March 11, 2005
Nope. UNC by 7. Shucks.
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Pity poor conservatives. They won't have Dan Rather to kick around anymore.
Obligatory Nixon reference. In 5248 AD, Democrats will still be bringing up Tricky Dick. Hey, I'm not fond of the guy. At least the right has the intellectual honesty to decry misdeeds by Republicans.
With dignity and grace, Rather said goodbye as CBS News anchor on March 9.
BUAHAHAHA! ::wiping tears from my eyes:: You might think that that would be the funniest line in the whole article, but you'd be wrong. On we go.
Was Dan Rather perfect? No. Did he make mistakes? Yes. But Dan Rather didn't deserve the nonstop barrage of attacks from intolerant right-wingers.
Because God knows that only intolerant right-wingers believe that attempting to foist forgeries onto the public is wrong. Maybe Bill can start a movement to canonize Dan.
The Media Research Center, for example, on its website, accuses Dan Rather of displaying an "outrageous" liberal bias. Their evidence?
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Or this one, last August: "The Republican convention opens in New York to renominate George W. Bush and showcase the party's quote 'moderate side.' Will voters buy it?"
If that's liberal bias, I'm an astronaut.
Hey Bill! How was the moon? But wait, there's more!
In both cases, Rather did nothing more than tell the truth.
You know what? I can't continue. I like science fiction and fantasy as much as the next guy, but there should be some semblance of logic in the storyline; there just isn't much here.
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1 pk Graham crackers
2 Vanilla instant pudding mix - (large boxes)
4 c Milk
1 lg Cool whip; (lrg container)
1/4 c cocoa; (1 in)
4 oz Butter or margarine; (1 in)
1 cn sweetened-condensed milk
Mix pudding and milk - stir as box directs. Add the Cool Whip. Place 15
cracker squares on the bottom of a 9 X 13-inch pan. Add 1/2 of the pudding
mix. Place another 15 crackers on top. Add the remaining pudding. Top with
another 15 crackers. Mix together cocoa, oleo or butter and the
can of sweetened condensed milk. Blend over heat until together. Place this
mixture on top of crackers. Refrigerate.
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March 10, 2005
Middle age: That time of life when the mirror gets even.
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March 09, 2005
Meryl also mentions a possible gathering of Richmond area bloggers for IEAPD: the sequel on March 19. I was looking forward to the possibility of actually meeting some others, but it looks like that day is fully booked with extended family activities, as we're throwing a baby shower for my niece.
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Bugmenot login/password: aaa@mailinator.com/password
Yes, the password is password.
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March 08, 2005
Powerline makes some amusing statements about the Kinsley/Estrich dustup. Excerpt:
Kinsley is an extremely clever liberal who almost always has something interesting to say. Estrich is just a liberal.
If Kurtz's account is accurate, then Estrich has been trying to force her way onto the L.A. Times' op-ed page by threatening Kinsley. Becoming ever more shrill as Kinsley declined to buckle under, she eventually claimed that Kinsley's illness (he suffers from Parkinson's) is affecting his brain, judgment and ability to do his job. Estrich also compared Kinsley to Harvard president Lawrence Summers, but the comparison is unfair. Unlike Summers, Kinsley is apparently capable of standing up to angry feminists.
Mheh.
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"There's a 5-year-old child here," Mirabelli said. "Imagine how a child feels when your father says he feels emotionally damaged by your birth."
Imagine how he feels about finding out he had a child conceived by hummer.
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March 07, 2005
Many correspondents ask why I haven't rushed to join in the condemnation of the FEC's move to shut down the blogs. Answer: I have been teaching the First Amendment for a decade, and it isn't going to happen because it would be patently and obviously unconstitutional to classify the content of a political blog --which is essentially a cyber-newspaper-- as within the purview of the FEC.
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I think the conversation was useful, but not nearly as important as some think. Commissioner Smith's a very smart guy, and he got what he probably set out to get: An early warning to the FEC staff that it is silly beyond words to attempt such a thing. And blatantly unconstitutional.
Professor Hewitt probably uttered the following words a couple of years back:
I have been teaching the First Amendment for a decade, and McCain-Feingold isn't going to happen because it would be patently and obviously unconstitutional to limit what and when groups can say during an election season. Remember five little words: "Congress shall make no law..."
Whew. I feel so much better now knowing that Congress and SCOTUS would never pass and uphold such a law. Would they?
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March 04, 2005
"What about brain-stem babies? What if the child was severely deformed, to the point that it had absolutely no prospect for ever living a normal life? Doesn't the child's quality of life factor into this?"It could. But then, by the same principle, you'd euthanize Alzheimer's patients, people who were severely disfigured in fires or car accidents, and quite likely, Stephen Hawking. Do you also advocate doing that?
He paused for barely a moment, then smiled triumphantly and played his trump card. "What if your daughter was raped and got pregnant?"
I would be furious, vindictive, and very troubled and sad. It would be extremely difficult. But you know, under American law, we do not execute children for the crimes of their fathers.
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When you were growing up, did you ever have a really hot, young teacher that you fantasized about endlessly. Okay, stop lying; we know that you did. Anyway, this woman is soooo not that girl.
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Oh, and in case I forgot to mention it: blow me.
Assholes.
Update: The Puppy Blender has a link to a radio station in Texas that is willing to credential any blogger that applies as a journalist for that station. Good on 'em for sticking their fingers in the eye of our lord and masters elected leaders who want us to bow down and bend over at their whim who aren't that thrilled when we point out that they are all as useless as tits on a bull. No offense intended to any bovine hermaphrodites.
