Really, who gives a damn about the Cubs anyway?

Posted by: Dave In Texas at 08:54 PM | Comments (16)
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Small Wars Journal writes about the Network of Concerned Anthropologists who are apparently against using anthropological techniques as part of counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and other places.

We, the undersigned, believe that anthropologists should not engage in research and other activities that contribute to counter-insurgency operations in Iraq or in related theaters in the “war on terror.” Furthermore, we believe that anthropologists should refrain from directly assisting the US military in combat, be it through torture, interrogation, or tactical advice....

I'll bet a donut that they're all screeching BDS afflicted moonbats. I'll also bet a donut that some of our SpecOps guys are better field anthropologists than the whole lot of this crew put together.

[UPDATE]
Commenter Peterargus directs us to this NYT article for more background on the military use of anthropology. He says its good and well written, and surprisingly it really is.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at 05:00 PM | Comments (45)
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You start humping me?

I can throw you on the ground, and if your teefes get busted, tough shit.

Even in LA.

UPDATE: RWS insists I clarify, so OK. If you are Johnny Fairplay and you start humping me, good luck with that dental work.

Anybody else, let's talk, shall we?

Posted by: Dave In Texas at 04:13 PM | Comments (28)
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When this story first broke, Allah asked me via chat, "Are you and I the only non-gay Republicans in America?"

I could only vouch for myself, of course. I find all these various publicly declared professions of love for KP and MKH a bit, I dunno, compensating.

I don't know if I should take the word of a male prostitute, but, for what it's worth, here it is.

The male escort responsible for the downfall of Christian evangelist leader Ted Haggard is now alleging that embattled Senator Larry Craig also came to see him.

While promoting his new book during a radio interview with KNWQ-AM in Palm Springs Wednesday night, Mike Jones hesitated from making the allegation on the air.

Management for the radio station says Jones told them he would reveal something about Idaho Senator Larry Craig on the "Bulldog Bill Feingold Show."

While he hesitated doing so on the air, a NewsChannel 3 camera was rolling when he made the accusation during a commercial break.

Feingold asked whether the Senator had seen Jones in a hotel room.

Jones responded, "No, he came to see me."

Jones then added, "His travel records to Denver have been documented. That's what I wanted to say."

Why on earth an avowed heterosexual like Mr. Craig would want to visit with a gay hustler I have no idea. It doesn't even make sense when you think about it.

Posted by: Ace at 02:02 PM | Comments (54)
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She's become more unhinged since last time we checked, if you can believe that. Now embedding reporters with troops is itself Nazi-esque, a technique "pioneered by Josef Goebbels." She fails to mention the US government fighting the Nazis at the time also embedded reporters with troops.

Actually, they just designated some troops as reporters most of the time, which I guess is extra-Nazi.

With apologies to mrobvious, but this woman was overpromoted when she came out with her first idiotic books because she was passably good-looking. Here was a cute-for-a-writer chick writing about how oppressive Western standards of beauty were, despite the fact that, you know, minus her passably decent looks she wouldn't have been heavily promoted. The irony was lost on her.

But anyway: Now that her looks have been marred by a steady diet of hatred, paranoia, and McRib sandwiches, do we have to continue pretending she ever had a goddamn thing to say?

She's just Glenn Greenwald with a gunt.

I guess I do apologize for this, the fourth unnecessary attack on a woman's looks in three days. But honestly. I'm weary of these screeching yentas. It was borderline acceptable when you were halfway cute, because, let's face it, anything is borderline acceptable coming from a halfway cute woman. If Jessica Biel tells me I'm a fascist alien insect from Proxima Centauri, well, I'm going to give her a fair hearing -- how do I know my memories haven't been artificially implanted by my insect SpawnLords to create an Infiltrator Unit?

I don't, see? So she could be right. How could anything coming out of that perfect mouth be a lie?

But I can't let Naomi Wolf slide on something like that. She never was good-looking enough to get away with that sort of advanced rhetorical gambit. And now she's... well, she's basically my Aunt Gertrude with a publicity agent.

It's time to stand or fall on your mind and talent alone. Recognize this and elevate your fucking game, Naomi. You're not cute enough to get away with droolingly stupid anymore.

