Wednesday Is Poetry Day
From the best contemporary Danish poet out there, Henrik Nordbrandt:
Sailing
After having loved we lie close together
and at the same time with distance between us
like two sailing ships that enjoy so intensely
their own lines in the dark water they divide
that their hulls
are almost splitting from sheer delight
while racing, out in the blue
under sails which the night wind fills
with flower-scented air and moonlight
- without one of them ever trying
to outsail the other
and without the distance between them
lessening or growing at all.
But there are other nights, where we drift
like two brightly illuminated luxury liners
lying side by side
with the engines shut off, under a strange constellation
and without a single passenger on board:
On each deck a violin orchestra is playing
in honor of the luminous waves.
And the sea is full of old tired ships
which we have sunk in our attempt to reach each other.
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Illiterate buffoon, doesn't know the difference between sailing and cruising, besides its contrived.
Posted by: Casca at August 24, 2006 09:53 AM (Z2ndo)
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There are still other nights
Where we are like a neon
orange raft, in the whitewater
And you won't paddle
And keep bitching at me
because we keep hitting rocks
And you just won't stop bitching
and all I can think of
is how you like that one movie
with Meryl Streep & Kevin Bacon
that I hate, so I scream
Man Overboard, Port side!
And I wack you with my paddle
smiling as the distance between us grows
watching as your girly flailing makes
you sink even faster in your attempts
to reach me once more. god you're so annoying.
Posted by: Scof at August 24, 2006 11:04 AM (a3fqn)
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Don't you remember? Overboard starred Goldie and Kurt.
Posted by: annika at August 24, 2006 11:05 AM (zAOEU)
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I actually like that movie, its an 80's classic in my opinion, even though it does take place in butt ugly Oregon.
Posted by: Scof at August 24, 2006 11:09 AM (a3fqn)
Jeopardy With Annika, Round 26
D-Rod, Tuning Spork, and Leif are tied for the lead with $1500; Shelly has $1000; Victor has $700; Law Fairy has $500; Maximum Leader and KG have $300 each; Matt of Overtaken By Events and Trint have $200 each; Drake Steel, TBinSTL and SkippyStalin have $100 each.
There's still plenty of money left on the board for you dark horses to make a move!
Posted by: Matt at August 23, 2006 09:39 PM (FPM2T)
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bzzzzzzz
What is the proposal by Rep. Salmon of Arizona to have Regan's likeness carved into Mount Rushmore?
Posted by: Blu at August 23, 2006 11:21 PM (8M2kt)
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I'm even allowed to play this late in the game? If not, well then sorry. Shit happens. I'm bored and it's 11:30. I got nothing else to do...
Posted by: Blu at August 23, 2006 11:21 PM (8M2kt)
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Let me re-phrase: "Am I even allowed to....."
Hey, it's late, and I'm a bit groggy.
Posted by: Blu at August 23, 2006 11:24 PM (8M2kt)
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and I apparently can't spell "Regan" (Reagan) either. Geez, I'm going to bed, so I'll stop fucking up your game...
Posted by: Blu at August 23, 2006 11:26 PM (8M2kt)
6Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzt....!
What is adding Reagan's likeness to Mount Rushmore?
Curses, Blu! It took me almost an hour to find that through google.
Posted by: Tuning Spork at August 23, 2006 11:43 PM (ciGMN)
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Spork, you really do need to ease up here. This game will be over soon, and you need to think about what to do with all your spare time.
Maybe you could, you know, get a job?
Posted by: shelly at August 24, 2006 01:23 AM (ZGpMS)
A Lengthy And Perhaps Unnecessary Post Of Dubious Mathematical Merit To Illustrate Something You Probably Already Know
Guys like Chuck Hagel and David Gergen seem to think that talking to the Iranians will prevent them from joining the nuclear club. It's a crazy idea, and I don't understand why so many notable people have put their faith in this silly course of action.
Iran is presented with a finite number of choices and outcomes, which can be easily and logically analyzed. At the end of any honest analysis, you can see that it is simply not in the mullahs' interest to negotiate away their nuclear arms program. Therefore it's logical to assume that they won't, not only because they have repeatedly said they won't, but also because the best possible course of action from Iran's point of view (regardless of whether they are rational or irrational actors) is to continue their program until they get the bomb.
It's like simple math.
Assume three possible outcomes available to Iran from the current state of negotiations.
Outcome ON: Iran gets a nuclear weapon.1
Outcome OI: Iran gets a package of incentives from the West.
Outcome OS: International sanctions imposed on Iran, most likely a combination of economic and diplomatic restrictions.
Assume that the Iranians desire outcomes ON and OI, and wish to avoid outcome OS.
Although it's not essential to my analysis, you may also assume that the West2 wishes to prevent outcome ON, but also that the values of outcomes OI and OS are variable and uncertain, due to dissention within the West.
Now at first glance, one can see two alternative courses of action for Iran that are obvious.
Course of action CA1: Iran refuses to abandon its nuclear enrichment program, rejects all efforts at compromise, and continues working until they get the bomb.
Course of action CA2: Iran abandons its nuclear program in exchange for the package of incentives offered by the West.
If Iran takes course of action CA1, they give up outcome OI. On the other hand, if Iran takes course of action CA2, they give up outcome ON. Therefore the Iranians must decide between the following values (remembering that OS is a negative value):
CA1 = ON - (OI + OS)
or alternatively,
CA2 = (OI + OS) - ON
Those equations demonstrate that the West needs to make the value of their carrot+stick package equal to or greater than the value of an Iranian nuclear bomb. Thus, if (OI + OS) > ON, then CA2 > CA1. If true, Iran should then choose CA2. Even if the values were exactly equal, Iran would probably choose CA2, simply for the sake of peace and goodwill.
However, we live in the real world and we all know that the value of a nuclear weapon to the country that possesses it far outweighs the value of any combination of incentives or sanctions the West could possibly offer. Especially if said country has already expressed its desire to wipe a hated enemy off the map, and has recently sent weapons, including rockets, missiles and drones to a proxy army fighting said hated enemy as recently as this month.
Given the above, one would assume that Iran would pursue course of action CA1, but as we have seen, they continue to pay lip service to the negotiation track, CA2. Are they really pursuing course of action CA2? Not if CA1 > CA2! What then, are they doing?
Perhaps there is a CA3, a third course of action that would tempt Iran with the opportunity to gain outcomes ON and OI at the same time without incurring any sanctions.
