This one has some truthiness. [link] And the comments are priceless!
The rest of it baffles me.
Bunch of wanna blessed-bes. Nowadays every girl with a henna tattoo and a spice rack thinks she's a sister to the dark ones.
Willow ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
aurelia - Sep 13, 2009 10:59:27 am PDT #8451 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Jessica - Sep 13, 2009 11:05:33 am PDT #8452 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"Hey Barry ... Show U.S. your smallpox vaccination." [link] Is this a birther thing?
My mind went straight to X-Files, so I'm going to assume it's a birther with a very tenuous grasp of the meaning of the word "alien."
Allyson - Sep 13, 2009 11:09:29 am PDT #8453 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Did anyone who is not white attend that rally?
Those poor kids. They're really not going to do well in the world when they grow up, they're being raised to be completely shunned by the rest of society. I think most kids growing up now don't really "get" racism or homophobia in the same way my generation does. Or, I could be writing this from my safe enclave of Los Angeles, in my blue state Hollyweird Librul comfort.
Jesse - Sep 13, 2009 11:32:54 am PDT #8454 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Well, it's not like people didn't put a Hitler mustache etc. on GWB as well... [link] And I don't think he was actually a Nazi either.
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Allyson - Sep 13, 2009 11:36:21 am PDT #8455 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Oh yeah, that's totally true. The hitler thing makes me insane, hyperbole-wise.
§ ita § - Sep 13, 2009 11:37:12 am PDT #8456 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think most kids growing up now don't really "get" racism or homophobia in the same way my generation does. Or, I could be writing this from my safe enclave of Los Angeles, in my blue state Hollyweird Librul comfort.
Pessimistically I think you are, although I have no evidence to support that.
And I don't think he was actually a Nazi either
Do you have proof of that? Hmm? Hmm?
It is statistically improbable that Federer will win this match. Djokovic can beat him, and it's just too much for Roger to keep winning. That having been said, I hope I didn't just jinx him.
But I never think he will win. I always hope he will, but I never expect it.
Laura - Sep 13, 2009 11:46:15 am PDT #8457 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
It is likely statistically improbable that Federer has won as many as he has already, what's one more?
tommyrot - Sep 13, 2009 11:50:33 am PDT #8458 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Well, it's not like people didn't put a Hitler mustache etc. on GWB as well... [link] And I don't think he was actually a Nazi either.
But I think the current craziness on the right far exceeds the craziness of the left when GWB was in office. Plus there is no left-wing equivalent of Fox news when it comes to audience size. Plus Obama has done nothing comparable to creating fake evidence to justify a war of choice. Plus Obama won in a landslide and is merely trying to implement the platform he ran on, whereas GWB ran as a moderate Republican and instead implemented a far-right platform.
Sorry, but the "both sides do it" argument bugs me to some extent.
Jesse - Sep 13, 2009 11:58:39 am PDT #8459 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, absolutely. I just think the individual crazy pictures aren't the best evidence of the current craziness on the far right.
Burrell - Sep 13, 2009 11:58:49 am PDT #8460 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Congratulations Nilly! I hope you have a wonderful wedding.
Sorry, but the "both sides do it" argument bugs me to some extent.
Me too. Did you see the Glen Greenwald essay comparing the right wing treatment of Obama to their treatment of Clinton? A very useful reminder.