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November 30, 2005

Open Thread

Because Atrios would want it that way.

posted by Ace at 03:51 PM

Comments

Could it be I am first on the open thread? I am speechless.

Posted by: River Rat on November 30, 2005 03:58 PM

YESSSS!!! Thank you O Exalted Atrios Godling! How I have waited on pins and needles for this!

One open thread an hour just isn't enough for me!!!

Whoo-fuckin'-hooo!

Posted by: Paul Krugman on November 30, 2005 04:04 PM

It's just the same around here without a tee shirt girl.

Posted by: Michael on November 30, 2005 04:06 PM

Open threads = psychoanalysis time.

Posted by: Dr. Bart on November 30, 2005 04:09 PM

Did you see this article on the economy?

This line jumped off the page:

"The report showed that US economy was very buoyant in the third quarter despite hurricanes thanks to dynamic domestic demand," said Marie-Pierre Ripert, an economist at IXIS Corporate and Investment Bank.

Posted by: scott on November 30, 2005 04:10 PM

No, but I'd like to see BetOnIraq.com girl's mommy parts. And you forgot 'not' Michael. that I give a shit. I could care less. I'm one to judge.

Posted by: compos mentis on November 30, 2005 04:13 PM

Ooh, I'm 7th!!!

Freakin awesome!

Posted by: MH on November 30, 2005 04:17 PM

Tits.

Posted by: rho on November 30, 2005 04:24 PM

Something's bugging me and I'm sure a legion of RPG geeks and sex-starved married broads can help me with it.

The Sports Guy wonders how, when Alonzo Mourning can haul down 21 rebounds and block 9 shots less than 5 years off kidney failure and transplant, this is not a huge story.

Well, because Alonzo's a cocksucker, and being a cocksucker and all, he just isn't going to make for much of a feel-good story. Is why, Sports Guy.

I used to love this guy, the way he handled himself. Division 2 patsies would dangle defenders off him like paw-paws and dare Alonzo's brick-handed G'town teammates to drain open jumpers. (They rarely did.) Refs would let Big East monsters mug the guy and he never lost his cool. As an NBA center, he stood up for himself but never was a thug. What a stud, I thought.

Then he gets sick and Jason Kidd blackmails the Nets into taking him on as a charity case. They pay him great coin, he hardly plays, pretends trading Kenyon Martin means the Nets are throwing in the towel and demands a trade. Oh, and guess what? This transplant recipient ends up with Miami, plays real NBA minutes and contends for the freaking title alongside Shaq last year. This year, he's a starter while the Nets have some skinny Latvian in the post. I think the Nets are still paying part of his salary, to add insult to injury.

I really hate that shit. Alonzo's a cocksucker.

(Well, it is an open thread. Go back to your originally scheduled socially inept flaming and game blather.)

Posted by: spongeworthy on November 30, 2005 04:31 PM

Speaking of betting on Iraq...

Does anybody know how to invest in Iraq for real? As in, buying stocks, rather than just purchasing currency?

Posted by: on November 30, 2005 04:32 PM

I'm sorry spongeworthy...did you say something?

;-)

Posted by: Rightwingsparkle on November 30, 2005 04:38 PM

No, but I'd like to see BetOnIraq.com girl's mommy parts.

If other ME girls I've known are any guide, I'd bet on a rack.

Posted by: Rocketeer67 on November 30, 2005 04:39 PM

Man Pleads Guilty in Horse-Sex Case:
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/11/30/D8E700JG0.html
The man in question was filming the incident. The guy actually trying to violate the horse was killed in the process, by the horse.

Neigh means neigh!

Posted by: on November 30, 2005 04:40 PM

Doesn't Atrios bastardize a poem or something to start his open threads? Or make some "cute" turn to a well-known expression? Sigh, it's just not the same.

Of course, that and the fact that most of the commenters are 1) sane and 2) humorous over here.

Posted by: carin on November 30, 2005 04:49 PM

The president made an important speech today.
Bush's plan for victory:

"As Iraqi forces gain experience and the political process advances, we will be able to decrease our troop level in Iraq without losing our capability to defeat the terrorists. These decisions about troop levels will be driven by the conditions on the ground in Iraq and the good judgment of our commanders, not by artificial timetables set by politicians in Washington."

Harry Reid's response:

[O]nce again [Bush] missed an opportunity to lay out a real strategy for success in Iraq that will bring our troops safely home."

Harry Reid's plan for victory:

*crickets

From Breitbart.com:
The president's address was accompanied by the release of a 35-page White House document titled "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq."

Bush's resolve:

"We will stay as long as necessary to complete the mission. If our military leaders there tell us we need more troops, I will send them."

"[W]e will never accept anything less than complete victory."

"Some critics continue to assert that we have no plan in Iraq except to, quote, "Stay the course."
If by "Stay the course," they mean, "We will not allow the terrorists to break our will," they're right."
________

Pelosi's strategy for success in response to Bush's speech:

“We should follow the lead of Congressman John Murtha, who has put forth a plan to make America safer, to make our military stronger, and to make Iraq more stable. That is what the American people and our troops deserve.”

(Make our military stronger by implementing an immediate withdrawal? I'm baffled by that statement.)

