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A new element is discovered: Governmentium

Major Scientific Discovery!

A major research institution has recently announced the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element has been named “Governmentium”. Governmentium has 1 neutron, 12 deputy neutrons, 75 assistant neutrons, and 224 deputy assistant neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons. Since Governmentium has no protons or electrons, it is inert. However, it can be detected, because it impedes every action with which it comes into contact. A minute amount of Governmentium causes a reaction to take 4 days to complete, when it would normally take less than a second. Governmentium has a normal half-life of 4 years. It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium’s mass will actually increase over time since each organisation will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes. This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a certain quantity in concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as “Critical Morass.” When catalysed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium, an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.

Via the West Bournemouth UKIP website, h/t Devil’s Kitchen

(UKIP being the wonderful United Kingdom Independence Party, who are rather devoted to a cause close to my own heart - getting the United Kingdom out of the farking tyranny that is the EU. The Tories, fyi, who used to be sympatico, are a lost cause. It’s all very sad).

Lazy (but must-read) links

Sorry, I don’t have time to write the intro all of these deserve; just trust me, you have to click them.

First: Reconciling Two World Views (Villainous Company)–contrasting a Saudi reformists’ words with those of a self-described “defender of the liberal tradition” (who would characterize said Saudi reformist as an “Islamophobe”). Irony alert!

Next: Another empty symbolic gesture (James Lileks)–a wonderfully snarky Lileks take on the Oscars. Er, make that “the High Holy Mass.” LOL.

Then: Eric Alterman Wants A “Council Of Bloggers” To Patrol For Bad Blogger-Citizenship (Ace)–Alterman = douchebag. As always, you have to go through the comments there too, for the full effect. (There are even some freshly-baked brownies! ~cringe~)

Finally: Guess who’s bought two million shares in Halliburton? (Foreign Policy blog) Via QandO, where McQ asks a pointed question about it, about which I’m suuuure we’ll hear more (from the left…NOT!).

NOW, GO BUY STEVE’S BOOK! Yes, NOW!

Congratulations, Steve! (I’m pissed, I missed him on teevee this morning, and I have had the teevee on all morning!)

Nope, no “Bury Brigade” at Digg!

Tags: digg

Well, except maybe here.

This morning a little ~~birdie~~ turdie dropped these links on our doorstep. Apparently they make it even easier to bury LGF, Malkin and Hotair posts. We’re not ones to hold them back:

Bury LGF on Digg

Bury Malkin on Digg

Bury Hotair on Digg

Chirp chirp, little turdie.

Kevin Rose, are you listening? Or do you just not particularly care in this case?

Little Green Footballs, posts submitted vs. posts NOT buried for the last 7 days

Hot Air, posts submitted vs. posts NOT buried (last 7 days)

Michelle Malkin, posts submitted vs. posts NOT buried (last 7 days)

And there are other blogs you might guess with the same results, although I won’t point them out for the Diggbats that haven’t found them yet.

[Want to digg this post? Click the Social Bookmark button below.]

Antonella in the altogether?

Sounds like probably not.

Coluccio, who said she speaks to Barba daily by phone, said some photos — which show Barba in various stages of undress but not completely nude — were indeed her and were meant for her boyfriend. She said Barba, 20, a Point Pleasant, N.J., native, said she believed the photos were stolen from her computer at Catholic University and distributed online.

She’s not even that hot - horse teeth - but why would somebody who harbored aspirations for a mainstream showbusiness career take pictures of themselves without clothes on? (As a totally hawt supermoddelll I am allowed to comment upon her looks, it’s in my contract with Beth’s media empire).

I hope she goes out; she can’t sing either.

Time to buy!

Tags: economy, DJIA, stock market

:mrgreen: Big day to buy tomorrow! :mrgreen:

What, me worry? It’s no big deal, kids. The 1987 crash was a 20+ percent drop in the markets; this is only 3.3%. Watch *some* people get hysterical, though.

Silly moonbat-style logic, applied to the right: The markets crashed because Manbearpig won an Academy Award for his horror flick, thereby mainstreaming Chicken Little environmentalism. Investors are quite reasonably spooked.

Reality: China sucks. Buy low, and don’t sell at the first whiff of turbulence. Damn day traders. :mrgreen:

Mob Rule at YouTube and Digg

Tags: digg, YouTube

The YouTube Islamofascists are at it more than ever, getting videos and users banned.

Along with thousands of other videos and users, this video got the creator banned from YouTube, but you can’t purge them forever!

Needless to say, I’ve downloaded it and it’s ready to go again should this one be removed from YouTube again. ‘Cause you know the “United Muslims” will be all over this again, as soon as they find it. Funny how they’re so offended by the words in their own book.
;-)

Thanks to the Bacon-Eating Atheist Jew for this one–he’s got another video that he and another YouTuber (Eye on the World–also banned multiple times) made at his post. Check it out.

