tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63630882011-04-21T18:28:26.521-05:00Your Logo HereThis is the greatest and most powerful blog in the history of the universe. Solid.jamesnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13731100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1149635845491127132006-06-06T18:16:00.000-05:002006-06-06T18:17:25.530-05:00Happy 666.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1148184757929355312006-05-20T22:37:00.000-05:002008-02-06T14:23:11.016-05:00Bloggus Interruptus. You may have noticed that I've been on a vacation from blogging. If you didn't notice, I'll assume it's because you were too busy looking at that monkey riding a cat. I know, it's really quite something.Anyway. I'm in the middle of a slightly planned blogging service interruption. And after this post, I'm going to resume the break. I just wanted to give you loyal jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1147450506964674472006-05-12T10:20:00.000-05:002006-05-12T13:11:19.746-05:00Birthday Liveblogging.That's right, it's my muthatruckin birthday today. I have a little bit of time left where I'm technically still in my 20s until the 5:00 hour when thirty years ago I was forced out into this godforsaken world. That picture of me is one of my favorites because that was the last picture taken before I entered an awkward phase that continues to this day. And check out that jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1147402719539981712006-05-11T21:56:00.000-05:002006-05-11T21:58:39.693-05:00Bush Rating at 29%That means it's time for a monkey washing a cat.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1147385342832028082006-05-11T17:02:00.000-05:002006-05-11T17:09:02.866-05:00Don't worry about the government monitoring your phone calls. Don't worry about continued violence in the Middle East and Bushco's jonesing for war against Iran. Don't worry about rising national debt and more tax giveaways to the rich and to oil companies. Don't worry about bribes and defense contractors and congressmen and hookers. Don't worry about torture. Don't worry about paperless jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1147370669061458282006-05-11T13:02:00.000-05:002006-05-11T13:04:29.106-05:00Holy crap! There are tens of millions of al Qaeda living in the U.S.!jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1147276783682756832006-05-10T10:45:00.000-05:002006-05-10T10:59:43.716-05:00"Do you think firefighting is a dangerous job?"The phone just rang, and caller ID showed up as "Unknown." Gee, I wonder what that could mean. It's either a telemarketer, or one of my many stalkers hit *67 before dialing. There are two options here--ignore the call, knowing that whoever it is will just call back later; or, take the call and tell the person that Mr.Me has the bird flu and won't jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1147146380539062892006-05-08T22:40:00.000-05:002006-05-08T22:46:20.576-05:00What I want for my 30th Birthday.But I won't complain if it's a few weeks late.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146853700810325122006-05-05T13:25:00.000-05:002006-05-05T13:28:20.846-05:00Goss on scandals. Regarding the outing of Valerie Plame, Porter Goss diminished its importance saying, "Somebody sends me a blue dress and some DNA, I'll have an investigation."Please, please, please let his resignation have something to do with hookers.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146851844527978512006-05-05T12:52:00.000-05:002006-05-05T13:07:11.250-05:00Hookers 1, Porter Goss 0.Porter Goss has resigned from the CIA. This must certainly have something to do with hookers, defense contracting, and the Watergate.Approval ratings in the 20s, here we come!!!jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146847081564634172006-05-05T11:29:00.000-05:002006-05-05T11:38:01.606-05:00Bad drivers. If you're driving on the beltway, DO NOT sit in the left lane going 60 mph. Why would you do that? Just because there are four lanes, that doesn't mean that it's a goddam free-for-all. Sure, the speed limit might be 55, but NOBODY drives that slowly. So please, just get the hell out of my way so that I can get to where I need to be thirty seconds sooner.At certain points over jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146767589240673052006-05-04T13:32:00.000-05:002006-05-04T13:33:09.270-05:00Colbert Nation. Dan Froomkin gets it.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146763223175367482006-05-04T11:15:00.000-05:002006-05-04T12:23:05.843-05:00A pox on your blog, Kristin.I'm supposed to list six weird things about myself. Here goes....1) Syndactyly.One of my more favorite lies to tell is that when I was a child, my parents put me in an Olympic developmental swimming program because at the time, the webbing was more pronounced, and I could swim faster as a result. But I got burned out and quit after a few years.It's even funnier if jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146750395360072432006-05-04T08:21:00.000-05:002006-05-04T08:46:35.696-05:00Balls-alicious. Youtube had to yank the Colbert video. It's available here sans crowd reaction shots. It doesn't show the video of Colbert as Press Secretary. But what you DO get is a seven minute shot of Shrub's reaction. Shrub was pissed.So many people in the media saying he wasn't funny. Odd, every time I watch the video I hear lots of laughter.