Because, well, it’s probably a bad idea to let the proles decide for themselves who to trust without first having in place some elite Blogging Council (Kofi Annan, co-Chair?) to provide a “corrective filter” to all those unregulated personal opinions. To, you know— protect the online lumpenproletariat from their own ignorance and such. After all, an unfiltered blogosphere is how we ended up with a Democratic House and Senate, is
February 2007
February 21, 2007
Alterman: “I think it would be good if we had some sort of, you know, blogging—you know—council, where we could condemn people.”
February 21, 2007
Campos Heap, redux
Paul Campos—a “progressive” University of Colorado law professor and semi-regular columnist for the Rocky Mountain News—has, as I’ve pointed out in the past, a disturbing tendency (particularly for an educator) to let his ideological blinders influence his public arguments. And nowhere is this more true that in his recent column taking Glenn Reynolds to task for Prof. Reynolds’ now “infamous” post floating the idea (which Reynolds himself would be the
February 21, 2007
BRITNEY SPEARS ON THE VERGE OF A BREAKDOWN!
Sorry. Figured I’d better post something pronto before I was forced off the front page again. Also: PICTURES OF BRITNEY BREAKING DOWN BELOW THE FOLD!
February 21, 2007
Idiot in Search of New Village [Dan Collins]
The trials of Jade Goody, the UK’s “premier village idiot” continue. Previous village: She did her job too well. Question for Eagleton: Do Chavs constitute a portion of the truly multicultural society?
February 21, 2007
Morning PW Brain Tickler [Dan Collins]
Clue: It’s a quagmire. Question: What is it? Answer(s) below.
February 21, 2007
Terry Eagleton’s Epistemological Trainwreck [Dan Collins]
David Thompson takes a look at some of Terry Eagleton’s latest intellectual stylings at al-Graun. It turns out that people who criticize multiculturalism consider it a threat because it creates fissures in the monolith of power, which is necessary to maintain and justify an unequal distribution of resources.
February 21, 2007
Preaching to the Choir [Dan Collins]
Guantanamo Detainees Lose Appeal Shorter Collins: Bwahahahahaha!
February 21, 2007
“‘Tell the American people we need the U.S. Army here‘“
Ever Chimpy McSurgeDivider’s obedient mouthpiece, Bill Ardolino of INDC Journal posts a so-called “interview” with the Iraqi Army “soldiers” he “worked with” in Fallujah. And—surprise, surprise!—these “soldiers” (Ardolino calls them “Jundi,” the pretentious twit) claim to desire a continued US Army presence in Iraq in order to help stabilize the security situation. …Uh huh. Like we didn’t see that bit of CIA manipulation coming, you scaly-flanked war salmon. Sorry, pal.
February 21, 2007
protein wisdom’s top 9 numbers from 1 to 9 (revised after I caught the number 8 trying to pinch some of my ‘shrooms)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 8