http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/256955/term-blood-libel-more-common-you-might-think
lol that URL
― Andre Gunder Frank 3000, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Today's been fun!
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
oh god I just stumbled across Goldberg's post about Mein Kampf
― Andre Gunder Frank 3000, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
ain't he smart?
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I liked this comment in the 'blood libel' post
Regardless, Palin's speech was far from classy or honest or decorous, as one poster wrote. Her statement can be boiled down into three simple parts1. Criminals are 100% responsible for their acts and rhetoric can't affect what they choose to do.2. All this left-wing rhetoric is inciting criminals to threaten me and my family, despite what I just said.3. Because you see, the real issue in this event is how much of a victim I am.
― onimotopoeic (onimo), Thursday, 13 January 2011 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
bgates01/13/11 16:11
I don't recall the pleas for civility or hand-wringing over allusions to historical slanders against the Jewish people during the "Pontius Pilate was a governor" phase of the campaign a few years ago.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 January 2011 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
anti-semitic but pro-israel
― ich bin ein ilxor (deej), Thursday, 13 January 2011 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201101130016
― gr8080, Thursday, 13 January 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
how many words do you think palin could get through without mentioning "supporting Israel" if you asked her about Judaism? over/under gotta be ~6.
― bnw, Thursday, 13 January 2011 23:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Limbaugh v. Krauthammer apparently:
‘I was going to name my first child Krauthammer, even if it was a girl, but no more.’January 14, 2011 2:03 P.M.By Charles Krauthammer So said Rush today (reports Kathryn Lopez) after our disagreement over the Tucson speech.
Now you know why I returned Rush’s volley on Fox last night: I’ve just saved that poor little girl a world of hurt.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 January 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/257281/mlk-american-hero-laureate-jay-nordlinger
imagine if MLK had lived...to regret saying mean things about Barry Goldwater!
― Andre Gunder Frank 3000, Monday, 17 January 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
it is true that goldwater believed in the freedom to be oppressive, rather than the fascism of the feds forcing them not to
comments there are particularly amazing
― goole, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 05:53 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/257410/unions-v-management-jonah-goldberg
jonah g. in "smug asshole" shocker
― Andre Gunder Frank 3000, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/257366/sinner-re-soccer-jay-nordlinger
some excellent comments on that one
― Andre Gunder Frank 3000, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
u mean like "I do firmly believe that there is a leftist interest in establishing soccer in the U.S. in an attempt to remove yet another thing that sets my country apart from the rest of the world"
― zvookster, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 21:38 (thirteen years ago) link
communist kickball!
― brownie, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 21:42 (thirteen years ago) link
[Limbaugh v. Krauthammer apparently:
‘I was going to name my first child Krauthammer, even if it was a girl, but no more.’January 14, 2011 2:03 P.M.By Charles KrauthammerSo said Rush today (reports Kathryn Lopez) after our disagreement over the Tucson speech.
Now you know why I returned Rush’s volley on Fox last night: I’ve just saved that poor little girl a world of hurt
lol @ the idea of Rush spawn
― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
vom @ the idea of Rush spawn
― chev rivera (stevie), Thursday, 20 January 2011 08:20 (thirteen years ago) link
hoo-wee
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/257658/black-abortions-forbidden-topic-peter-kirsanow
― goole, Friday, 21 January 2011 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
yeesh
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 22 January 2011 00:43 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/258427/aborting-race-card-kathryn-jean-lopez
K-Lo is still a naive idiot i see
― Andre Gunder Frank 3000, Monday, 31 January 2011 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't think this is as flattering as Nordlinger assumes (David Pryce-Jones can't even speak Arabic)
I’ve noticed something the last few days — something that gives us a human lesson, I think: Those who know the most about the Middle East are saying the least, when it comes to the turmoil in Egypt. Or they are speaking most cautiously. They’re quickest to say, “I really don’t know. I don’t know the exact nature of this, or how it will turn out.” They seem to be humblest, about what can be known, now.I’m talking about Bernard Lewis, David Pryce-Jones, Amir Taheri, Fouad Ajami — people like that. These are men who have spent years and years in the Middle East, studying its politics, peoples, and languages, taking in everything possible. Those who know less speak in far more confident tones. They are even cocksure. I’m not sure we should trust anyone who speaks in those tones, just now.
I’m talking about Bernard Lewis, David Pryce-Jones, Amir Taheri, Fouad Ajami — people like that. These are men who have spent years and years in the Middle East, studying its politics, peoples, and languages, taking in everything possible. Those who know less speak in far more confident tones. They are even cocksure. I’m not sure we should trust anyone who speaks in those tones, just now.
