Future Dystopias Where The Liberals Have Won (23)
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The Republican Party is gathering in St. Paul, to put forth its vision of the future. And over the next few days, you'll be hearing a lot about the horrendous futures that could take shape if gormless liberals were allowed to run the show. Which makes us wonder: what does science fiction, the literature of the future, have to say about liberal-run dystopias? And it turns out, there are plenty of horrendous futures blighted by ...
Sarah Palin speaks (1)
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Here are the excerpts of Governor Palin's speech that have been released in advance of its delivery tonight. This should be good; we may be on the verge of some kind of catharsis: On her experience as a public servant: "I had the privilege of living most of my life in a small town. I was just your average hockey mom, and signed up for the PTA because I wanted to make my kids’ public ...
DEMOCRATS, FEMINISTS, AND HYPOCRISY (1)
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More Cartoons by Dana Summers The Anchoress has a comprehensive roundup of Palinsanity.Victor Davis Hanson has this to say about Palin this morning:Much has been written why Palin both brings strength to the McCain ticket and is a gamble at the same time. Why then the growing wave of popular sentiment in her favor?Various reasons, but one I think is that millions of Americans are simply tired of being lectured at by smug elites. Jetting ...
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Alexander Williams said:
If she can beat off the frothing Newsweek/MSNBC/New York Times inbred rabid wolves, and do it with the grace she has shown so far, she will fill a deep yearning among Americans for someone like her. A lot of Americans, if they watch reality shows, prefer truckers on ice or Bering Sea crab fishing to endless psychodramas of thirty-something suburban whiners.
Newt Sets 'Em Straight (2)
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There's no one better than Newt Gingrich at his best. In this interview with an MSNBC (the "Let's Go Democrats!" network) reporter, just after the convention concluded last night, Newt responds to the reporter's claim that "[Sarah Palin's] resume is not something we're familiar seeing with presidential candidates:" Pow! To comment on this post, go here.
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Alexander Williams said:
Newt Gingrinch always amuses me when I listen to him talk. Plus, he doesn't make me feel insulted by him, which puts him head and shoulders above most of the human tick class.
America's Most Nervous Teenager (3)
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Any 18-year-old in the position of Levi Johnston must dread more than anything his encounter with his girlfriend's father--here, the very formidable Todd Palin. But Johnston's worries didn't end there. He arrived in Minneapolis today with the Palin family and received this greeting: Actually, the kid seems to have a lot of guts. No doubt what's happening is a lot more than he bargained for, but it looks like tonight he will be introduced, or ...
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Alexander Williams said:
Gotta say, this kid has balls. I mean, we already know he HAS scrotae that function, but you know.
A Friendly Reminder From Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema (1)
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ROM Does Not Fuck Around. ROM: Spaceknight #36. Believe it.
Myths and Facts About 19th Century Chinese Immigrants to the US: (3)
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Some recent correspondence I had with a colleague about Chinese immigration to the U.S. in the 19th century prompted this post. There has been some great historical work on the Chinese immigrants in the last few decades, but it's difficult to overcome the myths propagated for decades by labor unions and their academic apologists. My article Lochner, Parity, and the Chinese Laundry Cases, can be found here. Myth: The Chinese were "coolies," which means that ...
Sheriff Lott's New Toy (2)
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The Richland County, South Carolina Sheriff's Department (that's them above) just obtained an armored personnel carrier, complete with a belt-fed, .50-cal turreted machine gun. Sheriff Leon Lott has charmingly named the vehicle "The Peacemaker," and insists that using a caliber of ammunition that even the U.S. military is reluctant to use against human targets (it's generally reserved for use against armored vehicles) will "save lives."Can we call this overkill, yet? Is there any weapon people ...
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Alexander Williams said:
Er, can I go to work for Richland, SC's SWAT now? I just had a technophillic boner.
Video: Preteen Girl, Assault Rifle Master | Danger Room from Wired.com (6)
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Personally, I Preferred Airlock As A VP Choice [Political Science (fiction)] (43)
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Yes, yes, we get it already: the Republican Prez/Veep ticket looks just like Colonel Tigh and President Roslin from Battlestar Galactica. In what is either a sign that BSG has achieved cultural critical mass or that at least one of the two Republican nominees to office is actually an alcoholic robot, the similarities between the two pairs seemed to be one of the most common commentaries about McCain's choice of Sarah Palin for Vice President ...
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Gangles said:
Tigh/Roslin? How 'bout Obama/Adama.
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aaron said:
I just registered tighroslin08.com ;-)
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Stolee said:
This is rather LOL-worthy. I love being a nerd.
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Matt Pierson said:
hahahahahaha
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Michaelk said:
Actually, if McCain's a Cylon that really explains a lot.
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Alexander Williams said:
You know, if Palin's the Roslin of the ticket, that might mean some bad guys'll go out the airlock and she's willing to connive and manipulate without limit. I might back this after all.
Did Bob Barr Already Win Texas? (4)
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His campaign says both the Democrats and Republicans missed the filing deadline to put their presidential candidates on the ballot. It’s a near-certainty that they’ll be given a mulligan. And that, Barr’s campaign correctly explains, is the problem. Over the past several decades, Libertarians have spent millions of dollars, filed countless numbers of lawsuits while being sued countless numbers of times over their right to be on the ballot. Thousands of people have put in ...
