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Rosenbaum, The Plausible-Fabulist
well, Annie Proulx recently complained that she gets tons of Brokeback Mountain fanfic (mostly porn), so it happens even if you don't hold a contest. of course, people need to notice your work first, something that may or may not happen to Mr. Rosenbaum's work.
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at 7:25 AM on September 19, 2008
The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language
Also funny how Jesus seemed to have forgotten to tell people not to be gay.
even worse, he was as dangerously negligent when it came to ranting against the evils of abortion: he just didn't, period (or if he did, the gospel writers chose to avoid the subject. they must have all been closet NARAL supporters or something). abortion just wasn't a big deal -- if you actually caused a woman to abort, by beating her or something, you simply had to refund... [more]
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at 5:44 PM on September 18, 2008
oh, and this translation is scandalously bad, by the way.
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at 5:45 PM on September 18, 2008
palin's yahoo mail hacked ... oh anonymous, what will you do next
maybe John McCain, self-proclaimed inventor of the Blackberry, can sort this mess out
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at 11:19 AM on September 17, 2008
whether one of the folks involved in this actually got a full dump of the account contents and is sitting on it.
that's the question. and really, given the amount of effort it must have taken (unless her password was, like, "password", or "jesus") to hack the account, why shouldn't have they gotten the full moose enchilada? it wouldn't make any sense.
if they haven't, and ther's only... [more]
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at 11:23 AM on September 17, 2008
"Va fan culo!"
this is NOT a formula one (car? race? she said it too fast for my American ears).
good catch. she told him that "this car is not nailed to the ground like F1s are"
it's funny because you're much, much safer there with an ex F1 guy at the wheel than you'd be driving yourself on a highway when it rains (or when it's even slightly foggy) and all around you there are the biggest fuckups who ever drove a car, ready to... [more]
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at 11:05 AM on September 16, 2008
Palin, pancakes, and the straight talk express
keep directing polite fire on Obama
ah, yes, polite: "country first" (code for "he's a foreigner"), "he'd rather lose a war than lose an election", ie he's a traitor, the "celebrity" ads (code for "he's uppity"), the sex ed ad ("he's a paedophile"). if that's polite for you, well, I guess McCain has not actually worn a noose lapel pin yet, so that must count for being polite in some quarters.... [more]
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at 8:40 AM on September 14, 2008
we can live without you
without the Aussies, yes. without the Chinese who own your monster debt, no, not really.
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at 4:07 PM on September 15, 2008
If the Democrats think insulting this group of individuals is a good thing
it's all about shame, with you, isn't it -- how big an inferiority complex you guys have? if the libruls are so cruel and misguided as you say they are, what the fuck you care about what they think about you? God knows I don't give a shit what you think of me -- if anything, I take your disapproval as a badge of honor.
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at 5:22 PM on September 15, 2008
82 - 0
now I'm sad
:(
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at 12:10 PM on September 15, 2008
I mean, seriously, anybody here has played sports competitively and thinks he or she would have enjoyed winning like that? It's like Mike Tyson beating the Mini Me guy into a tortilla, it's pointless slaughter, it's not even sports. It's also not respectful to your opponent, "home ice" advantage or not this just sucks ass.
winning is great when it's a real game, this is like playing alone. it's an empty endeavor.
posted to MetaFilter by matteo
at 12:13 PM on September 15, 2008
Sarah Palin as McCain's running-mate
I liked Bailey Hutchinson, maybe she had some skeletons that made her a bad choice, I don't know. Palin's a gamble because, obviously, it's silly to select her for a ticket that has made the other side's "inexperience" a huge issue, but if you seriously think that the media will call bullshit on the next thre months of McCain hammering Obama for being inexperienced, you're either too naive or blinded by wishful thinking.
George ""I was not prepared to... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by matteo
at 9:35 AM on August 29, 2008
Palin will talk about ... talk about ... umm ... ?
about her husband hit by shrapnel in Iraq
about her son who'll be deployed in Iraq on 9/11
about the time when the doctor told her she was carrying a Down's syndrome baby and she decided to keep it
about hockey, PTAs, hockey moms, etc.
all while looking so very white, so very... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by matteo
at 11:52 AM on August 29, 2008
She believes in Creationism. She's not smart enough for school board.
Reagan, Creatonist: 8 years in office.
Bush II, Creatonist: 8 years in office
Bush I, unclear, but his VP was indeed a proud creationist: 4 years in office.
Mondale, Kerry, Edwards, Gore -- all non-Creatonists.
see, this is why Republicans get such a kick out of beating you guys,... [more]
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at 12:45 PM on August 29, 2008
plenty of people will be ready to blame her first if Obama loses November. And that will be really annoying. It's Obama's campaign now.
why, of course. Hillary only wrote the script for the GOP's strategy against Obama, covered him in racist filth ("hardworking Americans, white Americans") allowing the McCain camp to step back and simply watch, letting her test the limits of you can and can not say against a black... [more]
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at 2:31 PM on August 29, 2008
i'm glad to see you all supporting a woman's right to privacy in her own body unless, of course, her mother is running for vp
no, what I see is people enjoying the trainwreck of hypocrisy of moralistic politicians who slam sex education, condoms, and praise "abstinence" for cynical political gain while they don't realize that their daughters are fucking around without protection exposing their bodies to disease and unwanted pregnancies.... [more]
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at 11:27 AM on September 1, 2008
So Obama compares an infant human being to an STD. I am so IMPRESSED.
