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January 28, 2005
Blogjam
If I ever had the slightest doubt that Pile® and I were separated at birth, remind me what happened when I saw this... The first thing that popped into my head when I saw the graphic was, "Wunderbar... who drops the towel first?" Now click on the comments and scroll down.
There must be a punishment for this somewhere...
The House of Lords weighs in on the issue of SPAM:
Lord Mitchell asked Her Majesty's Government: What are their plans to reduce the growth in spam (unsolicited e-mails).Lord Sainsbury of Turville: My Lords, I hope noble Lords will appreciate how I move seamlessly from corned beef to spam.
...Lord Renton: My Lords, will the Minister explain how it is that an inedible tinned food that lasted for ever and was supplied to those on active service can become an unsolicited e-mail, bearing in mind that some of us wish to be protected from having an e-mail?
The discussion degenerates from there. Via American Realpolitik.
David's Medienkritik reminds us there is a media worse than our own... the German media are hyping The Auschwitz-Abu Ghraib Connection. And they can't even get the date right.
Cao has a chilling post on Mothers who raise their children to be jihadists. Must-read.
Arthur Chrenkoff detects a disparity between media reports of pre-election violence in Iraq and the facts:
Violence Escalates As Iraq Election Nears," says Keloland TV."Violence is increasing in Iraq as next week's election approaches," writes the "Arizona Daily Star".
Not quite.
"The deputy director of operations in Iraq for the US military, Air Force Brigadier General Erv Lessel... confirmed that a dramatic 50 per cent reduction in terrorist activity had been seen over recent days."
Everyone - the Iraqis, the media, the Coalition forces - are expecting a dramatic surge of violence on the election day, as the insurgents and terrorists put all their resources in a concerted effort to derail the poll. But that hasn't happened yet...
So why are the press saying it has???
Heh....
Get out the vanilla-scented Ayn Rand votives, you bootlicking-fascist-Chinese-toy-loving-minions-of-the-richest-%1. We're having a party...
UPDATE: Congratulations to spd rdr for besting the pantywaists manly men (and the ladies who take care of them!) over at the last Castle Argghhh! caption contest. There's a new contest up - can't say I approve of the subject, but what do you expect from a bunch of Army pukes Marine wannabes .... well... I mean...what can you expect?
Head on over and check it out. But try not to beat their butts too badly this week, OK?
I hear Army egos are fragile!
Posted by Cassandra at January 28, 2005 04:10 AM
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I gotta get me one of them Ayn Rand votives! Although my secret wish is for a Dagny Taggart doll to go with my Ann Coulter...
Posted by: Jack at January 28, 2005 06:25 AM
OK, Cass. Since you apparently share some weird sub silentio bond with Pile, can you tell me what he does all day long? I mean, other than leave comments on blogs?
Posted by: Jack at January 28, 2005 06:29 AM
Well, I know what he does for a living. Mr. On is actually much smarter than yours truly - I didn't mean to insult the poor guy... :)
We just used to kid around over on ScrappleFace because it was a little scary how often we thought the same thing. Since then, I think he's moved on and left me breathing his exhaust.
Sad, really... [sigh]
Posted by: Cassandra at January 28, 2005 07:03 AM
Actually I've heard rumors he was one of the FBI agents who caught Scott Ritter in that Internet chat room with the underage girl. He's gets paid to hang out in all sorts of seamy places on the web, looking for malingerers, sexual predators, and other pervs.
Explains a lot, doesn't it???
Posted by: Cassandra at January 28, 2005 07:06 AM
If so, I might get in trouble for my "Fowl play" post.
Posted by: Jack at January 28, 2005 07:11 AM
You should be in trouble for that one - half my cup of coffee almost ended up all over my monitor when your site loaded.
That was cruel - I only had 4 hours of sleep.
Posted by: Cassandra at January 28, 2005 07:24 AM
Marine Wannabes? Ha! I fart in your general direction!
Posted by: John of Argghhh! at January 28, 2005 08:21 AM
Cass - Fine. Go ahead and pick on a wounded combat veteran.
You know perfectly that I had my ego shot off in Vietnam...
Posted by: cw4billt at January 28, 2005 08:24 AM
Hey John! Please tell me that your not responsible for running the Iraqi election. I've already got Jimmy Carter breathing down my neck for the Caption Contest voting irregularities!
Posted by: spd rdr at January 28, 2005 08:26 AM
[continued]
Ummmmm--how 'bout, "You know perfectly well that (etc.)..."
My "post" finger gets twitchy, too. Must be from all that Agent Orange we had to imbibe because the water wasn't potable.
No, no--it's [*wipes nose on sleeve*] okay.
Posted by: cw4billt at January 28, 2005 08:30 AM
Oh.... [sniff...] I think I'm going to cry... [sob!]
NOT!
You're killing me, Bill :)
Posted by: Cassandra at January 28, 2005 08:45 AM
Awwwww--I'm sorry. Here's my clean sleeve...
Better now? =]
Posted by: cw4billt at January 28, 2005 09:44 AM
Awwwww--I'm sorry. Here, use my clean sleeve... =]
Posted by: cw4billt at January 28, 2005 09:47 AM
What *is* it with this ding-blasted finger?
Posted by: cw4billt at January 28, 2005 09:48 AM
Honey, if you don't know, I'm not ABOUT to tell you...
*running away*
Posted by: Cassandra at January 28, 2005 09:52 AM
Cass you are way too kind, today is proof that you have got to be much smrter than me. I have the self-inflicted flu, I think I caught it last night at a company awards thingy, or maybe it was at a bar after, one can't be sure of these things.
I did get a nice little bonus check, so Jack I must have some kind of job.
Posted by: Pile On® at January 28, 2005 10:02 AM
Hey! Congratulations!
I got mine this year after I'd decided it wasn't going to happen and boy! was it nice :)
Sometimes work is awesome. Hope you feel better soon.
Posted by: Cassandra at January 28, 2005 10:11 AM
Congrats spd rdr. Very funny.
I may have to fisk that Kinsey article. Or I may have to work on the files sitting on my desk. Hmmmm.
Bonus check? You buying the beers tonight Pile?
Posted by: KJ at January 28, 2005 10:14 AM
Sure, but for medicinal purposes only.
Posted by: Pile On® at January 28, 2005 10:35 AM
Thanks for the linky love...Cao.
Posted by: Cao at January 28, 2005 09:52 PM
We really don't know what Pile On does for a living in Houston (sometimes he gets called 'Tex', Jack, so watch out for that one), but it has something to do with pulp fiction. He tries to paper over his private reality, but occasionally the mask slips. But he's doing it well, as he got a 'bonus' check.
Posted by: Don Brouhaha at January 28, 2005 10:17 PM
I got your back Pile.....you miscreants better remember......"It's kinda reckless,,,to mess with Texas"
Greg
Posted by: Greg at January 29, 2005 03:04 PM