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Monday, 13 December 2010
The Most Boring Celebrities of the Year
Most Boring Celebrities of the Year
The Boring Institute Revives List After a Long Hiatus
After a hiatus following 9/11, The Boring Institute is back with its annual list of “The Most Boring Celebrities of the Year.” Founded in 1984 by Alan Caruba, a public relations counselor, the Institute was active for nearly two decades spoofing celebrities, films, and television shows.
This year’s list is filled with familiar show business names. In reverse order, it is:
10. Kanye West. Or is that Kanye Pest?
9. Mel Gibson. Mel is giving bigotry and misogyny a bad name.
8. Betty White. Older than dirt, but she keeps escaping from the Actor’s Home.
7. Keith Olberman. He and the five other people watching MSNBC need a personality transplant.
6. Joy Behar. She is proof that having an opinion is not the same as having an IQ that’s lower than room temperature.
5. Justin Bieber. He’s cute and the little girls adore him. An earlier generation felt the same way about Paul McCartney and now they’re all grandmothers.
4. Miley Cyrus. It’s painful watching Miley navigate her teenage years. We wonder what it will be like to go through menopause with her.
3. Lady GaGa. Take away the weird fashion statements plus weird makeup and what do you have? Boy George.
2. Snookie. Cute nickname and not much else. The rumor that people from New Jersey
1. Lindsay Lohan. Fresh from rehab, let’s hope America’s most famous drug and alcohol addict stays clean so Charlie Sheen can regain the title.
“We’re not saying that these celebrities are themselves boring people,” says Caruba, “but that the overwhelming media coverage and exposure gets very boring, very fast.”
Caruba is widely known as a daily commentator via his popular blog, “Warning Signs” where he casts a wary eye on politics, popular culture, and other topics. The Boring Institute maintains a blog at http://theboringinstitute.blogspot.com.
Sunday, 12 December 2010
Progressives Cheer Mark Madoff Suicide as 'Revolutionary Justice'
At DownWithTyranny!, "At This Point Do We Have to Be Hoping for a Revolution?" (And Memeorandum.)
From Howie Klein in the comments: On the other hand, more rich people and the criminal spawn can hang themselves, the way Mark Madoff did. That's justice served -- and revolutionary enough.
Amazing.
Folks may have heard. Mark Madoff hanged himself exactly two years after his father Bernard was arrested in the financial Ponzi scheme indictment. See NYT, "Madoff’s Elder Son Found Dead in Suicide." (And at Legal Insurrection and Memeorandum.)
But read DownWithTyranny! Howie Klein is actually a top activist with the Firedoglake Act Blue coalition, but these folks make no qualms about calling for revolution. Clearly the death of Mark Madoff is fulfilment in miniature of leftist demands for decapitation of the Old Regime, on the order of the French and Russian Revolutions. The context is this student's "fight back" speech, below, announcing revolutionary solidarity with Britain's fight-the-cuts uprising from last week's Coalition of Resistance Conference in Britain. DownWithTyranny! then links to a revolutionary manifesto from Ian Welsh, "An American Future." The commentary reflects less an explicit agenda than a prediction for the pivotal crisis of capitalism in the near term. While Welsh is ambiguous on the ripeness for proletarian agitation, cleary Howie Klein and his progressive comrades are welcoming an epic confrontation with the capitalist state. The death of Mark Madoff is not a sad family tragedy but a symbol of state crisis, and, ominously, of the murderous reckoning awaiting the forces of reaction. This is, most of all, completely in keeping with the violent sensiblities of the left, which have been on display all week long at this blog. All I can say is hold your most cherished values close, and your loved ones even closer. The proletarian crisis needs a revolutionary vanguard to bring class consciousness to the contented and under-mobillized masses. Britain is gripped right now by an austerity crisis, and at home we've had some of our own anarcho-socialist violence. I hope I'm wrong, as I always say. But one of these days a new Weatherman-style organization will break out again with a campaign of domestic terrorism. And that's just the beginning. It's a dreadful thought, but these folks are simply not going wait for more suicides. I'm convinced, in due time, they'll work to accelerate the forces of "revolutionary justice" for thousands of Mark Madoffs. Cross-posted from American Power.
RELATED: "The Powerful Corpse of Radical Progressivism."
The Sunday Best..........
Wikileaks and climategate: An inconvenient truth
How To Call Obama a "Liar" and Get Away With It.
Gold, silver and copper hit record highs on fears of weakening dollar
Retired U.S. Army General: Islam Greatest Threat to America Since 1776…
States Turn to Kobach for Illegal Immigration Laws
Ten dead as H1N1 flu returns to Britain
New rifles give Army snipers in Afghanistan needed range
HMS Calamity: First it ran aground, then it collided with a tug. Now Britain's £1.2bn flagship submarine breaks down on its first day back in service
We are ready for war, warns North Korea's Peace Commission
Suspected suicide bomb in central Stockholm injures two and panics shoppers
'Bonnie and Clyde' robbers gunned down in German bank raid
Man on a mission: US defence secretary Robert Gates is still hungry for the fight in Afghanistan
Runaway dog forces Brazilian airport to close
and finally........
Kitchen and garage - same thing, really by little Jimmy May
Well THAT explains it!!!!!............from Rico
I had wondered 'why?' there was always crap in my fireplace on Christmas morning.
- Big bats?
- Democrats (C) trying to 'improve' my life....for my own good?
- What?
Then I saw this cartoon.
- Well THAT explains it!!!!!
Merry Christmas!!!!!
Saturday, 11 December 2010
Kristi Noem Delivers GOP Weekly Address
This is a perfect example of less is more, in her wonderful delivery and in her message of limited government.