If you’ve got a digg login, be sure to digg BEAJ’s post–click here to digg it. And if you’ve not been reading blogs lately, check out these posts about digg from LGF, Hot Air, and Ace. The leftards and Islamotards at digg (Diggtards) have all been burying the posts from VRWC-approved sites (especially theirs and Malkin’s). Take this, for example:

Nice, huh? The nutroots and Islamofascists are organized, and they don’t want our voices heard. I said in comments at Hot Air that there’s really no point in complaining if you aren’t going to do anything about it, so if it annoys you like it annoys me, get a login at Digg and YouTube and start supporting “our side.” And especially see this post for more about digg.

UPDATE: And still more here and here.

NYT ties itself up in knots, LOL

In a hilarious piece about Louis Farrakhan’s final address to the nation, the NYT cannot work out whether Muslims who kill in the name of Jihad or those who simply call for Bush’s impeachment are ‘mainstream’.

DETROIT, Feb. 25 — Louis Farrakhan, the departing leader of the Nation of Islam, gave what was billed as his last major public address here on Sunday, with his extended illness throwing into sharp focus the question of whether the group will shift toward more mainstream Islamic teachings to survive once it loses its central charismatic figure.

For my money, Louis Farrakhan is a slightly amusing nut, and compared with an Ayman Al Zawaheri, par example, would be thought of by the average Jihadi as a pussy.

The 77-year-old Nation of Islam once enjoyed a near monopoly over interpreting Islam for black Americans, using the faith as a vehicle to promote black separatism.

But it now competes with sects that branched away, and with groups ascribing to the more traditional and inclusive Islam followed by millions of Muslim immigrants and their offspring.

Traditional and inclusive? Was this piece written by an illiterate? In what respect is a religion dictating that believers are to forcibly convert or kill unbelievers, inclusive for fark’s sake?

The Nation holds, among other teachings, that the group’s founder, W. Fard Muhammad, was the Mahdi, or savior, sent by God to Detroit around 1930 and that spaceships hovering above the earth will eventually play a major role in smiting sinners and rescuing the righteous.

OK, that’s a little bizarre, but no more bizarre than some of the tenets within ‘real’ Islam. Facing a town in Saudi Arabia six times a day anybody? Stoning gays?

“Sunni and Shiite lived together, Christian and Jews lived together in Iraq, you didn’t hear none of this stuff before America came in,” Mr. Farrakhan said. “There was no bombing of Shiite holy places. You don’t need to look at Shiite and Sunni, you need to look at those who came in. After they came in all hell broke loose.”

F–k me! Farrakhan has turned into Sean Penn.

I think the piece embodies the futility of trying to use words like ‘mainstream’ when describing the various branches of Islam. Whether it’s sodomizing farm animals or getting smitten by a jihadi alien, the entire lot of them are farking bananas.

The Academy Awards’ Best Picture

Errr, best photo. From Drudge:

Al Gore Academy Awards

No comment on the awards; I really couldn’t give less of a shi’ite about them. I see Manbearpig won for some propaganda flick–surprise, surprise. YAWN. Anyway, Hot Air has The Oscar Thread, if you’re interested.

I watched the Fox News Half-Hour “Comedy” Hour, and it was awful. Painful. Complete with cheesy canned laugh tracks and everything. What a waste of airtime. Following that was Michelle Malkin and Kirsten Powers’ new show about blogs, and it was pretty good. None of the usual yelling and shi’ite that occurs on talking head shows. I still think Red Eye is the best show on Fox News now, though. They ought to put that on instead of that crap Half-Hour “Comedy” Hour (scare quotes mine), but I guess it’s better that Red Eye’s on seven nights a week rather than just once. They oughta put Dennis Miller in the HHCH slot, if they want teh funny on the news.

Fallen Sister

I know I get the rap that I post a lot of things about the Marine Corps, but you know I am so damn proud of the young folks that make up a great percentage of the force. One story in particular touched me.

Cpl. Jennifer Parcell was always an example that you can’t judge a book by its cover. Though many underestimated her due to her size, Parcell always proved them wrong with a can-do attitude and a personality that would brighten the spirits of everyone around her.

