Happy Valentine's Day

Never happened to be attatched on this particular day, thank Christ.

Ive Been Trying to Work on Some Actual Writing Lately.

They'll be something more in depth on here sometime soon, probably tomorrow in fact.  In the meantime, here's some Carmen Sandiego porn.  Have a productive workweek. 

Just In Case You Were Waiting for The Antibiotic-Proof Gonorrhea Doomsday.

Seriously kids, wrap it up. 

Old Millwaukee Shows MIA How to Really Troll the Super Bowl

North Platte Nebraska, my hometown, is home to some twenty four thousand people, and happens to lie in one of the few regions of the First World where a place of such size is large enough to be considered a city, meriting its own NBC affiliate.  Out out of the 210 recognized 'media markets' in the United States, the North Platte market ranks 209th in population.  So the seven hundred dollars that Pabst Brewing Company reportedly paid KNOP-TV for the right to show the spot is actually a bit more than the standard going rate.  In return they for this the ad has gotten close to 800,000 views on youtube and probably several million hits over all thanks to the curiosity expressed towards this novelty on several other websites.

Pure fucking genius.  And I can personally add that there is no small amount of Old Milwaukee consumed in North Platte.  I'd even guess that someone involved in the production of this thing knew this to be so.  Whether through actually researching the culture of North Platte or simply adding two and two after noting its lonely position on the map; who's to say? 

P.S: Congrats on scoring a touchdown in the Super Bowl Woodhead.  It's a shame that your team lost.  Though the even bigger pity for you personally is that you weren't born into a soccer-playing culture.  Your body type and skill set has much more in common with this guy then with any of those NFL brutes you tussle with.

You could of been worth nine figures by now.  Not that you're doing so badly for yourself.  





FC Top 10

1. Real Madrid
2. Barcelona
3. AC Milan
4. Bayern Munich
5. Benfica
6. Basel
7. Manchester United
8. Paris St. Germain
9. Juventus
10. Manchester City

As for our own football; go... Patriots, I guess?  I'm a 49'ers fan.  

OK, GOP, It's Like This

Pimping the Keystone pipeline is not going to score any points for you.  The White, rural, highly conservative demographic of the Great Plains are either actively opposed or at best very suspicious of it.  There is no great crowd of blue-colar alpha-males holding their lunchpails full of flags in hand and waiting for you to deliver them the salvation of short-term jobs so they can reward you with votes.  There is nothing that you can gain from this.  At all.  I know you have corperate donors to satisfy but isn't there.... never mind, for a minute there I was going to suggest that there must be some higher priority for you than that, how stupid of me.  Still it would be better if you put at least five seconds of thought into your psuedopopulist blather so that it sounds like something.... better than this. 

“The problem with Keystone,” said Representative Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, “is that many of the workers are blue collar. They go to their job and come home and take care of their children, and I don’t know if they are going to get on Facebook and ‘friend’ a bunch of people or anything like that.”

Dude, did you seriously just try to pass off Facebook as elitist.  I mean... no, just, seriously, no.... seriously? 

He has a Facebook page of his own, of course... http://www.facebook.com/#!/billcassidy?sk=wall  it's been SOP for members of Congress for at least five or six years now, or about as long as it's been since Facebook had a bonafide blue-collar rival in Myspace.  And inasmuch as there's any honesty or thought in Cassidy's statement at all (doubtful) he may be be surprised to know that it's been even longer since a having a FB profile has conveyed any sense of social specialness.  I don't know if you know this Bill, but it isn't just for college students and upscale urban professionals anymore.  Facebook is free man. (and always will be!) it says so right there on the front page .  My family members, (Not to go into too much depth), truck drivers, construction workers, railroad men, ex cons; all of them have children to take care of, and all of them are sending me requests for Mafia Wars as I type this. Everybody has Facebook you minister of accidental condensation.  You should check to see who on your staff is failing to give you basic info before you pretend to identify with people who would force you into an hour long shower if they accidentially breathed your air.  Jackass. 

In Fundieland, There is such a Thing as 'Testable Beliefs'

"Name two major world religions and argue against them using either the laws of logic, scientific evidence or historical evidence. Explain the concept of middle knowledge, and why it is relevant to the problem of religious pluralism.
SAMPLE ANSWER: Refute Theravada Buddhism with the big bang, or refute Islam with the crucifixion of Jesus, etc. MUST mention specific beliefs of that religion that are testable, and not just argue that they reject Christianity and are therefore false. Explain how middle knowledge reconciles free will and divine sovereignty, and that it also helps to solve the problem of people who have never heard the gospel.
BONUS POINTS: Using evidence that is universally accepted by people outside of that religion. Using scientific evidence. Referencing Acts 17:27 or other Bible passages when explaining middle knowledge. Mentioning objections to middle knowledge, such as the grounding objection.
WHY IT MATTERS: Many younger Christians today believe that Christianity is moralistic therapeutic deism. They think that the purpose of religion is to have good feelings and to be nice to other people and to make other people feel good. It’s all about feelings. You need to make sure that she knows how to make people feel bad and is comfortable doing it, with evidence. Middle knowledge also grounds the person’s willingness to see people as being responsible for their acceptance or rejection of Christ. Instead of taking a hands-off fatalistic approach to salvation, someone who accepts middle knowledge is going to take persuasion seriously and expend effort to try to change the people around them."

 As for demanding a spouse who is so identical to you in thought and belief as to make every act of  'husbandly duty' one of autoincest...  well I suppose that's nothing new among the asshole set.  But subjecting your would-be wife to an actual formalized test of conformity and submission is at least somewhat novel.