Reed the Viking

Hot Spy, Dick Weather, Jewish Terrizts, Weird Food, and GGW

I'm feeling kind of sick today, so everybody leave me comments about how much they love me. 

Jihadi who threatened South Park was a Joooooooo! I've said it before, Jihadi is the new "goth." To be honest, I think Jihadis have a better sense of style, and I can't imagine their music being worse, so I think it's safe to say this is a positive social phenomenon.

Some potentially awesome news for the Jooooos in the Middle East: Gamechanger -Israel, Fossil Fuel Giant. While this is potentially awesome news, there is a downside. For years, I've been saying, "the jooz were given the only shitty piece of land in the Middle East that has no natural resources, and they turned it into a prosperous, rich nation." I won't be able to say that anymore if this article is true. I'll have to say, "the jooz were given a great piece of land but didn't know it and for decades we bought oil from Saudi Wahabists who fund radical Islam throughout the world. Great job, assholes, we could've been less dependent on anti-American oil for decades if you guys were smarter and more perceptive." Maybe China will like the Israelis more now and edge away from Iran? *Gives puppy dog eyes of hope optimism* Yikes, I almost said the H-word.

Hot Russian Spy is Hot.

I'd put my shashlyk on her borscht if you know what I mean.

New York pizza and bagels are the best because of the water, it's fact. I don't know what goes into "Brooklynizing" your water, but whatever it is, I'd like to try it and judge for myself. Depending on who wins the lawsuit (Pizza vs. Bagels), I'll have to take a trip down to Florida and see if they walk the walk.

It's not the crime, it's the cover-up: Biden makes a small gaffe, the media covers for him. The gaffe wasn't a big deal IMO, it's that the media MISQUOTED him to change it to a correct statement. Could you imagine them giving that benefit of the doubt to say, Dan Quayle? It's not the crime, but rather the cover-up here that so annoys me.

THEY TOOK ARRRRR JERBBBBBS poodle? 73 year old man has his poodle locked up because he didn't have it on a leash. They wanted him to pay an $100 fine, so he drove his tractor to the jail and busted his pooch out with some wire cutters. Then the cops arrested him and euthanized his dog. Bastards! This is why I'm so pro-gun. So if the gubmint ever tries to take my dogs, I can fight back those tyrants!

GGW doesn't stand for Girls Gone Wild anymore... it's Gubmint Gone Wild now: Cities Restrict Trick-or-treating to Those Below the Age of 12. I definitely went until I graduated High School, the only difference was the addiction of alcoholz and/or droooogz. Get yer damn laws off my candy, gubmint!

When you're a jerk to the planet, it will come back to hump you in the face. I blame the filthy pollutin' Republicans for this: The Weather is a Dick.

 I never though I'd say this, but thank you, Mexico... Thank you for existing right now.

Chinese Vending Machines Sell Live Crabs. No comment necessary, I think. Don't ask me to translate the whole thing; except for the interviews with people on the street, it's in Japanese. I can, however, translate the interviews. Not going to, but could. Yeah, I'm cool ;).

Phil Griffin of MSNBC: "You guys at Fox News are like, totally using your network to like, fundraise for candidates and stuff and like... we would totally never do that. Seriously guys, like, I dare you to find us ever doing the same thing ever. I DOUBLE dare you even, 'cuz we wouldn't do that. I promise." Ok, so maybe he didn't use those exact words, but the point remains the same. And here is  Johnny Dollar, dutifully calling the bluff. NYT, you're on notice as well. Please don't mistake me, I'm not defending what Fox News or MSNBC does, I'm simply saying that those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. As Tyrone Biggums would say, "Let he who is without sin cast the first rock, and I shall smoketh it!"

The Tolerance of the Left

• Protestor who called Andrew Breitbart "gay" is a Democrat Party Official. I mean, I call people gay all the time. My friends, many of them self-identifying liberals, call people gay all the time too. I don't think that the protestor is necessarily intolerant or a homophobe, I'm just holding her to the same standard that conservatives get held to all the time. People like me - and I'm assuming Breitbart feels this way too - feel that Political Correctness is gaytarded (gay and retarded) and also has super black joo AIDS. But when you're called racist/homophobic/sexist all the time by those who disagree with you, it's fun to hold them to the same standard that they hold you to.
• Tammy Bruce, a self-identified gay independent conservative, notices that there's more tolerance for her on the right side of the spectrum. I think Juan Williams might agree with that.
• Liberals have for years tried to get NPR to get rid of Mara Liasson and Juan Williams because they appear on Fox News. Conservative Fox viewers have never tried to get them kicked off Fox for their work on NPR. Well NPR finally got rid of JW, and he learned an important lesson about the tolerance of liberals and the dangers of thinking the wrong thoughts.

