On the other hand, the buzz is (as was suspected by many here) that this is just an obsessed kiddie-porn freak who did enough research on the case to give a passable impression of having done the crime.

Thanks to Ray for the tip on the Karr's lolipop head.

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The moment we've all anticipated is upon us. It's like Christmas, but with snakes instead of stockings. And also, snakes instead of presents. And instead of a warm fire glowing in the hearth, a plane. With snakes in it.

George sends this newish trailer of the movie. A lot of the snakes are CGI. I guess that makes sense, but why do they have to CGI up everything?

Retired Geezer sends this. The viral marketing machine is unstoppable.

From the Urban Dictionary, the, uhh, "definition" of "snakes on a plane," with an example of the expression's use in context.

snakes on a plane

A simple existential observation that has the same meaning as "Whaddya gonna do?" or "Shit Happens". Taken from the upcoming Samuel L. Jackson movie of the same name, and immortilised by screenwriter Josh Friedman on his blog post of Wednesday, August 17, 2005.

Guy 1: (irate) Dude, you just ran into the back of my SUV!

Guy 2: (calm) Snakes on a plane man. Snakes on a plane.

Heh.

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They're definitely running out of premises for these "Which [blank] are you?" quizzes. Which is why I really want a "Which 'Which pop culture quiz' are you?" quiz.

Via Ghost of a Flea, who turns out to be a... Star Vampire. Some Cthulhu names are cool, like Hound of Tindalos or Tcho-Tcho, and then other ones are... teh ghey. Star Vampire. Fire Vampire. Gimme a break.

Who Are You In The Cthulhu Mythos?

You are FUNGI FROM YUGGOTH, an intelligent flying crustacean (not actually a fungus) from Pluto. They arrived on Earth to mine its minerals, and generally keep themselves out of humanity's way. Where their prime communication was once the changing colour of their heads, they now mimic the human tounge. Human brains have been found in their laboratories, and their true purpose here is yet to be revealed.
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Usually I answer the questions to get the answer I want. Like, if I want to be Spiderman, it's not really hard to figure out the Spiderman answer is "When I poop, I shoot steel-strong webbing out of my squeakhole." Didn't even bother this time. And I still got to be a Fungi. From Yuggoth. Which I kind of like, because "Yuggoth" is just the local word for Pluto.

Pluto, baby.

Sent to me by The Colossus, who obviously prostituted the answers to make himself something cool.

Yeah, right, Colossus. That's what you are. Sure.

Update: Someone did a Which Online Personality Test Are You?"

Cool. I've been asking for that for a year. Thanks to Matthew, who turns out to be a "Which My Pretty Pony Character Are You?" quiz.

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Now that I'm kinda-sorta on a normal schedule (well, better than before), Night Owls seem kinda... weird to me.

I discovered this a few weeks ago. It's a world map showing where the last 100 visitors are from (last ten in green, most recent in red).

I always have one from Saudi Arabia, which bothers me, because we don't really have any more soldiers there, do we? (Actually, scrolling over the dot, it's Bahrain.)

Apologies if you're just a reader.

I guess this is an open thread. I'm going to put on Anchorman and see if the rich, compelling tones of Ron Burgundy can work their usual lullabye magic. Not sure if the map is anything, but if you're on, you can say, "Hey, who's that in Vancouver?"

Or somethin'. I don't know. Or just talk about football. Or the William Shatner roast, on this Sunday, where Andy Dick went all freaky and urinated all over the place and licked people. Or the season premier of Prison Break.

Or that... guy in Bahrain, watchin' me, eyeballin' me. Givin' me the hairy stinkeye.

And of course Steve, out in HB.

I don't know which is worse.

(Andy Dick tip thanks to Dorkafork, who's got his news aggregator focused like a laser on Andy Dick news.)

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It's times like this I thank the stars we have Andrew Sullivan to provide us with some levity.

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But remember, even though the MSM has subcontracted its war-coverate to people coming from this very fair and balanced (and tastefully sober) media culture, there is absolutely no reason to suspect their objectivity or ethics.

There is no Sanctuary.

There is no Sanctuary.

There is no Sanctuary.

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Posted on the blog ConservativeHome.com, which, coincidentally enough, I linked yesterday.

Wait until you see the sort of hatred that spewed hatefully from this hater's fingertips of hateful hatred, hatin' on terrorism and such.

In unrelated news, British Muslims continue congregating in Islamic bookstores to spread vicious conspiracy theories about Jews and the British and American governments. And, oh yeah -- and also plot to commit mass murder.

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False alarm?

But law enforcement sources say the substances that tested positive were cosmetic-based products and not a threat CBS News reports.

