loony tunes.

you just can't make this up.

sorry, i can't even comment.

hey, kenneth eng... vice magazine may hire you.

an asian supremacist is fired from asianweek, a legitimate magazine. if there is one thing i hate more than a white supremacist, it's an asian supremacist.

join a white supremacist masquerading as a 21st century hipster, and you'll feel right at home! just remember, after your poorly-written racist tripe, say "i'm kidding - i'm making fun of racism - get it?" or wink a couple of times. also, if you do a couple of interviews saying that you're being "postmodern" because you're writing for a post-racism audience, the kiddies will love you, even though you're just being a racist douchebag! maybe you can even bag sarah silverman, because she's also a "postmodern" "post-racist" media figure. oh, and she "loves chinks." (*clears throat* har har, aren't i funnay!?)

(some of these people wouldn't know it if post-modernism walked up to them and said, "hello, my name is post-modernism. see the name tag that says 'hello, my name is post-modernism' that's plastered on my post-modern blazer?" well, neither would i, but i definitely know what post-modernism isn't. being sucky does not equal being postmodern.)

peanut gallery!

independent gay forum provides often-reviled points of view, but it does exist as an intellectual check to the likes of HRC and other prominent gay groups, who sometimes lose their focus and must be recalibrated with a little nudge: "(1) hey, gays are not a monolithic group who blindly march to the beat of democratic party dogma, and (2) don't spread yourselves too thin - stick with gay issues only." all right. point taken. i pretty much agree. but sometimes, the commenters are just... RIDDIKULUS! snooterific howling. and much more interesting than sunday night's oscars (sorry ellen). after the first comment, the conversation just goes downhill. don't bother reading the main post, because no one seems to be paying attention to the content of the original article. the entertainment lies in the comments. at then end, i get so frustrated with "james" that i post as "GG." that guy needs to discover the joys of a fine sativa; he needs to chill.

updated post.

sarah silverman post updated.

this is an open call to all *cough* "edgy" "hipsters" who dabble in casual racism with a smile and a *wink wink*. come here and defend yourselves. don't worry. you can stay anonymous.

read [these] [articles] to prime yourselves before you click on the above link. we welcome the entertainment you will provide us.

GO!

green is the color of money.

largest leveraged buyout (LBO) in history goes down with the blessing of environmental groups

Before announcing the biggest buyout on record, the private equity buyers of utility TXU Corp. came calling on environmental groups, the latest sign of how the green lobby is increasingly shaping the agenda on Wall Street.

Dallas-based TXU Corp. said Monday it agreed to be taken over by famed buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Texas Pacific Group and the private equity arm of Goldman Sachs for a record $45 billion.

As part of the deal, the private equity owners agreed to abandon plans for eight of 11 controversial coal-fired power plants that TXU previously had aggressively sought, winning support for the buyout from two major environmental groups - Environmental Defense and the National Resources Defense Council.

Critics who had howled at TXU's initial plan to build 11 plants powered by coal hailed the decision as a victory, saying it would prevent 56 million tons of carbon emissions a year.

kohlberg kravis roberts ("kkr") is THE lbo firm (check the RJR nabisco buyout in the late 80s - i think it was the late 80's...) well at some point, they were bad ass mofos, and if they are attempting this one, they're probably still bad ass mofos.

and bad ass mofos kkr acquiesced to the greens to ensure their green. who'd a thunk!

sarah silverman.

completely outlandish, over-the-top, offensive, screechy, annoying, mostly sad excuse for a comic... yet managed to create one of the top lines ever in stand-up comedy:

"jews that drive german cars. it's the opposite of fubu."

hold your nose and watch "jesus is magic" if you want to hear a couple great lines interspersed with mostly garbage. or if you just need cocktail party fodder (topic: how comedians who describe their own material as "edgy" fail to achieve edginess but instead fall into the pit of "lame"*).

* hipsters love silverman and things like vice magazine, a racist publication that pretends to be ironic when they're being racist, and since there exists reasonable doubt that they're REALLY being racist and because of their core audience (see below), it's "okay". but more likely than not, they *are* being racist. furthermore, it's "okay" to be racist, if your audience consists of white boys with uneven haircuts who listen to "eclectic" music, because they're, like not white boys who wear white baseball caps and who listen to dave matthews.

um, yeah, makes sense to me.

are there any hipsters out there who would like to explain? i know it's uncool to label yourself a hipster, but come on, you can be anonymous here. here is your chance to defend yourselves.

