Al Gore III Busted. Again. Will Leno Make Jokes?

We all know that the Bush twins are a pair of drunken party girls, right? Why? Because the late-night comedians and the Treason Media have diligently made sure that every one of their foibles is documented and mocked. (Because the idea of a college-age girl with a fake ID to party with is an impeachable offense.) Only the fact that the Olsen twins are genuinely more f*cked up has spared us constant reportage of the adventures of Barbara (the cute one who looks like Thora Birch) and Jenna (the blonde who looks ready to perform for the "Girls Gone Wild" cameras).

All along, though, I've wondered why the substance and driving crimes of Al Gore III, son of the former Veep and current self-anointed Savior of All Humanity, have gone barely reported and joked upon? Could it be the usual M.O. of the Treason Media in covering up the sins of their fellow travelers?

Duh.

Whether it was AG3 getting pulled over for going 94 mph and reckless driving by North Carolina police in August 2000 when Daddy was trying fulfill his destiny to rule over us, or being charged with pot possession after driving without headlights in December 2003, the powers in charge of information and entertainment kept it on the DL. Mustn't tarnish the prince's crown, right?

For his latest stunt, AG3 got popped for driving a blue Toyota Prius - at least he walks the talk his daddy is too important to be bothered with - about 100 mph on the San Diego Freeway, smelling of marijuana and in possession of less than an ounce of marijuana along with Xanax, Valium, Vicodin and Adderall (which is used for attention deficit disorder) without having prescriptions for any of the drugs. Gore was being held in the men's central jail in Santa Ana on $20,000 bail.

As if he wasn't already protected by his daddy's elite pals, he also will catch a break because the news broke on a holiday and Leno, Letterman et al are on vacation this week and by next week this will be old news. (Not that decades of sobriety spared Dubya from drunk jokes. Funny how that works, no?)

Also, Big Daddy Al is having his big fake charity concert this weekend to "raise awareness" of the ManBearPig problem and the TM won't be interrupting Gore's latest glory moment with inconvenient personal truths (i.e. his kid is a doped-up road hazard) or pointing out that many of his claims in "An Inconvenient ManBearPig" are disproven fibs.

In other words: Just another day of business as usual.

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UPDATE (7/6/07): On the morning CBS Radio News, they had a item that AG3's problems show that prescription drug abuse is rampant and he's nothing out of the ordinary. In other words, everyone does it.

If this sounds familiar, it may be because while Bill Clinton was perjuring himself, abusing his office and obstructing justice, the Treason Media rushed forth with stories about how monogamy was unnatural and how everyone lies. Anything the Left needs to do to excuse the malfeasance of their allies - defining deviancy down, as Daniel Patrick Moynihan described it - they will do while holding non-liberals to a higher standard. (e.g. Stupid Partier Mark Foley sending creepy sex e-mails to 17-year-old male pages is BAD!!! Dem. Garry Studds actually f*cking 17-year-old male pages is A-OK!!!)

NBC’s Emotional Terrorism and the Treason Media's Preference For Useful Lies Over Inconvenient Truths

While everyone has beaten up on CBS for accentuating the "BS" portion with their fraudulent reporting over the years, NBC has managed to slide on their own shameful record of misconduct - anyone remember how they rigged trucks to explode for a report?

Hot Air has a Vent episode that shows that a May NBC News report about body armor for our troops was yet another sadly typical example of the Treason Media in action:

On May 17, NBC reported a blockbuster exclusive report on the superiority of Dragon Skin body armor over Interceptor, the body armor that the US Army issues to soldiers in combat zones. But NBC’s story has a major flaw: It’s wrong about nearly everything.

As if that wasn't enough, Instapundit wonders:

WHY DON'T AL QAEDA ATROCITIES GET MEDIA ATTENTION?

Because that might help Bush.

UPDATE: A journalist whose name you'd recognize emails:

Yon's story doesn't get attention because it is humiliating.

It is humiliating because it is obvious that we media – and our allies in the state department, the legal trade, the NGOs, the Democratic Party, the UN, etc., - can’t do squat about such determined use of force.

Our words, images, arguments and skills can’t stop the killing. Only the rough soldiers and their guns can solve the problem, and we won’t admit that fact because the admission would weaken our influence and our claim to social status.

So we pretend Yon’s massacre – and the North Korean killing fields, the Arab treatment of women, the Arab hatred of Israel, etc. - doesn’t exist, and instead focus our emotions and attention on the somewhat-bad domestic things that we can ‘fix’ with our DC-based allies. Things such as Abu Ghraib, wiretapping, etc. When we ‘fix’ them, then we get status, applause, power, new jobs, ego, etc.

Please don’t be surprised. We media are an interest group not much different from the automakers, the unions, and the farmers.

Sadly, this makes sense. And this fits the pattern.

The funny thing about the Left is that they're constantly shrieking about how the "truth" is being covered-up an imaginary news media that they see as controlled by Team Dubya, REAL news is actually being ignored in favor of terrorist propaganda from factions allied with those actually committing atrocities.

So much for that reality-based existence they claim to live.

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UPDATE: Day By Day notices, too.

Linkin Park Parody

Humor needs Truth to be funny. This parody has the Truth, therefore it is funny.

Secure Our Borders. No Amnesty.

I've been meaning to write a lengthy commentary entitled "Why Bother Having A Country?" but some serious family issues have really cut into my blogging time even more than usual. It's still in the works, but this requires immediate attention.

Over the past six weeks, an unholy troika of Team Dubya, the Stupid Party, and the Fascist Dems have been laboring mightily to destroy America's national character in a bi-partisan sellout that both sides believe is to their benefit. The Dems are looking to convert the 12-20 million illegal aliens into a permanent poverty class that will swear fealty (and votes) to the Donkey God in exchange for the promise of alms from Caesar. The Stupid Party wants to supply their fat cat business chainholders with a supply of discount priced labor and believes that as the party that isn't seeking to kill God (like the Dems), they reap all those Catholic votes. It's cynical, immoral and effing WRONG!!!

Today, the Senate - who fancy themselves the "World's Most Deliberative Body" - cut off the sham debate by invoking cloture and is blazing full speed ahead to get this monster passed before the people show up with torches and pitchforks. They've been inundated with calls and e-mails, jamming the switchboards at the Capitol, but instead of rethinking their positions lest they incur the wrath of the voters, they have collectively flipped the citizens the bird. The invaders who can't even legally vote for them are a more important constituency to these empty suits than those voters who were born here or legally immigrated.

Senator Jim Inhofe has a petition going which will allow people to make a futile gesture as if our overlords really gave a sh*t about what we thought. Come on, if all the calls, letters, e-mails, demands of refunds of political contributions, and nearly unanimous condemnation by conservative talk hosts - Michael Medved has been too forgiving of this shamnesty - hasn't gotten their attention, a simple click on a site won't either, but whatever.

Members of the United State Senate,

I am one of the millions of Americans who believes our first priority as a nation should be to secure our borders by enforcing existing laws. Amnesty is not the solution.

I urge you to vote against the immigration reform bill currently being considered in the Senate and to oppose any future effort that undermines our national security or grants amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.

There is a box with which you can tack on a personal message, so I kicked in this 1/50th of a dollar with my token addition:

Instead of jamming this shamnesty down the public's collective throat over the nearly universal objections of the poor peasants - who will actually have to suffer the day-to-day consequences of your capricious actions while you glide from your Ivory Towers to your limos to your lofty ruling perches - why not just cut to the chase and surrender all disputed territories to the reconquistas and then take down the Stars and Stripes because you clearly have no intention on preserving and protecting the national you pretend to serve?

Ah, another paragraph-length sentence from the ol' Dirkster! Perhaps this will be the pearl of enlightenment that will make the light bulb go on over the empty heads of the dim bulbs running this country into the ground.

Nahhhh!!!!

As of 7:15 EST (about 5 hours ago), they have 56,808 signatures and this map shows the distribution of signatures so far:



Hmmmmm....still some spaces where people aren't pissed off or are just spaces without people.

A Few Strings Attached... (Guitar Quiz)

Whose guitar is this?



If you've got ANY significant experience with watching rock guitarists, you should be able to ace this quiz over at Mental Floss. Naturally, I aced it with a perfect 15 out of 15 score, but I guess it's more difficult for puny humans as it says at the bottom, "This quiz has been taken 1150 times with an average score of 58%".

Weak. Post your scores in the Backtalk...if you dare!!!

Prove That You Were Sedated In The '80s!

By taking this snazzy quiz!

I got 9 out of 10 correct and took 2:37 to complete it. (I didn't realize that it was timed, so you'll need to deduct a bit for the time lost to sock removal.)

Post your scores and times in the Backtalk section!

Hillary! Outsources Her Campaign Theme Song!!!