CA3 = (CA1 + CA2) = (ON + OI) - OS
Remember OS is a negative value, so the above equation simplifies to:
CA3 = (ON + OI + OS)
A hefty sum indeed! Perhaps Iran believes it can have it all by simply agreeing to a compromise, while secretly pursuing the holy grail of enrichment a la North Korea.
But CA3 contains one flaw: verification. Certainly the West, weak as its negotiating position is, will never agree to deliver incentives without a gauranteed inspection regime. Although the inspections might be watered down, we already know about the Esfahan, Natanz, and Arak facilities, so it would be difficult for the Iranians to refuse access to those sites. Some experts estimate the number of centrifuges necessary at Natanz for a decent enrichment program to be 50,000. That kind of operation would be hard to disguise or relocate.
That's why I think Iran is following another course of action, CA4:
CA4 = (ON x TNT) - (OI - OS)
When multiplied by a factor of sufficient time (T), gained by negotiating tactics (NT), Iran can ultimately win the big prize: a nuclear bomb. Although they give up the Western incentive package, that loss is offset by the fact that they don't suffer any real sanctions (thus, OI - OS). That's because once Iran gets the bomb, sanctions become problematic. Everybody is going to have to kiss their ass then, and the probable severity of any sanctions the fickle West might be able to agree upon (which were weak under the best of circumstances) would shrink in proportion to Iran's newfound leverage.
Course of action CA4 translates into what we've been watching unfold during the past several months. Iran negotiates in bad faith, makes empty promises, renegs, delays, obfuscates, then makes more empty promises, all the while maintaining their research and enrichment activity.
It's possible that a compromise settlement might be reached in the near future, but I seriously doubt it. Iran has repeatedly and unambiguously asserted its intention never to give up its enrichment program (a fact that seems to be lost on many negotiation-fixated politicians and pundits). I take the Iranians at their word, because it's not in their interest to give up the bomb. They've already done the math.
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1. Or, more accurately, Iran successfully gains the ability to domestically produce fissile material for manufacturing nuclear weapons. One can assume that creating delivery systems such as missiles and warheads are less of a problem for the Iranians. These can be purchased, or reverse-engineered by Iranian technicians. But weapons grade plutonium and/or uranium from their own factories are what they need to become a nuclear power, and this is the outcome we need to prevent.
2. i.e. the U.S. and certain allies, to varying degrees.
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Cogent and insightful, and also a good reminder of why I went to law school instead of economics grad school.
Posted by: Leif at August 22, 2006 09:13 PM (CPQ57)
2But CA3 contains one flaw: verification. Certainly the West, weak as its negotiating position is, will never agree to deliver incentives without a gauranteed inspection regime.**cough**jimmycarter**cough**
**cough**northkorea**hack**
**wheeze**billclinton**cough**
Posted by: Tuning Spork at August 22, 2006 09:54 PM (LWDw9)
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It's simpler than that... Gergen and Hagel are entirely motivated in every fiber of their being to act in self-interest. Like the Clintons, they are continually trying to position themselves to achieve or maintain power.
What a fucking laugh, Hagel for President. No doubt Gergen sees him as an opportunity to get back inside the Republican tent.
Posted by: Casca at August 23, 2006 06:26 AM (rEC2k)
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Tuning Spork has this nailed: Do we go back to the Clinton/Albright/Carter tactic - which is essentially to cave in, give them what they want, and then have them fuck us in the end; or, do we get a set and tell them to fuck themselves. I'll be very surprised if we do the latter because I'm beginning to think that the fight is out of the Bushies - and at exactly the wrong time. I hope that I'm wrong.
And if the Dems win the mid-terms it just gets worse as you will have cowards and/or incompetents running one branch of government. The thought of people as literally dumb and naive as Pelosi, Boxer, and Reid running anything ought to scare us almost as much as the Muslim whack jobs in Iran and elsewhere.
Posted by: Blu at August 23, 2006 09:18 AM (j8oa6)
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As usual, Russia and China are doing their best to ensure that Iran faces no serious threat of tough sanctions.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060823/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear_52
Posted by: Blu at August 23, 2006 09:58 AM (j8oa6)
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Congratulations, you're on track to implementing Effects-Based Planning and Operations.
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj05/fal05/lazarus.html
Posted by: will at August 23, 2006 10:11 AM (h7Ciu)
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Interesting link, Will. Thanks. I have heard a lot of smart people make the argument we have not approached the GWOT as comprehensively as Reagan et al did the Cold War. I'm not certain, however, that we know all that is being done currently - well, that is, when the NY Times isn't blabbing to everybody - whereas we know quite a bit about Cold War tactics.
Posted by: Blu at August 23, 2006 10:35 AM (j8oa6)
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Annika, while your analysis was insightful, I don't believe it was cogent.
An analysis of Iran's negotiating strategy can be boiled down to a simple equation which does not require game theory to solve:
West = Satan
All moves, countermoves, etc. proceed from that premise.
Posted by: Ontario Emperor at August 23, 2006 12:37 PM (PTRPR)
Posted by: Scof at August 23, 2006 01:22 PM (a3fqn)
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Funny stuff. But its Simple just as Emperor says.
Iranian government = evil muslim dicks.
Evil muslim dicks must go boom.
Posted by: kyle8 at August 23, 2006 02:01 PM (4T4gx)
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Check out my site, I just posted sumptin funny.
Posted by: kyle8 at August 23, 2006 06:03 PM (r9Oiu)
12The damaged and diseased minds of liberals believe:
that all the hurricanes last year prove Global Warming conclusively–as does the complete lack of hurricanes this year.
that the Apollo Landings were fakes made up in Hollywood, but that Global Warming is real.
that the “Living Constitution” must grow, change and adapt to the times–unless the ChimplerHalliburtonRoveDiebold Junta wishes to data-mine 1-900-OSAMA calls.
that Guns in the hands of the passengers of American Flight 11 would have been dangerous.
that taking money from you at the point of a gun to invest in a Social Security Account that you DO NOT own, and pays 2 % interest, is better for your retirement than your 401 k that you DO own and pays 14%.
that a 13 year old girl is old enough to make up their own mind about an abortion, but too young to have a glass of wine with her parents at Dinner.
that the Government is somehow entitled to 55% of the money you manage to save throughout your life, even though the money was ALREADY taxed before you put it in the bank, and the Government has not done a DAMN THING to earn a penny of it.
that teaching children to never touch a gun is bad if it is done by the NRA, but good if it done by a drunk bitch like Sarah Brady.
that Sex education causes abstinence, but Gun education causes violence.