Romanticizing Disaster

last night i was farting around on daily kos when i found a thread about the potential devastation of pandemic bird flu. another commenter posted a link to a YouTube video depicting the armageddon scenario of total breakdown of civil society. the short follows the struggles of a family of three hunkered down in their booby-trapped home. they are attacked by two former family friends who are desperate and starving.

another commenter reported that the FluWiki (sorry, don't know which one they were talking about) had to ban discussions of ammunition because it prevented people from actually having meaningful discussions about other ways to prepare for a disastrous pandemic. first, it's both sad and disgusting that the first thing that comes to mind for so many people is the necessity of deadly force for protection. i'm not so naive to think that in the event of total civil breakdown weapons wouldn't come in handy or even be necessary for personal security. however, they are useful only if one knows how to use them effectively and safely.

it's just depressing that acquiring guns is the first and primary order of business for so many. they don't make plans to discuss cooperative preparation with their neighbors. instead, they automatically see their neighbors as potential enemies and start making plans to shoot hungry people. so, now, i not only have to worry about losing my own life or losing friends and family. i also have to worry about a bunch of armed-to-the-teeth, trigger-happy yahoos who've never had a gun safety class running around and creating their own personal version of Mad Max. it almost makes me hope that i get the flu and die instead of having to try and survive in that kind of world.

out of curiosity, i went to various flu wikis on the net and read a few threads of the paranoic variety. some people are just terrified. however, i get the distinct impression that no small number of people who think like this are not afraid, but excited at the prospect of a pandemic that destroys civil society. my roommate tara postulated that some people are excited because they think the world needs a good pandemic to cure the problem of overpopulation. they romanticize the idea of disaster and cannot conceptualize themselves as one of the desperate and hungry, nor do they consider what happens when they run out of ammunition or if they are attacked by people who have the advantage of greater numbers and firepower. not everyone owns a gun shop or has access to one nearby.

happy friday!

<useless "i'm eating cereal"-esque blog post>

i've been in the office until 11pm for the past two days. only an hour and a half of work to go!

</useless "i'm eating cereal"-esque blog post>

this isn't good...

powerful liberal bloggers turn their guns on moderate democrats.

Democratic leaders want their activists to focus on beating Republicans. But the grass roots and Net roots believe the political tide is shifting their way, and they can provide the money, ground troops and buzz to challenge Democratic incumbents they don't like. MoveOn.org had two Bay Area chapters before the election; now it has 15, and they could all go to work against Tauscher in a primary. "Absolutely, we could take her out," said Markos Moulitsas Zúniga -- better known as Kos -- the Bay Area blogger behind the influential Daily Kos site.

um, settle down, beavis. what's the big deal?

Why are they going after Ellen Tauscher?

She has annoyed the left by supporting legislation to scale back the estate tax, tighten bankruptcy rules and promote free-trade agreements. She served as vice chair of the pro-business Democratic Leadership Council, which many liberal activists dismiss as a quasi-Republican K Street front group. And she voted to authorize the Iraq war, although she did so with caveats, and she was quick to express her displeasure with its execution.

um, news flash. not every dem-leaning voter believes in protectionlist trade policies, and it looks like she represents a pretty wealthy district that used to lean towards the republicans, and many of them probably own small businesses. it does NOT contain berkeley or oakland, which are far-left strongholds. her district is more suburban, more like the o.c. it seems. so why do the people in berkeley like kos want to get all up in her grill?

Tauscher territory is mostly soccer moms, software executives and Restoration Hardware stores. It also includes the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Travis Air Force Base and several farm towns. "Ellen's a perfect fit for that district," said Audrey Gordon, a local Democratic fundraiser. "We've got a lot of tough seats to defend this year; why on Earth would Democrats want to attack Ellen?"

seems to me that she's representing her demographic just fine. back off, kos.

