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November 08, 2005

Panic Stations: Ace Solo on Hoist The Black Flag Today At 4PM

Karol's doing her thing on election day here in New York, so I'm going to try to wing this show without an, um, wingman.

My guest will be Tim Worstall, apparently a European of some sort, but don't hold that against him. He's just edited a book about the best in British blogging, called 2005 Blogged: Dispatches From the Blogosphere (available from amazon.co.uk, but not amazon.com).

We'll be talking about blogging in Britain, the EU, Youths of Undetermined Ethnic Extraction, and maybe our favorite parts from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

I'll also be ranting about this Joe Wilson character.

At Rightalk at 4PM Eastern, 1 PM Pacific, 9PM London/Lisbon time.

Given the fact that I'll almost certainly be reduced to a gibbering ooze of naked primal fear ten minutes into the show, it would be a good time to call in, at 866 884 TALK, to add your thoughts or maybe make fun of a retard.

posted by Ace at 02:39 PM

Comments

Man, you must be scared if you posted this thing three times.

Posted by: Hal on November 8, 2005 02:43 PM

What I'm not clear on is whether Ace will be solo on Hoist the Black Flag or not.

Posted by: tachyonshuggy on November 8, 2005 02:43 PM

This domain is frickin' unbelievably glitchy lately. I can barely post at all, and then when I manage it, I get three posts.

Posted by: ace on November 8, 2005 02:48 PM

Yah, definitely obscure on that point. Could you clarify this Ace? Are you going to be alone or not? Oh and give Worstell a "NEE" for me.

Posted by: Enas Yorl on November 8, 2005 02:48 PM

Karol's doing her thing on election day here in New York, so I'm going to try to wing this show without an, um, wingman.

Hmm... I detect the malevolent, unseen hand of Cavuto behind all this. Damn him.

Posted by: Reo Symes on November 8, 2005 02:52 PM

Don't OD on Val-U-Rite vodka beforehand.

Posted by: someone on November 8, 2005 02:54 PM

I think Ace was just competing in promotion with his guest, who has the post up like 6 times.

Posted by: Karol on November 8, 2005 03:02 PM

Ace, ya got nothin' to worry about. People like you, whether you're coherent or jibbering like a fucktard. I'll be listening and having a cup of coffee, hoping to hear a little of both. You're a blogoshpere god! But you're a humble god. Go get 'em tiger!

Posted by: compos mentis on November 8, 2005 03:21 PM

If you want to listen to the show, click on "channel 1" on the righttalk.com homepage at 5 minutes past the hour, that's when ace will be on.

Posted by: Village Idiot on November 8, 2005 03:23 PM

I, for one, started drinking early, just for such an event...

Posted by: JFH on November 8, 2005 03:28 PM

No, you SHOULD OD on Val-U-Rite before hand.

Posted by: Iblis on November 8, 2005 03:35 PM

I just checked the Rightalk lineup. What a collection of sad sacks, morons, and goofballs. Phyllis Schlafly has a show there . . . what more do you need to know?

Posted by: Arnie Sux on November 8, 2005 03:39 PM

Gray Davis? Is that you? I was wondering what you've been up to.

Posted by: Yaron on November 8, 2005 03:47 PM

You're good enough, you're smart enough and, doggone it, people like you.

Nobody out there but us freaks, dweebs and losers anyway. You're among friends, dude.

Posted by: VRWC Agent on November 8, 2005 03:59 PM

I am comfortably numb, Ilbis.

Posted by: ace on November 8, 2005 03:59 PM

I wonder how many F-bombs I could drop before they hung up on me.

Posted by: lauraw on November 8, 2005 04:07 PM

Isn't our favorite "it's old" blogger a member of the Permanent Government?

Posted by: someone on November 8, 2005 04:14 PM

4:14pm- This sucks without me, right? :-)

Posted by: Karol on November 8, 2005 04:14 PM

Yeah, need your cute laugh obviously....

