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• Commented on David Gibbs against robot love
  @#7: Kinda... http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=270407 SKYE (a "surrendered wife"): He always has a final decision in this house about anything. He is the leader... One of the basics of surrendering is that your husband always takes the lead when it comes to...
• Commented on David Gibbs against robot love
  Actually, the fundamentalist "surrendered wife" comes pretty darn close to being a robot: The surrendered wife must submit to the whims of fundamentalist hubby, including sex. On demand. Sounds pretty robotic to me. Certainly doesn't affirm the wife's humanity, BWDIK?...
• Commented on St. Louis cops turn forfeiture policy into free car rental service
  "So long, screwy! See ya in Saint Louie!" - Bugs Bunny...
• Commented on Cassettes still a multi-million dollar industry... in prison
  Hey, tip of the fedora to Bob Paris. He has every right to be excited over a niche market that is largely his own, to the tune of a cool million a MONTH (OMG I thought that was per year!)...
• Commented on St. Louis cops turn forfeiture policy into free car rental service
  I googled Joe Mokwa, the STL chief of police. Click "I'm feeling lucky" and you see: http://www.im4mokwa.com/ - "a website in support of Chief Joe Mokwa." It is an online petition of support for Mokwa. Why a police chief would...
• Commented on Progressive geek looking for 3,000 people to help him win Kansas election against dinosauric anti-science/pro-surveillance dude
  Donated. Here's hoping the folks from the "What's the Matter With Them??" state are ready for someone with an actual brain capable of actual rational thought....
• Commented on World's oldest blogger dies
  I checked out the 'new' blog (the 'old/main' one doesn't come up). Olive Riley had just been moved into a nursing home, typically an emotionally devastating event, but not for her, apparently....From that same final blog entry: Hello, dear friends...
• Commented on iPhone line-waiter strikes back at jackass TV reporter
  If just ONE person nearby in line backed Jeff up, "This guy is right, you ARE a jackass!" -- they could've gotten the whole line of people shouting "JACKASS!!" at that twit in no time, sending him and his sniveling,...
• Commented on Subtle, attractive weaponry to appeal to every mild-mannered teenage boy
  Meh. I don't see the attraction of this kind of crap -- getting in touch with your "inner O.J." I guess. Thanks but no thanks....
• Commented on 1943 happy-zombie novel: I Am Thinking of My Darling
  Wow that is exactly the movie I was going to post about (seriously)! But IIRC there was no downside in that movie to being 'happy' -- kids eagerly went to school to learn, to the pleasant shock of their teachers;...
• Commented on Jesse Helms leaves the planet.
  Mindful where Jesse Helms is going (Jerry Falwell is already there, of course), ol' Jesse isn't gonna like Fridays, if you know what I mean. ;-)...
• Commented on Italians choosing pasta over pizza
  The only way our sociopath-in-chief will swing into action on this issue will be if the cost of a pulled pork sammich goes up by a significant-like dollar amount....
• Commented on Suffering from HIDDEN TALENTS -- 1950 magazine ad
  The guy looks like he isn't looking longingly at the Big Boss Man and his job, but he's actually checking out the hottie secretary. Perv. ;-)...
• Commented on Homophobic news site changes athlete Tyson Gay to Tyson Homosexual
  Did they correct instances of the phrase "conservative Christian" with "brain dead, hate-mongering sh*t-stain"?...
• Commented on "Explosion containment net" patent also good against hippies
  The first thing I thought of when I saw this was the device protects the cop from having a flower placed in the barrel of his assault rifle. Can't let that happen! Oh, Batman's nemesis The Penguin just called. He...
• Commented on Devo sues McDonalds
  Whip McDonalds...Whip 'em good! Yay Devo, Boo McDonalds. EOT...
• Commented on Dumb-ass anti-terrorism ideas -- patented!
  You all DO realize that such a trap door would end up being used by a nasty flight attendant on a autistic kid goaded into a tantrum... ;-)...
• Commented on <i>Exorcist</i> Spider-Walk Regan action figure
  Coming soon: "The Power of Christ Compels You" Regan hovercraft....
• Commented on David Pogue's email tips for public figures
  I remember when Jesse Kornbluth blogged (quite admirably) on beliefnet.com he mentioned that he alwasy responded to every right wing Christian nutjob's angry rant emails with the simple reply: "Thanks for sharing." :thumbsup: Of course, a public official can't do...
• Commented on Giant chicken sculpture photographed in various locations
  Stand it next to a bunch of right wing chickenhawks....
• Commented on Uncombable Hair Syndrome
  Harry Potter-head....
• Commented on <i>Exorcist</i> Spider-Walk Regan action figure
  Thanks, I'd sooner play with a Slinky....
• Commented on The world's most luxurious office cubicle
  So what's the over-under for how long it'll take for the leather chair and flat screen monitor to, ah, walk away, and for a jealous cube dweller or three to carve something not-so-nice in the mahogany walls?!...
• Commented on John McCain, credit-card debt victim
  The McCains have a net worth around $40 million, almost all of it from Cindy’s holdings. Wow, I guess we all know who wears the tight glossy black leather dominatrix hot pants in THAT family. For all we know, "$indy"...
• Commented on Linda Stone on time management
  Sheesh. I find these kinds of optimum time management / personal effectiveness / blah blah diatribes obnoxious. Who is it that benefits from such maximized time management? The boss, that's who! Hasn't David Allen, regarded as THE time management guru,...
• Commented on Bananas are atheist nightmares!
  "Behold the atheist's nightmare...Now if you study a well-made CUCUMBER..." (Available only via Pay Per View)...
• Commented on Bananas are atheist nightmares!
  Hey wait a minute...chimps like bananas too...OH MY GOD THE BANANA PROVES DARWIN WAS RIGHT!!!! :-)...
• Commented on Bananas are atheist nightmares!
  #58: You can lead a fundy-Christian Talibanist to the facts, but you can't make him think....
• Commented on Bananas are atheist nightmares!
  "Notice how gracefully it sits over the human hand. Notice it has a point at the top for ease of entry, just the right shape for the human mouth...it's even curved toward the face to make the whole process so...
• Commented on UroClub makes peeing on the golf course a private affair
  You all DO realize that this club, in Dick "Sh*tfaced Marksman" Cheney's hands, will SOMEHOW result in Cheney's pee somehow golden-showering his golfing mate...stupid is as stupid does......