 

Nazis, Commies, Truthers, and Real Life Ron Burgundy

News from the East

On the mainland: Communist Party Elders Call for an End to Censorship.

Across the strait: Taiwan to Allow Small Brothels.

Well, it seems obvious that I'd prefer to head to Taiwan, where censorship has never been in effect, and where hookers were just legalized. I suggest you follow suit, China, if you want my sweet, 24 karat, sexy pouch of joo gold.

Communism is bad, mmm'kay? As bad as Nazism. Robert Heinlein quote for the win:

Let me go on record that I regard communism as expressed by the U.S.S.R. and its friends here and elsewhere as a grisly horror, a tyranny maintained by force and terror, utterly subversive of human liberty, freedom of thought, and dignity. I regard it as Red fascism, distinguishable from black and brown fascism by differences of no importance to me nor to its victims.

Best Idea Evah: "Draft Chris Christie 2012." I realized that what I like the most about Chris Christie is his straightforwardness. Even when he's doing things that I don't like, or that others don't like, or that HE doesn't even like, he doesn't shy away from telling the hard truths. And he's been pretty willing to listen to other perspectives as well (as evidenced by his reconsideration for an expensive mass transit project).

Viking Blogger just messed his pants at the sight of it: The Krispy Kreme Bacon Cheeseburger. Guess what I'm cooking for dinner tonight?

Grandma's got a lead foot: 82 Year Old Woman Pulled Over for Doing 110 in a 55.

Real Life Ron Burgundy Sacked for Drinking During Live Newscast. If that's an indication of Finnish culture, Finland is freakin' awesome. Well, not that the poor hero was fired, but the fact that he's out there doing it makes me happy.

Great News: Russia Vows to Help Venezuela Build Nuclear Power Plant.

Let's Talk About Race!

Identity Politics Fail: Charlie Crist Scolds Marco Rubio for Turning His Back on Hispanics. I hate identity politics to begin with, but this is just silly. I'll defer to Allah's commentary because I'm lazy and he said it first:

It’s bad enough playing identity politics when one is of the identity in question. It’s doubly offensive when it comes from someone who shares nothing of the ethnicity they purport to represent. In Crist’s case, though, it qualifies as high satire. Isn’t Crist the candidate that just “turned his back” on the political party he led in this state only because Rubio was kicking his rear end in primary polling, and then spent the next several months reversing almost every policy position he ever held? Crist has the nerve to lecture Rubio on political ambition?

Fail.

More about those "overwhelmingly white" rallies. Fun picture comparisons at the link.

Angela Merkel Proclaims Multiculturalism a Failure. Yep, and it's destroying the places who subscribe to it. Assimilation is important and should be encouraged, not discouraged.

Joy Behar and Whoopie Goldberg Walk Out of the View Interview with O'Reilly. I think O'Reilly's a bit of an asshole, and it wrong to smear all Muslims with 9/11. I just wish Joy and Whoopie would be such moral paragons as to stand up to the smears of, you know, 9/11 truthers who think Bush committed 9/11. Because you know,  suggesting that Muslims perpetrated 9/11 is far more sinister and outlandish than suggesting the former President of the United States commissioned an inside job. Think it's time I bust out Ye Olde Conspiracy Theory that I cooked up:

The Future is Going to Rock, Can't Wait to Get There

DIY - Father and Son Launch Camera and iPhone into Space.

Scientists Find Evidence of Psychic Phenomena.

Cell Phones Reveal Emerging Disease Outbreaks.

Pocket Optometry: Use Your Cell Phone to Identify Eye Problems.

And to bring this post to a close, I'm going to link you to some whiny Republican crying about how Libertarians aren't more partisan. I'm sorry I'm not more of a team player, and that I don't support Christine O'Donnell over her opponent, the self-styled bearded Marxist. I never claimed to be a Republican, and excuse me for disliking politicians who's ideas are antithetical to mine. As for who I think is better in the O'Donnell/Coons election, I think that I'll prefer the full-on Marxist, because hopefully he'll be so horrible that it'll motivate Delawareans to throw him out in the next election. Meanwhile, if that embarrassment O'Donnell won, it'd be the Republicans who have an embarrassment to deal with. Look at Alan Grayson (D) in Florida, he's doing more damage to Democrats than a Republican ever could, and so count yourselves lucky if O'Donnell loses. God knows her parading about trying to convince people that masturbating is bad (if masturbating is bad, I'm going to the Hitler level of Hell) and that she's not a witch (uh, duh?). However, Miss Clouthier, I did appreciate this part of your post, which will be the exit quotation to mine.

