RT @substitute: Once you see this guy, you'll understand why #Kony2012 has some problems. #christwhatanasshole

" National Review has published an editorial urging everyone to disassociate themselves with Joe Arpaio, the Maricopa County sheriff who is questioning whether President Obama is a real American. "

" This man presided over a police force that violated the Constitution, intimidated political opponents by abusing his legal authority, misspent funds, saw an increase in crime, paid out millions in taxpayer dollars when his underlings brutally terrorized inmates... and through it all, he was, as Radley Balko once put it, a right-wing darling, "winning praise and defenses from conservative outlets such as Fox News, National Review Online, the Washington Times, and Newsbusters." It's good that his birtherism is being rejected, but it's important to remember that it doesn't even make the top ten list of his most egregious behavior. "

" Due to slim pickings, OakFoSho assembles only a 12-person crew. Undeterred, he exhorts them to "go ahead and make something happen right now." Pointing to his left, OakFoSho advises: "We can get out of sight by just walking that way for about 50 yards." One of Oak's recruits interrupts their deliberations to shout at a passing police cruiser driven by a female officer. "Go home, you fascist bitch!" To pad his crew to a baker's dozen, OakFoSho rousts a homeless guy sleeping under a blanket against a light pole. No sale. Homeless Guy prefers to sleep in peace, thanks all the same. "

Submission for The Annals Of Fuck That Guy: Malcolm Gladwell starts speaking tour for Bank of America.

" This post sets out the evidence suggesting that Glenn Greenwald has engaged in sock-puppetry. "

Supposed log of Anonymous IRC chat from #reporter. Note that biella (Gabriella Coleman) chats as a member of Anonymous, referring to herself and them as "us", and denigrates another Anon who asks pointed questions about Anonymous leadership.

See also: "pretentious twaddle", "ironic self-jamming". Also, attending a seminar is not an achievement.

" 1. We are not terrorists and we don't plan on being terrorists. To elaborate even further, we will never harm any innocent civilian. "

Therefore, the armchair anarchist would-be rabble-rousers at @AntiSec_ will never participate in the revolution they are asking others to start.

" you don't "use" terrorism. Your actions define terrorism. Overthrowing government is a terrorist action... "

" the founding fathers of America were terrorists they OVERTHREW government. what part of TERRORIST don't you understand "

" Yes it was a mistake Johann - but it looks like you're going to get away with it, and will continue to write 'long intellectual profiles' for the paper which surely just lost what little credibility it had left. "

... so he's a lying sack. " Hari said in a blog posting he used such quotes when people had expressed the same sentiment during an interview, but had “said it more clearly in writing than in speech.” In some cases he added descriptions of the setting in which the words were allegedly said to him. "

RT @ebertchicago: The Holy War of Michelle Bachman: A devastating article in Rolling Stone.

" other academics came forward to complain that Churchill had plagiarized some of his other work, and the university fired him for academic misconduct. "

Politics as Product Placement, or how well-funded think tanks are paying pundits to be shills/stooges

I'm expecting Andy Kaufman to show up and reveal that he's been both Assange and Zizek all this time.

" To some, Brown looks like a spotlight-hogging "namefag"; a Radio Free Europe blogger recently suggested that Brown could be the next Julian Assange. "

" She thought she'd go to medical school, until she began tuning in to Family Radio. She and her husband, Joel, lived and worked in New York City. But a year ago, they decided they wanted to spend their remaining time on Earth with their infant daughter. ... Now they are in Orlando, in a rented house, passing out tracts and reading the Bible. Their daughter is 2 years old, and their second child is due in June. Joel says they're spending the last of their savings. They don't see a need for one more dollar."

" Several people said to be close to the president and his chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, have been arrested in recent days and charged with being "magicians" and invoking djinns (spirits). Ayandeh, an Iranian news website, described one of the arrested men, Abbas Ghaffari, as "a man with special skills in metaphysics and connections with the unknown worlds". "

" There is no warning whatsoever. And Righthaven’s demands are excessive: $150,000 for a single infringement and the surrendering of the domain name to Righthaven. That last demand, which has no basis in copyright law whatsoever, is the hammer Righthaven uses to extort money from some of the more significant web sites. "

If you game the process with sock puppets, nobody should pay any attention to what you say, write, or do ever again.

