Talulah understand trajectory better than you

Talulah is a gifted little canine.

There’s a wall bordering where we take her out to throw the ball. Talulah’s favorite game is when I throw the ball — using a Chuck-It! — at an angle against the wall.

She is able to assess the trajectory and speed very quickly, and determine the necessary speed and direction she needs to run in order to intercept and catch the ball.

Often, her catch is more of a snatch than a catch. She grabs the ball out of the air as it enters from the side and compensates for the speed with a head jerk.

It’s really quite phenomenal.

When I throw the ball at the wall, you can see the steam exiting her ears as her mind works to do that math.

Now, I know she’s not doing math. But it’s doggie math. It’s athleticism. Let’s call it, mathleticism.

If you’ve seen her do it, which many of you have seen, you know that it’s somewhat astonishing to witness. She’s no walking-on-water Yeshua, namely because she does her miracles in real life. Her abilities require little to absolutely no faith.

Honk.

Of course, my little noggin starts working through how to integrate this mathleticism into a blog post.

I want to work this talent into a post about how Talulah understand trajectory better than people who support — say — conservative values. She understands how to achieve her goals better than any conservative I’ve ever met. Talulah knows that she can’t follow the ball outright. She has to meet the ball at the place where it’s going to be.

A dog just learning this trick tends to run straight after the ball. Straight thinking is the literal definition of Orthodoxy. Conservatives LOVE straight thinking.

Here’s a conservative thought process:

We have a menu. Let’s stick to that menu … we need to stick to the plan. Don’t veer from it. It says here that slavery is okay. But civil rights cannot include that. We must drag our feet. Oh yeah, you’re right. Slavery is not okay. Even though our menu says it’s okay. It’s not. Now let’s concentrate on homosexuality …

See. Conservatives follow the ball.

Liberals check the trajectory and speed. They meet the ball where it’s going to land.

And just like when an obstacle or notch in the wall redirects Talulah’s ball forcing her to redirect her plan of attack, liberals are able to work with lame-ass, orthodox conservatives when they force the ball in different directions.

Then again, Talulah understands trajectory way better than you.

Austin Frakt: Obamacare is the biggest tax increase in history … if you ignore history

Reblogged from Austin Frakt at The Incidental Economist.

Update: Per Austin’s comment below, you must go to his blog to read the whole two paragraphs of this blog. Thanks TIE.

Read on.

Although, I’m not sure it’s worth going to a web site that gets promoted on another blog, and the original blogger’s panties get wadded up over quoting two measly paragraphs of a widdle bitty post. This was the rough equivalent of a paragraph made from about a hundred sentences.

Those guys may be economists, but they aren’t economical with their periods.

 

17. Bryan Fischer gets his panties balled up over the New Yorker article #SSAweek

If you haven’t heard about this article, listen to today’s Fresh Air Interview. You might not be able to read the article if you don’t have a subscription to the magazine.

Bryan Fischer is able to strongly influence the leadership in the right-wing with his radio show.

Bryan Fischer is hilarious in his response, and his dumbass listeners will believe him without looking into it personally.

If I wanted to discredit someone, I would explain exactly what that was I was discrediting. But all he can do is explain that it’s bad journalism.

What a crock.

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“The View” On Michele Bachmann & The Marriage Vow

I hate to side with the conservative blathering on The View, but holy hell, even the conservatives on the show are lambasting The FAMiLY Leader’s nut-baggery. Give this a listen.

To top it off, the stupid is burning bright over at John Barron’s blog regarding the Marriage Vow document. And despite the FAMiLY Leader’s removal of the bullet point in question, Barron stands behind the bullet point in all John Barron’s ignorantly, racist glory.

Just like a good conservative, he’s got his grappling hook, dense head wrapped so tightly around his hope that he’s not wrong … that he won’t admit defeat.

Not only is John Barron arrogantly standing behind the inanity of supporting stupidity, he is moderating my comments — just like a good believer. Hide opposition and “sins”. It’s easier to move through life if reality can be ignored.

I posted a comment last night that was deliberately removed simply for saying, “Hey John Barron, your computer’s spellcheck appears to be broken.”

As he would write, “That’s rediculous [sic]!”

Love and kisses, John Barron!

Maddow Read My Mind (via SomeMusician)

I wanted to reblog this post, because I enjoyed Maddow’s response. And I am enjoying some of what I’m reading over at SomeMusician.

