Favorite poster from NR's "The Corner"

ok not the corner red state still big blog lolz within http://youtu.be/RbkwPtqWtxU

From a $100 donor:

My Democrat bosses hate that I surf to NRO every lunch hour. This donation will really tick them off. Keep up the good work.

hopefully the bosses use opendns b/c I added some categories for NRO such as tasteless, humor, hate speech :)

Anonymous [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

The piece we published today on the devastating effects of pornography has kept a steady stream of e-mails coming into my inbox. Some telling devastating tales. Some confessions. Some adamant defenses of pornography from frequent users. Some cries for help.

Please feel free to keep them coming. I'll report back here before too long.

Good night for now.

03/31 11:52 PMShare

hahaha;fa;fhj;dfhasdufhsdpuaf more please

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MzQ2NGE3YmJlYmQ1ZmQ3OTQyM2U0ZjY1MTExNWM0YWY=

"Do we even talk?"

The royal we, I assume.

Also what's with the clown who says he can't have a beer with the boys after work anymore. I realize the Church is cracking down and all but even so...

Also, masculinity is severely constrained and diminished in the modern world. We don't compete, don't fight, don't hunt, our sports are corrupted by money and odd socioeconomic factors that increase the psychic distance between fan and participant, you can't have a beer with the boys after work anymore. There are women everywhere, each one a potential problem; there is NO male world, and very little male life left. Even commenting privately to another guy about a woman's appearance is risky, as half the men are self-appointed Protectors of Approved Social Norms. Women don't really need us anymore and the partnership doesn't seem as equal as it used to; every guy is 1 lawyer away from losing half of what he has and most of what he'll have in the future. Infidelity? Most men can't afford it.

On the flip side of all this is a barbaric ghetto culture that most men want no part of and likely doesn't exist outside of hip hop and the NBA.

i know lol like "how can i now blame black ppl for this hmmm"

this is the most pathetic shit i've ever read:

But I can only do without it about 6 months. Then the urge to look at pornography overwhelms me, and I spend a few weeks seeking and looking—sensations are more intense, more pleasurable . . . then I feel shamed and throw it all away.

And then 6 months later, I seek out the same pornography I saw before, to rebuild "my collection." It has been an endless cycle.

I'd be dishonest, however, if I didn't explain: Prayer hasn't helped one bit. 25 years of prayer didn't make even a minor dent. Church hasn't helped. Confession hasn't helped.

Maturity has weakened the cycle, but not destroyed it.

I'm hoping this last time *will* be the *last* time.

oh come on this is more pathetic

Kathryn,

Like many men I know, I became addicted to pornography as a young man, and my addiction continued into my marriage. I thank God that I never accepted it as normal and always fought it, always felt ashamed of it. The best thing I ever did, as hard as it was, was to admit my problem to my wife. She is an amazing woman, and her reaction to my telling her was even more than I hoped for. I kicked the addiction because she was willing to help me and help hold me accountable. She may be unusual in her reaction and love, but I doubt it. I suspect that any married man in the same position would be amazed at how loving and helpful his wife would be if he could find the courage to reach out to her for help. I implore you married men with an addiction to porn to confess your problem to your wife. I know how ashamed and embarrassed you feel. Please get her involved. She loves you, and she will help you.

Rogermexico, how dare you make fun of Jesse James that way.

Kathryn,

I finally broke the cycle by taping a small picture of you to my monitor.

Yours in christ,

xpost bwaha (though it works both ways)

I guess I should concede that might not be nearly as pathetic as it sounds if "her reaction" was... more interesting than I'm giving credit for?

Since I gave up porn my sex life with my wife has improved greatly. She’s pregnant with our third child. . .

Hahahaha dude your sex life is over.

First off, my wife and I have no children We married seven years ago, after dating for about four years.

The first thing my wife decided, after we married, was to make me the sole breadwinner, drop out of the regular workforce, and pursue her assorted entrepreneurial interests, I didn't get a say in this decision.

Seven years on, I am still the sole breadwinner, she's still pursuing her journey of entrepreneurial self-discovery, and I have lost a lot of respect for her. I've let her know what effect her decision is having on me. No matter. She has her hooks in, she has a roof, heat, food, water, etc., so it seems all the one to her. For myself, her behavior so disgusts me, I really don't even want to touch her.

I use porn for relief. I don't think I'm particularly addicted. Certainly I feel nothing like the urges described in the article you referenced. Oddly enough, porn might be what keeps us from being a statistic.

Tell you one thing: I'll never marry again. As far as I'm concerned, most women just want a way to get out of the rat race and live a life of bonbons and Oprah. After marriage, the guy can watch all the porn he wants, as long as the lower levels of Maslov's hierarchy are supplied.

I'm sure the mileage varies, but that's my take.

what. the. hell. jesus christ people are pent up.

dude: "i just read an article about porn. i think i'll write a letter to kathryn jean lopez about how much i hate my lazy cunt wife."

k-lo: "here's a very thoughtful letter about some selfish bitch and what she did to a fine man, to the corner post haste!!"

lol goole

Yeah, I think for a second maybe K-Lo forgot what a lot of conservative men are like before she asked for them to write in.

this is amazing too

Tell you one thing: I'll never marry again

it's like he ate a bad piece of sushi or something

my friend, you are still married, are you not?

if k-lol were responsible, she'd find this woman and WARN HER

There are women everywhere, each one a potential problem

The first thing my wife decided, after we married, was to make me the sole breadwinner,

I'm tired, so I read "Sotomayor" for "the sole breadwinner."