that belonging to a Religion that preaches peaceful tolerance causes intolerance, but belonging to a religion that preaches intolerance is actually tolerant. (Somebody remind me the last time the Presbyterians declared jihad on the Methodists down the street.)
that allowing non-sectarian prayer in school somehow corrupts the kids and forces religion down their throats, but that teaching children about ISLAM (with role playing!) expands their awareness of the world around them.
that Saddam, Kim Jong Il, and Castro were fairly elected, but President Bush was notÂ…
that Hitler and Stalin didn’t disarm citizens, only Jews, Gypsies, gays, unionists and other “undesirables.” (Yes, a liberal member of the MSM actually said this in the Washington Post.)
that good intentions count for more than good results.
that the reason the was on poverty hasnÂ’t succeeded is that 7 trillion dollars is not enough.
that a 20 year old unwed mother of 4 (from 4 different sperm donors) is entitled to a free ride for the rest of her life.
that when a small country is attacked for no reason by one of its neighbors - that has spent the last 58 years trying to obliterate the small country from the map, the small country is NOT allowed to fight back to protect itÂ’s own citizens.
that Mumia is a hero, but that the police officer he murdered in cold blood was an oppressive jackboot of The Man who deserved to be offed, just because he was a cop.
that Washington DCÂ’s low murder rate of 80.6 per 100,000 is due to strict gun control, but Arlington, VirginiaÂ’s high murder rate of 1.6 per 100,000 is attributable to the lack of gun control.
that the tiniest possibility of library records may be searched is a violation of civil liberties, but that flying planes into buildings is not.
that being a member of some minority automatically makes one noble or a victim.
that someone too fucking stupid to figure out how a ballot works has the right to decide how to run the country. Retroactively.
that a student’s “Self Esteem” is more important that the correct answer to 2 + 2.
that an Independent campaign run by a liberal incumbent in the NUTmeg state is a conservative conspiracy.
that marriage is an oppressive, soul-killing, stultifying form of indentured servitude and slavery–and must be extended to as many people as possible.
Posted by: Radical Redneck at August 24, 2006 07:25 AM (vElSn)
Posted by: will at August 24, 2006 04:21 PM (h7Ciu)
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Will, you don't think the moonbats on the Left believe much or all of this? I've heard every single one of these sentiments embraced on the Left. If you mean to point out that it is unlikely that every member of the Left believes each of these, well then, hey, you are absolutely right...but, heck, that takes all the fun out the post.
Posted by: Blu at August 25, 2006 11:56 AM (8M2kt)
Iran's Counter-Offer?ABC News says Iran has delivered their response to the "package of Western incentives aimed at persuading Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment." Apparently, nobody knows what's in the Iranian proposal yet.
How much you wanna bet it's a "demand for Jizya," or a tax on non-muslims. Just a hunch, but we've already had the "call to Islam," so it's time for step two in Ahmadi-Nejad and the Mullah's 3 step plan for jihad.
Update: When you read stories about today's Iranian proposal (indeed, when you read any story about the current standoff), especially by the Associated Press, I want you to notice one conspicuous omission. The AP is always careful to balance the U.S.'s accusation that Iran wants to build a nuclear weapon with a "fair and balanced" disclaimer like this:
Iran says it wants to master the technology to generate nuclear power.
Iran says it will not abandon what it calls its right to enrich uranium for use in nuclear power stations.
Yet, you'll never see the mainstream press include a sentence reminding its readers that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad has repeatedly threatened to "wipe Israel off the map."
One might think that little bit of information would add some important perspective to the story.
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I've been looking for the Mahdi all day. Do you mean to tell me that it's THIS goatstool sample? Mike Wallace has had his Walter Duranty moment. No doubt a Pulitzer is in his future.
Posted by: Casca at August 22, 2006 08:57 AM (rEC2k)
Posted by: Scof at August 22, 2006 12:28 PM (a3fqn)
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The offer is gonna amount to "let's talk some more while we keep developing nucs and you stupid Western assholes keep playing with yourselves."
The pussy Euros will cave and the Russians and the Chinese will make certain nobody does anything that might "incite" the Iranians (cuz you know how much those guys care about the plight of the poor Iranian people.) The US will continue to be impotent in these talks - embracing the motto "speak softly and carry a really, really little stick."
Posted by: Blu at August 22, 2006 01:37 PM (j8oa6)
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CASCA, I found the Mahdi, the 12th Imam, He is running a Stop and Rob near my house and he listens to Hip hop, reads his Koran, and wears a Snakes on a Plane T-Shirt.
His name is Azquief Bin Hussien and he told me the fist Mutha-farker he is going to have beheaded is that ass clown Ahmadenejad for blowing his cover.
Posted by: kyle8 at August 22, 2006 02:22 PM (R+pIN)
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When I convert to Islam, I'll be sure to change my name to Assqueef too.
Posted by: reagan80 at August 22, 2006 04:46 PM (FkdeT)
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Being polite, I could say that the president Ahmadi-Nejad is a bit funny. His unrealistic nuclear ambitions could bring his people to a disastrous situation.
Piling On Passey
[I can't help but join in the huge Passey hatin' dogpile that's been going on in every corner of the blogosphere lately. She's too easy of a target.]
Every time I looked in the mirror, I cried a little. I'd see my own awful skin blemishes and they'd remind me of how inadequate I was next to Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey, the world's most perfect female.
Then I imagine Terrence out with her. And I remember the cruel questions he used to ask me before he dumped me for Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey, the world's most perfect female.
"Why can't you be slim like Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey, instead of being one of the 62% of women who are fat according to Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey?"
"Why can't you be more attractive than 86% of the women whose pictures have been rated by visitors to the website Hot or Not, like Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey is?"
"Why can't you be relatively young like Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey, instead of being one of the 82% of American adult women who are old according to Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey?"
"Why can't you be smarter than 97.5% of the population, like Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey, the world's most smartest and perfectest female?"
"Why can't you have your financial shit together like Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey the world's most financially shit-togetheringest female?"
"Why can't you have a strong libido and love to have sex like Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey, the world's most horniest female, whose lovers never have to beg, except when they have to beg to be allowed to go to sleep?"
"Why can't you have interests that tend to be more popular with men, like science fiction, libertarianism, blogging, politics, economics, guns, gambling, scratching, picking, sniffing, and eating of one's own boogers, like Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey, the world's most masculine female?"
After hearing those hurtful questions for months on end from Terrence, and poor me unable to answer them, is it any wonder that he left me for her - Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey, the world's most all around perfectest female?
