As a gentleman was quoted saying on NPR tonight, anger is often a good reason to do things in the political arena.

( Fear rarely is. )

It's a lot like war.

It's not like 2015 is getting further away. (by my count, we're already under the seven-year deadline. Maybe they can get their heavenly Agent to push it back with the publisher?)

And Damascus...sweet donkey-fucking Christ in a miniskirt. Iran would retaliate against Israel by attacking the Fifth Fleet? Not only do these boobs not understand ( Read more... )

So why am I still here again?

Why can't I just hit the gym, have lunch with the peers, and call it a day?

Fortunately, we still have N. Korea:

"If the U.S. imperialists start another war, the army and people of Korea will...wipe out the aggressors on the globe once and for all."
-- dispatch from the official Korean Central News Agency

They don't really seem to understand just how very silly it is to antagonize not only the US, but China at the same

Yet another not-really-hilarious example of how Middle Eastern media (I hesitate to say Islamic, though practically all media in the Middle East are Muslim-owned) ridiculously misrepresent reality as a colossal conspiracy against the poor downtrodden folks in the Middle East. The fact that they live under oppressive, archaic "governments" in ( Read more... )

Where on earth did he get the LOTR fandom?

Here's hoping you are still up and enjoying the celebration.

You know, maybe it is what it looks like.

But it could be.