― Andre Gunder Frank 3000, Thursday, 3 February 2011 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
also bernard lewis is a racist dickhole so the less he talks the better off we all are
― max, Thursday, 3 February 2011 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
he was the guy fantasizing about what HE WOULDA done during the va tech shooting, right? because that was also a good human lesson.
― bnw, Thursday, 3 February 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
that mighta been derbyshire, they all look alike ¯\(°_°)/¯
― bnw, Thursday, 3 February 2011 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Maggie Gallagher's National Organization for Marriage site misunderstands cartoon, steals bandwidth, gets trolled.
― bien-penisant vibrator (Phil D.), Friday, 4 February 2011 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't think this is true at all fwiw
― bien-pensant vibe (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 February 2011 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean between him and Edward Said I'm pretty firmly in the middle (Lewis is overly stuffy and Said's a bit of a jackass), but Lewis' ideas/comments tend to get distorted/misused in the political arena
― bien-pensant vibe (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 February 2011 18:06 (thirteen years ago) link
cool
― max, Friday, 4 February 2011 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I say this as someone who read a bunch of Lewis' books without any idea of the political firestorm surrounding him, which I didn't find out about until later. He's one of those guys where I could see how taking particular statements out of context would be an attractive tactic for neocons attempting to shape policy, but if you look at what Lewis actually wrote about democracy and politics and terrorism in the muslim world you will see pretty clearly that a) he did not support the invasion of Iraq, and does not think that democracy can or should be "enforced" on a region, b) that Muslim terrorism (suicide bombings, modern jihad etc) is a modern development that runs counter to the entire religious history of Islam, and c) that mostly he just thinks the Muslim world is a mess, riddled with poverty, repression, corrupt regimes, and a whole lot of very angry people. which it pretty obviously is.
― bien-pensant vibe (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 February 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
like yes he coined the term "clash of civilizations", but there isn't anything inherently ideological about that phrase.
― bien-pensant vibe (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 February 2011 19:28 (thirteen years ago) link
yes there is!
― max, Friday, 4 February 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
hey civilizations clash sometimes
― bien-pensant vibe (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 February 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
like when the native americans met the conquistadores, clash didn't go so well
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/259108/view-google-john-j-miller
― goole, Monday, 7 February 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
These observations of the leftward tilt of Google are periodic and accurate, nad they always make me think of the same thing: market opportunity for Bing. Look at the ratings domination that Fox News has managed by identifying an underserved "niche" market that amounts to better than 50 percent of the U.S. population.
― thank you based mods (stevie), Monday, 7 February 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
the doodle of dead soldiers in beirut didn't test well.
― 51 bans = 1.5 percent of registered users (bnw), Monday, 7 February 2011 19:07 (thirteen years ago) link
remember: liberals are the only ones who whine
― gr8080, Monday, 7 February 2011 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Or care about "political correctness."
― bien-penisant vibrator (Phil D.), Monday, 7 February 2011 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
top comment on the google article is terrific, why haven't they deleted it yet?
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 7 February 2011 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
oooh:
Note how Google's auto-complete suggests "faux news" and "faux noise" when you type in "faux", yet refuses to auto-complete the term "msdnc".
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 7 February 2011 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/259187/bumper-sticker-day-steven-f-hayward
― goole, Monday, 7 February 2011 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
man the comments section is a really great addition, huh?
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Azimuth02/03/11 01:07LinkReport AbuseI'm afraid many here are missing the bigger point. High speed rail isn't about speedy rail service or removing greenhouse gases. It's about socialist control. By controlling the means of transportation, they can control the movement of the people. They are trying to kill the rugged individualist spirit that crossed this great continent on horseback.Either you go when and where they tell you,or you go when and where you will. I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs. Which direction will I go? That-a-way. Can a train go that-a-way? Didn't think so. You can wax nostalgic for 19th century modes of travel all you want. Just don't insist that I have to help pay for your nostalgia trip.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 04:37 (thirteen years ago) link
about time someone spoke up about the tyranny of the interstate highway system imo
― ryan, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 04:39 (thirteen years ago) link
as opposed to waxing nostalgic for... 17th century modes of travel?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 8 February 2011 04:41 (thirteen years ago) link
i am in total freedom
as i drive on numbered and painted routes laid down and maintained by state power
― goole, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 04:46 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/258417/high-speed-rail-budget-buster-wendell-cox
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 04:48 (thirteen years ago) link
first response hall of fame
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/259315/even-teen-hookers-need-abortions-kathryn-jean-lopez
― goole, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 00:11 (thirteen years ago) link