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No Justins, No Peace

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

You cannot shame the shameless.

We’ll be taking my thoughts and prayers to the ballot box.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

I’m sure you banged some questionable people yourself.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

We’re not going back!

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

T R E 4 5 O N

A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.

I conferred with the team and they all agree – still not tired of winning!

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Ah, the different things are different argument.

Republicans don’t trust women.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Innocent people don’t delay justice.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

An unpunished coup is a training exercise.

“Cheese and Kraken paired together for the appetizer trial.”

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

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My Review of Megan McCardle’s Upcoming Opus (Further to the Megan McCardle Is Always Wrong chronicles)

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My many enablers in DPM’s thread have noted that news of McArdle’s upcoming volume might be “worth” reviewing.  One even suggested a basic format.
First:  you all are horrible people, wishing upon me or anyone the evils of (a) reading McArdle at book-length and (b) spending the time it would take to disembowel the work honorably.

Second: I’ve already completed my review, along the precise lines recommended within that last comment thread:

Please suggest other one line/haiku McArdle reviews, and/or jabber among yourselves

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  3. 3.

    dollared

    I look forward to further posts on this subject, Tom. Really. But I have to tell you that Betty, the Lizard and the Ukelele have won the day already.

  6. 6.

    JPL

    Let me apologize if per chance, I might have mentioned your name. If I did, it was only because I value your fine analysis.

  9. 9.

    Anoniminous

    Is McMegan the anorexic one or the one with the Bearnaise machine?

    [So many wingnuts, so little time.]

  11. 11.

    ? Martin

    I had prepared for a thorough review, but I have gastritis. Or perhaps I am just being stupid. Any any rate, this book would be better with less regulation.

  13. 13.

    scav

    “Perfectly digestible once given a whirl through a sufficiently high-end blender that can also provide the gentle yet thorough warming required to compensate for any half-baked ingredients.”

  18. 18.

    Tommy

    @jeffreyw: Are those wonderful little guys/gals yours?

    My cat has been looking at me, as she often does, wondering when I will get off my computer and come pet her. She needs at least 3+ hours of “lap” time a day. No really.

  20. 20.

    The Dangerman

    I suppose that review came out the optimal body cavity; I was fearing more of a plop than a scream.

  26. 26.

    Wag

    There once was a girl named McArdle
    Whose mind was all argle bargle
    She wrote far too long
    Her words were all wrong
    And she made my mind turn to garble.

  32. 32.

    jl

    Since this seems to be a joke thread, thought I would mention what I hope is the next one. One potential benefit of the Christie BridghaziWhackaLaneGate, is that the ‘Christie + any possible hint of scandal = news’ meme will be ‘out there’.

    So, early this morning I thought I heard a brief bit on the news about feds looking at maybe how Christie paid more for disaster public service ads than he had to in order to turn them into Christie-palooza public service ads. But wasn’t sure I hear it right, since cooking breakfast was the center of my attention.

    But, behold!

    Chris Christie Spent Extra $2.2M To Ensure Sandy Recovery Ads Featured NJ’s #1 Tourist Attraction Chris Christie

    http://wonkette.com/538957/chris-christie-spent-extra-2-2m-to-ensure-sandy-recovery-ads-featured-njs-1-tourist-attraction-chris-christie

  38. 38.

    Mnemosyne

    @ranchandsyrup:

    I can’t remember the exact brand, but there’s a funny commercial running on the Food Network of a woman who wins every cooking contest in town thanks to her secret weapon — her blender. I’m pretty sure it’s a Thermomix.

    If it is them, at least the makers of the Thermomix have a better sense of humor than McMeghan does.

  40. 40.

    Certified Mutant Enemy

    Megan McArdle’s new book has brought the word “bad” to new levels of badness. This book just oozed rottenness from every bad page… Simply bad beyond all infinite dimensions of possible badness.

    (apologies to Bloom County)

  43. 43.

    Anoniminous

    @Mnemosyne:

    commercial running on the Food Network of a woman who wins every cooking contest in town thanks to her secret weapon — her blender.

    Winning every cooking contest in town thanks to knowing how to cook is too bizarre for Food Channel watchers?

  45. 45.

    Roger Moore

    @Anoniminous:

    Winning every cooking contest in town thanks to knowing how to cook is too bizarre for Food Channel watchers?

    It’s certainly not the kind of thing that pleases companies advertizing expensive kitchen gadgets, and that’s who’s paying the bills.

  47. 47.

    Comrade Jake

    So the subtitle is “Why Failing Well is the Key to Success” ?

    This is the same lady who suggested we teach youngsters to bum-rush shooters, right?

  51. 51.

    The Tragically Flip

    @Comrade Jake:

    I sense a Regency bulk-buy to ensure continued trajectory of success through failure.

    But sadly, there seem to be ample opportunities for know-nothings who use big words. She can replace David Brooks when he retires.

  56. 56.

    R. Johnston

    Megan McArdle
    The great evangelist of
    innumeracy

    Unemployable
    Absent excess demand for
    Useful idiots

    McCardle’s new book
    Holds technical falsehoods and
    Collective nonsense

    Her name and portrait
    On the book’s outside jacket
    translate clearly

    They serve well to act
    As a warning to the wise
    “Read at your own risk

    If you value your
    Faith in humanity
    Put this book down now”

  57. 57.

    Violet

    There are no reviews on Amazon because it hasn’t yet been released. I wonder if it’ll turn into another Three Wolf Shirt or Tuscan Whole Milk. I sense it has a lot of potential.

  58. 58.

    Runt

    Rather than a haiku, I offer the explanation I gave when I cancelled my subscription to The Atlantic:

    “There’s only so much Megan McArdle a man can take.”

  59. 59.

    R. Johnston

    @R. Johnston:

    If you value your
    Faith in humanity please
    Put this book down now

    Argh. Caught my editing mistake right as the edit button expired.

  62. 62.

    Bob2

    Oh god the amazon review bombing that is going to be forthcoming.

    The hardcover edition of this book was better than a 2′ x 4′ for beating off protestors.

  63. 63.

    gratuitous

    You could do it along the lines of Charlie Pierce’s Evening Jemmy or Morning Dooley, maybe a Matinee McArglebargle. Open the review copy of her “book” to any random page, scan it quickly for something eye-rollingly, gut-wrenchingly awful (it won’t take long), then quote the excerpt with your response.

    You’d get months of hilarious posts, readers would get lots of laughs, and thanks to not having to sample too muchly of Ms. McArdle’s prose, your sanity wouldn’t peg the meter.

  65. 65.

    SFAW

    Just like “Jane Galt” McArdle
    I’m innumerate
    And can’t count syllables right

    Tom Boggioni’s
    Review might be “Mumia
    sweatshirt” 2. I hope!

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