How I wished I could win Terrence back. I cried and cried and cried, boo hoo hoo. Then my best friend told me about the secret of Dr. Passey's Super Stick Treatment!
Dr. Passey's Super Stick Treatment was such a quick, easy way to attain just the tiniest fraction of the perfection that Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey, the world's most perfect female was born with!
And since the whole country is littered with low quality men who've been cast off by Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey like so many squamous cells after a nightly exfoliation of her perfectly unblemished and taut ass, I realized that all I needed to have was a tiny fraction of Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey's perfect perfection in order to hook me a fine low quality man!
Why, if Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey can boast of receiving 50 to 100 (sometimes more) responses whenever she trolls for high quality men in the personal ads of her local free newspaper, I was sure I could find at least one medium quality man and perhaps several low quality men by utilizing Dr. Passey's Super Stick Treatment!
And when I heard that Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey (who knows how to make money blogging, ask her how) had kicked Terrence to the curb, because he turned out to be just another low quality man (and she being quality, only dates quality), I resolved to give Dr. Passey's Super Stick Treatment a try!
What did I have to lose? I asked. And after only a week of Dr. Passey's Super Stick Treatment, what I gained was Terrence, who became mine again . . . completely!
The secret is in the special patented Super Stick, invented by Dr. Passey. The treatment only takes three minutes a day and the results can be felt instantaneously!
After you wake up in the morning, all you do is take Dr. Passey's Super Stick, apply the special patented Super Stick lubricating ointment to the outside of the Super Stick, apply some more to the outer rim of your anal sphincter, and then shove the Super Stick in as far as it will go!
Walk around like that all day, and I gaurantee you will begin talking, acting, and looking just like Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey in no time. She's the world's most perfectest female of them all!
Try Dr. Passey's Super Stick Treatment in the privacy of your own home for a free ten day trial and watch the results on your own face, when you first administer the treatment. I think you'll agree, there's no feeling in the world like the Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey feeling. It's absolutely gauranteed to take your breath away!
So act quickly, supplies are limited, and so is the number of low to medium quality men. You may never hope to bag as much high quality man-flesh as Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey, the world's most perfectest female, but once you start using Dr. Passey's Super Stick Treatment like she does, you'll be sure to have your pick of the leftovers.
So be a hot chick . . . hop on the stick!
Dr. Passey's Super Stick, that is!
Posted by: E.M. at August 22, 2006 06:10 AM (TSUMu)
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You are always "high quality" to me.
What kind of studip term is that anyway? Sounds like we are talking about roast beef.
Posted by: jane at August 22, 2006 06:16 AM (vFS/o)
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Gee, thanks Annie; I always wanted to know what people meant when they said "Stick it up your ass".
But, I think it is more inforamtion than I needed.
Posted by: shelly at August 22, 2006 06:28 AM (ZGpMS)
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I believe Ms. Passey uses the infinite stick. Hollowed out so you can put sticks in the sticks in the sticks.
Put simply, the stick in her ass has a stick in its ass and so on and so forth.
Posted by: LindaSoG at August 22, 2006 06:49 AM (XHdkE)
Posted by: Stacy at August 22, 2006 07:03 AM (92p8H)
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Okay, that made me laugh. Not nearly as much as Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey made me laugh, but it was a nice effort.
Posted by: Mr. Atoz at August 22, 2006 07:20 AM (CgIkY)
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Everything sounds good except that booger eating thing at the end. A few questions: Where do I meet this Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey chick? Also, do you know what size stick she uses?
Posted by: Casca at August 22, 2006 09:07 AM (rEC2k)
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Whoopers!!! Found her, geeze who'd guess that she's a serial fag-hag?
"Brien (Bartels): My ex-husband turned gay best friend. We met via the Libertarian Party during the 2000 election campaign. We were both on the hunt for a spouse, discovered that we had a ton in common, and after a speedy courtship we married in January 2001, five weeks after our first date. Our marriage lasted for a little over a year and a half, until Brien finally realized that he was actually (in his words) "GAY GAY GAY". We split up in late 2002 but remain best friends. I have a Brien Bartels category of posts and he has a blog here."
Posted by: Casca at August 22, 2006 09:26 AM (rEC2k)
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Damn, she and her fans are stuck on themselves, aren't they? I've seen less self congratulation at a Democratic primary.
Posted by: ElMondoHummus at August 22, 2006 09:40 AM (DXodP)
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I checked out her site. First of all, it's sucks. Who gives two shits about fucking cats. Secondly, I thought she'd be better lookin' - she's certainly not unattractive but a knock-out she is not. Thirdly, when people tell me they have a really high IQ, I almost always want to call "bullshit." Anyway, hopefully some really over-sexed guy knocks the back out that and then sends her packin'.
Posted by: Blu at August 22, 2006 10:03 AM (j8oa6)
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wow -- I had never heard of this person before your post. Craziness. Her blog cracks me up -- I've never understood why men would go for women who are full of themselves. Far as I'm concerned, a "high quality" man never would -- he'd demand as much respect as he gave (goes for both genders imho). But, hey, if a dude's happy to let some chick walk all over him, I guess, who am I to stand in the way of true love?
Posted by: The Law Fairy at August 22, 2006 10:13 AM (XUsiG)
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LF, you've got to go read the "about me" section of her blog... as if her blog was about anything else. Anyways, read the section about her family, and other's mentioned on her blog.
She married a guy who turned out to be queer. Her brother is "married" to a guy. Dad has three families, mom two, and from the cheapseats where I sit, Terence has GOT to be a goatblower too. One day the truth will out. This sad creature is trying to put a brave face on one hell of a mess of a beginning in life.
Posted by: Casca at August 22, 2006 10:25 AM (rEC2k)
15So be a hot chick . . . hop on the stick!
Hop on this dick. Indeed.
And hey, if she likes splintery anal molto vivace with an old broomstick, I can swing dat.
Kevin
Posted by: Kevin Kim at August 22, 2006 10:31 AM (1PcL3)
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Well, it seems like, ideologically, she's a good match for Skippystalin.
Posted by: reagan80 at August 22, 2006 01:39 PM (U7T8K)
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And, really, what kind of a name is Jackie Mackie Paisley Passey? Her parents must have been high when she was born. Does she also eat green eggs and ham?
Posted by: The Law Fairy at August 22, 2006 01:40 PM (XUsiG)
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When you're as awesome as Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey (who has more names than 97.2% of the population), why should you have to tolerate such petty carping by your social inferiors?