"you be Sotomayor, I'll be Alito/let's make lots of money"

http://www.russiablog.org/pet-shop-boys.jpg

http://markrileymedia.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/justice_alito_official.jpg

this is pretty lol:

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/04/study-claiming-link-between-stimulus.html
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDZkMWM1ZGY4NzU3OWY4ZWRmMzM1MDY5NWI3ZTQzMjU=
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/04/veronique-de-rugy-responds-to-critique.html

silver's response to

How much of a bias? I don’t know. Let’s not forget that my take on the data has always been the following: The regression analysis shows that district’s party representation matters. However, I cannot say how much it matters compared to other factors (such as the formula used by different agencies).

I feel like that's the best political exchange I've seen in years, and one of the first to really make me think that there is actually some hope for rational political discourse in this country.

Which is weird, considering how de Rugy has been one of the most batshit Cornerites.

i suspect when they get drawn out of their little grotto i this manner even the most troglodyte among them realizes they need to a exercise a bare minimum of intellectual honesty in the interest of credibility.

Salon article on the National Review's summit of white people wondering what's wrong with black people.

silver's response to

How much of a bias? I don’t know. Let’s not forget that my take on the data has always been the following: The regression analysis shows that district’s party representation matters. However, I cannot say how much it matters compared to other factors (such as the formula used by different agencies).

is pretty generous imo
― caek, Friday, April 2, 2010 5:07 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

clearly, stimulus funds are being unjustly withheld from gated communities and country clubs.

the kind of mind that could write this:

How much of a bias? I don’t know. Let’s not forget that my take on the data has always been the following
How much of a bias? I don’t know. Let’s not forget that my take on the data has always been the following
How much of a bias? I don’t know. Let’s not forget that my take on the data has always been the following

Re ‘Prepare the Lawsuits’ [Jay Nordlinger]

I have some “issues” with Deepak Chopra too, but he did say one thing that was absolutely charming. Asked what he liked about America, he listed a few things, and then said — to my recollection — “Oprah Winfrey. If we got married, her named would be Oprah Chopra.”

Maybe not very funny on the page, but really amusing in an Indian accent.

lol

It's a Three-Martini Lunch [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
Well . . . without the food and without the martinis.

Let me explain.

This comes from a $250 donor to our spring emergency fund drive: "NRO is my daily feast. Keep up the good work."

Keep the restaurant open.

I can't see Kathryn arguing for anything but.

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/04/jonah-goldberg-anti-maldistributionist.html

538 destroying jonah again

I’m not Catholic because I happen to like a particular Catholic person, tradition, or belief. I’m Catholic because I believe it’s the truth. It’s faith and it’s not shaken by human scandal. When I am furious and ashamed by “Catholic” actions that are sinful and scandalous and wrong, I see them not as “the Church” but fruits of Catholics lacking the courage to be Catholic.

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OWQxYWE5NzBhYTc1MzBkYmE5ZjNlZTc3ZGE3ZGMzMzM=

that's the only, very sideways mention of a global moral and legal crisis of decades of hidden child rape, in the middle of, what, 2000 words? that the cancer at the heart of the church is... "social justice"

k-lo showing us how it's done

I'm sure she allows the same for Islam.

John Derbyshire invited to speak to Black Law Students' Association at University of Pennsylvania, tells them that black people are biologically stupid.

I am here this evening in the capacity of a wet blanket. I am here not to take one side or the other on the topic under debate, but to say that the topic, as written, is based on a false premise, and therefore has no satisfactory answer

lol

Kathleen Parker, Pulitzer winner.

Awarded to Kathleen Parker of The Washington Post for her perceptive, often witty columns on an array of political and moral issues, gracefully sharing the experiences and values that lead her to unpredictable conclusions.

If there is anyone in the world who cannot predict with 100% accuracy what Kathleen Parker's conclusions will be on any given topic, please raise your hand so I can kick you in the face.

We see the same differences in traits that we don't think of as directly physical, what evolutionary psychologists sometimes refer to as the "BIP" traits — behavior, intelligence, and personality. Two of the hardest-to-ignore manifestations here are the extraordinary differentials in criminality between white Americans and African Americans, and the persistent gaps in scores when tests of cognitive ability are given to large population samples.

WOW

"The award is presented in honor of being white."

In honor of being cuckoo bananas.

to be fair, the bit gbx quoted is derbyshire, not k parker

your batshit righwing etc completely loathe parker, fwiw. she had the temerity to not get on the palin train.

Obama's Nukes [Jonah Goldberg]

I'm looking forward to reading John Bolton's piece in the next issue, but so far I have to say I've been on a different page than most of my go-to conservatives on this stuff. It's not that I disagree with Bolton or Krauthammer et al. so much as I think the complaints about the nuke treaty are sort of beside the point. Ultimately, when and how a country uses its nuclear weapons does not depend on treaties. It depends on the Commander-in-Chief. Sure, worries about violating a treaty might — probably would — make using nukes more "costly" in a president's cost-benefit analysis. But at the end of the day, using nukes is such a huge deal that I think most presidents, most human beings, would make the decision based on their core values and instincts. And, suffice it to say, I don't think Barack Obama would ever use nuclear weapons under almost any remotely plausible circumstances. He's even less likely to use nukes than the president in Independence Day, and that Bill Pullman character first needed to mind-meld with one of the aliens to be extra-super-sure that they were evil conquerors. The fact that most of America's — and the world's leading cities — had been obliterated wasn't enough. After all, it could have been a misunderstanding.

Anyway, Obama has long had hang-ups with nuclear weapons. If memory serves, he was in effect a SANE Freeze guy at Columbia (or he wrote an article placing himself in that camp). The fact that he has now committed us to a treaty arrangement that reflects his views — or reflects movement in that direction — is not shocking. But even if we had no missile treaties of any kind, the likelihood that he would ever use nukes remains close to zero. I think pretty much everyone around the world knows that about him. And whether this treaty is ratified or not, that will remain the case until he leaves office.

ok by me