A Tale from Donkeypuncher

Old Men! There's No Need to Feel Down!

It's funny.

The Blog | Cenk Uygur: What Rep. Virgil Goode Said About Jews | The Huffington Post

The Blog | Cenk Uygur: What Rep. Virgil Goode Said About Jews | The Huffington Post:

"If American citizens don't wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Jews elected to office ... I fear that in the next century we will have many more Jews in the United States if we do not adopt the strict immigration policies that I believe are necessary to preserve the values and beliefs traditional to the United States of America."

Just replace Muslim with Jews, and that is actually what that bigoted pig said.

That's BS

Some Marketplace Downloads Already On Disc? - Kotaku:

And the case against microtransactions mounts. Industrious NeoGAF poster "a master Ninja" has done a little digging and uncovered just how big some of the "downloads" are over the XBL marketplace for useless shit like Viva Piñata accessory packs. I say "downloads" because, well, you're not really downloading much at all. From the size of these files, it's clear you're just downloading a key that unlocks content already present on the disc. Content that you've already paid for by paying for the disc.

He then goes on to cite the well reviewed Viva Piñata (not linked to not support this douchery) as an example of a game where you've paid your $50 for the game, and the only thing you get for 320 gamer points is accessory packs that were all ready on the disc when you brought it home.

SaveTheInternet.com

Their newest commercial on Net Neutrality

Uh yeah, way to uh... marry well

First ladies will be golden in new coins - U.S. Business - MSNBC.com:

For the first time, the U.S. Mint is dedicating a series of coins to the accomplishments of women — the nation’s first ladies.

It's amazing what you learn

O.J. Publisher Was Fired For Alleged Slur, News Corp. Says Judith Regan Made Anti-Semitic Remarks During Phone Conversation - CBS News:

An industry force since the 1980s, when she produced best-sellers by Drew Barrymore and Kathie Lee Gifford for Simon & Schuster, Regan has been labeled a "foul-mouthed tyrant" and the "enfant terrible of American publishing." She is also widely envied — if not admired — for her gift of attracting attention to her books and to herself.

When you relentlessly cyber-stalk someone. (Ok, ok, it's just a few Google News Alerts, but hey, now I know that Judith Regan was the producer of Little Girl Lost.)

Please be true

Posh to be Cruise's alien bride

Britain's Daily Star newspaper reports that the wife of football star David Beckham has apparently been lined up to play the alien bride in The Thetan - based on the religion, which believes in alien life forms.

The Daily Star reported that Victoria - who Cruise has described as a "comic genus" - is said to be "thrilled" about getting her big Hollywood break.

A source told the Daily Star: "Victoria is really hoping to make a go of it in Hollywood...

Cruise - who is bankrolling the project himself after it was rejected by all the major film studios - is said to have picked Victoria for the role after being impressed by her "comic genius".

Daily Drew

The, er, other side of Drew at the We Are Marshall premiere.

The jokes... they write themselves.

Hunt Wins a Ring

Mississippi State commitment Mike Hunt served double duty for the Franklin County Bulldogs this past season. After a mid afternoon tilt against North State champ Nettleton, Hunt and Franklin County are the last ones standing in Mississippi's 3A classification.

Plug

Gossip blog A Socialite's Life is running ads from some clothing company all December. The ads have caught my eye a couple of times because of the seemingly great prices in the ads.

This ad caught my eye for a different reason.


Pure sex -- much like this

One for the resume

MCP, CCNA, 12 years experience, oh and I was Time's Person of the Year for 2006. Of course, so were you, so its not all that cool. In fact its pretty freaking stupid.

Who are these people? Seriously, who actually sits down after a long day at work and says, I'm not going to watch Lost tonight. I'm going to turn on my computer and make a movie starring my pet iguana? I'm going to mash up 50 Cent's vocals with Queen's instrumentals? I'm going to blog about my state of mind or the state of the nation or the steak-frites at the new bistro down the street? Who has that time and that energy and that passion?

The answer is, you do. And for seizing the reins of the global media, for founding and framing the new digital democracy, for working for nothing and beating the pros at their own game, TIME's Person of the Year for 2006 is you.

That's wonderful, you think viral videos and memes are the trend of the year. I wouldn't argue with you, so how hard is it to find a representative of this trend? How about Youtube founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley? Ok billionaires are not representative of the trend. How about a user? Let's go with Macaca himself, S.R. Sidarth, There's a user who almost singlehandedly changed the balance of power in the US Senate. Nope none of that though, they chose me, and I proudly accept the award for Time's Person of the Year.

How to win in Iraq

How to win in Iraq

But a young captain serving in Iraq's violent Al Anbar Province has offered a simple explanation of what the problem was in Iraq and how to solve it. Among his observations is the importance of having a moustache in Iraq.

In a military known for its sleep-inducing, graphically dizzying PowerPoint presentations, the young captain's presentation, which has been unofficially circulating through the ranks, stands out. Using stick figures and simple language, it articulates the same goal as the president's in Iraq.

The creator of this PowerPoint presentation, "How to Win in Al Anbar," was Capt. Travis Patriquin.

But Patriquin will not see victory in Iraq. He was killed by the same improvised explosive device that killed Maj. Megan McClung of the Marine Corps last Wednesday.

Patriquin had fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. A gifted officer, he spoke numerous languages, including Arabic.

"How to Win in Al Anbar" may not make it to the desk of the president, but maybe it should.

The presentation

Protip: "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play."

Richard Marx will pwn your ass

Chicagoist: Richard Marx Wants You to Know Chicagoist Is Wrong:


Sometimes, in the world of blogging, mistakes are made. In the rush to publish, we obscure the occasional fact and allow our less-than-reliable memories to run away with the truth.



Cute email exchange between Chicagoist and Richard Marx.

via Perdita

Daily Drew

On the set of Music and Lyrics

Deadspin: "That's why they don't call him Feelings Johnson"

Tackle facing 6 gun charges on ChicagoSports.com:
Do not judge Tank Johnson yet. Well hell, judge him all you want, but dude's name is Tank. You think a guy named Tank might be into guns?



I dunno, what do you think?

That's sweet.

I do whatever McSey says for me to do. So here. - Pearl Fang - by Pearl:

He had never kissed anyone besides his mother and her. He had dived for the golden sack only because he wanted to impress her. He sometimes looked in the mirror for hours at a time, making faces, tensing muschles, winking, smiling, puckering.

Book:Everything is Illuminated
Author: Jonathatn Safran Foer

ecto test

It seems I've used this software before, but I want something that works with Blogger Beta. BlogThis and a bunch of other tools I've used forever got broken by my foolish switch to Blogger Beta, so let's try one I've all ready discarded.


Update, well it seems to post some stuff. The tags are Technorati rather Blogger labels, but I'll live.

Technorati Tags: Meta

Johnny White's: They Never Closed

Radley Balko's visit to Johnny White's a New Orleans bar that stayed open throughout Katrina.

It's here

Finally!

White Dolphin extinct

China's white dolphin called extinct after 20 million years

The white dolphin known as baiji, shy and nearly blind, dates back some 20 million years. Its disappearance is believed to be the first time in a half-century, since hunting killed off the Caribbean monk seal, that a large aquatic mammal has been driven to extinction.

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