The Marie Antoinette of Arkansas, Hillary! Clinton, had a "Pick My Campaign Theme Song" contest, and the winner was announced today and I wonder if the Treason Media will note the fact that the winning song is "You and I": a song performed by a French-Canadian (Celine Dion) and written by a French-Canadian (Aldo Nova of "Fantasy" fame) as the theme of an Air Canada commercial campaign in 2004. (Source)

Say what you will about the dreadful John Mellencamp/Chevrolet "My Country" ads; at least an American car company had the sense to hire an American musician to supply the music to accompany the montage of American sights. Is the fact that "You and I" was even in the running for this contest a tacit admission by the Hillary! camp that there are songs that American songwriters won't write?

Looking at Hillary!'s press release, I see that other contestants were:

Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall - Good song (heard over opening credits of "The Devil Wears Prada"), but by a Scottish singer.

Rock This Country! - Shania Twain - Don't know the tune, but Shania is hot. And Canadian.

Beautiful Day - U2 - Irish band and didn't Kerry use this in 2004?

I'm a Believer - Smash Mouth - OK song, but couldn't they have used The Monkees version or is this "Shrek" payback for their pals at Dreamworks? (Spielberg has endorsed Hillary!)

Get Ready - The Temptations - Let's see: A classic Motown song by the only black artists on the list (that weren't write-ins); shouldn't this have been a shoo-in choice?

If a savvy American candidate was on the case, absolutely, but since we're dealing with the patently phony Hillary! - who adopts a Steppin Fetchit accent when she talks to black audiences - not a chance. If Hillary! can't control her elitist tendencies and overt sympathies toward the rich and powerful over the little guys and minorities to pick a frigging SONG, what hope is there that she'll be able to manage as Leader of the Free World? She can't even pander to her base properly!

Dems To Non-Dems: "Die In A Hurricane!!!"

That the fascist Democrats are opposed to free speech from their ideological foes is ancient news as immutable as the wetness of water and the sun rising in the East. Well, not content to try and stifle inconvenient truths being spoken against them, they are now placing residents of Florida's Broward County in harms way from hurricanes because they refuse to broadcast on the highest-rated news/talk station because they also broadcast Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. As Hugh Hewitt writes:

And so we reach the inevitable end of the left’s campaign against the First Amendment. The Democrats in Broward County have officially declared themselves as the anti-free speech party. Commissioner Ritter is to be applauded for her candor, for declaring openly what elected Democrats across the country mutter quietly to themselves: “Rush, Sean and the rest must be silenced!”

I have heard of brass-knuckled politics before, but never anything on the order of denying your political opponents news of approaching hurricanes.

When Katrina struck, some wild-eyed lefties accused President Bush of denying relief efforts to New Orleans because the city was predominantly African-American.

Now we have actual proof of Democrats wanting to keep conservatives in the dark about approaching storms.

WIOD is the big news-talk voice on the block in south Florida –the news/talk ratings giant in the region. Those of us in the business know such things. If you want to get the word out about breaking news, you go to WIOD, first. It is where people in the area turn for bulletins.

Professionals tend to be cold-eyed about data, and the data says one thing: If you want to warn south Florida about the approach of a hurricane, you’d better get the message on WIOD.

The facts ought to be telling the Broward County lefties that they are putting politics ahead of the public interest.

Any serious law professor will also tell the Broward County bigs that what they have done is a blatantly unconstitutional punishment of speech. To bestow a benefit or inflict a punishment on the basis of the political perspective of the citizens involved is outrageous and will be condemned by any serious student of the First Amendment.

What’s next: Instructing the Broward County Fire Department to refuse calls from homes with Romney or Giuliani signs in the yard?

This absurd action from Broward County Democrats is a sign of desperation on the left. Air America has failed. The MSM is bleeding readers and viewers. Tony Blair has produced a scathing indictment of how the left-wing elite media operates. Fox News is thriving. Townhall.com is surging. The blogs of the center-right –from Instapundit, Powerline, and Michelle Malkin through the young college student who just fired up their new site yesterday—are growing and not just in visitors but also in the ability to persuade and not merely enrage. The new media world favors facts and well-made arguments, and the center-right has those, in abundance.

Which means the palsied arguments of the left are going to lose. Which means the left is going to try and stop the discussion, try and censor the debate, try and clamp down on speech.

And if you can't shut them up, you can hope a hurricane kills them.

Dennis Miller vs. Harry Reid...WHO YA GOT!!!

The pathetic, treasonous, shady land-dealing asstackler from Nevada, Harry Reid, has made his latest retarded bleatings (which apparently were unreported by his allies in the Treason Media; just as his Mormonism isn't slandered like Romney's) against former Joint Chief Peter Pace, calling him "incompetent." (As one blogger wonders, how is it that Team Dubya has thrown Pace under the bus while failure of an AG Gonzales gets to keep riding?)

Whenever Reid makes his breathy, sighing statements, he reminds me of former Dem Senate leader Tom Daschle, who was terminally "disappointed" with the slow progress in instituting totalitarian Democrat rule over the nation. (Is whispering supposed to make their fascist rhetoric less of a threat to freedom?) Anyhoo, whenever you see Reid's deathly pallor, keep this spot-on smackdown by Dennis Miller in mind:

Movie Geek Quiz: Before They Were Big Time

The description for this quiz is a little hyperbolic:

Everybody's got to start somewhere. Before they were doing boffo boxoffice or crafting Oscar speeches, these now-legendary directors made some of the campiest, silliest and strangest movies ever to grace the bottom of the b-list. Can you match the heavy-hitter with his secret shame?

When you see the list of films, you'll see that four or five of them aren't anything to be ashamed of at all. I knew about eight of them instantly and after watching a couple of the clips, only had to hazard guesses on the last two, ending up with a perfect score. (Post your score on the Backtalks!)

Firefox 2.0 = Teh k3wl!

Because I'd heard that Firefox 2.x was a buggy memory hog, I'd held off on upgrading from FF 1.5.x, but after an auto-update jacked up my work install, I moved to FF 2.0 and have since moved all my PCs to 2.0.

I don't like the change in the way tabs are handled - it's like IE 7, which the tab closing buttons on the tab itself, instead of one button on the right side that closes the currently selected tab - but the built in spell-checker is tha bomb, yo! When you do as much writing online as I do, this is invaluable.

If you do a lot of writing and care about not looking like an illiterate, definitely give Firefox 2.0 a shot.

Hillary Quayle?

Actually, judging from the high-tech companies sponsoring whatever this event was, you'd think SOMEONE could've done a little proofreading.

Starboogie Nightwars!!!

The Greatest Movie Ever Made® gets mashed up with that movie featuring the second-most-famous guy named Dirk.

Who thinks up this stuff?

As If My Day Hasn't Been Sucking Enough...

...I had to see this:



OTOH, the odds are much higher that these little buggers are gonna get hit by a car as they dart across the road, so I guess this isn't too much to lose sleep over.

It Was 30 Years Ago Today...

May 25, 1977. The day that "Star Wars" - before growing the "- Episode IV: A New Hope" suffix - was released. The movie that changed my life. Period.

Instead of posting what would likely be the 100,000,000th reminiscence of where I was that summer, I'll just leave you with this picture of "Attack of the Show" host, Olivia Munn (on left)...

...and "The Vader Sessions"...

...which is frigging hysterical in spots. (The interrogation scene is just so wrong.)

May the Force be with you!!!

Instant Karma's Gonna Get You!

That's what one California man would testify to if only his plot to kill his girlfriend didn't end with his death!

A CALIFORNIAN man who tried to kill his girlfriend by leaving her in a car parked across railway lines was himself killed when an oncoming train hurled the car into him as he fled.

His girlfriend survived, the Associated Press reported.

The man drove the car to the head of a line of traffic stopped at a level crossing in the San Fernando Valley neighbourhood of Sunland on Monday, police spokesman Mike Lopez said.

The man, who was seen arguing with the woman, then parked the car on the tracks and jumped out, leaving her behind, Mr Lopez said.

A 450-tonne commuter train hit the rear of the car, launching it into the man.

The girlfriend, who was injured , was taken to hospital in a stable condition.

"She gets hit by a train and lives. He gets hit by his own car and he dies,'' Mr Lopez said.

I know it's early, but the 2007 Darwin Award may be already clinched by this dope.

"Five crucial things the Linux community doesn't understand about the average computer user."

That's the title of a ZDNet blog post by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes and while he suggests that on the whole, users aren’t all that dissatisfied with Windows; there are too many distros; people want certainty that hardware and software will work; as far as most people are concerned, the command line has gone the way of the dinosaur; and Linux is still too geeky, he misses the big reason which I posted into the TalkBack:

Only Reason: Linux Maniacs Are Rude A-Holes!

All you have to do is read any ZDNet story TalkBack to see the same two mobs in action:

1. The Apple Cultists - These Kool-Aid engorged cows are so convinced that Steve Jobs is the representative of God on Earth and that anything more than one mouse button is the work of the Devil that they can't help but post "BUY A MAC! PROBLEM SOLVED!" to every thread. (If someone writes about pasta dishes, this is amended to "buy Mac & Cheese".)

