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Will someone please kill Mugabe so we can dis him in death?

I posted a wiki story about Cindy a while back. What struck me was not her life, which is a mixed bag (drug addiction which lead to theft, questionable memory lapses about her role in the Keating 5 scandal, charitable works) but how much of a fucking shitbag McCain is regarding his cheating on his last wife, including having an affair with Cindy while he was still married. That speaks loads about someone's moral character. Feel free not to bring up Clinton, as you never fail to do, my conservative friends. He's irrelevant to this discussion. We're talking about today's candidates. Fortunately, neither my candidate of choice nor his wife suffer from these major questions of character that involve fidelity to those closest to you, which speaks to truthfulness, and criminality. I can focus more on his policy decisions without having to spend much energy worrying about how fucking crazy he or his wife is.

Halfbreed versus Halfwit

The pro-state anti-communist takes on the anti-state socialist.

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Slav on Slav

Yeah, nor the fat-fuck African President with the 50 whore motorcade. No, it's definitely U.S. ethanol subsidies, for sure. ETHANOL BAD. BAD. No matter how its produced. As a minor footnote, current agricultural subsidies (which, by the way, myself and many other libtards have been against for years now because they fuck up the water table and topsoil through industrial farming practices) have enjoyed bipartisan support from day one.

I meant anti-Americanism amongst Americans, and I think you knew that. You're clearly not a dumbshit, so no more byes for misunderstanding from me.

Need anyone mention the stout climbing legacy of Polish climbers? Not exactly pussies...if you know anything about the history of hard core climbing, that is.

I'll look for it. I feel like reading about zee chumans again for some reason.

Again, you're consuming what the opposing campaigns and cat's asshole-like media choose for you to consume. Anti-Americanism is a myth. Being opposed to certain policies when they've produced fucked results is healthy and good for the country, which seems to be pro-American to me. OK, Minx, your turn to tell us men what men are all about again.

We're discussing the first lady. We don't care who you vote for Minx. She's not down on America. She's willing to be the first lady, for Christ sakes, which, in many ways, must suck goat balls. Critical of America? Given how we've screwed the pooch lately, that's entirely appropriate. If you've got a friend with a coke habit, and you call them on it, what, are you down on your friend? Come on. It's just another bullshit media campaign based on one quote taken out of context. You of all people should know better than to fall for that shite...particularly after our embed discussion. The campaigns are going to go over every word uttered from every person on the other side looking for the next big dig, then try to blow it up into some 'Big Message'. Standard campaign procedure.

Right. What makes it so kick ass is that Shirer lived in Germany until just before the war; he met Hitler knew many members of his staff personally. Albert Speer's book Inside the Third Reich was also amazing; the best expose of who Hitler really was (and how clownishly the Third Reich was at the highest levels) out there.

She's seems to be a pretty kick ass woman. Smart, hot, and feisty, rather than the standard 1st lady plasticine window dressing. One way to judge how a president will manage the country is how well they manage their campaigns. Enough said there; Obama is crushing McCain by any measure in that department. McCain can't seem to manage his way out of a paper bag, but then again, he's always had the reputation of shooting from the hip and hoping for the best. Somehow, after 8 years of kind of leadership, I think it might be time for someone who plans and organizes for success every now and then.

Of course, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is probably the greatest treatise on war and madness ever written. Beautifully written, and riveting from beginning to end.

Yeah, that's what I liked about it. And that's probably how the author gained the trust of the men he interviewed. I think there are many good journalists out there. Citing a Geraldo encounter is entertaining, but hardly a credible argument against embedding. In a free society, the public pays for this shit (in a totalitarian one, too, for that matter), so the public has a right to know what the fuck is going on. The 'security breach' argument against embedding is a load of pure shite. That can be easily screened for by the military itself.

Oh, and not to mention that the poverty rate has plummeted during the age of ethanol subsidies. The two must be positively linked, huh? Or maybe...

And here I always thought that the food crisis was caused by a combination of overpopulation, war, and desertification caused by poor land management and climate change. But hey, who listens to a bunch of stupid studies?

One thing most reporters never seem to get right is the humor the sprouts from an inherently fucked up situation like combat. IMO, Black Hawk Down (the book) got that right. Another way to get a feel for it without begging the military to ease off on its overage limit is to read good military history. Atkinson is excellent; An Army at Dawn is probably his best work. He captures the story in the words of the men who were there, both the humor and the horror.

I used to help a childhood friend of mine milk their family cow. I quickly figured out why the dairy farmer's kids made the best wrestlers. One time the cow stepped in the bucket with its dung encrusted hoof. My buddy just took the bucket on into the house anyway. I never ate a meal over there ever again.

2 year olds everywhere. Jack Russels.

Squooshin' tadpoles. That's fun.

Cupcakes are the best. Two cupcakes and a glass of milk and you'll feel like somebody dropped a tranny down your throat. Snowballs, however, are just plain fucked up.

That doesn't work. I don't know the answer. All answers are final. Time for a HoHo break.