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Not for kids Tracy! or PC folks — which I guess is the same as kids.
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Not for kids Tracy! or PC folks — which I guess is the same as kids. Share on Facebook Earlier this past weekend a new commenter accused us, here in Threedonia, of being high brow because we poked fun at a enviro-comedy (oxymoronic) film called Furry Vengeance. In fact… SlipperyjackHawkEye (not his real name) wrote: What a bunch of High Brow folks hypocrites here, bet you never watch anything but PBS, and Ban fishing? Obama is the one who is a barbarian… Here are some cultural offering for him: I’d include Moby Dick, but of course that was whaling. The person who does not appreciate hunting and fishing does not fully appreciate God’s creation. Share on Facebook Federal pay has now officially outstripped private sector pay. From USA Today: Federal employees earn higher average salaries than private-sector workers in more than eight out of 10 occupations, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data finds. Accountants, nurses, chemists, surveyors, cooks, clerks and janitors are among the wide range of jobs that get paid more [...] 149 years ago today — Lincoln’s First Inauguration: This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing Government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it. I can not be ignorant of the fact that [...] It seems they are the scourge of Western Civilization. Theodore Dalrymple, one of my favorite writers, recently got a parking ticket over in the UK and he blogged about it at his blog (group blog) The Social Affairs Unit: The alacrity, efficiency and speed with which monies are collected from certain members of the public [...] Let me preface this post regarding the Chicago gun ban case by saying this: I think the Chicago ordinance is foolish, evil, stupid, and an abomination. The plaintiff, Mr. McDonald is correct when he says the city government favors thugs over him. It does. I also believe Heller v. DC was correctly [...] This is not a new story, but it’s new on Snopes, where I saw it. (It took them over six months to check this out.) It appears some bitter clingers—you know, typical white people—in Idaho requested a military flyover at their “God & Country” festival, at which “new military recruits [are] inducted and all military [are] [...] We need some more of this and while I agree that POTUS and the office deserve respect — there’s a way to be direct and confrontational without ad hominem. h/t Jonah Goldberg Share on Facebook Threedonia friend, sometime Radio Free Threedonia co-host Daniel Crandall has a great post over at his home digs — S.T. Karnick’s The American Culture — highlighting an idea that Sarah Palin would be better served by forgoing a political run for a career as a media player — a la Oprah Winfrey. Daniel points us to [...] Alec Baldwin will resume co-hosting duties alongside Robert Osborne on Turner Classic Movies’ “The Essentials” on March 8. First up will be Elia Kazan’s A Streetcar Named Desire. I have wanted to hate Baldwin for at least a decade, but dammit between Hunt For Red October, The Cooler, (he was the best thing [...] Today’s movie goers are accustomed to getting lectured at the cinemaplex. Narrative films (“Lions for Lambs”) and documentaries alike (“Food, Inc.,” “Capitalism: A Love Story”) jam their perspectives down the viewers’ throats. But horror movies are often far more effective vehicles for sending socially aware messages.And genre fans don’t seem to mind. Zombie king George A. Romero may [...] I don’t watch any enough NBA basketball or enough NCAA games to be too familiar with these Nike commercials featuring Kobe Bryant and LeBron James puppets. Terence Moore, a write at NBA Fanhouse thinks they have gone into Amos N Andy territory (for you young ‘uns). He writes: OK, I’ll admit it. In [...] One of those e-mails that gets forwarded around, and one I especially liked. Courtesy of the mom of occasional Threedonia commenter, full-time trzupr-mocker and world class office manager, pshaw: If a conservative doesn’t like guns, he doesn’t buy one. The other day the Turbo family was driving in the family truckster down the “91 Freeway”. “Driving” is a bit euphemistic — we were crawling down the 91 Freeway in gridlock much like this photo except at 8:00 PM — 3 hours after so-called rush hour. As we’re crawling along at 20 mph [...] (Today’s threedonia mailbag day. I recently got an e-mail from another, avid reader who asked for some tips regarding the fairer sex. In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I’ll share my e-mail reply (with his name excised) here in this post. I’m very interested in your opinions (please spout off in the comments), and I’m [...] [I received the below e-mail and the above picture from an avid threedonia reader in China. I know we've also got some readers in Russia. If we could just get a few in Cuba we'd have the Communist world covered. (Brian, I deleted your last name. If you want folks to know more about [...] Ms. McArdle exercising her 2nd amendment rights. At a rather young age (10?) I recall reading an article about standardized tests. Researchers were doing studies to determine if standardized tests unfairly measured “low income” and/or “minority” children. The example they used was one of those common, simile problems often used to test a kid’s [...] In some way this video makes me glad they don’t really show music videos on MTV anymore… What the hell, Billy? Ace of Spades has the video of the first ten minutes of Music Television. That was some cool stuff way back then. What the hell happened? I guess I could ask the same question about [...] I have been amused and sickened by the latest campaign of N.O.W. (Nat’l Organization of Weenie-haters) to smear Focus on the Family — the sponsor of the infamous Pam/Tim Tebow ad — you know the one that argues that having a child is a good thing — so he can then abuse you. Now [...] Here is that outrageous and woman-hating anti-choice Tim Tebow ad that those homophobic zombie-worshiping Christianists aired in the Super Bowl pre-game. Stay tuned during the game for more woman-hating propaganda. Watch it — if you can. /snark off/ Anyone who sees anything sinister in this ad needs some serious