B. The Linux Suicide Bombers - These violent crazies view the refusal of the masses to adopt their religious OS views as justification for endless abuse, because calling people "stupid", "sheep", "frightened", etc. is obviously the best way to convert them. [roll eyes] They are so wrapped up in their nerd superiority, they fail to see how fundamentally harmful they are to their cause.

Both camps share an elitist arrogance, but while the Mac hippies promise an iLife of leisure and creativity, weaving podcasts and blogs, the Linux jihadists offer endless flagellation with barbed chains as the path to spiritual purity and if anyone doesn't see the appeal of this lifestyle, well, they're just missing out on the fun.

Pffft. I just want to do stuff and play games. Bashing a shell isn't fun. Recompiling a kernel isn't entertainment. People who put enough gear in their garages to supply a NASCAR team – if you own an engine lift, seek therapy – shouldn't sneer at those who go to the QuikeeLube and the Linux r-tards should get over themselves and simply be *superior* in silence.

Nuff said!

If Dems Ran The Revolutionary War

Ryskind strikes again and scores!

How Can Dems Stand Up To Terror When They Can't Face Brit Hume?

That the Democratic Party is a herd of corrupt, unprincipled losers is old news. That they're terrified of debating on Fox News Channel has been covered here as well. But as the announcement of the six remaining debates shows, they're still unwilling to go on the highest-rated cable news channel for fear of no getting the underhanded softballs the reliably-in-their-corner Treason Media channels toss them.

The Democratic National Committee has officially announced "the dates, media sponsors and cities for the six DNC sanctioned debates."

CNN and NBC get two and ABC and CBS get one each. Fox News isn't included.

Liberals repeatedly spew the lie that the Treason Media isn't overwhelmingly biased in their favor, preferring to rant about how FNC is a "GOP propaganda organ" when their real complaint is their monopoly on the dissemination of information has been broken. Life was so simple and people were more easily controlled when they could determine what people heard and thought about it.

In contrast to the yellow Dems, the Stupid Party held their first debate a couple of weeks ago on MSNBC, home of former Dem apparatchik Chris Matthews and supremely insane Dubya-hater Keith Olberman. Matthews' idea of questions for the Leader of the Free World wannabes was tripe like, "Wouldn't it be great if Bill Clinton was in the White House?" and "Should Scooter Libby be pardoned?" - all fascinating to a backward-looking dumbass like Matthews, but useless to voters who may wish to learn something about the candidates.

But, the Stupid Partiers put up with it, something that the quisling Dems haven't the stones to match. What the hell are they afraid of? Being asked how they'd protect the country in a time of war or sustain the economy with all their grand schemes to raise taxes and lard even more socialism onto the books? Are they afraid that if they answer in a way that panders to their barking moonbat base, they'll alienate the sane viewers and vice versa? Better to hide than face up to the risks, isn't it?

North Korea and Iran are seeking nuclear weapons in order to bully the world into submitting to their reign of terror. How can Obama or Clinton or the Silky Pony and the rest of the dwarfs make the claim that they're up to the task when they can't face the likes of Brit Hume for 90 minutes of questions?

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UPDATE: Check out this montage of questions from the first (MSNBC) and second (FNC) Stupid Party debates and see how the liberal spin that Fox News is in the tank for the Stupid Party is a lie and get a sense of why the Dems are terrified of facing hard questions on their way to holding power.

Obi-Wan Kenobi Buys A Used Car

Don't know where this is from, but it's cute.

Back Off!!!! She's Mine!!!!

It's so good to see that Jessica Alba-Belligerent has finally gone back to her dark roots. Presenting Dirk's Dish Du Week:



I'll be in my bunk.

Kitten vs. Huskie!!!

Husky Vs Cat - video powered by Metacafe

"I've Seen Everything. I've Seen It All."

Can't embed this here, so take the hyperlink expressway over to YouTube to see Patrick Stewart's guest shot on "Extras". I've had the audio, but this is the first time I've seen the video, too. Good stuff.

Dragonforce Rocks!!!

I have no idea who these guys are, what their music really sounds like and why someone had it in for them enough to make this video, but it made me laugh until I was in tears, so I just had to share.

If anyone could explain the deal with these guys in the Backtalks, I'd appreciate it.

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UPDATE: It seems that Cracked has named their album, "Inhuman Rampage", the Most Unintentionally Funny Album of 2006, even going so far as to chart the word usage in the lyrics:



While you're there, make sure to check out the video for their wanktastic shred exhibition.

Spiderman 3: The Cliffs Notes Version

A co-worker IMed this over to me.

Spiderman 3 Cliffs:

Mary Jane: Do You Love me?!
Peter: Yes. No. Maybe! I don't know. I think so!
Sandman: RARRRRRRRRRRRR!
Peter: Fuck you dude
Mary Jane: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Topher: I left That 70's Show for this! I fucking hate Spiderman now.
Emo Peter: LOL I'm dark now, ur ded Sandman!
Mary Jane: You've changed and I still don't know if you love me!
Emo Peter: OMG ur right, I have to stop this!
Topher: Awesome I'm CG now

Fin.

Well, he may've just saved me 2-1/2 hours this weekend!

Marvel vs. DC (Mac Ad Spoof)

09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 - Pass It On!

While illegal immigrants filled the streets to demand free goodies as a reward for their invading America and the Democrats sent their surrender bill to Dubya for his veto, a quiet uprising against the power-mad asstacklers in control of the entertainment business has been going on in the form of the alpha-numeric code in this post's title.

I'm not going to explain what it's about - you're bright enough to use Google if you found your way here - but merely posting these letters and numbers may constitute a felony, so spread them everywhere you can so that the alternatives are to incarcerate the entire world or to slap some reality into the heads of the powers that be and the powers that be bought and sold by the powers that be.

I'd Go To The Movies More If I Could Do This!

If It's [Any]day, It's Time For THE COUG!

Guess who dropped by?

[18:10] THE COUG!: rain on the scarecrow.
[18:10] THE COUG!: blood on the plow.
[18:10] THE COUG!: your friend, john cougar mellencamp.
[18:10] dirkbelig: CHILI DOG, BITCH!!!
[18:11] dirkbelig: TASTEE FREEZE, MOFO!!!!
[18:11] THE COUG!: a/k/a little johnny cougar THE COUG!
[18:11] THE COUG!: rain on the scarecrow.
[18:11] THE COUG!: blood on the plow.
[18:11] THE COUG!: your friend, john cougar mellencamp.
[18:11] dirkbelig: R.O.C.K. IN THE U.S.A., YOU GODLESS COMMIE!!!!!
[18:11] THE COUG!: a/k/a little johnny cougar THE COUG!
[18:11] THE COUG!: rain on the scarecrow.
[18:11] THE COUG!: blood on the plow.
[18:11] THE COUG!: your friend, john cougar mellencamp.
[18:12] THE COUG!: a/k/a little johnny cougar THE COUG!
[18:12] dirkbelig: JACK AND DIANE SHOULD'VE BEEN JANE AND DIANE. FAPFAPFAPFAPFAPFAP!!!!
[18:12] Meebo Message: THE COUG! has left your page

If this yoyo ever responds to my retorts, I'll probably die of shock. BRING IT ON!!!!

Hottie Hotterson's Loser Cheer!

If there was ever a time that subscribing to a "strong family values" philosophy could become a major inconvenience, this is it.

The idea is silly; the cheer is lame; but the sight of Hottie Hotterson - aka Michelle Malkin, the World's Hottest Conservative Pundit - in a miniskirt...priceless. (Go ahead and mute the sound and enjoy.)



Absolutely MILFtastic!

In case you're watching at work and need to get some coffee and don't want a tent pole which could lead to a sexual harrassment claim, here is a shot of the Great Dane, er, Grand Dame of the Washington Treason Media corps, Helen Thomas, to soften you up:



Whoops! Wrong picture! Here's the right one:

"Spiderman 3" Is Just Too Damn Pro-American, Dammit!!!

Or so says this asstackling critic for the London Times:

Also disappointing is the inability of the director, Sam Raimi, to end the romp without a fleeting shot of the American flag. The Stars and Stripes just happens to be fluttering behind Spidey as he makes his triumphal return to honour, probity and good honest fist-fighting.

Damn that Raimi!!! How DARE he clutter the screen with pro-American iconography!!! How DARE he portray an American superhero who works the mean streets of (and skies over) New York as being something other than a mushy "citizen of the world"?!?!? The GALL!!!!

I really disliked the first Spiderdork flick and thought the second was a big improvement, though hardly the equal of the "X-Men" films (even the third one), only comparing well to its lame predecessor. While I'll be catching this one, I'm not stoked for it like I was for "Grindhouse" - not that that wasn't a big letdown, no thanks to Tarantino crawling up his ass for the first hour of his half. The buzz is good on SM3, but it's coming from people who loved the first two, so it's worthless to me.