*news flash*
for the record, if you're gay, and you did well for yourself, fight the estate tax. remember, the federal government won't consider you married anytime soon, so whatever breaks a surviving spouse would get doesn't apply to you. here's a discussion on that topic - scroll down to read the comments of those who know what they're talking about. also, if you're in a same-sex relationship in most states, you should work towards repealing the estate tax in your state, especially if your state has an anti-marriage amendment.

the estate tax in general, in my humble opinion, is a bunch of baloney and hurts the following people: working class people with union salaries and working professionals, especially those without surviving spouses. the super rich shuffle money around and get around it. upper-middle income working americans get screwed. and in the northeast and california, where the standard of living is ridiculously expensive, what is considered upper-middle income anywhere else is middle class, and the middle class in wealthy blue states gets royally screwed. i know the estate tax is already getting scaled back and will be gone in 2010, but (oddly) it comes back in 2011 with an exclusion of $1,000,000. gay activists, big labor, and pretty much all middle class people who were financially prudent during their lifetime should fight this tooth and nail. however, i don't see this as part of the democratic agenda, which surprises me.

okay, getting back to the kos crowd: listen, peabrains. independent, centrist voters handed the democrats the last election - not the party's left. the "thumping" of the republicans came from the middle - those who had originally voted for republicans. don't do something stupid by purging candidates that appeal to swing voters, or you'll see them swing right back the other direction.

pelosi, tame the far left! please!

*sigh*

top legal news stories from my daily "new york lawyer" e-mail newsletter:

NY Courtroom Given Graphic Lesson in S&M

Judge Speculates About Anna Nicole Smith's Problems

Anna Nicole Smith Hearing Draws Big Media Encampment

Blogger Sued Over Topless Picture of Jennifer Aniston

Second Suit Filed in Brandy's Fatal Crash

Kevin Federline Cancels Court Date Amid Britney Spears Rehab Reports

Judge Rules OJ Simpson's Earnings Should Go to Goldmans

since when did the publishers of the new york law journal start looking to perezhilton.com and tmz for news stories? on one hand, i could say that this is unassailable proof of culture's decline, but on the other hand, stuff like this keeps me busy and employed.

and for something completely different, holy fucking shit! it's the comeback kid. (just $179 per share to go to get back to pre-2002 levels.) ha ha.

cartoon catfight!

these two are acting like tom and jerry and just might claw each other to death before the 2008 election. could this leave an opening for fat albert?

BREAKING NEWS! OMG!!!

Seriously, on the big yellow banner that sometimes pops up on CNN.com to depict "important" breaking news:

"Lawyer nearly faints at the hearing on the fate of Anna Nicole Smith's body. Witness offers protein bar."

Um. We're all waiting with bated breath to find of whether it was a Clif Bar, New Balance Bar or a PowerBar.

Update: It was a Luna Bar!

(I would post other news items, but nothing else seems to be on the news, except that Britney Spears is bald and keeps entering and leaving rehab.)

why i <3 tech moguls.

they're innovative, and when they become philanthropists, they give in innovative ways. read how the founder of quark was instrumental in flipping local elections all over the country in favor of gay friendly candidates.

HRC should learn a few things from him before it becomes a dinosaur.

The $500 million question. Part I.

Okay, July California bar takers. This one is going to be on your exam. I can feel it.



"In 2001, Vickie, a resident of Los Angeles, California, executes a will in Los Angeles, California. Vickie is unmarried at the time and leaves her entire estate to her son Daniel, to be held in trust by Howard. Vickie explicitly disinherits all other relatives in Article I, including future children or spouses. However, in the following provision, Article II, Howard is directed to disperse trust funds to her 'children' at various times. On September 7, 2006, Vickie has a daughter, Danielynn. On September 10, 2006, Daniel dies, unmarried and without children of his own. On September 28, 2006 Vickie and Howard exchange vows off the coast of the Bahamas, but no marriage certificate is issued. On February 8, 2007, Vickie dies in the Bahamas. Who gets her estate?"

ARTICLE I:



ARTICLE II:



The will will be interpreted by California law, because it was executed in California by a California resident at the time.

First thing's first. Vickie's marriage to Howard is a legal nullity. There was no marriage certificate. He is not a spouse, so legally, she died unmarried.

