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The Vocabulary of Professor Erik Loomis: ‘Motherf–ing F–kheads F–king F–k’

Posted on | December 23, 2012 | 69 Comments

Dishonest academic defenders of University of Rhode Island assistant history professor Erik Loomis have repeated the professor’s false assertion that he was criticized merely for using “metaphor” in his unhinged Dec. 14 attacks on the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre.

One critic has decscribed the petition on behalf of Loomis, although ostensibly a defense of free speech rights, as a “campaign to dominate debate and suppress criticism.”

In fact, Loomis’s “head on a stick” Tweet was just one of many offensive messages he sent on Dec. 14. More importantly, perhaps, the professor’s demented obscenity-strewn tirade attacted scrutiny, revealing that Loomis seemed prone to angry online eruptions, and had a habit of employing vulgarities in his Twitter messages, particularly in targeting Republicans.

Professor Loomis seems to have recognized that he had problems more serious than “right-wing morons” too stupid to understand metaphor, because he deleted his Twitter account to hide the evidence of his derangement. Fortunately, before the evidence got flushed down the digital memory hole, one of those “right-wing morons” was clever enough to compile six months’ worth of Erik Loomis’s Tweets into a 439-page PDF file. A few samples from the archive:













Perhaps you see the f–king pattern, motherf–king racist sexist f–kheads.

And perhaps the administration at the University of Rhode Island can provide appropriate mental health counseling to help assistant history professor Erik Loomis deal with his problems.

UPDATE: Linked by Daley Gator and Legal Insurrection — thanks!

UPDATE II (Smitty): Welcome, Instapundit readers!




 

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Category: Education, Rhode Island

Sarcasm For The Ages

Posted on | December 23, 2012 | 8 Comments

So dry, yet immaculate:

Category: Uncategorized

How Romney Lost America

Posted on | December 23, 2012 | 17 Comments

AOSHQ co-blogger Drew M on Twitter recommended this Boston Globe retrospective on the Romney campaign as thoroughly depressing:

It was two weeks before Election Day when Mitt Romney’s political ­director signed a memo that all but ridiculed the notion that the Republican presidential nominee, with his “better ground game,” could lose the key state of Ohio or the election. The race is “unmistakably moving in Mitt Romney’s direction,” the memo said.
But the claims proved wildly off the mark, a fact embarrassingly underscored when the high-tech voter turnout system that Romney himself called “state of the art” crashed at the worst moment, on Election Day.
To this day, Romney’s aides wonder how it all went so wrong. . . .

Read the whole thing. I’m sticking with my own Election Night analysis: “Doomed Beyond All Hope of Redemption.”

Category: Election 2012, Mitt Romney

President First Person Singular and His Radical Cult of Antisocial Admirers

Posted on | December 23, 2012 | 20 Comments

“[I]f we were going to define the left, at least in this country, I guess I’d say that it would revolve around something like people who were committed to the eradication of social, political, economic, gender, sexual, and environmental inequality both in the United States and around the world through the use of a variety of means, ranging from an activist government to revolutionary cadres. . . . I would certainly include myself in this definition of the left.”
— Erik Loomis, Dec. 13, 2012

“On the fringes of the radical movement, many tortured spirits actively sought a martyrdom made doubly attractive by the glamour of modern publicity. The left, with its vision of social upheaval, has always attracted more than its share of lunatics, but the media have conferred a curious sort of legitimacy on antisocial acts merely by reporting them. . ..
“Narcissistic patients, according to [psychiatrist Otto] Kernberg, ‘often admire some hero or outstanding individual’ and ‘experience themselves as part of that outstanding person.’ They see the admired individual as ‘merely an extension of themselves.’ . . . The narcissist admires and identifies himself with ‘winners’ out of his fear of being labeled a loser.”
— Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations (1979)

This past week, Becca Lower counted the number of first-person pronouns (I, me, my, mine) in President Obama’s response to the failure of “fiscal cliff” negotiations with House Republicans. In his memorial to Sen. Daniel Inouye, however, the Narcissist-in-Chief set a new standard:

Whatever the topic, whatever the occasion, the actual subject of any Obama speech ultimately is always Obama:

Someone needs to tell Barack Obama — it must get particularly confusing this time of year — that his own birth is not Year One, the date around which all other events are understood. His much-noted, self-referential tic was on cringe-worthy display Friday when the president gave his eulogy for the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, who served in Congress for half a century representing Obama’s birth state of Hawaii. . . .
From Obama’s telling, the next significant event in Inouye’s life was greeting his new Senate colleague, Barack Obama.

