Too Stupid for Words category archive
Unqualified 0
When I would jawbone with the IT manager at one of my old employers’, we used to agree that anyone dumb enough to do something like this on his work computer should be fired for stupid.
Sex Education 0
If you don’t talk about sex, it doesn’t exist.
(No, I don’t find it any easier to discuss with my kids than anyone else does–thank God my ex was a nurse who could deal with the Talk, and she dealt with it very well).
When I was a young ‘un, there was no such thing as sex education, at least not in the schools and in most cases not in the homes.
In rural mostly-Protestant Jim Crow Virginia, where I grew up, abstinence-only was assumed, at least by parents.
Sure, every year, some girls would sort of disappear from the high school, no one would say why.
Sure, every teen-aged boy back then was concerned mostly with how to become Not Abstinent.
Just like every teen-aged boy now and forever.
It seems to me that the only difference between then and now is that the teen-aged girls are a little more honest about wanting to be Not Abstinent.
Sure, knowledge is the best weapon against stupidity and against girls disappearing (or, more likely these days, ballooning) every year in high school.
Sure, our governor lives in a fantasy world where hormones don’t moan and ignorance promotes virtue.
The motto seems to be, “Let them learn about sex in the back alleys and the locker rooms, just like your parents did.”
Furrfu.
Unknown Quantity 0
Reality, in Republican circles.
Mean Streets 0
Unstable Isotope finds a Beckian guide to Washington, D. C.
It’s–oh, never mind. Just take a gander. It panders to the xenophobes and the haters speaks for itself.
Apparently, It’s Only All Right If You’re White (Updated) 0
John Cole has the video.
It appalls, but it does not surprise.
When you unleash bigotry, you get bigotry.
Addendum:
An update at Balloon Juice.
Afterthought: If this sort of stuff doesn’t make you really really ashamed of America and Americans, I grieve for you, for you Just Don’t Get It.
Cuccinelli Witchhunt Updates (Updated) 0
Virginia Attorney-General Cuccinelli continues his attempt to entangle a scientist in court proceedings because the AG does not like the science.
I didn’t like 10th grade biology teacher.
Why didn’t I think of suing Mr. Turner?
Addendum:
The Shockoe Literary Messenger has news of the next Koo-Koo-Koo-Croosade.
Facebook Frolics II 0
(Link fixed.)
Check those privacy settings.
(snip)
Talvitie-Siple told the Patriot-Ledger that she did not realize the page was a public one.
The Fifth Freedom 0
Freedom of
- speech,
- the press,
- religion,
- the press,
and, most dear of all, freedom of rude:
The conservative advice maven made the announcement on CNN’s “Larry King Live,” saying she wants to “regain her First Amendment rights.”
Facebook Frolics 0
Words fail me.
The detective testified that he went to Adams’ home and that Adams agreed to meet with him at the police station. Less than 10 minutes later, Adams posted a second Facebook message that “he needed this girl knocked off right now,” Billie testified.
Too Many Lawyers, Too Little To Do 0
I doubt seriously that anyone will confuse a Godly effort with Best Buy:
At issue is Strand’s black Volkswagen Beetle with door stickers bearing the name “God Squad” in a logo similar to that of Best Buy’s Geek Squad, a group of electronics troubleshooters.
Afterthought:
I wonder what the Mod Squad people have to say about this.
No Einsteins on the Right II 0
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Excerpt: “Physics is a liberal plot . . . .”
Via TPM.
Call HUAC 0
Bicyles unAmerican:
I must be surrounded by unAmericans, because a lot folks in these parts seem to like their bikes.
Afterthought:
And you wonder why they put the “nut” in “wingnut.”
Via TPM.
No Einsteins on the Right 0
Honestly, you can’t make this stuff up.
I guess all those nuclear power plants aren’t really producing electricity after all.
Furrfu.
Twits on Twitter 0
Jockeying for position.
Teaching Sportsmanship 0
This Babe Ruth coach won’t be back next year:
“The coach blind-sided the umpire,” said the grandmother, who asked to have her name withheld for fear of retaliation. “He went out like a piece of cardboard. Then his legs started vibrating. … it appeared that he couldn’t get up for 10 minutes.”