OK, so everyone knows if you’re mining the newswires for some tidbit of sillyheaded leftist tripe, the latest extreme-PC inanity or just something that you want to angry up the blood, typing in “Berkeley” as your search query is a pretty safe bet, almost as consistently productive as inputing “Michael Moore” when looking for news on fat lying sacks of crap.
But even Berkeley sometimes manages, in spite of itself, to do something that wouldn’t make Loki rub his hands manicially while mumbling, “Yes, yes, it’s all going according to plan!”
Measure O was one of those things. An earnest, enthusiastic but softheaded type wished to make it a crime, punishable by up to six months in jail, to sell any kind of brewed coffee within the city limits that wasn’t organic or Fair Trade certified. Now I’m not going to extensively go into the entire organics/Fair Trade debate here. That’s a lengthy post for another day, but it’s enough to know right now that I abhor organic food (partially because I’m already forced to eat it - more on that in a moment).
However, in the case of Measure O, sanity somehow clawed her way out of the catacombs to which the city of Berkeley so often confines her and her sweet face beamed upon the world.
On election day, Measure O was defeated by a 40% margin. Berkeley did the right thing. Somewhere in Hell, Hitler looked up and silently watched a snowflake dance its merry way to the ground K9 dog sex fantasies. Everywhere, dogs and cats came together in the spirit of brotherhood and harmony. Baby Jeebus rejoiced.
Well, the Berkeley co-ops are to Berkeley as Berkeley is to the rest of the nation. Often, their membership consists of the self-selected hardcores, those who are too stupid to tell the difference between cooperativism and communism, the kinds of people who think that living in an apartment and contributing to a capitalistic transaction would be tantamount to chucking books on the fire at Nuremburg.
I might be exaggerating just a tad, but the general tenor of what I said is true. You’ve got Berkeley, and then you’ve got the freebased Berkeley that is much of the USCA: purified, concentrated… hell, practically turned into a fine powder and weaponized girl doing sex with dog.
To be sure, that isn’t true of the entire membership. You’ve got poor people who just can’t afford apartments, those too lazy to go through the process of looking for another place to live, kids who couldn’t find one because the housing crunch just doesn’t leave any open spots anywhere, and folks who would just rather live in a more social atmosphere. I fit in at least a lttle bit with all of those.
I see my co-op, and the co-op movement in general, as a useful and practical business model for people without a lot of resources. You find some like-minded fellow people, and you pool your resources to further whatever goal you’re aiming for. In this case, it’s low-cost student housing. You’d be amazed though how many people in Che shirts and steeped in the “philosophy” of Rage Against the Machine think they’re smashing capitalism by living here.
Riiiiiight.
These types are often just absolutely devastated when they learn that the USCA is an honest to God corporation farm sex story.
So while you do have your share of normals (hell, in CZ alone there’s like 5 libertarians… do they count as normals?), there is an undeniably significant component of extremist lefty types: unrepetant Marxists, anarchists, eco-freaks etc), and when Berkeley does someting sensible like hand Measure O its ass, you can often count on the co-ops to pick up the Stupid Torch right where Berkeley dropped it.
If they can’t make Berkeley buy the economically unsustainable coffee they want them to, at least the co-ops will!
Living in CZ, I’m already forced to eat almost exclusively organic produce. which is often inferior tasting, always expensive and occasionally sprinkled with delightful “prizes” (ie, bugs). The fact that it’s actually worse for the environment and your health, and that the only real reason I’m forced to put up with this shit is because it makes some poorly-informed people with guilt-complexes feel all fuzzy about themselves inside since they’re under the mistaken impression that going organic is like giving the Earth Mother a great big hug really really gets my goat.
Right now, the co-op Board of Directors meeting is going on, and they have probably already voted to make this part of official co-op policy. So not only will I be paying extra money for food to help some silly college kids give a blowjob to Captain Planet, but I’ll also be subsidizing an economically and enviromentally fallacious procedure of coffee buying big dog sex.
