damnum absque injuria

August 18, 2009

Anti-Gunners for Rape

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 11:11 pm

I’m not kidding.

August 16, 2009

No Good Deed

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 10:14 pm

The bad news is that no good deed goes unpunished. The good is that sometimes the punishment itself goes punished, too.

This Just In

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 7:23 pm

Water is wet, and not only isn’t The Moderate Voice moderate, it doesn’t even have a moderate voice.

They’ve Got His Gall

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 11:05 am

Colton Read learns the hard way that American Revolution notwithstanding, the king can still do no wrong.

August 14, 2009

Whole Cloth

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 10:40 pm

Hearing the libs go postal on Whole Foods for actually speaking truth to power almost makes me want to shop there myself. Almost.

How to Sound Profound

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 9:04 pm

It’s not so much what you say, as how you say it. Case in point:

Childish and immature: “I know you are, but what am I?”

Clinical and profound: “You are projecting.”

Discuss.

August 13, 2009

Civil Law 101

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 11:01 pm

Do you know the difference between “there oughta be a law” and “throw them bastards in jail?” If so, congratulations, you are officially overqualified to write for Salon.

Unconscionable Demagoguery

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 9:11 pm

TGirsch links to this gem in which Taunter argues that a 0.5% rescission rate is really a 10% rescission rate because the only people who commit insurance fraud are the ones who have big claims to gain from it. By that logic, one might just as well argue that banks are big meanies because while they only have a tiny fraction of their total “customers” arrested for bank robbery, they have a whopping 10% of those arrested who “withdraw” $100,000 or more in a single transaction.

Full disclosure: I work for an insurance company, albeit one that does not offer health insurance, thank God.

Miley, Schmiley

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 8:47 pm

What’s all the fuss about? I’m sure this is every bit as innocent as this.

All the TV You Can Watch

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 8:00 pm

Er, I mean, all you can fly. Cool, eh?

 

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