From the BBC:
The bodies of at least 20 people who were shot dead have been found near the western Iraqi town of Qaim, police say.
One of the dead had an Iraqi police identity card and others may have been national guards, officials said.
In the capital, Baghdad, a suicide car bomb attack reportedly carried out by a group linked to al-Qaeda killed three and injured more than 20 people.
The bomber drove a rubbish truck near the ministry of agriculture and Sadeer hotel before detonating explosives.
The ministry building caught fire but police said the main target may have been the hotel, which is used by Iraqi police and Western contractors.
”Ha! Take that, Chimpy TriumphalistMcHitlerBurton! Where’s your ‘march of freedom’ now?
“Down with Iraqi sovereignty! Up with the new caliphate!”
George Washington and his minutemen did that too, right?
because they are minutemen/freedom fighters. Hey I thought freedom fighters were supposed to fight for freedom, I guess that’s why Im a chickenhawk.
Well, at least there are some things for Nancy Soderberg to keep her hope alive…
Gee, I thought all the insurgents were driven away by the purple finger back in January. Hmmm. Maybe sending in the Dusty babes will help out here.
Or perhaps we can send over some relief troops composed of your adoring fans. I’m sure their brilliant wit will make short work of these terrorists. Now that I think of it, I’m sure a generous round of fart jokes, disparaging their genetic heritage and humiliating comments on their sexual equipment will go a long way to compensating for the amazing incompetence that led to this situation.
Advantage parrotsphere!
Snort, Jeff you are a blogging overlord for questioning his removing of comments … LOL …
OH, this is too rich.
I’m sure Dusty would make short work of those sexually repressed …
I mean, come on. Anyguy who’s getting it with any frequency isn’t gonna go all terrorist on us.
And I must have missed the fart jokes. Were those on the weekend?? Because I skim over that- family time and all.
“Parrotsphere!” That’s gold!
BLAZE ON, HELLBLAZER! FIGHT THE POWERS!
Um, exactly what comments did I remove o Carin? They were three copies of the same comment. Geez I just thought the poster was confused and was trying to help.
I see now that my blogging overlords demand far better of me.
I will comply. FREEDOM DEMANDS IT.
Hey, anyone that missed the priceless Jon Stewart interview with Nancy Soderberg.. <a href=”http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110006362″ target=”_blank” class=”text”>Here’s the transcript</a>. Reads to me like Jon Stewart is waking up to smell the coffee..and he’s not half as upset at Bush’s successes as Hellblazer is. (but they still have Iran and/or North Korea that could go their way)
Hey Jeff..this guy sounds familiar.. I remember.. he sounds like Dovebear when you were winning the Jewish Israeli Blog award.. “wah..wah.. my blog is so much better..I’m so much more witty..my humor so much more refined.. how come everyone reads Jeff’s Delete Wisdom and not mine..? The morons..”
-BPiS
Turing Word: green
As in: Pay no attention to the green bloggers like Hellblazer.
PS..I was the aforementioned ‘fart joker’.. In all fairness I once posted the comment “He who is to smeldt it is dealt it”. Sorry.. I dont know what came over me…
heres a second attempt at that Jon Stewart interview with Nancy Soderberg in the WSJ
<a href=”http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110006362″ target=”_blank” class=”text”>Daily Show Transcript</a>
enough ! Here’s the URL instead;
http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110006362
My lord. If only this contempt could be turned into a fighting force for FREEDOM and unleashed in Baghdad. And only if this mindless speculation could be pressed into service for our crack bin Laden tracking teams.
Is Hellblazer making an argument? I can’t tell.
And if your preening, ever-so-smug, detached intellect could be harnessed to correct the path of the out-of-control ship of state that Bushco has steered on the reef, you could attune all the world’s competing ideologies into harmony.
Because, HB, you’re that smart!
Ah, basking in Jeff’s reflected glow. It’s like getting an all around painted tan on queer eye for the straight guy before my big dinner.
I feel so special. Like a newly freed Martha Stewart.
And, HB, speaking of contempt…I dropped by your place and contempt of your readers fairly leaps off the screen, pal.
