tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85014411868868933602024-03-14T13:16:20.572-04:00Bewildered RoninUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger243125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-79139367134216109952009-07-03T16:53:00.002-04:002009-07-03T16:57:47.799-04:00Oh, hey, look! It's exactly what everyone was saying the whole time!Everyone with half a brain was saying that Saddam's refusal to allow UN inspectors into Iraq was because he didn't want to appear weak to powerhouse Iran, not because he was secretly hoarding away tons of WMDs. Oh, hey! Looks like that was exactly the case. Go figure.In 2004, even after being captured by U.S. forces, Saddam Hussein told an FBI interrogator he believed Iran was a greater threat toUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-45984297261163324042009-06-24T20:47:00.003-04:002009-06-24T21:42:09.699-04:00BioWare and Mythic are merged? This is a good thing.My initial kneejerk reaction is to say, "gg EA," and roll my eyes. However, reading into the matter and thinking upon it, it's actually a great move.If you've played Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR), then you know that the game falls flat. It's not bad, but it's not exactly all that great either. It feels slow and clunky, especially compared to something as fast-paced as Guild Wars (whichUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-16293727951376967802009-06-10T21:27:00.003-04:002009-06-10T21:30:48.764-04:00Holy fuck! Asshole cop tasers 72-year old woman.This is incredibly fucked up. This cop is totally gonna lose his job and get sued to hell and back. He'll probably also get the shit kicked out of him after he's fired, too.^ Raw camera footage ^^ Fox News coverage ^nothing after the jumpUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-71422811718656907202009-06-03T00:53:00.002-04:002009-06-03T00:55:40.884-04:00Store owner converts would-be robber and gives him food?Weird, yeah, but pretty amazing. While many probably wouldn't have bothered to give the would-be robber a break, this guy gave him not only a major break, but a bit more.A potential victim became a compassionate counselor during a recent robbery attempt, changing the would-be criminal's mind -- and apparently his religion. Storekeeper Mohammad Sohail was closing up his Long Island convenience Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-86111952860064505082009-06-02T01:06:00.004-04:002009-06-02T01:20:09.695-04:00And this is why I'm NOT a Republican.Really, stop trying to make the GOP seem cool. It's doesn't work. It doesn't even work for the DNC. It just looks stupid and forced.Two Dartmouth students decided to make a "conservative rap" video and posted it on Youtube. Apparently with such "dope" and "funky fresh" lines as, "Three things taught me conservative love: Jesus, Ronald Reagan plus Atlas Shrugged."And that's why I don't share a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-41711772899926140822009-06-02T01:00:00.002-04:002009-06-02T01:03:28.195-04:00Wikipedia banhammers Church of $cientology.If you've ever read any of Wikipedia's discussion pages for any Church of $cientology, you would totally understand. In an unprecedented move, Wikipedia has banned edits from an entire religion — the Church of Scientology.After four months of internal discussion, Wikipedia's top administrators decided Thursday to block Scientology-affiliated computers from changing items on any part of the free Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-13305817750616745082009-06-02T00:56:00.002-04:002009-06-02T00:59:52.720-04:00Now THAT's capital punishment.I believe in the death penalty. I understand many don't. One of the reasons I often hear is that the death penalty actually does little to deter violent crime. Which I'm sure is fairly true. Perhaps if we did this, though, people might start to get the message a bit more clearly.Saudi Arabian officials beheaded and then publicly displayed the body of a convicted killer in Riyadh on Friday, an actUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-67922632859014802402009-06-02T00:51:00.002-04:002009-06-02T00:56:15.759-04:00Just because they're a scientist doesn't mean that they're not bat-shit crazy.One of the things I love most about people who deny that global climate is getting warmer or that there's no way the Twin Towers could have fallen due to jetliners smashing into them is the "trump card" of pulling out a scientist that agrees with them. All you need is one, right? And, suddenly, POOF! You're theory is valid. Except it's not. There's a thing called consensus. Besides, many Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-74968485108971135192009-06-01T23:34:00.003-04:002009-06-01T23:48:42.760-04:00When