Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
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All of the subjects of inquiry for future terrorist acts are Arab.
This, no doubt, will lead to a dramatic increase in the shakedown of 60-something Irish women from Pennsylvania, 70-something Jewish blue-hairs from New Jersey, and 50-something hulking Norwegian farmers from North Dakota at airports around the nation.
No lawsuits have yet been filed by the ACLU or CAIR.
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Do to a recent spate of appearances of references to Jerzy Kosinski’s Being There, I am now starting a ‘Being There’ blogwatch.
Three sightings:
3.) The Illuminated Donkey referring to a picture of Ken Lay.
In all fairness, 1 and 2 are related, but still, three references in one 24 hour period is uncanny.
FWIW- I still think the greatest play on the Chauncey/Forrest phenomenon was the cover of Sports Illustrated several years back, when they were discussing Rosey Grier’s habit of being everywhere (tackling Sirhan Sirhan, ministering to O.J., etc.). The title of the cover was:
Forrest Grier.
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I haven’t seen our friends up north so mad since John Candy said ‘Canadian Beers Sucks’ in Canadian Bacon, but apparently the maple leafs got screwed last night in some ice skating event in which the Communist Bloc Judges with their friends the French shafted the Canadians out of a medal. For shame. This is not the first time the Canadians have been screwed by the French or a Frenchmen (Jean Chretien, anyone?), and will not be the last.
** Update **
I just found one reason to watch Ice Skating. The announcer who said she was embarassed for her sport (Sandra Bezic), is just knock out gorgeous.
** Update #2 **
HappyFunPundit has the official ice skating score card from last night’s event.
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I wrote last month about the antics of Mr. Yagman (Scroll down to the first post from the 22nd- for some reason my archives are doing their own thing), chief wag for the dullards in California led by Ramsey Clark. Today, Mr. Yagman has filed a brief that includes typos, gross errors in logic, and citations from Rolling Stones songs:
Through the ages, evil has manifested itself in various forms, e.g., “I watched as Pilate washed his hands and sealed his [Jesus Christ’s] fate;” “I watched as kings and queens fought ten decades for the gods they made [The Hundred Years’ War];” “I rode a tank in a general’s rank, while the blitzkrieg raged and the [Jews’] bodies stank [burning in concentration camps in the Holocaust];” “I shouted ‘who killed the Kennedys?,’ when after all it was you and me.”* The advice given by Lucifer, himself was that “I’m in need of some restraint.”*
Today, our bold American, war mongering, macho, and swaggering government and respondents are in need of some restraint.
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Apparently the Porn War going on between the folks at Libertarian Samizdata and Kevin Holtsberry at Ideas, Etc. is in full fledge. I originally thought it was just a cheap attempt to troll for hits (although Britney Spears XXX LIVE NUDE BREASTS uncovered added to every post might be easier), but it appears there is a substantive debate going on. I read some of it, then got bored. I had only two thoughts:
1.) Thank goodness there are women who look like Natalija that are in favor of (or at least not overtly against) porn.
2.) If porn bothers you so much, don’t consume it.
I told you I was one of those weirdo Republitarians.
The whole porn wars can be found here, here, here, here, here, and here.
I think that is all the (FREE LIVE XXX PORN) links, and I am not sure if I have them in chronological order, but I think it started with Kevin on either the last or next to last link I posted.
I am wondering if this will drum up more traffic, or if I will need to talk about LITTLE GIRLS IN PARTY DRESSES WITH WILD HOT ACTION.
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Damian Penny is pissed (angry, not drunk) that Blow received no nominations for the Oscars. He then states that his second favorite movie of the year (Enemy at the Gates) was also snubbed. He then bashes LOTR. I liked Blow and Enemy, but I found them wanting in the Oscar category. LOTR, however, was just outstanding.
Regardless, this made me wonder. What are the worst snubs in Oscar history? IMHO, the two biggest for me were the dreadful Shakespeare in Love beating Saving Private Ryan, and the WORST SIN IN THE HISTORY OF THE ACADEMY is Goodfellas being beaten by Dances with Wolves.
FWIW, if you really want to know how Hollywood works (at least how this uninformed yokel in West Virginia thinks Holywood works), you need to see three movies, in this order.
1.) El Mariachi
2.) The Player
3.) Desperado
If you have any other snubs (particularly actors/actresses), e-mail ’em to me.
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Again, why Lileks is a genius and I am a loudmouthed lout. While discussing emceeing (spelling????) the symphony, he states:
It went well. They laughed in the right spots, although one line got exactly one (1) laugh; when introducing the scherzo from Shostakovich’s 10th, I noted that it was a criticism of the horrors of Stalin’s tyranny, and that the secret of being able to criticize Stalin in your 10th symphony was to not criticize Stalin in your first. (The conductor of the orchestra barked a laugh from back stage.) The last number was “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” by Dukas, and the Symphony Orchestra – that’s the big kids ensemble – blew the roof off the shed, as usual.