P.S. NO ONE believes the old Republican guard has learned their lesson. NO ONE. Can we just chuck this straw man right now? Set it on fire. Throw it in the streets and stomp it so you can make sure it’s not just dead, it’s libertarian dead (really super, extra special, smarty pants dead). What people in the Tea Party believe is that 2010 is a START. And then, there’s 2012, where a whole bunch of scumbag Senators are up for re-election. Guess what? They’re going to be primaried and lose, too. This wave Is Not Stopping.

I'm glad that's a common sentiment.

Zimbabwe's Latest Trend and the Truth About Bieber

I didn't post all weekend and monday was a holiday, Columbus Day, so I took that off from blogging but I'm back as normal now.

New Report: Bill Maher Even More of a Shithead Than Previously Thought. In case you're too lazy to click the link, Bill Maher praises Bin Laden's environmentalist message. It's shit like this and those climate ads that totally scares off lower-case E environmentalists like me. They remind me of the anti-drug crusaders who refuse to tell the truth about drugs. Marijuana is not going to kill you, and global warming is not going to force us into cannibalism. If these assholes weren't so over the top with it, they'd ingratiate a lot more people. Here's an article I've linked to before about Progressives Against Progress. It's an awesome, enlightening article worth the time of your day. Make sure to read it!

I've said I'm a lower-case libertarian, a lower-case environmentalist, and now I'm going to claim the mantle of lower-case progressive. Because the Progressives are against the very progress that I would welcome. Although I can't see who wouldn't welcome this sort of green technology. 285 MPG, and it's not a hybrid. Sure, it'll never hit the market, but I can't see how creative minds couldn't make something similar with great gas mileage. 

Related: If you're worried about "range anxiety" with electric cars, do an experiment with your current car to see if you could deal with it.

I'm also a lower-case feminist. meaning I believe in female equality (just kidding). So when Jerry Brown, the Democratic candidate for Governor of California, called his opponent Meg Whitman a whore, you'd think the feminists would be all over his ass. Especially considering his opponent, Meg Whitman, is an independent female who was extremely successful as eBay's CEO. I think Whitman's a terribly weak candidate, but you'd expect women's advocates to at least voice their disapproval, right? National Organization for Women Endorses Democratic Candidate Jerry Brown Within Hours of "Whore" Comments. Ed furthers remarks on NOW's endorsement hypocrisy here, where NOW endorses Alan Grayson after his comments about "a K Street whore." Because calling a woman a whore is excusable if you're a Democrat.

More on Military demographics: Military Smarter, Richer, Southern..er. Well, I'm smart, and I'm Jewish so I have my secret Jew gold that the media and banks dole out to each of us at birth, making me rich. But like Meatloaf says, Two Out of Three Ain't Bad.

Questions NOT to ask the police: Is There a Warrant Out for My Arrest?

H/T to R.S. McCain for reminding me how hilarious the Onion is.

Justin Bieber Found To Be Cleverly Disguised 51-Year-Old Pedophile 

J.Biebz was just on Oahu, I'm glad I wasn't molested by him before he was exposed by the Onion.

Muslim Brotherhood Declares War on the U.S., nobody notices. As noted in the article, Al-Qaeda once declared war on the U.S. to little note.

Zimbabwe's latest trend: Women Raping Men. Not as awesome as it sounds :(.

Strategypage: The Cost of Muslim Intolerance. Related: Saudis Arrest Filipino Catholics at Mass.

Concerns and Hopes

I've stated in the past that I support the idea of the tea party so long as it's an small government, anti-establishment movement. The minute they step into social conservative zone, I will no longer support it. I don't mind if most tea-partiers are anti-abortion or anti-evolution, so long as that's their personal belief and they don't try to impose it upon others through the use of legislative/executive power. Mitch Daniels proposed a truce on social issues, and Chris Christie is pretty moderate too. However there's another side of the tea party movement that doesn't quite alarm me, but I definitely keep my eye on. Sarah Palin, Christine O'Donnell, Glenn Beck and Jim DeMint are very socially conservative, and very popular in the tea party movement. I'm torn, because I'm happy that the tea party is throwing out useless, careerist politicians, but on the other hand, I'm wary of their replacements. Perhaps they're fiscal conservatives now because it's chic, and because Dems are in charge and that's the issue of the day. But I do think there are legitimate concerns if the economy is no longer the issue, will these fools try to ban gay teachers?

Tim Mak writes about Andrew Ian Dodge's concerns, many of which I share. He lambasts Christine O'Donnell for being a joke and an embarrassment, something I have agreed with since I heard about her. He also worried about Glenn Beck's rally, but honestly that rally didn't bother me. I have no problem with Christians practicing their faith and gathering together or whatever. Having a problem with a Christian themed rally seems a bit intolerant to me, but he's entitled to his opinion. Where my problems arise is when these socially conservative christians co-opt a movement based on smaller government and decide to throw consistency out the window by legislating on gay rights and abortion rights, putting the government in the bedroom.

