I'm in the wrong business

So, let's see if I've got this straight: Apple sells us a phone, which we can only get if we agree to pay AT&T an outrageous sum of money for two whole years. Then, Apple sells people the rights to bombard us with ads for more crap we dont need, which are placed on a phone that we payed for.

TGIF

via Kox

linkage

- So, what do we get for our taxes?

- People who live in shell houses shouldnt throw, er... snails.

- Obammunism!

- pick the right door, dont let Monty fool ya'.

- cartoon structure

- How hackable are you? Also, the 100 worst passwords (an illustration).

- a deep, black hole.

- Top 100 Lolcats. Hey, dont walk away!

- Riding in elevators! And getting stuck in an elevator!

- "Men always wonder what women want. We won't admit it, but we wonder the same exact thing." —Mei Christensen, 21, Charlottesville, Virginia

- Seriously, there's not much question about what men like, is there?

- Facts on Farts.

- Watching the old Cowboys Stadium come down - from the inside!

- "Immodesty" is rampant in female sports, apparently.

- All red dashed items via kox, all green dashed items via Bits & Pieces, both treasurehouses of the interesting.

quote for the day

"Sorry, all the babies I've seen come through here were very cocksure."

wondermark

the ultimate "Downfall" parody?

By now, you've seen at least one of the Downfall parodies, where the subtitles for a section of the film are changed into something totally unintended by the makers. Apparently, the studio is run by humorless idiots without an ounce of understanding about how the parodies increase interest in the original.

Or maybe, they understand only too well how the system works.

not just another day

In an effort to prove that Muslims can be just as stupid as Christians, Islamic cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi blamed recent earthquakes on immodest female clothing. In response to that silliness, blogger Jen McCreight has created Boobquake, scheduled for today, in which women are asked to dress their immodest best in order to create (or not) another earthquake, thus proving (or disproving) Sedighi's "theory".
Personally speaking, I find that this is a movement that I can stand behind 100% (or in front of, depending on the view). Go to it, ladies!

h/t to Pooby.

Addendum: Well, it seems that there has been an earthquake today in Taiwan, measuring somewhere in the neighborhood of 6.0-ish. Not a killer temblor by any means, but could it be proof of Allah's wrath? Scientifically speaking, there's really only one way to tell - REPEAT THE EXPERIMENT!

Double addendumty: Wait, looking at the time of the Taiwan earthquake, I notice that it occurred at about 1:00 a.m., which means that it happened before all those immodestly dressed women were up and about. Still, God is supposed to be omniscient, so maybe he was letting his displeasure be known in advance of the actual event. REPEAT THE EXPERIMENT!

question

Why arent impressionists guilty of copyright or trademark infringement?

SoFoBoMo

SoFoBoMo starts on June 1 to July 31 (-ish). I'm considering do it, but am not sure if I will. I'm pretty sure I can pull it off, but to commit to doing it is to actually have to do it, within the set time, following the set rules.

So, like any big purchase or other decision, I hesitate, working the idea over in my head, probably too much.

We'll see.

hmmmm

I'm surprised that Republicans like Christianity. I mean, you can work hard to be good for all your life, and then somebody who has lived a wicked, dissolute life of debauchery can get the exact same reward simply by saying, right at the end, "I'm really sorry Jesus, you're my Lord and Savior".
Boom!
Bobby Godlover is sharing a cloud with Sammy (Ex-) Sinner. Sounds like socialism to me.

Or, maybe, considering some of the scandals, maybe Republicans like it precisely because you can be a twisted, perverse, lying hypocrite and still get a last minute pass.

quote for the day

A few years back, millions of people across this nation and across the globe marched for peace. George Bush ignored us and we had to endure his lazy ass being in the White House for eight years.

So now a black man named Barack Obama, elected by the will of the people, has decided to fight for the poor, and work for world peace… and a bunch of white guys who think Fox really is News just can’t stand it.

Well, they can kiss my ass because I am tired of their belly aching.

This is exactly how our political system works. Sometimes your party is in and sometimes it is out. Your party is currently out. So shut the hell up and deal with it.

I still dont know if it's a "real" site (though the odds go up the longer it exists). And when you come right down to it, the truth about Helen is irrelevant, the truth contained in her words is more important.

I question the reality of Margaret and Helen mainly because of the excellence of the writing and the timeliness of it's appearance on the scene during the election. That's probably paranoid on my part. Does it really matter if the words were written by a old lady or a twenty-something?
Here's more good stuff:

The Republican Party of yesteryear was respectable. You were all about a small government that carried a big stick. Now you are just despicable. You used to be the Party of Lincoln and now – honest to God – you make Archie Bunker look progressive.

If it wasn’t for Fox News you would be irrelevent. That’s right. You have become a party that owes its entire existence to a cable news channel owned by an Aussie. Your mascot should be a kangaroo instead of an elephant. After all, the last guy you sent to the White House arrived there thanks to a kangaroo court ruling rather than an election. He then spent the next 8 years bringing our nation to its knees. How about sitting down and shutting your damn pie holes long enough to see if the guy in office now can actually clean up your mess. Honestly, you are embarrassing yourself.

Look. My party has problems too. It’s biggest problem might be in attempting to please everyone, the Democratic Party seems to please no one. But diversity of opinions is something I am willing to work through. Bigotry and ignorance is not. I mean it. Really.

Seriously, how awesome is that?

Do you know one reason I hate the Republican Party? Because back in the "Contract With America" days, Republicans led the attack to de-fund Public Broadcasting for being "too liberally biased", while giving Faux News a tax-break (speaking of which) worth several hundred million*. And Murdoch, however much he might like being an American, didnt actually become one until he had to in order to buy a TV network.



* Talk about an investment.