin Laden Determined to Strike in the US."

Gee Babs, that's kinda poor taste. Couldn't you think of another bomb, like The Mirror Has Two Faces or Nuts?

See also Silly Barbra Streisand

*The la times is owned by the chicago tribune

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November 28, 2005

CINDY SHEEHAN CAPTION CONTEST

Caption this classic pic of Cindy Sheehan, Peace Mother, thronged at her booksigning. I'll start: "That's great, Cindy, remember: think cute, bubbly, & effervescent!"

Related: Plastic Turkey Frenzy

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November 27, 2005

I'M READY FOR MY CLOSEUP, MISS SARANDON

A number of used celebrities & out-of-work actors are upset that multiple murderer Tookie Williams is scheduled to be executed in December. They feel his death sentence should be commuted because a) he at least didn't kill a cop like Mumia, & b) he's written books about gang violence & is an important role model like Gandhi & Snoop Dogg. Do you agree? Which of the following can Tookie's victims no longer do that Tookie can?
	Write books & be a role model
	Entertain used celebrities & out-of-work actors
	Pump iron & rape tender young inmates
	Reminisce with Scott Peterson
	Make a Xmas list
	Hope
	Anything

See also Michelle Malkin: the Tookie Files; Aaron's CC: Fry Tookie Apparel; Tookie.com; Margaret Cho's Special Save Tookie Message; San Quentin: Tookie No Model Prisoner; Bianca Jagger Bores Tookie Williams

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June 18, 2005

LUNACRATS

IOWAHAWK: FROM THE DESK OF SENATOR DICK

INDC JOURNAL: APB FOR MAXINE WATERS

POLITBURO DIKTAK: RINO KOOL-AID

JAWA REPORT: TORTURE 101

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER: I HEART GITMO

The fun thing about being an independent is that you can take turns being disgusted with both parties. This week, hands down, it's the Democrats aka the Lunacrats.  When did hyperbole go mainstream? My high school Rhetoric teacher taught us that hyperbole is a sign of a weak argument.  It's also irresponsible.

Let us turn to fiery independent Camille Paglia & her 1991 MIT address in which she flamed the Left's tendency to wild exaggeration:

"The abuse of language has got to stop. Throwing around words like racist & homophobic & so on. We cannot condemn as bigotry everything that we don't agree with. Or when you don't get enough money for AIDS education: Genocide! This is what they were shouting in Kennebunkport. What does this do? You destroy the true meaning of genocide as it was authentically embodied under Hitler. You destroy meanings, you anesthetize people, you turn the mind off."

(It also applies when throwing around terms like Holocaust to refer to abortion & euthanasia to refer to taking a brain-dead woman off life-support.)

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April 27, 2005

THE AIR AMERICA JUGGERNAUT

Via TC Lynch, we learn that Air America is burning up the airwaves in Manhattan, currently rated #23, well behind Rush & Hannity (#8), & Savage/O'Reilly (#19). Since this is the world's most liberal market next to Belgium, this is a bad sign. However, closer analysis shows Franken's liberal juggernaut is making headway:

• in a salamander-shaped 6-block stretch of the Upper East Side, Air America is #9
  
  
• among humanities assistant professors nationwide, Air America is closing on NPR
  
  
• in Bozeman, Montana, Air America is #7 in a gated enclave of California ex-pats


• in Berkeley, Air America giving strong competition to KPFA's Herbal Highway & La Raza Chronicles


• Air America the station of choice at Moscow Food Coop in Moscow, ID; Lakewinds Natural Foods in Minnetonka, MN; & Karma Coop in Toronto

Nationwide, several Air America programs are showing legs:

LOVELINE with Mumia Abu-Jamal: A convicted cop-killer answers your relationship questions. Offers inmate dating service for prime USDA Death Row beef

WOMANTALK® with Barbara Boxer: "We need regime replacement, not hormone replacement!"

WHY THEY HATE US:  Paleoliberal academics discuss root causes of why Americans hate them. This week: Ward Churchill

WHO DA MAN?  White liberals vie to prove who's the blackest. This week: Anne Lamott on her nasty white dreads, sings Got 2 B Real. Next week: Bill Clinton vs Wilt Chamberlain

GIULIANA WITH A G:  Raucous shock radio from Stalinist cupcake Giuliana Sgrena & gushing sidekick David Brock: "Oh, you slay me, Giuliana! Stop! My side is killing me!"

