December 28, 2009 09:30 PM
Open Thread
"We are living in a post-literate world, and I am a post-literate girl..."
Open Thread below...
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I told ya'! It's all in the hair.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Definitely captures the Teabagger look though doesn't it.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
old fat and hick is the teabagger look
WikiPedia:
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
but I think I'll just wait for the movie to come out.
Speaking of coming out:
Gay marriage in Argentina is 1st in Latin America
Images and symbols please.
far left loon >.<
Try wingdings.
... Macs and Windows in general. Who needs a command line when there are icons to be dragged around and clicked on?
Speaking of coding, when the hell is someone going to update these scripts so that when you log in, it returns you to exactly where you wanted to reply. I have to log in, then go back to the page, refresh it, and scroll through the comments and find the exact post I was looking to reply to.
Well the whole point of progressing computers to the "windowed" idea was so coders could have multiple "windows" open on screen, thus making their jobs easier. I mean, who the fuck wants to have a giant book next to them as reference when they can have onscreen help? Consumers jumped at the idea because suddenly you didn't have to remember commands anymore to work a computer. Don't be one of those Linux super dorks who looks back at the black and white screens of old as the pinnacle of human computational achievement, just because there's a whole slew of idiot consumers who use their computers for nothing else but browsing the net and downloading porn.
So, let's say that's the only possible definition of the word.
Wouldn't it be just as funny with Sarah Palin herself using the word deliberately to extol the virtues of illiteracy, and using it incorrectly?
Of course, then her followers would say she really did know the actual definition, and was just flaunting her vast technological knowledge, huh?
Can't we just tar and feather this lady already?
Everyone is equally entitled to the pursuit of happiness. Wasn't that once self evident?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=10797...
sometimes you wonder in palin's case
not if the carpet matches the drapes,but
if indeed there is a carpet or just another
unmanicured shagged carpet
I am just not THAT curious.
Some stuff you can't make up!
the vestibule of the hockey rink I'm sure
that is one sensational rendering of Sara Pallid.
Some stuff you can't make up!
So there I was writing a response to some post I've long forgotten now, even though it was a mere 30 minutes ago. Along the way I took a trip into "faith-based initiative" la-la-land while looking for material to back up a statement I was about to snark off.
First, the Holy Grail of FBI: JC Vision, Inc, as promoted by Little Lord PissyPants Hisself. (note the *clever* word play in that company name)
"The power of the faith-based initiative, President Bush said, is in the stories. Consider, he said, JC Vision, a faith-based program in Hanesville, [sic] Ga., that helps the poor get home loans."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?...
So I was intrigued and decided to see what this is all about.
"What is the cost of your service?
The services are FREE!!!!!!! With the exception of the pre-bankruptcy counseling. For more information call us at 912.xxx.xxxx"
The rest of the website is equally atrocious, and the disclaimer page is eye-opening.
http://www.jcvision.com/6101.html
Anyhow, after seeing how hard it is to squeeze a dime out of the NIH for research funding for cardiovascular disease or cancer, I find repugnant the idea that this sort of shat gets a green light for funding because "JC" is in the name. I can't see any other reason for the special treatment, and if they had to compete for grant funding with secular agencies, I suspect they wouldn't have withstood the competition. I need me a bottle of the Jesus Perfume(TM) to spray on all my grant proposals, I guess.
I took a little spin around the web in search of more information on this company and its founder, but quickly ran into the puke-worthy territory of abstinence-only "charities" schemeing to get their hands on government funding and such.
Anyhow, that's my annoyance for the evening. I'm going to go read a little "God Hates You, Hate Him Back" to lighten my mood.
to print your grant requests on paper watermarked with the Jesus icon, or possibly the weeping Mary.
Because, like the post says, its the pictures that count.
Boobies and stuff might help also.
That is of course when you want to get funds from wingnuttia.
I think the faith-based initiatives continue under the new and improved Jesus Perfume(TM) of the current administration. So, wingnuttia optional!
Perhaps if I dropped my toasted cheese sandwich strategically on the cover page?
Send it on a virgin mary grilled-cheese sandwich from eBay.
far left loon >.<
blop
I thought it looked like a scam, too. For a moment, I thought it might be a shell company, but it appears "legit," just painfully incompetent on several fronts.
will not be seen tonight so we may show you this special rebroadcast of 'My Daughter Had My Baby'.
is what The media considers "Breaking News."
Some people are really desperate in this suckonomy. Four times as many Ponzi schemes were unraveled in '09, compared to '08. Unlike Cheney the Dick, Obama cares about his buddies. China quickly adapts to the Western values of rendition without appeal and execution without a mental evaluation. Native Americans are slowly buying back their property, to the dismay of the cities cashing in on the tracts. R.I.P. Percy Sutton. Yet another economist besides Krugman claims we're in a mini-bubble.
Human rights activist sentenced to eleven years in prison:
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/c...
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
Who wants to be charged for crappy reality shows? More states try to legalize marijuana. Another AIG exec would rather resign than take a pay-cut.
Free tuition for aspiring Saudi artists.
http://thetimchannel.wordpress.com/2009/12/29...
Enjoy.
Mom always told me I was special and I believed her.
For a most penetrating documentary on the 'post-literate' world and how truly sinister it is see:
Also the work of Stuart Ewen, who is a contributor in the film:
And Howard Zinn A People's History Of The United States
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
A People's History Of The United States
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
This morning on morning joe, Pat Buchanan suggested we should have with held burn pain medication from the guy who tried to ignite his explosives, in order to get him to give information about how his plan came about. Sounds like Pat is still pushing torture to me.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
All during the Bush years, all we heard from conservatives was "Clinton this, Clinton that... blah blah, all Clinton's fault." NOW, when Obama is clearly cleaning up Bush's mess, it's not allowed to put any blame on the Bush administration. Grrrrr....
I'm Grrrrr-ing right along with ya.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Put all the blame there you can, together with the neo-liberal Clinton.
Unfortunately, Obama isn't cleaning much up.
Witness:
National Security State/Endless Detention/Civil Liberties
Increase of the Perpetual War Budget
Continuation of the Perpetual War
Continuation of the Bailout Nation, the Xmas Eve news dump of the increase (to infinity) of the bailout for the Fannie and Freddie is the latest.
The Corporate Welfare Protection Act for the Health Insurance Vampires and the Big Pharma Gangsters is another soon to be lead balloon for Obama to swing.
So your statement Obama is clearly cleaning up Bush's mess doesn't comport with the facts.
Albert Camus suggested and Howard Zinn remembered:
it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
Obama's cruise missile attack in Yemen is potentially a war crime. All the more reason not to prosecute war criminals when you are going to join their ranks.
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
Yea, all your points make sense. I guess what I should say is that Obama is "supposed" to be cleaning it up.
That is what many people thought they heard when they heard the sales pitch:
change you can believe in
But it is just advertising lingo…
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
The conditions of post-literacy require that you have been priorly literate.
"Culture is not your friend."
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