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March 27th, 2006

Fearmongering is an exclusive executive branch function. spook of the ozarks: They’re stealing his material  

Darned if I know how the global economy works, but I sure am glad nobody else does. I’d hate to think so much misery was intentional. Murky Thoughts: Three dismal views worth considering  

March 26th, 2006

There are numerous noteworthy items, but the most significant, by far, is that the DoJ made clear to Congress that even if Congress passes some sort of newly amended FISA of the type which Sen. DeWine introduced, and even if the President “agrees” to it and signs it into law, the President still has the power to violate that law if he wants to. Unclaimed Territory - by Glenn Greenwald: Administration tells Congress (again) - We won’t abide by your “laws”  

When that happens, I go by the following maxim – where there’s smoke, pour gasoline. The Lazy Way to Success: Profiting From Your Passions  

Who would Jesus copy? AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth  

One — don’t take advice from Hugh Hewitt. And Two — never ever bow to the right wing. The Blog | Jane Hamsher: To Jim Brady: The WaPo Still Has a Ben Domenech Problem | The Huffington Post  

March 24th, 2006

Christians for torture: it’s a new constituency. Another part of the Bush legacy. Andrew Sullivan | The Daily Dish: Americans And Torture  

We’re gonna miss you, Ben. Your time with the Washington Post will be even shorter than Jeff Gannon’s stint as a White House correspondent. And let’s face it: That’s really sad. Sadly, No!: 2006’s Own Jeff Gannon  

So, to put it in perspective: my cat and I are splitting a case of Fancy Feast today, next week I’ll be on the beach, eating like the King of Colorado. Jamesfaqs Web Journal: Try and Catch Me, Debt Collectors Mwa ha ha!  

I don’t know about you guys, but I am so sick and tired of these lying, thieving, holier-than-thou, right-wing, cruel, crude, rude, gauche, coarse, crass, cocky, corrupt, dishonest, debauched, degenerate, dissolute, swaggering, lawyer shooting, bullhorn shouting, infrastructure destroying, hysterical, history defying, finger-pointing, puppy stomping, roommate appointing, pretzel choking, collateral damaging, aspersion casting, wedding party bombing, clear cutting, torturing, jobs outsourcing, torture outsourcing, “so-called” compassionate-conservative, women’s rights eradicating, Medicare cutting, uncouth, spiteful, boorish, vengeful, noxious, homophobic, xenophobic, xylophonic, racist, sexist, ageist, fascist, cashist, audaciously stupid, brazenly selfish, lethally ignorant, journalist purchasing, genocide ignoring, corporation kissing, poverty inducing, crooked, coercive, autocratic, primitive, uppity, high-handed, domineering, arrogant, inhuman, inhumane, insolent, know-it-all, snotty, pompous, contemptuous, supercilious, gutless, spineless, shameless, avaricious, poisonous, imperious, merciless, graceless, tactless, brutish, brutal, Karl Roving, backward thinking, persistent vegetative state grandstanding, nuclear option threatening, evolution denying, irony deprived, depraved, insincere, conceited, perverted, pre-emptory invading of a country that had absolutely nothing to do with 911, 35 day vacation taking, bribe soliciting, incapable, inbred, hellish, proud for no apparent reason, smarty pants, loudmouth, bullying, swell headed, ethnic cleansing, ethics eluding, domestic spying, medical marijuana busting, kick backing, Halliburtoning, New Deal disintegrating, narcissistic, undiplomatic, blustering, malevolent, demonizing, baby seal clubbing, Duke Cunninghamming, hectoring, verbally flatulent, pro-bad, anti-good, Moslem baiting, photo-op arranging, hurricane disregarding, oil company hugging, judge packing, science disputing, faith based mathematics advocating, armament selling, nonsense spewing, education ravaging, whiny, unscrupulous, greedy exponential factor fifteen, fraudulent, CIA outing, redistricting, anybody who disagrees with them slandering, fact twisting, ally alienating, betraying, god and flag waving, scare mongering, Cindy Sheehan libeling, phony question asking, just won’t get off the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drilling, two-faced, inept, callous, menacing, oppressive, vulgar, antagonistic, brush clearing, suck-up, showboating, tyrannizing, peace hating, water and air and ground and media polluting — which is pretty much all the polluting you can get — deadly, illegal, pernicious, lethal, haughty, venomous, virulent, ineffectual, mephitic, egotistic, bloodthirsty, incompetent, hypocritical, did I say evil, I’m not sure if I said evil, because I want to make sure I say evil… EVIL, cretinous, fool, toad, buttwipe, lizardstick, cowardly, lackey imperialistic tool slime buckets in the Bush Administration that I could just spit. Curbstone Critic: Will Durst Calls for Calmly Impeaching Them  

March 23rd, 2006

The moral of the story is that if you want to boost sales of a product, make sure that it raises the wrath of religious nuts, then laugh all the way to the bank. The Freethinker: Muslim zealots boost sales of Mustafa Shag  

The official name of the monument is “Monument to Pro-Life: The Birth of Sean Preston,” and I’m pretty sure the unofficial name is “The sex doll I was making but somebody caught me so now I’m pretending it’s a Britney Spears monument.” Britney Spears gets birthing monument - The Superficial - www.thesuperficial.com  

There’s much more, but it’s all masturbiblation, picking at words and extracting far more significance from them than is warranted, all to determine that squid actually aren’t alive. Pharyngula: God hates squid  

March 22nd, 2006

For Christ’s sake (pun intended), it’s a piece of drywall that got warped during the flooding of Katrina. If anything, it resembles the face of a giant hideous bug creature from Jupiter. But it’s definitely not Jesus. Sadly, No!: I Know I’m Being Mean, But…  

The lesson here is that all this complexity being pushed by so-called enterprise architects, software vendors and big 5 consulting companies is bullshit. Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - My Website is Bigger Than Your Enterprise