Posted by: Leif at August 22, 2006 03:40 PM (M5Jcv)
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Funny! That gave me a good laugh - and it's so true. All that "high quality" crap is hilarious.
Posted by: Carol at August 22, 2006 08:21 PM (fEnUg)
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OMG Annika! Your commenters have me ROTFLMAO!!!
Posted by: Stacy at August 22, 2006 08:37 PM (92p8H)
Posted by: Tony at August 23, 2006 03:13 PM (cNut9)
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It seems that I was wrong about Skippy.
"Then, when we're both convinced beyond any doubt that she'll never feel like that with another man, I'd cum in her hair, dress and leave without a word."
I'm going to be laughing my ass off every time I remember this quote.
Posted by: reagan80 at August 24, 2006 10:36 AM (54GPc)
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That was freaking hysterical. Great one, Annie.
Posted by: physics geek at August 29, 2006 06:21 AM (KqeHJ)
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I believe Maureen Dowd already cried Jackie's song earlier and better. Great take down.
Posted by: MarkD at August 29, 2006 10:12 AM (oQofX)
With Apologies To Adam Ant
I'm a friend of haile selassie
I'm a friend of mother jones
I'm a friend of jackie passey
I'm a friend of long john holmes
I'm a friend of kathy griffin
I'm a friend of clay aiken
I'm a friend of old cal ripken
I'm a friend of barbie's ken
I'm a friend of stuart smalley
I'm a friend of michael moore
I'm a friend of janey pauley
I'm a friend of daniel schorr
I'm a friend of tuning sporky
I'm a friend of ned lamont's
I'm a friend of doc kevorky
I'm a friend of the country france
I'm a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend
I'm a friend of a friend but you don't know me
I'm a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend
And if I go there tonight, can I get in free?
I'm a friend of sarah connor
I'm a friend of miles dyson
I'm a friend of the party donner
I'm a friend of andre rison
I'm a friend of molly ringwald
I'm a friend of lance armstrong
I'm a friend of what's this thing called?
I'm a friend of long duk dong
I'm a friend of frida kahlo
I'm a friend of ed asner
I'm a friend of a girl named j-lo
I'm a friend of fat bastard
I'm a friend of lindsay lohan
I'm a friend of billy gates
I'm a friend of joshie groban
I'm a friend of norman bates
I'm a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend
I'm a friend of a friend but you don't know me
I'm a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend
So can I get in tonight . . . cuz I have to pee!
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I believe it means "ready to go" as in just turn the key, open the door and you're ready to start working.
Posted by: DHammett at August 21, 2006 09:17 AM (J7BEJ)
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Turnkey Business For Sale......
Translation:
1] Get your lawyer to read the contracts.
2] Get your accountant to look at the books.
Posted by: stiknstein at August 21, 2006 09:56 AM (PzMea)
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It is a product or system that can be plugged in or someone who guards prisoners. I guess…
Posted by: charlie at August 21, 2006 01:42 PM (vcUSw)
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In real estate, it means the house/condo is ready for occupancy right away, no work needed. In residential real estate, I've noticed it's used loosely.
Posted by: Hugo at August 21, 2006 01:45 PM (Yu24L)
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Well, two outta three aint bad. At least a third of the people sucking air in this country are fucking morons. Do everyone a favor, and get yourself "fixed" Charlie.
Posted by: Casca at August 21, 2006 01:46 PM (rEC2k)
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My friend, Matt, went into one of those "turnkey businesses" for a while. He installed small vending machines in businesses and shops. The contractor would supply the machines and candy/soda/whatever and Matt would install and refill them. The contractor and contractee share in the profits.
Leasing and installing credit card swiping machines is another turnkey business.
Posted by: Tuning Spork at August 21, 2006 01:50 PM (2lV6Z)
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Mmm, I always thought it was a popular sell for franchising.
Posted by: Blake at August 21, 2006 09:17 PM (1B44J)
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Yep, Blake. Franchising is turnkey, but it's not the kind of turnkey that you hear advertised on the radio.
If you hear an ad that invites you to take advantage of their turnkey business opportunity -- and they don't mention what kind of business it is -- it's more'n likely that it's a scheme to get you to pay up front for the opportunity to work on commission.
Posted by: Tuning Spork at August 21, 2006 09:31 PM (o9M49)
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MOst of these fucktards got it sorta right; it means something that needs little or no more work to be good to go.
In the computer age in which you have grown up,the equivalent might be "plug and play".
Posted by: shelly at August 22, 2006 12:39 AM (ZGpMS)
Posted by: Tuning Spork at August 22, 2006 01:37 AM (o9M49)
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Patience, loser.
You guys all hit the jackpot while I was stuck in Martha's Vineyard with no time for computer. Try to find some other life for a day or so.
"...the legislature is in session, no man's property is safe." (google that while you wait)
Posted by: shelly at August 22, 2006 05:46 AM (ZGpMS)
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LOL, you're a bad man, not to mention a SHAMELESS name-dropper.
Posted by: Casca at August 22, 2006 09:13 AM (rEC2k)
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From my perspective in computer solutions product management, turnkey refers to the provision of a complete solution, including hardware, third party software, our software, and services.
Posted by: Ontario Emperor at August 23, 2006 12:39 PM (PTRPR)
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Thanks for the info everybody, but I now have even less of an idea what turnkey means.
Posted by: annika at August 23, 2006 06:12 PM (qQD4Q)
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Well, perhaps if one lacks the skill to park a car. Let me give you a hint... put down the cell phone.
Posted by: Casca at August 21, 2006 08:16 AM (rEC2k)
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I. hate.. you...
Why did you do that to me? There's so much that I need to get done.
Now I have no choice but to steal it...
Posted by: Stew at August 21, 2006 07:45 PM (2LMpg)
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Ok...I need to grade those papers...yes...need to get back to the papers...well...maybe I can finish them in the morning....
Thanks Annika...yea...thanks a lot...
P.S. - I took it...posted it...gave you credit...would've trackbacked but I kept getting an error...
Ok...back to the parking...oh...I mean papers...
Posted by: Eric at August 21, 2006 09:44 PM (TKlw6)
Jeopardy With Annika, Round 25
D-Rod, Tuning Spork, and Leif are tied for the lead with $1500; Shelly and Victor have $700 each; Law Fairy has $500; Maximum Leader and KG have $300 each; Matt of Overtaken By Events and Trint have $200 each; Drake Steel, TBinSTL and SkippyStalin have $100 each.
Posted by: shelly at August 21, 2006 12:03 AM (ZGpMS)
2Bzzzzzzzzzzt.....!