Daniel is dead, and Danielynn was not in existence at the time the will was written. A "pretermitted child" is a child of a person who has written a will in which the child is not mentioned or left anything. These include children born after a will was executed. Is Danielynn a "pretermitted child"? Yes. Does California have a pretermitted child statute? Why yes it does! Westlaw says:

§ 6570. Child born or adopted after execution of will; share in estate Except as provided in Section 6571, if a testator fails to provide in the will for a child of the testator born or adopted after the execution of the will, the omitted child shall receive a share in the estate equal in value to that which the child would have received if the testator had died intestate. West's Ann.Cal.Prob.Code § 6570

"Intestate" means you croaked without a will, and every state has default rules on how an estate is distributed in the event someone dies without a will.

§ 6402. Intestate estate not passing to surviving spouse of surviving domestic partner. Except as provided in Section 6402.5, the part of the intestate estate not passing to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 37, under Section 6401, or the entire intestate estate if there is no surviving spouse or domestic partner, passes as follows:

(a) To the issue of the decedent, the issue taking equally if they are all of the same degree of kinship to the decedent, but if of unequal degree those of more remote degree take in the manner provided in Section 240. West's Ann.Cal.Prob.Code § 6402

"Issue" means child. All right! This means that Danielynn would take under the will, right? Wait a minute, what is that "Section 6571" business? Maybe we should read that.

§ 6571. Children not receiving share; circumstances A child does not receive a share of the estate under Section 6570 if any of the following is established:

(a) The testator's failure to provide for the child in the will was intentional and that intention appears from the will. West's Ann.Cal.Prob.Code § 6571

Okay, let's stop here, because (b) and (c) are irrelevant, and I don't want to take up space. Article I explicitly disinherited everyone but Daniel, and it was even labeled "Statutory Disinheritance". Article I states, "Except as otherwise provided in this Will, I have intentionally omitted to provide for... my... future... children." That seems pretty clear. But Article II provides, in part, for trust funds to be dispersed to Vickie's "children" and refers to said children in the plural and using words like "their" and "are". What was her intent? And what was the attorney who drafted this will smoking?

We'll see that this doesn't matter, because Danielynn will take everything anyway.

Part II to come soon.

The unhinged right just won't stop being funny.

Please stop! I'm laughing so hard my sides are splitting.

From this post at Free Republic, which shall henceforth be known as "The Laugh Factory".

Well, after two generations of Second Wave Feminism, Ms. Willis and Ms. Beauvoir have had their way: The West has skyrocketing divorce rates and plummeting birth rates, leading to a cultural and demographic vacuum that makes us vulnerable to a take-over by... Islam. And feminists still aren't satisfied.

That's right kids. You heard it here first! Because women dared to venture out of the home and be seen in public, we're all going to end up back in the home wearing burqas! Makes sense!

(And why that post was also tagged "homosexual agenda" and "watermelon" I have no idea. What the hell does feminism have to do with boys that schtup each other, and why bring an innocent summer barbecue dessert into the debate?)

here come the new yorkers...

civil unions are now obtainable in new jersey. i want to see some people eloping on the PATH train and the 126 bus!

texas republican: gravity is a joke! oh, and copernicus was part of that whole "jewish conspiracy" thingamabob.

this post on kos made me spew water out of my nose.

please, please, please... let this be a parody.

please?

for the EXTREME!!! files.

how to take down a hijacker.

[thanks ben]

moo?

the most insightful political commentator on jdjive calls himself moo sharpton, and all he says is "moo."

The Social Contract Crumbles

funny how so many republicans and libertarians are all down with public education until after they've gotten theirs and their own children are grown:

A School District With Low Taxes and No Schools

Just to be clear, Patrick Flynn says he loves public education. He just does not like the idea of paying for it.

So when it came time last November for the expanding, unincorporated desert community of Troon to choose between joining a nearby school district, and paying higher property taxes to help finance it, or starting its own, Mr. Flynn led the movement that created the Christopher Verde School District.

Not that the Christopher Verde district will have any schools, teachers or, apparently, students.

The children of Troon will continue to attend nearby schools. And thanks to a loophole in Arizona law, the grown-ups of Troon will continue to avoid paying property taxes in those districts, which makes officials in the districts less than mirthful.