A glimmer of... (dare I say the H-word?) hope. Chris Christie Avoids Glenn Beck. It's comforting to me that Christie is distant from Beck, and it also brings me comfort knowing that Beck is a big Christie fan, despite his moderate social positions. In fact, Beck has encouraged Christie NOT to meet with him if it'll help him. This shows that Beck is not an egomaniac who would turn on somebody over a personal slight, and that he's serious about fiscal conservatism first and foremost.

**UPDATE: 10:00PM**

Jennifer Rubin on civility, hypocrisy and double standards. 

Next time the left whines that the right is too “angry” or that the Tea Partiers have debased the political debate in this country, remember which National Mall rally was polite, uplifting, and tidy and which hurled invectives at its opponents. And please also recall the rhetoric coming from the White House, which in the good ole days — two years ago — used to observe a certain level of decorum befitting the chief executive. The president and his spokesman now routinely name-call and demean the opposition.

Here's a tea party favorite that I do admire: Retired Lt. Col. Allen West (I'm pretty certain I've written about him in the past). I don't get too hyped up by him, because he's running for the house in Florida, which has absolutely nothing to do with me. But I keep my eye on him, because he seems pretty awesome, and he speaks with unabashed candor about controversial topics (such as decisions he made while in military leadership positions, including the one he lost his job over).  He's very pro-Israel too.

Here's a pretty badass campaign ad he's running.

 

Here he is talking about Islamic fundamentalism... I find the first comment on the video to be hilarious: "I am a European. But watching this, I'd have to say that you guys voted for the wrong black guy." Maybe so. I don't know enough about the guy to want him as President, but he looks pretty good so far.

 

And here is Lt. Col. West talking candidly about his actions in Iraq that directly resulted in stopping attacks against American troops. Some may take issue with the way in which he went about getting the information about the attack, but nobody can say he tried to hide what he did.

 

His Hands Tied Behind Him

Former CNN-employee and frequent butt of Jon Stewart jokes, Rick Sanchez, got fired last week after calling Jon Stewart a bigot and crying about the Jooz in control of CNN. Jon Stewart got him back on the Daily Show last night with a hilarious segment that showed the world that Rick Sanchez to be the real world Michael Scott (the Office). Well Christopher Hitchens has weighed in on the firing, and in his typical Hitch way, he made me look at the issue from an angle I couldn't previously see. I support his idea to call for Jon Stewart and the Jooz to support Rick Sanchez to be hired back, and if he doesn't get re-hired, he could see first hand that we don't control the media. I personally want him back because he's too hilarious to lose. It's not like having him around costs CNN some of their respect and gravitas; hooker handler Elliot "Gov. Outcall" Spitzer has a show and that network. But like a tree falling in the woods, if Spitzer gets a show on CNN and nobody watches, does it make a noise?

I disagree with Hitchens in that I do think Sanchez was implying that jooz run the media as he simultaneously played the victim card. He also seems to suggest that Jewish success sort of supports Sanchez' statement that the jews don't qualify for entry to the "oppressed minority" club. Success in the face of oppression doesn't mean that the oppression doesn't exist.

Hitch also says, "Self-criticism among Jews, on matters of religion and statecraft, is actually rather noticeable." It's also noticeable on matters of science and technology. From the scary joooo lobby AIPAC, here's a video on Israeli innovation.

 

Also, h/t to my college friend and surfing partner Mona "KGB" Smelnikov, pointing me to this awesome Mark Twain piece from 1899 Harper's Magazine:

 

”...If statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of stardust lost in the blaze of the Milky way. properly, the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world’s list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse learning are also away out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers. He has made a marvelous fight in this world, in all the ages; and had done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself, and be excused for it.

The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed; and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other people have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?” 

 

And there are people out there that want to snuff us out of existence. There's a reason that Israel is our closest partner in the Middle East. They share our values and dedication to freedom, democracy, and the pursuit of happiness. Take a look at Israel's enemies (our enemies), and know what it is that they wish to destroy.

 

P.S.- You can't spell freedom without Reed.

A Druze, an Alawite and a Jew Walk Into a Bar...

Ok, I don't have a punchline for that joke, but there's got to be one out there. The always excellent Michael Totten brings his A-game (that's the only game he's got) in his most recent article on the Druze of the Golan Heights. It's complete with great photos, as usual. Check it out.

I have personally been to the Golan Heights and I thought it was the most gorgeous part of Israel. I rode an ATV through the fog and mud near the Syrian border and it was probably one of the most fun experiences of my 20 day trip to Israel. Although I never met any Golani Druze, our trip did include a meeting with Israeli Druze. I remember thinking at the time that the Druze were an incredibly interesting people, unlike any other I had met in the Middle East. Despite being an offshoot of Islam, they did not seem to harbor any resentment towards the Jews, and were quite hospitable to us when we visited. If my memory serves me well, they told me that they believe there will be a fixed number of generations of Druze, and I remember wondering what would happen after they pass that generation and the world still exists.