If that tea/douchebag Leo Lewis can't stand seeing an American flag in a movie without it being in flames or modified with a swastika, he can always go and watch "Superdude's Back" which neutered the Man of Steel into a less jingoistic fighter for "...Truth, Justice, and all that stuff" in order to less offend the rest of the world which supposedly hates us, but still wants to come here.

"This Is Rock 'n' Roll!"

More reason why Godzilla keeps stomping the place.

I'm Missing The Yahoo Porn Spammers 'Round 'Bout Now...

...cuz THE COUG! isn't a very good conversationalist.

[16:19] THE COUG!: rain on the scarecrow.
[16:19] THE COUG!: blood on the plow.
[16:19] THE COUG!: your friend, john cougar mellencamp.
[16:19] dirkbelig: TASTEE FREEZE!!!
[16:19] dirkbelig: CHILI DOG, BITCH!!!!
[16:19] THE COUG!: a/k/a little johnny cougar THE COUG!
[16:19] THE COUG!: rain on the scarecrow.
[16:19] THE COUG!: blood on the plow.
[16:19] dirkbelig: ROCK IN THE USA!!!!
[16:19] THE COUG!: your friend, john cougar mellencamp.
[16:19] THE COUG!: a/k/a little johnny cougar THE COUG!
[16:19] dirkbelig: LITTLE PINK BITCHES, HOUSE!!!!
[16:20] Meebo Message: THE COUG! has left your page

At least the Anonymous Pussies who try to bait me in the Backtalks have a little variety in their taunts.

A Comment On Comments.

On the last item, about THE COUG! spamming the Meebo, I received a comment from an Anonymous Pussy asking about the surge in Iraq. What that has to do with THE COUG!, I'm uncertain, but I replied that preliminary results are promising, but the Treason Media was deliberately downplaying anything that contradicted their predetermined storyline of failure and defeat.

The AP then replied with an unsourced and probably context-distorted piece which supposedly proved that all is lost and blah-blah-woof-woof. It's all sneering ad hominems with the Left. They simply can't discuss anything politely because they're so mad with BDS.

Since the comments weren't backed up with anything to verify them against and they were off-topic, I deleted them all. I figured that this Anonymous Pussy would fill his diaper and within a short time, I wasn't disappointed.

I see my post has disappeared. Just as I suspected. Afraid to be shown up as the ignorant person you are. Afraid of the truth. Afraid to engage in debate with someone who actually knows what they are talking about. That's OK. Continue to wallow in your loud mouthed ignorance. Then run away scared and delete your posts and mine when you are shown to be wrong. For a minute there I actually thought you had some balls. You remind me of Fonzie - "I was wr-wr-wr. I was wr-wr-wr." Say it Dirk - "I was wrong!"

The surge is working. Yeah, hello. If only it were true. History has caught up with you. To bad you are not man enough to admit it. Go on now - run away scared like one of your cats.

Isn't it amusing that this Anonymous Pussy accuses me of being unwilling to debate and being afraid of the truth when instead of commenting on on-topic news items or e-mailing me directly at the address provided, he merely lobs specious tinfoil grenades with no way of replying directly. Anyone can set up a free-mail account with which to hide their identity if what they have to share is so crucial, but this Anonymous Pussy doesn't want to be bothered.

Nope, this brave ideological warrior doesn't want anyone to refute his lies in open debate. I've torn this guy (and his sound-alike kin) new ones so many times it's almost pitiful to see them slamming against the rocks of Truth and Reality. Unlike liars like Frank Bitch and Rosie O'Dumbass, there's no need to fabricate the insane words of the Left when they so are so willing to step up and proclaim their unhinged rage, hatred and disassociation with reality.

Who's afraid? Me or the Anonymous Pussy who refuses to even argue where people can argue back? When you've got the Truth on your side, what is there to be afraid of, eh, Mr. Anonymous Pussy?

Future off-topic comments will be rejected. I've got no problem with discussing issues that I haven't had time to post about. If an interesting debate occurs offline, I'll post it here if it's enlightening. No harm can come from learning the Truth, no matter where it leads. However, lies, spin and delusions will be righteously smacked down with cheer and glee.

John Cougar Ain't Big On The Chatting

As noted below, someone gave sanctimonious Hoosier John Mellencamp Intarweb access and he's been bombing the Meebo with the same posts over and over. A few times I've caught the incoming messages and tried to engage the doof whose initials are the same as a Marshall amp line with little success. A typical exchange:

[17:43] THE COUG!: rain on the scarecrow.
[17:43] THE COUG!: blood on the plow.
[17:43] THE COUG!: your friend, john cougar mellencamp.
[17:43] dirkbelig: JACK AND DIANE, BITCH!!!!
[17:43] THE COUG!: a/k/a little johnny cougar THE COUG!
[17:44] dirkbelig: CHILI DOG!!!!
[17:44] dirkbelig: TASTEE FREEZE!!!!!
[17:44] Meebo Message: THE COUG! has left your page

Well, I guess this is better than trying to pick up sheriff's deputies online.

No One Died From Being Called A "Nappy-Headed Ho"

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Twitter Be Gone

Blink and you missed it. I've taken Twitter off the site because as lame as I suspected it to be when I put it on, in practice, it was even lamer. I barely have time to update Dirkworld with relevant news and commentary much less keep a browser open to post "I'm not updating Dirkworld." so that everyone else can know that I'm not doing anything.

If someone wants to know what I think, they can find their way here or catch me on the various IM services I use. I simply lack the narcissistic hubris to think that people are breathlessly awaiting instantaneous real-time updates about what I'm up to. Try not to cry.

All A-Twitter

I've added one of those Twitter things at right. I'm not sure how long I'll keep it because it strikes me as more than a little retarded. Do people REALLY want to know what I'm doing at all times? Am I going to actually update the thing when I can hardly post the important news and commentary of the day here? Hmmmm....

I need some coffee.

Who Gave John Cougar A Computer?

While there have been a couple of nice folks who took advantage of the Meebo chat widget at right to reach out and touch me - you know what I mean - I've had several incidents of this popping up when I've logged into Meebo:

[14:52] meeboguest611858: rain on the scarecrow.
[14:52] meeboguest611858: blood on the plow.
[14:52] meeboguest611858: your friend, john cougar mellencamp.
[14:52] meeboguest611858: a/k/a little johnny cougar THE COUG!

I guess I should be happy it's not "The Hoff", but come on.

The Shariafication of History

England is lost. If not lost, then damn near it as their school's teachers drop the Holocaust to avoid offending Muslims.

Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils, a Governmentbacked (sic) study has revealed.

It found some teachers are reluctant to cover the atrocity for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial.

There is also resistance to tackling the 11th century Crusades - where Christians fought Muslim armies for control of Jerusalem - because lessons often contradict what is taught in local mosques.

The report concluded: "In particular settings, teachers of history are unwilling to challenge highly contentious or charged versions of history in which pupils are steeped at home, in their community or in a place of worship."

Versions of history? WTF is that?!?!? History IS what happened, not what some medieval gang of throat-cutting jihadists want to program their children with.

If Christians want to have Creationism or intelligent design covered in schools as a countering opinion as to how all the stuff in the Universe happened, they're howled down and driven out of the classrooms as a threat to science. But if we're talking Muslim attitudes, the school authorities can't bend over and grab their ankles fast enough in a display of dhimmitude before the Religion of Peace.

How can we expect "moderate Muslims" to restrain the radical elements when Western society has no stomach to speak Truth to revisionist history?

Friday Fiver Double-Shot!

How freaking hard is it to do this dumb things in a timely manner? Pretty hard, from the looks of it.

1. What web browser do you use?

Firefox 1.5.x for just about everything, though I keep IE7 open to monitor my Gmail account.

2. What email client do you use?

When I used to actually download my mail, Mozilla suite, then Thunderbird; but I've been just using the web interfaces so I can get to my mail from any computer.

3. What type of Internet connection do you have at home?

Comcast cable. F*ckers jack my rate up and have reliability issues, but it's damn fast.

4. What kinda of computer do you have?

Self-built rigs with the main one being the "Quad Damager", successor to the "DIRK 6900", "DIRK 69000", and the "D3: Oedipus" rigs. Also a Dell laptop.

5. When did you first get 'online'?

1997. AOL. Fled to another ISP within a few months.

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1. What do you dream about?

Not much. Never been much of a dreamer.

2. Who has been mean to you, lately?

Who hasn't?

3. What makes you tremble in fear?

Nothing, but the fact that people look at onrushing Islamofascist jihadis and automatically think it's a ploy by Dubya to take away their rights raises substantial concern for the future of the world.

4. Tell us something you've destroyed:

Anyone who's tried to argue with me when I've got the facts and they've got just lies.

5. Do you feel in control over your life?

Not enough.