... more ...

i've got an idea. if anyone in Troon calls 911, they should be asked for a credit card number before services are delivered.

So Cute I Might Puke

Mother cat adopts newborn Rottweiler

MERIDEN, Conn. --Who says cats and dogs don't get along? Workers at the Meriden Humane Society are marveling at a short-haired mother cat that has adopted a 6-day-old Rottweiler puppy that was rejected by its mother.

... more ...

advice columns are funny.

i dreamed i cheated on my wife with jennifer hudson (of dreamgirls), and i blurted it out when i woke up, and now my wife hates me. what do i do?

funniest video ever.

yes, that's donald trump hitting on rudy giuliani in drag. hysterical!

i <3 new york. where republicans are secure in their masculinity, and therefore, they only care about taxes and crime.

can't the northeast just secede?

mitt mitt full of shit!

this article wasn't up yesterday, but it speaks for itself. disingenuous twit!

lesson number one: appealing to people west of the mississippi and south of the mason dixon line includes making an ass of yourself to your home constituents.

can't the northeast just secede?

They Better Start Building Riot Proof Planes

i'd be screaming bloody murder and calling a lawyer if i were kept waiting on a plane for nine hours.

Can't Think Of A Title. Laughing Too Hard.

commenter ahunt on valentine's day at pandagon:

Please Young’uns.

Vday is just an excuse to party and give gifties, and in my case, I got a pretty pony. Ya’ll make it out as some sort of political statement, and the truth is that for those of us who have been married forever, it is a fucking official date night.

Kids, you have to cut us elders some slack. Romance is a planned event when you get to our age. I’m sorry that not all of you are in romantic relationships, but goddamn, I’ve been riding the same stud for thirty years and absent an occasional reminder that romance is in order, the Better Half is oblivious.

I s’pose I could nag and whine.

ice chunks slicing my face... la la la

based on my lighter than usual morning commute, quite a few people this morning looked out the window, saw sleet falling sideways in howling wind, and took a "fuck this shit" day. i, however, don't get paid "fuck this shit" days, because i'm still not salaried, so here i am.

also, i want to take back anything bad i said about uggs, because this was one day where the people wearing them got the last laugh (as i sit here nursing my wet feet and the people in stiletto boots sliding down the street are... well... sliding down the street).

wow, today just sucks.

dear hrc, ngltf, et al.

2008 is approaching. and i'm going to ask you to do the unthinkable. unless he pulls a "mitt mitt full of shit" and backtracks on support for gays and lesbian, throw your hat in for rudy, and this is why:

your job is to lobby for gays and lesbians, not labor unions, not the rights of other groups. you need to stay focused. in recent years, republicans have unilaterally been assholes to gays and lesbians, and it made sense to tell them to "shove it." but this is changing.

take a look at rudy v. edwards v. clinton v. obama:

RUDY:
Supports civil unions, but not marriage equality. Opposes a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Wants to repeal "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell." Note: Lived with a gay couple after his divorce.

EDWARDS:
Has mixed views on civil unions, and opposes same-sex marriage. Skipped a vote to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage. Wants to repeal "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell." Supports ENDA and hate-crimes legislation.

CLINTON:
Supports civil unions, but not marriage equality. Voted against constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Wants to repeal "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell." Supports ENDA and hate-crimes legislation.

OBAMA:
Supports civil unions, but not marriage equality. Voted against constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Has not voted on "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell," ENDA or hate-crimes legislation.

no one supports marriage equality, all right? not even your poster child clinton. and did you know that hillary, when voting on the anti-gay marriage amendment didn't say one damn thing? she didn't speak up. granted, she voted against it, but she didn't lobby on our behalf. rudy is more pro-gay than edwards. EDWARDS SKIPPED THE VOTE on the marriage amendment! and he's not even sure civil unions are a good idea. rudy does.

if you throw your hat in for a pro-gay republican, the democrats will understand that they cannot take us for granted. you may think that everything else on the republican platform SUCKS, but your job is to keep gay and lesbian interests in mind. and not anyone else's. this is why we give you money. we give you money so that you will keep our interests in mind and not squander our support.

the problem is that democrats have been enjoying our votes and our money, but without any reciprocity. the democrats are too afraid to stand up for us. well make them afraid NOT to. tell them that if they take our money, and treat us like their burden, we will burden them by withholding our vote and our money. light a fire under their asses and endorse rudy.

and if it comes down to edwards and rudy, and both maintain the views as reported in that article above, and you still support edwards over rudy, you will have no credibility. the democrats will still take us for granted. and the republicans will never bother vying for our vote.

do you have the balls to do this? do you?

