Archives for the 'shameless opportunism' Category

Jon & Octomom Plus 22

Published on 19 Oct 2009 at 10:37 pm. 2 Comments.
Filed under America, TV, moronocy, shameless opportunism, shameless self-promotion.

Important tabloid news update … Octomom has a crush on Jon Gosselin:

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LIED

Published on 18 Oct 2009 at 9:13 am. 4 Comments.
Filed under America, art, dummkopf!, shameless opportunism, shameless self-promotion.

There’s a lot of Shepard Fairey posts out there. I like the Deceiver.com one. “Shepard Fairey Is A Liar.” Simple, to the point. In fact, it’s almost like the “HOPE” of Shepard Fairey plagiarizing perjurist posts, captures the true Fairey spirit iconically. 
News via NYT. But because the Shepard Fairey story is a sort of iconic American charlatan’s [...]

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Knockout!

Published on 6 Oct 2009 at 12:33 pm. 3 Comments.
Filed under hair, sex, shameless opportunism, women.

That’s what would happen to me if I told my wife I was going to get my haircut at this place. Boston Herald:

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#1 In Books

Published on 1 Oct 2009 at 7:11 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under books, shameless opportunism.

Going Rogue: An American Life Sarah Palin. You should see the company she’s keeping. Top right and left titles below. Right’s beating left like a rented mule. First, Amazon’s “Rogue” dustjacket blurb: 

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Social Distancing

Published on 23 Sep 2009 at 11:18 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under medicine, science, shameless opportunism.

Turns out there’s a major upside to the swine flu. It’s called “social distancing.” It’s being advocated by the Centers for Disease Control.* It even has its own website, socialdistancing.org.** 

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A Boutique Warmongery’s Bestseller List

Published on 13 Sep 2009 at 2:42 pm. 3 Comments.
Filed under books, shameless opportunism.

UPDATED with some jockeying for position and some additions thanks to your response.
Most popular titles at A Boutique Warmongery to date. Turns out you’re an erudite lot: 

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Grand Opening!

Published on 16 Jul 2009 at 12:11 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under A Right-Wing Warmonger's Boutique Bookshop, shameless opportunism.

We’ve finally completed major construction at the General Store next to Crittenden’s Right-Wing Warmonger’s Bookshop. Come on in! Poke around or just hang out on the porch.

We’ve got almost everything you need to operate as a highly evolved human being in the 21st century! It’s just the latest venture of Crittenden Enterprises, a growing bloviatory, literary and [...]

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Crittenden’s Boutique Right-Wing Warmonger Bookshop & General Store

Published on 1 Apr 2009 at 12:28 pm. 5 Comments.
Filed under A Right-Wing Warmonger's Boutique Bookshop, blogs, books, literary, money, shameless opportunism, shameless self-promotion.

You’ll notice the Pajamas Media ads at top and at left have been replaced by Amazon widgets. This is because PJM has discontinued its blog advertising network, of which I was an arm’s length member.
My non-exclusive contract paid less than the usual deal, but allowed me to pursue other advertising relationships. I never did the math to figure out whether [...]

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Rapture

Published on 13 Mar 2009 at 11:40 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under impending doom!, shameless opportunism, western civilization.

No, it’s not the lion laying down with the lamb, calf with two heads, nothing like that. Newsweek with the earthshaking news of MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice and their long-awaited reunion, in Orem, Utah. You can call it a sign of the End Times if you like. I’m all about the hop. I’m calling it another miracle of [...]

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Nigerian Email Scam Come-On Of The Week

Published on 5 Mar 2009 at 8:54 am. No Comments.
Filed under Internet, shameless opportunism.

“NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER.” 
Sounds like Lagos is adjusting to the economic crisis. I think I got a ”STIMULUS FUNDS” one the other day.  “NOCPW” is almost worth coughing up the lifesavings for. Especially since the current balance would be sneered at by a Nigerian.

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Pound Of Flesh

Published on 4 Mar 2009 at 10:06 pm. No Comments.
Filed under Boston, crime, food, shameless opportunism.