Great news: New Hezbollah Theme Park opens in Lebanon to rave reviews!

 

Could you imagine the Jews opening a theme park celebrating their military triumphs over Muslims? Of course you can't. There's a sick culture of death in parts of the Middle East (hint: not the Jewish parts), eerily represented by a toddler smiling as he plays with a mounted turret.

The Viking Returns!

After a weeklong break during my training course, I am returning to the blog. Please, contain your excitement, I don't want anybody to go into cardiac arrest. I have come to the decision that I will start breaking up my posts, with an individual post for each topic that I write about, and one post per day with a roundup of my favorite links that speak for themselves (or call for minimal commentary).

Victory: Possession of Pot Down to Infraction from Misdemeanor. C'mon Prop 19, pass this fall and give us something to cheer about. Hawaii has legal medical marijuana, I wonder how long until it gets legalized here... probably a long time, considering how long it takes to get anything achieved in Hawaii (30+ years to build H3?). 

From commenter CF, a glorious story about crack in crack... that is, crack-cocaine in a butt-crack. But don't worry, it's not his, he swears!

People fret about diseases making the jump from animals to humans (bird flu, swine flu), but Prof. Jacobson gives us a new cause for concern. Computer Virus Makes Jump to Humans. That stuxnet virus is both terrifying and incredible. I hope we're amping up our cyber-warfare divisions...

Rick James, take notice: The Dangers of Unity. Ed's a smart man, and he hit the nail on the head right here.

Scary stuff in Paris (video at the link). Hat tip to the Mother Viking. For those who have been paying attention, this shouldn't be news to you. Nonetheless, it's pretty crazy to actually see it.

The Miracle of Science: Boob Job in a Bottle. I'm not a big fan of fake bewbs, but if you could make your bewbs larger by stimulating natural body processes, please by all means go ahead. And email me, [email protected] if you'd like feedback.

I'm not a smoker, and I'm happy that I don't have to hang out in stinky smoke filled restaurants and all that, but c'mon this is just retarded: Cincinnati Reds Reported to Health Department for Smoking Victory Cigars. In their own clubhouse... and they were reported by their own fans. But seriously, do they really expect us to believe that there's a team called the Cincinnati Reds?

VDH wrote another great piece, and I wanted to pick out some quotes for you all, but I'd have just taken the whole thing, and I think it truly deserves a full read. This is the one I urge you to read out of all the links in the post. This is the one that would get it's own post if it wasn't late at night (I will start doing that tomorrow). Read the whole thing! How the Unbelievable Can Become the Accepted.

An old argument I've made before, but simply and shortly stated here in this video. Liberals should by all means be Israel's biggest supporters. Would that that were so... The Liberal Case for Israel:

 

Being anti-Israel is almost exclusively a left-wing phenomenon in this nation. That is, not all lefties are anti-israel, but all most anti-Israel folks are lefties. Similarly, not all lefties are anti-American, but most anti-American folks are lefties.

Tony Soprano meets Al Gore: Reduce Your Emissions... Or Else. That's some of the craziest Enviro-fascism I've ever seen, and let me tell you, I've seen my fair share of humanity hating radical Environmentalists. Needless to say the more moderate environmentalists are not thrilled about this campaign.

Apparently, the 1940's are ancient history. Because people who died in my lifetime are obviously irrelevant now. Next they'll tell us that Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead is an obscure, kooky text from days long gone (The Fountainhead was published a couple years before Hayek's Road to Serfdom). NYT's Kate Zernike, you fail. Glenn's got some good comments as well at Instapundit.

From my college buddy Leornidas, the appropriate comeback to use if you're a woman and a man asks you to make him a sandwich.

And from my other college buddy and BFFE, Dr. Ago, here's the coolest picture I've seen all weekend. Yes, it's real. Click to see it full sized.

Mullet: Business in the Front, Party in the Back

Confirmed: Yep, Moses Parted the Red Sea.

GOP Confronts Sore Loser Syndrome. I believe I've spoken on this quite a bit.

File this under WTF: MI6 Uses Semen as "Invisible Ink" for Secret Communications.

Braylon Edwards... you fucking fool.

American Targeted for Assassination by Obama Allegedly Surrounded in Yemen.

I wonder what kind of nation state could possibly be behind this: Iran Attacked by Sophisticated Computer Worm.

Speaking of Iran, Iranian leader Mahmoud Imadinnerjacket blames capitalism for global woes. Quick recap on the great idealists who hate capitalism: Stalin, Mao,  Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, Hitler, Mussolini, Castro, Chavez, Kim Jong Il and the list goes on.