Posted by: Ace at 01:55 PM | Comments (57)
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So I get what must be of course some viral marketing campaign in the guise of helping someone solve the mystery of his grandfather's death. EVP and YouTube are involved.

I dig this sort of thing as a rule, in theory, though I'm always too impatient and stupid to bother trying to figure it out. I just want to know the answers.

So this is a commercial for something or other, but who knows, maybe it's halfway clever. I won't bother trying to figure it out but maybe you'll like it and tell me if it's cool or not.

It doesn't appear to be porn, but who knows.

Dear all,

There's a youtube video involved in my grandfather's odd circumstances of death. Please take a look at the attached picture and
pass it along.

This frame belongs to the video I'm looking for and it's the only evidence that I have so far: it's a snapshot of the computer screen he
was seeing when he died. If you ever saw the entire footage or recognize any detail of this picture (where and when was it filmed, who
posted the file and, foremost intriguing, who is that creepy bald man) please report it to:

www.goldsteincollection.com

Or email me to:

goldsteincollection@gmail.com

To perform a blind search in youtube's database is harder than to find a needle in a haystack, so any accurate hint will be a
blessing.

Please forward this message to your contacts.

Thanks in advance,

Matt

Here's the link to the site.

No, I'm not being paid by these jokers.

Posted by: Ace at 01:41 PM | Comments (28)
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Here's the story.

If that headline seems confusing, well, the whole story is. As Ynigo Montoya said, "Let me explain-- no, there is no time. Let me sum up."

A guy made a lot of hoax calls to McDonald's restaurants (and some other fast food places) claiming to be a police officer investigating female employees for crimes. In the course of his over-the-phone investigation, he would demand the female victims strip, be strip searched by managers and such, and sometimes -- as in this case -- even perform sex acts on a male member of the staff. Or a staffers's male member. An old post about it is here, linking to an ABCNews report here (video in the sidebar down a bit under "Most Viewed,: seems to still be working).

The story is half horrifying -- because this woman really was violated -- and half, well, amusing, because how the hell do you figure a police officer can order you to perform a sex act on a random guy in the course of an investigation?, and half legally interesting, because there's an open question as to whether the staffers at McDonald's, or McDonald's itself, should have liability for any of this. Yes, they were accomplices, effectively, but unwitting accomplices, and just as stupid and snookered by the hoax-caller as this woman was.

Anyway, she won her suit.

I wrote this Content warning parody of the case a while back: CSI: McDonald's.

Thanks to Sgt. Seavey.

Posted by: Ace at 12:10 PM | Comments (32)
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Wow.

Jammie Thomas, a single mom from Brainerd, lost her courtroom fight with six record companies who sued her for copyright infringement by downloading the music from a file-sharing site(s) and offering them online. The article notes that many defendants have settled complaints for a few thousand dollars, but she decided to take them on, and allege she did nothing wrong.

That didn't work out so good.

The six companies alleged she shared over 1700 songs, however they only went after her for 24. Total award: $222,000.

Part of the evidence presented by the companies was testimony from an Internet provider and a security firm, linking the username and IP address to Thomas.

They also said they sent her a warning in 2005, telling her she was violating their copyrights, after which she claimed she suffered a hard drive failure and replaced it.

"I don't think the jury believed my client regarding the events concerning the replacement of the hard drive," (her attorney Brian) Toder said.

I don't think they believed her either.

Posted by: Dave In Texas at 11:54 AM | Comments (26)
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And for that matter, did his fullback of a beard/wife get one?

Why is it that the MSM has failed to ferret this basic biographical information out? They guy did run for President -- and stand in the general election for Vice President -- last time around.

Is it only Republicans who are expected to serve in the military, and if so, what does that say about the Democrats?

Posted by: Ace at 11:45 AM | Comments (25)
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Blame the Jews.

I guess I can see how Jews can remain aligned with the left -- one could equally question why gays might be conservatives, and the answer would be the same, because they agree with conservatives on most issues -- but I don't understand why they keep taking this shit without calling the anti-semitic conspiracy theorists out.

What Mel Gibson said while crazy-eyed drunk the doyenes of the left write every day while perfectly sober.

Posted by: Ace at 11:33 AM | Comments (35)
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