Meet The Leftersons

I found "America's Favorite Liberal Family" via No Pasaran. It's amazing that poking fun of the UN is funny despite how damned easy it is.

Good writing at The Religion of Peace

I found the following paragraph in the middle of a TROP (The Religion of Peace) blog entry dedicated to bashing Law & Order. I agree with their critique.

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In the real world, of course, Muslims are the ones staging deadly attacks not only on churches and synagogues, but also rival mosques. On the very day that the NBC episode aired - November 16th - Islamic terrorists managed to kill Buddhists, Shiites, Sunnis, Christians and Hindus in separate terror attacks - and it wasn't even a particularly eventful day (other than the fact that they somehow overlooked the Jews).

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New York Times reversal: 1993-2005

This is fascinating reading. The NYT went from saying Saddam's cease-fire violations in 1993 removed its UN protections to saying that war in Iraq in 2003 should go through the UN. I knew all this stuff, but to see it gathered in one place is an eyeful.

See it here.

Via Atlas Shrugs.

The downfall of Randy "Duke" Cunningham

The 65-year-old Repulican congressman from Southern California took more than $2.4 million in bribes, according to prosecutors. After previously denying any wrongdoing, Cunningham has now admitted taking the money, and he resigned today in disgrace. AP story here.

If this pathetic sack of shit doesn't serve serious time in prison, there is no hope for our political system. Watch this one carefully, Shaved Apes. This is the test cast -- can we have faith in government, or is it all bullshit?

Battlefield 2: Special Forces

I just purchased and began playing the Special Forces expansion pack for Battlefield 2. For the uninitiated, BF2 is the best FPS wargame simulator in the history of video games. No offense to console kids, but this game is too complex for y'all.

Special Forces adds new maps, including some night fights. Cool new toys include: Flash bang grenades, tear gas and gas masks, grappling hooks and zip lines. There are several new weapons, like the British F2000 assault gun/grenade launcher.

Killing has never been more enjoyable -- except for one thing. Running BF2 is a trial in itself due to a syrupy online lobby and load times that allow you to go play 18 holes before the game is finally ready. It's infuriating. Special Forces did nothing to make this better. Even worse, when I'm running Special Forces and decide to join a server running BF2 maps, the game mysteriously crashes to the desktop! After several tries, I realized SF shuts down and BF2 loads. The developers couldn't put a message on screen: "Please wait while SF shuts down and BF2 loads"? WTF? EA/Dice must fix this glitchy thing or people will be driven away.

Three others problems encountered when installing SF: The online installation instructions clearly stated that my CD key was on the back of my CD case. It wasn't! I had to call the vendor to ask them where it might be. It was an hour wasted. Plus, my online password disappeared and I couldn't remember it. It wasn't difficult to find, but why did I need to do this? Third, my video settings reverted to minimums. I'm running a modified, 3-year-old PC, and it takes about two hours to maximize performance while allowing smooth gameplay. Upon installing SF, I had to do this again. Fucking intolerable.

That said, the game is the best I've ever played, and I go back to Pong in the 1970s. And, like I said, console kids need not apply. Anyone who chooses a console over a PC has neither the intelligence nor patience to enjoy something as exquisite as BF2:SF.

This online review of BF2:SF matches my sentiments fairly well.

'Cyberhugs' on the way

Scientists are trying to make cyberhugging a reality. The technology is already here, of course. A new Shaved Ape in the media has found a new story about it, is all. Now if we could get a system to allow slapping the living shit out of someone via the internet -- we'd really have something.

Recent news = idiocy

“Virgin” Mary. In a desperate and pathetic need to believe in something bigger than themselves, lemming-like Shaved Apes have been flocking to a Sacramento church to see a statue of the “Virgin” Mary cry blood. A miracle! Christ, the only miracles I’m aware of are photons disappearing from existence in laboratory tests, cellular telephony, the internet, and skilled hookers plying their craft. (News story here.)

Crips founder to die. Stan Williams, founder of the “Crips” street gang – which has killed thousands and thousands of people, and terrorized countless more – is going to be offed by the State of California on Dec. 13. Major stars, including Jamie Foxx and Snoop Dog, are turning out in an attempt to convince the Governator to pardon the ruthless killer. (News story here.)

No. 1, I’m against capital punishment on monetary grounds. Few examples of wasting my money are greater than capital punishment. These diseased, fuckbrained criminals can serve their entire lives in a 10x7 cell. As a member of the public, I’ll be well served. Twenty years of appeals and then a gentle sleep by lethal injection is no punishment at all.