Jammie Wearing Fool comes up big today with two awesome posts. "15 Best Things About Our Pubic Schools." Yeah, everything's spelled *right*. England's future King: "I talk to plants to keep me sane." Uhhh, ok Charles.

As Allah is wont to say, "it's come to this."

Funny post by Dana Loesch who wonders what's worse, witchcraft or a mullet. Mullets are great, Dana, back off. I can't trust anything you say anyway, after you said, "I thought the left was supposed to be tolerant." Please, don't make me laugh. Seriously, Dana... Witchcraft is way lamer than a mullet, I mean, c'mon check out this bad boy. He looks like a real hockey player. (Note: I took this picture from the profile of my BFF Marky Bonethugs aka Mikey Fleischbones aka Marky Bankrolls)

 

Glenn Reynolds gave an overreaching island government some terrible ideas. Glenn, you know you're a prophet, even joking is not safe for you. If the U.S. Government ever tried something like that, I sincerely believe there's be an armed revolution that transcends party lines.

Here's a true story about government intervention gone wrong in NYC. Prime example of the law of unintended consequences. Reminds me of that time Mao got rid of all the sparrows because they ate the grain seeds, and as a result, locust populations thrived and destroyed the crops, resulting in a famine that killed as many as 30 million people.

If you only have time to click one link on this blog today, make it this one. It's about EDM Day, which I've written about a lot, and it goes into the utter failure of our media and law enforcement institutions. Could you imagine if the FBI said it couldn't protect black people from the KKK? The media would be all over their asses, and rightly so. What has happened to the "creator" of EDM Day is a complete and utter travesty. If you needed any more evidence that NYT writer Nicholas Kristof has his head firmly lodged up his ass, read this article. If you didn't, read the article. Bottom line, read this article.

Surprise: Health Insurance Companies to Stop Offering Child-Only Policies. "If you like your plan, you can keep it." - President Obama

Reminder: Congress Still Hasn't Come Up With a Budget for the Fiscal Year Starting in 9 Days. Ed wrote that post with the main focus being on Congress taking their longest vacation in 50 years so they can fundraise in at risk districts. That, to me, is only secondary to the fact that there's still no budget! If there was a budget, I wouldn't mind the long vacation, but for fuck's sake, really Congress? Really? These people are not fit to lead. It feels like nobody responsible has run this country since... has it ever been run by people who know what they're doing? If not, well, that's a little consoling.

Awesome timelapse montage set to the music from Inception, which was an awesome movie with awesome music. Enjoy

All We Hear is Radio Ga Ga

VDH: Decline is in the Mind. This is one of my favorite posts by VDH, a former professor of Classics and military historian, and it put some things in perspective for me. Decline is in the mind, and it's also a choice. America doesn't have to throw in the towel and let China take the lead. That is not predestined.

Canadian Woman Survives Deadly Cancer with Miracle Procedure... in America. It doesn't explicitly mention it in the article, but the Mayo clinic she had her procedure in is located in America. We'll see how long that sort of headline lasts after our healthcare system fully realizes the new legislation. I hope we don't see any decline in those sorts of headlines, though. I sincerely hope I am wrong and the healthcare legislation transforms our system for the better. But just save this article when people brag about Canadian healthcare.

Jewish Viking Blogger Re-evaluates His Feelings About Germany. Actually, I harbor no ill will against ze Germans; I love their food, I love their beer, and their women ain't bad either. Just gotta keep our eyes open for the telltale signs if they start to revert back to their 1930's attitudes. I was actually thinking about it earlier last week, how people often dismiss the anti-semitic comments from the usual suspects (Mahmoud Imadinnerjacket comes to mind) as just a political rhetorical flourish to please the fundamentalist base. It's very hard for Jews to dismiss eliminationist comments as empty threats, when, given the opportunity, people who spoke that way DID try to eliminate us. So yeah, that might be why Israel takes Iranian threats very, very seriously. Last time we didn't take such comments seriously, it didn't end well for us.

Best Dad Evah. Alternate Headline: British Guy Really Loves Fat Chicks. Cost to the taxpayer: 1.5 million pounds, which is equal to the combined weight of his ten girlfriends.

I've always been a huge fan of the Quaids. Denny Q-ballz is great for a trillion reasons (Dragonheart, Frequency being the first two I can think of). Randy Q-ballz is great for even more reasons (Not Another Teen Movie, Midnight Express, Independence Day), but most recently I love him for this: Randy Quaid Arrested for Squatting. I thought he would never measure up to Denny, seeing as Dragonheart is the greatest movie of all time (I mean c'mon, Sean Connery is a Dragon, Professor Lupin is an evil ginger king, Pete Postlethwaite joins to make the best cast evar). This might put him on the level.

