BlogBites

March 27th, 2008

Given the way Dubya’s crew is still trying to blame Iran for everything that goes wrong in Iraq, it’s only natural that we’re on the side of the Iranian puppets. Through the Looking Glass  

For all we know, they might actually be technically correct — widely recognized as the very best kind of correct. Apple settles out MacBook class action lawsuit - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)  

March 26th, 2008

I suppose nothing should surprise me anymore, but it seems that conservatives are using the recently-released Pentagon report showing (yet again) that there’s no Saddam/al-Qaeda connection to prove the existence of such a connection. Matthew Yglesias (March 25, 2008) - Up Is Down (Foreign Policy)  

The “Tonya Harding Option”? Really? So does this make John McCain Oksana Baiul? Shakesville: Well, it’s Been a Long Journey from Milan to Minsk  

“Fuck the heck” has since become a regularly used expression of confusion on the site. Language Log: Reading the ampersand comics!  

March 25th, 2008

Much like the proverbial goldfish swimming around the tank, the average user starts fresh every morning: since they don’t understand the logic, they can only hope it will work. That’s plug and pray. Press any key to continue - O’Reilly Digital Media Blog  

I must be either a particularly un-picky eater or a hermaphrodite. New Scientist Short Sharp Science Blog: Snakes and snails and runny eggs?  

Each person is equal in human dignity; human abilities are another subject altogether. Deus Ex Malcontent: Reality Check  

March 23rd, 2008

Behind the Old North Church, there’s an impromptu memorial: a dog tag for each fallen soldier in this misbegotten war, their numbers in the thousands, hanging from a garden trellis, jangling in the wind. Through the Looking Glass  

In fact, his blog has a whopping 2 posts, and they’re both mind bogglingly retarded. And Today’s Jackass Blogger Is…  

March 22nd, 2008

Does anyone at Wired even read this shit before publishing it? Daring Fireball: How Leander Kahney Got Everything Wrong by Being an Irredeemable Jackass  

There are a lot of downsides here, obviously, but the silver lining is that being an unemployed alcoholic may lose its social stigma and put you in the vanguard of an exciting and rapidly-expanding career field. And if inflation kicks in, more of us will get to enjoy $5500 blow jobs. Maybe not ‘enjoy’, exactly, but feel satisfied in a job well done as we rise from our knees and straighten our paper trainee hats. And would you like some fries with your hummer, sir? fuckedcountry.com « Liberal Fascism  

Satanitude noun. A quality found in, and admired by, politicians and hellhounds. Wordlustitude: Satanitude  

There is a rich, deep kind of irony that must be shared. Pharyngula: EXPELLED!  

March 21st, 2008

If you follow this idiotic line of reasoning, we should be sending Stallone over to clean house in Iraq and you’ll want to give Hugh Laurie a call the next time you’re puking up blood. Deus Ex Malcontent: They’re Just Not that Into You