"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler
. . . about the G-spot. Their conclusion? If women don’t have orgasms, blame the English!
When it comes to science and orgasms, the world always looks to France, where the erogenous zone now known as the G-spot was first discoverd by French women while having sex with Nazi troops.
It was originally called la spot de la Vichy, but after the war the French renamed it G-spot as a tribute to their good friends in the Gestapo.
(Hat-tip: Dan Collins, who isn’t even slightly French.)
Dan Riehl alerts us to the happy news that a Taliban leader has become the only kind of good jihadi:
Hakimullah Mehsud died of injuries sustained in an air strike in North Waziristan earlier this month, Pakistan’s state television claimed.
The state broadcaster also said the leader had been buried in the Pakistani Taliban-controlled area of Orakzai.
It was a Jan. 17 drone attack that spared the long-suffering world the continued existence of Hakimullah. The British Guardian rounds up the news:
An elder in the Mamuzai area of Orakzai tribal agency said he attended Mehsud’s funeral on Thursday, the Associated Press reported. Speaking anonymously for fear of retaliation, the elder said Mehsud died at his in-laws’ home.
A Reuters report, quoting a Pakistani intelligence official, said the Taliban leader may have been fatally wounded following a 17 January drone attack on two vehicles in North Waziristan.
Mehsud’s fate has been the subject of intense speculation since a drone attack on 13 January on a remote madrasa on the border between South and North Waziristan.
A madrasa? An Islamic school? Surely they don’t us to believe that practicioners of the Religion of Peace would be harboring a terrorist.
The CIA didn’t read Meshud his Miranda rights or provide him with an attorney before launching a Hellfire missile at him. Meshud’s federal trial in Manhattan has thus been postponed indefinitely.
The ACLU could not be reached for comment.
Maybe next year your contributions to the Galactic Conquest Fund will be enough to send me to Switzerland to hobnob with the bigwigs, but for now, we’ll have to rely on the MSM to tell us what’s going on there with the Masters of the Universe. Associated Press:
The state of the world’s economy, and keeping it on a course of recovery, is the focus of the last day of the World Economic Forum.
The five-day conference, which draws to a close Sunday, has seen much spirited debate on whether more regulation is needed for the financial industry, boosting sagging global employment and finding ways to ensure the nascent recovery is kept on course through 2010.
That’s why I want to go to Davos: So I can find an excuse to use the phrase “nascent recovery” in a news story. Some guys have all the fun. And girls, too. Alison Smale of the New York Times:
DAVOS, Switzerland — If there was one takeaway from the annual gathering of business and political leaders in Davos this year, it was this: trust in governments, corporations and above all banks has become as elusive as sure footing on the icy streets of this Alpine resort.
Oh, yeah, that’s a tough assignment you’ve got there, Alison, braving “the icy streets of this Alpin resort.” Buy yourself a cup of cocoa and send the bill to Pinch Sulzberger. Maybe next week, the New York Times will fly you to Cancun to recover from the trauma. Marcus Walker and Emma Moody of the Wall Street Journal:
DAVOS, Switzerland — Not so long ago, financiers ruled the roost at the glitzy annual gathering of the global economic elite here in the Swiss Alps. At this year’s gathering of the World Economic Forum, the unofficial theme seems to be, “First, kill all the bankers.”
The ire directed at bankers from all sides is palpable, acknowledged Donald Moore, chairman of Morgan Stanley in Europe, as he stood alone reading some charts amidst the hubbub at the forum’s Global Village cafe. Asked which other groups of people have been similarly unpopular in Davos in the past, he said: “terrorists.” . . .
The scorn poured on the industry at this year’s get-together in the Swiss ski resort is a sign of a mounting international backlash against the financial sector.
To say nothing of the backlash against reporters traveling to Swiss ski resorts to hang out in the Global Village Cafe with the “global economic elite” on Rupert Murdoch’s dime. But just wait until next year. Dan Collins is likely to double-dog dare me like he did with the Pasadena trip, and then you’ll have some serious “hubbub” — Fear and Loathing in Davos.
You know who goes to Davos? David Brooks.
Figure the whole Davos trip, soup-to-nuts — air fare, hotel, etc. — can’t possibly cost more than $3,650. So if the tip-jar hitters could just come across with an extra $10 a day for the next 365 days, I can be there next year for the World Economic Forum. And won’t Mr. Brooks be surprised to see me?
Aluminum baseball bat, $14.95.
I’m just sayin’ . . .
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Police and other emergency responders were called to the scene of a riot Saturday night at the annual Directors Guild Awards, but were reportedly unable to quell the violent disturbance.
Traumatized attendees at the glitzy gala were being treated by paramedics at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, yet police SWAT teams and riot squads were clearly outmanned in the mass pandemonium. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger mobilized National Guard units to deal with the unexpected crisis caused by Continue reading BREAKING URGENT! →
by Smitty
I Own The World lives up to the billing. Bagman, from last April (?) remains tragically timely:
In particular, Nancy Pelosi in Joker hair anticipates the Obama Joker
, and the Bagmobile, a two person Segway, is right on:
Great stuff. I failed to mark this in the Google Reader, and can’t credit my source. Sorry. 🙁
First described by Professor William Jacobson, Blogger Mood Disorder can have strange and unpredictable effects. Lately, Carol’s hilarious graphics have been getting . . . well, I don’t want to say weird, but you tell me:
So you see that there were telltale warning signs. And then Saturday came the most ominous portent that Blogger Mood Disorder had finally taken hold of Carol.
Ayla Brown and . . . two old dogs in hats?
