PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH!

Under this administration federal agencies have been reduced to little more than middle-men used to funnel public funds to private contractors soooo....

I, for one, am glad to see someone finally take the important task of preserving America's wildlife out of the hands of egghead government scientists and placing it under the control of the private sector. For too long we've slaved under the notion that government is the answer to all our problems. It's time to let the real movers and shakers of society--businessmen and entrepreneurs--do what they do best: Synergize knowledge and develop efficient, actionable market-based solutions that benefit everybody.

Hahaha This confirms what I've always partly suspected: John Edwards is actually a character from a 1980s novel about decadent rich people.

Oh my God for some reason I actually tried to read that and half-way through my brain liquefied and tarted dripping out my ear and now it's all over my keyboard and seeping into the carpet and I think I might have to go tht hospital. Thanks Glen nBecks.

Hahahaha

Harper's ran a pretty fascinating story about Detroit a year or two ago (which is where I pulled the "1/3 of the city is vacant lots" statistic from). You can read it here. It's probably the most elegant/beautiful/depressing portrait of the city I've seen. Excerpt:

Detroit's cool because if you go to certain places it's like you've stumbled upon the ruins of some forgotten ancient metropolis (and I guess you have, kinda). I read somewhere that something like a full third of the city is now just vacant land, the houses/factories/stores/whatever that once stood on it having long since disappeared and been replaced by overgrown weeds and prairie grass.

Even if they were available, I'm not sure sending US troops into this situation would be the best idea anyway. Needlessly antagonizing Russia (esp. in a situation like this where they're not completely in the wrong) really isn't something we need to be doing.

snuffbox don't you realize that off shore drilling is a magical panacea that will solve all our energy problems forever and is totally immune to trivial externalities??? Open your eyes and see the truth.

I can't wait to see what kind of post pbone makes in this thread when he finally gets mugged and beaten within an inch of his life by a poor black person.

Plus, I mean, his wife has cancer. I think even most Enlightened Liberals are a little put off by the idea of sleeping around on someone with a terminal illness. edit: fuck you snuffbox you post too fast.

You're in good company, bro

Having been there, I agree. Even being the birthplace of American Techno can't salvage it. Fuck you. Detroit Techno is so completely perfect that it redeems any and all failures.

They might only win like 35 games but a starting five consisting of Mike & OJ & Rudy & Josh & Darko would be crazy entertaining.

At times like these? At times when a man is brutally beheaded on a bus by a clearly mentally unstable nut wielding a knife? To take advantage of such a horrendous situation like this one is "their job"? These people are first and foremost human beings, and a rather deplorable lack of humility in the name of pushing their agenda leaves me almost in disbelief. Hahaha the moral outrage in here is getting ridiculous. I mean, holy shit, this is a fucking newspaper ad we're talking about. One that didn't even make it to print! Who gives a shit if it's tasteless and stupid? The shrieking, hectoring responses that PETA (and the Westboro retards) elicits from idiots on the internet are in no way commensurate to the actual "offenses" committed by the group. Save your energy for shit that actually deserves protest.

Not at all, which is why my original post started with "M.I.A's awesome even though..." She may be something of a fraud and a tool for capitalist recuperation, but her music is straight bangin. I mean, it's basically impossible to exist in contemporary Western society without to some degree participating in/contributing to the machine of exploitive capitalism, so who really gives a shit. Also, re Naomi Klein, I haven't read No Logo but The Shock Doctrine is p. cool/enlightening.

See, I'm not sure I'd characterize "I'm wearing a Yankees hat because I only associate with WINNERS" can really be considered a misstep or an indiscretion, at least not on the level of, like, Michael's gambling/womanizing/psychotic competitiveness. Wearing a Yankees hat in Cleveland is obv. totally tone deaf, but the impulse behind it (to associate with "winners") is pretty clearly the same one that drives shit the Bron/Jay-Z relationship. It all seems calculated to position LeBron as some kind of titanic global icon, one who's basically indifferent to petty things like regional loyalty.

Maybe when animals develop the capacity to where velcro shoes and drink cough syrup recreationally Jingus will learn to accept them as equals.

Here's a visual aide to help illustrate the difference between Salon film critics and hipsters These are Salon film critics: These are hipsters: hth

I'm not sure I'd call trying to stamp out animal cruelty a wholly worthless cause, Jingus. I mean, PETA's obv. kinda annoying and overbearing, but their heart's basically in the right place. Comparing animal rights activists to bunch of totally ridiculous fag-bashers is really just incredibly stupid and small-minded.

Hahaha Salon writers aren't hipsters.

Fascinating. Please elaborate. Yo I can't tell if this post was sarcastic or not so I guess I'll elaborate anyway. M.I.A's music is basically a textbook example of recuperation. It's nominally counter-cultural art that is, in reality, nothing more than a harmless participant in the very system--Western Capitalism--it's supposedly working against. You can't really claim to be trying to tear down the apparatuses of global capitalism when you're releasing records on Interscope and selling your music for commercial usage. It's "revolution" as mass market fashion statement, commoditized and sapped of anything truly rebellious or dangerous. Furthermore,

Actually, I'd say what makes LeBron so unlikable/uncompelling on a personal level is his near-total lack of dumbass tendencies, or any other indicator of basic humanity. Everything he does just seems so completely stage-managed.

Well, yeah.