EGGHEADS: PC poststructuralist gurus Cornel West & Judith Butler have in-depth conversations consisting of meaningless gibberish

ROCK N ROLL GENOCIDE: Kofi 'spins' the hits

See also Michelle Malkin: Al Franken, Proud Member of the Unreality-Based Community

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April 08, 2005

GREAT MOMENTS IN POLITICAL EPILEPSY

Living here in the SF Bay area, I tried to be a good liberal. I even subscribed to the Nation. When Christopher Hitchens threw in the towel & resigned as a Nation columnist after September 11th, I wasn't surprised. To be a Nation writer, one has to be a raving ideologue impervious to reality & never acknowledge you were wrong. (Anything by Robert Scheer or Katha Pollitt is particularly insane.) Some prophetic wisdom from the Nation:

"Blue-collar Kucinich is the only one who can win back the blue-collar Reagan Democrats. Imagine him in a debate with Dubya. It would be a knockout in the first round, & we'd have an honest-to-God working-class President. Kucinich is the man to light the fire." Studs Turkle April 2002

"A military strike against the Taliban is full of perils that are far greater than the dangers we already face. Escalation is unthinkable. It must be avoided at all costs." Jonathan Schell, September 2001

"If the objective is to crush the networks of scattered terrorists--whoever they are--who organized the murderous assault, then military force is generally impotent." Editorial, September 2001

"Here we are in 2002, with the UN a wholly owned US subsidiary abetting an imperial onslaught as brazen & lawless as any colonizing sortie of the 19th Century." Alexander Cockburn, Dec 2002

"I don't think you have to love Saddam Hussein to be skeptical about the rosy scenarios being put forward on behalf of 'regime change'. Even Kanan Makiya, the Iraqi dissident who strongly favors invasion, admitted that there is only a 5% chance that the aftermath will be a democratic, peaceful Iraq that respects human rights." Katha Pollitt, Nov 2002

"As long as the UN inspection presence is at work in Iraq there is the possibility that Iraq can be disarmed, rebuilt & reintegrated into the community of nations." Dennis Kucinich, Jan 2003

"Not that we oppose the spread of genuine democracy, but we must oppose any democratizing project based on US economic interests & sustained by US military power--a project that is certain to provoke anger, resistance & violence around the world." Michael Klare, Feb 2003

"Bush & his colleagues are exhilarated & thrilled by the thought of war, the violence, the killing, the blood, the deaths, the horror Why do they want this war so much? Why do some people want to be whipped by a dominatrix? Why did Hitler want to kill the Jews? Why do some people collect coins? Why do some people collect stamps?" Wallace Shawn, March 2003

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March 22, 2005

MOONBATS ON PARADE

I had the flu last weekend & didn't want to stand in the rain to see the Angry Left protesting democracy in Iraq, or whatever the hell it was they were protesting. But if like me you enjoy a good montage of Moonbats on Parade, FLOPPING ACES has a good roundup. More local color:

Providence: ANTIPROTESTER JOURNAL & KELLIPUNDIT

San Diego: INDEPUNDIT, DA GODDESS, FLAWED SOCIETY, DARLENE'S PLACE, CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTION, NEW EAGLE

New York: SLANTPOINT, EXIT ZERO

San Francisco: SHINING FULL PLATE

Austin: KEATH MILLIGAN

Montreal: IDF ISREAL

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February 24, 2005

AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS

Via Six Meat Buffet

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February 22, 2005

WAR IS NOT GUD

Sondra has an email from the sister of the American soldier who got flamed by a 6th grade social studies class accusing him of murdering civvies & destroying mosques. (Maybe the kids got their tips from Eason Jordan.) But 6th graders are the perfect intellectual level for the empty canards that pass for argument on the antiwar Left!

These kids, like the antiwar Left, know nothing of the Gulf War, nothing of the terms of the ceasefire, nothing of the UN resolutions Hussein flouted, nothing of the Kay report, which found extensive weapons systems violations, & nothing of what's currently going on in Iraq.