(BIG CAVEAT! if giuliani decides to go the mitt romney route and turn right, of course, throw him under a bus, but as it stands now, i would encourage GLBT groups to support giuliani for strategic reasons only. although i don't if i'd personally vote for him.)

jesus rape is magic.

well, if he says so, it must be right, right? maybe he should experience the "magic" of rape and get back to us. i'm just sayin'...

i can't even comment. are some people really this stupid?

NIMBY!

orlando has banned feeding the homeless in downtown parks. i can't be the only one who is really disturbed by the language in this article: "The large feedings were unbalancing constituents who lived near the parks [...]" and "Alana Brenner, a city clerk who serves as the mayor's point person on the homeless problem, says the city has set up 'an alternative location near downtown,' where 'feedings can take place any day, any hour.'"

feedings? they aren't pigeons, assholes. keeping that in mind, this line has an Orwellian ring: "Orlando, population 200,000, works hard to conjure the image of a true-life Pleasantville. But its spotless sidewalks and twinkling skyline belie a real city with real maladies — most notably, a surging homeless population that authorities are struggling to control."

*sniff sniff*

do i smell the makings of a libel suit? yes, mr. stern may be a public figure (and at the very least a limited purpose public figure), but i'm pretty sure this is reckless disregard for the truth. come on, baby daddy, esq. you've been accused of murder. libel per se, anyone?

omg can i turn in a legl memo w im lingo?

u shd read this: ppl r turning in their paprs in IM speak.

it certainly saves ink...

Our Christian Nation Has the Bestest Health Care In the World

i'm sure jesus would approve:

Paraplegic allegedly 'dumped' on skid row

A paraplegic man wearing a soiled hospital gown and a broken colostomy bag was found crawling in a gutter in skid row in Los Angeles on Thursday after allegedly being dumped in the street by a Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center van, police said.

... more ...

the man was dumped without a wheelchair. there are simply no more excuses to put off a nationalized health care system. the private system doesn't work. profit motive requires that poor sick people be excluded. that is a violation of medical ethics.

why jesse helms called us a "zoo."

if you want to know why i grew up (very mistakenly) thinking i was more conservative than most people (at least as a kid), read this. that should explain it.

then i moved to cambridge and then new york city. talk about living in a nice liberal bubble my entire life. :)

ah, yes it is true. i'm proud to hail from the only freakshow town north carolina. GO FREAKSHOWS! HOLLA! :)

wtf?

what's next? will biggie and tupac suddenly come out of hiding and also claim to be the father of anna nicole's kid?

witness the first time in human history where guys are willingly coming out of the woodwork and climbing over each other to be the baby daddy.

dorkalicious!

jdjivers debate the most effective means of combating fundamentalist muslim ideology by using star trek analogies in this thread.

well THAT was a waste of money...

whoever thought this flier would have a remote chance of making a difference in nassau county should learn about a concept called "market research." if anything, it gave craig johnson a leg up. more social conservatives should flush money down the toilet like this. to everyone in the five boroughs and northeast new jersey, encourage your local conservative wingnuts to spend money distributing fliers just like this! drain the coffers! convince them to hemorrhage their funds for this oh so important cause!



hmm... i wonder how much something like this would go for on ebay in ten years...

just put a lead pipe to our knees, why don't you?

a new york state senator wants to introduce legislation to ban use of mp3 players and cell phones while walking.

okay, i have a game for you. walk down the street in manhattan and COUNT how many people who are neither on the phone nor listening to their ipods.

how about a BIG FAT ZERO.

furthermore, since everyone walks in manhattan, this means use of cell phones and ipods would cease in manhattan.