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146665000640355962006-05-03T08:33:00.000-05:002006-05-03T09:10:10.813-05:00Farewell, Unnatural Man. This would be the last time we ever saw him.5/3 UC Din-DinGood seating--it just doesn't get any better.Unnatural Man was sitting by himself (as he always did) at one of the tables on the outer rim of the UC dining room, and we were seated about eight feet away. Though he had no idea that we had been tracking him for most of the school year, cataloguing his unnatural jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146538230427662912006-05-01T21:47:00.000-05:002006-05-01T21:50:30.493-05:00Last of Unnatural Man?5/1 UC DinnerPossibly the last Unnatty siting?After tracking our own personal yetti for the most of our freshman year, was this it? With classes coming to and end and everyone scattering for final exams, would we ever see him again? We'd just have to wait and hope.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146506886488136112006-05-01T12:54:00.000-05:002006-05-01T13:08:06.520-05:00May 1, 2006? Already? Seems like just yesterday it was "Mission Accomplished." A walk down memory lane shows just how in the tank the press were for the whole Iraq disaster as evidenced by their coverage of Shrub's flightsuit publicity stunt. Excuse me while I go spit out the bit of vomit that just came up in my mouth.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146417853653446172006-04-30T11:51:00.000-05:002006-04-30T13:29:23.266-05:00"The last third is usually backwash."Stephen Colbert is a comedy god. His speech at last night's White House Correspondents Dinner was the stuff of legend. Apparently, Shrub didn't think so. Understandably so as this was the first time in five years that Commander Coocoo Bananas had to sit there for 20 minutes and listen to someone tear him down. Greatest thing on C-Span since the Al Franken/jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146239361396005592006-04-28T10:36:00.000-05:002006-04-28T10:49:21.433-05:00$6300 suit.Bill Frist feels your pain from high gas prices. So what does the multi-millionaire propose? $100 rebates checks!jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146235633809696102006-04-28T09:35:00.000-05:002006-04-28T09:47:13.840-05:00About those hookers. Just how many Congressman were in on that action? A trip to Scarborough Country (a place I generally try to avoid) suggests as many as half a dozen.My birthday is coming up. Names and faces would be nice. So would a Rove indictment.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146229748194573792006-04-28T07:58:00.000-05:002006-04-28T08:12:43.096-05:00Why I read the Times. No, not the NY Times. I'm talkin 'bout Roanoke. It had been several days since I checked in with the Letters to the Editor. And I wasn't disappointed.I will warn you of this. If the Democrats ever get Congress and the White House again, Americans will die. They want open borders, a smaller military and to befriend terrorism. This is a fact.Is the letter about a)terrorismjamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146196994577150902006-04-27T22:54:00.000-05:002006-04-27T23:03:14.636-05:00Hookers and Gin. It's hard out here for a Congressman. First, the hookers. Duke Cunningham and others appear to have been knee-deep. Ang then the gin. Rep.John Sweeney (R-NY) showed up to a frat party drunk.What will we tell the children???jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146084219199220352006-04-26T15:34:00.000-05:002006-04-26T15:43:39.263-05:00Insane in the membrane. This guy is crazy. His name is Dean Karnazes. His plan is to run 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days. That's crazy.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146062691371600062006-04-26T09:42:00.000-05:002006-04-26T09:44:51.426-05:00Techie question. We have Verizon DSL with a wireless router. The laptop can pick up the signal, but it can't actually make the connection. We can connect to other people's wireless signals but not our own. The router is a Westell 327W.Anybody know how to fix this?jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146060726403487212006-04-26T08:52:00.000-05:002006-04-26T09:12:06.466-05:00My nemesis.Up until four years ago, I never had any problems with allergies. I could snort a line of pollen and roll around in poison ivy with no consequence. But that all stopped, and last spring I finally had to get my first prescription of allergy meds. Things have kicked in even earlier this year, so now my eyes are itchy and I can't stop blowing my nose ("Tobias, you blowhard"). So I jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1146023304800641642006-04-25T22:45:00.000-05:002006-04-25T22:48:24.836-05:00Fair and Balanced. The hiring of Faux News' Tony Snow to be the new Minister of Propaganda if just something that you couldn't make up. Something else that isn't made up is this batch of quotations from the new hire regarding his new boss. Just a few months ago, Tony Show said, "George Bush has become something of an embarrassment."jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1145969354064571972006-04-25T07:46:00.000-05:002006-04-25T07:49:14.106-05:00Blah blah blah. Nothing to see here.