Brendan O’Neill thinks I pick on him* unfairly in this post, where I react to his mini-disquisition on postmodern morality with a (very) few choice words. Writes O’Neill: Have you ever noticed how some webloggers revert to childish insults and slang talk when taking up people they disagree with? Protein Wisdom, a weblog that looks like it is run by some form of ex-hippy, disagreed with my piece on the

Liberal Lebonese-American gushpuppet and White House correspondent Helen Thomas writes: […] lawmakers are worried that Bush will play the ‘patriot card’ in the November elections to attack dissenters and opponents. The Democratic leaders have already rolled over. They have given him a blank check by passing the USA Patriot Act, which permits outrageous invasions of privacy, and by seconding Bush’s foreign policy with a weak ‘me too.’ Whatever happened to

Happy 226th, ya’ big goofy lug of a country, you! Now go on! Go have some fun! You’ve earned it…! (Just do me a favor and don’t stay out too late, y’hear? You know how much I worry.)

Ugh. Just ugh. Sorry, but you’re on your own explaining this benighted squish, Stanley. [update: Vegard Valberg update the second: Coming from Brendan’s site? See here for a brief response.]

“Ohio authorities are considering felony charges against a business that markets Zippers, a controversial packaged shot of gelatin and alcohol that resembles a children’s Jell-O dessert. “Anti-drug and alcohol abuse groups have been warning parents about the 24-proof gelatin shots since April. They say Zippers, which are sold legally in Ohio and 25 other states, are targeting young drinkers who are attracted to the colorful packaging and playful names,” USA

Writing in The National Review, Dinesh D’Souza argues that for all of our military superiority, the United States is nevertheless losing the intellectual war against Islamism. For D’Souza, [t]his matters, because ultimately it is not enough to shut down the terrorist camps. We must also stop the ‘jihad factories,’ the mosques and educational institutions that are turning out tens of thousands of aspiring suicide bombers. We cannot kill all these

“An accused child molester who fled Chandler three years ago was found beaten into a coma and impaled on cactus in Mexico. Mark Adam Younglove, 35, disappeared on July 4, 1999, after neighbors confronted him with allegations of molesting their children. On Sept. 23, 1999, a Maricopa County grand jury indicted Younglove on 11 counts of sex crimes with children, and a warrant was issued for his arrest,” The Arizona

So what’s up with the upper lefters, anyway? Not content simply to bother language to death, ‘t seems the city that Starbuck’s built is fixin’ on going after its own wayward espresso cartel. In the name of child health, of course. Or so writes Jeremy Lott for Tech Central: Seattle is one of the more meddlesome, taxophilic cities in the U.S. — so much so that the Seattle Times last

They did it again. The Skunkfuckers cleaned out their fridge and made me smile. Blessed, blessed are the Skunkfuckers.

Reader Ray Eckhart sends along this Alison Bechdel comic strip that speaks provocatively to many of the issues of word ownership and signification raised in the comments section of this post (ignore the few trolls, please; they’ve already been fed). Writes Ray: One way to combat the feeling of being offended, is to develop a sense of humor. Some folks in my world are kinda miffed about the pejorative use