" On the other hand, as Alena demonstrated, students are far more malleable and easily manipulated. "

" 2. Students also need to understand that making the wrong choice will result in a lifetime of grief. Aspiring scientists envision curing cancer at the Mayo Clinic. We need to impart a new vision: car bombs, 24/7 security cameras, embarrassing home demonstrations, threats, injuries, and fear. And, of course, these students need to realize that any personal risk they are willing to assume will also be visited upon their parents, children, and nearest & dearest loved ones. The time to reconsider is now.

" 3. Like all young adults, college students are acutely concerned with how they are perceived by their peers. They need to maintain a certain persona if they wish to continue to enjoy the acceptance of their community. This makes them infinitely more susceptible to negative and inflammatory publicity than their veteran-mutilator counterparts. When education fails, smear campaigns can be highly effective. Abusers have forfeited all rights to privacy and peace of mind and, if an abuser-to-be should fail to make the correct choice now, NIO is here to broadcast all of their personal information. Remember, young people document every facet of their personal lives online. In about 30 minutes, we were able to compile an impressive and comprehensive profile for Alena. "

The list of social science academics who took Libya PR money gets better and better as you read.

" Here's an idea. Thiel could use his leverage as a donor to combine the Seasteading Institute with the Methuselah Foundation and create a make-believe island where girls aren't allowed to vote and where nobody ever has to grow up. Call it Neverland. It would be easy for libertarian refugees from the United States and the occasional neo-Confederate to find it. Second star to the right, and straight on till morning. "

If this doesn't make you throw up a little in your mouth I'm not sure I want to know you.

" In this way, Žižek's allegedly progressive thought leads directly into a pit of moral and intellectual squalor. "

Ohmydearlord he's still going on about the empty dumpsters.

In which he's fired from teaching & publicly trashes his department. Former colleagues respond in the comments.

I wouldn't call 911 for him, either. Is there a number I can text on my cell phone to donate $10 to Exxon?

Journalism. The comments are hilarious.

" Dear Atlanta Progressive "News," if you weren't such lazy, biased f*cking douchebags, this is what you would have reported about Kasim Reed's representation of various corporations in employment litigation: "

I made it to 0:35.

" In an e-mail statement, editor Matthew Cardinale says Springston was asked to leave APN last week "because he held on to the notion that there was an objective reality that could be reported objectively, despite the fact that that was not our editorial policy at Atlanta Progressive News." "

Most of the time I think that journalism is worth saving. Then I see the perverse worship by journalists of a man who did more damage to the profession than any of the crude agitprop on Fox News.

" "There's been a lot of discussion about the Democrats and the issue of faith and values. I want to ask you a simple question. Senator Obama, what is your favorite Bible verse?"

" When Obama finished his answer, Russert said to the other candidates, "I want to give everyone a chance in this. You just take 10 seconds." Predictable banality ensued. A foreign visitor unfamiliar with our presidential campaigns might have scratched her head and said, "This is how you decide who will lead your country?" "

" I have a fantasy that at one of these moments, a candidate will say, "You know what, Tim, I'm not going to answer that question. This is serious business. And you, sir, are a disgrace. You have in front of you a group of accomplished, talented leaders, one of whom will in all likelihood be the next president of the United States. You can ask them whatever you want. And you choose to engage in this ridiculous gotcha game, thinking up inane questions you hope will trick us into saying something controversial or stupid. Your fondest hope is that the answer to your question will destroy someone's campaign. You're not a journalist, you're the worst kind of hack, someone whose efforts not only don't contribute to a better informed electorate, they make everyone dumber. So no, I'm not going to stand here and try to come up with the most politically safe Bible verse to cite. Is that the best you can do?" "

" Libby testified before the grand jury investigating the leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity that he first learned she worked for the intelligence agency from Russert during a phone call on another matter. Russert took the stand to contradict Libby only because he'd been subpoenaed -- a summons he and NBC had strenuously resisted on grounds of journalistic privilege.

