Quintessential [chat]

It's quintessential.

Pat Robertson, a white board, and something about the Soul

i cant get this video to embed, so click the damned link.

Pat Robertson uses a white board, and something something he stole from Buckman to explain why we should not listen to police psychics.

Huckabee is just as bad as the Rest

update in the comments

Until this afternoon, i was willing to give Mike Huckabee a little bit of credit. Based on his television appearances on Daily Show/Colbert as well as other news sources, i felt that, at the very least Huckabee was not just another Christian wing-nut. He seemed willing to talk openly about issues, such as gay marriage, health care, education and social-ad programs in a reasonable adult way. He also appeared to have a sense of humor (inasmuch as he is the VILSACK of the republicans.)

Even when Huckabee fans invaded the EoiaS last month, i was still sure that he was less scary than Brownback and Tancredo. Well now i can say that Huckabee is a fucking douche. LINK

"Sometimes we talk about why we're importing so many people in our workforce," the former Arkansas governor said. "It might be for the last 35 years, we have aborted more than a million people who would have been in our workforce had we not had the holocaust of liberalized abortion under a flawed Supreme Court ruling in 1973."

first off: immigrants (both legal and illegal) have been entering the United States at a constant pace since the last major legal overhaul in the 1950s. It has nothing to do with the lack of americans to do jobs. Also, this assertion is classist. An Immigrate in the current political discourse is code for illegal immigrants from Mexico; most of whom end up working as unskilled labors. By crossing the streams of immigration and abortion Huckabee is arguing that only poor people get abortions. Which is demonstrably untrue.

second. the holocaust. really? are you fucking for real? you are more than welcome to talk about how you disagree with abortion, about how you feel that it is the wrong choice, etc. but a holocaust. fuck you and your dog. talk to people like they are adults, and not like you are trying to score points with James Dobson and Rush Limbaugh. oh. fuck you.

Dumbledore is gay

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J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series that ended last summer, outed the beloved character Friday night while appearing before a full house at Carnegie Hall. After reading briefly from the final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," she took questions from audience members.

She was asked by one young fan whether Dumbledore finds "true love."

"Dumbledore is gay," the author responded to gasps and applause.

She then explained that Dumbledore was smitten with rival Gellert Grindelwald, whom he defeated long ago in a battle between good and bad wizards. "Falling in love can blind us to an extent," Rowling said of Dumbledore's feelings, adding that Dumbledore was "horribly, terribly let down."

Dumbledore's love, she observed, was his "great tragedy."

"Oh, my god," Rowling concluded with a laugh, "the fan fiction."

The thing I like best about this is that somewhere there is an anti-gay conservative who read these books to their child and now they have to question their bigotry towards gays.

*Spoilers in comments.*

Poop.

[21:10] thesupermikey: there are poop jokes.
[21:10] thesupermikey: poop eating jokes
[21:11] jayhaxor: in the trailer
[21:11] jayhaxor: The Trailer
[21:11] thesupermikey: yes
[21:11] jayhaxor: That's the good part they show you to attend
[21:11] thesupermikey: they eat poop
[21:11] thesupermikey: in the trailer
[21:12] thesupermikey: poop eating.
[21:12] thesupermikey: poop
[21:12] thesupermikey: eating.
[21:12] jayhaxor: It's the enticing part they show you
[21:12] thesupermikey: he puts poop in his mouth
[21:12] jayhaxor: But pretends it is a nut.

Through the eyes of a child.

Watch this:


30 seconds in:
"We got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel. So I've told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War Three, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon."

Note the chuckle. Note the smile. Now, couple of things.

History:
I think the domino effect which has occured since Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated is fascinating. His death triggers World War I the ending of which triggers World War II. At the end of World War II the United Nations, in response to the Holocaust, creates the state of Israel. Now the creation of the state of Israel will inevitably spark World War 3, ending the world.

Rant:
I don't know what was going through the mind of President Bush when he chuckled as he invoked the notion of World War 3. I don't know what made him giggle and smile like a child on Christmas morning. I've no idea how he can smile as he threatens to start a global armed conflict using nuclear weapons. But it is terrifying. And not in some melodramatic rhetoric sense, but rather in a "This idiot has the launch codes and he's giddy at the through of nuking something." sense.

Because that is the mentality of a certain group of people: the crazy third who see this man as a leader, a visionary. It's the external sign of the internal glee maintained by the war-mongering Right, perpetually entrenched in a Cold War mentality whose cocks ever-harden at the thought of their own WW2, their own great war.

In the video clip, you will note that after the quote President Bush becomes reserved. During the quote he bends over, smirks, laughs, and gesticulates with his hand. Then at 49 seconds he straightens, the smirk disappears, and he reverts back to his practiced "I will continue to work with..." line.

But we saw his true intentions, his underlying passion, the idea that awakens his child-like delight.

He wants to knock over that last domino. Domino 1 fell causing Domino 2 to fall. But Domino 2 required a little help to knock over Domino 3. And George W. Bush is more than happy to get on his knees and poke Domino 3, the final one, just to see what happens.

3rd Party Apps on iPhone.

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Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February. We are excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users. With our revolutionary multi-touch interface, powerful hardware and advanced software architecture, we believe we have created the best mobile platform ever for developers. It will take until February to release an SDK because we’re trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once—provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc. This is no easy task. Some claim that viruses and malware are not a problem on mobile phones—this is simply not true. There have been serious viruses on other mobile phones already, including some that silently spread from phone to phone over the cell network. As our phones become more powerful, these malicious programs will become more dangerous. And since the iPhone is the most advanced phone ever, it will be a highly visible target. Some companies are already taking action. Nokia, for example, is not allowing any applications to be loaded onto some of their newest phones unless they have a digital signature that can be traced back to a known developer. While this makes such a phone less than “totally open,” we believe it is a step in the right direction. We are working on an advanced system which will offer developers broad access to natively program the iPhone’s amazing software platform while at the same time protecting users from malicious programs. We think a few months of patience now will be rewarded by many years of great third party applications running on safe and reliable iPhones. Steve P.S.: The SDK will also allow developers to create applications for iPod touch.