Space Pirates And Sex Mechas: The Best Scifi Hentai Without Tentacles [NSFW] [Scifi Hentai] (1)
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This green-haired alien girl can rip your clothes off AND make you super-horny with just a strobe-flash of her eyes. Some people think science fiction hentai porn is all about tentacle monsters, but they're dead wrong. There are mad scientists who transform women into super-evolved sex-monsters, androids who need human sperm to upgrade their firmware, and women who ride naked on the shoulders of giant robots. Here's our complete guide to the worlds of science ...
In Praise of Evolvable Systems (8)
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I met with a colleague recently who wants to take his project and create a standard on the web that actually gets adopted. We talked for a long time, and when we finished up I pointed him at a paper that had a huge impact on me, called “In Praise of Evolvable Systems” by Clay Shirky. This paper was written a long time ago in the ancient year of 1996 by the web’s timeline, but ...
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Bill said:
Clay Shirky is da man.
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Alexander Williams said:
Clay Shirky, aware of the power of evolvable systems since ... ever.
The Temple of Obama (1)
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Reuters reports that "Barack Obama's big speech on Thursday night will be delivered from an elaborate columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple." John McCormack posts a photograph of the stage under construction here. The Political Inquirer visualizes the scene below. JOHN adds: A McCain staffer asked, upon seeing a news report about Obama's temple, "Is this from the Onion?" To comment on this post, go here.
Would An Obama Justice Department Be Used to Prosecute Conservatives? (2)
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We noted here efforts by Barack Obama's campaign to shut down his critics' free speech. In particular, Obama obviously doesn't want the public to know about his long-term, cozy relationship with proud-to-be-a-terrorist Bill Ayers. Now, Obama himself has upped the ante by demanding that the conservative who funded the Ayers ad be criminally prosecuted: Obama general counsel Bob Bauer today sent a second, sharper letter to the Justice Department, directly attacking the Dallas billionaire funding ...
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Alexander Williams said:
You know, it seems to me that transparently calling for a critic to be prosecuted is a tactically bad idea. They said if we were to consider nominating a black man for the highest office in the land that political activists would be threatened, and they were right!
Steph Laberis (1)
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I got a bunch of great portfolio books at Comic Con this year. One of the most charming, Don’t Flash the Octopus, (never enough octopi!) came from emerging concept artist and illustrator Steph Laberis. Her work is funny and cute with just the right amount of sass. Although completely digital, the illusion of cut paper is right on. I love the mix of textures and the attention to the edges. To see more of her ...
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You already saw Google Chrome's humorous about:internets Easter egg, but reader nettleman points out that Chrome's got several special about: pages that reveal all sorts of interesting information about what's going behind the scenes. Here's the full list, with screenshots. about:memory about:stats about:network about:internets about:histograms about:dns about:cache about:plugins about:version Update: Mawin adds that you can also go to two special pages on a per-site basis. view-cache:[URL] shows you some under-the-hood cache details, and view-cache:[URL] shows ...Shared by AaronTN (25) Abhishek (11) Adam (7) Alexander Williams (16) alphakamp (21) Amir (8) Andrés Milleiro (25) angus (5) AnilG (13) Bill Mensch (2) bkim (2) Brad Brooks (9) Bwana (62) charlie anzman (90) Chris (1) Christian Santos (59) ckaroli (45) Craig (18) DarkBls (61) David Givens (5) DC (6) DigitalMike (55) Dino (5) Emmett (15) Eric (39) federico silva (5) fesja (11) G. (26) ghosttie (18) Harold (20) Herb G (4) HokieGeek (25) imabonehead (40) jccamus (15) Jonathan (5) Jose (5) JPowers (13) Kevin De Mulder (24) kidmarmite (26) kleinmatic (15) Kwasi (121) Larry Osterman (7) lmjabreu (25) lnewcomer (10) Lou (3) marcel weiß (10) marcosvicente2005 (4) Marcus Danillo (10) Melkir (2) Mike (8) Mone (6) Myk OLeary (4) NeonDemon (39) Nickname unavailable (2) nikan (37) Oneiros (17) Pat (53) rawwell (6) richtannehill (27) rOckY (122) Rudi (22) rutawa (21) ryan.capote (67) sammy (6) Seth G (34) Shankar Ganesh (37) Shelton (46) Siddharth (2) SPE825 (4) spsneo (8) Sridhar Katakam (18) Stephan Ainley (14) Stuart F (10) thr33 (23) tim (8) Tim Bertram (2) Tommy (2) Vincent van Wylick (17) wcaw (48) webe (1) Wei (27) yellowchilli (7) yojibee (8) yoni (6) zer0ck (78) Zoram (19) zoso (11) 異塵行者 (20)xkcd.com (702) permalink
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Depending on your point of view, this video is either an example of the planet's worst parenting... or its best. (Good shot: AR)Shared by Alexander Williams (16) Chris Colón (23) CJ Alexander (28) Dave Bullock / eecue (4) eugene (13) JR A (2)