But it isn’t really suprising. It appears you’re nothing but a political short seller.
Parrotsphere. Catchy.
What’s it called when blogs like Atrios and Kos command their legions to decend on to right-wing blogs, link each other, and cover the same topics as other like-minded bloggers?
Wow, did you see any distinction as to left and right?
Or did FREEDOM put the distinction there?
A political short seller! I’m going to use that for my tag line. It’s like every post is christmas over here.
Just speaking for myself, though, Jeff has got the whole contempt thing wrapped up. I’m not even in the same league.
If HB isnt Dovebear then he was inspired by Dovebear.. DB the unknown blogger increased his site hits about 100 fold by picking a mindless pissing match with JG..
Jeff, youre doing these kooks a favor by letting them fellate the spongey length of your fame (or infamy .. whichever the case may be..)and emboldening still others …
No bargaining with Terrorist Blog Baiters !
Turing Word: Freedom
As in: no thanks to the wussy left..
This “turing word” bit is so cute! So adorable! It’s like having a red butt for the alpha baboons.
I confess to having contempt for terrorists and their enablers. But that doesn’t mean I’m not a friendly guy and a quite able dancer.
Ouch! You guys using the “turing” bit have just been SINGED by the HELLBLAZER!
Stand back! The HELLBLAZER is H-O-T HOT!
HOT, HOT, HOT !
Si …muy caliente, verdad?
Excuse me, Mr. Blazer, there’s a couple of Italians who want to take you on a little ride around Iraq- I suggest that when approaching US checkpoints, make sure to waive your hands furiously and shout “WE ARE THE INFIDEL” so they’ll know you’re not the enemy.
Of course, be careful, as the line between “democrat” and “enemy” seems to be steadily blurring and we’d hate to have you involved in a “friendly (cough) fire” incident.
Turning word: Although
“Although hellblazer seems somewhat intelligent, he’s not particularly funny or interesting.”
This hellblazer cat seems to suffer from the secret fear that somebody might not do what he wants them to. Call it existential crypto-totalitarian angst…
Turing word: clearly
“Although hellblazer seems somewhat intelligent, he’s not particularly funny or interesting.”
And neither was your mom! Keep trying, proteiners! I am wit.
Does the new regard for “parrotsphere” mean it has eclipsed O-chub’s “right-wing Wurlitzer” has the kooks’ best bon mot?
Cordially…
This might be a pointless endeavor, but I’m still trying to figure out the subtext of the sarcastic noises he’s been making. Is he saying we should forgo all forms of humor until Bin Laden is captured, like giving up chocolates for Lent? Is he saying nothing is good until and unless everything is good? I am all of a muddle.
I’m no zoologist or anything.. but isnt it the Chimps that have the bright red butts and the baboons that have the blue & red muzzles with long sharp fangs ?
Hey Hell (you dont mind that I call you Hell do you? I mean, we’re all friends here)) I like that term ‘Alpha Baboon’. Mind if I use it?
-BPiS
Turing word: help
Now thats the AI alking there…
Help! A Giant Alpha Baboon has grabbed Gail and is scaling the Empire State Building with her in hand ! Call the Air National Guard !
This is great! It’s like being in the middle of a mosh pit of FREEDOM.
Gail, hey I’m just playing along with your little psychodrama here. Imagine my surprise when my playful link chiding Dr. Goldstein turned into a FREEDOM enema.
Man, is my colon clean.
I posted a comment on “Hellblazer’s” blog last night at 10:14. A little while later I went back and saw that it disappeared. While trying to post again, I hit the Preview button and saw that my comments were on the Preview thread. When I hit Post nothing happened. My comments wouldn’t post.
I thought I was being deleted so I made a post about it on the PW “Odds, Ends” thread. Later on, Jeff G alluded to it in a comment on the Hellblazer thread in question.
Maybe there was some sort of wierd technical glitch? Perhaps. To me, it looked like my sarcastic dissenting opinion was being squashed (in a very John AshKKKroft-like fashion, of course). They reappeared only after Jeff G and I mentioned it (and thanks, JG).
I’m going out to get a pizza now. I’ll be back shortly.
