Month: December 2003

Here’s a humorist (via Emperor Misha) who, reflecting on the recent Blogosphere election results, displays a mood I would characterize as morose: I think what we’re seeing proves an axiom I originated here: in the Blogosphere, age equals success. There was a time when you could upload a blank page with a photo of your…

(Or does he just enjoy putting words in God’s mouth for effect?) Speaking of satire, I hate to say this, but Fred Phelps’s position that a monument condemning Matthew Shepherd to Hell is analogous to the Ten Commandments is a very clever way of mocking the Ten Commandments by satire. Simply put, it’s a moral…

Andrew Sullivan is keeping a sharp eye on weird utterances over at National Review Online: DERBYSHIRE WATCH: Defenders of John Derbyshire at National Review argue that he simply holds arguments against homosexual relationships or sex and is not “anti-gay” or prejudiced. This despite the fact that he has in the past simply avowed that he…

Well, since everyone (in the tradition of Rachel Lucas) has been putting up their dog pictures, and since the ground is covered with snow, I thought I’d combine both elements — and put up a picture of a very exasperated Puff impatiently contemplating my attempt to dig out. (A never-ending, Sysiphean process.) Clearly, Puff is…

Tony Kushner in the South? How did he get in? Will he get out alive? These questions vexed me as I read this article (link). The article claims that Kushner is from the South (Louisiana), and answers an apparently groundless charge that Confederate flags were displayed (doubtless in a threatening manner) from dormitory windows at…

Hey, it’s Friday! That’s of course Online Testing Day at Classical Values, but I will have to be brief, because there’s about three inches of snow already covering the ground and if I don’t start shoveling soon I won’t be able to get out of my driveway. The first two tests I didn’t find at…

Tom’s Nap Room has reported on one of the most ridiculous attacks of PC-itis ever: A “Conservative Coming Out Day” at Pennsylvania State University was denounced ahead of time as hateful because the phrase mocks an annual gay rights event and alienates members of that community on campus, reports the Collegian. Sponsored by the Penn…

Eugene Volokh is mad as hell about penis spam, but not for the usual reasons: Wrong, wrong, wrong: Just looked closely at a recent piece of spam, and for the first time noticed the headline: “The only solution to Penis Enlargement.” What do they mean, to? Is it something you get if your penis is…

I don’t mean this as a shameless plug, but I have been a daily Howard Stern listener since 1995. The guy gets me up in the morning, and I highly recommend him as an alarm clock. His bad rap comes from people who just don’t understand his brilliant form of satire (directed at least as…

Today’s news revisits old conspiracy theories: Favish, known as a Clinton antagonist, told the court that the Freedom of Information Act did not give any special privacy rights to relatives. He is backed in the case, Office of Independent Counsel v. Favish, by media groups. They argue the government is trying to get a ruling…

Forget about everything you have learned, for I am about to let you in on some new facts which will blow your mind! All amazing but true! Did you know that: homosexuality is actually a CIA plot!

That last post (about Biblical penis control versus liberal gun control) was pretty gloomy, and I am glad I found a few things to cheer me up. This post (link) renews my faith in the vibrancy of a phenomenon I have praised in this blog before — and that is “South Park Republicanism”: The Republicans…

This story furnishes more evidence (as if more evidence is needed) that politics is becoming a religious war. Want to know how Americans will vote next Election Day? Watch what they do the weekend before. If they attend religious services regularly, they probably will vote Republican by a 2-1 ratio. If they never go, they…

Well, almost…. A guy named Garner Ted Armstrong thinks Christmas is pagan! Read all about pagan tree worship, yule logs, wassailing, and other acts of sorcery! Link via WorldNetDaily. “Blogging and email are hard. I’m glad they haven’t been invented yet.” Indeed, Caesar. Both take a lot of Gaul. UPDATE: Leave it to InstaPundit to…

I posted about Rush Limbaugh and the money laundering laws recently, and now I see that Mark Kleiman offers a thoughtful analysis of the whole issue. (Via The Modulator.) I really suggest reading it in its entirety, but here’s his conclusion: The sad story of Limbaugh’s drug addiction wouldn’t be a total loss if it…

It’s a hell of a way to start the week, but it happened today: Don Watkins actually threatened to quit. Not funny, even if it was a childish cry for help. Intervention is always an option, Don, and I know what you look like, as well as which Metro station you live at. Too many…