Find the rabbit!
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Sunday, June 6, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
I Find It to Be Rather Amusing, Indeed.
I am rather amused by the fact that the only time conservatives seem to give a flying fuck about the Constitution is when there is a Democrat sitting in the Oval Office*.
It is beyond obvious to point out that there was no interest whatsoever among the vast majority of conservatives for the preservation of our rights and liberties when the Darth and Chimpy Administration was in power. Far from it, every time that those bastards used the Constitution as toilet paper...
...the conservatives cheered them on. More than that, the conservatives scorned people who were concerned about civil rights and civil liberties as being "unpatriotic" and "disloyal" and "terrorist sympathizers".
But now, only now, with a Democrat sitting in the White House who has some small interest in doing things other than killing people and running up the deficit by giving more tax breaks to the rich while we are in a couple of wars, only now do those self-styled patriots on the Right start to show any concern about preserving the Constitution.
Color me "unimpressed." For once a Republican is again in the White House, we will hear no more from any of these people about the importance of the Constitution.**
*Not to mention an African-American.
**Or, as Terrant noted, budget deficits.
It is beyond obvious to point out that there was no interest whatsoever among the vast majority of conservatives for the preservation of our rights and liberties when the Darth and Chimpy Administration was in power. Far from it, every time that those bastards used the Constitution as toilet paper...
...the conservatives cheered them on. More than that, the conservatives scorned people who were concerned about civil rights and civil liberties as being "unpatriotic" and "disloyal" and "terrorist sympathizers".
But now, only now, with a Democrat sitting in the White House who has some small interest in doing things other than killing people and running up the deficit by giving more tax breaks to the rich while we are in a couple of wars, only now do those self-styled patriots on the Right start to show any concern about preserving the Constitution.
Color me "unimpressed." For once a Republican is again in the White House, we will hear no more from any of these people about the importance of the Constitution.**
*Not to mention an African-American.
**Or, as Terrant noted, budget deficits.
Caturday
Bella, a long-haired cat. She loves to be combed, which is why she does not need a haircut.
George, on the other hand, hates to be combed. He also hates to be touched anywhere past about where his diaphragm is located. So he gets shaved.
Sidney, a guest from another species here on Caturday, is my mom's corgi. He also gets shaved every Spring.
George, on the other hand, hates to be combed. He also hates to be touched anywhere past about where his diaphragm is located. So he gets shaved.
Sidney, a guest from another species here on Caturday, is my mom's corgi. He also gets shaved every Spring.
Because You Suck. And We Hate You.
The airline industry is at least giving lip service to the notion that they have to do more than just shake down their passengers for every last penny.
Good luck with that. I know experienced international travelers who, when they have an option, will choose to fly on a foreign-flag airline because those airlines treat their passengers as something other than sheep to be fleeced.
Even if the airlines can manage to improve their customer service to the point that airline flying is marginally better than riding inside a cattle truck, there is still the TSA to deal with, the airport equivalent of mall cops, except that mall cops usually don't try to steal your shit when you are not looking.[1][2]
[1]I loved the line that "we only get 45 complaints a day", which conveniently ignores the point that most people who have stuff swiped from the TSA likely do not bother to file a complaint, because they suspect, with good cause, that the TSA isn't going to do fuck-all about it.
[2]A few months ago, I was at another office when the UPS man made his delivery, which included some suitcases. When I asked about that, he told me that UPS delivers a lot of luggage these days because UPS doesn't rifle through people's luggage in order to steal things.
Good luck with that. I know experienced international travelers who, when they have an option, will choose to fly on a foreign-flag airline because those airlines treat their passengers as something other than sheep to be fleeced.
Even if the airlines can manage to improve their customer service to the point that airline flying is marginally better than riding inside a cattle truck, there is still the TSA to deal with, the airport equivalent of mall cops, except that mall cops usually don't try to steal your shit when you are not looking.[1][2]
[1]I loved the line that "we only get 45 complaints a day", which conveniently ignores the point that most people who have stuff swiped from the TSA likely do not bother to file a complaint, because they suspect, with good cause, that the TSA isn't going to do fuck-all about it.
[2]A few months ago, I was at another office when the UPS man made his delivery, which included some suitcases. When I asked about that, he told me that UPS delivers a lot of luggage these days because UPS doesn't rifle through people's luggage in order to steal things.
Friday, June 4, 2010
M/V Scumbag
The M/V Utopia, soon to be the home-away-from-home for renegade billionaires, Ponzi-scheme financiers, Godman Sachs partners and every other rich piece of cowardly scum who has reason to want to flee from the wrath of the rest of humanity.
With any luck, it'll get a little too close to the Korean Peninsula. Or Somalia.
(H/T)
With any luck, it'll get a little too close to the Korean Peninsula. Or Somalia.
(H/T)
Well, At Least the Pristine Beaches of New Jersey Will Stay Clean
A simulation of where the oil may go.
Essentially, all the way up the coast to North Carolina, before it is carried out to the middle of the Atlantic.
Essentially, all the way up the coast to North Carolina, before it is carried out to the middle of the Atlantic.
Property Rights Are Sacred to Libertarians, But Only When It Is Their Property Rights
Which is why Rand Paul's campaign is willfully violating the copyrights of the band Rush.
Ah, the utter selfishness of libertarians: "Nobody else's rights matter, only mine, mine, mine!"
(H/T)
Ah, the utter selfishness of libertarians: "Nobody else's rights matter, only mine, mine, mine!"
(H/T)
Dave Barry's Miami Tourism Slogan
"Come Back to Miami, We Weren't Shooting at You".
I've always thought that one of the more ridiculous aspects of the show Burn Notice is how they can drive through the streets of Miami and conduct a running gunfight without ever attracting the attention of one of the uniformed doughnut-scarfers.
But maybe that's not so crazy.
I've always thought that one of the more ridiculous aspects of the show Burn Notice is how they can drive through the streets of Miami and conduct a running gunfight without ever attracting the attention of one of the uniformed doughnut-scarfers.
But maybe that's not so crazy.
BP Turns to the Dark Side of the Force
In case there was any doubt that British Petroleum wasn't already there:
BP has also hired a new head of media relations in the United States, Anne Womack Kolton, who worked at Brunswick and is a former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney and Energy Department spokeswoman.Cheney's probably already sent BP Chairman Hayward a case of bottled blood from nine-year-old virgins to thank him for hiring one of his people.
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