No. 2, California’s laws are clear, and until sanity prevails and they’re repealed, we must move forward. Nobody deserves to be offed like the founder of the Crips. I say hang him high.

Iran seeks regime change. Iran’s nutcase president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, says the Bush administration should be tried for war crimes. Our National Security Strategy, affectionately known as the NSS, gave us the power and right to whack Afghanistan and Iraq, and it certainly gives us the right to whack Iran and Syria. Both sponsor Hezbollah, an undeniably terrorist organization. Let’s get it done. (News story here.)

Leader of rock band advises democratic government. The headline reads, “Bono Urges Canada to Increase Foreign Aid”. This is high level, crackpot nonsense. To me, this carries the weight of, “Middle school janitor urges Canada to increase foreign aid.” Bono? Who gives a holy, shit-eating damn? Bono should rattle and hum his head out of his own ass. (News story here.)

A Frenchman was found after drifting for days on the open ocean. Upon rescue, the man said he wants a croissant. Oh, tres magnifique. I’ll bet he’d prefer having his pole waxed by another Frenchman to any flaky, buttery croissant. (News story here.)

So-called news

Recently I've heard NPR refer to "intelligent design" as "so-called intelligent design", where Fox calls it "intelligent design". Fox refers to global warming as "so-called global warming", whereas NPR calls it "global warming".

Sides have been chosen.

Solution to France's riots: basketball

Impoverished city kids who wish to riot and loot should be given basketballs. It worked in the USA.

Times slams France

The right wing Times of London has taken off the gloves in a hilarious commentary piece:

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Provided that the car that’s being torched is not yours, it almost looks like fun. One thing that everybody forgets (or suppresses) in a situation like this is just how enjoyable rioting can be. Lord, the things one might do if there were enough of you to do them, and the forces of the law were unable to stop you or catch you. Break the windows of snooty neighbours, burn the school down, overturn trash cans, strike romantically surly attitudes. This is one reason why, when stuff like this starts in one place, it can soon spread. After a while it begins to make everybody, including the families and girlfriends of the rioters, fed up, the authorities begin locking people up and the numbers fall. We in Britain, after all, have been here before, more than 20 years ago.

But amusing though it is to hurl bottles at the flics, entertainment is not usually the main factor behind these kinds of riots. If it were, they would be happening as much in the bourgeois parts of France as in the blighted banlieues outside the main cities. And here we have to begin to sift through the various theories to see if they make sense. Is it a problem of immigration? Of failed integrationism? Of racism? Of unassimilable Islam? Or is it mostly the fault of Nicolas Sarkozy, the ambitious Interior Minister?

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The story suggests it is not France's failure to integrate Muslim immigrants. It's the bad economy.

Introducing fuckometer

The new fuckometer tracks the number of times the word "fuck" has been used on this blog since its inception in July 2005.

This is another exclusive from The Shaved Ape.

Kyoto Protocol, then and now

First there was the Kyoto Protocol. Now there's "child of Kyoto". Next we'll see Bride of Kyoto. Then Godzilla and Mothra versus Kyoto! Damien: Kyoto III.

I have an idea!

Fuck Kyoto.

France burning: absurd fatwa

I laughed out loud, as in lol, when I heard that Muslim leaders in France had issued a fatwa against rioting. The Supreme Idiot's fatwa against Salman Rushdie ruined fatwas for me. They're cartoonish relics from the Dark Ages.

Today the Muslim problem in France became even more cartoonish. The fatwa against rioting sparked a feud among France's Muslim leaders. From Reuters:

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France's main Muslim organisations feuded on Monday over a fatwa one group issued against rioting after officials suggested Islamist militants might be fanning unrest across the country.

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When will the Islamic culture realize it is 2005, and not 705? The world may finally live in peace once that day arrives.

Michael Savage's solution to the problem caused me to laugh, too. Round them all up, he said, and send them home to "eat camel turds."

Darker side of NASCAR Nextel Cup

In another sign that NASCAR is not only a mainstream sport, but is becoming a dominant U.S. sport, Time Magazine has profiled points leader Tony Stewart, affectionately known to race fans and competitors as “Smoke”. Surprisingly, Time didn’t handle Stewart, a self-righteous ass, with kid gloves.

