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Archive for January, 2008

The Shrill Cry of Internet Bugles

Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2008 @ 12:53 am in Political | 6 Comments »

When a wingnut works himself into a state of sufficiently high dudgeon, readers, it won’t be long before talk turns to the subject of civil war. Think of it as a sort of corollary to Godwin’s Law.
Blue and Gray, eternally at odds, honor and glory set to the shrill cry of bugles and the [...]

Cognitive Dissonance

Posted: Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 @ 12:08 am in Political | 5 Comments »

Chris Matthews spent the better part of two years during Campaign 2000 attacking Al Gore as a liar, a fool who was “uncomfortable in his own skin,” “Clinton’s bathtub ring” who “would lick the bathroom floor to be President,” etc, etc.
This, mind you, was after he brought the execrable Gennifer Flowers on his show, where [...]

Fascists and Communists

Posted: Monday, January 28th, 2008 @ 6:29 pm in Political | 11 Comments »

As you are all aware, Jonah Goldberg just published a book claiming that liberals are fascists.
At the same time, wingnuts on cable TV are claiming that liberals are “explicitly socialist” and “communist.”

Asshole of the Month: John Gibson

Posted: Thursday, January 24th, 2008 @ 1:20 pm in Misc | 4 Comments »

Fox News host John Gibson made fun of Heath Ledger’s death yesterday on his execrable radio show:
Opening his radio show with funeral music yesterday, Fox News host John Gibson callously mocked the death of actor Heath Ledger, calling him a “weirdo” with a “serious drug problem.”
Playing an audio clip of the iconic quote, “I wish [...]

So long, Hounddog

Posted: Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 @ 3:44 pm in Political | 6 Comments »

It’s official, readers: Fred “Hounddog” Thompson has dropped out of Campaign 2008.

Mitt Romney: “Who let the dogs out? Who? Who?”

Posted: Monday, January 21st, 2008 @ 9:46 pm in Political | 2 Comments »

The most cringeworthy video of the year thus far: Mitt Romney saying “Who let the dogs out?” as he poses with a group of African-American paradegoers at a Martin Luther King Day parade in Jacksonville.
As he posed for a picture with a group of young people, the typically old-fashioned Romney was relaxed enough to [...]

Link of the Day: Mercury

Posted: Friday, January 18th, 2008 @ 5:34 pm in Daily Links | 3 Comments »

Are you aware of the MESSENGER space probe that just flew by the planet Mercury? You should check out the images being sent back to Earth of Mercury’s surface. Very cool, readers.
Mercury’s horizon, 14 January 2008, from MESSENGER probe

Friday Dog Blogging: Mystery

Posted: Friday, January 18th, 2008 @ 5:24 pm in Dogs and Cats | 3 Comments »

Both dogs are in Cleveland this weekend, readers. I am missing Mystery.
Mystery

Salò, or the Forty-Nine Days of Costco Coulter

Posted: Thursday, January 10th, 2008 @ 5:09 pm in Political | 5 Comments »

The Costco Coulter has written the dumbest blog post of 2008, and it’s a marvel of economy, readers. Here’s the course of events:
23 November 2007 — Celeb-gossip blog TMZ.com posts a picture of Monica Lewinsky schlepping her luggage through an unspecified “New York airport.” Here is TMZ’s accompanying commentary, in its entirety:
That infamous [...]

Thursday MP3s: Underground London

Posted: Thursday, January 10th, 2008 @ 3:44 pm in Music | 1 Comment »

I haven’t posted Thursday MP3s in a couple of months, readers, but better late than never.
Today’s album is Disc One of Underground London (1995). This is a twelve-track compilation of British techno. I still listen to it fairly often, and it still sounds good, despite the fact that it’s now twelve years old. [...]