Posted by: JFH on November 8, 2005 04:16 PM

Producer must be over his head, said he was too busy to take my call...

Posted by: JFH on November 8, 2005 04:17 PM

hang in there toots!

Posted by: lauraw on November 8, 2005 04:47 PM

You STUD, lost your guest and was able to filibuster until he came back!!!

Posted by: JFH on November 8, 2005 04:55 PM

Is Michael in Ohio, Michael "Butters" Michael?

Posted by: on November 8, 2005 04:58 PM

Yes.

Posted by: Michael on November 8, 2005 04:59 PM

Gee, this post and comments didn't even download until the show was almost over. I hope what ever they do this weekend fixes a lot of the problems you have been having with the site.

As to the show, you sounded a wee bit too numb, Ace. You obviously are more comfortable when you have alive person you can relate to sitting next to. When Karol is too big and improtant and stuck up to show up for her own show, can't you find someone to sit in her seat? They don't even have to talk. If all else fails, you have to have at least one blow up doll at home.

Other than that helpful comment, I enjoyed the show. And yes, Karol, we missed you.

Posted by: on November 8, 2005 05:09 PM

My keyboard is fk'ed up and I keep losing words. You can figure it out.

Posted by: on November 8, 2005 05:11 PM

I wish I could have heard the show, but I'm at work. But here's a cartoon for ya, Ace:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php?date=2005-09-07
See, it could be worse.

Posted by: sandy burger on November 8, 2005 05:38 PM

1) Ace was saying "uh" constantly for the first 16 minutes of his show. After that, he was really sharp and interesting. Need to find a way to get it together earlier in the show.

2) Ace doesn't know how to properly pronounce "cabal".

Posted by: Village Idiot on November 8, 2005 06:44 PM

Ace,

Just wanted to say thanks for having me on the show. Enjoyed it greatly.

Posted by: Tim Worstall on November 9, 2005 10:58 AM

Oh no! Hamas' de facto press agent at the UN complains that she can't use her credit cards or rent a card now that she's been sanctioned as a terrorist operative
Why does this keep happening to members of the "political organization" (per Tucker Carlson) of Hamas?!?!

Tucker Carlson claims that it's weird that Ted Cruz is interested in the massacre of Christians by Nigerian Muslims, because he has "no track record of being interested in Christians," then blows off the massacre of Christians by Nigerian Muslims, saying it might or might not be a real concern
Tucker Carlson enjoys using the left-wing tactic of "Tactical Ignorance" to avoid taking positions on topics. Is Hamas really a terrorist organization? Tucker can't say. He hasn't looked into it enough, but "it seems like a political organization to me." Are Muslims slaughtering Christians in Nigeria? Again, Tucker just doesn't know. He hasn't examined the evidence yet. He knows every Palestinian Christian who said he was blocked from visiting holy sites in Bethlehem, but he just hasn't had the time to look into the mass slaughter of Christians in Nigeria that has been going on since (checks watch) 2009. He doesn't know, so he can't offer an opinion. Wouldn't be prudent, you know? Don't rush him! He'll sift through the evidence at some point in the future and render an opinion sometime around 2044.
Of course, if you need an opinion on Jewish Perfidy, he has all the facts at his fingertips and can give you a fully informed opinion pronto. Say, have you ever heard of the USS Liberty incident...?
You'd think that the main issue for Tucker Carlson, who pretends to be so deeply concerned about Palestinian Christians being bullied by Jews in Israel (supposedly), would be the massacre of 185,000 Christians in Nigeria itself. But no, his main problem is that Ted Cruz is talking about it, "who has no track record of being interested in Christians at all." And then he just shrugs as to whether this is even a real issue or not.
Whatever we do we must never "divide the right," huh?
Tucker is attacking Ted Cruz for bringing the issue up because he's acting as an apologist for Jihadism, and he can't cleanly admit that Jihadists are killing any Christians, anywhere. There is no daylight between him and CAIR at this point.
One might conclude that Tucker Carlson himself isn't interested in the plight of Christians -- except as they can be used as a cudgel to attack Jews.
Just gonna ask an Interesting Question myself -- why is it that Tucker Carlson's arguments all track with those shit out by Qatarian propaganda agents and the far left? That if Jews crush an ant underfoot it is worldwide news, but when Muslims slaughter Christians it elicits not even a vigorous shrug?

