Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Is trump is trying to break black America over his knee? signs point to ‘yes’.

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. ~Thomas Jefferson

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

If you voted for Trump, you don’t get to speak about ethics, morals, or rule of law.

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

We will not go back.

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

’Where will you hide, Roberts, the laws all being flat?’

Decision time: keep arguing about the last election, or try to win the next one?

In my day, never was longer.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

White supremacy is terrorism.

Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

The only way through is to slog through the muck one step at at time.

Radicalized white males who support Trump are pitching a tent in the abyss.

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Alias Blogging

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OK, Alias fans- I have a question for you. I am only a few shows into the second season, but something is killing me.

What is the significance with the number 47?

– There are 47 parts to Rambaldi opus.

– When Marshall (who is emerging as my favorite character) makes the lipstick camera, it has 42 exposures, but he wants ‘get it to 47, because it is a prime number.’

– The secret computer server is #47.

– When Dixon plays a priest in the airport, he has made 47 Euros.

– A vault was vault #4747.

– the blank page inthe Rambaldi text was 47.

I could go on and on, and I have not even paid attention to license plates. I think that Kane chick, the one trying to frame jack BRistow, had an account with 47.

At any rate, this is killing me, but I am afraid to google it because if I do, I might learn something that will ruin future episodes. So, bearing in mind where i am in the show, can someone tell me if ’47’ means something?

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High Comedy at the O-Dub Corral

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I don’t know what else to file this under but humor, because it is just a laugh a minute at Oliver’s:

Because I’m blunt, a lot of people assume I’m an extremist liberal. Which, as a pro-death penalty, pro-free marketer, strikes me as funny. I’m an advocate of a party and a set of ideals well within the American mainstream. As are most Democrats.

I am against the current War on Drugs. Guess that makes me a liberal, hunh? Stop giggling- Oliver is serious.

*** Update ***

From the “You Can’t Make This Shit Up” Files, Oliver’s very next post states the following:

More Phony Dems On Fox – Submitted by Oliver Willis on Tue, 02/15/2005

Martin Frost, along with Susan Estrich, Alan Colmes, and Pat Caddell make up the Washington Generals to Fox’s Globetrotters.

Only thing I dislike more than a right-winger is a “liberal” who enables right-wingers. Sheesh.

Martin Frost is a moderate. Estrich is a liberal. Colmes is an avowed liberal- he just looks like a moderate when sitting next to Hannity. Pat Caddell was a liberal for 20 years before Oliver was born.

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MSM Thugs

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This seems idiotic.

I spoke to Scott Nelson, the Tulsa World Web Editor (They can be reached at (918) 583-2161), and tried to make sense of their policy, and got nowhere. I am even more confused with what they are trying to accomplish than before I called.

According to Mr. Nelson, you need written permission to print the article and must print the article in full. I responded that I didn’t want to copy a whole article, just a quote, and he said that was not allowed and would be copyright infringement. When I asked why, he said it was their policy so that things wouldn not be ‘taken out of context.’

When I asked him if things were taken out of context, then wouldn’t that be libel, and they could get legal redress that way, he waffled. I then re-stated the question, and asked him if it was the policy of the Tulsa World to threaten lawsuits for copyright infringement to prevent possible cases of libel, and he didn;t really have much of an answer.

He also said, contrary to the letter to Bates Online, that linking was allowed, which leads me to believe that Mr. Bair, the Vice-President, was perhaps a touch overzealous or using terms he was not familiar with. Who knows.

At any rate, I must add that Mr. Nelson was very polite and helped to the best of his ability, even though he sounded agitated about the whole ordeal.

I thought by calling them I would clear some things up, but I am as confused as ever.

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This update from BatesLine seems to suggest that the confusion of Mr. Nelson is not the result of a human failing on Mr. Nelson’s part, but the inevitable result from a confusing and untenable policy:

Just time to link this: KTUL’s website has a new story with comments from World publisher Bobby Lorton and reaction from me.

Funny: He doesn’t want me to quote the paper out of context, but he doesn’t want me to link to the whole story so people can read it in context.

Actually, it is not funny at all. Sad is what I was thinking.

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24 Blogging

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Too funny– I actually said to myself- this is going to give Yglesias and Henley fits. I also thought the scene with the aged mother was absurd, though not for the same reasons.

In other television news, I watched Medium after 24. To date, I have never missed an episode, and I am beginning to develop a real beef with the writers. Why do they continue to write scenes in which the husband mocks or refuses to take seriously his wife predictions?

Like I said, I have seen every episode. She hasn’t been wrong yet. You would think her husband, a supposedly intelligent mathematician, would figure that out.

On a completely unrelated note, in one of the most graceless feline events of the century, my cat just fell off my desk. He sleeps right next to me on the desk when I am on the computer, and he was sprawled out on his side sound asleep. Then for no reason whatsoever (and I must add, much to my delight), he just fell off the desk.

And, yes. He landed on his feet.

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Comment and Trackback Spamming

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Got hammered last night with trackback spam (about 500 or so) from jerks affiliated with Empire Poker. I fired off an email to their abuse department:

Dear Sirs,

If your computer operators do not stop spamming the comments section and the trackback pings of my website, I am going to be force to report you to whatever gaming commissions, better business bureaus, or other authorities I see fit in order to stop the obnoxious and destructive behavior.

I have also spent two hours de-spamming my website. If you do not cease and desist, I am going to begin submitting invoices for the labor required to remove the spam. I think a fee of $200.00 per hour for this type of consulting work is not out of line.

Regards,

John Cole
https://balloon-juice.com

They responded almost immediately:

Dear John,

Thank you for contacting us.

With regards to your concern, please be informed that, we thank you for taking your time out to bring to our attention about the Affiliate spamming.

EmpirePoker.com strictly does not encourage incorrect marketing methods that would cause inconvenience to others, especially on public forums.

We have written to the affiliate about this asking for an explanation and our affiliate department is monitoring their affiliate account. Please rest assured that this would not happen again.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused to you in this regards and we appreciate you playing an active role in helping us resolve this issue.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Care Department at any time. We are here 24/7 to assist you via email.

Thank you for choosing us as your online gaming site!

Jaganmohan
Poker Customer Care

We shall see what happens.

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