Via Gateway Pundit and Dakota Voice. And at the Daily Republic, "US Rep.-elect Noem delivers Republican address":
U.S. Rep.-elect Kristi Noem delivered the weekly Republican address Saturday, reiterating her calls to cut spending and reduce the size of government.RELATED: At Instapundit, "YA THINK? Political class, Middle America headed in opposite directions on economy."
The South Dakota Republican said in her remarks that she's encouraged by President Obama's proposal to renew the Bush tax cuts set to expire on Jan. 1.
Noem says small businesses need certainty, and renewing the tax cuts alone won't eliminate job uncertainty.
She also called for lawmakers to repeal the health care law passed earlier this year.
Noem says she's part of a new majority committed to being humble, more modest and more focused in addressing the nation's challenges.
Cross-posted from American Power.
If Radical Progressivism Is Dead, It's a Very Powerful Corpse
See the full essay at the link: "The Powerful Corpse of Radical Progressivism."
Logic, rioters and students
Logic is not taught anymore in the British school system and the series of riots that have led up to yesterday’s vote on the raising of tuition fees bares that out. One has to wonder if there are actually students, as opposed to anarchists, who believe that the scenes of violence in central London and elsewhere would help their cause.
More @ the Washington Examiner
News..........
Until they All Come Home
Firework-Katy Perry
Navy Sets World Record With Incredible, Sci-Fi Weapon
Tackling bad behaviour 'is not our job', teachers claim
Stuxnet Worm Still Out of Control at Iran's Nuclear Sites, Experts Say
Welcome to the Mindset of an Open Border Radical
Military Bans Disks, Threatens Courts-Martial to Stop New Leaks
Prepare to bare all in digital undressing
Israel faces tougher line from EU after former heads call for Palestinian state
FAA loses track of 119,000 aircraft
China's 'biggest bubble' to be pricked by trade spat: economist
Famous Christian Landmark Tree Chopped Down in UK
German troops stationed in France for first time since WWII
Indian billionaires to buy 'world's most expensive suit'
Berlin airport runs out of DE-ICER
More Pics of Russia’s 5th Gen Fighter
Facebook emerges as 'terrorist recruiting ground'
Golliwog doll removed from shop for Oprah visit
Gorbachev warns corruption is undermining democracy in Russia
EU wastes millions of euros on lavish anti-poverty meeting
Custer's 'Last Flag' sold for £1.4 million
Friday, 10 December 2010
Students Attack Royal Couple in Violent London Protests
And just minutes before, while in route to the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium, Prince Charles joked, "Hopefully we’ll be able to brave our way through, get there and be all right."
Cross-posted from American Power.
And an update on the "Hate Mail" from last night, see: "Leftists Chant for the Death of Ann Althouse — UPDATED!!", and "Twitter Hatred."
Updates throughout the evening.
The Nietzcheanization of the Left
A new essay at the link: "Totalitarian Faith."
And more commentary and analysis at American Power.
News...........
Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up, Dec 9th
Iran Placing Medium-Range Missiles in Venezuela; Can Reach the U.S.
Berkeley Mulls Resolution to Honor Army Private Accused of Passing Secret Info to WikiLeaks
Cancun COP16 attendees fall for the old “dihydrogen monoxide” petition as well as signing up to cripple the U.S. Economy
Obama: Dealing out his supporters
Potentially toxic BPA found on dollar bills
Private Citizen Goes Undercover, Performs Sting on High-Ranking Nazi
£3.6 billion Nimrods dismantled for scrap
Big Government Still Hiring
Czech towns deploy cardboard police in miniskirts
John Edwards: Scumbag
X-37B Had Seven Collisions in Space
Fleeing arsonist runs into lamp-post
Protesters attack car carrying Prince Charles and Camilla
Who's in charge of Prince Charles's security? The Keystone Cops?
China stands with North Korea and criticises US threats
WikiLeaks hackers threaten British Government
and finally.......
Wednesday Night War Porn…
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 5, 2010) Capt. Dan "Dozer" Dwyer, commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106, lands an F/A 18C Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The aircraft is painted in commemoration of the Centennial of Naval Aviation. George H.W. Bush is conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas Hall)
H/T Marc
Thursday, 9 December 2010
Hate Mail
From another member of the enlightened, tolerant left:
From: Kyle Lindskog [klindsko@gmail.com]Cross-posted from American Power.
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 6:51 PM
To: Donald Douglas
Subject: Elizabeth Edwards
Mr. Douglas,
People like you make me sick. You consider it a flaw that Ms. Edwards omitted "God" from her final correspondence? No. She is to be praised for this. Unlike you, she probably believed that her human experience on Earth was the best platform for happiness and fulfillment. You, on the other hand, are probably obsessed with saying the right words to the right "God" so that you can secure for yourself a spot in "heaven."
Also, for you to call someone a nihilist merely for omitting "God" in a "death letter" is disgraceful. I wish there were a hell for you to go to. But unfortunately, unlike you, I appreciate science and evidence, and do not accept such farcical, obviously man-made ideas.
With utmost contempt, I am
Kyle Lindskog
St. Petersburg, FL
And previously:
* "Nihilism and Progressivism."
* "Why Elizabeth Edwards Left Out God."
* "Religion Writers Ponder Elizabeth Edwards' Faith."
* "Elizabeth Edwards Died Before Leftists Could Figure Out WTF Was Going On."
* "Dancing On Elizabeth Edwards' Grave?"
* "Imagine There's No Hatred."
* "Rest in Peace: Elizabeth Edwards Dies of Cancer at 61."
* "Elizabeth Edwards' Parting Statement Omits Mention of Faith in God."
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