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From the comments:

I once glimpsed Garth in the penumbra betwixt my wake and sleep. He was in my dream, standing afar, not looking my way, nor did he acknowledge me. But I felt seen. And that's when I knew I was a traveler on the right path. I'm glad he's still with us.

Now that's some Merenghian prose.
Garth Merenghi on the writer's craft

Greetings, Traveler. If you still have not experienced Garth Merenghi -- Author, Dream-weaver, Visionary, plus Actor -- the six episodes of his Darkplace are still available on YouTube and supposedly upscaled to HD. (Viewing it now, it doesn't appeared upscaled for shit.)
I think the second episode, "Hell Hath Fury," is the best by a good margin. Try to at least watch through to that one. It's Mereghi's incisive but nuanced take on sexism.

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Update on Scott Adams:

Scott Adams had approval for this cancer drug but they hadn't scheduled him to get it. He was taking a turn for the worse. Trump had told him to call if he needed anything, so he did. Talked to Don Jr (who is in Africa) , then RFK Jr, then Dr Oz. Someone talked to Kaiser and he was scheduled. Shouldn't have needed it but he did and he says it saved his life.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

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Funny retro kid costumes, thanks to SMH
Good to see people honoring Lamont the Big Dummy

Four hours of retro Halloween commercials and specials
The first short is the original 1996 appearance of "Sam," the dangerous undead trick-or-treater from Trick r' Treat.

ICYMI: Australian journalist actually presses Kamala Harris when she repeatedly dodges questions about Biden's mental fitness
Kamala admits she didn't have the stamina to run for president, while continuing to insist he had the mental capacity to serve as president. He was too frail to run but perfectly strong enough to govern. Yeah sure whatever lying whore.

On Wednesday, we'll see the "Beaver Super-Moon." Which sounds hot.

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I don't remember this show, except for remembering that Nancy Drew was hot and the opening credits were foreboding and exicting

According to Grok, Latrine John-Pissoir has never failed to mention she is "black" (or "queer") during her book interviews
She may not know what the hell her book is about, but she definitely knows that "every day I wake up black and queer." Join the club, sister!

Schmoll: 53% of New Jersey likely voters say their neighbors are voting for Ciattarelli, while 47% say the cheater/grifter Mikie Sherrill
The "who do you think your neighbors are voting for" question is designed to avoid the Shy Tory problem, wherein conservative people lie to schmollsters because they don't want to go on record with a likely left-winger telling them who they're really voting for. So instead the question is who do you think your neighbors are voting for, so people can talk about who they themselves support without actually having to admit it to a left-wing rando stranger recording their answers on the phone.

Hackers take over University of Penn website, calling the school a "dogshit elitist institution full of woke retards" and threatening to release its admissions files to prove illegal racial discrimination
No lies detected so far

Live Now: Dana Loesch is interrogating Heritage President Kevin Roberts on his insistence that the gay Nazi Nick Fuentes is an absolutely essential "conservative" voice whose ideas we must take seriously and who we must absolutely not exclude based on his Naziism

TJM Complains about Wreck-It Ralph The very topical premiere of TJM's YouTube Channel.

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The original rules of football did not allow forward passes. The ball was primarily advanced by running, with blockers forming lines with interlocked arms and just smashing into the similarly-interlocked defensive lines. It was basically Greek hoplite spear formations but with a semi-spherical ball. As calls to ban the sport entirely grew, some looked for ways to de-emphasize mass charges as the primary means of advancing the ball, and some specifically championed allowing a passer to throw the ball forward.