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1145883792356708822006-04-24T07:47:00.000-05:002006-04-24T10:48:14.793-05:00Where are all the trivia questions on washingtonpost.com asking when the last time some city with a 2/3 majority white population elected a mayor who was not white? I'm sure there are plenty that fit the bill.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1145672570763569032006-04-21T21:07:00.000-05:002006-04-21T21:22:50.833-05:00Friday night info dump. What interesting things pop up on the internets on a Friday night.Item! You know how much Shrub hates leaks? Well, what'll he say about allegations that Condiliar leaked defense info to AIPAC, a pro-Israel lobby? And will the WaPo tell us this is a "good leak"? Especially given that today a CIA officer was fired for allegedly leaking info on the U.S. network of secretjamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1145635664734727002006-04-21T10:56:00.000-05:002006-04-21T12:16:57.983-05:00Sleep, Dick, sleep. Being Dick is hard work.And Katherine Harris is both corrupt and nutty.Update: Holy jeebus is she a fruit loop.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1145591666411090312006-04-20T22:29:00.000-05:002006-04-20T22:54:26.546-05:00G-Map Pedometer. It's cool. Not as cool as Google Earth, but still nifty.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1145549249974653172006-04-20T10:59:00.000-05:002006-04-20T11:07:32.846-05:00Fitz. Red rover, red rover, send Karl right over. Fitzgerald reportedly met with the grand jury yesterday:Just as the news broke Wednesday about Scott McClellan resigning as White House press secretary and Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove shedding some of his policy duties, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald met with the grand jury hearing evidence in the CIA leak case and introduced jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1145545891473747722006-04-20T09:46:00.000-05:002006-04-20T10:11:35.246-05:00Unnaturally Unseen. Ten years ago, we were in the midst of an unnaturally long stretch of not seeing Unnatural Man. The first year of college was winding down, the grass in the Sunken Gardens had turned green, the grill had been fired up....but something was missing. That something was the Man. Would we ever see him and his plastic complexion again? We'd just have to wait and hope.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1145455993538307262006-04-19T08:49:00.000-05:002006-04-19T09:17:18.570-05:00No more Scotty McMuffin. Scott McClellan has resigned as the White House's Propaganda Press Secretary. And in another move to rearrange the chairs on the Titanic, Rove is leaving as deputy chief of staff "to focus more on politics." Ummm...because he was doing what before? Replacing him will be the deputy budget director.It has been rumored that McClellan's replacement will be Dan Senor whosejamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1145312946796300932006-04-17T17:23:00.000-05:002006-04-17T17:29:06.813-05:00George W. Bush's Roses.Someone remind me--What country do we live in? Via ThinkProgress:Today at the White House Easter Egg Roll, dozens of children “from the stricken Gulf Coast region serenaded First Lady Laura Bush with a song praising the beleaguered Federal Emergency Management Agency.” To the tune of “Hey Look Me Over,” the kids from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama sang: “Our country’jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1145311964429679752006-04-17T16:57:00.000-05:002006-04-17T17:12:44.546-05:00Hidey-Ho.I live in a toilet. On several occasions, there has been urine on the garbage room floor in our building. And today when I got home, there was in the corner of the vestibule a rather large piece of doodoo-pie. WTF??? The dogs in our building are small, and I would imagine they don't eat entire meatloafs.This isn't the first time I've had issues like this. Recall when someone pissed jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1145290805145419382006-04-17T11:11:00.000-05:002006-04-17T11:20:05.236-05:00It's not a water hazard. It's a wetland.And ketchup is a vegetable. Thursday (March 30), Interior Secretary Gale Norton called a press conference to claim our long nightmare of wetlands loss had finally come to an end due to unprecedented gains since 1997. However, she then admitted much of that gain has been in artificially created ponds, such as golf course water hazards and farm impoundmentsjamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1145278862007844232006-04-17T07:37:00.000-05:002006-04-17T08:01:02.143-05:00The