I saw her picture a few days ago and she looked like a high school kid. If you have ever known someone who seemed like a go getter you will know what I mean when I talk about her. No, I didn’t know her, but I have known many like her. It makes my time in the service worth it. After 30 years I feel that getting to know people like her was the best thing the Marine Corps has done for me.
It’s sad that her life was taken because we were trying to honor our enemies religion. She was involved in searching women at check points so that no muslim would be offended. Then a woman pulled the pin on an explosive laden vest.
Well, I think it’s time to finally say, “the hell with it.” If it was up to me I would have men do the inspections. I know I would get many complaints, but I would say that our society protects women and children, particularly ours.
You can bet your last dollar that Pelosi and Reid would be right up front protesting such action while saying they support our troops out of the other side of their mouths.
How do you not love a comrade who has this said about her:

Despite her size, Parcell was always able to keep up with the guys every step of the way, Radcliff wrote. There was never a time when she wouldn’t jump right in and help move cargo that was often equal to or more than her own weight.

Her solid reputation extended beyond her peers.

“I recall many (debates) between Marine leaders who all wanted Parcell on their team,” said Maj. Ken Quiner, executive officer for Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group. “She was an excellent Marine and will be dearly missed by everyone.”

I never knew her, but she will always live with me.
I know there have been other sacrifices in the war. They all take a piece of us with them, but they make us so proud.
Read about her Memorial service here.
And finally,

20 Year-Old Female Marine From Md. Killed in Iraq on Wed.

Posted on February 09, 2007:

By PATRICIA M.MURRET, Capital News Service

Marine Cpl. Jennifer M. Parcell. Killed in Iraq.
WASHINGTON - On “My
Space,” a Web site where members profile their life and loves, post messages
and reach out through e-mail, Marine Cpl. Jennifer M. Parcell beams from a
photo next to a caption saying, “Going to be chillin’ in Iraq for awhile.”

Down to just a couple weeks left in her service in Iraq, Parcell, 20, of Bel
Air, was killed Wednesday while supporting combat operations in Al Anbar
province, Defense officials said Thursday. Now her My Space page is rapidly
filling with tributes to the slender 5-foot-2-inch lover of Jimmy Buffett
and the Texas band Bowling for Soup.

“We’re just all very much in shock,” said Parcell’s cousin, Candace Atwood.
“She had just told us that she was coming home.”

On Jan. 29, the last day she logged into her “My Space” account, Parcell
sent Atwood an e-mail saying that she had “just 22 days left” before
departing Iraq for good and returning to Camp Pendleton, Calif., for another
year of service, Atwood said.

“She was really looking forward to being in California . . . She joined the
Marines mainly to travel, and she was really looking forward to doing that,”
Atwood said. She’d planned to leave the Marines at the end of her California
tour.

A landing support specialist for 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine
Expeditionary Force, Parcell often assisted in transferring supplies, food
and ammunition.

Wednesday evening, her family was told by Marine officials that she was
killed along with other Marines by a suicide bomber during a sensitive
mission at a military checkpoint, said Ray Fender, a spokesman for the
family.

Though the family does not know the details of what occurred, Fender said
they were told Parcell was searching Iraqi women for explosives and had been
able to detect a bomber.

The family wishes the Iraqi people no malice, Fender said. Their Christian
beliefs dictate reaching out in love to them.

“We do not believe that Jenny’s life was taken. We believe that her life was
given,” Fender said. “She was a good kid. Anyone would love to have her as
their daughter.”

He called her “a good Marine” and said, “We’re so proud of what she’s done
to serve with her country.”

Parcell attended middle school in Bel Air, Atwood said, and graduated from
Fallston High School in 2004.

In late June 2004, she followed in the footsteps of her older brother Marine
Cpl. Joseph “Joey” Parcell, 24, and enlisted in the Marines. She pursued
college courses at Hartford Community College in Bel Air, before departing
for boot camp on Jan. 2, 2005.

Determined to complete her college education, Parcell continued online study
from her foreign posts, even while in Iraq, Fender said.

After initial training in Parris Island, S.C., and job specialty training in
North Carolina’s Camp LeJeune area, Parcell was assigned to the 3rd Marine
Expeditionary Force in Okinawa, Japan, where she served until her deployment
to Iraq in August, Marine officials said Thursday.

While in Japan, the soldier relished learning more about her culture and
background, Atwood said. Parcell’s Japanese paternal grandmother is
originally from Okinawa.

Parcell was promoted to corporal in 2006 and received six medals during her
military service, Marine officials said.

A longtime member of Mount Calvary Free Will Baptist Church in Aberdeen,
Parcell often volunteered in the nursery and helped prepare congregational
dinners with her aunt, Martha Benton, a secretary in the church, Atwood
said.

She had a talent for all things artistic, longtime friend Michelle “Shelly”
Wolff said, whether that was arranging flowers at the church, dressing up
and taking photos or painting a picture.

Wolff recalled accompanying church friends and Parcell to a high school art
exhibit to see Parcell’s painting of a favorite rock band’s album cover.

Atwood cherishes a still-life painting of a vase of sunflowers that earned
Parcell an A-plus.

Known affectionately as “Boo” by family, Parcell considered her brother a
“best friend,” and named her mother her personal hero on her My Space page.

