(Scott Meyer’s website)
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Whatever our philosophical differences, at least we can all agree that glibertarians are inherently mock-worthy.
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So… I got nothin’, how ’bout you?
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(Scott Meyer’s website)
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Whatever our philosophical differences, at least we can all agree that glibertarians are inherently mock-worthy.
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So… I got nothin’, how ’bout you?
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harlana
Reposting as it seems to be at the top of the news, and also for your amusement
Christine O’Donnell walks off Piers Morgan interview after being questioned about her views on gay rights issues
Also, a drunken, rather hefty Gerard Depardieu pees on a plane
Raven (formerly stuckinred)
Michele Bachmann Was Inspired By My Dad and His Christian Reconstructionist Friends — Here’s Why That’s Terrifying
By Frank Schaeffer
“The evangelical rubes who are Bachmann’s foot soldiers never realized that the logic of their “stand” against government had played into the hands of people who never cared about human lives beyond the fact that people could be sold products. By the 21st century, Ma and Pa No-name were still out in the rain holding an “Abortion is Murder!” sign in Peoria and/or standing in line all night in some godforsaken mall in Kansas City to buy a book by Sarah Palin and have it signed. But it was the denizens of the corner offices at Goldman Sachs, the News Corporation, Exxon, and Halliburton who were laughing.”
Winston Smith
Ironically, this comic opens with a quote from Penn Jillette who is a glibertarian extraordinaire.
Johannes
My street is being used for location filming yesterday and today, for Gods Behaving Badly with Sharon Stone and Phylicia Rashad out on the stoop across the street. As we’re watching the filming, out teenage house guest asks, “Who’s this Sharon somebody?”
I grow old, I grow old. I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
harlana
@Raven (formerly stuckinred): I don’t understand the victimization thing – these people have their mega-churches all over the place here and, believe me, they concentrate an enormous amount of energy attracting young, impressionable people and they are VERY successful at it. I should know, my ex-bf’s sons (all 4) have been captured by one of the more popular ones here. They have so much fellowship, support, bodies, money – why in hell do they feel persecuted?! Being an evil Dem in a red state is very lonely so I really don’t want to hear about how marginalized they are, it is a MYTH, it’s like a 600 lb. man screaming that you didn’t bring him a barrell of twinkies with a giant red bow while he’s working his way through a stack of Little Debbies.
Baud
Payback, bitches.
Omnes Omnibus
@Baud: Bwahahahaha!
Dr. Squid
How about the newest Squid? 2:55am.
I’m kinda tired now.
Omnes Omnibus
@Dr. Squid: Congratulations!
Dennis SGMM
@Dr. Squid:
Congratulations! And if you think you’re tired now…
dmsilev
The other day, I got to tour the shiny new library that my employer just finished building. A set of 50 foot tall industrial robots grab boxes of books off shelves in an underground cavern, and they’re delivered up to the glass-domed ground level to the patrons:
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h272/dmsilev/DSC_1153.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h272/dmsilev/DSC_1157.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h272/dmsilev/DSC_1137.jpg
Very cool, but on the other hand, it’s another omen of the upcoming robot apocalypse.
gnomedad
@Dr. Squid:
Congratulations, it’s a … Squid!
Had to be said.
gnomedad
@dmsilev:
If you’re not afraid of blowing your cover, where is this library?
Cheryl from Maryland
@Dr. Squid: Best wishes to all.
dmsilev
@gnomedad: University of Chicago.
Here’s the official blurb on the library: http://mansueto.lib.uchicago.edu/
R-Jud
Congrats! L’il Squid looks pretty tired, too. May you be blessed with a healthy and placid child who sleeps through from no later than four weeks onwards.
JPL
@Dr. Squid:
Congrats and what a beauty.
HRA
Congratulations to the Squid family.
@dmsilev:
If only…. Our facility is so old time.
It’s amazing and begs to be seen in person. I passed on the urls to be gawked at. Thanks for sending it.
drkrick
@harlana: That’s (one of) the weird things about the evangelical types – it’s not enough for them to believe what they believe and be free to live by it – everyone around them has to ALSO believe what they believe and live by it or it’s an intolerable and dastardly attack on them and everything that’s sacred.
In addition to being about as un-American and anti-freedom as any attitude could be, it’s an absolutely guaranteed path to perpetual frustration and anger. I guess if there’s no chance of being thrown to the lions they have to feel like a martyr somehow.
Emma
@Dr. Squid: OHMYGOD, Squid, that’s one hell of a pretty result. Now get some rest!
dmsilev
@HRA: They will be offering public tours, once things calm down a bit (right now, the librarians are in the middle of loading ~1 million volumes into the new system, so things are a tad …chaotic in the underground space).
Amir Khalid
@harlana:
Christine O’Donnell is still not clear on this very basic point about media interviews: the interviewer gets to pick the questions, not the interviewee. Piers Morgan is a smarmy git and a journalist of dubious integrity, but he’s entirely in the right here.
PurpleGirl
@dmsilev: I hate to think of the heating/air conditioning bill for that domed space. It’s pretty, I’ll give it that but really, are the Manseutos also picking up the tab for its operation now that it’s built.
(FYI: I remember the wars over the building of Bobst Library at NYU in the early 1970s. I also remember seeing the books being kept on the floor of the basement library space before NYU got Bobst and open stacks.)
Paul in KY
@Raven (formerly stuckinred): Thanks for linking to the article. Very scary shit.
Paul in KY
@Dr. Squid: That’s the cutest squid I’ve ever seen. Congrats!
Robert Waldmann
YOu don’t “have nothing” ! You have a lot of money (at least by worldwide standards). However, I’m pretty sure you don’t have a big ugly mustache.
Bruce S
Jobs, jobs, jobs…
http://titanicsailsatdawn.blogspot.com/2011/08/wanted-jobs-bill-that-can-do-job.html
Jay in Oregon
From BoingBoing: Why Poor People Support Tax Breaks For The Rich
http://boingboing.net/2011/08/17/why-poor-people-support-tax-breaks-for-the-rich.html
Alwhite
@Winston Smith:
Yup and an overly sanctimonious one at that. I love their work but Penn has one ugly mind & should be avoided IRL.
BTW my most recent experiences have lead me to examine my existence up till this point & I am afraid I now disagree with PGs comment at the start. I realize that I am a shlimazel and it is all about luck.
Argive
@Alwhite:
P&T: Bullshit! really suffered at times from all the heavy libertarianism.
jeff
“Whatever our philosophical differences, at least we can all agree that glibertarians are inherently mock-worthy.”
Yes, but can I ask that Balloon Juicers exercise some constraint over at League of Ordinary Gentlemen? Farting in blog comments does not make us look reasonable. They will respond to arguments made in good faith. Glibly, perhaps, but politely.