in the "pssssssst.....it's only a tv show" column

just about wank-worthy.


eta: the master-at-arms in BSG does nothing for me. i don't know if it's the actress, the character, or some horrendous combo thereof, but this dude's argument is crackin' me the fuck up.

in the "pssssssst.....it's only a tv show" column

just about wank-worthy.


eta: the master-at-arms in BSG does nothing for me. i don't know if it's the actress, the character, or some horrendous combo thereof, but this dude's argument is crackin' me the fuck up.

my guilty pleasure

[Tilt], on ESPN.

yes, ESPN. thursday nights, with reruns on tuesdays and again late night on thurs. it takes place in the world of gambling in Vegas. it's hot, ugly and very, very pretty.

my guilty pleasure

[Tilt], on ESPN.

yes, ESPN. thursday nights, with reruns on tuesdays and again late night on thurs. it takes place in the world of gambling in Vegas. it's hot, ugly and very, very pretty.

ah, i love the press

WASHINGTON (AP) - More than three-quarters of Canadians said they didn't think the United States should try to promote the creation of democratic governments in other countries, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll.

they polled 1000 Canadians. how does that equate to "more than three-quarters of Canadians"? not "Canadians polled", mind you, because that could, you know, give you some actual perspective and context. fucknuts.

ah, i love the press

WASHINGTON (AP) - More than three-quarters of Canadians said they didn't think the United States should try to promote the creation of democratic governments in other countries, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll.

they polled 1000 Canadians. how does that equate to "more than three-quarters of Canadians"? not "Canadians polled", mind you, because that could, you know, give you some actual perspective and context. fucknuts.

uh oh...she's ranting. /teletubbies voice

holyfrellmedead, i'm torqued. i link the source of the torquage, a NYT op-ed in who's conclusion i do not, on the surface, disagree and yet infuriates me nonetheless, and a seemingly unrelated reader email that explains my torquage far better than i. getting really tired of the havingitbothways nonsense. and Roger Simon agrees.


the torquage:

I'm sorry for inflicting these horrific photos on you. But the real obscenity isn't in printing pictures of dead babies - it's in our passivity, which allows these people to be slaughtered.

During past genocides against Armenians, Jews and Cambodians, it was possible to claim that we didn't fully know what was going on. This time, President Bush, Congress and the European Parliament have already declared genocide to be under way. And we have photos.

This time, we have no excuse.

eta: and i notice that he leaves out Bosnia, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Iraq. perhaps they don't make his point "cleanly" enough.

from this original article. photographs not pretty.


and the "explanation"

UPDATE: Reader Kjell Hagen emails:

Many Americans discuss this. My input as a European (comment also left on Austin Bay´s comment section):

As a pro-US, pro-Iraqi liberation European, I would say both are right, but mostly Steyn. Yes, it was a defeat for Chiraq and Scroder. And, yes, Chiraq is corrupt and unloved even by the French. But, the French and a large part of Europe envy and resent the US and its power, just as much as Chiraq does. This will go on. Europe will never play together in any significant way militarily, with the US. And Europe will never build any worthwhile military capacity, given the political, economical and technological limits that Europe faces.

NATO´s big idea was to stop the Soviets. It worked, and it is finished. What is left is the girlfriend-like rhetoric, that Steyn points out. I think we will see an environment which is more like pre-WWI, with each larger power playing as best it can in its own interest, and with alliances shifting on a case-by-case basis. E.g., we see that in Lebanon, the US and France are allied to get the Syrians out.

from this discussion at Instapundit.


( and the rant: )

uh oh...she's ranting. /teletubbies voice

holyfrellmedead, i'm torqued. i link the source of the torquage, a NYT op-ed in who's conclusion i do not, on the surface, disagree and yet infuriates me nonetheless, and a seemingly unrelated reader email that explains my torquage far better than i. getting really tired of the havingitbothways nonsense. and Roger Simon agrees.


the torquage:

I'm sorry for inflicting these horrific photos on you. But the real obscenity isn't in printing pictures of dead babies - it's in our passivity, which allows these people to be slaughtered.