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… Here's what Mr. Mellow had to say after a recent race about fellow NASCAR driver Greg Biffle: "That guy is an idiot ... right now if he came over here I'm afraid I'd have to strangle him." Stewart had just finished a close second to Jeff Gordon, ahead of Jimmie Johnson, on the half-mile, bumper-to-bumper, fun-house oval at Martinsville, Va. Biffle, about to get lapped on a restart, had played chicken with him, nearly causing a crash. The fact is, Stewart's mouth doesn't have a brake. He is incapable of being anything but candid. The last time something like that happened, he crossed the finish line, then tried to spear a rival with his car as if the guy were a postrace hors d'oeuvre. "Tony wears it on his sleeve," says NBC's NASCAR expert and fellow driver Wally Dallenbach, who applauds Stewart's passion. "We have enough robots in this business."

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I’m with Dallenbach. There are too many robots in NASCAR. I have the 1979 Daytona 500 on tape, which concluded with a fist fight in the infield. The brother of one of the pugilists stopped his car, hopped out, and joined the fray.

In many sports this kind of behavior is considered taboo. The NBA’s response to a season filled with inglorious events like the basketbrawl, was to issue a bling-less dress code. A whole generation of 7-foot-tall mutants will now dress in clothes they’ve never worn before.

In hockey, on the other hand, a good brawl is considered a main attraction (1). When I hear an announcer reading off a team roster before the first puck drops, I get the feeling I’m hearing Michael Buffer read the evening’s fight card. The tale of the tape, so to speak.

NASCAR used to be that way, but it has become vanilla as it has grown in popularity, and that’s sad. Guys like Smoke are the spice to an increasingly bland entrée.

Another driver in the same angry, smack-talk league as Smoke is Robby Gordon. After an on-track tangle with mild-mannered Michael Waltrip a few weeks ago, Gordon looked into the NBC camera and said that while everyone considers Waltrip a nice guy, he is really “a piece of shit.”

Now that’s racin’.

Tony Stewart
Robby Gordon
NASCAR Nextel Cup

(1) The Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission found that "fighting is an integral part of the game of hockey" (go here for more)

Paris is burning

I'm not sure the Paris riots are happening because the perpetrators are Muslim, as many are suggesting. That would be an easy conclusion to make, though, considering what I've learned of Islamic culture in the last few years.

I think the root causes of the Paris problem are language and cultueral barriers, and poverty. They're experiencing the same problems many (most) Gen1 immigrants feel.

I recall from long ago history classes that Irish immigrants to the U.S. were violent and riotous, as well as many other groups of immigrants.

The fact that the rioting immigrants in Paris are Muslim is certainly doing nothing to help the image of Muslims worldwide, which is already that of blood-thirsty fanatics who should be watched, deported, or outright killed.

Witch tongue-twister

If two witches had two watches, which witch would watch which watch?

If that didn't light your fire, how about a good joke?

What's the best way to get a dog to stop humping your leg? Pick it up and suck its dick.

I know you smiled at that.

Body of Copernicus found

The remains of one of the great scientists -- you know, the one the Christians persecuted for demonstrating a simple fact -- has been identified. Funny thing, he looks like a complete idiot.

Fuck you, "latin" America

Dumb, socialist little countries can fuck off.

Witches, waco, and more

A few links around the web and blogosphere...

This is an interesting look at causes of death in America related to drugs, tobacco and alcohol. Notice marijuana’s billing. I have smoked in the past, but I finally decided it wasn’t right for me. It wasn’t particularly dangerous, as far as I could tell. And, despite what Bill O’Reilly and Michael Savage say about pot, when I wanted to stop using it, I never thought about it again. I’ve been trying to quit cigarettes for 10 years and fail every time.

The problems with pot for me were laziness and hangovers. Most users claim it doesn’t cause a hangover, but I believe it affects people differently. I usually had a headache the next day, and I felt like I hadn’t eaten for three days – fatigue and general lethargy. Compared to alcohol, the hangover affect was minimal, but it was too strong for me. It had to go. The positives didn’t outweigh the negatives.

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Is there something in the water in Waco, Texas? Hector Vex has the story.

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Overlawyered has a tale of socialist tolerance taking place in Cana-duh.

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The Echoes of Forever blog posted a comical look at the Left's apparent agenda.