Update: Captain Ed is far more eloquent in his open letter to the Senate and forgoing the use of blue language that I employed above. It's all worth reading, of course, but the following caught my eye:
The effect of this would have been to force me to shut down my blog, or convert it to something else. In fact, it would have caused me less legal heartache to convert my site to a porn blog and do nothing but post hard-core pictures all day long. In the twisted environment of the McCain-Feingold Act, that kind of website would enjoy greater First Amendment protection than my political speech, a result for which every single Senator should feel shame and outrage.
From my rant above: Since I don't hear any rumbling that porn/bestiality/snuff film sites need regulating...
It's a good day for me when Ed Morrisey espouses the same opinion that I do. Captain Ed may not be as happy with this turn of events.
Update: Check in at Redstate to keep abreast of the latest developments in this saga.
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March 03, 2005
COCK: “Well, I can’t presume to speak for the White House, but were it up to me, I’d slap myself across Frank Lautenberg’s stupid face a couple of times, then challenge that wizened old fruit to a pissing contest. Because at least that would serve the purpose of cutting right to the chase, don’t you think? But on a practical level, I’d suggest to those Senators pushing for an investigation into the backgrounds of White House reporters that they’d better be careful what they wish for. Or pretty soon you’ll hear Drudge pushing a WorldNetDaily story of Helen Thomas’ 1977 fling with Billy Jean King, complete with what would likely be the most horrific pictures ever to be posted publically.”
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For a modern analogue, albeit a broad and inexact one, you could be worried about the SCOTUS decision on the death penalty. It upended laws concerning the execution of juvies because five judges didnÂ’t much like the law, and were alarmed to find it was out of step with the direction of the drift of the emanations of the penumbra of several judicial decisions in Europe. IÂ’m not all that keen on the death penalty; I think it lets them off the hook. I want killers to die in jail, alone, forgotten, with their last meal consisting of steak-flavored mush and Sanka. But the reasonings donÂ’t seem based in that pesky Constitution itself, and the very idea of using foreign law as some sort of guide for American law unnerves me as much as it angers me. I know: letÂ’s use Iranian law to settle the constitutionality of divorce, right now. Someone bring a case.
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ThereÂ’s a certain mindset that sees Janet JacksonÂ’s wardrobe malfunction and sees no problem; thereÂ’s another that sees a dank crude stupid S&M routine at the Superbowl and groups it with a flash of teat on a cable movie. I donÂ’t want either group setting the standards. Think of it this way: broadcast TV and radio is the front porch; cable and movies and satellite radio is the living room with the curtains down. We can all censure the man who stands on his own porch and moons the world while employing the full panoply of English cursewords. We have no business parting the curtains to see if heÂ’s in the comfy chair reading Henry Miller.
Might be time for me to re-read Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer whilst I still can.
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Once upon a time there was a female brain cell which by mistake happened to end up in a man's head. She looked around nervously but it was all empty and quiet. "Hello?" she cried, but no answer.
"Is there anyone here?" she cried a little louder, but still no answer.
Now the female brain cell started to feel alone and scared and yelled at the top of her voice HELLO, IS THERE ANYONE HERE?"
Then she heard a very faint voice from far, far away..."We're down here."
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In Schwartz's book, serious decision-makers are largely divided into two broad groups: Maximizers and Satisficers. (Awkward as the latter word is, it was needed and you get used to it.)Satisficers are people who have high standards, but once those standards have been met, they decide and act and don't look back.
Maximizers, however, are committed to finding the best -- the best quality, the best features, the best price.
I'm a satisficer in almost everything. For instance, I can only wear cotton, linen, silk, or acrylic, and have to avoid wool and polyester. So when I'm looking for sweaters, most of them aren't acceptable. I won't "make do" with a sweater that will make me break out in a rash.
However, once I've found a sweater made of the right stuff, in my size, at a price I can afford, and with a shape and color that I want to wear, I simply buy it and stop looking for more. I don't care if I see a similar sweater later at a lower price; I won't even notice, because I'm not looking any more.
Satisficers can be fussy; but, once they make a choice, they're done. They move on.
Maximizers, however, are never done. Because they are committed to making the best possible choice, they can never say "good enough" and move on. Instead, they put off their decision longer and longer, constantly looking for even better possibilities.
And when they do make a choice, they still keep looking, inwardly beating themselves up over their choice whenever they find one that might have been better.
Maximizers are never satisfied because no matter what they choose, they can find a reason why their choice was wrong and they've somehow failed.
And now the dreaded words: vomit-flavored jellybeans read it all.
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March 01, 2005
What do you call a medical student who graduates last in his class? This guy. Excerpt:
World's Shortest Attention Span
A New York City jury in January awarded $450,000 in damages to a professional dancer whose career was ended in 2001 after surgery by Dr. Andrew Feldman at St. Vincent's Hospital. In a pre-op meeting, the dancer described the discomfort in his right knee, and Dr. Feldman wrote a large "X" on the spot of the pain, but 20 minutes later, he mistakenly cut into the man's until-then-healthy left knee. [New York Post, 1-21-05]
How you know that you've really pissed off Santa:
In other freakish news, today(my birthday), March 1, is . . . . . National Pig Day and Peanut Butter Lover's Day.
Some models in Thailand were fined for having their chests massaged. I'm not certain that I see what the problem is.
Okay, I get that dogs are a man's best friend, but a spouse?
Heh. I think a lot of schoolboys will find this story interesting. Girls' locker room, here we come!
Moose receives assertiveness training. Ookkaaayyyy.
A law student passes the class that allows him to graduate. On the 40th attempt. I think the government already has a position ready for him.
Kind of gives new meaning to the expression, "Oh shit!"
Proof that natural selection doesn't always work. Moron.
A little eye candy. Because I can.
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