Killing Cartoons Into Submission

Columnist Kathleen Parker points out the cowardice that Islamofascism inspires amongst those who believe that slandering Dubya equals "speaking truth to power":

Glaringly missing in a history of killed cartoons is one by Doug Marlette that sparked Muslim outrage a few years ago. I know it's shocking that Muslims were outraged, but try to stay focused.

The cartoon depicted a jihadi driving a Ryder truck with a nuclear bomb in back with the caption: What Would Mohammad Drive?

Wallis says he fought unsuccessfully for the cartoon's inclusion, but "I know why it didn't run and you know why it didn't run." He did note with admiration that Norton was the only publishing house of 15 he approached that had the "gumption" to touch the book.

As the world knows by now, some Muslims have no tolerance for irreverence when it comes to their Prophet. When Marlette, now with the Tulsa World, drew the cartoon in 2002 for the Tallahassee Democrat, the paper pulled it from its Web site and kept it out of print editions after several thousand e-mails and death threats jammed its server.

The 2005 cartoon controversy that caused a worldwide outcry following publication of a dozen Mohammad images commissioned by the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, further illustrated Islamist intolerance for Western principles of free speech.

Marlette, a Pulitzer Prize winner, isn't known for taking prisoners.

"I wonder how Norton authors like Sigmund Freud, whose books were burned by the Nazis, or feminist Adrienne Rich's burqa-averse poetry would fare with the Muslim censors and Norton's editorial appeasers," he said.

"Norton has no moral obligation to risk the lives of their employees to publish a cartoon, but they should acknowledge they killed the cartoon because they were frightened for their lives because of a drawing and didn't want their offices bombed."

Many doubtless would agree with Norton's decision, figuring that the possibility of mortal threat is a pretty good reason not to publish a controversial cartoon. But, in fact, it is the very reason to publish.

Not to be gratuitously in your face, but to be purposefully in your face. To make clear that free speech -- even drawn opinion -- not only trumps special interests, but also requires a bold and sometimes insensitive defense.

Instead, by capitulating to intimidation (even if we call it sensitivity), we embolden the forces that have no interest in freedom. We telegraph to Islamist totalitarians, whose ultimate goal is subjugation of the West, that death threats and riots will silence us into submission -- the literal meaning of "Islam."

In the country that helped midwife free speech into civilization, that may be the definition of irresponsible.

You see this symptom of the suicidal ideology of liberalism everywhere, from terrified editors - who wouldn't think twice about publicizing a chocolate Jesus statue meant to mock Christians at Easter - to an emboldened Iran brazenly kidnapping 15 British sailors who are so constrained by political correctness that they didn't even attempt to defend themselves.

The West is weak and getting weaker and unfortunately for those of us who kinda like not living on our knees, there is little in the way of leadership coming from either political party. The Dems, naturally, are in cahoots with the tyrants because they share the same totalitarian agenda, but where the f*ck are the Stupid Party people?!? Thank God we had Reagan and not a feckless chump like Dubya (or his dad for that matter) when the Cold War was raging.

This is why Muslims should've been Time's People of the Year. They are so violent and put so much fear in the hearts of the power elites that they punked out and named us (i.e. "You") as people of the year rather than risk the consequences of shining an honest light upon the Religion of Peace.

If people want to commit suicide, that's their pathetic call. But making everyone else die with them? Absolutely not!



Translation: I will not surrender/I will not submit. (More)

Dems Will Never Let The Troops Down, Unless...

Another fine cartoon by Sam Ryskind:



(h/t Powerline)

Tuesday Morning Coffee

SEAN PENN: (UN)AMERICAN IDIOT - For a long time, Spicoli has been able to get some slack for his rabidly insane anti-American lunacy - so brilliantly spoofed in "Team America" - because he's managed to ride on the "Greatest Actor of Our Generation" title, though it's arguable in the face of his recent porcine performances since winning an undeserved Oscar for "Mystic River". (He was far better and less mannered in "21 Grams" that year; that would've been an OK win.)

I don't really care enough to dig up links to his latest screed demanding that unless the Bush Twins are in uniform, then they can't support Daddy Dubya's policies, along with various other moonbat ravings, but it just shows how effing stupid these Hollyweird libtards are. How much artistic freedom - and freedom to mouth off against the government - does dumbass think he'll have under Sharia Law? Hey, bub, let's shut the f*ck up, mmmkay?

SOLDIER NEEDS RESCUE! - Take a look at this photo op of Hillary! with a soldier:



See the crossed fingers? That's the signed used by soldiers being exploited for propaganda purposes to indicate that they are being coerced. Read about it and wonder how America will be secure with this anti-military harridan as Commander-in-Chief of an armed forces that knows that they're despised by the boss.

THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE MEAT - Anyone who watches VH1 Classic for more than 20 minutes will recognize this one. "Dun-dun-dun-DUN...and I would do anything for love..." ARGH!!!!! And what's the deal with Eddie Trunk?

IT'S MILLER TIME - I was surprised to hear while driving home that my local conservative talk station has shifted Michael Savage from his live slot to a 10pm-1am slot and replaced him with Dennis Miller's new show. (Larry Elder disappears from the station now) I didn't hear enough to tell if Miller is going to be able to cut it in this format and his slobbering shilling for Rudy Giuliani is likely going to quickly wear thin.

Rudy was on the show and he said something that confirmed his utter inadequacy for the gig of President by saying that Islamofascist countries like Iran will eventually want to join the global economy? Uh, Rudy? No, they don't. They want to reestablish a 7th Century Caliphate and end Western Civilization. To think they're in it for the money is to reveal that even after 9/11 - you remember that one, dontcha? - some people just aren't getting it.

BANNED FROM NEW YORK, IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT! - Here's a list (ganked from Wikipedia) of stars barred from performing on Lorne Michaels' House of Horrors:

Fear was banned from playing again after the 1981 Halloween episode. With Donald Pleasence as host, the band played that night by request from Fear fan John Belushi, and they proceeded to play offensive songs ("I Don't Care About You" and "Beef Balogna" among others) and bus in "dancers". The band also used obscene language and the dancers destroyed the set with their slam dancing onstage. The situation was out of control to the extent that the damage of studio equipment forced Dave Wilson to end the three-song performance by cutting the audio and video to a commercial as they started to play "Let's Have a War" .

Note: The episode has not been rebroadcast on NBC.

I think I saw part of this on Comedy Central, but it's notable because some friends of my girlfriend were in that mob.

DIRK'S DISH DU JOUR - I've been playing Tomb Ho: Legend to score some easy achievement points and to see how it compared to the PC version that I played for a review about a year ago, so here's a twofer babe shot of Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft.



Jolie refused to wear Lara's trademark short shorts beyond the first scene of that mediocre movie and I can't figure why - she's even hawter than usual in 'em.

Supermodel Cashier

At the Costco I usually go to, there is a cashier who's been there a while who frankly surprises me that she's not working as a model or something. She's easily 6'1" with a figure that which is thin, but not scrawny. (She's comparable to many of the non-household name clothes horses I've seen.) She looks a LOT like Kirsten Dunst with a little Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe on "24") tossed in. She's blonde and cute, so it's odd that she's ringing up cases of water instead of running with Bono in the south of France.

I knew another much-hotter blonde who was going to model for my band's next CD cover who had decided not to model because she didn't want to have to sleep around for gigs, so maybe there's an element of that here. Maybe no one's discovered Ms. Costco. Maybe she doesn't want to do this sort of thing or maybe I'm wrong about her market value. She's still cute, though.

The Goreacle's Hypocrisy In 1000 Words

Courtesy of Sam Ryskind:



As Instapundit would say: Heh.

Last Friday's Fiver (Redux)

Darn! This should've gone in with yesterday morning's Coffee.

1. How are you feeling?

Meh. Tired. What else?

2. When is the last time you went to the doctor?

Can't recall. It's been over a year at least, though I saw the dentist last month for a filling.

3. Ever broken a bone?

Fractured a knuckle when I was 11.

4. Ever had surgery?

Unless aliens abducting me, cutting me into pieces and then reassembling me, like that one Star Trek: TNG episode, counts, no.

5. When is the last time you were in a hospital?

Visited my bassist last fall. Was a patient when I was 7 years old. [Knock simulated wood.]

Nothing Says "Animal Rights" Like A Call To Kill One, Does It?

Take a look at Knut, a baby polar bear at the Berlin Zoo.



If "animal rights" asstacklers have their way, this cute bundle of fur WILL BE KILLED!!!

Animal rights activists argue that he should be given a lethal injection rather than brought up suffering the humiliation of being treated as a domestic pet.

"The zoo must kill the bear," said spokesman Frank Albrecht. "Feeding by hand is not species-appropriate but a gross violation of animal protection laws."

This is typical of the Culture of Death on the Left. They SAY they want to save the planet. They SAY they want to save the [insert species name here]. But when it comes right down to it, they want nothing but DEATH, DEATH, and DEATH!!! They used to be satisfied with the million-plus abortions per year, but now their thirst for death is driving them to slaughter animals in a manner that even Ted Nugent would say, "Whoa!" to.