We already knew Sasha Baron Cohen could do gay, but can he do Zoroastrian? Sasha Baron Cohen Slated to Play Freddie Mercury in Biopic. I hope he's good for the role, because if they fuck up a Freddie Mercury biopic, they'll have legions of angry Queen fans at their throats, myself included. Here's to the greatest vocalist in rock 'n roll history.

SEXIST! Harry Reid Calls Kirsten Gillibrand "Hottest Member of Senate." NOW, please notify me when after you have sent him a letter of reprimand.

Having just fasted for the holiday of Yom Kippur, I do find this practice a bit... unsettling. Jews Twirl Dead Chickens Above Their Heads. I found a Reform Jewish Temple out here (never found one when I was stationed in California) and I had a nice time going to services for the High Holy Days. It's funny to go to temple and see people dressed in Hawaiian floral shirts, and it was the highest population of Asian Jews I've ever seen in once place. The Rabbi was pretty good, but he has a funny speech impediment and sounds like one of the Spathi from Star Control 2. Pretty damn funny.

Suuuuuuuuuure you did, Dave. David Letterman: Yeah, I Knew Joaquin Phoenix's Interview Was a Hoax.

Media Lefty Admits Media Bias for Democrats. Nothing we didn't know here, but I like to repeat it to drill the point home. Especially when prominent, well-known leftists admit that the media will literally play cover for the D's.

More on Delaware and the O'Donnell race... I'm still of the opinion that I preferred Mike Castle as a candidate, but Christine O'Donnell is who the primary voters of Delaware wanted, and the GOP in Delaware should get behind her instead of playing sore loser. Sore loser also being played in Alaska, where entrenched establishment politician lost the primary and instead of endorsing the GOP candidate, has continued to smear him and conduct a write in campaign. Back to the topic of O'Donnell, I think the lefty meme about her being a witch is way off the mark. I've done stuff in HS that I'm not proud of, and that would look terrible on a campaign. It's not fair, but the Dems will do it to her as the GOP would do it to Dems with shady pasts. To prove my point, let's take the O'Donnell/Carter Quiz! I scored a perfect score, 100% ;). Don't cheat, and see if you'll be surprised. The takeaway from the quiz, for me, was not that O'Donnell or Jimmy Carter are loons because of crazy things they've said in the past taken out of context, but that pretty much everybody says crazy shit sometimes. If I ran for office in 20 years, do you think I'd be the same person as I am now? And do you think that the admittedly crazy things I've said here, taken out of context, could seem pretty damning? I sure do, my mom's even worried about my employment when I get out of the military because of this blog. In the quiz article is a quote from O'Donnell that actually warms me up to her a great deal, so hopefully that's really who she is and I underestimated her.

If there's one link you click on in this entire post, let it be the VDH post that I linked to first. If you click on TWO links this entire post, take the O'Donnell/Carter quiz. It'll challenge your preconceived notions and all that (well, I scored 100% but that's mostly because I'm a smart ass and guessed at the game, I didn't truly know the answers).

How Dogs Got Domesticated. Awesome video, I want a pet fox.

58% of Middle East Muslims Oppose Ground Zero Mosque? Talk about pre-conceived notions, consider my mind blown. Of course, I wouldn't take those numbers at face value; polling is often about the way questions are worded and the samples used. But I'm too lazy to do due diligence, so I'm stickin' with the article. Actually, the numbers aren't the important part of the article, just good for a headline. This is a very good article, read it. I particularly love the story about Caliph Omar, and the way Fouad Ajami relates it to his larger point.

I had previously seen the Facebook: Civil War Edition, but today my BFF Dr. Ago sent me a new one of Facebook: Historical Events. I am posting both pictures side by side, you'll need to click on them to make them larger so you can see, they're both really funny.

 

2011's Hottest New Reality Show

Scientific Question of the Day: Is Your Child a Prehomosexual?

Great: Turks Prefer Mideast Over Europe.

Boston Herald is running an article about John Kerry's disdain for the Tea Party. Quoted in the article are two of my favorite and often linked to bloggers, Prof. Glenn Reynolds and Prof. William Jacobson. I particularly like:

"I think the Tea Party couldn't ask for any better publicity than to be denounced by a millionaire for dodges paying taxes on his yacht."

Glenn notes in the above link that he couldn't have said it better himself (it's a joke, because he said it. Good one, Glenn LOLZ!).

The Last Psychiatrist gives his take on the Inez Sainz NY Jets affair. It's very interesting, and he probably had better things to say than I did. I've only read two of his posts so far, but his style is entertaining and his posts often contain good laughs. Thanks to commenter HP for the tip on this blog.

