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26 June, 2007

"I wonder if those are even her real opinions or if she just tries to be controversial...  She's a poser.  No one can be that wrong without trying..."  - the usually apolitical Sucumbio on Ann Coulter

I was going to write a bit about how much shit Coulter's bony, leathery ass talks about people until I realized that I couldn't write about her without pointing out just how hideous she is.  I mean, Christ, she looks like an EZ-Bake clone of Jennifer Anniston that got left out in the sun too long after a decade of heroin use.  That doesn't even touch that dress.  You know she's got money, since she continues to sell books.  You also know that every time she's on Fox News she gets a phat check.  Why the hell can't she afford a different dress?  On that note, isn't that very unmodest dress kind of immoral and don't conservatives beat the morality drum?  God... and she has the audacity to talk about Hil-dawg's legs?  <retch>

Elizabeth Edwards phoned in and handed Ann Coulter her ass.  In typical conservative fashion, she denied everything; answered the question she wanted to be asked rather than was asked; and she refused to allow Mrs. Edwards to finish speaking. Coulter got called out and Mrs. Edwards got cheered.  Chris Matthews, who tends to play softball with conservative guests, even called her on that shit.  She had the nerve to say that the context justifies it.  There are only two contexts that excuse shit-talking:  grade school and cheating significant others.  Since I doubt highly that Ann Coulter is getting laid and she's gotta be at least 50, neither of those situations apply.  She's not only become the poster child of the conservative agenda, she's become the poster child of conservative hypocrisy and arrogance.

~Spooky

22 June, 2007

Maybe Triggy is right about books being fun…

Now, I don’t read in the traditional sense of picking up a book without pictures and just, you know, reading it. Video games and the telly have long since destroyed what little attention span a child of my generation can hope to have. What with all the sugared cereals and those damn Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers (Ha! Guess my age!). One look at my non-sequitur laden, off-the-deep-end writing will serve as a warning. None of this is related to my point, either…

It’s a little surprising, then, that I pre-ordered the last Harry Potter book and paid for it in advance. Yeah, it’s like that. ’ll buy it, attempt to read it, then wait the four to five years for the corresponding movie to come out. Perhaps, I’ll pick up the audio version. Meh. Again, not my point.

I like spoilers. I hate surprises. I remember, back in the day, scouring the internet for spoilers for The X-Files. So, when I learned that there were potential spoilers for the last Potter book I was, needless to say, curious. I figured they were rubbish, but eventually curiosity won out. I was disappointed in some ways, but in others… Well, let’s just say hilarity ensued.

This asshole named Gabriel thinks Harry Potter is teh b@d 4 teh |<1dd13s. Following the teachings of the Late Great JC, he posted “spoilers” for Harry Potter. They look like they’re holy… err… uhm… wholly untrue. He even was thoughtful enough to include a link to a thinly-disguised bigoted take on the Koran! Check his lunacy out here.

I know there’s more than a few arch-conservatives that come here and most of ‘em are fundementedalists. As someone who likes to consider herself a well-written and well-spoken person (who is also often considered just as irascible, ignorant, and backwards as you guys), I’d like to offer you a few pointers to help you make yourselves better understood:

1. Spellcheck, spellcheck, spellcheck – In most of the word processors I’ve used, the spellcheck is F7. You should see it pretty well. There’s a whole row of keys that follow that pattern. It’s F7, up near the top.
2. If English is not your native language, DO NOT USE BABELFISH TO TRANSLATE IT. Allow your readers to do it themselves. If you translate it using Babelfish, then post the translation, both you and your writing will look stupid. On a side note, if your grammar and syntax look like a Babelfish translation and English is your native language, the internet may not be the place for you. Try street corners and Southern Baptist churches.
3. Don’t wrap yourself in the Bible too early. Seriously. That shit chases people off. You gotta master the soft sell. Mention it at the end and don’t play yourself up to be a hero. It’s just not Christian.

In other news:
Rockstar’s latest gore fest got an AO rating. Yippee. It was probably gonna be crap anyway because Rockstar’s games are not that good. GTA’s graphics have always been far below what their respective platforms have been capable of producing.  That said, it looks like the game’s getting shelved, according to GameSpot, because neither Nintendo nor Sony allow AO games on their consoles. This is a moment for Nintendo to step up. They need to do so now more than ever.

The Wii is putting Nintendo in a position to reclaim the top in the industry they single-handedly resurrected. It still needs a killer app. Despite the inherent pun, I don’t see Manhunt 2 being that title.  Nintendo, however, can put an ace in the hole if they were to end their policy of not allowing the publishing of AO games for their systems. This game had some buzz going and it was pretty positive, especially given some of the novel ways that it was going to use the Wiimote. If Nintendo were to let this game come out and be a Wii exclusive, they’ll have more ammunition to use in their fight against their kiddie labeling and they’ll have another game that could very easily become a must have. Remember, controversy guarantees sales in the modern gaming industry.

Here’s hoping Nintendo has learned from their mistakes.

~Spooky

21 June, 2007

You know something’s fucked up when Trent Lott’s do-nothin’-cracka-ass is crying fowl…

I’m the World’s Worst Liberal™, so I should keep with my “no blogging” stance in order to keep it that way, but… I still feel it necessary to come back and write a Nugget or two, however irregularly that may be. This has become our most reliable and efficient method of getting our message out there, however (unless you count MSNBC).

I’m learning very quickly the ins and outs of the radio industry and it’s ugly. It’s a horrible industry, driven by greed and malice. It’s no surprise, then, that it’s the domain of conservatives while the internet remains largely ours. I mean, between clubbing gays and bombing abortion clinics, when do righties have time to do things like read and use the Internet? Again, radio, which on first glance would seem to be an archaic media, is a fitting home for them as it is largely controlled by only a handful of companies.

I was shocked to learn from the Deadline Hollywood Daily blog just how pervasive radio is as a media format. The stats from Arbitron (the radio rough-equivalent to Nielsen) reveal that radio has a better rate of penetration than other forms of communication. To a person who has MSNBC on the tube at all hours in their home (even while listen to music, thanks to closed captioning!), that’s surprising. I don’t listen to radio. Even after Katrina, I was relying on my phone’s internet connection and a battery-powered TV.

In fact, the only two people I know who listen to radio are eligible for senior discounts. They both, not surprisingly, listen to conservative talk radio. As for myself, I hate radio. It’s unreliable and it plays the same tired-ass shit all the time, be it music or talk (and no one will give us airplay, not even the local station that claims to support “homegrown” music). Radio sucks. One could argue that it’s broken and the only way it can be fixed… I hate saying this… is by regulation.

Reinstating the Fairness Doctrine is a good step. You’d be surprised how many people not only like hearing different views, but can often be swayed by them. Imagine if Rush Limbaugh were followed by Ed Schultz or if Glen Beck were followed by the wicked awesome Rachel Maddow. Limiting the number of stations that can be owned by a single group is the next step. It’d also help unsigned artists get airplay!

Get to writing your legislators. Get off your ass and do something, gang.

~Spooky