Michael Brown is on Fox News as of now, bloviating about Katrina and Neil Cavuto is slamming Bill Clinton for being mean to Brown. I am so IMPRESSED too, because Brown should be in jail and Cavuto should be driving a truck; instead they're rich and happy, isn't that impressive.
also, konolia, for some of us unwanted pregnancies are, no... [more]
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at 1:36 PM on September 1, 2008
Why is "community organizer" a punchline?
because it's code for "nigger", wake up. it's pure, unadulterated Southern Strategy code.
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at 6:35 AM on September 4, 2008
So it looks like McCain's election strategy is:
- McCain was a POW.
- Obama is black.
- Look! Over there! Shiny shiny Sarah Palin! (Pay no attention to any of that "issues" stuff.)
this late in the game, after almost a year of media coverage of the primaries and of both conventions, most undecided voters are those who'll decide based on character, not on issues. whether they'll see the race as "war... [more]
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at 11:28 AM on September 6, 2008
(obviously, in order to pull off the "racist smears in the South" part of the anti-McCain strategy, it helps if your candidate is white)
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at 11:32 AM on September 6, 2008
I DO NOT think you have to be a slack-jawed sheep to subscribe to these positions. You DO have to have a different set of values than I do
SHAPE OF THE EARTH: VIEWS DIFFER. ah, the old canard of a particularly gullible subset of liberals -- Republicans have made a political killing out of it for decades now
No, views don't differ about the shape of the earth, about the presence of WMDs in Iraq, about Saddam's nonexistent role... [more]
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at 12:21 PM on September 7, 2008
and secularists to live under rules they know to be based on ancient fiction.
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at 12:27 PM on September 7, 2008
I think that's wise; I wouldn't do it either. Do the dirty work for somebody else's ticket? No way.
of course. and: pay the debts for someone else's campaign? no way.
I'm sure the mystery donors of Bill's library will help.
anyway: there's no doubt Hillary needs Obama to lose, there's nothing for her in a Obama presidency simply because she wants to be President. she'd rather try again in '12 for the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by matteo
at 9:47 AM on September 8, 2008
but it's not exactly the steamroller he was probably hoping for.
I agree, but Obama had his convention, too, and for the Democrats standards it was an impressively disciplined affair, with Hillary eating crow in an extremely graceful manner -- where's Obama's steamroller, then? I don't see any momentum in the Democrats field now. as much as one is appalled by Palin, the momentum's on the GOP's side now. it's been 40 days of not... [more]
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at 10:05 AM on September 8, 2008
OK, but they didn't get their cocks sucked by an intern. that's what counts.
posted to MetaFilter by matteo
at 6:53 PM on September 8, 2008
it's all fair, TPS, right, since you're big on the freedom of the Hillary people this year not to choose Obama.
Don't put words into my mouth
who, me?
Please, it's already started on Metafilter.com. Go on, Democrats, go right ahead. But don't get pissy in November when women feel more comfortable voting against you and with her.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 29 August | 14:13... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by matteo
at 7:05 PM on September 8, 2008
you know, I'm always the one saying "this thing doesn't have legs" or "this line of attack won't work" -- and I do believe that the possible adultery thing from the 1990s, the stoner son, and a lot of other Palin-related stuff just won't cut it -- but I do think the "she'll charge you for your rape kit" thing can really be used against her, especially if Biden finds a good line at their debate. it's just indefensible, mean, mean shit that can really hurt her. it's... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by matteo
at 6:40 PM on September 11, 2008
re: McCain on Follieri's yacht -- when it happened, I seem to understand, Follieri was perfectly respectable, his troubles started later, so it's not like McCain was hanging out on Al Capone's yacht. if the big scandal is that he hung out with a famous Hollywood actress and her boyfriend, it seems pretty weak to me. McCain's a millionaire, he doesn't pretend to live in a trailer eating Taco Bell, as the controversy over his 7 mansions or whatever demonstrated.
posted to MetaFilter by matteo
at 6:50 PM on September 11, 2008
re: the Bush doctrine thing, I understand this is a non-starter with US voters, but I was indeed appalled to read that, at 44, and not destitute, Palin has nevertheless never thought it interesting to visit any country outside of her own in her entire life (the one exception is a brief political trip to Iraq); it just indicates, to me, an amazing lack of curiosity for a politician. in an era of reasonably cheap air travel, this is OK for someone who simply has other... [more]
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at 6:58 PM on September 11, 2008
Obama was very impressive on Bill O'Reilly. I was surprised.