Parcell is survived by her parents, John and Pam Parcell Simon of Bel Air,
and her brother and sister-in-law, Joseph and Sarah Parcell of Bel Air, and
other relatives.

A memorial service will be held this week at Mount Calvary Free Will Baptist
Church in Aberdeen and burial will be at Bel Air Memorial Gardens. Her
maternal grandfather, Eugene Albert Parcell of West Virginia, will also be
buried there. He died the day after his granddaughter was killed.

Another victory for idiocy, Part Duh: Angelina Jolie on the CFR

Jesus wept.

Angelina Jolie has been elected a member of an exclusive American foreign policy think tank.

The actress will join US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former secretary Henry Kissinger, and top economist Alan Greenspan in the ranks of the influential Council of Foreign Relations.

(Checking calendar…nope, not April Fool’s Day yet.)

Current member Dr Gordon Adams, an international affairs professor, was all in favour of the unusually glamorous new member.

“Bring her on,” he told the Post, “The idea of having Henry Kissinger and Angelina Jolie in the same organisation is dazzling.”

Carol Adelman, a former head of US foreign aid programmes, added: “It’s not like Paris Hilton is being nominated.”

Yeah, I’m suuure it’s only because of her groundbreaking work on refugees. Like nobody else has done anything like it. How long before the other Usual Suspects start demanding a place on the CFR? Barbra Streisand? George Looney? Susan Sarandon? Alec Baldwin? Michael Moore?
:roll:

By the way, HELL NO I’m not watching the circle jerk that is the Academy Awards tonight. I don’t even want to hear about it. I never watch it (although I do sometimes watch the post-awards red carpet snark from Joan Rivers on the E channel).

stein hoist Melissa in Texas

Another victory for idiocy

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, which hosts the annual grass court Grand Slam event in Wimbledon, have lost their farking minds.

LONDON, England — Men and women will receive equal prize money at Wimbledon this year for the first time in the history of the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world.

So. The men play five set matches, against superior opposition, and are to receive equal prize money.

Last year, men’s champion Roger Federer received £655,000 ($1.170 million) and women’s winner Amelie Mauresmo pocketed £625,000 ($1.117 million)

“It’s definitely a victory for women in general. I said it was a matter of time, and it was,” Mauresmo said in Dubai.

“I think most of the people agreed it’s not a matter of how long we (women) spend on the court. The men are always going to play longer because they play best of five sets. It’s just a matter of being equal.”

If it’s a matter of being equal, then why aren’t you advocating merging the tournament into a single unisex championship, you bird-brained French tart?

Would it be because you’d get knocked out in the first round by a 19 year old qualifier from Indonesia who nobody has even heard of?

Or perhaps she’s advocating five sets for the ladies? Three for the men? No?

Idiots.

Equal. Does anybody who tosses that term around own a farking dictionary?

Apathy is the new meme?

SondraK stole my schtick!

Eh, nevermind. That was before about 30 posts in the last coupla days. I’ve still got nothin’, so go read her “got nothin’.” Or you could just read what I’ve been reading.

Blogging is a pain in the ass.

The Democrats have sunk yet lower

Now they want to repeal the vote authorizing military action?

Democratic leaders in the Senate intend to unveil a plan next week to repeal the 2002 resolution authorizing the war in Iraq in favor of narrower authority that restricts the military’s role and begins withdrawals of combat troops.

Their policy of opposing the ’surge’ can only be successful if the Iraq mission fails. Therefore they must now ensure that the mission fails. It’s actually disgusting. Truly disgusting.

Britney Spears’ self-respect on eBay!

Starting bid at only 99 cents!

Love the “question” submitted to the seller: “Maybe we can make a trade. I have a box with Kevin Federline’s talent.” HAHAHA!!! (Anyone have a box with Tom Cruise’s sanity? Paris Hilton’s brain?)

I heart eBay. :mrgreen:

[Photo from Red Carpet Gossip]

UPDATE: ACK! Forgot…thanks to raz0r for the tip on the eBay auction! stein hoist

Milbloggies at Milblogging.com

Voting is now open for Milblogging.com’s annual Milbloggies Awards–go vote for your favorites! Voting CLOSES on February 27th at 8pm EST, so do it now. There are several categories, separated by branch and duty status (i.e. active duty, veteran, spouse, etc.). The only one I’m gonna order you to vote for is Holly Aho, in the civilian category, so do it, maggots! :mrgreen:

While I was over there, I also saw the Milblogopedia, which is a sort of glossary of military terminology. There are only a couple of entries there so far, but you can submit your own to milblogging@gmail.com. Think of the funny ones. I’ve submitted “FIGMO” and “medical hobby shop” and a couple others; not serious stuff.

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