What was admirable about Inouye, according to Obama, was that he was worthy of Obama’s admiration. This solipsistic “argument” is the essence of Obama’s politics, and calls to mind Thomas Sowell’s brilliant 1996 book, The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy. What matters to liberals, Sowell explains, is not whether their policies produce any real improvement, but rather how these policies affirm the belief of liberals in their own moral and intellectual superiority.

As the embodiment of that politics, Obama incites his admirers, who feel empowered by his example to act out the implicit judgment against demonized enemies whom they condemn as manifestly inferior to themselves. Erik Loomis’s deranged rants come to mind:

Reading how vile the comments of this “gifted young scholar” were, I did start thinking that, at a minimum, some people at [the University of Rhode Island] should occasionally monitor his class or question his students to find out whether he brings anywhere close to that amount of venom to discussions with students who disagree with him.

(Hat-tip: Instapundit.)

 

Category: Barack Obama, Culture

Rule 5 Sunday: Live From Luray

Posted on | December 23, 2012 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho
So I said on Facebook yesterday that I was going to take a few days off from the Internets and go hang out in the Shenandoah Valley, free from memes and flash games and the soul-crushing stupidity of leftists on Facebook…and then late Saturday night I remembered that I hadn’t taken care of this, one of my most serious duties as Unpaid Blog Intern (Grade 1, Step 3) here at The Other McCain. Fortunately, Luray has an outpost of that stalwart supporter of Right-Wing Death Beast Bloggery known for its free wi-fi, Dollar Menu, and (currently) rib sandwiches, and so it is that I am here to bring you some relief from the grim, dark future of ObamaHammer 40,000, where there is only #WAR. Insert usual disclaimer about not opening links where you shouldn’t.
A Trainwreck in Maxwell missed the deadline last week but doubles up this week with thick girls and Longhorns; Laughing Conservative is right behind with Keeley Hazell. Reaganite Republican has some highlights from the Miss Universe pageant, Randy’s Roundtable returns with Emily Ratajkowski, and First Street Journal presents Band of Sisters. Fishersville Mike has a blast from the past with a Tempestt In A Teapot, and Animal Magnetism posted Rule 5 Friday and the Saturday Gingermageddon. Blessed Blasphemy slipped Grace Park in over the transom at the last minute.
EBL has Emma Stone, Kate Upton, and some holiday cheer with Dean Martin & Scarlett Johansson.
El Opinador Compusivo this week brings us Danielle Sharp, Ciara Price, Michelle Jenneke, Christmas with Lucy and Rosie, a shower scene, Big Brother is watching you, A Brand New Day, and At The Pool.
A View From The Beach has Santa’s Little Helpers, Cat Ladies (with obligatory cave girls), The Defectives Among Us – Gingers, Relax Girls It’s Good For You, Why Not Some Kate Upton?, Midnite Music With Lindsey Sterling, the reason Victoria’s Secret girls should be seen and not heard, and Speaking In Tongues.
Soylent Green kicked off with a Googler Shoutout to Lithuania, followed by Monday Motivationer Kerie, Tuesday Titillation Kylie, a blast from the past, Humpday Hawt Pamela, Afternooner Mari, Falconsword Fursday Indiana, Happy Midwinter, Corsetcare Apocalypse, and the most important paper in the history of forever.
Proof Positive’s Friday Night Babe is Marloes Horst, his vintage babe is Janice Rule, and in addition to the usual 49ers cheerleader, there’s Sex in Advertising. Dustbury has Dolly Parton and Paloma Herrera, and Three Beers Later invites all and sundry to stop by on Christmas for an extravaganza suitable to the season.
The DaleyGator’s DaleyBabes this week included Shannon Ihrke, Shou Noshino, Gena Lee Nolin, Stephanie Ly, Asia Nitollano, Carmen Electra, and Ami Kawase.
Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Deadline to submit links to the Rule 5 Wombat mailbox for next week’s Rule 5 roundup is Saturday, December 29. Merry Christmas to all!

Category: Rule 5

Too Sexy for Iowa

Posted on | December 23, 2012 | 19 Comments

The Constitution doesn’t guarantee you the right to be sexy:

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled [Friday] that employers can fire employees towards whom they have an “irresistible attraction,” irrespective of the latter’s workplace conduct.
The 7-0 decision, handed down by the all-male court, came about as a result of a lawsuit filed by married dental assistant Melissa Nelson, 32, against her boss of ten years, Dr. James Knight, D.D.S., alleging gender discrimination.
She claimed Knight fired her at the behest of his wife, who became jealous of their out-of-office relationship, which included the exchange of personal, yet innocuous texts.
Knight readily admits that he fired Nelson, whom he said was the best dental assistant he’d ever had, after consulting with his pastor, because he found her tight-fitting clothes distracting and he felt his marriage was in jeopardy.

