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#22321
It'll be just like Feb 2009 all over again, only everyone dies at the end.
#22322
He was totally stoned and/or trolling when at the UN.  I also think he may be trying to be a Carlos Santana body double, though I'm not sure.
#22323
I just want to point out that Colonel Qadafi rocked the gangja pretty heavily back in the day, and it turned it from a bloodthirsty African dictator into...well, the lovechild of Sarah Palin and Dan Quayle.

See kids, better living through chemistry does produce results!
#22324
Cram, you should read Kevin Carson at http://mutualist.blogspot.com/  He's a non-crazy, left-leaning libertarian who frequently quotes Robert Anton Wilson and makes some excellent points.

Some variants of libertarianism aren't, in my opinion, too bad, especially more intellectual and nuanced approaches its just that capital L Libertarianism in America is corporate hagiography and nothing more.
#22325
Jonah Goldberg is now taking his marching orders from Glenn Beck, it seems http://wonkette.com/413869/jonah-goldberg-decides-next-wingnut-target-is-teddy-roosevelt
#22326
Think for Yourself, Schmuck! / Death Note and 5GW
February 23, 2010, 06:15:05 PM
Quote from: Pariarrhea on July 03, 2009, 12:01:14 AM
Any chance you could re-upload that pack of books?

Uh, maybe.  I could probably upload a better selection of books, but it would take time to pick them all out.

Anyway, for the anime fans

http://phaticcommunion.com/musing5gw/2010/02/intimations-of-5gw-death-note.php

http://phaticcommunion.com/musing5gw/2010/02/intimations-of-5gw-death-note-the-rules-of-the-game.php

QuoteIt is curious that, of the characters used in the anime version of Death Note, the four principle characters in the series are amoral, megalomaniacal, monomaniacs.  For an exploration of 5GW via the allegory of Death Note, this feature of the anime stands out, particularly when earlier permutations of this exploration have centered on issues such as Puppetmastery,  Superempowerment of individuals, the use of unwitting proxies and unwitting pawns, and creating system-wide changes via perturbations or engineered "Black Swans", etc. These are themes repeatedly raised during discussions of 5GW, with the common presumption that either an individual or a very small group of individuals may manipulate whole systems (megalomania) via unaware proxy/pawn "hands in the field" and whatever perturbations are required toward one eventual and ultimate goal (amoral monomania.)
#22327
Back to making fun of wingnuts

http://wonkette.com/413847/scott-brown-votes-for-jobs-bill-wingnuts-go-nuts-on-twitter

QuoteIn only his second Senate vote, Republican messiah Scott Brown helped the Democrats destroy a Republican filibuster on the new Jobs Bill, hahahahah, what? And guess who's cold goin' nuts on the Twitter?

Post includes screenshots of screeching Twittertards.
#22328
Literate Chaotic / Re: Book Club: The Coming Insurrection
February 23, 2010, 06:01:03 PM
Sorry, I've totally dropped the ball on this, I know.  Other things taking up my time.

However, in the meantime, Glenn Beck has now turned The Coming Insurrection into a bestseller http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/449785-Glenn_Beck_Helps_Turn_Anarchist_Book_Into_Bestseller.php
#22329
Fuck yeah.  If I have to be ill, I may as well be in an altered state of mind whilst suffering it.

Unfortunately, I have to actually go to the shops, since I am out of all those items.  I wonder how many strange stares I can get if I buy a packet of condoms and some bandages at the same time?
#22330
Aneristic Illusions / Re: the Joe Stack Manifesto
February 23, 2010, 05:52:00 PM
Sounds like the IRS aren't entirely stupid then.  Getting back the money at a later date is better than getting back nothing at all.  Strangely enough (or not), a lot of eastern European criminal gangs work along the same lines.
#22331
I'm not going to make it through tonight without chemical assistance.  I wonder what happens when you mix tea, powerful cough syrup, throat lozenges and "herbal" sleeping pills together?
#22332
I just realized Amerispags may not get the humour of my above statement, so I shall explain:

Brighton is well known as the "gay capital" of the UK, with a large number of LGBT nightclubs, bookstores, support groups and shops.  Therefore, going "teabagging" in Brighton is inherently hilarious, especially when done by the sort of conservatives who are not big fans of the gay community or lifestyle.  Hannan for example is considered to be on the hard right of mainstream UK politics, and often flirts with Republicans of the Fox News/Sarah Palin variety.

Also it was only just last week someone in America was saying Europe needed its own Teabaggers.  Is that conspiracy I smell in the air, the sound of manufactured rage designed to look like grassroots discontent, aimed at reigning in UKIP type libertarians and independents and bringing them under Tory control?  Say tuned as I let someone else do all the research, confirming my well founded paranoia!
#22333
Weimar Republic, here we go!
#22334
http://www.tfa.net/the_freedom_association/2010/02/brighton-tea-party.html

Additional bonus lulz: you can go teabagging with Daniel Hannan in Brighton.  I swear, I thought this was a parody at first.
#22335
Quote from: EarthBound SpIRiT on February 23, 2010, 05:44:54 AM
At least tell me what's wrong with being a Libertarian...  :argh!:

Libertarianism of the majority American brand, propagated by the Cato Institute, Reason Magazine, the Libertarian Party et al is philosophical rubbish tailor-made for 13 year olds.

Lets put it this way.  Imagine a two man robbery taking place.  One guy covers you with a gun, while the other guy grabs the loot and runs away with it.  In the Libertarian scheme of things, the guy holding the gun (ie the government) is the only one who is ever held to fault, while the other guy is lauded and praised for his visionary and innovative "wealth creation" skills.  Common sense on the other hand would dictate both are as bad as each other, and that their mostly illusory opposition to the other is part of a two-man con, designed to get people backing one faction or another while not realising both work in concert to achieve their aims.

And that's just for starters.  Don't get me going on Libertarian apologists for sweat-shops in the third world, reflexive hatred of unions in theory and in practice (rational self-interest is only for bosses), misunderstanding of what capitalism actually means (protip: bankers and financial speculators were never considered capitalists) and in some more extreme cases, very real hatred of democracy. This list could get longer, but I've only slept one hour in the past day, and that was heavily interrupted, so you'll have to excuse me while I pass out over here instead of continue this post.