This was a quote I particularly enjoyed from the Daily Cal article:
“It’s a debate right now as to what’s more important, the individual’s right to choose or that we’ve already committed ourselves to certain principles by being part of a cooperative,” de Giere said.
That’s right you putz. Let’s take a gander at what those principles actually are:
The ROCHDALE COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLES are as follows:
1.Open, voluntary membership
2. Democratic control
3. Limited return on equity capital
4. Net surpluses belong to user-owners
5. Honest business practices
6. Ultimate aim to advance common good
7 dog cum fantasy. Education
8. Cooperation among cooperatives
Hmmm, I guess I missed the part about silly environmental practices and poorly thought out social justice schemes.
This really would surprise no one who spent any time in the co-ops, seeing as how anyone seeking to advance some whacked-out political cause will immediately claim that we have to support it because it’s part of our mission as a co-op.
Want to create a house policy to let whatever bums in off the street sleep on our couches? It’s a co-op man! Not letting bums in isn’t being very co-operative, dude.
Wanna donate house money to some guy who hasn’t washed his hair since Woodstock to further his political cause of delcaring all property illegal? I don’t think we have a choice. What kind of a co-op would we be if we didn’t?
What say we invite some fifth-column socialists to sleep in our common area for free while they’re attending some dumbass anti-everything-but-hemp rallies? We’d like, be violating our co-op principles if we didn’t!
We had this very conversation in our weekly house council around November 2001, when some dirty peace hippies wanted to sleep at CZ for the weekend so they could go make idiot spectacles of themselves during the day protesting those darned wars for oil and multiple genocides that the US commits every other Tuesday. I calmly pointed out that there was absolutely nothing in the Rochdale Principles that had anything to do with social or political causes, and to subsidize such causes is an unfair use of house funds contributed by the entire membership.
They voted to let them stay, of course.
Like so many other things in Berkeley, you have to just sorta shrug and say, “Typical.”
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
being the reaction described above.
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
Why are you still here?!
going to be monitored so closely that I'd be surprised if he were able to put in a phony name at a porn site and not have
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
lap dance.
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
hacky-sack?"
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
the not-being-a-jerk department.
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
of fist.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
and you'll get diversity in the speech by the politician, in the one by the principal who welcomes him and in the one by
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
nothing may stand in our way!
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
Maybe I can't change the fact that I have to be intimately confronted with the death and pain in order to really feel the
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
being the reaction described above.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
trying to get an education
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
who like to chant slogans and can't come up with any better rhyme than something that has to do with the number "four" and "war."
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
superiority.
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
Wheeler Hall last spring.
Maybe I can't change the fact that I have to be intimately confronted with the death and pain in order to really feel the
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
but I hope to do that soon. I also hope to win the Nobel Prize in Kickboxing, and judge each of those things to be of
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
lap dance.
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
of the mass moron movement.
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
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After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
looks like a green light, no?
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
I've been blogging since July 2005, and in that time, I've had a few inter-blog arguments with the folks on the other
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assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
At the very least, don't let me hear any of these things when you're standing in my presence, unless you want a faceful
A taste, just a taste...
Saddam is so hot to get his grubby hands on nukes is enough evidence of aggression. What's he going to do with them once
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
go it alone. What he failed to do was tell us who the members of his war coalition are. Why? Because there is no coalition.
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
At the very least, don't let me hear any of these things when you're standing in my presence, unless you want a faceful
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
looks like a green light, no?
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
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to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
Why are you still here?!
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
hacky-sack?"
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
of the mass moron movement.
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
go it alone. What he failed to do was tell us who the members of his war coalition are. Why? Because there is no coalition.
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
I finally went and did it.
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
It is time for a new day to dawn in the Blogosphere, my gnome brothers. A glorious day. A day when no longer will we
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
conflict.
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
who like to chant slogans and can't come up with any better rhyme than something that has to do with the number "four" and "war."
last update : 5-2-2012
