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Month: July 2012

  • Ripley and her Alien Chestburster are beatified as Madonna and Child

    The Beatification of Lt. Ellen Ripley. I can't imagine what the Stations of the Cross would look like. Ripley and her Alien Chestburster are beatified as Madonna and Child Over the course of four movies- Ripley goes from Alien survivor to Alien mother. This painting by Jska Priebe casts the action heroine as a saintly […]

  • American Family Association News Director Blames Mass Shooting on ACLU- Gays- Liberal Churches

    Yes of course. By all means. American Family Association News Director Blames Mass Shooting on ACLU- Gays- Liberal Churches You can't have a national tragedy without at least one religious zealot crawling out of the woodwork and spouting off about the downfall of America. And lo- American Family Association news director Fred Jackson is up […]

  • Jonathan Franzen's Shtick

    “It seems like everyone wants to get on the Jonathan Franzen bandwagon of being a cranky contrarian about innocuous things people like. In unrelated news, my new book, Puppies and Kittens Are Giant Assholes is coming out soon. Enjoy the chapter about how butterflies are racist and don’t courtesy flush.” via Steve Almond vs. Jon Stewart […]

  • How to Make Your Blog the Centerpiece of Your Business

    Our gal Denise Wakeman's giving away her book on business blogging. Better grab it now. 😀 How to Make Your Blog the Centerpiece of Your Business How to Make Your Blog the Centerpiece of Your Business Your Blog is Your Home Base Though they had been around for many years- blogs burst on the scene […]

  • How Baby Boomers Benefited from The Greatest Generation's Legacy, Then Tore it Down

    Discussion on Reddit about the Boomer generation taking advantage of the social programs their parents created and then kicking the ladder away for everyone else: (a lot of generalizations) “Here’s my basic understanding of what went down: The generation that birthed the Baby Boomers suffered like hell. Depression, World War II; they shouldered that shit. […]

  • Why the Answer is 42

    “The number is unimportant, it’s the effect of the joke that matters. Everyone who hears that joke understands it, while at the same time not having a clue what it means. Because that is the joke, it’s about understanding, or the lack thereof. What the number 42 really represents is the inability of the human […]

  • Pixar's Peril

    A Redditor predicts the downfall of Pixar: “None of Pixar’s films should have sequels, and the only reason why Toy Story does is because of Pixar’s original deal with Disney. (I wish I could find the article that I read that in but I can’t, so either Google it or call me a liar.) Toy […]

  • Semimystical Thoughtwanking and the Abortion Debate

    “But over time I came to the realization that actually protecting every fertilized egg, which is the only way to be consistent with the position that the state should have a say in the fate of fertilized eggs, would require constant Orwellian monitoring of 51% of the population. You’d have to test women constantly for […]

  • The Great Backlash

    “The Great Backlash is a style of conservatism that first came snarling onto the national stage in response to the partying and protests of the late sixties. While earlier forms of conservatism emphasized fiscal sobriety, the backlash mobilizes voters with explosive social issues-summoning public outrage over everything from busing to un-Christian art – which it […]

  • The Einstein of Rape Jokes

    “I really want to believe that there should be no sacred cows in comedy. That a comedian should be able to tell jokes about any subject, no matter how difficult, no matter how much that subject might push my buttons, or anyone else’s. But if you’re going to venture into a subject as difficult as rape, […]