Yes, I could say something about 9/11. But there’s nothing I can say that isn’t already said many times over. We were all angered and heartbroken. I think many of us had thoughts of firebombing and cobalt-salting the middle east. Scorched earth policies went through my head and to hell with anyone who said “Oh, but that would make you no better than them.” I’m more than tired of that kind of person.
So quickly, thanks to the many heroes that day and sorrows to those who had their lives taken from them. And may the fires of Hell burn a little bit hotter for the participants in a bombing that targeted innocent people.
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Those online fads. You gotta love ’em, right?
Planking, Owling, and Batmanning is passe.
Now it is Fenceposting.
Planking involved having your picture taken while you laid out flat, Owling had people perched on high places, and Batmanning had people hanging upside down with their toes. All were difficult to do and had people getting seriously injured when attempting to be the next coolest stunt performer. But “Fenceposting” is far more challenging.
A group of junior-high school students claim to have started the new slowly growing fad last week. They made a video that shows them standing upright like adults and carrying on face-to-face conversations with complete sentences.
It is considered extremely difficult by many, including those who are technically legally adult. Most people opt for the orders-of-magnitude easier version which involves consumption of alcohol (Google “panty-peeler” and “leg-spreader“, or go to Roger’s Profanisaurus † for examples of pillow-talk).
Some fear the side-effects could destroy the ability to text and tweet and lead to mature relationships. There have been reports of students making friends with others based solely on getting to know the other person without friending or following others online.
A video posted by the young students has gone viral, with over 40 views and has inspired some to embrace meatspace life over online, or at least pursue a healthy balance.
“If you do a Google search there’s two articles (about the video), from Johnny Rottan (he’s a ninth-grader) and from my aunt Mimi. It’s definitely gone further than we thought it might,” says student Suzy Hildebrandt and seconded by student Cory Hackman.
† Note: I don’t know what is on Roger’s Profanisaurus beyond the single page linked there, nor am I going to look. I’m not responsible for other people’s pages. Just sayin’, because some of the entries on the Profanisaurus make a prudent individual think these things.
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Canadian not allowed into the US because of her “mental illness”. If you don’t think that this will be a likely story all over the US if we move to Obamacare, then you are truly unable to perceive reality.
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Paul Krugman needs to have the everloving stuffing beaten out of him. And I mean that like I’ve never meant it before.
The Years of Shame
Is it just me, or are the 9/11 commemorations oddly subdued?
Actually, I don’t think it’s me, and it’s not really that odd.
What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not — was deeply shameful. Te atrocity should have been a unifying event, but instead it became a wedge issue. Fake heroes like Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and, yes, George W. Bush raced to cash in on the horror. And then the attack was used to justify an unrelated war the neocons wanted to fight, for all the wrong reasons.
A lot of other people behaved badly. How many of our professional pundits — people who should have understood very well what was happening — took the easy way out, turning a blind eye to the corruption and lending their support to the hijacking of the atrocity?
The memory of 9/11 has been irrevocably poisoned; it has become an occasion for shame. And in its heart, the nation knows it.
I’m not going to allow comments on this post, for obvious reasons.
Yes, it’s pretty obviously why you wouldn’t allow comments. Because you are a chickenshit bastard who wants to re-write history and engage in a little self-fellatio.
Lemur King's Folly 
Well, if a 9th grader and aunt Mimi talked about it, it’s definitely an up and coming trend.
Viral? Hardly…. however, the concept of actually talking to people??
No wonder people think it’s difficult 😀
Oh, and I’m glad Krugman continues to yap like this. Pretty soon, the NYT will become obsolete because of it.
“Oh, and I’m glad Krugman continues to yap like this. Pretty soon, the NYT will become obsolete because of it.”
Piffle. The NYT is already obsolete, Krugman or not. He just doesn’t realize it is on life support.
But we keep saying that and they keep persisting in being around.
Listen to the second half of the Shepard-Risset Glissando… the news’ reporting on the ascent or descent of any one group of organization and predictions of their demise seem to me to be like the auditory illusions in the scales.
I’m not saying I disagree with you, but they keep NOT DYING. And it really bugs me.
Oh, this is a better Shepard scale…
Yeah, you win. I remember in the mid-90’s that Apple was going to fold, or be bought by SUN. Now look where they are, and where SUN is.
20-20 hindsight is always more accurate.
I wasn’t trying to win… I was just noting that I’ve thought NYT was going to go kaput a hundred times in the last decade and they keep not dying.
LK and I have been playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution for the last couple weeks. (*Excellent* game, btw.) The game is rife with conspiracy theorists and pundits yammering on about them. Krugman would fit right in.
Well, YOU call them conspiracy theories. I call it having faith in human nature.
How cute is it that y’all play together??
That sounds way wrong…. 😉
Our gaming styles are complementary. She believes in the goodness of others and plays nice. Me, not so much.
I take them down quietly with a tranquilizer dart so their last memories aren’t of fear, and then cap ’em, so I guess you could say I have a softer side.
Good thing I don’t play videogames. I would go all Aztec on their carcasses.
It all depends on whether or not they hurt innocents. 😉
Hurt innocents, rain fire down upon their heads.
Get in my way when I’m on the path of righteousness, rain fire down upon their heads.
Get snippy, rain fire down upon their heads.
Otherwise, live and let live.
Speaking of fads, this is what you get when you bathe with eels. You’re welcome.
Important material in the spam filter.
Unblocked. See above.
There’s a fish that does this sort of thing in South America or Africa. Difference being that they purposely go there and they have barbs so you can’t remove them.
Luckily I use soap and water as opposed to depending upon fish to clean me.
Candiru! Yep. Tweeted about that one. Speaking of which, have you gotten on board the Twiter train yet?
Nuh-uh. There’s such a thing as coming into a phenomenon too late. I’m not going to start twitting (tweeting?) now. Hell, I’ve read only one… ever… No, make that two. I’ve read two. That I know of.
The only twit I read is nick nolte’s mugshot.
http://twitter.com/#!/Nick_Nolte
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The best thing about wearin’ a rope for a belt is, I don’t have to take it off at airports.
But I wonder… now that the TSA has agreed (officially, anyway) to stop molesting our children are we adults going to be subjected to more “search time” (read: genitalia groping) in order for the TSA to get their jollies?
You can quintuple-boycott this blog but I ain’t reading Nolte’s twitterthings.
I think it’s that there’s no metal on a rope belt. That’s why I take mine off.
But if you enjoy being groped, by all means, leave your belt on still. To each his own.
Oh, and that’s not really nick nolte, it’s Nick Nolte’s mugshot.
I think. Somehow I don’t think even Nolte is stupid enough to really talk about doing meth off a racoon’s butt.
That’s not to say that he hasn’t actually snorted meth out of the crack of a ‘coon’s butt though, is it?
My trick if the TSA starts groping? I *lean into* the grope. Go with it. Let them think they’re doing you a service and they’ll speed it along as fast as they can.