What we've become

Suck on that, you flag waving motherfuckers. Not like you give a damn, and why should you? Just because it's true.

Foreigners are funny: Colorado

Wow. We've got personalized plates here in Washington; over two dozen if I recall correctly. But the idea of the law authorizing a plate allowing the person who came up with the idea to terminate it if they don't like how they're being used boggles my mind. Wouldn't that normally be, like, up to the legislature or the state licensing agency? Since when do you grant legislative/executive authority to an individual outside state government?

Plus, this woman is a whack job. She got the state to create a breast-cancer related plate that says "support", "encourage" and "committed to a cure." Currently, the fees only make money for the state highway department. Now that it's been changed to raise some money to actually help people who have breast cancer, she's pissed off and wants to cancel it? Err...

"They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter"

Jimmy Carter leaves the Southern Baptist Church. I think Jimmy is a good man, but he is also a shrewd politician, and he may see a role for himself in the middle east, where both major religions need bullshit called on their treatment of women. And when you point a finger, three point back at you.

Offensive Re-headlining of the Week

"Girl Can't Handle Giant Wiener"

Down The Memory Hole

You don't own copies of 1984 and Animal Farm. You have never owned copies of 1984 and Animal Farm.

Ad of the Week

Nice. She's going to have to open wider than that!

"Message Bearer"

Oh shit; I think all you Niven/Pournelle fans out there know what THIS means.

Epic Fail!

$150,000 damage to his employer's tractor? DUI and leaving the scene charges are the least of this guy's worries. Nicely done!

Reagan on Torture

A fine Quote of the Day nominee.

Quote of the Day

"We are America! I don't give a rat's ass if it helps. We are AMERICA! We do not fucking torture! We don't do it."

-- Shephard Smith

"Why is programming fun?"

An excellent answer to a good question. I read The Mythical Man-Month 26 years ago for seminar my freshman year in college. Still got it on my bookshelves, I know exactly where it is, and I may just have to take it down again soon.

"Don't judge a book by its cover"

A lovely reminder to us all.

COON RIDER!!!

Fighting for justice in a post-apocalyptic urban wasteland!

Quote of the Day

"If I'm corrupt, it's because I take care of my district..." Yes, possibly not exactly what his attorney would've wanted him to say.