The Islamofascists have repeatedly said that they will win because, "you love life while we love death," so is there any doubt as to whose side these animal killers are rooting for?

Didn't think so.

Tuesday Morning Coffee

BONG HITS 4 JESUS: So, some smart ass kid holds up a sign reading this across the street from his school, gets suspended, sues the principal, and the case ended up in the Supreme Court yesterday. Listening to Bill Bennett on the drive in, it sounded as if Bill and most of his listeners were perfectly OK with what happened - we've gotta keep control of the punks; blah-blah-woof-woof - and said that even if the sign had said something non-druggie like "Republicans Suck! Vote Democratic!" and the principal stomped him, it would be OK.

That's a dishonest formulation. What if the sign read, "Jesus Loves You! Choose Life!", would Bill & Co. be so gung ho to shut the kid up? Of course not. Walk it like you talk it, you goofs.

WHEN IS 8>93? When it's the number of Federal attorneys fired by the inept Team Dubya, it is! The bias of the Treason Media has been on full display in their context-free reporting of the latest self-inflicted misstep by Team Dubya. They sacked eight political appointees and are being raked over the coals as if they'd executed them, but the reporters have taken great pains to omit that when the Clinton Regime rode into town, their first act was to fire ALL 93 prosecutors in order to cover that they were targeting two in particular - one who was looking into the endless swamp of Clinton crimes in Arkansas and one who was about to charge Dan Rostinkowski, whom Bubba needed to ram his socialist agenda thru Congress. Rosty was still charged and convicted and that led to Newt's leading the Stupid Party to take over Congress, but Clinton pardoned him, like he did for all his criminal pals.

Bottom Line: Another Team Dubya guy is going to be fed to the sharks. The problem is that AG Alberto Gonzales - his initials match his job title - has been a failure and should be unemployed for his giving Sandy Berger a pass, not investigating CIA/FBI leaks, not charging the Treason Media with treason, etc. He should be cashiered, but not for this.

O'REILLY, "O RLY": I rarely watch the Leprechaun (as Michael Savage calls him) because he so rarely actually engages in conversation, but last night he was actually awesome as he had some idiot woman from an anti-war group and quietly tore her to pieces. Actually, he just fed her the rope with which she hung herself in the eyes of the audience. As she made one outlandish charge of American evil after another, he calmly asked what proof she had and she NEVER ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS! She kept leaping to another charge and when pinned down, accused O'Reilly of being part of the "cover-up" of the Truth. He repeatedly asked her to provide some evidence and she kept dodging, saying "you're the reporter" and then accusing him of hiding the facts.

This moron was on the highest-rated shouting head show. She could've dropped a NY phone book-sized stack of documents to back up her wild claims but didn't? Why not? Duh. Because she's making it up! Duh! DUH!!! She's so used to the unquestioning treatment of the Treason Media and Air AmeriKKKa that she had nothing to offer but indignant fantasies of evil. I hope she'll enjoy her burqua and arranged marriage.

GRAW FAUX PAS: I screwed myself in GRAW last night. I was stumped as to how to get past these two tanks and was severely wounded, so for the heck of it, I just ran past them to the Palace - too long to explain; GRAW players will know what I'm talking about - and got there in one piece. The problem is that it saved my progress and inside there are about 20 rebels who kill me and my squad dead. Because I triggered and autosave point, I'm screwed and have to restart the mission about 8 segments earlier now. Drag. :(

REGARDING "300": Went to the theater for the first time in five months - that's another story - to see the man meat extravaganza "300". Hermione loved it, saying it made her giddy, and while I liked it, it didn't blow my hair back like "Sin City" or "Sky Captain" did. The critics have been slagging it mightily and while watching it, I saw why: It's about standing up to tyranny and to the anti-America, anti-Dubya media, this is simply unacceptable.

Before the film opened, the crix were grilling director Zach Snyder (who also did the "Dawn of the Dead" remake) as to which character was meant to be Dubya: Leonidas, the Spartan king who died defending his land against the Persian attack; or Xerxes, the Persian god-king who ruled most of the world with a huge force and met defeat at the hands of a scrappy little foe.

The fact that they had to ask this question shows how Bush Derangement Syndrome consumes the minds of those afflicted. First, the story is 2500 years old and the graphic novel was published in 1998. Now, class, who was President then? This isn't "V For Vendetta", where a tale inspired to slap at Thatcher was clumsily retooled to bash Bush to the detriment of the movie. It's pretty clear that if you want to draw a connection between "300" and the War Agaisnt Islmaofascism it's that Dubya is Leonidas standing against the forces of "mysticism and tyranny", as a character in the movie says. This is why the critics hate "300" - they hate Bush and hate the idea that free men be free.

Read about the cultural significance of the events dramatized in "300" here and realize that if Leonidas had bowed to Xerxes, Western Civilization as we know it would've likely perished. This make the fascist liberals maddest because free man resist the yoke of tyranny they wish to place upon us.

Last Friday's Fiver

Forgot about this while sleeping in in Toronto last weekend.

1. What timezone are you in?

Eastern.

2. Do like Daylight Savings Time, or should it be gotten rid of?

Ambivalent.

3. Do you wear a wristwatch?

Yes.

4. What time is it right now (local time)?

1:10 a.m.

5. Analog or Digital?

Digital. If it can't be read in the dark, it's useless to me. I'd rather have a $30 Timex Ironman Indiglo than a $30,000 Rolex. No kidding.

"Company of Heroes" Removes CD Check; BF2142 Booster Released.

I was listening to the latest PC Gamer podcast and they mentioned that a patch had removed the CD check for CoH, something I'd overlooked in the change list. I've verified that this is so (1.40 patch) and got to free up one of my drives in my computer.

If only BF2142 would do the same. BTW, the Northern Strike booster pack has been released and I've finally looked at the maps I didn't get to see while in the closed beta. As soon as I get done writing this and filing another review, I'll be shooting it up online for a bit.

Five Great Comedians Who've Lost It.

I can't disagree much with the assessment of Steve Martin, Mike Myers, Jim Carrey, Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams' careers at Cracked.com.

If you had to point to the first film where Williams was clearly trying to be funny, but sort of thrashing around in a failed attempt to do so, it'd most likely be Good Morning, Vietnam, wherein Williams interprets "Hilarious radio DJ" as someone who impersonates an Angry Black Man, Gay Hairdresser and Southern Preacher in an endless, irritating soundloop. It's the movie equivelant (sic) of getting locked in a room with a Paul Reiser robot that's stuck on "Joke About Airline Peanuts" mode.

Kinda harsh, but pretty true. No one knows who George Gessell is anymore, Robin. (Though I liked the "Dr. Doolittle" flicks.)

Go Beyond Productive Work With A Mac!!!!

Dig this lame mailer I got from Apple as part of their "Go Beyond Vista" campaign:

Make a movie. Publish your own podcast. Create gorgeous coffee-table books. Video chat with friends and family.* State your views in a daily blog. From the moment you turn on a Mac, you'll find that everything you want to do is easier than you ever imagined

What's missing? How about DOING SOME WORK!!! Not one thing on their list is anything more than navel-gazing hippie crap!!! "Dude, buy a Mac and, like, do fun stuff while waiting for the welfare check to arrive." Pathetic.

New York Times' Terrorist's Bill of Rights

The Gray Lady of the Treason Media does not like what we're doing to prevent more 9/11's. No they do not.

Reading this made me feel like what I imagine hallucinogic drugs fell like. They could've saved a ton of time and ink if they'd just printed what they really want....

"SURRENDER, AMERICA!!!"

The worst part of such lunatic fantasias as these is the fact they believe the sword of jihad won't be felt upon their necks as a reward for their collaboration with the enemy. They're all Baltars there.

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Fox?

The fascist liberal Dems as embodied by head moonbat Kos, who is demanding that the Dem candidates refuse to debate on Fox News Channel. Nevermind that FNC is the highest-rated cable news outlet and would give a big audience to the field, Kos is filling his diaper and saying:

The issue is to deprive the right wing's premier propaganda outlet an easy opportunity to take cheap shots at our guys.

This is the media outlet that these Democrats would legitimize with their appearance at their debate:

First, the "cheap shots" comments is a laugh. The Treason Media has been playing dumb about the Scooter Libby fiasco for YEARS, knowing full well that Valerie Plame wasn't covert; Joe Wilson is a discredited liar about his trip to Niger; that Richard Armitage was the first person to spill the beans; yet they cheerfully promulgated the meme that Team Dubya was up to no good and they had no idea what the facts are. With the conviction of Scooter, the fascist Dems have their Watergate to go with their Vietnam - facts, reality, justice and honesty be damned. (More on the Scooter fiasco later if I've got the time.)

As for honesty, the characterization of the screen shot as *proof* that Fox lies is a blatant lie, but typical of the reality-challenged Left. Libby WAS acquitted of one count relating to lying to the G-Men, so there is nothing inappropriate about the Chyron shown. Were there supers reading "LIBBY CONVICTED OF PERJURY BEFORE THE GRAND JURY"? Probably, not that liars like Kos would ever admit it.