inciting hate goes beyond just words.Frank Schaeffer, former big-wig in the Religious Right movement during the 70's and 80's, was on Rachel Maddow's show discussing the type of language that people like Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, and Mark Levin use to rile up their base. As Schaeffer puts it, all it takes is one person with a screw loose to take things a bit too far, and that these pundits know that. We saw it with the Unitarian Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-67215219519716520702009-05-26T08:46:00.002-04:002009-05-26T08:47:56.134-04:00Red Bull gives you more than just wings.Red Bull has cocaine in it? Apparently. However, it's not enough to actually get you high.Six German states have told retailers to stop selling Red Bull Cola energy drinks after a test found a trace amount of cocaine.The bans started Friday after a sample test conducted by authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia state found 0.4 micrograms per liter in the drink.Five other states also banned it fromUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-88896654419241115632009-05-19T01:04:00.003-04:002009-05-19T01:34:25.547-04:00Duke Nukem Foerever may be gone, but the hollowed out shell of 3D Realms will remain. To do nothing. Ever.Seriously, what the shit is this? Okay, so 3D Realms has indeed canned Duke Nukem Forever due to lack of funding, but 3D Realms is still around? To do what? They couldn't even make Prey! It took 10 damn years and they still couldn't finish it so they handed it off to Human Head Studios. Valve spent 9 years doing Team Fortress 2, but in the end Valve actually did make the damn game! (and a mighty Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-63365450244731437012009-05-18T02:02:00.002-04:002009-05-18T02:06:36.317-04:00Why you don't let gamers have whatever they want.This dillema has been around for ages. People on forums whine about a game and how awesome it would be to have bigger, better guns, more powers, etc, etc. The problem with these things is that they destroy all semblance of balance and fairness. A game needs to be somewhat challenging or else it will become boring.It seems that MMO City of Heroes has just learned why you don't let users make theirUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-57210687969833716922009-05-18T01:58:00.002-04:002009-05-18T02:02:41.797-04:00Everyone knows witches hate brooms.This is why I hate religion and all other types of superstitious voodoo bullshit.Christian Eshiett was a rambunctious pre-teen who spent a lot of time cavorting with his friends in southern Nigeria. He would skip school and run away from home for days, frustrating his grandfather, who oversaw the boy's care."I beat him severely with canes until they broke, yet he never shed a tear," said Eshiett Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-74409880934765784202009-05-06T13:41:00.004-04:002009-05-06T13:51:42.487-04:00Why can't a "mistake" also be a "blessing"?Bristol Palin was, apparently on the TODAY show. During her interview she said her son was "not a mistake at all. He’s a blessing." Okay, we get it. All mothers think their kids are fucking mana from heaven. But why can't it be both? As in, "oops, I just made a mistake and put cayenne pepper in these cheese wafers instead of paprika! Oooh, but it tastes good... what a blessing!"Believe it or not,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-16945696067311243992009-05-06T11:47:00.003-04:002009-05-06T12:48:32.688-04:00Apple in the game industry? Yeah, that'll go over well.So, I saw this piece about how Apple should get into the gaming industry, and the whole thing is juts one giant collage of dumbfuckery. Apple does some things well. The iPod was great. Not because it's better hardware, but because it capitalized on its simple interface. When people want to listen to music in their car or while jogging, they don't want to navigate a lot of menus and stuff. They Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-70570210470083211892009-05-06T11:15:00.003-04:002009-05-06T13:52:18.416-04:00When will smugglers ever learn? Don't always just stuff shit down your pants.Why is it that people seem to think, "shit, I gotta smuggle something. I'll stick it down my pants! No one will ever know..." Yeah, because the awkward bulges won't give you away at all. And saying you have elephantiasis of the balls is always a reasonable excuse.A man was charged Tuesday with smuggling songbirds into the United States by hiding more than a dozen of them in an elaborate, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-22433976172043693802009-05-02T04:31:00.003-04:002009-05-02T04:44:15.041-04:00Good Christians = Torture Supportors?According to a recent Pew survey, those who regularly attend church are more likely to support torture techniques. Guess they've been reading a lot of the Old Testament. More than half of people who attend services at least once a week -- 54 percent -- said the use of torture against suspected terrorists is "often" or "sometimes" justified. Only 42 percent of people who "seldom or never" go to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-78896995334211896422009-04-06T00:41:00.004-04:002009-04-06T01:12:21.822-04:00The final stand at the Texas schoolboard meeting.By way of Andrew Sullivan's magnificent blog I was brought aware of a Newsweek article from his good friend, and one of my favorite debaters, Christopher Hitchens. Hitchens makes some great points. The evangelical community is a huge liability for the GOP. Do you really want a party linked to crackpot wackos that think, the basic equivalent of, the Earth being flat? I can't think of a better way Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-79107593081400776702009-04-06T00:38:00.002-04:002009-04-06T00:40:38.553-04:00Trucker hat = Serial killer hat?Uh oh. I live near a truck stop...The FBI suspects there's a link between long-haul truckers and serial killers, and runs a national program to track murders along popular trucking routes, according to a newspaper report.The Los Angeles Times reports that federal authorities first made the connection five years ago while investigating a string of unsolved killings along Interstate 40 in Oklahoma Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-54243850114815934352009-04-06T00:31:00.002-04:002009-04-06T00:37:04.422-04:00You can lead an Islamic horse to water...SO, this is what the men and women of the armed services have died for? Great. Awesome. IF this is what democracy in the Islamic world means, what the fuck is the point? Why not just let the Taliban rule? It would basically have the same result.What am I talking about? A recent Afghanistan law that states that a woman is required to have sex with her husband every fourth night if he so desires.AsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-34224640116186237452009-04-03T15:17:00.004-04:002009-04-03T15:21:16.100-04:00Penn Jillette on counterintuition and the Obama economic recovery plan.Just hit the jump and read it.Counterintuitive action makes a fellow feel smart. When I first got my driver's license, I took my old Ford Falcon into the Greenfield Public High School parking lot when it was freshly covered with fresh powder on top of wet slippery Western Massachusetts snow and ice. I turned fast, gunned it and lost control of the car in a skid.I turned into the skid and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-36593118326927253962009-04-03T15:09:00.002-04:002009-04-03T15:16:51.408-04:00CDs killed the record label.Well, I partly agree with the idea put forth, but I think it glosses over a few things. Namely, the price scheme. I remember when CDs were first emerging and the line was touted that, as the prevelance of CDs grew and the medium got cheaper, albums would cost $10. They never did. You can find some new albums for $15, but most are $20 or more. Anyways, the notion that cheap CDs and shoddy album Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-45465097715453937912009-03-01T23:00:00.004-05:002009-03-01T23:31:49.943-05:00Keith Olbermann is on fire.I know most people consider Keith Olbermann to be liberal jerk-off material, but this is really is so spot on. .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-58894246558138960652009-03-01T19:37:00.002-05:002009-03-01T19:43:06.953-05:00Bobby Jindal caught in a spindle. That was bad wasn't it?Oh, Bobby Jindal. Not only did many of the GOP think your speech sucked, but it turns out that you lied your ass off about your retelling of events in Katrina.It looks like Bobby Jindal's staff has been trying to do some damage limitation on that phony Katrina story -- with some help from Politico. But it's blowing up in their faces.Picking up on an earlier post at Daily Kos, we wrote a post Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501441186886893360.post-84797752351514824162009-03-01T19:36:00.005-05:002009-03-01T23:36:00.340-05:00Glenn Beck debating marijuana legalization.You probably know that Glenn Beck is insane as a shit-house rat. But maybe you don't know that Glenn used to do a lot of drugs. I don't know if he "chased the dragon", but he did do cocaine, pot, and was a huge drunk. Anyways, here's a little vid of Glenn debating Rob Kampia of the Marijuana Policy Project. I don't know what the fuck Glenn was/is on, but he should cut it out. It's making him act Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0