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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

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-- reportedly a genuine comment offered by a "senior Labour source"
Correction: I wrote that Labour is losing 88% (now 87%) of the seats it is "defending." I think that's wrong. The right way to say it is the seats they are contesting -- that is, they don't necessarily already hold these seats, but they have put up a candidate to run for the seat. It's still very bad but not as bad as losing 87% of the seats they already held.

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🚨ED MILIBAND [a Minister in Starmer's government] SAYS KEIR STARMER WILL RESIGN AS PRIME MINISTER

He has reportedly reassured Labour MP's that Starmer will be resigning following the disastrous results tonight

It's over

"The end of the two party system in the UK" as first the Fake Conservatives and now Labour chooses political suicide rather than simply STOPPING THE INVASION
Incidentally, the only reason this didn't already happen in the US is because of the Very Bad Orange Man (who is right on 85% of all policy calls and extremely, existentially right on 15% of them)

No political party that is NOT also a doomsday religious cult would EVER choose a cataclysmic loss -- and possible extinction as a party -- to support a toxically unpopular favoritism of NON-CITIZEN ILLEGAL MIGRANTS over actual citizen voters.

Only a cult does this.

Now they've lost 84%.

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If this continues Labour loses 2,148 seats tonight.

That is much worse than the worst case predictions I’ve seen.

Cataclysmic

Update: They've now lost 88% of the seats they're defending. As I mentioned earlier, I think I heard that London will not bail them out, as many of those Labour seats will probably flip to "Muslim Independent" or Green. Detroit's 5am vote will not save them.

Yup, Labour is losing 80% of its seats...

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🚨 BREAKING: Labour have lost 80% of all seats contested as of 2:25 AM.<
br> If this continues, Keir Starmer will be out of office next week.

Reform has surged and projected to pick up between 1700-2100 seats.

Wow, up to 1700-2100 seats. It's not incredible that this is happening. It's incredible that the Davos crowd is so absolutely determined to privilege Muslim "migrants" over the actual native population who elects them, no matter how loudly the natives scream that they want to be prioritized, that they will gladly self-extinguish as a party rather than simply representing the interests of their own voters. Astonishing.
Remember, when they call other people "cultists" -- they are the ones so imprisoned in their social reinforcement and discipline bubbles that they will choose political death rather than dare upset the Karen Enforcement Officers of their cult.
Update: Now they've lost 83% of the seats they were defending.

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Reform are basically wiping Labour out in the North. It's not a defeat. It's not even a rout. Labour are simply ceasing to exist.

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Tonight’s results are calamitous for Labour. Not just for Keir Starmer's leadership, but for the very future of the party

STARMERGEDDON: In early returns, Reform gains 135 seats, Labour loses 90, the Fake Conservatives lose 36 (and I didn't even know they could fall any further), the Lib Dems lose 4, and the Greens gain 6. Note that the only other party gaining seats is the Greens and they're only gaining a handful of seats.
Update: Reform now up 145, Labour down 98.
Labour projected to lose Wales -- where they've ruled for 27 years.
Fulton County Georgia just discovered 400 boxes of ballots for Labour
Update: REF +156, LAB -107, CON -45
Brutal: In four out of five council seats where Labour is defending, they've lost. 80%.
I'm sure it's not this simple, but Reform is straight taking Labour's and the "Conservatives'" seats. They've lost almost exactly what Reform gained. If understand this right (and warning, I probably don't), all of London's council seats are up for election, and Labour might lose hugely there, as their old voters abandon them for Reform, Muslim Indenpendents, and the Greens.
REF +190, LAB -134, CON -56.

Updates on the Labour collapse in council elections -- which wags are calling #Starmergeddon -- from Beege Welborne. There are about 5000 seats up for grabs, Labour is expected to lose 1,800, Reform will probably gain 1,580, up from... zero. So this would be more than that.
People claim that while Labour has adopted the Sharia Agenda to appeal to the million Muslims it allowed to migrate to the country, those voters are ditching Labour to vote for the Muslim Independent Party or the Greens. Delicious. This shadenfreude is going straight to my thighs.
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