John Kerry's (former?) plan for victory:

"The way forward in Iraq is not to pull out precipitously or merely promise to stay 'as long as it takes.' To undermine the insurgency, we need to pursue both a political settlement and the withdrawal of American combat forces linked to specific, responsible benchmarks -"

"Let Iraqis stand up for Iraq,"

Posted by: Bart on November 30, 2005 04:59 PM

I give you crazy Russian kids doing ultra-parkour

Because I love you.

Posted by: Dr. Reo Symes on November 30, 2005 05:07 PM

Giant. Singing. Icebergs.

Sound file above - Article here

Posted by: SarahW on November 30, 2005 05:17 PM

Still waiting for the rest to load Symee, but what I've seen so far is impressive. Wonder how many broken bones it takes to get to that level.

Posted by: compos mentis on November 30, 2005 05:17 PM

Dr. Reo,

I'd say someone really really needs to get a job, don't cha think?

And...I love you too.

Posted by: Rightwingsparkle on November 30, 2005 05:18 PM

What's left of the Ace o' Spades lifestyle in Louisiana:
http://www.macchuck.com/Katrina/galleries/shell_beach/shell_beach-Pages/Image21.html

Posted by: max on November 30, 2005 05:25 PM

100% All Plastic Playing Cards

Posted by: Madfish Willie on November 30, 2005 05:51 PM

A Katrina story about a very generous Indian billionaire that has not received enough Big Media Quisling attention because there's no possible anti-Bush angle:

http://www.ispat.com/Communities/Katrina+Relief/

For a little background on the story and a pointed reminder that there are other billionaires who could also help see –

http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=204480 (you may have to click refresh for the page to open)

And now that thanks to all that crazy blog money Ace may be approaching billionaire status, perhaps he could adopt, say, a city block is Waveland . Or at any rate get some of the billionaires who read this blog for the high moral tone of its comments to do so.

Posted by: max on November 30, 2005 06:44 PM

Speaking of Atrios...

Posted by: Sean M. on November 30, 2005 06:55 PM

Cool link, Reo. Couldn't help but notice what a grim neighborhood those kids live in. And the one kid had a T-shirt that said "FCUK". How sad is that?

Posted by: Michael on November 30, 2005 07:19 PM

Dr. Symes,

freaky-deakey.

Posted by: Dave in Texas on November 30, 2005 07:26 PM

A "brown star"> surrounded by what appears to be a "dick" of dust and gas...........hmmmmmmm!

Posted by: Steve on November 30, 2005 08:18 PM

If they ever made a new version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town, the Heat Miser could be played by Judge Andrew Napolitano from FNC.

Posted by: Bart on November 30, 2005 08:53 PM

FYI has anyone ever checked out the site " What would Tyler Durden do?" WWTD.com - v. funny

Posted by: rakmjn1 on November 30, 2005 09:52 PM

BTW not FYI

Posted by: rakmjn1 on November 30, 2005 09:53 PM

I just stumbled on WWTDD today. It's run by Brendan Donnelly, who used to write for The Superficial, and was easily the funniest one of the bunch. Go check out his new site, especially where he said it looks like Janet Jackson's new diet consists of "chocolate bacon".

Posted by: UGAdawg on November 30, 2005 10:16 PM

Apparently, MoveOn.org doesn't know the difference between British and American soldiers

Posted by: El Conquistadore on December 1, 2005 02:16 AM

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Funniest thing I've read about the Virginia mess. Back when they were hustling the referendum through the assembly both Senators, Warner and Kaine, advised them to go slow and play by the rules. Louise Lucas said she respected them but didn't need advice from the "cuck chair" in the corner. The gerrymandering was overturned and Louise is heading for the big house. Edward G. Robinson voice "where's your cuck now?"
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I posted his post on twitter and it's gotten 25K views so far. Thanks, Smell the Glove

Chris
@chriswithans

"Ahhhhh ahh I put my career on the line for Louise Lucas and Jay Jones thinking they'd vault me into presidential contention and we ended up costing Democrats 20 House seats and unleashing a Reverse Dobbs ahhhhh ahhh"

Forgotten 80s Mystery Click That Sums Up the Democrat Communist Party Today
Something is wrong as I hold you near
Somebody else holds your heart, yeah
You turn to me with your icy tears
And then it's raining, feels like it's raining

TJM wonders about world building in stories, mostly The Hunger Games

"It's f**king f**ked."
-- 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.

Basil the Great
@BasilTheGreat

🚨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%.

Annunziata Rees-Mogg
@zatzi
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...

The British Patriot
@TheBritLad

🚨 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.

(((Dan Hodges)))
@DPJHodges

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.

Nick Lowles
@lowles_nick

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.
Oh, and if Starmer loses about as badly as expected, Labour will toss him out of a window Braveheart style and replace him. He will announce he is resigning to spend more time with his Gay Ukrainian Male Prostitutes.

Media bias and senationalism are as old as, well, the media:

That was written by Denny O'Neill and illustrated by, get this, Frank Miller. Editor to the Stars Jim Shooter was in charge at the time.
I always thought the gag was original to the comic book, but in fact the "Threat or Menace" headline was a satirical joke about media bias and sensationalism for a long while. The Harvard Lampoon used it in a parody of Life magazine: "Flying Saucers: Threat or Menace?"

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