" As it emerged under examination, however, Russert already had sung like a choirboy to the FBI concerning his conversation with Libby -- and had so voluntarily from the first moment the Feds contacted him. All the litigation was for the sake of image and because the journalistic conventions required it.

" If Russert's legacy stands for anything, it's that journalists have an obligation to preserve as complete a record as possible -- and to hold those responsible for that record accountable. In the outpouring of grief, affection and fellow-feeling that followed his sudden death, that didn't happen. Perhaps that's understandable under the circumstances, or perhaps it's another insight into the limitations of the sort of "insider" journalism of which Russert was an exemplar. "

" Mr. Churchill faced withering cross examination on Tuesday by the university’s lawyer, Patrick O’Rourke. Mr. O’Rourke said Mr. Churchill’s practice of ghostwriting essays for other scholars and then citing them to support his own theories on the persecution of American Indians was severely problematic. “The only evidence we’ve heard from anyone other than you about this scholarly practice, is from 20 people tenured at C.U., all of whom say this is wrong,” Mr. O’Rourke said." "

Blue Shield of California recognizes that we're anxious and recommends... homeopathy.

And everyone else afraid of leaving the house for fear of being bombed? Fuck them, apparently. " Open Doors USA President/CEO Carl Moeller says: "Open Doors is calling on Christians in the West to pray for Christians in Gaza in the wake of the bombings and ground surge." "

"Cedar Rapids was an absolute city of corruption. ... in Iowa, gambling is legal, ... Embryonic stem-cell research is funded. ... Spending for education is the most consistent increase ... Homosexual organizations are very popular in Cedar Rapids"

"Russert: My concern was, is that there were concerns expressed by other government officials. And to this day, I wish my phone had rung, or I had access to them." Moyers: "BOB SIMON DIDN'T WAIT FOR THE PHONE TO RING."

"Social Security, practically the last vestige of the New Deal left, is not going bankrupt any more than Saddam Hussein was about to go nuclear. But by far the loudest journalistic voice for this conservative attack on Social Security was Tim Russert."

"Russert was one of the high-level Washington journalists who came out of the Libby trial looking worse than shabby... Russert already had sung like a choirboy to the FBI concerning his conversation with Libby -- and had so voluntarily"

"Russert's goal isn't to inform his audience. He's there... to get his guest to say something embarrassing... it's a rite of passage, and any politician too chicken to play Russert's inane games would never garner the respect of the political class.""

"unless... those who possess it can somehow recognize one another, find that trait attractive and be more likely to partner and produce offspring who themselves survive to reproductive maturity, this whole argument quickly becomes meaningless."

Tim Russert was a choad. "I have a fantasy that at one of these moments, a candidate will say, "You know what, Tim, I'm not going to answer that question. This is serious business. And you, sir, are a disgrace. ..."

"“The devil loves to take over business leaders and those who hold political office. Hitler and Stalin were possessed. How do I know? Because they killed millions of people. The Gospel says: ‘By their fruits you will know them.’"

"Dishes targeted to health-conscious consumers at popular chains such as Chili's, Taco Bell and Applebee's contained as much as twice the calories and eight times the grams of fat than the restaurants claimed in their published nutrition information"

"you can’t expose him from the Conflict of Interest Noticeboard. He created the Conflict of Interest Noticeboard. Fresco maintains strict control over the Prem Rawat article & countless related articles, keeping criticism of his guru to a bare minimum."

"What's not sexy is feminism... which is directly responsible for the disappearance of our beloved dresses... The wearing of pants by women represents the masculinization of the fairer sex, which is not at all attractive." My ENTIRE ass.

"See, Michael Medved wants to set us all straight about the so-called evils of American slavery."

"Not one of Cameron's anti-gay studies has been published in a respected scientific journal... Instead, Cameron... publishing his studies in Psychological Reports [which] will publish practically anything for $27.50 per page."

Singularitarianism=primitivism. "I like to think / (it has to be!) / of a cybernetic ecology / where we are free of our labors / & joined back to nature, / returned to our mammal / brothers and sisters, / & all watched over / by machines of loving grace."

