No, scratch that; I would.
This evening’s blast from the past was brought to you by my referrer log…
Remember that jackass troll, John H McConnel Jr and his third-rate social networking site, UnderpantsGnomesLifestyle.com eCountryLifestyle.com? I got a visitor tonight who was referred here by a Google search for eCountryLifestyle.com, and yes, I’m still in the first few results for that abomination.
Evidently they crashed and burned. Who would have guessed?
Clearly I’m a small-minded fool who doesn’t understand the internet.
Posted by protected static as eCountryLifestyle, eCountryLifestyle.com at 8:16 PM PST
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Because, you know, sometimes you just have to nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
Posted by protected static as YADM at 4:44 PM PST
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Last week in Nashville, TN, a mosque was vandalized. After the positive community response was highlighted by Andrew Sullivan this afternoon, the comments section of various Nashville-area blogs covering the crime were flooded with strident anti-Muslim trolls – hey, it’s Teh Internets; we all know how this works, right?
What I found amusing was the number of trolls who are all LOL!!!OMG!!! STOOPID MUSLIMS FAKED THE GRAFITTI, LOOK ITS AN AFRICAN CROSS SEE SOMALI MUSLIMS MADE AN EAST AFRICAN CROSS LOL ELEVENTY!!! CANT EVEN FAKE A HATE CRIME RIGHT LOL!!!
To steal a catchphrase… sadly, no. May I present the flag of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem?
Posted by protected static as asshattery, politics at 7:02 PM PST
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Sayeth Tbogg:
There is much to be said for White Zombie played very loud as the soundtrack for a long drive.
Yes. Including “Hello, officer.”
(When we moved from DC to St Louis, a good friend gave us a mix tape for the drive – we called it “The ‘Hello, officer’ Mix” since it started with Ministry’s Jesus Built My Hotrod, segued into the 1000 Homo DJs cover of Sabbath’s “Supernaut”, and pretty much continued at that pace. Ah, good times.)
Posted by protected static as music at 5:33 PM PST
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After all, they’re what you call… experts.
Oh. Wait. So are these guys: Los Alamos National Laboratory Researchers Accidentally Blow up Building with a Cannon.
Whoops. The Mustache of Disapproval radiates disapproval.
(via Mother Jones, via… TPM’s headlines/news aggregator, I think…)
Posted by protected static as geek at 7:15 PM PST
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“Did the framers of our Constitution ever envision something like a semi-automatic weapon?” [Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, D-Seattle] asked.
*sigh* Nor did they envision the Internet or Scientology, yet these are also protected under the Bill of Rights…
Three WA legislators have introduced a ban on so-called assault weapons, partially in response to the ambush and murder of a Seattle policeman. Ironically, the weapon alleged to have been used in this specific attack, while a semi-automatic rifle, is unlikely to be banned under any such legislation.
Posted by protected static as politics at 9:58 PM PST
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Over the weekend we went to the Seattle Children’s Theatre for their “In the Wings” program for Peter Pan. As one of the teachers from the SCT drama school lead the group in various drama-y, interactive-y exercises (for which I have somewhat less than zero patience, but okay… that’s what blogs and iPhones are for), she asked the kids what some of the benefits of not growing up would be.
Listening to more than one child pipe up with variations of “you won’t ever die,” it occurred to me that one of the more poignant aspects of Peter Pan (and perhaps one of the keys to its initial success) is that it takes place a few short years before Nibs, Tootles, Slightly, Curly, and millions of other boys will be permanently Lost in the fire, smoke, and mud of the Western Front…
Posted by protected static as random at 10:10 PM PST
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…groused The Boy as Doc struggled to subdue his hair with industrial quantities of gel, a rubberband, and a thoroughly inadequate hairbrush.
“Come again?” said Doc.
“Their brains are being pulled out by their ponytails.”
Posted by protected static as YADM at 8:34 PM PST
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Behold: The Boy’s first programming book. Which he requested by name.
My feelings are… mixed.
Posted by protected static as YADM, geek, programming at 9:57 AM PST
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[Anita] Dunn would never have used Hitler as a source for perseverance and setting the right objectives. Why[?] Because Hitler’s evil is self-evident. So why is Mao’s rancid evil not self-evident for a person like Dunn? Because she retains a double standard for far left totalitarianism over far right totalitarianism. It’s that insulting and morally disgusting double standard that gets my goat. Mao was responsible for the deaths of up to 70 million people – and Dunn sees him as a useful strategist.
The reason many people see Mao as a useful strategist is because, well, he was an excellent strategist. Hitler… not so much.
(Oh yeah… Mao was also a pretty decent writer. Hitler… not so much.)
Posted by protected static as politics at 6:34 PM PDT
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“Bomb hits outside suspected Pakistani nuclear-weapons site”
Commentary would be superfluous, I think…
(via TPM)
Posted by protected static as politics at 9:11 AM PDT
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The feeling one experiences when an emotionally-charged event elicits conflicting impulses to respond.
Posted by protected static as random at 7:04 PM PDT
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A few thoughts about consistency, of course (Pace Emerson. let’s not limit ourselves to merely foolish consistency…).
Ahem. Programming geekery ahead…
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Posted by protected static as C#, programming at 7:50 PM PDT
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Just because he’s President doesn’t mean he’s allowed to get all uppity-like.
Posted by protected static as asshattery, politics at 5:16 PM PDT
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Using statistics about gun crime and violence to downplay the seriousness of carrying firearms to political demonstrations isn’t comparing apples to oranges so much as it is comparing apples to Orange-throated Tanagers. Why?
Because some people go looking for a confrontation, which is when Really Stupid Shit happens. And when it happens, it happens fast.
Posted by protected static as asshattery, politics at 5:53 PM PDT
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