The antiwar Left, having been wrong about everything from Day 1, & now having to witness tectonic, world-changing elections in Iraq & Afghanistan, is reduced to sniffing that the war was immoral because innocent people got hurt. Never mind that fewer people have been killled than were Hussein left to his own murderous designs.

Saying that war is only acceptable if no one gets hurt is NOT an intellectual argument, & just makes you look like a twit. At least 6th graders have an excuse for their ignorance.

NY Post: Writing a Wrong

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February 08, 2005

THE CO$T OF WAR

Via BarbraStreisand.com, one of my daily must-reads, I found The Cost of War, a site that tells us alternative uses for money spent on the Iraq War. It's the web equivalent of those non sequitur bumper stickers like SCHOOLS NOT BOMBS. Really? How about SCHOOLS NOT HOSPITALS? CONDOMS NOT COLONELS? GI FLORA, NOT GI BILL? RECYCLE TRASH, NOT ISLAMONUTTERS?.

Hell, maybe Berkeley could just put up a sign, JIHAD-FREE ZONE, & when the murderous Islamopaths saw it, they'd shrug & move on. But if you're really attached to this pov, here are some other things all that Iraq War money could have been used for:

95,924,764,889 Neti pots for nasal irrigation

3,400,000 McDonald's restaurant franchises

987 Alexanders

11,333,333 speaking fees for Ralph Nader

5,100,000,000 Ecstasy tablets

153,000 pairs of diamond-encrusted pumps for Halle Berry

5,666,666 daisy cutter bombs

29,198,473,282 K-mart Thalia brand ribbed knit glitter Amor Tees at $5.24 ea

510,000 Thalia wedding gowns at $300,000 ea

10,200 private Pacific islands

227,002,967 cross-country Amtrak sleeper reservations

2353 Katie Couric salaries

12,750,000 premium 3-month blogads on Daily Kos

1092 Slobodan Milosevic war crimes tribunals in the Hague

680,000 1965 Aston Martin DB5 convertibles

2.3 UN Oil-for-Fraud boondoggles

40 temperature controlled Persian Gulf theme parks

46 Cassini-Huygens Titan missions

831 New York Yankees OR 2593 Oakland A's payrolls

306 new prescription drugs

10,936,383,130 pairs of Beautiful Atrocities boxer shorts

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January 27, 2005

DESPERATE LIBERALS

WELCOME TO HYSTERIA LANE, WHERE DESPERATE WOMEN TRY TO COPE WITH THE DEATH OF PALEOLIBERAL DREAMS

Nan: Will her House mutiny now that she's led them to their lowest ebb since WWII? Will they really allow pro-life types to move in RIGHT NEXT DOOR?

Hill: The Ice Queen whose randy hubby had more slips than Victoria's Secret. Ruthless, scheming, she woke up one day light-years from the political center: will her plot to impersonate a moderate succeed?

Barb: The victim of runaway hormone replacement therapy, she veers from public crybaby to vicious tantrums. Now that younger, prettier, more successful Condi has moved in, will it drive Barb right over the edge?

Babs: "Dios mio," grumbles her maid, "if that bitch tells me to pack her bags for France one more time, I'll give her a misty, watercolor memory right in her fat ass!"

Mo: The lonely spinster, desperate for attention, Mo throws gifts & money at men in a pathetic attempt to hold onto them. But can she ever get over her obsession with George??

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January 17, 2005

A MESSAGE FROM BARBRA

"The idea of a liberal media bias is a myth. If only it were true. The idea that the media is sympathetic to conservative causes is obvious, for reasons of ownership, economics, & outside pressure.

"Dan Rather was castigated by the media for airing the Bush National Guard story before completely verifying one document. The details of Bush's service record were true, although the document is in question. Dan Rather's error didn't hold a candle to the lies & lives lost by entering into an unnecessary war. One's actions are a little sloppy - the other's actions are high crimes & misdemeanors.

"Prestigious anchors like Cronkite, Brokaw, Rather, Moyers & Lehrer carefully tow-the-line [sic] to present the news in a balanced manner. Republicans have managed to win 5 out of the last 7 Presidential elections, due in part to the fact that reporters on major networks have become so fearful of either losing their job or being deemed biased, they have relinquished their responsibility to hold our leaders accountable."

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