tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213756942024-03-17T02:52:21.485+08:00Spiiderweb™Rojak posts, mostly political.<br><br>
"A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." -- Thomas Mann<br><br>
If so, I must be a writer.SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.comBlogger5894125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-37986267294999132602010-03-06T06:52:00.008+08:002010-03-06T10:26:08.285+08:00Terrorist trial may go to military tribunal, not court.Jesus H Christ in the stockade, would someone please tell me a couple things? First, what is the basic difference between Bush and Obama? Second, what happened to the fucking rule of law in the US?WASHINGTON — Looking to breathe life into President Barack Obama's stalled pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, White House advisers are inching toward recommending military trials for alleged SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-18068030865552756702010-03-03T09:08:00.002+08:002010-03-06T10:41:52.146+08:00A Letter to CongresssJust a fucking joke. Obama is an attorney and US President not a doctor. He can probably Band-Aid® a paper cut.This is from a letter outlining the final shape the Health Care Reform (HCR) bill as it probably will be presented. I've excerpted the meat. I like number one in particular. I missed that in the health care summit. [ed- yes I pee] Similar "watchdogs" should be employed for all God dam SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-59773446158086231092010-03-03T08:40:00.004+08:002010-03-03T09:07:40.879+08:00MS: Be Careful With That F1 Function KeyAnother problem for Microsoft. They will issue a patch soon to correct it.Microsoft Corp. has a message for Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 users: If you browse the Interwebs with Internet Explorer 6, 7, or 8, take care to ignore any prompts that ask you to hit the F1 key on your keyboard, as doing so may be unhealthful to your PC.It turns out that there is a security flaw in the way these SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-30330220354800966802010-03-03T07:59:00.008+08:002010-03-03T08:40:32.357+08:00Three Generations in AntarcticaFrom Bill Gates' blog. Yeah, he's one of us although I doubt he's the one slaving over the fucking keyboard. On a recent family trip, Bill witnessed great natural beauty and further evidence of global warming – even in one of the coldest places on Earth. When I gave my ten-year-old son a chance to pick anywhere in the world to go with me and two of his grandparents, he chose Antarctica. I was SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-46297811579176459602010-03-03T07:02:00.006+08:002010-03-03T07:59:37.315+08:00Stupid question:Why do liberals insist that the freedom enjoyed by a child is superior to that treasured by adults?Duh!!1!!! Because its true? Liberals know this because they live in a reality based world.Why do liberals insist that the freedom enjoyed by a child is superior to that treasured by adults?And where did I find such a fucking stupid question? Why, at PajamasMedia.com. Of course.Where the author turned right around and proved my point:There’s a lot of freedom that comes with being a child. Food, SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-92201219310126719392010-03-03T06:50:00.003+08:002010-03-03T07:02:08.273+08:00ProtestingWhat? God hates ponies?...Note: Headline links to source. Clicking on image will enlarge it (usually).SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-52583162998851229852010-03-03T06:05:00.006+08:002010-03-03T06:50:04.779+08:00What’s In A Name?This bill definitely needs work.People who use fake names to bully others online could face criminal penalties under a bill passed Monday by the House of Delegates. Delegates approved the proposal (HB4207) by a vote of 92-3, saying they want to target cyberbullies who anonymously make threats from behind the computer screen. But civil liberties advocates say the bill is written so broadly, it SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-53930654013791972852010-03-02T22:28:00.006+08:002010-03-02T23:00:54.981+08:00It's all in your ugly mindAny one who sees this as sexual or "dirty" is only exposing their thought processes and values and not others'. Wash your eyes out with soap, you fucking perverts.The whole thing is; if he doesn't curve her fingers its an acceptable figure skating move. And it is totally hetero with restraint or whatever...Or he's gay....Note: Headline links to source. Clicking on image will enlarge it (usually).SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-86243934018729282692010-03-02T18:32:00.006+08:002010-03-02T22:28:11.984+08:00Obama to GOP: I Will Quit Smoking if You Will Quit Being DicksMaybe this will work. Its a bold idea. But my solution is so God damn better.WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – President Barack Obama today threw down a new gauntlet in the battle over healthcare reform, telling his Republican opponents, “Here’s the deal: I will quit smoking if you will quit being dicks.”While most political observers expected the GOP leadership to reject the President’s offer SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-53908274308436683612010-03-02T18:07:00.005+08:002010-03-02T18:32:44.293+08:00Chilean Quake Likely Shifted Earth’s Axis, NASA Scientist SaysJust remember it has happened, but you'll never know it.The earthquake that killed more than 700 people in Chile on Feb. 27 probably shifted the Earth’s axis and shortened the day, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist said.[snip]The length of the day should have gotten shorter by 1.26 microseconds (millionths of a second),” Gross, said today in an e-mailed reply to questions.SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-48514628836684016222010-03-02T17:25:00.009+08:002010-03-02T18:07:51.526+08:00Bunning is at it againSen. Jim Bunning (R-KY)Ya gotta admit the guy believes in smaller government. And along with his other shenanigans he's pissing off a shitload of voters.Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) is already infamous for blocking a temporary extension of unemployment and COBRA benefits for out of work Americans. But included in that package is legislation to prevent a mandatory pay cut for doctors--and by standing SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-71461680881176270482010-03-02T17:08:00.004+08:002010-03-02T17:25:14.748+08:00Damn…Hot And WindyClimate change is for real and this is the proof. Right? Just look at those temperatures. Case closed....Note: Headline links to source. Clicking on image will enlarge it (usually).SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-22934065349413344032010-03-02T15:52:00.006+08:002010-03-02T17:08:39.567+08:00I really don’t have this feeling about her as being presidentialTom Tancredo (R-Colo)That would be Tom Tancredo (R-Colo) the "Tea Party prominent" [ed- the NRC's term] talking about Ms. Sarah Palin in an NRC interview. After her speech at the Nashville convention, Palin said she is considering a run for the presidency in 2012. Tancredo however, does not believe she is fit for the presidency. "I really don’t have this feeling about her as being SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-46908905452505369022010-03-02T15:29:00.004+08:002010-03-02T15:52:26.394+08:00RICHARD FERNANDEZ: stunningly inaccurateThere is much to dislike about Fernandez's essay. Probably the best example is where he equates all of American society to doomed convicts sentenced to death. Yes, he really does that.[A] large number of those condemned to die on Death Row prefer soda and comfort food — bars of chocolate, ice cream, beef enchiladas and the like, to pate de foie gras and lobster americaine, as their last meals on SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-10878164347987264752010-03-02T15:09:00.005+08:002010-03-02T15:29:11.762+08:00Facts and figures on Obama's physicalApparently Obama's health is as good as he looks. I wish I had his blood pressure.The details of the examination are contained in the [snip]Facts and figures about President Barack Obama's health, from a physical examination Sunday at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Figures are compared with information from a January 2007 physical exam, which were released in May 2008 when SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-87317344569686728712010-03-02T14:21:00.005+08:002010-03-02T15:09:49.631+08:00Senate impasse puts federal employees out of workNow I'm gonna give you one and only one guess as to what political party that senator belongs. Yep.Hey, I used to work highway construction among other things and stopping its funding for a year is gonna piss off a lot of voters. It may also keep someone out of college as it would have me when that highway work was essential for me to buy books and pay tuition.WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two thousand SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-1374187905786972452010-03-02T12:58:00.004+08:002010-03-02T14:21:53.366+08:00Chile calls for aid, looters break quake curfewPlease stop calling Haitians and Chileans looters if they're fucking taking food or bathroom tissue and shit. If there are no functioning grocery stores and people are hungry, what options do they have? They take what food they can find. And why they would take the tissue is obvious.Breaking curfew is another matter. So is helping oneself to a nice new TeeVee. Arrest their asses.CONCEPCION: ChileSPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-73496256104596417892010-03-02T11:42:00.002+08:002010-03-02T12:58:47.753+08:00The New News Landscape: Rise of the InternetWe're number three. Not really too fucking shabby for a bunch of monkeys with keyboards....Note: Headline links to source. Clicking on image will enlarge it (usually).SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-21193690932324981392010-03-02T11:13:00.003+08:002010-03-02T11:42:22.870+08:00Why Are Millennials So Darn Optimistic?Were they all born with their heads up their asses in the sand? They profess to be more optimistic than they were before the world wide financial meltdown.Confident. Connected. Open to Change. [ed- link added] That's how Pew Research defines the Millennial generation -- Americans born since 1980. We're socially liberal, technologically savvy and wildly optimistic.Wait ... wildly optimistic? In SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-33229789343641039252010-03-02T10:53:00.004+08:002010-03-02T11:13:42.348+08:00Nuclear Weapons in the Twenty-First CenturyNo idea why Matt is limiting this to the twenty-first century. These things have always been with US concerning nuclear weapons.It's a good (long) read, but well worth your time. Too much there to excerpt so you have to click on it....Note: Headline links to source. Clicking on image will enlarge it (usually).SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-86433029485237579472010-03-02T10:37:00.004+08:002010-03-02T10:52:56.615+08:00Maximum Capacity - NSFWNot safe for work... nor anywhere else. Sorry you can't unsee this....Note: Headline links to source. Clicking on image will enlarge it (usually), but thank God not in this case.SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-15420474173700515952010-03-02T00:37:00.022+08:002010-03-02T10:37:48.552+08:00Paranoid Delusion of the WeekThe above is the new NASA logo. Pretty, but subversive to goopers. It seems the fucking Islamists are invading us like crazy.Now, thanks to an astute observation by Christopher Logan of the Logans Warning blog, we have another possible explanation for behavior that — in the face of rapidly growing threats posed by North Korean, Iranian, Russian, Chinese and others’ ballistic missiles — can only SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-46743142598349788132010-03-01T07:29:00.003+08:002010-03-01T07:58:55.146+08:00There are like a thousand lies going around in the punditsphere these days regarding health care reform. Let’s have a look at one now. They’re sayingHugh LaurieThe liars are of both political stripes.This guy starts out fairly calmly, but his anger really builds quickly.There are like a thousand lies going around in the punditsphere these days regarding health care reform. Let’s have a look at one now. They’re saying that there is no public support for health care reform. They’re saying that nobody has protested in support of health care SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-28479551036577593952010-03-01T06:20:00.007+08:002010-03-01T07:23:12.752+08:00More Dems Join EPA BlockOops. That's not the right Holland image.That's the right image.I know the windmill is a cliché , but they're even on some of their fucking stamps.Had these people been around, there would be no Holland. They'd have run around pulling the little Dutch boy's fingers out of the holes in the dykes.And I'm well aware I lost your attention with that last sentence. Focus!Two House Democrats are joiningSPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375694.post-47460322648691263822010-03-01T05:51:00.005+08:002010-03-01T06:19:58.129+08:00Finally available by credit cardI. Want. Go. 1955. I like Ike, I like Ike.1981 DeLoreanNow I just have to find a fucking DeLorean and some plutonium. The plutonium might be easier to obtain than the car....Note: Headline links to source. Clicking on image will enlarge it (usually).SPIIDERWEB™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009118197438506noreply@blogger.com0