What is a Jaguar XK-E?
Y'see, Harold had a custom-made "Jaguar hearse". But the clues says that "Harold drove ONE off a cliff...", not "Harold drove IT off a cliff...".
Mwuhhuhhahhahhahhah...!
Posted by: Tuning Spork at August 21, 2006 12:30 AM (Es3DV)
Posted by: shelly at August 21, 2006 06:17 AM (ZGpMS)
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I'm puzzled. I know the movie, the car, the scene, but what does it have to do with "dicks"? I have a feeling that there's more to this, I just can't find it.
Posted by: Trint at August 21, 2006 07:13 AM (SlSdA)
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the car is a phallic symbol
Shelly's response is acceptable, and he has control of the board.
Posted by: annika at August 21, 2006 09:03 AM (zAOEU)
Posted by: Tuning Spork at August 21, 2006 01:53 PM (2lV6Z)
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Like I said, you seriously need to get a life; detail this.
OK, Annie, I gotta get me to Sacratomato today, so I'll give you the next category Wednesday when I get back.
Posted by: shelly at August 22, 2006 12:44 AM (ZGpMS)
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Wo ho, look at you Shelly. Controllin' the pace like Pat Riley!
Have fun in the River City!
Posted by: annika at August 22, 2006 01:27 AM (qQD4Q)
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Woah!
As Peter Pumpkin once said: "WTF?!"
Annie Banannie, in Shelly's absence I say ye pick a category.
I suggest Ronald Reagan fer $200.
Take that, Shelly, mmmwwweehh!!
Posted by: Tuning Spork at August 22, 2006 01:44 AM (o9M49)
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OK, Annie, the topic is The gipper for $100.
Spork, your life is back on...
Posted by: shelly at August 23, 2006 12:44 PM (ZGpMS)
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Shelly, if you're outta Sacratomato I guess your life is back on too. I learned last year in annika's jeopardy that Sacratomato isn't a real place.
Posted by: d-rod at August 23, 2006 01:37 PM (hCh7a)
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Sorry unfortunately, Sacramento IS my life.
Yes, it is kind of a dream world there, but real things happen to real people; the legislators just don't know they are doing it, and the people never make the connect to understand how it is that they got so screwed.
If they ever do figure it out, the Democrats will never win another election, even for dogcatcher.
Posted by: shelly at August 23, 2006 03:00 PM (ZGpMS)
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Dang, I forgot to tell you to hit J.R.'s Texas BBQ while you were there.
Posted by: annika at August 23, 2006 06:10 PM (qQD4Q)
A senior Bush administration official said Thursday that he anticipated that the United Nations would move rapidly in September to impose sanctions on Iran if it refused to halt uranium enrichment . . .
Ha ha ha ha ha.
"I think we would want to move very quickly in the first part of September toward a debate in the Security Council about sanctions," he said. "They will be well deserved as this has gone on a long time."
Ha ha ha ha ha.
The resolution passed by the Security Council on July 31 demands that Iran suspend its uranium enrichment and reprocessing work by the end of August or face the possibility of sanctions. It noted the need for “further decisions,” however, before any punishments for noncompliance could be pursued.
Ha ha ha ha ha.
“The will of a lot of countries has been strengthened by watching the Iranian government trying to destabilize both Lebanon and Israel over the last 30 to 40 days,” he said.
Ha ha ha ha ha.
The Iranian government denies that it is seeking to develop nuclear weapons and says its nuclear program is peaceful, for research and energy development.
My Solution To The Planetary Crisis
There's currently a big brouhaha about whether to demote Pluto from its planetary status, or whether to keep it as planet under a definition that would also include hundreds of other objects in the solar system.
I don't understand what the problem is. When I learned the alphabet back in kindergarten, I learned that there were five vowels. They were a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y. Now if you count the vowels in that list you get six, not five. But that doesn't change the fact that there are five vowels, and y is one of them, sometimes.
So why can't we just say there are eight planets, and Pluto is one of them. We can then define "planet" with a definition that excludes Pluto, while giving Pluto some kind of honorary planet status.
We do things like this all the time. There are crayolas called "white" and "black" despite the fact that those are not real colors. And Canada is a member of the United Nations, despite the fact that it's not a real country. Also, Paris Hilton recorded a CD despite the fact that she's not a real singer.
So let's just call Pluto a planet and move on to more urgent global problems.
You're welcome. That's what I'm here for, to solve the big issues.
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You MUST have a Y chromosome!
Man, a bear in most relations—worm and savage otherwise,—
Man propounds negotiations, Man accepts the compromise.
Very rarely will he squarely push the logic of a fact
To its ultimate conclusion in unmitigated act. -Kipling
Posted by: Casca at August 20, 2006 01:01 PM (2gORp)
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"And Canada is a member of the United Nations, despite the fact that it's not a real country."
I almost spit out my coffee when I read this - freakin' hilarious. Thanks for reminding me that "you need not always be grave. For jokes as well as justice come in with speech."
Posted by: Blu at August 21, 2006 10:18 AM (K0h0f)
My Solution To The Fifth Column Problem
The civilized world is in trouble. At a time when our reputation for getting things done around the globe is in doubt, radical Islam's reputation is gaining steam. Israel just lost its first war, at the hands of a bunch of cowards who hid behind women and children. Only a week after we stopped a major terrorist attack that might have killed over three thousand innocent people, a judge in this very country declared one of the methods used to save those lives is unconstitutional. North Korea probably has a nuclear bomb. Iran will probably get one soon (If they can't make it, what's to stop them from getting one from Kim Jong-il?). The best we can do to stop these madmen is to threaten sanctions that will never be imposed and wouldn't work even if they were.
Anything we do to stop western civilization from spiralling down the abyss is criticized and opposed tooth and nail by a fifth column in our own country. Movie stars who deny that al Qaeda did 9-11; people who call Bush the world's #1 terrorist (forget that, people call me a terrorist!); newspapers that refuse to publicize any wartime successes, while rushing to weaken our ability to defend against our enemies; a Supreme Court that bends over backwards for feces throwing barbarians who would kill untold Americans if only they were set free.
We all know what the problem is. It's Bush hatred syndrome. John Kerry says we should have one-on-one talks with North Korea simply because Bush is persuing multilateral talks. Then he criticizes the administration's foreign policy for excessive unilateralism. Bush is villified for removing Saddam Hussein, which is merely the successful culmination of a policy directive signed by President Clinton. The United States, long criticized for supporting evil dictators, is now told by enlightened leftists that the Iraqi people were better off under Saddam (whom we created anyway?!).