Thirty-Percenters. On occasion while I'm sitting high above in my ivory tower of East coast elitist liberalism, I wonder how in the world it is possible that Shrub maintains an approval rating above 30% despite all the facts indicating that he is the worst president ever.That's why I read the Roanoke Times letters to the editor for perspective.President is too good a Christian to lieThere jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1145071154950123682006-04-14T22:05:00.000-05:002006-04-14T22:19:15.050-05:00That's just how they roll.WASHINGTON -- One of the oldest White House traditions, the Easter Egg Roll, will take place on Monday.Limited tickets are free to the public, and a large group of gay and lesbian parents is organizing a "camp-out" to make sure the White House knows America has nontradition families, too."It's important for people to know that gay and lesbian parents are here, that they jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1145069073495544992006-04-14T21:34:00.000-05:002006-04-14T21:44:33.506-05:00It's good to be Dick.Shotgun Cheney is getting a $1.9 Million tax refund. There's something particularly delicious about that. Iraq is a disaster, the New Orleans recovery is a mess, the budget is a joke, Medicare reform is a bust, poverty keeps increasing, median income growth is stalled, and this fucking pig is getting back $1.9 million. Mmm...that's good.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1145027588359441862006-04-14T10:10:00.000-05:002006-04-14T10:13:08.373-05:00Friday Cat BloggingBeing a cat is hard work if you can get it.(Photos by YLH Legal Counsel)jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144906256973264442006-04-13T00:23:00.000-05:002006-04-13T00:30:56.986-05:00Big Time. Cheney is a Pathological liar.You'd think this sort of shit combined with the continued clusterfuck that is Iraq would make Murkans a little more hesitant when it comes to sabre-rattling. Apparently not. But at least some are wising up that Bush can't be trusted with any decision greater than whether to biggie size your value meal.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144865464598890162006-04-12T13:00:00.000-05:002006-04-12T13:11:04.740-05:00War on EasterDon't worry, the Falafelman is on the case. Bill O'Reilly is defending the Easter Bunny from those who would have us all living in a world without easter egg hunts and marshmallow peeps. And, according to Falafel, just who is waging the War on the Easter Bunny? Why, the secularists, of course.But it's the Christian fundamentalists who remind us that the Easter Bunny is for drunksjamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144813832341301672006-04-11T22:40:00.000-05:002006-04-11T22:50:32.410-05:00Your lying ears. Watch video of Cheney walking out to throw the first pitch at the Nationals home opener, and then decide for yourself if you agree with the Post's description.I have an inside source who was at the game. I'll let you know how he describes the scene.Oh, and Bush is a lying liar. And I don't like him. Shocking, huh? Yeah, I know. It's gotten to be a bit boring.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144712094941184862006-04-10T18:31:00.000-05:002006-04-10T18:34:54.956-05:00The answer is: Worst. President. Ever. What an embarrassment.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144703421162448502006-04-10T15:25:00.000-05:002006-04-10T16:10:21.336-05:00Item! Murderball. You should see it.Item! Coke Blak. I think I like it, but I know I shouldn't.Item! Kiefer Sutherland reportedly signed on for another three days of "24." If CTU is subsumed under DHS, we're screwed. As if CTU weren't bad enough on the background checks.Item! Last place teams dumping star players toward the end of a fantasy basketball league season is a chump move. Get jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144440267600395662006-04-07T15:03:00.000-05:002006-04-07T15:04:27.603-05:00Scotty McMuffin. What a tool.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144437522551417502006-04-07T14:01:00.000-05:002006-04-07T15:02:54.856-05:00Bloggity blog blog. According to a teaser on Raw Story, the WaPo.com is going to hire another conservative blogger along with a liberal blogger. Certainly they did their homework this time. And whoever took the job, that took a big set of cajones. Cuz you know some jackass loser is going to start digging around.Update: According to the story, there won't be a formal announcement, and the jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144430387498774472006-04-07T12:11:00.000-05:002006-04-07T12:19:47.540-05:00Yet another sex offender. Via ThinkProgress, this is Number 4.“A high-ranking Defense Department IT official has been arrested and indicted on child pornography charges. … [C]ourt documents allege that Lynch had been operating a peer-to-peer file-sharing program on a computer in his office at DISA. Agents confiscated several computers and more than 1,000 CDs from Lynch’s office.” Noted without jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144416201882166322006-04-07T08:20:00.000-05:002006-04-07T08:23:21.883-05:00Leaker in Chief. Via TPM, "Bush: When I do it, it's not a leak." Also, Abu Gonzales let's me know that my phone calls are likely already being tapped.Shorter Bushco: We'll do whatever the fuck we want to do.