In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress. — John Adams

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Mar 18

AoSHQ is all over Obamacare

Posted by ArmedGeek on Thursday, March 18, 2010 in News, Politics

Ace and his cohorts are all over Obamacare this week. If you aren’t over there every day, you really should be.

Links:
CBO Health Care Numbers Are In And Democrats Are Pleased
Bumped and Updated

“The Congressional Budget Office has confirmed that there is currently no official cost estimate. Yet House Democrats are touting to the press – and spinning for partisan gain – numbers that have not been released and are impossible to confirm.

Nomentum: Michael Arcuri (D-NY) Flips from Yes to No

Fox Poll: Opposition to ObamaCare Hits 55%; Sixty Five Percent Say “Do Nothing” or “Start Over”

Senator Coburn: I’ve Got News For You: If You Sell Your Vote for Earmarks or a Federal Posting, I’m Going to Block It in the Senate As Bribery

Democrats Band Together To Approve of Slaughter House Rule, 222-203

Rumors: Two House Democrats Already Promised Administration Positions?

Maybe Tom “Don’t Screw With This” Coburn had some specific folks in mind when he said House Democrats who walk the plank for ObamaCare shouldn’t expect cushy landings in the Executive Branch.

Also, keep and eye on Gabriel Malor’s posts over there, he’s their resident legal geek and has really been on top of the count of who’s voting how.

Mar 17

That Two-Timing Guttersnipe!

Posted by LC Aggie Sith on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 in Caption Contest

First, she is caught cuddling up to the staff of the chief. And now this:

What an inpudent trollop!!! Rahm is crying in his hairgel, I’m sure. Care to caption? :D

Mar 17

Interesting Post

Posted by ArmedGeek on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 in Uncategorized

[Insightful commentary on current events]

Witty Caption

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Mar 15

Booze of the Week

Posted by ArmedGeek on Monday, March 15, 2010 in BOTW

Update below the jump

In honor of St Patrick’s Day ….

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Mar 13

Weekend Hooker

Posted by LC Aggie Sith on Saturday, March 13, 2010 in Extra Hookers

In celebration of Spring….

Enjoy the weekend!!!

Mar 12

Laying a Little Pipe Down…

Posted by LC Aggie Sith on Friday, March 12, 2010 in AssHatery, Teh Funny

Scouring the blogs, as I am wont to do, I found a particularly delish story at Lemur King’s site. Seems the Brits have a new way of dealing with stressed workers: sniff bottled fresh air. According to the National Trust, each jar can relieve stress for ten minutes. Frankly, I think they are better off stepping outside for free and breathing air instead of running the risk of getting a fine for not properly disposing of the jar. But that’s neither here nor there (for now). What really caught my eye was the top story in the Weird section:

Man’s Penis Freed From Metal Pipe With Industrial Grinder

Tell me the title alone doesn’t hurt. Docs at the local hospital had to call in the fire department to give the bloke a bit of relief, until he saw what the firemen were going to use.

The firefighters used the four-and-a-half-inch industrial metal grinder to cut the pipe from around the anaesthetised man’s penis.

This is a pic of an industrial grinder at work:

I can feel y’all flinching all the way to Texas.

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Mar 12

Sin City

Posted by ArmedGeek on Friday, March 12, 2010 in Entertainment, Movies

I watched this again last night. I’d not actually seen it since it was new and had really forgotten what an absolutely kickass movie this is.

Frodo was one creepy goddamn bastard

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Mar 11

Neil Stevens is wrong.

Posted by ArmedGeek on Thursday, March 11, 2010 in Rants

From Redstate.com:

It doesn’t even cross their minds that we might ask Google not to build the database to begin with, because it’s a basic law of databases that they can always be put to another purpose.

I can’t argue with the sentiment. Google creeps me out more every day. The problem is that Redstate.com uses Google Analytics. They effectively tell Google every time you visit their site.

When this is pointed out by commenters, the response is .. well,

You are spreading outright falsehoods through your repeated assertion that the data we’re talking about is from httpd logs.

And combined with your radical pacifist ranting before, I’ve had it with you.

Hit the contact form if you feel you’ve been wronged.

and …

You can’t be this stupid

I’d rather everyone get along, but I’ll settle for everyone united in hating me for being a jerky moderator.

Sorry, Neil, you are the moron here. Here’s the thing: Webserver logs tell me an awful lot about what goes on here. Once you leave my site I’ve no idea where you go or what you do. Now, if everyone hands this data over to a single entity (Google in this case), then they can plot your course across the internet. Enough logs and they can tell, when and where you work, where you live, given enough data they could tell you what time you take lunch.

The reason server logs are not dangerous is NOT because there’s not enough information in them, it is because the information is split up amongst thousands of different places.

In the interest of full disclosure, I used Google Analytics here for a few days. It made me feel dirty so I removed it. I use Awstats.

Mar 11

Tron 2

Posted by ArmedGeek on Thursday, March 11, 2010 in Entertainment, Movies

I couldn’t bear to leave the anti-gun craziness at the top of the page, so…

Mar 11

Where are we going ?

Posted by ArmedGeek on Thursday, March 11, 2010 in News, Rants

… and why are we in this handbasket ?

Drop the Weapon! Drop the Weapon! *BANG*

From Gothamist:

Just how little tolerance is zero tolerance? A Staten Island fourth-grader was reprimanded and almost suspended yesterday when the principal spotted him playing with a LEGO policeman and a two-inch-long toy gun during lunch, the Advance reports.

Under the city’s no-tolerance policy regarding guns in schools, PS 52 Principal Evelyn Matroianni brought 9-year-old Patrick Timoney to her office and called his mother to say the boy might be suspended for carrying the miniature toy gun to school, pending the approval of the Department of Education’s security administrator. When contacted, the administrator reportedly said the toy should be confiscated and returned to the boy’s parents, however no other punishment would be necessary.

How much would you pay for this kinda crazy ? Wait, don’t answer yet, there’s more …

From the NYDailyNews:

A Michigan kindergartener’s make-believe gun – which he created with just his fingers – got him suspended, the Grand Rapids Press reported.

Mason Jammer, 6, who attends Ionia’s Jefferson Elementary School, pointed his finger-gun at a fellow student Wednesday and got kicked out of school till Friday.

School officials said they had given Mason numerous warnings over several months, and his gun play created discomfort for other kids.

Now how much would you pay ? If you order this insanity in the next 5 minutes we’ll throw in this beautiful piece of shit:

New York to Ban SALT!

a bill introduced in the New York Legislature that, if passed, would ban the use of salt in restaurant cooking.

“No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in any form in the preparation of any food for consumption by customers of such restaurant, including food prepared to be consumed on the premises of such restaurant or off of such premises,” the bill, A. 10129 , states in part.

Sometimes its hard to even joke about this shit.