Advantage parrotsphere! Duplicate comments restored!
It’s a festivus miracle
All this parroting of a hope that freedom spreads is just so…predicatble.
No, the edgy way to react is to crow every time it seems FREEDOM is taking a step backward.
All the hipsters are doing it! Plus, it allows for the frequent use of “parrotsphere.”
JUST DON’T QUESTION MY PATRIOTISM!
Black is white! Up is down! Penn is Teller!
What were we debating again?
I believe we were debating the refreshing high colonic burst of FREEDOM.
FREEDOM IS AN ILLUSION! ALL IS FAILURE! THE WORLD NEEDS AL GORE NOW MORE THAN EVER!
Ah. Another contemptuous, aloof, supercilious lefty who considers the life-and-death struggles for freedom and independence in tyrannical regions just another chance to indulge in playground taunting.
*shrug* Dime a dozen.
What shall we discuss while waiting for the next round of “I know you are but what am I” drivel? The secretly intercepted letters to Martha’s prison pen pals, perhaps?
I don’t know how any of you think there can truly be FREEDOM anywhere while JEFF GANNON’S 8” CUT PORN COCK OF LIES is allowed to wander the Halls of Power and Brit Hume has AMERICAN TRUTH UNDER SIEGE!!!
I mean, we’ve got to clean up our own messes before we even start talking about FREEDOM abroad.
What was I thinking? The above should read: “8” CUT GAY PORN COCK OF LIES.”
I apologize for any confusion.
Contemptuous, aloof, supercilious lefty posts a small chide at Jeff’s expense. Jeff raises the debate by stating the obvious fact that the lefty in question supports Hezbollah. Lefty responds with something silly and then Jeff then goes for the gold by producing not one but two posts – praising both Al Qaeda and Hezbollah.
Yes, clearly this is all a liberal conspiracy. For FREEDOM’S sake this comment thread must be stopped.
Hey, I just went over to the ‘Blazer’s site just to see how his adoring fans were circling the wagons and repelling the invading Proteiners.. but guess what.. the only comments on his linked page are from Him & us Proteiners … I’m telling you.. Dovebear got himself a new (and admittedly more masculine) handle and is simply trying to lure readers, but without realizing that it is his attitude of ”preening, ever-so-smug, detached intellect” that drives off his readership in the first place.
-Alpha Baboon (previously BPiS)
Turing word: small
As in: cant sell advertising space with only a small number of readers.
Sean M.,
Oh.. You were referring to Jeff the 8” Cut GAY Porn Cock of Lies… I mistakenly thought you were referring to Jeff the Bad Boy 8” Cut Porn Stunt Cock that’s been seen hanging out over at Cheerleader Chat on AOL.
Thanks for clearing up that confusion.
-AB
There’s the problem: genre confusion. This is a postmodern psychosatire.
Gail, your jejune remarks barely register with Hempblazer’s towering intellect.
*Jeff the Bad Boy 8†Cut Porn Stunt Cock that’s been seen hanging out over at Cheerleader Chat on AOL.*
Are you fing kidding me ? Another stunt cock (on AOl no less) with White House credentials ??? the god damn hypocrisy hangs in the air, like a mushroom cloud (or, perhaps, like a flacid rovian porn stunt cock faced with a lifetime of insertion into any prominent female democratic party leaders- ie, that Nancy Pelosi just does it for me – imagine her in a wicked weasel”
WHAT ARE THE ODDS ???
Interest- “I have no interest in Nancy Pelosi but I find Hillary Clinton’s cankles sexy as hell”
Anyone know what this Hellblazer guy looks like? I’m picturing your pimple-faced, greasy-haired, skinny, know-it-all gay man in a pair of extremely nerdy horn-rimmed glasses.
He has a terrific grasp of the language, but just not someone you’d ever want to hang out with… unless, of course, he could guarantee you an “A” in Chemistry lab.
His deficiencies? Absolutely destitute when it comes to common sense and completely devoid of any sense of humor.
Poor guy couldn’t get a porn star off.
But hey… how bout the racks on them Dusty Girls!
Now that was a non sequitur.
