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Overnight Open Thread (12-22-2013)South Park Explains the Justine Sacco and Phil Robertson Affairs Because human sacrifice is still a fun and enjoyable way to expiate your sins, bring the tribe all together, and enforce the Gleichschaltung. Phil Robertson-gatepalooza Sadly we're now heading towards the state of the UK where just publicly stating certain passages from Corinthians can get you arrested for hate speech. If you're lucky, you'll just be fired and shunned from society. Of Ducks and Gays and Tolerance First Amendment Free Speech vs Cultural Space for Dissenting Opinions The Lies of the Media and the Robertson GQ Quote That Won't Be Quoted Our culture has accepted two huge lies. The first is that if you disagree with someone's lifestyle, you must fear or hate them. The second is that to love someone means you agree with everything they believe or do. Both are nonsense. You don't have to compromise convictions to be compassionate. Cracker Barrel Reinstates Duck Dynasty Gear and here's why they were so quick to turn against DD. Short version: They have a history with GLAAD as well as not-so-clean hands. Why Duck Dynasty Threatens the Left And if you think the Robertsons have had an easy, charmed, trouble-and-sin-free life, you should watch this video and this one too.
A&E's Proposed Replacement Show for Duck Dynasty So The Worst Person on Earth Finally Landed in Cape Town Justine Sacco is still living - for now. But then it's so much easier and enjoyable to destroy someone over an insensitive tweet towards Africa's AIDS problem than say actually attempt to do anything about it. There was a time when even the Left considered Lord of the Flies a cautionary tale. Now they treat it like an instruction manual. And if you disagree you're worse than Hitler and will have to deal with the bloodthirsty Ewok: This @justinesacco Thought Traitor has had it too good for too long. It's about time this person I never heard of got what's comin' to her. @OkieMuskogee33 @yesnicksearcy @gmaslsk @SonnyBunch @BuzzFeed Murder's too good for them. What are you, soft on WordCrime? Obama's Federal Government at Work: Dealing with the Piano Teacher Menace Background: the Federal Trade Commission Details of the yet to be approved consent decree: This October, MTNA signed a consent decree-its contents as ludicrous as the investigation. The association did not have to admit or deny guilt. It must, however, read a statement out loud at every future national MTNA event warning members against talking about prices or recruitment. It must send this statement to all 22,000 members and post it on its website. It must contact all of its 500-plus affiliates and get them to sign a compliance statement. We can breathe a bit freer since Top Men are protecting our children from the depredations of unrestricted piano teachers. I'd come to New England after many years away and, in Seattle, thought I'd packed well for the trip. I'd made a point to bring my very warm Seattle jacket. I stepped outside into the New England winter this morning and between the door and the car I knew, based on testicle retraction velocity, that my coat had nothing to say to this winter. I might as well have packed and dressed in a Speedo. At least I would have been rapidly arrested and taken to a warm jail cell until my need for medication could be determined. Yes you can get this for just $7. Somebody should find John Edwards in whatever Federal prison he's currently staying in and let him know. The Snake Eaters and the Yards The Green Berets in Vietnam came to love their Montagnard allies and the Montagnards loved their Green Berets back. But thanks to their loyalty to the US the Montagnards lost almost everything. The indigenous Montagnards, recruited into service by the American Special Forces in Vietnam's mountain highlands, defended villages against the Viet Cong and served as rapid response forces. The Special Forces and the Montagnards-each tough, versatile, and accustomed to living in wild conditions-formed an affinity for each other. In the testimony of many veterans, their working relationship with the Montagnards, nicknamed Yards, was a bright spot in a confusing and frustrating war. The bond between America's elite fighters and their indigenous partners has persisted into the present, but despite the best efforts of vets, the Montagnards have suffered greatly in the postwar years, at least in part because they cast their lot with the U.S. Army. In a war with more than its share of tragedies, this one is less often told but is crucial to understanding the conflict and its toll. But it was mostly due to the efforts of Green Berets veterans that they didn't lose everything. Throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, some 3,000 Montagnards with combat records have emigrated to the United States. The tribesmen chose to settle in a cluster in North Carolina, in part because of the strong Special Forces presence near Fort Bragg. The Special Forces Association, a veterans' group, has assisted with the process of immigration, circulating images of refugees who claimed to be veterans, in hopes of finding former Green Berets who could verify their stories. ...Discussions of the tribes' plight on pro-military message boards focus on the Montagnards' loyalty, Christianity, and sense of duty, drawing a contrast between the worthy Yard immigrants and an ungrateful American public. The fight to help Montagnard refugees enter the U.S. has created strange bedfellows, as the Special Forces have advocated for tribesmen alongside organizations like Human Rights Watch. Stephen Green Reviews LED Bulbs A while back I wrote that Melissa and I had given up our expensive and ultimately unfulfilling fling with CFL lightbulbs. We must have spent a couple thousand dollars putting them all over the house, but as soon as the ones in the outdoor sconces die off, we'll be done with them completely. I've been experimenting with different brands of LEDs, and Glenn Reynolds' mention this morning of Cree's bulbs reminded me to finally write up what I've learned. The cheapest bulbs we've used are also my favorite. Cree is a longtime producer of commercial LED lighting, but is moving into residential in a big way. Their bulbs produce the closest I've seen to honest-to-God warm-feeling light, they come on instantly, and seem to have the best dimming range. I have one in my studio ceiling, just a few feet away from a traditional incandescent, and the two are virtually indistinguishable from one another at full brightness. The difference being that the Sylvania bulb is using 65 watts and the Cree is sipping a mere 9.5. BOSTON- In the largest study of its kind, people who ate a daily handful of nuts were 20 percent less likely to die from any cause over a 30-year period than were those who didn't consume nuts, say scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Harvard School of Public Health. Crafting with a Coke can. Weekly Commenter Standings Top 10 commenters: Top 10 sockpuppeteers: The group. Yeah. Where it's at - the Twitter Tonight's post brought to you by December: Notice: Posted by permission of AceCorp LLC. Please e-mail overnight open thread tips to maetenloch at gmail. Otherwise send tips to Ace. | Recent Comments
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