spiritual help. You [...] …to get a set of pom-poms? From the Seattle Times Weekly: Benjamin Grundy is a student at Garfield-Palouse High School (local population: 1,100) who says the school is discriminating against his wishes to do what all the other cheerleaders are doing. Namely, dance, wave pom-poms, wear a proper uniform and not just stand like there like a [...] Christopher Hitchens, in Slate, writes a review of the book The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matter by B.R. Myers Hitchens begins: Visiting North Korea some years ago, I was lucky to have a fairly genial “minder” whom I’ll call Mr. Chae. He guided me patiently around the ruined and starving country, [...] What to get the 9-year old that has everything? Noah Cyrus (Miley’s kid sis) Lingerie. No shit. Go to the link for more info… Our current economic situation is but a symptom of a deeper crisis. h/t: BoingBoing Share on Facebook “It’s a dessert topping. No, it’s a floor wax…” Has a man with less ability ever made so much selling so little? In my opinion Steve Jobs has been selling more sizzle than steak, a lot more, and charging a premium mark-up for that sizzle for years. The iPad is a perfect [...] UPDATE: According to Jake Tapper of ABC News Rahm Emanuel has apologized to the head of the Special Olympics for calling liberal Senators “f**king retards”. I’m paraphrasing, but he said “I’m sorry, I love those goofy bastards.” While I agree on the general principle — Rahm Emanuel should be fired — I disagree with Sarah [...] The Thin Man (1934) I’m not even sure where to begin… as films go this is [...] I concur with John FN Wayne’s post that “Intellectual” used to mean “intelligent”. I think he misses the bullseye by a slim margin — and this may be picking nits. The biggest problem with many (so-called) Intellectuals — in addition to having to suffer no consequences for their ideas as Thomas Sowell aptly [...] I was never one of the legion of admirers of “Catcher in the Rye.” Well written? Sure. But also petulant, self-serving and – despite its legendary status as a ground-breaking piece of literature, rather obvious. But then I grew up in the 60’s so cynicism and nihilism were pretty much the order of the day [...] Share on Facebook “Forget them, Wendy. Forget them all.” Since the subject of home schooling has come up I thought I’d share an article I read recently. It’s very interesting. I really recommend it. The article can be found here, http://www.spiritmag.com/features/article/the_happiest_man_on_earth/ Here are a few snippets: On Logan’s parents’ homestead, at the edge of an orchard-covered mesa overlooking the [...] Blow Out (1981) A soundman accidentally records the evidence that proves a car “accident” was murder, and consequently finds himself in danger. John Travolta, Nancy Allen, and John Lithgow. Directed by Brian De Palma. 7:05 PM EST. IFC. This has a lot in common with 1970s era paranoid political thrillers than 1980s [...] We didn’t say much this year about the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade last Friday. Reader Kenn Christenson linked in the comments to this fantastic and sobering article from The Weekly Standard about how experience and ultrasound force many abortionists into a crisis of conscience and ultimately, of course, a choice. I’m always reminded [...] Aren’t we all tired of high-flying dunks and super-tall basketball players. Well if you yearn for the days of peach baskets, set shots, chest passes and lay-ups then your day is almost here. From the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle: A new professional basketball league boasting rosters made up exclusively of white Americans has its eyes [...] More fallout from Scott Brown’s victory? Air America is going silent. Me, I think that as soon as RadioFree Thredonia hit the airwaves, AA knew its number was up. Party at Porvaznik’s! Share on Facebook Screenplay by Roger Ebert, He’s an artiste! A few weeks ago Outlaw posted a very nice article by Roger Ebert. I took the occasion to speak my mind about Roger in the comments. I also received a lot of heat at John Nolte’s old place for stating a negative opinion of Mr. Ebert. Why? About ten years [...] As a child of the Atari 2600 generation I find this Space Invaders tribute video amusing — though I am glad it’s only about 1:20 long. And here’s Pole Position: h/t: JJ Share on Facebook Floyd and the Missus at the staff Christmas party. (Only a tenuous connection to the actual post, but too good not to share). I hate it when this happens. An e-mail making the rounds makes fun of anti-gun North Carolina state senator R.C. Soles (D – 8th) for shooting a home-intruder last August. What [...] Frank Munro — author The Story of Ferdinand — was serious about grammar. Too bad he didn’t win that battle. In isolation, good grammar is a small thing. Good grammar is, however, a signpost of civilization (and is in no way the exclusive domain of the wealthy) and it is not coincidence [...] The new Census forms contain the word “Negro” as one choice for Blacks. Whoopsie. Actually they found that some elderly Blacks still self-referred as “Negro” hence the inclusion of the term on the form. I think the form should also include Oriental, Mexican, Injun, Eskimo, Retarded, Midget, and Polish (which is a pejorative remember).
Peter Robinson from the Hoover Institute at Stanford University and from National Review Online hosts an online interview show called Uncommon Knowledge. I cannot praise it high enough. Victor Davis Hanson, Christopher Hitchens, and scores of others have been interviewed in 45 minutes sessions (broken down into 5 parts usually) by Robinson. [...] FO3D Christian Toto has a timely reminder up over at Big Hollywood, but for those who inexplicably don’t come around there no more… With all pardons for swiping a line from Van Halen … Say nice things and people sometimes notice. Say glowing things here and here, and apparently even cooler people notice. That’s right, folks, in [...] Do we need to send a manned spacecraft to Mars — for real this time? Frank Stratford at The Space Review makes his case: The difference is Mars is a whole other planet, not just a distant land. It can be seen as a challenge—an extreme challenge—and it is, so why go? It will [...] |
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