Sought from restaurant-scamming tooth fraud. Boston Herald.

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Your Great Support And Readership

Published on 18 Jan 2009 at 8:27 am. 3 Comments.
Filed under blogs, money, shameless opportunism.

Always appreciated. Received a complaint about the site’s loading speed, apparently bogged down by the recent addition of several Amazon widgets. They are a great form of lucrative expression, allowing me to run the boutique armchair warmonger’s bookshop/historical obsessive compulsive disorder clinic I’ve always dreamed of, while making some additional income off an effort that occupies a fair amount of [...]

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Thriving Economic Sector

Published on 12 Jan 2009 at 8:50 pm. 5 Comments.
Filed under education, sex, shameless opportunism.

She’s auctioning her purported virginity, and claims she has bids from 10,000 guys now up to $3.7 million to pay for her master’s in family therapy.

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Hurl-Blogging The Inaugur-A-Palooza

Published on 12 Jan 2009 at 9:34 am. 5 Comments.
Filed under Obama, shameless opportunism.

Like every other international news network, major metro newspaper, wire service, 15-watt radio station, weekly shopper, blog, Twitter addict and zit-faced txt msgr out there, I’m gearing up for the Inauguration of the Century. I’m probably a little behind that curve, seeing as it’s a little more than a week away, but the great thing about liveblogging is, [...]

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Aging Ugly

Published on 13 Dec 2008 at 8:59 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under Hollywood, nude, pervs, sex, shameless opportunism, shameless self-promotion.

That’s Lauren Beckham Falcone’s take on Jennifer Anniston baring most, if not all, but at the same time way too much, while looking hot about it. Boston Herald. And yes, you pervs, there’s GQ’s crazy Jenn in the almost-all-together with a bunch of guys art: 

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Putting On The Sitz

Published on 24 Nov 2008 at 9:07 am. No Comments.
Filed under ancient mysteries, assorted shit, butts, culture, deep thot, do-goodism, dummkopf!, elsewhere, engineering, explosives, ground views, law & order, moronocy, pot, science, shameless opportunism, song, taxes, western civilization.

Better late than never. It was World Toilet Day Nov. 19. I let it go at the time.* But now squatters are back in the news. The la-di-da loos of Times Square. AP via Boston Herald. I’m inspired: 

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McCain POW Vid

Published on 23 Oct 2008 at 8:57 am. 5 Comments.
Filed under France, McCain, courage, military, shameless opportunism.

Released. French archive vid site here. Remember when McCain talked about being a tough guy who was broken? He’s not broken here but he is vulnerable and humble. Very moving footage. Sky News thinks there’s a problem that McCain is smoking as he describes being shot down, missing his family. Sounds like Sky News has never [...]

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Sheilas Get Ugly Over Mayor’s Gaffe

Published on 19 Aug 2008 at 12:54 pm. 4 Comments.
Filed under Australia, men, shameless opportunism, women.

Aussie mayor touts ugly opportunities in beautiful Mount Isa, Queensland. He might be on to something, if he lives through the next week. Sky News starts the roundup of this important, developing story: 

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From the Mouths of Babes

Published on 28 Apr 2008 at 10:54 am. 3 Comments.
Filed under kids, sex, shameless opportunism.

Fifteen-year-old Miley Cyrus is embarrassed that she allowed herself to be photographed semi-nude, in a sultry come-hither pose. No word on whether Billy Ray or Annie Leibowitz are embarrassed about $$$exualizing an underage girl. Vanity Fair says the 15-year-old was all right with it and that’$$$ good enough for them. Sounds like in the end, the 15-year-old might have [...]

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Buenas noches from an un-lonely room

Published on 22 Apr 2008 at 5:56 pm. 2 Comments.
Filed under assorted shit, blogs, everything, shameless opportunism, shameless self-promotion.