There is one solution I can think of, which could neutralize the anti-Americanism of today's leftist fifth column. We need to neutralize them now because the time to fight for civilization's very existence may be coming sooner than we think. And when the real fight comes, it won't be pretty. This country needs to be free to act without destructive second guessing by those who have a political axe to grind, or who outright sympathize with the enemy. A proper solution is one that will silence anti-American critics, and get everybody working on the same side.
The solution I have devised would allow George W. Bush to maintain the same foreign policy course as he has for the last six years. The only thing he would need to do to silence all his critics is to announce that he is gay. A tearful press conference with his longtime "companion" on his right and Laura on his left should do it. From that point on, anything he does will be golden, in the eyes of the left. Andrew Sullivan might even turn Republican again.
What about the so-called evangelicals, you say? First of all, Bush isn't running in '08, so he doesn't need their vote. And if they're smart, they'll understand the unseen political wink, and not be too upset about it. You know the political wink I'm talking about. It's the same one Democrats give to their own base whenever they talk about "reaching out" to "religious people."
Let's all join in a new political battle cry: "George W. Bush, come out of the closet before it's too late!"
Posted by: reagan80 at August 19, 2006 06:15 PM (WGl0H)
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He better do it quick too.
Did you all just notice that Kofi I Love Every Terrorist Group I've Met Anan just had the balls to criticize Israel for trying to stop Hez from rearming? Hez has broken the UN agreement from the very first fucking day but Anan waits for Isarel's act of self-defense before uttering a sound. What an undeniable prick that fucker is. As usual, the Right acurately predicts the outcome of yet another ridiculous Left-wing scheme "for peace." It usually goes something like this: The bad guys murder or kidnap or shot rockets or send suicide bombers or Name Your Favorite Cowardly Yet Deadly Act; the Good guys defend themselves; the Left, the MSM, the UN, and the Bad Guys all scream bloodly murder about disproportionate response, "civilian" deaths, give peace a chance, can't we all get along, move along there is nothing to see here, the Jews obviously started it by daring to exist, Islam is a religion of peace, blah, blah, fucking blah. The Good Guys give in (again) and try to abide by another stupid fucking peace deal with the barbarians and the barbarians friends (i.e.the Left, the MSM, the UN, and the Europreans.) The Bad Guys laugh their asses off and begin plotting new ways to kill the infidels, the Jews, the occupiers, blah, blah, fucking blah....
If Western Civ does lose this culture (world) war with the barbarians it's gonna because we were too fucking stupid to realize the enemy means what he says.
Posted by: Blu at August 19, 2006 06:38 PM (K0h0f)
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Blu, we will not lose. It's just a matter of how long it takes to wake up. Trouble is, the longer we wait, the bloodier our victory will be.
Posted by: annika at August 19, 2006 06:53 PM (qQD4Q)
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I'm sorry, Annika, but it didn't work for ex-NJ Governor McGreevey. He had to resign. Unless, unless (yep, I said it twice), GWB and Bill Clinton announce they're in love with each other! We'll be saved, I'll tell ya! The war is over and I'll get to kiss Annika in Times Square.
Sure, I don't know you but you'll still be happy to meet my lips. Just really close your eyes tight and no tongue, please. I'm not a man-slut.
If you turn me down, Andy's beagle will happily take me back. Have some pity.
Posted by: Blake at August 19, 2006 07:23 PM (1B44J)
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No, there is nothing the left hates more than a gay Republican, unless it is a black Republican.
Posted by: Zendo Deb at August 19, 2006 08:20 PM (+gqOq)
Annika's Jeopardy, Round 24
D-Rod and Tuning Spork are tied for the lead with $1500; Leif has $1400; Shelly and Victor are tied with $700 each; Law Fairy has $500; Maximum Leader and KG have $300 each; Matt of Overtaken By Events and Trint have $200 each; Drake Steel, TBinSTL and SkippyStalin have $100 each.
The category is "Vexatious Vexillology," for $100.
Posted by: Leif at August 18, 2006 03:27 PM (M5Jcv)
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Well, (assuming I'm right), I had the advantage of spending some time in Brussels.
If I am correct, then let's close out the category with Vexatious Vexillology for $400.
Posted by: Col Steve at August 19, 2006 09:52 AM (Fyyno)
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Well, (assuming I'm right), I had the advantage of spending some time in Brussels.
If I am correct, then Annie let's close out the category with Vexatious Vexillology for $400 please.
Posted by: Col Steve at August 19, 2006 09:53 AM (Fyyno)
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Sorry Col. Steve, you are right, but as on the tv show, if you answer without buzzing in, you're SOL. So, Leif gets credit. What's your category Leif?
Posted by: annika at August 19, 2006 03:17 PM (qQD4Q)
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Thanks, Annie. Sorry, Colonel.
I choose the category "Dicks" in the amount of $300.
Posted by: Leif at August 19, 2006 08:18 PM (CPQ57)
Instalanche By Proxy
I'm gettin' Instalanched over at Six Meat Buffet. Why is it, the bigs never link to my blog? All my biggest 'lanches have been at other blogs. That's what I get for spreadin' the love!
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All of this can easily be explained by a simple typo; she is obviously from Brainfree, Virginia...
Posted by: will at August 17, 2006 01:09 PM (h7Ciu)
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Nope she's from Vermont, a haven for mental instability of all sorts. Clearly there is a connection between mental illness, and being a liberal fucktard.
Posted by: Casca at August 17, 2006 03:20 PM (2gORp)
"Firecrotch" Explained
For those who don't follow news about the famous and semi-famous, here's the May 16, 2006, origin of Lindsay Logan's "firecrotch" nickname. It's one of the funniest things I've seen on YouTube in a long time.
So there you have it. "It's orange and it fuckin' stinks like diarrhea . . . she has freckles coming out of her vagina, and her clitoris is seven feet long."
That was spoiled rich kid Brandon Davis, who later apologized to Lindsay, saying:
What started out as a joke got completely carried away and I am horrified at the words that came out of my mouth. I consider Lindsay a friend and I hope she accepts my sincere apology for my reprehensible actions last week.
If he considers Lindsay a friend, what must he say about people he don't like? Apperently, Brandon is now in rehab for alcohol and coke. Big surprise there. When he gets out, he ought to consider stand-up comedy.
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Much to my shame, I used that firecrotch term in HS (1989) to humiliate an ex-girlfriend. Ah, boys will be boys, right?