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144415912457697992006-04-07T08:02:00.000-05:002006-04-07T08:18:32.580-05:00Mess-o-potamia. Blasts at Baghdad Shiite Mosques Kill Scores. At least 50 dead. Why does the media want us to lose in Iraq? Why do they keep focusing on this bad news? If the suiciders knew they weren't getting attention on the news every night, they'd surely stop it. What if this were happening here?Washington, DC, April 7 -- Explosions tore through three Catholic churches in Washington, jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144301416229878562006-04-06T00:28:00.000-05:002006-04-06T00:55:36.863-05:00And now for something completely different.Cat Video Montage!!!!!!ADD sent this one around a while back but I couldn't find it hosted anywhere til now.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144274799443327862006-04-05T16:54:00.000-05:002006-04-05T20:35:37.290-05:00This is fucked up. In its seemingly endless attempt to lose every shred of credibility it may have left, the WaPo gives the lawyer for internet sex offender and DHS deputy press secretary Brian Doyle an opportunity to spin, spin, spin away.Depression, likely triggered by the death of two siblings, may have led the Department of Homeland Security's deputy press secretary, Brian J. Doyle, to reachjamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144255212536625892006-04-05T11:37:00.000-05:002006-04-05T11:40:12.550-05:00Tweety and Tom, sitting in a tree. Chris Matthews loves Tom DeLay.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144208483922437442006-04-04T22:37:00.000-05:002006-04-04T22:41:23.936-05:00I mean it, stop. Stop saying that the Bush administration is populated by criminals.The deputy press secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was arrested Tuesday for using the Internet to seduce what he thought was a teenage girl, authorities said.Brian J. Doyle, 55, of Silver Spring, Md., was arrested on charges of use of a computer to seduce a child and transmission of harmful jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144198826457659332006-04-04T19:54:00.000-05:002006-04-04T20:00:26.473-05:00Stop it. Stop saying the rightwing is full of racist freaks. What a crazy idea.Jeebus. That shite will rot your brain.Tick-tock.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144156244384635622006-04-04T08:09:00.000-05:002006-04-04T08:10:44.413-05:00Flip-Flop Express. John McCain, contortionist.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144119312139766952006-04-03T21:51:00.000-05:002006-04-03T21:55:12.140-05:00Catching up with Unnatural Man.3/29 UCLong time, no see.4/5 UCEven Unnatty Man can't save me this week.Can't save me this week either. Busy busy.Tick-tock goes the clock.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1144119068021461712006-04-03T21:49:00.000-05:002006-04-03T21:51:08.050-05:00Bye, Tom.Looks like we won't have the Bugman to kick around anymore. Tom DeLay won't seek reelection.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143611821689090282006-03-29T00:53:00.000-05:002006-03-29T00:57:01.703-05:00I'm busy. Talk amongst yourselves. Or check out some of the fine blogs linked to your right. Or do what you're actually being paid for. Cuz I'm going to be a little busy for a few days, and I definitely won't be blogging anywhere near last week's rate.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143590306215931872006-03-28T18:49:00.000-05:002006-04-07T14:01:02.393-05:00Box Turtle's Taint. Just because we don't have Ben Domenech to kick around anymore, that certainly doesn't mean the fun is over. Behold, the taint of BenDom.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143568058176287832006-03-28T12:46:00.000-05:002006-03-28T12:47:38.193-05:00Fat Kitties. You know you love them.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143486637464745892006-03-27T14:09:00.000-05:002006-03-27T14:10:37.486-05:00WE HAVE A WINNER!Congratulations to The Commodore for claiming victory in the 2nd Annual Your Logo Here NCAA Tournament Challenge. Nobody in the pool has LSU, UCLA, Florida, or the Cinderella team of the year, George Mason, reaching the finals. And so it is done. Crack Your Skull was the first loser coming in at 2nd Place. Axis of Evel and the Nut Busters tied for 3rd Place. Had Villanova jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143475879944874702006-03-27T10:56:00.000-05:002006-03-27T11:11:20.066-05:00Plagiarism, plagiarism, plagiarism everywhere.While we've been piling on BenDom the past week, he's really just the latest posterboy for a broader conservative movement gone bankrupt. I didn't know that Jerome Corsi, one of the authors of the craptastic Swiftboat book, and Nixon-apologist Monica Crowley are also both plagiarists.