But for the record, here’s what I look like. Not sure why it’s particularly relevant to the thread, but you can at least imagine my jaw dropped in stunned awe at what passes for highbrow conversation ‘round here.
For the record, I think a porn star is likely a lot harder to get off than your average girl on the street (unless jimboy is referring to gay porn stars, and even then I’d wager they’re specially trained to hold their guns), and I certainly make no claims that I come close to the radiant manliness that is embodied in our blog overlord who clearly has the ability to get legions of porn stars off (both gay and straight) in one massive, simultaneous orgasm.
Jeff, reading your parodies is the best way savor the the confusion of the sanctimony junkies.
Fershluginner phrase: orang-itang-itang
Hal —
What leaves me in “stunned awe” is your assumption that anyone around here is actually trying to engage in highbrow conversation—at least, of the pretentious and pedantic type to which you are no doubt accustomed.
But for what it’s worth, you did get the part right about my being a blog overlord to whom you should pay sustained tribute.
So, y’know, SCORE ONE FOR THE HELLBLAZER!
Y’all, this is more attention than HB’s gotten in all his 13 years up to this point.
Because it’s relevent to the thread here’s what I look like.
Since we’re appearantly doing the touchy feely ‘sharing a little about ourselves’ thing here tonight… well.. here’s my picture as well. Not because its relevant to anything..
My hip Seattle goatee has filled in a lot better than it was when the picture was taken.
Alpha Baboon
I should have charged a royalty for the turing word joke when I first started it.
That is so cool! I think you have lesson #347 down cold.
Yeah, RR, think of all that sweet cash you’ve missed out on.
Oh, and, Hempblazer, thanks for the pic. I’ve always wondered what self-absorbed hauteur looked like.
But, c’mon, you’re not really Ward Churchill, are you?
Yep, the sad fact is I keep waking up every single morning thinking I’m in the wrong body.
Ward Churchill! That’s who I am! My lord, I’ve been wandering around in a stupor, adrift until now.
I’m sorry, did Hellblazer really come to a blog featuring conversations with pants and the lesbian prison antics of Martha Stewart looking for highbrow conversation?
That’s crazy, right?
Robin,
I’m keeping a count and so far I owe you about a gazillion dollars in royalty for “turing word” usage … But good luck collecting cuz if you get a judgement against me I’ll just change my name again…
Alpha Baboon
previously, Bi(polar)_In_Seattle, Bipolar_Man,
Jeff Gannon, Musab al-Zaquawi, Blue_State_Cracker, and others
Turing Word: old
As in: The Turing bit never gets old…
Lesbian prison antics of Martha Stewart?
You tell me this now?
Oh, come on, now! As if you didn’t know.
I mean, Jeff’s #4 on Google when you search for tribbing.
no. highbrow. conversation.
only. foolishness.
Notice how I say hoseshit and suddenly we smell bat guano? It’s like I conjure the stupid with my awesome powers without even knowing it. It’s like being Supergirl, really. Hoseshit. Must credit Ana. Still, it’s not like Robin’s spamword.
Which is WICKED COOL, Hellblazer. WICKED. COOL.
Hey! They shot that gonzo dead guy out of the cannon yet? (No. Not Ward. You wish.)
You’re late to the game!
You know, the really sad and pathetic fact is that Hellboy hasn’t even considered engaging in any intellectual foreplay. “Debate” …… tell me where!! Pulllhease!
Sean M.,
You cant expect a person of Hell’s intellectual stature to use slang terms or contractions.. and in all fairness, though PW ranks #4 in Tribbing, its nowhere to be seen when you Google ‘Tribadism’
Diana,
Youre right.. no intellectual foreplay at all.. He just drops in for a quick slam, bam, non sequitur ma’am.. dresses and leaves .. no cuddling, no talking, no cigarette.. not even a ‘thank you’.. just gone.. until next time he ‘wants something’..
Turing word: seemed
Aye, fight and you may die, run, and you’ll live… at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin’ to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take away our lives, but they’ll never take… OUR TRIIIIBBIIIING!
Aye ! I’d follow you into the Jaws of Hell itself Braveclam! lead on !!!! AAARRRRGGHHHHHH!!!