Neighboring states may need FEMA to help them cope with the expected influx of irresistibly hot refugees in tight skirts and low-cut tops.

UPDATE: Being a lawyer, Aaron Walker gets all into the legal and constitution aspects of Nelson v. James H. Knight DDS, P.C. et al.

Myself, I find the case interesting chiefly in its abundant opportunities for random sarcasm — and classic rock and roll.

Category: Iowa, Sex

‘How Dare You Let Your Mental Illness Disturb My Gun-Control Narrative?’

Posted on | December 23, 2012 | 33 Comments

That’s what Laura Beck was saying at Jezebel:

In light of last Friday’s tragic school shooting, some people are arguing that gun control is just a band-aid, and that access to mental health services in this country is the real problem. . . .
You’ve probably read the “I Am [the Creepy Little Weirdo’s] Mother” piece that was on the front page of the internet [Dec. 16]. . . .
If we find out that [the creepy little weirdo] was schizophrenic, it just doesn’t matter. We’re not going to change the way we medicate all schizophrenics because of this. It’s irresponsible to say, “He had this! Liza Long’s son has this! People with mental illness are violent! Causation!” Two, three, ten people going on such a rampage — it’s a bad indicator of an entire population, it’s not statistically significant. . . .
Yes, we can talk about both guns and mental health, but we must prioritize action on guns — it’s concrete, and it’s doable today. Guns are a problem, a known commodity, and we must do something about them. . . .

You can read the whole thing, which is crammed with irrational gibberish that makes me wonder if Laura Beck is off her meds and, if so, whether she’s armed. Maybe cops should keep an eye on her.

Anyway, my point is that liberals instantly decided that the Connecticut school shooting story is about gun-control, and they become irrationally indignant if you disagree: “How dare you!”

Liberals would have us believe that we must generalize from this specific example to one — exactly one — policy prescription, namely new restrictions on firearms ownership, and that any other argument is invalid, an attempt to distract people from The One Solution.

This insistence that we know all the facts we need to know, and that what is needed now is national legislation — “Do something!” — has the effect of obscuring entirely the very specific facts in Newtown, which involve a divorced woman’s increasingly desperate attempts to solve the problem of her profoundly disturbed son:

Friends told AP and the Wall Street Journal that Nancy Lanza was planning to move across the country in order to enroll [the creepy little weirdo] in a “school or a center” in an attempt to draw him out from his insular world. “He wouldn’t be dwelling with her,” said Russell Ford, who added that [the creepy little weirdo] never spoke to him or even made eye contact.
“She knew she needed to be near him,” Ford added. “She was trying to do what was positive for him.” Mark Tambascio, owner of the bar Nancy frequented, told the Journal that she believed a school in Washington would be the right fit, and she was planning on selling her beloved Red Sox season tickets. “She was ready to move,” he said.
The Journal’s profile of [the creepy little weirdo] points to his parents divorce as a major breaking point for him; though they separated in 2001, they didn’t divorce until 2009. A year after the divorce, [the creepy little weirdo] cut off communication with his father, Peter Lanza. They note: “It is unclear why Mr. Lanza refused to speak with his father, who made repeated attempts to contact him, this person said, but the breakdown in their relationship came as Peter Lanza started to get serious with his girlfriend, whom he married last year.” By Christmas of 2010, he also had stopped speaking to his brother Ryan.

Why did Nancy Lanza think it made sense to stockpile firearms in a home with a son with such serious mental problems? (I’ve dubbed him “the creepy little weirdo” because I refuse to assist the media in conferring posthumous fame on this mass murderer.) Why should the foolishness of Nancy Lanza and the evil acts of her son automatically impose limitations on people who are neither foolish nor evil? And why did the media establishment peremptorily dismiss as implausible Wayne LaPierre’s call for employing armed guards to defend schools?

They’re liberals. Don’t confuse them with facts and logic — hater!

Category: Connecticut, Crime, Media Bias

#AnnotatedLyrics “Do you really want to hurt me?” Hm. Maybe.

Posted on | December 22, 2012 | 3 Comments

Category: humor, Uncategorized
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