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143472084446741142006-03-27T10:02:00.000-05:002006-03-27T10:08:04.473-05:00.286Not bad as a career batting average for a Major League ballplayer. Very bad as a percentage of articles that you plagiarized. The Flat Hat catalogues Box Turtle's work for them.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143470510684055942006-03-27T09:36:00.000-05:002006-03-27T09:41:50.710-05:00Question: What do Ben Domenech and Russian President Vladimir Putin have in common?Answer: They're both plagiarists.The embarrassing revelation that the former KGB agent may have cheated and lied about his qualifications follows a long search by US scholars for evidence of the President's academic prowess. A copy of the thesis was eventually found in the electronic files of a Moscow technical jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143469827092282862006-03-27T09:25:00.000-05:002006-03-27T09:30:27.110-05:00Hear N Aid. This is too good to leave in the comments. It's like a hair metal who's who. Wikipedia explains.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143440060376867312006-03-27T00:51:00.000-05:002006-03-27T01:14:20.476-05:00Meanwhile, back in the real world... Iraq is still a mess. And another piece of evidence that Bush was intent on invading Iraq no matter what. Whaa? I'm shocked.Recommended viewing: Megadeth, "Peace sells, but who's buying?""What is this garbage you're watching? I wanna watch the news!""This is the news!"That guy is totally my brother circa 1986.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143348541137796642006-03-25T23:48:00.000-05:002006-03-25T23:49:01.153-05:00The Golden Goose. Keeps on giving. Another case of BenDom stealing from a future employer.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143309415406710442006-03-25T11:31:00.000-05:002006-03-25T17:06:56.520-05:00Post-Mortem.Yesterday was a whirlwind of activity in the short story of Ben Domenech's life as the Washingtonpost.com's anti-pinko commie Red Dawn blogger. As someone who followed this from the very beginning (see past posts), it was somewhat disappointing that I was driving in the car on the way to get that haircut when I heard on Air America that Box Turtle Ben had resigned. As commenter jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143249749554960932006-03-24T19:44:00.000-05:002006-03-24T20:22:29.676-05:00Guest poster alert! James' internet connection has been sapped of its precious bodily essence, so this is his stronger, more intelligent and successful older brother pitching in temporarily to pass on a big YLH "thanks" to all the people who squandered valuable seconds of their lives reading and commenting on his same-sex obsession with Ben Domenech over the past three days. I don't ordinarilyjamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143209560554742982006-03-24T09:11:00.000-05:002006-03-24T09:34:31.370-05:00Busted.The Flat Hat has taken notice of Ben Domenech's serial plagiarism and has now added this note to the top of every one of Ben's columns, "Editor's note: It has been brought to the attention of The Flat Hat that Ben Domenech, a writer for The Flat Hat from 1999 to 2001, copied from and failed to cite sources in several articles. The Flat Hat is currently investigating these allegations."The jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143186809502563852006-03-24T02:32:00.000-05:002006-03-24T11:36:01.080-05:00"I'm not a journalist."Ben makes the understatement of the year in speaking with Howie Kurtz for this craptacular article. As for the allegation of plagiarism, Ben "said he needed to research the examples but that he never used material without attribution and had complained about a college editor improperly adding language to some of his articles." Yes, maybe it was that meddling college jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143180299935170302006-03-24T00:52:00.000-05:002006-03-24T01:12:16.216-05:00This is how we deal with plagiarists at William & Mary.But according to the posters at Red State who have decided to stand by their Ben, it's no biggie:Assume, for a moment, that the plagiarism charge is true. For the sake of argument, assume that.Now, having accepted this, what are we left with?1. It is the sole critique of Domenech by the left with any objective merit.2. It does not have jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143174742401365152006-03-23T23:19:00.000-05:002006-03-23T23:47:29.496-05:00Ben likes the attention. Really, he does. So I'm sure he is thrilled with Joe Conason's piece on Salon about Ben's little problem with plagiarism, and their documentation of said plagiarism. (I even get a mention)So it's now only a matter of time before other news outlets start to take notice. Here's a Google news search for BenDom. Not really much right now, but this shitstorm has been jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143153193644905522006-03-23T17:30:00.000-05:002006-03-23T23:18:59.336-05:00More plagiarism. Ben Domenech has a problem. And more plagiarismUpdate: I totally missed Cowboy Jesus in the piece of toast. Good on reader Slim for noticing.