During past genocides against Armenians, Jews and Cambodians, it was possible to claim that we didn't fully know what was going on. This time, President Bush, Congress and the European Parliament have already declared genocide to be under way. And we have photos.

This time, we have no excuse.

eta: and i notice that he leaves out Bosnia, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Iraq. perhaps they don't make his point "cleanly" enough.

from this original article. photographs not pretty.


and the "explanation"

UPDATE: Reader Kjell Hagen emails:

Many Americans discuss this. My input as a European (comment also left on Austin Bay´s comment section):

As a pro-US, pro-Iraqi liberation European, I would say both are right, but mostly Steyn. Yes, it was a defeat for Chiraq and Scroder. And, yes, Chiraq is corrupt and unloved even by the French. But, the French and a large part of Europe envy and resent the US and its power, just as much as Chiraq does. This will go on. Europe will never play together in any significant way militarily, with the US. And Europe will never build any worthwhile military capacity, given the political, economical and technological limits that Europe faces.

NATO´s big idea was to stop the Soviets. It worked, and it is finished. What is left is the girlfriend-like rhetoric, that Steyn points out. I think we will see an environment which is more like pre-WWI, with each larger power playing as best it can in its own interest, and with alliances shifting on a case-by-case basis. E.g., we see that in Lebanon, the US and France are allied to get the Syrians out.

from this discussion at Instapundit.


( and the rant: )

"Laughter, Captain. It may be all that can save us."

and this makes it all better.

Is Karl Rove truly that brilliant? Using contemporaneous reports and several eye-witness sources, this site is able to reconstruct the events of last August at Evil Rove Headquarters, located many miles beneath the earth’s surface:

(Rove enters the Chamber of Destruction and greets his assembled operatives)

Rove: Gentlemen. Ladies. Mr. Gannon. Mr. Murdoch.

(Various responses: “Hiya!” “Howdy.” “G’day.")

heh

"Laughter, Captain. It may be all that can save us."

and this makes it all better.

Is Karl Rove truly that brilliant? Using contemporaneous reports and several eye-witness sources, this site is able to reconstruct the events of last August at Evil Rove Headquarters, located many miles beneath the earth’s surface:

(Rove enters the Chamber of Destruction and greets his assembled operatives)

Rove: Gentlemen. Ladies. Mr. Gannon. Mr. Murdoch.

(Various responses: “Hiya!” “Howdy.” “G’day.")

heh

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cretkid has started the makings of a Pip fic!epic. i miss Pip. *sighs*

the story is post the miniseries and the characterizations are all spot on.

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cretkid has started the makings of a Pip fic!epic. i miss Pip. *sighs*

the story is post the miniseries and the characterizations are all spot on.

FCC gets a smack down in open court

the article from Hollywoodreporter.com is here.

it's highly worth reading, especially in that it bears direct impact on the viewing audience.

"You're at a line," Edwards said. "You can't regulate beyond that line without express congressional direction."

He accused the commission of abusing its "ancillary" power to facilitate the digital TV transition as its rationale for writing the rule.

"Are you going to regulate washing machines next?" he said. "Ancillary does not mean you get to rule the world."

hee.


hat tip to The Defamer.

FCC gets a smack down in open court

the article from Hollywoodreporter.com is here.

it's highly worth reading, especially in that it bears direct impact on the viewing audience.

"You're at a line," Edwards said. "You can't regulate beyond that line without express congressional direction."

He accused the commission of abusing its "ancillary" power to facilitate the digital TV transition as its rationale for writing the rule.

"Are you going to regulate washing machines next?" he said. "Ancillary does not mean you get to rule the world."

hee.


hat tip to The Defamer.

full, utter, total, absolute, complete, unending shock

BSG ep 1 streaming at Skiffy.

i frak you not.

don't anybody come near me with a feather.

full, utter, total, absolute, complete, unending shock

BSG ep 1 streaming at Skiffy.

i frak you not.

don't anybody come near me with a feather.