Archives for the 'moronocy' Category
Royal Shame
Published on 29 Feb 2008 at 10:34 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under Afghanistan, Britain, military, moronocy.
As the Poms yank Harry. Donkeys. I’ll let the colonials do the honors. Sydney Morning Herald, Back to Blighty for Prince Harry:
Gold Medal
Published on 22 Feb 2008 at 11:01 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under law & order, moronocy.
In the moronathalon goes to this father-son Taser team. Herald.
Florida Evolves
Published on 20 Feb 2008 at 9:04 pm.
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Filed under moronocy, prehistory, science.
Beyond code speech. School science texts may now use the word “evolution” sted “change over time.” But the epic battle of Adam vs ape goes on. US News:
Extended Chickenhawk Rant
Published on 17 Feb 2008 at 5:25 pm.
5 Comments.
Filed under GWOT, moronocy.
Makes up in verbosity what it lacks in originality, but by and large not a bad example of the snotty cluelessness of the genre. By chickendove exemplar Glenn (surrendering from afar) Greenwald.
Prior sockpuppet scholarship:
UPDATE MCMLXVIII
Lacking Even the Ethics of a Journalist!
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Embrace Your Inner Moron!
Published on 17 Feb 2008 at 1:32 pm.
17 Comments.
Filed under America, moronocy.
Susan Jacoby at Washington Post with a nostalgic bit about books, reading, American anti-intellectualism and how insufferably dumb we are, delivers what is ultimately, no big surprise here, an elitist Bush-bash: “The Dumbing of America: Call Me a Snob, But Really, We’re a Nation of Dunces.” Speak for yourself, Sue!
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Scientific Enstupidment
Published on 15 Feb 2008 at 10:55 pm.
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Filed under media, moronocy, science.
Is tonight’s dorm room bull session topic. This starts to sound a lot like the way some people report the news and other people react to it. Among other things. Via the superlative John Hawks:
In behavioral studies, an anomalous individual may be identified as an outlier and excluded from statistical analyses so as not to [...]
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Unserious
Published on 15 Feb 2008 at 6:30 am.
1 Comment.
Filed under GWOT, moronocy, pols.
Powerline does the honors on the Dem Cong. “Day of infamy … one of many.”
Protest, Counter-Protest
Published on 13 Feb 2008 at 8:54 am.
8 Comments.
Filed under free speech, military, moronocy.
Zombietime’s got your Berkeley Marine art. Not for the squeamish.
Blackfive’s got the words: The Battle is Joined.
Gateway with a little of both asks, extra credit for Berkeley schoolkids? Malkin’s after action here. Surber: “To err is human but to really screws things up takes the Berkeley City Council.”
Previously: Berkeley Out of US!
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Church of Hank’s Convenience
Published on 13 Feb 2008 at 8:06 am.
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Filed under Britain, moronocy, religion.
Shamelessly mocked as Iowahawk channels Chaucer vs. the current A of C: Heere Bigynneth the Tale of the Asse-Hatte. Iowahawk needs to quit screwing around and just change his name to Geniushawk.
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Frog Affronted
Published on 12 Feb 2008 at 9:40 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under America, Britain, France, Oz, moronocy.
Support the Dissident Frogman’s campaign for compensation from Her Majesty’s Government for all the centuries of anti-Froggism: Exhibit A in the Frogman’s case. Hey, if they’re doling out $$$ for cultural slams, then as an first-generation Australian-American … small but fiercely proud minorioty … I’ll take mine in beer.
Marines Liked
Published on 11 Feb 2008 at 9:13 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under military, moronocy.
Deebow at Blackfive takes time out from war prep for a Berkeley update, says tide is turning in hearts/minds battle, but ix-nay on the eath-threats-day.
Toldjah will get you cranked this morning with links to a jarheaded Fallujah vet re Berserkeley and a sandpile roundup.
“Peace and Justice”
Published on 10 Feb 2008 at 10:20 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under America, moronocy.
Was the killer’s aim. Gateway rounds up Kirkwood, where the killer’s wife says the city had it coming.
Petard Hoistmanship
Published on 9 Feb 2008 at 9:56 am.
7 Comments.
Filed under moronocy, pols.
Magnificent in its execution! If they keep up this level of performance through the August games in Denver, this judge will give them a perfect 10.
Turns out the punishment might hurt DNC more than it hurt Michigan and Florida. In stripping those states of their delegates for moving up their primaries, the DNC has created a crisis. Washington [...]
Ignorance is Brits
Published on 5 Feb 2008 at 12:59 am.
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Filed under moronocy.
More Brit teens believe in Sherlock Holmes and Eleanor Rigby than Winston Churchill and Florence Nightingale. Robin Hood and King Arthur get higher reality points than King Richard the Lionhearted. Telegraph:
Truthers Gain Traction
Published on 4 Feb 2008 at 11:32 am.
8 Comments.
Filed under Bush, moronocy, pols.
