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Tears of Unfathomable Sadness.

“In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said: "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter---bitter," he answered;
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart.”

Goatscape

Andy Dick is teh funny.

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Lunatics Call for Arrest of 5 Supremes on Treason Charges

You can read this dementia, here.

What's interesting is that none of these people mentions the merits of the particular case: namely, what gives Michael Moore the right to propagandize, and prohibits another from doing so? The fact that he's made money (on at least one of his films)? Does that mean that he's grandfathered in?

The question is similar to the one posed by proposed FCC rules that would extend protections against revealing sources to "professional journalists," but not to bloggers. Especially in view of a politicized FEC that (as one of our commenters noted) seemed not to have any problem with the donations to Obama that were captured without electronic verification of the source, against all campaign law and principle, and in view of the expressed proposals of High Hierophant Cass Sunstein, the slippery slope of censorship in this case is not a merely theoretical bug, but a feature. For Obama to complain about it now is worse than disingenuous.

I imagine that it is possible to craft campaign finance legislation that is constitutional, but McCain-Feingold is not that legislation. And any legislation that has side effects like those suffered by Citizens United is poorly crafted and effectually opposed to freedom of speech for all. And Gordon Duff of Veterans Today (which is likely incorporated) can bite me.

Kook Alan Disgrayson, who called Linda Robinson a K Street Whore, seems pretty upset that the 5 "Treasonous" Supremes have cut out the middle men, and inevitably Olby picks up the banalogy. How bad has it gotten? Disgrayson was verbally ass-raped by Chris Matthews yesterday, and Olby was meat-bagged by Jon Stewart.

Take a hint, douchebags.

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NYT Covers Chuckie Cheezed

"Mad King Charles is one of his most frequent, and most printable, Web nicknames".

I call him The Douche of URL, but William Teach has other suggestions.

Others covering the story. And as Stacy points out, Vanity Fair has apparently picked up internet Dexter-in-his-own-mind, Barrett Brown, whom I congratulate on the gig. Just for the record, Barrett: I warned you about Charles. But, hey, keep fucking that hockey stick.

In the long run, I think, you'll regret hitching your fortunes to a falling phaeton.

UPDATE: Patterico has much more.

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A Good Man is Hard to Find…

....if you're too freaking picky.

So there was a NYT article on this [and WaPo], and then the WSJ had a piece, so I guess it's safe for me to remark upon it.

I won't quote the stats, just want to pull out the "personal angle" to the column:

Rachel Downtain is a telecommunications project manager who says her friends would describe her as tall, slender, fit and active. Not someone you'd think would fail to find a mate. Yet, of late, Ms. Downtain has been sifting through sperm-donor Web sites. This is not her first choice for how to start a family, but at 35 she says she's quickly running out of options.
....
Understanding this change requires dipping into the personal. "I've found a lot of Mr. Almosts, but I can't find Mr. Right," Ms. Downtain says. "I've been dating forever. Where is he?" When she brings men back to her very nice, four-bedroom home, they often comment about her success. A few flat-out say they're uncomfortable with her salary advantage, education advantage (master's degree), or both. The final blow comes when she tells them about all her prominent volunteer work in the Kansas City area. "I'm being honest and telling them about my life, but I feel like I'm coming across as too good for them. That is never my intention."

Oh honey. So much wrong there.

Meep

Meep is a member of the Irish Catholic mafia, having a suspiciously high number of green-eyed, red-haired friends. While she doesn’t have red hair herself [except when she goes into the sun (rare for any vampire)], she does have green eyes. She’s a raving Papist and is a life actuary on the side [i.e., she counts dead people]. An amateur pain-in-the-ass [willing to go pro!], she likes covering retirement, mortality, math, and education issues.

Our TSA

Yesterday, it was reported that a TSA worker planted a bag of white powder in the luggage of a young woman as a practical joke in a training exercise. Oddly, she was not amused.

Earlier, I mentioned Michael Yon's detention, in handcuffs, by these yahoos, all because he wouldn't answer an impertinent question about his income. Two people subsequently posted from a TSA IP address to a Blackfive post on the same subject, claiming that Yon was lying.

We had Yon on The B-Cast to talk about his experience. Because we wanted to find out where things stood with the TSA, I submitted a FOI request on the 13th of this month:

I am a researcher for The B-Cast at Breitbart.tv. We're a daily news webcast: http://breitbart.tv/category/the-b-cast/

Eight days ago, we interviewed military blogger Michael Yon, who claims that he was detained at Sea-Tac by TSA employees and handcuffed when he refused to answer a question concerning his income. Subsequently, he was transferred to the custody of the Port Authority Police, whom he says were very professional, and who released him.