…and the bartender says, “Get outta here!”
Oh, wait, is this thing on? Ahem. Greetings. Greyhawk here. Some of you may know me as a long-time milblogger, part time singer/songwriter, or (now) professional book reviewer.
Fewer of you may know that I’m the crack dealer that originally helped pull Jules Crittenden into the blogosphere. Then we went after [...]

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Mediocre American Hypocrite

Published on 16 Apr 2008 at 11:33 am. 4 Comments.
Filed under moronocy, shameless opportunism, shameless self-promotion.

Pens weighty tome re great ones. Barnett at Weekly Standard reviews Glenn Greenwald’s right-bashing “Great American Hypocrites,” professes to like him, pronounces his book’s argument worthy of consideration, and goes on to enumerate point by point why it is a big fat piece of crap and a waste of time. 

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Authortunism

Published on 30 Mar 2008 at 8:06 am. No Comments.
Filed under Boston, pols, shameless opportunism, shameless self-promotion.

Cruel wit by Howie Carr, re Obamawannabe Deval Patrick and his $1.3 million stepping-stone tome. I think Howie might actually be giving Patrick too much credit.  Up from very humble Chicago project beginnings, bright kid makes good but the resume doesn’t show much to commend him to leadership unless you’re impressed by some journeyman civil rights lawyering, [...]

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Get Snipped, Watch Hoops

Published on 9 Mar 2008 at 9:33 pm. No Comments.
Filed under medicine, sex, shameless opportunism, sports.

It’s a win-win, if you plan on spending March Madness on the couch anyway. That’s the Oregon Urology Institute’s advice.

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Frikkin Chikkin

Published on 28 Feb 2008 at 8:09 pm. 6 Comments.
Filed under food, shameless opportunism, shameless self-promotion.

Fowl language alert in as Philly gets cheesed over tasteless fastfood billboards. 

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Tort$$$ Trump Terrorism

Published on 18 Feb 2008 at 10:53 am. 7 Comments.
Filed under pols, shameless opportunism.

Fascinating report from the guy who brought you the tale of nepotism, incompetence and agenda-shoving that was Plamegate. Turns out the Dem Cong weren’t simply interested in gratuitous Bush-bashing last week when they could have been seeing to our national security. They were interested in money. Novak:  

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Ivy Skin

Published on 6 Feb 2008 at 6:43 pm. 6 Comments.
Filed under academia, sex, shameless opportunism.

More high-brow nudies at Harvard.  Crimson:  

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Malware FYI

Published on 1 Dec 2007 at 4:13 pm. 5 Comments.
Filed under sex, shameless opportunism, vampires.

If you’re seeing off-color ads of any sort, escort services etc., you’ve got malware on your computer that has hijacked the adspace and you’ll want to do a cleanup.  If it bothers you, that is. My advertisers toe the straight and narrow, as I try to most of the time, except maybe the occasional Theo [...]

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Phishing the Euphrates

Published on 15 Nov 2007 at 8:40 am. 14 Comments.
Filed under shameless opportunism.

Look what arrived in the inbox from Sgt. Williams Kola, “From US Arm (sic) in Baghdad,” aaaaaa_1@myway.com:    

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Peacetags

Published on 26 Oct 2007 at 9:24 am. 8 Comments.
Filed under military, shameless opportunism.

Moral superiority commercially available. Mona Charen at The Corner: 

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Herself

Published on 22 Oct 2007 at 11:06 am. 12 Comments.
Filed under shameless opportunism, shameless self-promotion.

I’m sure she’s a very intelligent, accomplished woman, and the CIA doesn’t hire airheaded dolts, but she isn’t doing much to advance the cause of Blondekind with this Huffington post. Anyone else getting vapid cheerleader off this?  

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Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy

Published on 18 Sep 2007 at 10:42 am. 37 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, pols, shameless opportunism.

… engages in politics of personal destruction, and not a peep from Hill, notes Richard Cohen at WaPo:   

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John Edwards to Americans: You should give up your SUV

Published on 29 Aug 2007 at 8:35 pm. 16 Comments.
Filed under shameless opportunism.