Where else? Patriot-Ledger of Massachusetts:
Berkeleyvision
Published on 3 Feb 2008 at 1:05 pm.
5 Comments.
Filed under military, moronocy.
LGF calls it “not a pretty picture.”
I dunno. I kind of like it. It gives me the same warm fuzzy feeling I get from impeachment demands, Bush arrest warrants, etc. Check the guy in the orange jumpsuit. He can’t get the Bushitlerites to put a sack over his head so he had to do it himself. Hey, what [...]
Berkeley out of US!
Published on 2 Feb 2008 at 12:30 pm.
19 Comments.
Filed under law & order, military, moronocy.
All yours, al-Qaeda. SF Chron:
Arrest Him!
Published on 31 Jan 2008 at 9:26 am.
11 Comments.
Filed under Bush, moronocy.
After impeaching him! Now!
Brattleboro’s Bush warrant irks wingnuts. What’s the matter with these wingnuts? Jimmie at the Sundries Shack shares my enthusiasm for a Vermont war crimes tribunal, impeachment, etc.
More Brattleboro news here: Downtown nudity, long walks down the East Coast.
Gutter Press Gets Action
Published on 31 Jan 2008 at 8:10 am.
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Filed under Europe, media, money, moronocy.
Spanish talk jocks put ghoulish driver’s Herald wire:
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Blasphemy!
Published on 29 Jan 2008 at 9:53 pm.
7 Comments.
Filed under Britain, moronocy.
Archbishop of Canterbury pushes law vs. “thoughtless and cruel” speech. Times of London:
Good Exercise
Published on 27 Jan 2008 at 9:09 pm.
6 Comments.
Filed under Bush, moronocy.
Vermont prof walking 400 miles for Bush impeachment. Earth Times:
Chumbayah
Published on 26 Jan 2008 at 11:16 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Israel, Palestinians, moronocy.
I’m pretty sure that’s how you’d spell that in Hebrew. Hard, throat-clearing “ch” sound. Check this out. They may dwell under the very rockets and suicide-bomb threat of Hamas, Hezbollah, etal, but Israeli lefties are every bit as clueless as their American counterparts. Jerusalem Post:
Gaza Empties
Published on 23 Jan 2008 at 10:23 pm.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians, moronocy.
Raising some interesting possibilities, as noted in Ha’aretz:
Young Citizen Demands Accountability
Published on 23 Jan 2008 at 10:02 pm.
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Filed under America, high school, moronocy.
Hey dude, how come no snow day? Washington Post:
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Bush Lied!
Published on 23 Jan 2008 at 7:28 am.
14 Comments.
Filed under media, moronocy.
According to exhaustive study by journo navelgazers. Shocking conclusions.
Not A Real Terrorist
Published on 22 Jan 2008 at 9:25 pm.
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Filed under al qaeda, crime, moronocy, punishment.
And they were mean to him, says the judge. So Marcia Cook splits the baby, gives Padilla 17 years instead of the 30-to-life called for by federal sentencing guidelines.
Bin Laden Peace Initiative
Published on 18 Jan 2008 at 8:40 am.
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Filed under GWOT, al qaeda, moronocy.
This should be good. I’m starting to like this guy.
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Stupid Criminal Playoffs
Published on 17 Jan 2008 at 7:47 am.
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Filed under crime, moronocy.
This guy’s a finalist.
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911
Published on 16 Jan 2008 at 9:45 am.
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Filed under incompetence, moronocy.
Three digits that save lives. So simple a five-year-old can do it. Detroit Freep:
Eminence L’oser
Published on 6 Jan 2008 at 8:25 am.
10 Comments.
Filed under Bush, moronocy, pols.
Wants to help the Democrats do today what he did in ‘72. “Why I believe George Bush Must Go,” George McGovern op-ed, Washington Post:
Afternoon at the Zoo
Published on 1 Jan 2008 at 7:58 am.
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Filed under moronocy, nature.
SF Zoo flack moving forward with mission. Doesn’t say what that is, though. I’m guessing it has to do with revenues. History suggests Thursday re-opening could be a hit at tiger-mauling death scene.
Oops
Published on 28 Dec 2007 at 10:06 am.
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Filed under incompetence, moronocy, nature.
Moronocy meets incompetence at the SF Zoo?
Black like Barack
Published on 9 Dec 2007 at 9:49 pm.
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Filed under media, moronocy, pols, racism.
I think what Andrew Young, former top aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., is trying to tell us here is that we shouldn’t judge Obama by the color of his skin. Rather, we should judge Hillary by her man’s soul content.
Cats Back
Published on 8 Dec 2007 at 1:12 pm.
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Filed under law & order, moronocy.
Boston’s cat lady can have her hoarded kitty corpses back, Supreme Judicial Court rules:
Think Globally
Published on 4 Dec 2007 at 11:41 pm.
9 Comments.
Filed under Pakistan, moronocy.
Annoy globally! It’s a new twist on the old advocacy saw. Hey, if Musharraf can’t get rid of al Qaeda and the Taliban, can’t we at least get him to keep Code Pink? Washington Times:
GETOSAMA
Published on 29 Nov 2007 at 11:16 pm.