In the comments section of another miltary blog, it appears, judging from the fact that they posted from a TSA IP address, that two TSA employees contradicted Mr. Yon's account. http://www.blackfive.net/main/2010/01/dhs-comments-on-yon-post-.html

Mr. Yon has asked that the video of his interrogation be released. We would like to do a follow up to the story, and request the same. Please consider this a formal request for access to that information.

Thanks for your consideration,
Dan Collins
Hot Metal Media/ The B-Cast

Later that day, I got this communication:

Good afternoon Mr. Collins,

Could you provide your mailing address and telephone number?

Thank you,

Transportation Security Administration HQ (TSA)
Office of Special Counselor (OSC)
Freedom of Information Act Office (FOIA)
Main: 866.364.2872
Fax: 571.227.1406

No name. I sent them that information immediately, and since have not heard back. Yesterday, I emailed a gentle reminder, including all of the communications to present:

If you'd be so kind as to let me know where this stands, I'd appreciate it.

A name to attach to these communications would also be nice.

Thanks,
Dan Collins

Just thought I'd mention this, for documentary purposes, and because it seems that the best way to get attention from them is to post on a blog.

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Twenty-Six Cuban Mental Patients Dead

due to negligence during the cold snap, according to a human rights group. Heck, some of them may even have had mental illnesses. Obviously, this was due to the US's super-secret Coldwave â„¢ technology.

But you know what's really awful? Guantanamo's not closed, yet, due to Republican obstructionism.

Gee, you know what might be handy about now? $166 Billion.

The 2010 March for Life won't be much covered by the MSM. Life is good.

Fwank stiffs Fweddie up the Fannie: still can't do anything about multi-million dollar bonuses for their gigantically bailed out executives, apparently because it's not completely privately owned.

Rosa, she understand.

China denounces US infoperialism.

Climategate scandal expands, swallows more American "scientists" for hire.

"[T]hese are hard times to be a farmer." Should have gone into something more rewarding, I guess. Illinois insolvent.

Hot baseball prospect opts for priesthood.

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She Squashed Him

like a bug, and got probation.

She made noises, and almost went to prison.

It's a mad, mad world, full of strange contexts for strange decisions by demented people sitting in judgment.

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Russian Whistleblower Cop Arrested

He's the guy who had posted the YouTube piece about corruption, now charged with fraud and bribe-taking. Those things are likely as unrelated as the defeat of ObamaCare (in its present incarnation) and Air America announcing bankruptcy.

I'm f*ckin' dis custahd. Teh horror. Teh horror.

Obama: Fighting creates jobs

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Stimulus

One million dollars for Planned Parenthood to open in Fitchburg, MA.

Stacy wrote about it here, and Da Techguy here. More.

Still, not as large as the Super Abortion Center they're opening in Houseon.

Belated thanks to Smitty for touting my book.

Check out Photoship genius Carol's new venture, Mako Snark, and wish Sister Toldjah a happy birthday.

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Its Circle the wagons time at the O! corral

As other non-Hitlerian polling firms descend into nazi-esque Rasmussen territory, finally reflecting the buyers remorse that the public is feeling about President Obama after his first year in office; although Gallup attempts to bury it amongst data that they say is supportive of Obamacare. Both Gallup and PPP have Obamas underwater, although Gallup stresses the fact that his approval is still around 50%. But PPP doesn't try to guid the lily:

For the first time in Public Policy Polling’s monthly national surveys Barack Obama’s approval rating is in negative territory. 47% of voters in the country express unhappiness with the job he’s doing while 46% give him good marks. …

Obama’s health care plan continues to be part of his popularity problem. 49% of voters in the country are opposed to 40% in favor. Republicans are much stronger in their opposition than Democrats are in their support.
41% of voters say that Obama has lived up to their expectations while 49% think he has not. The biggest drop between his approval and the feeling that he’s met expectations is with independents.

And Cap'n Ed figures that his likeability is about all that is keeping O!  afloat:

Without his personal charm and charisma, Obama would likely already be in Bush territory on job approval, or close to it, even among the general adult population.  It’s not a big surprise, then, to see surveys of registered or likely voters putting Obama underwater...

Sure puts that Doris Kearns Goodwin rah-rah piece I linked to earlier in perspective, eh?  Amazing bit of timing how it's publishing coincides with the release of all the negative results in the wake of the Massachusettes vote.  But that's how it goes in the universe of Sorelian lies...

Isn't it terrible how so many of the President's former supporters are turning so racist these days?

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