Absolutely, yes. Big props, for once, to the old, dishonest bully and falafel fetishist -- best piece of actual journalism I've seen on American TV in a long time. Which is not saying much, but it's still O'Reilly and I expected the usual insanity. But then when everybody else is discussing Lindsay Lohan and lipstick and pigs, the smart money says, discuss the actual issues and you'll... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by matteo
at 4:18 PM on September 12, 2008
I DO know two things. First, we have had no terrorist attacks on this soil since 9/11.
wrong. anthrax. everything you say here is easily refuted. smarter people would be embarrassed, if they were in your shoes.
You know what, I freely confess I don't know all there is to know about why we went to war
well, you do seem to have quite a bit of time to dig up pro-Republican false... [more]
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at 6:36 PM on September 14, 2008
Negating a frame activates that frame
for a southside Chicago dwelling Harvard Law grad of Nigerian descent to tick that box,
it's Kenyan, not Nigerian descent -- they all look alike, don't they?
but I concede that for an awful lot of Americans -- including you -- a black guy with a very humble background is clearly not "one of the guys" as much as a millionaire Senator's grandson, President's son, Harvard & Yale grad, oilman (with daddy's money... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by matteo
at 11:02 AM on September 13, 2008
McCain and the OODA loop
McCain graduated 894th out of 899 in his Naval Academy, and his military career consisted of crashing and wrecking five aircraft, four of which were in non-combat situations.
he also cracked under the Vietnamese high pressure interrogation techniques (it was not torture, according to former AG Gonzales own definition of torture), declared himself a war criminal -- thus committing treason. also, all that time spent in a cage (surrounded by... [more]
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at 9:22 AM on September 11, 2008
Gina Gershon for Veep? I'd vote for that!
I loved it but I love Gina Gershon so I'm biased. anyway, the thing about not believing in global warming because it's freezing outside is probably, sadly, spot on.
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at 4:26 AM on September 11, 2008
...sorry...
He got so scared by the thought of having to deal with Sarah Palin that he had a massive heart attack.
The free world needs her magic.
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at 2:23 PM on September 10, 2008
The War Within
reading Woodward's obscenely deferential books about Bush made me seriously wonder if Nixon after all was innocent
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at 5:29 PM on September 8, 2008
St. Paul Police say Democracy? No.
if only she had a pregnant teenage daughter, photos of herself slaughtering an elk, or a tweaker husband, people will care about her arrest
posted to MetaFilter by matteo
at 6:56 PM on September 1, 2008
I live comfortably, work in my chosen profession, come and go as I please, buy what I want, associate with who I like, and so on
this was true for middle class people in Pinochet's Chile, Stroessner's Paraguay, or, you know, -- yeah, Godwin, Godwin -- Hitler's Germany (pre-1939, then travel got somewhat restricted and lots of people got drafted).
is this the best you can do? really?
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at 10:13 AM on September 2, 2008
In a world...
A legend indeed, this is really sad. It's as if MGM only ever used one lion and now that lion's dead. Cool, cool guy, he will be missed no matter how many impersonators he has out there.
posted to MetaFilter by matteo
at 8:30 AM on September 2, 2008
rut roh
if the baby's father is black, McCain is already President
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at 9:54 AM on September 1, 2008
Final Days
If you seriously think that George W. Bush will spend the rest of his life as a pariah, shunned by most civilized people as a corrupt war criminal, you're fooling yourselves. Look at what happened to Nixon, a war criminal, tax evader, and -- it's all on the White House tapes -- a shamefully racist, antisemitical man.
Nixon ended his days as elder statesman, after about ten years spent keeping a relatively low profile -- he had after all resigned to escape certain... [more]
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at 5:33 AM on September 1, 2008
ABC reporter arrested in Denver
I love it how the sorry bunch of Ken Starr stenographers in the media who savaged Clinton from day 1 with the bullshit Whitewater and eventually lynched him for good over a cum stain that had ended on a perfectly willing woman of legal age, after that they all suddendly went to sleep -- to deep, blissful, sleep -- for almost eight years while at least one election was stolen (two, if you also count -- ah the irony -- hacked voting machines in Ohio) the Treasury was... [more]
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at 6:22 PM on August 28, 2008
Their culture goes to eleven
His last was comically wrong from halftitle page to colophon
because we all know that the working class people who voted for Bush in 2004 for religious/racist reasons have gotten a lot of free health care, economic relief, and cheap gas due to a stable Middle East from the Bush administration, right?
Thought so.
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at 6:27 AM on August 28, 2008
Thick in size but thin in content
from what I can see on their website, they're not especially thin -- they're models. certainly not anorexic-looking like you sometimes (rarely, actually) see. it's like watching the NFL and being surprised that the players are big, it's what they do. thin is one thing and anorexic is another. I don't see anorexia on their website photos, maybe they pulled them.
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at 2:08 PM on August 27, 2008