5 Comments.
Filed under al qaeda, moronocy.
NY DMV is concerned vanity plate might be “obscene, lewd, lascivious, derogatory to a particular ethnic group or patently offensive.” Not clear to whom or what ethnic group capturing a murderer might be obscene, lewd, lascivious, derogatory or patently offensive, but I’m looking forward to hearing what the DMV has to say in court.
Mo Bear
Published on 26 Nov 2007 at 9:04 pm.
4 Comments.
Filed under Islam, moronocy.
OK, here we go. Brit teacher faces 40 lashes for naming Teddy Bear “Mohammed.” Sky News:
Self Eco-Cancelling Moral Stance Taken
Published on 23 Nov 2007 at 12:13 pm.
11 Comments.
Filed under moronocy, warmglob.
Good news! They’re not reproducing. Daily Mail:
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Support The Troops!
Published on 12 Nov 2007 at 9:00 am.
13 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, military, moronocy.
In Olympia, Wash., anti-war protestors try to block the return of military equipment from Iraq.
UPDATE MCMLXVIII
Published on 29 Oct 2007 at 10:47 am.
16 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, military, moronocy.
The plot has thickened in Boylangate, where Greenwald at last check is up to UPDATE VII and in an advanced tizzy. As well he should be. Because it would appear the sockpuppet, a bestselling author in addition to being a highly accomplished and widely respected constitutional lawyer,* has been administered a wedgie by a military flack.**
Lacking Even the Ethics of a Journalist!
Published on 28 Oct 2007 at 8:45 pm.
25 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, military, moronocy.
Petraeus PR chief Col. Steven Boylan (allegedly) has fun with Greenwald.* Greenwald gets snippy. The best part is when Boylan insults the lawyer** by telling him he’s no journalist. Ha! That’s like insulting a garbageman by telling him he’s no sewer worker.
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Nobel Gas
Published on 23 Oct 2007 at 12:13 am.
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Filed under moronocy.
Never mind the long history of giving out Nobels to criminals and incompetents. Now, they’re just giving them to doddering fools.
Exquisite Moronocy
Published on 2 Oct 2007 at 11:15 pm.
7 Comments.
Filed under art, moronocy, pols.
UPDATE: Political art critic E.J. Dionne thinks this exquisite moronocy is genius.
This is like the work of political art. By first-year political art students, clumsy and a little obvious. A study in dolt. Still life with peckerheads. Maybe it’s more a low-budget Picasso knockoff, with the eyeballs and nose in the wrong wrong place. Anti-war Dems propose a war tax:
(More) News of the Stupid
Published on 22 Sep 2007 at 8:53 am.
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Filed under Britain, moronocy.
Here. Beantown, the launching point for the World Trade Center attacks, emerges as a hotbed of faux terrorism.
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He Writes the Songs the Deranged People Sing
Published on 18 Sep 2007 at 8:58 am.
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Filed under moronocy.
Barry Manilow refuses to share stage with View’s Elisabeth Hasselbeck because of her “dangerous” views.
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Impeach Him Now!
Published on 14 Sep 2007 at 10:49 am.
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Filed under moronocy.
This lefty Bush reax deserves special mention. “Scarecrow” at “Firedoglake.” What the heck is a Firedoglake, anyway? Sounds very empowered. Anyway:
Carbon Footprint Small
Published on 1 Sep 2007 at 12:04 pm.
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Filed under moronocy, pols, warmglob.
As conscientious green anti-democracy hooligans think globally, attack cops locally. Star Trib:
Sick: Director Brian De Palma makes film sliming our troops as a way to protest the war
Published on 31 Aug 2007 at 2:05 pm.
29 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, military, moronocy.
First, many thanks to Jules for inviting me to guest blog here, and for the warm reception I received from his regular commenters. It’s been a real treat blogging alongside some of the blogosphere’s finest, and hopefully I’ll get the opportunity to do so again the next time Jules decides to take a hiatus from [...]
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More San Francisco nonsense: “Needle-exchange” program not working out as planned
Published on 28 Aug 2007 at 10:05 pm.
21 Comments.
Filed under moronocy.
Cross-posted from the Sister Toldjah blog.
Last night, I blogged about San Francisco’s “black flight” problem, and how “city leaders” were trying to come up with ways to bring back the “character” black people bring to San Francisco, you know, the black people they pushed out with their high-cost liberalism in the first place.
Inspired by that [...]
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Diversity rulez!
Published on 27 Aug 2007 at 11:25 pm.
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Filed under moronocy.
Just when I thought I’d seen it all at Jules’ Blog and Grog Resthaus - Englishmen, neoneocons, distinguished military, an international jungle trader, sworn enemies of jihad, among others - in swaggers the Dissident Frogman, whom I’ve never ‘met’ in the ’sphere before - of course his reputation walked in before him, but nevertheless, color [...]
