Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Plastycene Nightmares and The Real World
With all this madness, the Gods are seeking to destroy... but what?
Monday, May 18, 2009
Hitchens vs Sycophants of Obamakles
"When comedians flatter the president, they become court jesters, and the country becomes a banana republic. There are probably even people who would wish to misconstrue that last phrase of mine if they felt "sensitive" enough. In which case they can take a number, get on line, and ask to suck my thumb."
It's as if he knew Le Pew's inner soul.
It's as if he knew Le Pew's inner soul.
The CIA drip
And I thought these guys were no good for anything. Well, at least they can out a known liar like Pelosi.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Gittin' Mighty Crowded Down Pecos Way
Apparently Judge Roy Bean ain't as scarifyin' as he used to be
Obama got balls
"Each side will continue to make its case to the public with passion and conviction," he said. "But surely we can do so without reducing those with differing views to caricature."
Anathema to ideologues everywhere.
Anathema to ideologues everywhere.
Finally, After 1000 Years of Nada, IM Offers a Scientific Contribution
Betcha Al-Pepe skedaddles pronto like from his Pill-grim-age. "Ululating" domestic help like his is hard to purchase in Makkah or Medina."would be suited for tracking fugitives from justice, terrorists, illegal immigrants, criminals, political opponents, defectors, domestic help, and Saudi Arabians who don’t return home from pilgrimages...... the chip would send out encrypted radio waves that would be tracked by satellites to confirm the person’s identity and whereabouts. An alternate model chip could reportedly release a poison into the carrier if he or she became a security risk."
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Allan Bloom on Nietzsche
I came across these Allan Bloom lectures (presumably recorded during one of his U of Chicago lectures in 1983) after a close friend introduced me to his, The Closing of the American Mind. These interviews, in turn, were located by another friend, a professor of communications and rhetoric who professes his trade on the high Plains, and who originally hails from Pittsburgh.
The Bloom audio interviews are punctuated by a couple segments of silence, but at least you're ready for them now. It's nice to have on when one is, say, framing photos and paintings in New Orleans, or transitioning their offices from Spring to Summer term in Boston, or on the outskirts of Boston, or looking out the window and watching tumbleweeds roll across the southern Plains of Texas.
Lecture segments 2, 3, 4 and 5 are below.
Segment 2 of 5.
Segment 3 of 5.
Segment 4 of 5.
Segment 5 of 5.
But wait!
Axelrod said this decision had nothing to do with RethugliKKKan fear-mongering.
Maybe, Mr. President, you've succumbed to all the fear-mongering that the Bush administration and Republican Party sold for so long.
Maybe, Mr. President, you've succumbed to all the fear-mongering that the Bush administration and Republican Party sold for so long.
The Way to God is Through Madjad?
Well, if Madjad brings Pepe down to his knees for some "ululation", why not the Simon version?
Friday, May 15, 2009
"Texting" run amok
What the heck is "sexting"? Yet another rotten distortion of the noble English language? Up on the ramparts, Tecs fights a valiant rear-guard action against the yahoo barbarian hordes climbing the parapets.
Old soldiers never die
.. though sometimes they do. Of course, Pepe will never understand the reason: Mr Hutchison said his brother never explained his motives for re-enlisting but said: "I'm guessing it has something to do with them coming into our country and killing our people".
another one
Le ressortissant algérien avait été "reconnu innocent de toute charge relative à la participation à d'éventuelles activités terroristes par des décisions de justice de plusieurs pays, dont celle des Etats-Unis qui a ordonné sa libération".
Lowry sees it like I did
When it broke that Obama wasn't publishing the new pictures, I argued it was because Cheney won the argument. So where's my goddam VCP?
[Axelrod] also emphasized that former Vice President Cheney's criticism of the president on the issue had no role in the president's reversal: "Absolutely not."
LMAO!
[Axelrod] also emphasized that former Vice President Cheney's criticism of the president on the issue had no role in the president's reversal: "Absolutely not."
LMAO!
Hell
I dropped a computer. That's why I have been silent. Took the disk drive out and all my files are OK, but alas, the computer is gone. No idea what could've happened to it if the DD is OK. Anyway, fuck.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
A paean to Pepean health care
More: The insurance that the 48 million would be required to purchase would lump healthy people in with the very ill and require them to be charged the same rate as a person already consuming $100,000 of medical care per day.
If you are an illegal alien (9.3 million of the 48 million uninsured are not U.S. nationals), the government — meaning the taxpayers — will probably pay for your insurance under the final bill. But if you are middle-income, the government will have effectively imposed on you a $13,000 health-care tax — in large part, to pay for other people’s care.
Of course: that's the pinko way. By definition.
If you are an illegal alien (9.3 million of the 48 million uninsured are not U.S. nationals), the government — meaning the taxpayers — will probably pay for your insurance under the final bill. But if you are middle-income, the government will have effectively imposed on you a $13,000 health-care tax — in large part, to pay for other people’s care.
Of course: that's the pinko way. By definition.
Pinko hell
With a quirky contrariness as deeply etched in the national character as the fjords carved into its rugged landscape, Norway has thrived by going its own way. When others splurged, it saved. When others sought to limit the role of government, Norway strengthened its cradle-to-grave welfare state.
And in the midst of the worst global downturn since the Depression, Norway’s economy grew last year by just under 3 percent. The government enjoys a budget surplus of 11 percent and its ledger is entirely free of debt.
By comparison, the United States is expected to chalk up a fiscal deficit this year equal to 12.9 percent of its gross domestic product and push its total debt to $11 trillion, or 65 percent of the size of its economy.
And in the midst of the worst global downturn since the Depression, Norway’s economy grew last year by just under 3 percent. The government enjoys a budget surplus of 11 percent and its ledger is entirely free of debt.
By comparison, the United States is expected to chalk up a fiscal deficit this year equal to 12.9 percent of its gross domestic product and push its total debt to $11 trillion, or 65 percent of the size of its economy.
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