yeah, this is going to go over well. how about this? just remember what your mom told you in kindergarten - look both ways before crossing the street. if you don't, and you have an unfortunate meeting with the grill of an SUV, blame your own dumb ass. don't blame your stupid ipod.

the tried and true way of courting public opinion.

when a pile of feces hits rapidly spinning blades, say that you are an alcoholic and that you are going to rehab. hey, it worked for mel gibson. and lindsay lohan likes to go to "rehab" when she's just sick of dealing with the paparazzi and wants to be waited on hand and foot at a private spa ill.

hey, can i go to "rehab" too? i haven't done anything bad, but i want a vacation.

whoopee, people in sheets.

ku klux klan resurgence reported, including branches opening in new jersey. the klan hates jews, catholics, gay people, and all ethnic and racial minorities. forgive me but... that leaves, like, ten people eligible for klan membership in new jersey.

hysterical.

a brilliant and ballsy protest initiative.

"For many years, social conservatives have claimed that marriage exists solely for the purpose of procreation ... The time has come for these conservatives to be dosed with their own medicine," said WA-DOMA organizer Gregory Gadow in a printed statement. "If same-sex couples should be barred from marriage because they can not have children together, it follows that all couples who cannot or will not have children together should equally be barred from marriage."

now, of course there will be a backlash. however, i'm just amused someone is actually attempting to do this.

if social conservatives will just come out and say, "fuck the reasoning - we just don't want gay people to get married, because, like, OMG ew!" (probably closer to the truth than the charade of basing said view on some underlying rationale) then these little stunts can never happen. but if you try to make irrational social policy based on rational argument, you're going to get your "rational" arguments thrown right in your face.

can't have it both ways!

super bowl results - snickers: 1, everyone else: 0

so people are talking about the following super bowl ad:



some gay bloggers think it endorses homophobia. on the other hand, the actually homophobic wing of the freepers believe the ad furthers the "homosexual agenda." the freepers are so concerned that the thread is over 300 comments long! they've even started a call-in campaign, but no one seems to be able to get the number correct (heard of "google" anyone?)

snickers has done the impossible: both gay bloggers and freepers agree that the ad is offensive. hence, snickers rules! three cheers for the mars company! bi-partisan awesomeness! snickers for president!

hrm. now i want candy.

BARBRI class action settled

$125 per individual in class.

if you took the BAR/BRI course anywhere from 1997 to 2006, look out for your checks in the early fall.

you just can't make this shit up.

scientology leaders proclaim tom cruise as the messiah.

I am an ass.

But really, this guy is a colossal pretentious douchebag. The classism of limousine liberals (who have probably never spoken to an "impoverished minority") against those who somehow make it from "immigrant", "working class" or "middle class" status to "upper middle class" status runs deep. That article says it all.

Yes, I know he's ten years younger than me, but as the daughter of immigrant parents who did manage to achieve their idea of the American Dream, as gauche and disdainful as it seems to the author, I am of the opinion that the author deserves to be punched in the face. Sorry, dude, my parents were working too hard to avoid ending up impoverished minorities to learn about architecture and the "fine" tastes of New England preppies, so don't shit on them, ok? You can thank my dad for your cancer medication in the future by the way; I won't tell him you think he has no class.

(N.B. I am not advocating violence against the author, so don't REALLY punch him in the face, ok? KTHX.)

Sorry, but this shit just makes me angry.

let the rumors begin

lady sovereign has a girlfriend in minnesota?

lite brite cartoon "hoax"

you fucking idiots. someone should give the boston police, the mayor of boston, and anyone who freaked out about a bunch of children's toys being used as marketing tools a big spanking. panicking about a bunch of lite brites with goofy faces. jeez.

well, i guess the marketing campaign worked. watch adult swim's ratings go up. watch people laugh at boston law enforcement. and if the non-citizen in the team of guerilla marketers gets deported over this, may the people who deport him get eaten by a moon man.

on the front page of cnn...

a story about a video on youtube showing a cat in a special cat bath. some people are horrified. some people think it's funny.

but the question remains... why is this necessary? cats clean themselves for the most part. for a dog, this might be useful, but a cat?

speaking of... here's a video of a woman getting into the machine with her dog.



full scuba gear and all.