“There is no such thing as ‘safe’ Socialism. If it’s safe, it’s not Socialism. And if it’s Socialism, it’s not safe. The signposts of Socialism point downhill to less freedom, less prosperity, downhill to more muddle, more failure. If we follow them to their destination, they will lead this nation into bankruptcy.”

— Margaret Thatcher, 1976

Dog Days Double Prime


Coming in January:

Dogs and Cats, living together (with foxes and bunnies), mass hysteria!

(Youtube (region-locked; I use HideMyAss VPN for moments like this…); web site)

#23 in anime Blu-ray discs


…is the Mouretsu Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace movie, due out on November 12th. The deluxe edition is only at #86 today.

Speaking of space piracy...


The official Blu-ray release date for the Bodacious Space Pirates movie is November 12th.

How did I miss this one?


Chiaki: set phasers to tsun!

(via a google image search for Schnitzer, but no complaints. No idea where it originally came from, or I’d give proper credit; the largest size I found was here, a 4chan image-archive site)

Midwestern Paleo


Midwestern Paleo

Nothing says “born in Ohio” like processed meats, purchased in the middle of the night at Walmart.

And, yes, it’s one of my guilty pleasures, and after 20 years of not finding it in California groceries, a little light bulb went on and I tried the local Walmart. They also reliably stock the jalapeno bologna, so I can pretend to a more sophisticated palate.

I passed on the giant bag of Honeycomb cereal snack food, though. That’s a guilty pleasure that would earn a scolding from my doctor.

Man bites dog


In a shocking turn of events, a police officer who shot a family’s dog for no good reason actually got fired for it.

Inadvertent fortune cookie


I walked into someone’s cube to deliver a new document scanner (the excellent Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500), and found this little gem attached to her monitor cable:

Samsung Engrish

Reasons to respect Beretta USA...


  1. Ending the cycle of abuse.
  2. Moving to a city named Gallatin.
  3. Having General Manager Jeff Cooper deliver the announcement.

I’m guessing El Neil is doing a happy dance right about now.

(via Ace)

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 got a clue, leave a clue”