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GOP: The Bill of Rights makes great toilet paper

Really, scripted on old parchment it is soft and pliable and great for getting out those stubborn dingleberries:

Critics predicted the impact would be sweeping, from silencing police officers who fear retribution for reporting department corruption, to subduing federal employees who want to reveal problems with government hurricane preparedness or terrorist-related security.

Supporters said that it will protect governments from lawsuits filed by disgruntled workers pretending to be legitimate whistleblowers.

So in order to protect from false accusations we'll just get rid of all accusations. Maybe we can pass some more decisions to protect men from those silly rape claims, cops from those ludicrous brutality charges, politicians from those nasty ethics whiners, the military from those silly brown people who should just die en masse already, and Bush from the accusations of being an incompetent nimrod.

How do you spell democracy?

Gotta love Moscow's defense of having blocked gays from laying flowers at the grave of the unknown soldier:

Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said such an action would have been a desecration of the sacred monument, and rejected Western criticism of his ban as prejudiced and homophobic.

"Our way of life, our morals and our tradition -- our morals are cleaner in all ways. The West has something to learn from us and should not race along in this mad licentiousness," he told Moscow radio, according to local news agencies.

"We may have a democratic country, but we live in an organized country and an organized city."

So democracy, sure, but only for those who agree. Oh, and gays are disorganized.  They're constantly losing their keys and missing deadlines. The only really organized man-on-man action must stay between Bush and his noble souled Russian mancake.

Jebus is coming and he's pissed

Jebus is popping up in some strange places lately. First he's in your omlette and now he's on your playstation. Yeah. He's comin' to kill all the jews, muslims, gays, and democrats he can get his AK-47 on.

Imagine: you are a foot soldier in a paramilitary group whose purpose is to remake America as a Christian theocracy, and establish its worldly vision of the dominion of Christ over all aspects of life. You are issued high-tech military weaponry, and instructed to engage the infidel on the streets of New York City. You are on a mission - both a religious mission and a military mission -- to convert or kill Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, gays, and anyone who advocates the separation of church and state - especially moderate, mainstream Christians. Your mission is "to conduct physical and spiritual warfare"; all who resist must be taken out with extreme prejudice. You have never felt so powerful, so driven by a purpose.

The game, linked to this nutjob, is the must-have Christmas item for any hate-filled Christian terrorist:

Gary DeMar stated he'd execute gays only if they were caught indulging in sodomy, but others envision sinners in line for the death penalty would include women who commit adultery or lie about their virginity, blasphemers, witches, children who strike their parents, and gay men. Thus, DeMar is considered somewhat of a liberal in this extreme authoritarian movement.

This is the perfect sequal to last year's budding psychopath toy. Finally, a chance for every 13-year old brainwashee to show his friends how dedicated he is to crusading for the common good and preparing for this years smack-down circle jerk. 

Make sure yours isn't the last kid on the block to suckle at the fiery teat of poppa vengeance!

Bush hearts the Talkies

Bush Na-Gonna see An Inconvenient Truth 'cuz it's inconvenient.

Bush Na-Gonna see foreign films 'cuz he no read.

Bush Na-Gonna see Brokeback Mountain 'cuz that's just plain gay.

But Bushie likee explotative ill-timed politically insensitive opportunistic down-with-brown-people flick!

Chomsky on Settlement

Windows Media PlayerChomsky thinks Hamas policy better than U.S. / Israeli. Should make for some interesting afternoon viewing.

Just because Bush says it doesn't make it true

I know all the media outlets have been abuzz with Bush’s shameful likening of the War on Terror to the Cold War at West Point address the sequal. Some are calling it a sign that GWOT will be a generational struggle to continue for years and years, as if that’s somehow a profound insight into the mind of a megalomaniacal war-monger.

Myself, I can’t think of anything more profoundly stupid than to assume otherwise. After all, “terrorism” is an incredibly malleable and abstract concept and the tactics which define common vernacular are as old as humankind. In fact, I defy anyone to give me an example of any existing state which did not originate in some fashion from an act of terrorism. By extension, there is no reason to suspect that assholes individuals angry and disaffected by the majority won’t continue to rely on political violence for the foreseeable future. But honestly, what did 9-11 change except that this time they dared to bring it to U.S. soil.?

However, this does NOT mean that we are somehow condemned to continue this intellectually vacuous pursuit of an international “war” on a tactic. Just because Bush’s puny reptilian neocortex somehow squeezed out the realization that terrorism is always going to be around does not provide justification for perpetuating a foreign policy that has clearly inserted itself as a causal factor in the very insecurity it purports to address. Even sushi is smart enough to know that Bush’s generational “war” is only making the problem worse.

Lara Logan in Iraq

Today's post from Atrios reminded me of this video post from C & L. I love this woman. Tough as nails and full of righteous outrage at the ridiculous assertion of roses and pixie dust going unreported in Iraq. Definitely worth the download.


Video-WMP Video-QT (David Edwards for the vid)

Of course, I don't think the media is going to be too eager to cower before this accusation much longer after this.

Every nerds dream!

Ok, you got me.  It's my dream.  What can I say, I spent a lot of time alone as a child.

Stop laughing at me. 

The GOP Resume Builder

Get a campaign job --> Committ a crime --> Go to jail --> Get realeased --> Teach

In a word...

Awesome:

 

UPDATE:

This is clearly a fake. Look at the angle of the shadow on the sign from the woman's hand. Now look at the same thing on the little girls hand. Nevertheless, I'm leaving it up because it's funny and the fact that it's plausible at all says enough!

UPDATE Part Deux:

Well, there seems to be a lot of controversy about whether this is a fake or not.  In fact, most people seem to think I'm way off about the shadows and that the angles actually do make sense.  What do you think?  Operators are standing by in the comments section. 


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