Cross-posted from the Sister Toldjah blog.
El Maestro of hypocrisy himself told a labor group today that he would ask American’s to give up their SUVs:
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards told a labor group Tuesday that he would ask Americans to make a big sacrifice: their sport utility vehicles.
“I think Americans [...]

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Your Tax Dollars At Work

Published on 18 Aug 2007 at 10:44 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under pols, shameless opportunism.

Subsidizing the purchase of this couple’s deeply held principles re their First Amendment right to freedom of shirt:  

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IRB Goods Here

Published on 12 Jul 2007 at 11:04 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under shameless opportunism.

Just think how the fading “Unelect Bush Again in ‘04″ bumpersticker crowd will blanche when they seen this on your globe-warming SUV. Get your Islamic Rage Boy bumper sticker, t-shirts, all that good stuff here.

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Sometimes Life Can Look So Bleak

Published on 8 Jul 2007 at 10:13 pm. 19 Comments.
Filed under pols, shameless opportunism, shameless self-promotion.

… then something happens. 
Cindy Sheehan announces her comeback. She’ll challenge Pelosi if Pelosi doesn’t impeach Bush.  My sense of child-like wonder is restored.   

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Important UFO Update

Published on 1 Jul 2007 at 9:23 am. 4 Comments.
Filed under UFOs, military, science, shameless opportunism.

Deathbed affidavit proves all. Report includes actual photo of what a real alien might look like. Authenticity of report enhanced by lack of byline, lack of quotes, lack of details about when and where Haut died, or who released the affidavit.   

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Credo in un Dio Crudel

Published on 3 Jun 2007 at 11:29 pm. No Comments.
Filed under sex, shameless opportunism, shameless self-promotion.

Larry Flynt wants to buy hypocrisy in government, though there’s plenty to be had for free. But he’s on the prowl for political smut and scandal, and if you’ve got any, he’s got a million bucks for you.
Proof of a wrathful God, that this man should be blessed with wealth and success, surrounded by beautiful, easy women, [...]

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Show Won’t Go On

Published on 2 Jun 2007 at 10:52 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under other, shameless opportunism, shameless self-promotion.

What a disappointment. That Dutch kidney reality show.  Not real.  Turns out the Dutch may have us hands down on disturbing tastelessness after all, just not the way we thought. Too bad. I was really hoping we were moving into new territory.  The reality show as social advocacy.  

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Plame Game

Published on 30 May 2007 at 8:20 am. 13 Comments.
Filed under moronocy, pols, shameless opportunism, shameless self-promotion.

So Valerie Plame was covert after all.  Sort of.*  Which raises the question, not particularly well addressed in this NBC article, of why $2 million worth of special prosecution produced only a highly questionable off-topic charge. Newsweek offers a little more but suggests some ambiguity, “Was She or Wasn’t She?”
Patterico, like Newsweek, suggests Fitzgerald couldn’t prove [...]

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Plame Game

Published on 16 Mar 2007 at 11:27 pm. 7 Comments.
Filed under USA, shameless opportunism, shameless self-promotion.

I would like to state for the record, in my own name, that when supposedly covert agents employ their husbands to do the nation’s secret intelligence work, and said husbands then write op-eds in national publications, it is no one else’s fault when said agent’s highly questionable and apparently non-prosecutable covert status gets blown.  Also, tabloid [...]

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Verdict: Still a Crock

Published on 7 Mar 2007 at 12:09 am. 8 Comments.
Filed under pols, shameless opportunism.

Libby found guilty of lying.  Still waiting for someone to find Fitzgerald guilty of wasting $2 million worth of taxpayers’ money investigating a non-crime.  I’d settle for the Associated Press to simply point out it wasn’t a crime.   

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Shameless Opportunity

Published on 4 Mar 2007 at 11:40 pm. 6 Comments.
Filed under pols, shameless opportunism.

Wizbang makes a great point in defense of Coulter. Not the ”Edwards = faggot” part, but the notion that every unpleasant remark today requires rehab.  

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