The Left likes to talk about "speaking Truth to Power", but if FNC is the Power and they have the Truth, why is Kos trying to herd his sheep into friendlier Olberman-Matthews-controlled territories?

Because they are liars and are terrified of their feckless candidates being exposed as such before a large audience. Cowards.

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UPDATE: Ha!!! Edwards is taking his disingenuous outrage to the next level by using their fear and terror as a fundraising tool! Dig this!

The truth is, Fox News can "report" whatever they want. And when it works for us, we'll deal with them on our terms. But this campaign is about responsibility and accountability, and we need to send the message to Fox that if they want to be the corporate mouthpiece of the Republican Party more than they want to be an impartial news outlet, they shouldn't expect Democrats to play along.

Oooooh, the Big Bad Fox is a mouthpiece? Uh, what are the whole array of Treason Media outlets - i.e. everyone but Fox News - who are little more than PR outlets for the fascist liberals agendas. Is CNN, the purveyors of the Tailwind fraud, a more acceptable outlet because they don't question the Party edicts and actively collaborate with the jihadis, running snuff footage of out soldiers being killed by snipers? It appears so. It really is just more proof that when the fascist Left doesn't have total control over information and the thoughts of their subjects, er, the public, they just go nuts like the babies they are.

Their lies are so pathetic that they don't even realize that they're providing the links to debunk their own assertions, as John Hinderocker found out:

I was struck by this paragraph in the Politico story linked above:

FOX News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes gave the progressive activists more ammunition on Thursday when he jokingly compared Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, to Osama bin Laden.

I doubted whether Ailes had really "compared" Obama to Osama, so I followed the link. Here is the reference; it comes from a speech by Ailes in which he accepted, somewhat ironically, a First Amendment award:

It is true that I said Britney Spears looked great at the Academy Awards. and I later found out it was Jack Nicholson. [Laughter/ooohs]

It is true that just in the last two weeks Hillary Clinton has had over 200 phone calls telling her in order to win the presidency she must stay on the road for the next two years. It is not true they were all from Bill. [Laughter]

And it is true that Barack Obama is on the move. I don't know if it's true that President Bush called Musharraf and said, 'Why can't we catch this guy?' [Laughter]

I feel compelled, however -- on a serious note -- to say a few words.

Two things are immediately obvious. First, the Obama reference was a joke. Second, the joke was on President Bush. The idea that this somehow furnished ammunition that helped the nutroots get their way is ridiculous. The moral of the story is that Democratic office-holders are so gun-shy that they are afraid to stand up to their party's lunatic fringe.

The Left projects their fear of their extreme radical base upon conservatives and thus the meme that "godbags" - as Edwards temporary blogger refers to people who believe in God and not fascist government as the highest power - is promulgated. The sad fact is that the fascist Left simply can't tolerate different opinions - what we call the Truth - to be heard by the herd. That a single news outlet dares to present a different viewpoint from theirs is an intolerable apostasy and must be silenced. They really miss their monopoly on the news, don't they?

The final irony is that if you flip this situation on its head, you'd have to imagine Fox News Channel announcing that they refuse to cover John Edwards or any other Dem candidate. That would be an intolerable affront to journalistic integrity, even if it would put them in line with the Treason Media's unified refusal to report fairly on conservatives. It'd be funny how the fascist Left gets away with such hypocrisy if it wasn't such a dangerous time for Western civilization. How will the Breck Girl look with his Taliban-ordered beard? Elect him and we'll find out, won't we?

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UPDATE UPDATE: A Las Vegas paper finds the Dems' crying quite pathetic:

he Nevada Democratic Party had agreed to let the right-tilting network co-sponsor, of all things, an August debate in Reno between Democratic presidential candidates. Party officials were serious about drawing national attention to the state's January presidential caucus, the country's second in the 2008 nominating process. What better way for the party to reach conservative and "values" voters who might consider changing allegiances?

But the socialist, Web-addicted wing of the Democratic Party was apoplectic. The prospect of having to watch Fox News to see their own candidates would have been torture in itself. So they set the blogosphere aflame with efforts to kill the broadcast arrangement, or at least have all the candidates pull out of the event. Before Friday, the opportunistic John Edwards was the only candidate to jump on that bandwagon.

You'd think the deal called for having Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter mock the candidates between comments. No, even unfiltered, unedited, live debate between loyal Democrats couldn't be entrusted to Fox News.

The approach of outfits such as MoveOn.org is so juvenile it's laughable. Imagine if every political organization created litmus tests for news organizations before agreeing to appear on their programming. Republicans would have boycotted PBS, CBS, NBC, ABC, National Public Radio and The Associated Press decades ago.

This hyperventilation results from the fact that far-left Democrats have no comparable media outlet, nor any widespread national appeal, for their radical views in favor of heavy-handed regulation, wealth redistribution, diplomatic capitulation and economic protectionism. So they attack their rivals' messenger with a reckless barrage of rhetoric that cuts down their own allies with friendly fire.

By Friday, the Nevada Democratic Party caved in to the lunatic fringe and began seeking a more "appropriate" television partner.

Comedy Central, perhaps?

Liberals support fascist speech codes because they know that there is no market for their tyrannical agenda on its own merits. The reason liberals are so anti-Christian is because Christians try to convert people by offering them a choice of a better religion. Liberals are more in tune with the "our-way-or-death" methods of Islamofascism. The idea that anyone who betrays the faith is condemned to death makes liberals all warm and runny inside. They like using force to enforce their dogmas. But I digress...

If fascist liberalism had any appeal, the Dems would be looking to preach their message before the largest cable news audience. By running like little bitches, they reveal that they are more afraid that their non-Kool-Aid-addicted crowd may stick to watching Fox News and learn how dangerous the Left is than they are desirous of picking off some non-liberal voters.

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UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE: Yeesh. You know you're a bunch of scared pussies when DENNIS KUCINICH is calling you out!

“If you want to be the President of the United States, you can’t be afraid to deal with people with whom you disagree politically,” Kucinich said. “No one is further removed from Fox’s political philosophy than I am, but fear should not dictate decisions that affect hundreds of millions of Americans and billions of others around the world who are starving for real leadership.”

“I’m prepared to discuss the war, health care, trade, or any other issue anytime, anywhere, with any audience, answering any question from any media. And any candidate who won’t shouldn’t be President of the United States.”

If the toughest Dem out there is a bleeding heart peacenik like Kucinich, how the fook can anyone - who isn't suicidal, that is - support the Dems for anything regarding security matters?

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ZOMG!!! ANOTHER UPDATE!!! Camille Paglia has one of her waaaaaaaay-too-infrequent Salon columns which is a grab bag of topics, almost all of which are piquent and worthy of perusal, but this clip sums up how pathetic a diehard liberal (but not insane) sees her party:

Hence my unhappy surprise when Edwards, who has an attractively comprehensive social policy and strong oratorical skills, was the first to pull out of the scheduled August debate moderated by Fox News. What is this morbid obsession that liberals have with Fox? It's as if Democrats, pampered and spoiled by so many decades of the mainstream media trumpeting the liberal agenda, are so shaky in their convictions that they cannot risk an encounter with opposing views. Democrats have ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, the New York Times, Newsweek, Time and 98 percent of American humanities professors to do their bidding. But no, that's not enough -- every spark of dissent has to be extinguished with buckets of bile.

But Fox is certainly disingenuous with its absurd "fair and balanced" motto. Oh, come on, give it up! Why can't Fox honestly admit its conservative agenda, as do major radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, and simply argue that it represents a culturally necessary antidote to the omnipresent liberal line? Yet for Democratic presidential candidates, who will be assessed by voters for their ability to stand up to China, North Korea or al-Qaida, to run squealing from a Fox moderator as if he or she were a boogeyman with blood-dripping fangs makes the whole pack of them look like simpering wusses. Dennis Kucinich was quite right to express his scorn and offer to debate anyone anywhere and under any sponsorship. Nice job of skewering the sacred cow!

Read it all. She's a hoot. I wish she wrote more often.

Who Delayed Roger Rabbit?

For such a good movie, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" seems to have fallen off the collective consciousness radar. One thing I didn't know was that there had been plans to make a sequel that collapsed over money and ego, but you can read the hare-raising details - yuck-yuck - in the article "Who Delayed Roger Rabbit?" I don't agree with the premise that the "Roger Rabbit" shorts had as much impact as they're credited with, but it's otherwise interesting. Give it a read.

Monday Morning Coffee

CHUBBY CHASING IS ONE THING, but when a 420-pound woman gives birth after being totally unaware that she was pregnant, the question being begged is, "Dude...what the...?"