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143145085814534902006-03-23T15:05:00.000-05:002006-03-23T17:25:09.850-05:00Nail? Meet Coffin.As if we didn't have enough evidence that Ben Domenech was not the smartest hire at the Post, here is one more example.It would appear that Ben Domenech is a plagiarist.Thanks to Oregon Guy and anon, we find out that Ben's lyrical stylings on a real party are completely lifted from P.J. O'Rourke's "Modern Manners" - a chapter entitled "Real Parties." I should have known as jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143134480596126762006-03-23T12:01:00.000-05:002006-03-23T14:08:33.810-05:00Party On, Ben!Who knew that Ben Domenech was such a party animal? Okay, we had some indications, but I had no idea that Ben was pro-orgy. On the distinctions between "real parties" and "other social events," Ben says:Large parties require much more than a gram of cocaine and, usually, other people besides yourself.... It's not a real party if it doesn't end in an orgy or a food fight.I had no jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143132219402519342006-03-23T11:40:00.000-05:002006-03-23T11:43:39.416-05:00BenDom. Alex Koppelman has something to say.Ben, the two of us need look no moreWe both found what we were looking forWith a friend to call my ownI'll never be aloneAnd you my friend will seeYou've got a friend in me(You've got a friend in me)jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143131177260379042006-03-23T11:18:00.000-05:002006-03-23T11:26:17.273-05:00Regular Programming. NCAA Tourney Challenge is back on tonight! Some sweet match-ups with Duke playing LSU and Gonzaga going against UCLA. Will Airpolonia hold the lead, or will his bracket be like hisblogs--strong start and then fizzling out? Can the Nut Busters move into first? Or will he have to place his hopes on the Axis of Evel Knievel to bring home the major award?jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143095007757696492006-03-23T00:42:00.000-05:002006-03-23T01:23:27.850-05:00Word is Bond.Okay, last one before I fall asleep. From Ben's old blog on 4/28/02:I don't mind that being Puerto Rican probably helped me get in to this school. I had the grades, SAT scores, and (especially) extracurriculars to ensure that I was admitted Early Decision. But I was also designated a William & Mary Scholar.At the time, being a W&M scholar meant getting four years of in-state tuitionjamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143090197572853002006-03-23T00:01:00.000-05:002006-03-23T00:08:14.956-05:00Ben during his many years of active duty service playing "Contra."Thanks to reader M.O. for the picture.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143058700021499022006-03-22T15:12:00.000-05:002006-03-22T15:26:57.173-05:00Ben's greatest hits.Before any scrubbing starts, I got a screencap of Ben Domenech, aka Augustine, calling Coretta Scott King a communist. Here's a cropped version:jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143054590199666352006-03-22T13:33:00.000-05:002006-03-22T14:26:29.876-05:00Drink, Ben, Drink!As we continue to familiarize ourselves with the Post's new conservative blogger, 24 year old Ben Domenech, we learn that Ben might not be the complete stiff that his affection for Antonin Scalia suggests that he is. Here's a funny story from someone on livejournal who apparently used to work with Ben at the Flat Hat, the W&M student newspaper.When I was a sophomore in college,jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143044414934550492006-03-22T11:09:00.000-05:002006-03-22T11:20:15.103-05:00Even Ben doesn't listen to himself.In his third installment of the blog sensation sweepting the nation, Red Dawn America, Ben Domenech does his best to convince us that he is amused by the firestorm created by his hiring, calling it an "impressive reaction." In jest, Ben says:I'm happy that no one's engaged in any ridiculous hyperbole, unfounded accusations or unintentionally hilarious jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143042106765739182006-03-22T10:35:00.000-05:002006-03-22T16:23:27.266-05:00I Love Ben Domenech. Who knew that a post about a 24 year old conservative hack at the Post is all it would take to get 10,000+ 20,000+ hits a day? All this time, I thought it'd be fat kitties, ruminations on donuts, or that video of a monkey washing a cat (though it has been pointed out that it's likely a chimp, not a monkey, but really, "monkey" scores higher on the comedic scale than "chimp"jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143037729841570452006-03-22T09:12:00.000-05:002006-03-22T11:05:19.853-05:00Run, Stephen, Run!Ben, it IS you! Via RedDan, here's some more information regarding the quest for "Augustine," Ben Domenech's suspected screenname at Red State. From Hotline:Later that p.m., a RedState post titled "We Need John Shadegg" was posted by "The Directors" -- Krempasky, Ben "Augustine" Domenech, Erick Erickson and Clayton Wagar -- urging in bright red oversized letters: "Call (202) jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143011296805559732006-03-22T01:45:00.000-05:002006-03-22T10:53:10.920-05:00Ben, is that you? RedDan has a theory that Ben Domenech has posted at the conservative blog, Red State, under the pseudonym "Augustine." I think he may be on to something. Augustine always ends his posts with the line, "This story shall the good man teach his son," from Henry V. Ben Domenech likes to reference Henry V.Either way, here is what "Augustine" had to say about the Coretta Scott jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1143006270670801282006-03-22T00:43:00.000-05:002006-03-22T00:44:30.683-05:00More fun with the Domenech family. Turns out, Daddy Domenech has some connections with Jack Abramoff.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1142993524513197872006-03-21T19:16:00.000-05:002006-03-22T09:32:27.353-05:00Meet Ben Domenich.The question of the day is how Ben Domenech, a 24 year old with little journalistic experience who lists among his credientials being the "youngest political appointee of President George W. Bush", was hired by the Washington Post to be their conservative blogger providing balance to...I dunno, their editorial page which was gung-ho for the war in Iraq.Here's an interesting jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1142981387459402632006-03-21T17:48:00.000-05:002006-03-21T17:49:47.473-05:00The Enemy. Pat Robertson, American Taliban, strikes again. Watch what you say on those course evals, kids.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1142969377068283202006-03-21T14:08:00.000-05:002006-03-21T14:29:37.230-05:00Congratulations to me. My team won the regular season in a fantasy NBA league. With an incredible 20 week unbeaten run, my team demolished the fantasy competition. In a fantasy world, I'm unstoppable.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1142891559898759822006-03-20T16:51:00.000-05:002006-03-20T16:52:39.916-05:00Shrub. Still an asshole after all these years.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1142872412720606192006-03-20T11:20:00.000-05:002006-03-20T11:33:32.803-05:00You know what I like? Dates and Polish chocolates.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1142871041198061392006-03-20T11:03:00.000-05:002006-03-20T11:10:41.200-05:00Spoilers. We don't have HBO. So we get the Sopranos on tape delay. And I absolutely hate it, hate it, when entertainment headlines or some stupid poll on ESPN give away major plot developments. Do they not realize that not everyone has HBO, and some of us have to wait for tapes or DVD to catch up? Jackasses.In other teevee news, A&E is having a marathon of the first season of "24." I can't jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1142821603633308612006-03-19T20:55:00.000-05:002006-03-20T10:57:58.156-05:00Tourney Update. After four days of watching way too much basketball on television, I'm fairly certain that I'll be unloading this year's Major Award. Here are the standings heading into the Sweet Sixteen:1. Airpolonia2. Fair Oaks Nut Busters3. The Commodore3. Crack Your Skull5. Axis of Evel Knievel6. Your Logo Here7. procfreak8. TibbyliciousAirpolonia definitely had the best calls, going with jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1142656797683810902006-03-17T23:39:00.000-05:002006-03-17T23:39:57.706-05:00And while we're at it, let's end any talk about the GOP being the family values party.jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1142608560049010592006-03-17T10:00:00.000-05:002006-03-17T12:11:29.093-05:00Charge it. Anyone who refers to the GOP as the party of "fiscal responsibility" should be beaten. Severely. And tazers, I'm seeing tazers. Thanks for the $30K in debt.Congress agreed to let the government borrow another $781 billion Thursday, allowing lawmakers and President Bush to pay for the war in Iraq and combat terrorism without raising taxes or cutting popular domestic programs.The jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1142576428326273572006-03-17T01:10:00.000-05:002006-03-26T23:51:33.440-05:00NCAA Day 1. After the first day of competition, Fair Oaks Nut Busters are in 1st place. One game back in 2nd are Procfreak, AirPolonia, The Commodore, Crack, and Your Logo Here. Axis and Tibbylicious are bringing up the rear. More good games on tap for tomorrow.And in case you're looking for yet another way to be shiftless at work, you can enter the NCAA Women's Tournament Challenge. Axis ofjamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363088.post-1142533061230059602006-03-16T12:51:00.000-05:002006-03-16T13:17:41.323-05:00It's on! So here's how the entries look at first glance:Axis of Evel Knievel: Champion: Duke beats UConn. Michigan State the only 6 seed to survive the first round. Otherwise, this bracket is completely neutered. No repeat this year. Fair Oaks Nut Busters entry is so weak, it's not worth mentioning.Procfreak: Champion: BC over Duke. Third time's the charm? Arkansas beats Memphis in Round jamesnoreply@blogger.com