A Saudi woman has been sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison after she was the victim of a gang rape. The sentence... was passed because she was in the car of a man who was not a relative at the time of the attack,"

"Is it petty to take pleasure in this? No. McKeith is a menace to the public understanding of science. She seems to misunderstand not nuances, but the most basic aspects of biology - things that a 14-year-old could put her straight on."

"From 1999 through 2006, Mackey frequently posted comments about Whole Foods' stock performance in a Yahoo chat room... Mackey's anonymous remarks in the chat room appear to be boosterish, often... to support arguments for buying the stock."

"A Texas judge today faced a widespread rebuke from her fellow lawyers for refusing to keep her courthouse open after 5pm to hear a last-minute death row appeal. The prisoner was executed hours later."

"In 2000 Watson shocked an audience at the University of California, Berkeley, when he advanced his theory about a link between skin colour and sex drive. ... "That's why you have Latin lovers," he said, according to people who attended the lecture."

"[Watson] said he hoped that everyone was equal, but countered that “people who have to deal with black employees find this not true”."

"to offer respect for a major religion that has been behind the Islamic jihad, the radical jihad, that has sworn war upon the United States, its free allies and freedom in Iraq, is another thing,” explained freshman Michigan Rep. Tim Walberg"

Lou Dobbs cites the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. "Dobbs' insistence on standing "100 percent behind" his show's false claim... is as troubling as the entrée to a mass of viewers he has given a documented racist crank."

See also April 19 edits by Andrew Schlafly (Conservapedia founder, Phyllis's son) re: Cho's motives.

""Why was he consumed with hate, resentment and bitterness?" [Phyllis] Schlafly asks rhetorically. "Cho was an English department major and senior. ... English departments are often the weirdest and/or most left wing." "

O'Reilly: "I supported the action against Saddam because [various government officials] all told me Saddam was making dangerous weapons..." FAIR: "The Fox star conflates "they told me what to think" with "original reporting"..."

"...very challenging to being on a fast. When I was on a layover in Madrid on my way to Venice, Italy yesterday, the closest thing I could find to a smoothie to get a little protein was a coffee with vanilla ice cream in it."

"Louann Brizendine, psychiatrist and author of the much-hyped _The Female Brain_, admits in the most recent issue of the NY Times Magazine that she's not a fan of placebo-controlled studies. ... Turns out, Brizendine is not a fan of fact-checking either."

Robertson video: "It’s not Allah, it’s not Brahma, it’s not Shiva, it’s not Vishnu, it’s not Buddha. It is Jehovah God. They don’t have a relationship with him. He is the God of all Gods. These others are mostly demonic powers."

Medved: "it’s obvious (and statistically provable) that male-female connections are vastly more likely to produce lasting consequences" Mixter:"You say it's statistically provable? Then prove it. Where are your citations? Cough 'em up!"

William Donohue, President of the Catholic League: "After all, most 15-year-old teenage boys wouldn’t allow themselves to be molested. So why did you?”

"And now we understand the leaders of Al Qaeda are calling for a holy war between Islam and Christianity. It's going to come, ladies and gentlemen, and I hope that those of you who care about this pope will support him. He's a wonderful man."

Associated Press reporter Liz Sidoti burns her journalistic credibility by using the same poll numbers to write two articles with entirely opposite conclusions.

"a book dealing with the questions it and others have raised about 9/11 has been published. It's called "Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can't Stand Up to the Facts" put together by the editors of the magazine, Popular Mechanics."

"Last night on Hannity and Colmes, Buchanan explained that he’s motivated by his desire to keep the country overwhelmingly white. ... In his book, Buchanan supports the idea that whites are genetically superior to minorities."

"Father Amorth said: "Of course the Devil exists and he can not only possess a single person but also groups and entire populations. I am convinced that the Nazis were all possessed. All you have to do is think about what Hitler - and Stalin did." "

"COULTER: Most of the “scientists” favoring Darwinism, you know, they’re barely even scientists. They’re biologists. They’re not physicists. They not chemists."