Overnight Open Thread (1-19-2014)

Intermittent internet all day so this ONT is about all I can burst out while the connection is still up.

Quote of the Day

Now the whole parable and purpose of these last pages, and indeed of all these pages, is this: to assert that we must instantly begin all over again, and begin at the other end. I begin with a little girl's hair. That I know is a good thing at any rate. Whatever else is evil, the pride of a good mother in the beauty of her daughter is good. It is one of those adamantine tendernesses which are the touchstones of every age and race. If other things are against it, other things must go down. If landlords and laws and sciences are against it, landlords and laws and sciences must go down. With the red hair of one she-urchin in the gutter I will set fire to all modern civilization.

  -- G. K. Chesterton, "What's Wrong with the World"

Lena Dunham in the Raw

Unretouched photos from her Vogue shoot versus what got published. Actually not that much fiddling by industry standards but a reminder that most magazine photos these days are a lie in some form or another.

Maria Conchita Alonso Fired Because Tea Party Supporter

People Who Still Live in the 50s

McDonalds vs Old Koreans

No Bathing for 60 Years

And smoking dung.

Weekly Commenter Standings

Top 10 commenters:
1 [743 comments] 'Sven 10077' [104.29 posts/day = 1 post every 13.8 minutes 24/7]
2 [567 comments] 'Niedermeyer's Dead Horse'
3 [393 comments] 'garrett'
4 [329 comments] 'Mike Hammer'
5 [310 comments] 'AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It.'
6 [308 comments] 'grammie winger'
7 [306 comments] 'thunderb'
8 [296 comments] 'Sean Bannion</i></s></u></b>'
9 [284 comments] 'EC'
10 [268 comments] 'rickb223'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [65 names] 'Cicero (@cicero)' [9.12 unique names/day]
2 [50 names] 'John McCain'
3 [45 names] 'Caliban'
4 [42 names] 'Doctor Fish'
5 [41 names] 'The Political Hat'
6 [40 names] 'Adam'
7 [33 names] 'fluffy'
8 [32 names] 'toby928?'
9 [32 names] 'Brandon In Baton Rouge'
10 [30 names] 'andycanuck'

The group. Yeah.

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