U.S. authorities banned the carrying of liquids onto flights last week after the arrest of 21 people in London in an alleged plot to blow up U.S.-bound planes using explosives disguised as drinks and other common products.

The woman was detained for questioning by the FBI and both the TSA and FBI were on-site conducting interviews, but normal flight activity has been resumed, according to the TSA.

Thanks to Allah for the heads up.

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She wrote for the Pakistan Times, penning anti-American screeds, for example.

The sinestrosphere reacted with chuckles over this event, as the right covered it (taking information directly from CNN, which in turn came directly from a Logan Airport spokesman), once again playing the "We're Too Brave To Be Afraid of Terrorism" card, along with the "Look at the Righties Playing This Up" card, along with the "Bush Is Just Fear-Mongering" card.

But, see, they also completely embargoed the SkyBomb story, except to "Question the Timing" and postulate it was a Bush-Blair conspiracy.

So if they're "unafraid" of terrorism, it's for a good reason: They don't seem to believe in it at all, and more or less say so.

Gleen, you'll not be surprised to note, poo-poohs all this concern over terrorism as if it's a joke, before covering his ass with a statement along the lines of "But of course we should take terrorism seriously."

Seriously?

Like when a disturbed woman mutters incoherently about Al Qaeda and is discovered to have prohibited items upon a plane, including an as of yet unidentified "gelatinous substance" in her handbag? (Gleen, by the way, giggles over reports it was "vaseline," and yet doesn't seem aware that it's been later reported there was a vaseline-like substance in her handbag.)

Or like the left's complete disinterest in the extremely extensive and serious SkyBomb terror investigation going on right now?

Are they unafriad? Or simply unconnected with reality?

New York Magazine just put out an issue in which a great many liberal writers were asked to pen essays about an alternate world in which 9/11 never happened. And that of course is their fondest dream-- a world in which their worldview was never slammed into and destroyed by a pair of jets.

While they expressly fantasize about such a world in New York Magazine, salivating over an America in which they are still relevant, it's clear they're pretty much fantasizing about just this imaginary dream-world in their everyday lives.

They claim they take terrorism seriously, and yet they mock those who dare to report on real-time threatening situations on airplanes, with all information gleaned straight off CNN.

They claim to take terrorism seriously, and yet they simply refuse to write a single word about the massive SkyBomb plot, except to suggest it's a hoax or that the "timing" of the busts was arranged to help Joe Lieberman. Why precisely Pakistani interrogators, who provided the information that sparked the arrests, should be concerned about the fate of an anti-terrorist observant Jew in Connecticut they never quite explain; but for some reason, they're pretty certain Mussharaf and the ISI are scheming to keep Ned Lamont down.

Is this a serious reaction to terrorism?

Or is this further retreat into the warm, comfortable echo-chamber world of their own invention, whereby only reading the news on their unhinged leftist blogs, they have all the ugly data that might threaten their worldviews censored, embargoed, dismissed, denigrated, and fully sannitized for their mental protection?

Is it brave to crawl up into a warm, protective coccoon of cognitive dissonance and denial of reality?

Apparently so.

Well, carry on, Brave, Tough, Strong Warriors of the Left! While you accomplish mighty things in your consensual-hallucination alternate earth, we'll be over here on the actual earth, actually following real news and attepting to cobble together reactions to events that are really happening.

I was just thinking the other day that this country needs a divorce, or at least a trial separation period. But I see now that such a thing is unnecessary -- the left, by and large, has already departed from our world, to cavort and play in a fictive universe more to their liking.

Thanks to Larwyn.

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Arch-Mage of Cyrodiil seeks warlock with big staff - w4m - 20

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Date: 2006-08-14, 9:41PM EDT

Arch-Mage of Cyrodiil seeks warlock with big staff. I need a man who can charm the robes right off me without help from an Amulet of Personality.

Me: accomplished, charming level 18 Breton mage with voluptuous figure and perky personality.

You: Warlock, at least a level 16, with a large staff and alluring disposition.

Will host at the Tiber Septim Hotel for as long as your Magicka holds out.

No orcs, please.

Yes, yes, I know... it's probably a gag.

Still, there is an indicia of credibility to it: "voluptuous figure with perky personality." That reads genuine to me.

Either way, I'll let you know after I arrange a meeting. I'm super-psyched to try out my spakin'-new Dick of Many Things.

Thanks to, and I quote, "Dude, you did NOT get this from me."

The Link... With a pic, though it seems taken straight from a computer game.

I wasn't going to post this for privacy reasons, but then, she's posting on Craigslist. So privacy is not a major thing.

I'm told the comments are hilarious, though I have no idea how to access comments.

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