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H0tLinkerz Pwned!

February 2nd, 2006 · 1 Comment · Geek Out!

Previously, I mentioned how irritated I was with clueless idiots from Myspace who hotlink who hotlink images from my site because they can’t be bothered to simply copy them and upload them to their own server. This can include images I made myself, and images I copied from somewhere else to illustrate something.
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Terrocracies and Commocracies and Clownocracies, Oh My!

February 2nd, 2006 · No Comments · Blogs Wot I Read

Comedian and crackerjack political commentator Adam Felber sets the record straight:
Fanatical Apathy - Corrections
Dictatorships shelter terrorists, and feed resentment and radicalism, and seek weapons of mass destruction. Democracies replace resentment with hope, respect the rights of their citizens and their neighbors, and join the fight against terror.
The President meant that democracies that do not elect [...]

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In Which I Gently Correct Dorothea

February 2nd, 2006 · 2 Comments · Blogs Wot I Read

Caveat Lector ? Dramarama
I am in contact with New Librarian’s parents, who are afraid to lay the appropriate smackdown because New Librarian “shuts down” when they try, since she “is threatened by them” and (eye-rolling alert, folks) “her self-esteem is shattered.” I shall endeavor to convince them that some tough love is in order.
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Boehner? Boehner? Anyone Else? Boehner?

February 2nd, 2006 · No Comments · Politics, Schmolitics

Lobbying Colors GOP Leadership Contest
Boehner, the guy who handed out checks on the House floor from tobacco concerns, has just been elected Majority Leader. A fair chunk of his change was raised from Abramoff-linked Indian tribes. Not that it’s wrong that they’re Indians, it’s that they were working with Abramoff.
“We will want people who [...]

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The Fashion Police and their Attack Ferrets

February 2nd, 2006 · No Comments · Clan: McTiVo

My buddies on HIGHLA-L will be amused by this for several reasons. First of all, ferrets is always funny. Second, most of them were proabably into “Due South,” too.
Back in the day, I was the official “Ferret Minion Wrangler” and “Stoat Recruitment Specialist” on the list. Good times.
via Manolo The Shoeblogger

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