HAVE WE LEARNED NOTHING FROM SCOTT PETERSEN? This is a Detroit thang, but Steven Grant has confessed to murdering his wife and hacking up the body. No one should've been surprised that he did it, but WTF is his excuse for leaving a torso in the garage? If you're going to kill your wife and act all innocent for the press, shouldn't, you know, GETTING RID OF ALL THE BODY PARTS be at the top of the things-to-do list?!?

THE NAME IS BOX SETS, JAMES BOND BOX SETS: I picked up all four Bond boxes yesterday at Costco after being surprised to see that the the price had come down $10 before the coupon came into play. 20 restored Bond flicks with extras for $144 out the door. My g/f was giving me hateful looks and saying, "But they suck.", and I was telling her to hike it. Yeah, the Dalton and half of the Moore ones blow, but for the price ($7.20 ea.), it can't be beat. I haven't seen many (if any) of the films before "Moonraker", so I figure I'll watch one per week in order. I'll post reviews if I do, something I've been meaning to get back in the habit of.

NO SUCH THING AS MANBEARPIG?!? ZOMG!!! England's Channel 4 is going to air "The Great Global Warming Swindle" which appears to finally speak Truth to the lies and hysteria of the Al Gore brigades. More on the show here and stay tuned for a Dirkworld® post with more facts about the FUD.

MORE XBOX WOES: I hooked up my replacement refurbed Xbox 360 and it seemed fine until I tried to play GRAW. For some reason, it's freezing up solid when it goes to DL the patch. I've troubleshot the thing nine ways to Sunday and other games are playing fine, but the moment I try to start GRAW, it's hosed. Oddly, it shows in my Gamercard at right as being played, despite never actually starting. What a hassle.

I'M LOST AND HARE KRISHNA ISN'T HELPING! On the semi-up side, I picked up "Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy" for half-off at a Blockbuster clearance. It's fun and cute, but I've found myself stymied by some of the puzzles or trying to figure out where to go next. This is a kid's game?!? (Bonus points if you get the reference in the title.)

SPEAKING OF "LOST": Does anyone care about this show anymore? I'm still watching and I know plenty of people who still do, but no one seems happy with the way things are going. After the brilliant first season, the producers have aggressively pissed away whatever goodwill they had and now are just being annoying with all the needlessly cryptic nonsense and lack of answers. Last week's "Heroes" was outstanding, deepening the mysteries while providing some answers about some characters and providing some surprisingly touching moments. I just wish that "Heroes" wasn't directly across from "24" so I could watch it in hi-def and not on tape. Oh, well.

THROWING COULTER UNDER A TRAIN AND SOME THOUGHTS ON RUSH: Some blog is starting an open letter petition to have Ann Coulter not speak before future CPAC gatherings. Given her line-crossing dumbness and the media's eagerness to smear all conservatives with the "conservatives = racist/sexist/bigoted/homophobes" meme, this may be a good idea. Check out the first comment - this guy lumps Rush Limbaugh in with Coulter as an example of a hateful "loose cannon". As usual, the facts don't match the smear, but since when have liberals let a little Truth get in the way of a good lie? Michael Savage is an appropriate example of rage talk, not Limbaugh. They just try to smear Limbaugh because he's the biggest, baddest talker ever.

The irony is that the smear works until people actually listen to Rush. I was one of those folks who "knew" that Rush was a hatemonger because that's what the media told me. A family friend liked him, but I rejected even giving him a listen to see for myself. This is what the Treason Media relies on: Blind faith in the bill of goods that they're peddling. One day, driven batty by the lameness of music radio, I gave Rush a listen and after a while, I realized that the media had been lying about him and that led me to wonder what else they're lying to me about. It turns out it was plenty.

Back in 1994, there was no Blogosphere and teh Intarweb was barely out of the lab, so Rush was it. Now there are a zillion web sites spreading the Truth about fascist liberalism along with plenty of liberal sites reinforcing the delusions of the brainwashed that up is down, Truth is lies, global warming is real, Dubya is to blame for everything and liberals are smarter and better by the virtue of being liberals. Blech.

Ann Coulter Inserts Foot In Mouth, Shoots Self In Foot

There is a double-standard for what conservatives can say and do compared to liberals. Liberals are driven by rage and psychotically project their self-loathing upon their ideological foes, spewing profanities and slurs like David Mamet with Tourette's. Jesse Jackson says "Hymietown" and gets to be Leader of the Black People For Life; John Edwards hired (and then fired) a pair of bloggers prone to referring to Christians as "godbags" and Wonkette uses the term "Jeebus" like I use the letter "E".

While it's not fair, it is what it is and someone as smart as Ann Coulter should know that before she shoots her stupid mouth off. I'm not talking about her post-9/11 comment that "We should invade their lands, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity" crack which got her dropped from NRO, but her ill-timed comments last year and last week.

First, she buried whatever she was trying to say with her book "Godless" - which everyone I've lent my copy to has said is excellent, but I haven't read myself yet - with her botched comment about the Jersey Girls, but she really stepped in it last week when she basically referred to John Edwards as a "faggot". Immediately, the Dems pounced on the comment seeking to turn Coulter into an albatross with which they'll club the Stupid Party with forever. SP candidates immediately distanced themselves and the Blogosphere has universally repudiated her. She's radioactive now and while some civilians feel it's not such a big deal and wonder why the Left gets away with having asstacklers like Bill Maher whining that the Vice-President wasn't assassinated, it doesn't change the fact that Ann let her impatient contempt for the Left get out of hand. She apparently has been asking why people think it's such a big deal and that's indicative of a certain cluelessness that her writing wouldn't have suggested.

The worst part of this mess? It wasn't necessary. Edwards is such a soft target with all sorts of real liabilities - his 20,000 sq. ft. mansion, his ambulance chasing law practice, his callow shallowness, his prettiness - that Coulter could've hauled off and bashed him mightily and not self-immolated. The most important rule of humor is that there be a kernel of truth to whatever you're mocking. Since Edwards may be a twerp, but isn't a "faggot" by any stretch of the imagination, there was nothing funny about Coulter's comment. This wasn't a "botched joke" - as the feckless crapweasel John Kerry's apologists tried to claim when he slandered our soldiers - it was a stupid comment. Period.

In Dean Barnett's item, he says that people are appealing to the First Amendment as a shield from criticism and that's just lame. Just as the Dixie Chicks had to suffer the consequences with the public for their anti-Dubya comments, Ann is going to have to take the hit for her stupid words. The difference is that while the Chicks got to me liberal martyrs, forced to flee to Canada to find an audience and soothe the hurt with a fawning documentary and five Grammy Awards, Coulter is going to be pilloried by the media and thrown overboard by her former allies.

The Left doesn't disown their bad actors ever, while the Right can't turn away fast enough. It's too bad that keeping a clean house doesn't score any points, even if it's the right thing to do.
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UPDATE:

The Moderate Voice has a round-up of the denunciations coming from all sides, though it is to laugh that he leads off by calling Andrew "GAY MARRIAGE UBER ALLES!!!" Sullivan a "conservative". More to the point is Sistah Toldjah who accurately mirrors my sentiments about the double-standard:

This is yet another legendary example of the far left’s patented ability to stand out as the absolute biggest hypocrites on the planet by once again not practicing what they preach. The right condemns their own, and condemns the left when they get out of line, but the left sees fit only to condemn the right, while routinely praising stalkers and potty mouthed bloggers on their side.

That is why when the left starts their outrage campaigns by calling for “the right” to condemn another conservative, I just chuckle. For those of you on the left who think you’ve scored a victory because so many ‘rightie bloggers’ have supposedly ‘caved’ to your demands for condemnation of Coulter’s comments, you need to take a cold shower, because the condemnation had nothing to do with your stupid demands and everything to do with the right holding their own side accountable for outrageous remarks/actions, something you guys have demonstrated once again you don’t have the ability, willingness, nor honesty to do. Lying hypocrites.

The Left projects their psychoses upon the Right, seeing everyone else's behavior through a hate-stained prism. While I'm sure some conservatives are peeved that yet another of their precious few voices is to be silenced while the hate-mongers of the Left bray on unchecked, never forget that this was Ann's foolish choice. I've worried that her good message was going to be drowned out by her stupid actions and it's come to pass and it's her own damn fault.

Conservatives believe that there should be consequences for one's actions and that's exactly what's going to happen. At least Ann appears to be sparing us the bogus mea culpas and blaming it on alcoholism/poor toilet training/oppression.

Broken Cake!

From LiveJournal user Nonumnos:

Wegmans is a large and growing grocery chain originating out of Rochester, NY.

Apparently, you can email an order to the Wegman's bakery for cakes - including what message you want on the cake.

The cake above was supposed to be a mix of English and Italian, but the staff apparently knew no Italian. The problem? Wegman's email system also apparently did not recognize some of the proprietary Microsoft HTML extensions!

The email likely feeds directly into their computer that runs the food-grade equivalent of an inkjet printer to place the message on the cake, so it is possible that the message made it onto the cake because someone did not check it on the computer first.

Link to story.

Wacky!!