Clearly, this is the work of a demented mind . . .
by Smitty
The State of the Union, or FMJRA Gumflap, was a well-written and -delivered piece of rhetoric. As long as its relationship to reality remains a separate topic, we can keep things peaceable. The POTUS can stand there and say “We may be incompetent, but we’re all you’ve got” only as far as the next election. No one but Christopher Walken needs more cowbell. Finally, when the Justice who didn’t bark gets as much press as the Preshizzle who barked for over an hour, you know someone is deep in the hurt locker.
Footballs, Little Green (1 pair):
Little Green Footballs and the ‘Cult of Personality’ Factor in Blogging
After reading through the articles and posts linked by Stacy, I confess to being fascinated by Johnson’s implosion. I was particularly taken by the references (I think it was in the NYT’s piece) to the handful of “lizards” who are so strangely, slavishly devoted to him – although it would seem that few, if any, have ever actually met him. Johnson truly seems to have created a cult of personality – perhaps the first of its type in the blogosphere.
I’m no psychologist, but it seems to me that Johnson is, to use the technical terminology, nuts. I know next to nothing about Barrett Brown, save for what I read today, but he puts me in mind of someone – knapsack over his shoulder, unbathed for a week – who shows up at the Manson ranch after the murders and asks to join the club. A hyperbolic analogy, perhaps, but you get what I mean: seems a little late, and not a little fatuous, to be hooking up with Charles Johnson at this stage of his mental collapse. Hugely ironic considering that both men pride themselves on their “skepticism”.
More LGF Fallout: New York Times ‘Casually Defames’ Filip DeWinter
Light-hearted Ellie:
Ellie Light Is a Nasty Slut
Is Ellie Light several people at Media Matters? Is it Robert Gibbs? Is it a clumsy intern at MSNBC? Who knows? But whoever Ellie is, he/she is not very good at appearing plausible.
I wouldn’t accuse Gibbs of having enough sack to try such a stunt. He picked us up again in a second roundup.
There are a large number of people who believe we are in The End Time, that the End Of Days is not too far off. Many of them believe this is the age when the Antichrist will rise. I’m one of those who leans heavily against this notion, but I like to keep my options open. While I don’t see this as the age of the AntiChrist, I do think we may have witnessed the appearence of the Anti-Galt.
Follow-up here.
Good News: ‘Ellie Light’ Is a Man
VIDEO: Adam Andrzejewski on Judge Andrew Napolitano’s Show
SO TU, Brute?
URGENT NEWS ALERT: VodkaPundit Will Drunkblog SOTU Tonight
VIDEO: Chris Matthews Says, ‘You Know, I Forgot He Was Black Tonight’
The case has been made quite well who the real racists are, they live in the mid to far left in America and never let anyone forget the color of their own skin, and if you succeed with OTWS (Other Than White Skin), you owe the Democrat party your allegiance or you are an IgnorantUncleTomStepNFetchItHouseBoy™.
Regarding that last bit, Erick Brockway is encouraged to Set The Java Down.
There are two instances in the speech where things get really weird. First, the Senate recently blocked the appointment of a committee proposed (and presumably selected) by Obama. Comrade Obama tells them they no longer matter because he will write an executive order to appoint zees committee anyvay. Zis iss goot, yah?
Later, he lashes out at the Supreme Court for not interpreting the Constitution in a manner that suits him. Since they don’t agree with him. He vill go around zem, yah? He orders Congress to come up with a bill to go around the recent ruling of the Supreme Court. Heil.
‘I Forgot Chris Matthews Was White’
Holy Guacamole! Keith Olbermann Invokes Dred Scott Analogy?
Olbermann’s Secret Racism Decoder Ring
Video of the day: No Rules For Radicals
Allahpundit Demands a Recount! 2009 ‘Beta Male of the Year’ Award
‘The Best Week Since Spring Break’
Hot Chicks With Big Fish . . .Or: Look at the Bass on Her!
POTUS and TOTUS in Falls Church
Economics: What If the Experts Are Wrong? And What If They’re Lying?
Stripper Movie ‘Is a Really Good Story’ for Young Girls, Actress Says
There Are Still 5 A’s in Raaaaacist!
It’s David Brooks Fisking Day!
Marxist Historian Howard Zinn, 87, Consigned to the Ash Heap of History
Massachusetts Update: Protest Against Planned Parenthood in Fitchburg Today
Worse than Maddow and Olbermann
At the Scott Brown Victory Celebration, Old Ebbitt Grill
Other Coakley supporters also expressed surprise: “I can’t see how he can credibly support the Massachusetts Healthcare plan and oppose the national one when they are basically the same thing.”
To that Mass. resident: what does Amendment 10 mean to you?
Feminists OK With Women in Panties Selling Beer. Pro-Life Ads? Not So Much
Come to think of it, there are many things you might not want to discuss during the Super Bowl – such as torn ACLs, concussions, cracked ribs, and crazy singers getting their bras ripped off during the half time show (remember the Janet Jackson debacle?).
But Marx forbid that the inspirational life story of a football player be broadcast during the Super Bowl.
Jill Stanek on the Battle of Fitchburg
Other FMJRA Outings:
Miscellaneous Shouts:
That’s the FMJRA. Please send updates/additions to Smitty. Now to work on the Rule 5 Sunday post, a refreshing break after this outing.
Tommy at Conservatives For Palin has the details. Perhaps the most encouraging bits are that the PAC received contributions from 14,000 individuals:
“Dollars were raised primarily on the Internet and small fundraisers; no direct mail.”
Having a large number of small donors is very important to grassroots activism. Those $10 and $20 contributions have a way of adding up over time.
Which is my cue to ask, have you hit the tip jar lately?
Just sayin’ . . .