You can't please everybody all the time: Chris Christie Blasts Jersey Shore. LEAVE SNOOKIE ALONE! No seriously, leave her alone, she's got herpes. Snookie and Vinnie fire back at the haters. I laughed at the mental image of the snookster drinking coffee and reading books in Barnes and Nobel. In said mental image, she's always reading the classic "Goodnight Moon."

GOP leader John Cornyn, has been getting a lot of flack from social conservatives over his plans to speak at a gay republican event. Intelligently enough, he understands that fully embracing social conservatism will alienate people like me. Choice quotes:

"Mr. Cornyn, who has been on the receiving end of anti-establishment anger, argued that the Tea Party had helped Republicans in one important respect, by moving the debate away from social issues. While Tea Party supporters tend to be socially conservative on issues like same-sex marriage and abortion, most say they don't want to talk about them... 

"As I've traveled," he said, "I've talked to a lot of folks who are basically independents who say: I'm fine with the Republicans as long as we're talking about fiscal responsibility. Where I go off the reservation is when you talk about social issues."

He's got that right, in my case and in the cases of many others. I don't care what your personal view on gay marriage or abortion is as long as you don't try to legislate on it. Chris Christie, for example, is pro-life, but I don't care because he has said he would never take action in pursuit of those beliefs. That's why Christine O'Donnell bothers me; she seems pretty cooky, I wouldn't be surprised if she thinks the President was born in Kenya, which is not something I want in an elected representative. Also, she plays politics like a liberal; the identity politicking has already began as she screams the gender-card. Part of what I hate about the modern left is the identity and victimhood politics. Libertarianism and to some extent, conservatism is about content and substance, not superficiality and group identity.

The GOP will never win with young voters if they keep the social conservatives as the backbone of their support. There was a new episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia tonight, and it was about gay marriage. Aside from being hilarious, the episode really made the anti-gay crowd look stupid. I understand that you're religious and that's fine, but the Bible also says it's ok to beat your slave to death, so long as he dies two days after the beating and not immediately. Fundamentalism is bad when you're adhering to millennia old doctrines.

Politics as usual... that's why we've got to vote these fuckers out and change their concept of what's considered "usual."

Most absurd idea for a reality show to date. I mean, it's already so ridiculous that I won't be surprised if the next big thing is about a family of gay albino werewolves who are competing in a wedding planning competition where the grand prize winner gets to star in the new Balto movie. When that show gets made, I want my cut. They'll call the competition The Ididhernot.

I wonder if his Wolfmother noticed he was gay back when he was a prehomosexual pup?

NYT Really Hates the Tea Party. From Allah, "The New York Times' idea of bipartisanship: Democrats and Republicans joining hands to crush conservatives." I've said it before that the media will only ever praise a conservative for acting like a liberal (2000 McCain ringin' any bells?), and will only ever shit on a Democrat if it becomes apparent that the story is so mainstream that they can't hide from it anymore (John Edwards affair ringin' any bells?) or if the liberal is not acting liberal enough. I've said it particularly of John Stewart, for his only criticism of the left is that they aren't left enough. But John Stewart is an entertainer and comedian, not operating under the guise of impartiality.

Time Magazine considers Everybody Draw Mohammed Day to be gratuitously provocative. I consider Time Magazine to have it's head up it's ass. Have they even looked at what was being drawn of Mohammed? South Park merely wanted to show the prophet, not doing anything in particular, but comedy central chickened out. The creator of EDM Day and myself both drew the most inoffensive pictures you could draw on MS Paint. I guess standing up for free speech is just a gratuitous provocation these days.

More hateful tea-party anti-Republican violence here and here. You'd think with all the hate and rancor towards conservatives these days that the conservatives were in power... I find it rather odd, considering the house, the senate, and the executive branch are completely run by Democrats with a supermajority.

California's most anti-semitic public school: U.C. Irvine. It has quite the track record.

The future is here, and it's awesome: Spray-on Clothing. I kinda want that shirt.

Surprise: Joaquin Phoenix's meltdown was a hoax. But does a hoax have any meaning if nobody cares?

The Lesson of Jacob Maged. I don't really care too much for George Will, but this is a pretty good article and definitely worth the read.

I told my girlfriend I was going to get her a gun, so that if she ever got harassed, she could feel confident and protect herself. She said that in Taiwan, where she's from, people don't do that. They don't own guns in Taiwan. I asked her what she'd do if a group of muggers tried to attack her. Her response was that she'd call that police. Here's another reason to arm yourself, and remember that sometimes the police can't get there in time (even if you warned them in advance that you were being held hostage, as is the case in the article). 

Allah has been toting this video as "The manliest ad in political history." It's pretty manly, but it doesn't do it for me the way D-Petes' AG commish video did. He's too sober I think.