Anyway, check out these pictures of Lohan.
http://www.perezhilton.com/topics/exclusives/what_exactly_is_going_on_here_20060816.php#comments
Posted by: Blake at August 17, 2006 09:31 AM (1B44J)
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I think I deserve reparations for all the firecrotch/red-headed-step-child jokes I've had to endure growing up. That and being left handed have truly made me an outcast...
...but in defense of my fellow carrot tops, not necessarily the skank Lohan, I'd like to note that Red heads have more sex than the rest of you. As I'm a scorpio, this goes doubly for me, so "firecrotch" all you want, because I know y'all want it. bitches.
Posted by: Scof at August 17, 2006 01:47 PM (a3fqn)
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That woman is scary skinny, her pelvic bones scare me more than her cootchie.
Posted by: kyle8 at August 17, 2006 04:13 PM (mLCGt)
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FAN FREAKIN TASTIC. World war one aces has always been one of my favorite things to study in history.
Any of the good movies done about it were so long ago the special effects were crap.
Posted by: kyle8 at August 17, 2006 04:15 PM (mLCGt)
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"We need to support democratic societies and stop terrorism at all costs."
Common sense statements like this are going to get her uninvited to the Left-wing Hollywood cocktail circuit.
Posted by: Blu at August 16, 2006 10:44 PM (K0h0f)
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The partial list of those signing this shocked the hell out of me. I'd like to see the complete list.
Posted by: TBinSTL at August 17, 2006 02:19 AM (bYmT0)
3
You think this could get any one of these airheads to say something nice about George Bush and his steadfast support of Israel?
Nah.
Posted by: shelly at August 17, 2006 04:21 AM (ZGpMS)
Posted by: Rob at August 17, 2006 05:30 AM (9DumO)
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In related news, the ACLU managed to handpick some federal judge that ruled that Wiretapping Progam "unconstitutional."
"At all costs" except,however, when it offends the sensibilities of liberals who think all Americans should be able to have contact with AQ and other terrorist organizations.
Liberals are hazardous to our health and will get people killed.
Posted by: Blu at August 17, 2006 09:47 AM (j8oa6)
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More on the judge who made this silly ruling.
Her name is Anna Diggs Taylor. Yeah, you guessed it: A Carter appointee, which is almost enough said. It gets better; she an affirmative action selection. Diggs Taylor is a black female, who also is part of the "Gender and Racial Ethnic Fairness Task Forces for the Sixth Circuit." Well, isn't that nice. What-fucking-ever. Hopefully, the Bushies will appeal, and this will get to the Supreme Court where hopefully the adults can rule correctly - that is if Kennedy can manage to find his cajones.
Posted by: Blu at August 17, 2006 10:04 AM (j8oa6)
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Actually, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals will review this priro to the Supreme Court.
Posted by: Blu at August 17, 2006 11:33 AM (j8oa6)
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They pick them by filing a bunch of cases and then dismissing the ones that go to tough judges...old trick, but it keeps working.
Posted by: shelly at August 17, 2006 01:35 PM (vFS/o)
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If the ACLU didn't do something that I liked once or twice every decade, I might actually dislike them more than the NAA(L)CP.
Posted by: Blu at August 17, 2006 01:57 PM (j8oa6)
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HH has a great post on this topic: http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/4ed4fdfe-7b5b-444c-9f92-06b57e5e9eeb
He also rightly points out what an embarrassment Jimmy Carter (past and present) is.
Posted by: Blu at August 17, 2006 05:42 PM (K0h0f)
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Maybe this will make it popular to be patriotic again??? Wouldn't that be nice! ha!
Posted by: beth at August 17, 2006 08:16 PM (X6tm3)
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Blu,
All they have to do is get a warrant from some hand picked reactioary ignorant slug of a affirmative action (RW style) Bush appointee so what's the fucking problem? To call those who oppose what may be unconstitutional behavior soft on "Terror" is puerile pandering. Blu, unlike you, there are fine people in this country who don't bow to the god of "expediency and the consequences be damned if you save my sorry as from those who hate me and envy my freedoms!". Your moment in history Blu, mine as well, is but a fleeting gnat crap of time.
Posted by: strawman at August 18, 2006 07:57 AM (tuy00)
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Straw,
All that you said may be true, but she is just wrong on the law. Read the post that I linked. It definitely editorilizes, but it also goes into the case law relevant to this issue. (I think that we've had this specific discussion before.) This judge (like many liberals judges)ignores precedent and the Constitution. Her opinion is basically...well her opinion...sans Constitutional justification or precedent.
I can see where you are coming from - this is one of those issues where I don't think the people who disagree with me are totally crazy. I just think they are wrong.
Now, the issue of affirmative action judges....ahh fuck it. That's along discussion....
Posted by: Blu at August 18, 2006 10:54 AM (K0h0f)
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Blu,
Even if the case law supports it, it is wrong. Its like free speech; protects almost all that you can utter but there is still plenty you should never say. (others have said this with more grace but you get the gist.)
Posted by: strawman at August 18, 2006 01:28 PM (tuy00)
Annika's Jeopardy, Round 23
D-Rod is in the lead with $1500; Leif has $1400; Tuning Spork has $1200; Shelly and Victor are tied with $700 each; Law Fairy has $500; Maximum Leader and KG have $300 each; Matt of Overtaken By Events and Trint have $200 each; Drake Steel, TBinSTL and SkippyStalin have $100 each.
And the final clue in the category "American Skankwomen," for $300, izzzz...
Posted by: Tuning Spork at August 16, 2006 09:45 PM (dzyCi)
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Assuming that's right, I'll have Vexatious Vexillology for $100.
Posted by: Tuning Spork at August 16, 2006 10:54 PM (dzyCi)
4
.....
apparently I have a doppleganger....
Well, whoever you are, I highly recommend the whole getting-your-own-name-and-email thing. It's pretty spiffy, having your own identity.
Posted by: The Law Fairy at August 17, 2006 04:18 AM (XUsiG)
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Ka-Pow!!!
Who is Paris Hilton, and why is Matt Leinart even staying within a football field of her?
On the other hand, I saw her movie. She is, indeed, a firecrotch, not ot mention the chrome and bumper hitch thing...
Posted by: shelly at August 17, 2006 04:26 AM (ZGpMS)
After you wake up in the morning, all you do is take Dr. Passey's Super Stick, apply the special patented Super Stick lubricating ointment to the outside of the Super Stick, apply some more to the outer rim of your anal sphincter, and then shove the Super Stick in as far as it will go!