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1) Impeach and destroy Bush, Cheny, Rove, etc.
2) Get Hilary Clinton or John Kerry into the Presidency.
3) Withdrawl all troops from all overseas locations.
4) Watch with glee as Iraq falls apart, validating their twisted beliefs that Chimpy McBushhitler was evvvvvilllllll and wroooooong!
5) Ignore the ensuing slaughter of innocents on a scale the U.S. Military could never come close to matching.
6) Try to negotiate with terrorists to avoid future bloodshed. Release all prisoners from Gitmo, etc.
7) Ban guns, promote homosexuality, remove control of children from parents and give it to the government, destroy or severely limit religion, and so on.
8) Generally drive the nation so far to the left that it tips over and people fall off.

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Let’s Blame Whitey No. 4

A Howard University professor has called for blacks to “exterminate white people off the face of the planet.”

From the Carolina Journal:

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Addressing a panel on “Hurricane Katrina Media Coverage,” broadcast in its entirety on C-SPAN, Kambon told the audience that white people “have retina scans, they have what they call racial profiling, DNA banks, and they’re monitoring our people to try to prevent the one person from coming up with the one idea. And the one idea is, how we are going to exterminate white people because that in my estimation is the only conclusion I have come to. We have to exterminate white people off the face of the planet to solve this problem.”

Kambon’s solution received slight applause in the room, to which he responded, “I don’t care whether you clap or not, but I’m saying to you that we need to solve this problem because they are going to kill us.”

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It’s interesting that two North Carolina congressmen who criticized Bill Bennett (for an out-of-context soundbyte), were mute on a racist black man calling for genocide. WTF?

Here’s a dimwit defending Kambon.

Death and the Iraq War

When we see 1500 U.S. soldiers dead as a result of combat action in a war, I have to wonder what people are thinking when they say this is a horrible thing. Remember that approximately 500 of the 2000 dead in Iraq were due to accidents -- something which occurs at military bases right here in the USA.

Death is the worst thing that can befall a human being, but we are in a war, after all. Compared to all other major wars, the numbers we’re seeing from Iraq are a blessing. I guess lefties (cowards, socialists) think “war” is bad no matter what the genocide tally may be, and whatever the cause.

My theory is that WWII is the greatest thing that ever happened for dictators, tyrants, and those who commit genocide. WWII was so horrible and destructive, with so much loss of life, that the world said, "Never again." But this "never again" attitude, which prevails at the UN, is being taken too far. Anti-war types used "never again" to allowed the slaughter of 800,000 people in Rwanda, and 1.7 million dead in Cambodia under Pol Pot. See my point?

Comparing our numbers of the Iraq War dead to what happens on the mean streets of the USA, we begin to see how small a number like 1500 really is. If you have a weak mind and feel an emotional tug at the number “2000”, it will still be interesting.

In 2002, more than 65,000 people died of flu and pneumonia. More than 100,000 people died from unintentional injuries, and heart disease took nearly 700,000.

Some are much more obscure. Around 3,300 people each year die of suffocation, 700 from being poisoned by gases, 4000 drown, and 14,900 people die each year of falling down.

So, how emotionally unstable does a person have to be to think 1500 dead in a major war, one that removed a genocidal madman, and thereby freed around 30,000,000 people from abject terror, is such a bad thing?

I think liberals and other anti-war wackjobs need to collectively pull their heads from their asses and take a long breath of fresh air.

Friday quote of the week: Ted Stevens

I was late in posting last week's "Friday quote of the week". If you don't like it, please go here.

In addition to the 24/7 bitching of Southeastern residents ("the gubment ain't hepping us after deez hurricanes"), the U.S. is being pushed further into the black hole of debt. From Katrina to Wilma, the nation got smacked financially this year. And Alaska senators are righteous about keeping obscene spending items in the transportation bill -- the most bloated piece of muck ever produced on Capitol Hill.

The worst example is the so-called bridge to nowhere. Ketchikan Island, Alaska, which is home to 50 people, will be connected to the mainland by a bridge costing more than $200 million. Here's Alaska's blathering after a proposal was made to cut the item:

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“If the Senate decides to discriminate against our state and take money only from our state, I’ll resign from this body,” said (Alaska) Sen. Ted Stevens.

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Please resign, you corrupt buffoon! Please! Both Alaska senators should resign. They have disgraced the Senate of the United States of America, and that's serious.

McCain hit the nail squarely on the head:

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“We'll keep going over and over these pork barrel projects because the American people are appalled and angered that we would be spending their tax dollars that they pay every time they go to the gas pump for projects such as these, and we will continue to force votes on it,” said McCain.

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