So I’m killing two birds. Go check out this blog. And go listen to Maddow’s response to Weinergate.

I commented over there too. So just keep the conversation going!

I was debating on whether to post my thoughts on the Weiner scandal. Let me first say that I am an avid supporter of Rep. Weiner. He was the Progressive movement's loudest voice and I loved watching clips of him chastising members of the House. Well, as it turns out, I don't need to write something, because Maddow, rather succinctly, articulates my thoughts on the matter. There is one thing, however, that I disagree with. This will not impact our … Read More

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Ann Coulter is a cunt

I’m not quite sure that “cunt” is strong enough for how I feel about the above clip.

Coulter is a shithole for degrading adoptees and homosexuals. If she were claiming to lead thought in the group I was associated with, I would throw her out with the Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh trash. She’s the third horseman in a group of ridiculous buffoonery. What an absolute embarrassment to good and decent humanity these people are.

In case your curious, this is the interview that is being referenced above.

These thoughts are from the group who oppose abortion.

How much cognitive dissonance must you have to be a part of the republican party?

If you have an unwanted child, abort him or her with destructive language.

That’s peachy cool!

 

COMMENTARY: Fiscally I’m A Right-Wing Nutjob, But On Social Issues I’m Fucking Insanely Liberal

From a very reliable source:

The world is a complicated place, and in this day and age, you just can’t expect a person to fall on the same political side of every issue he is confronted with. Things are more nuanced than that, and the average American might think one way about one topic, and a completely different way about another. For instance, when it comes to fiscal issues, I consider myself to be a rabid, foaming-at-the-mouth, right-wing lunatic. But on the social front, I’m a completely out-of-his-mind, wacked-out liberal loon.

It’s all about striking a balance, really.

Take finances. It is my opinion that all taxes whatsoever should be abolished, and that everything relating to money in any way should be privatized, including the minting of coinage. Thus, each American should have his own system of currency and his own bank named after him to maintain that currency, and anyone whose personal currency system fails in the unfettered free market should be left to die bleeding and penniless in the street, with his family crying helplessly at his side. Also, corporations should be able to buy whatever and whomever they want, and at the end of every year the richest and most powerful corporation should be allowed to physically demolish 15 other corporations that it wishes to see destroyed, murdering all of the various employees of said corporations in any way it sees fit. I guess you could say I’m a fucking nutcase conservative when it comes to this kind of stuff, but I do believe it’s an ideology that has its limits.

Rahm Emanuel declares victory, says, “Thank you, Chicago, for this humbling fucking victory.”

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Apparently Rahm Emanuel won the Chicago mayoral election without my vote. What a douchebag.

Just counting the seconds till he lays down napalm-style Eph Bombs. Just as long as Molly “Fucking” Phelan stays the hell out of my Alderman’s office, I’ll be a happy camper.

Story here.

***UPDATE***

I’m on a losing streak. Molly “Fucking” Phelan won the alderman seat in my ward. By six votes.

This is a woman who acts like a child in public.

I’m kicking myself for not posting at least once in opposition to Phalen. I didn’t think she had a chance.

Hey Molly, your mailings sucked. They were deceitful and ridiculous.

Knowing Phelan, what comes around goes around. She’ll be hiding behind closed doors when opposition comes a knockin’ at her door. When she feels even a tinge of the pressure she put against Alderman Helen Shiller, she’ll be found weeping in a crib in the corner.

She’ll be a bumbling idiot for her term and get voted out as soon as the next election rolls around.

When politicians kick ass, I like to watch

If it weren’t for how serious things are in Wisconsin right now, this video might be hilarious. Check out Rep. Gordon Hintz (D) during the Assembly Floor Session on February 18, 2011.

Regardless, a little fiery indignation never hurt anybody.

Take it away, Rep. Hintz.

Billy Boy, come on … you make it way too easy

Bill O’Reilly might be dumber than Sarah Palin at this point. He screwed up the simple science of tides in that interview with David Silverman. Then he smugly recorded the below retort to the haters.

What a moron.

You know what they taught me at my Christian high school? They said, “If you associate yourselves with a certain kind of person, it reflects on you.”

If you associate yourself with ignorance, it reflects on you. In hindsight, it’s damn good advice. There is no excuse for O’Reilly’s oblivion nor the full-time promotion of absolute stupidity. It’s not Bill O’Reilly’s fault he’s an idiot. He was born an idiot. It’s his fans fault for putting him on a pedestal.

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