Life Is But An Illusion (With Willing Fakers Everywhere)

How do we know we can trust anything he says now?

Don't Let The Green Grass Fool Ya (I'm A Rocket Man)

HEY, I SAW THAT, AND THEN THIS HAPPENED - ISN'T THAT REMARKABLE? 

 Chasing Coincidences - Statistics: 

Why it’s hard to recognize the unlikely.

IT'S BECOMING AS NORMAL AS PACKING A LUNCH FOR SCHOOL:

Loving mum who ‘became obsessed with religion’ slits son’s throat to release ‘demons’

ARE WE EVER SERIOUS ABOUT ANYTHING?

Are We Serious About Education?

YOU WOULD CRY TOO IF IT HAPPENED TO YOU:

Climate scientists must not advocate particular policies

Hear The Crowd Roar After A Pitcher Dinged A-Rod, Twice, For Cheating

My Practical Conservatism Is Better Than Libertarianism

As usual, I'm politically where the action is, and my conservative "friends" - as usual - are stuck out there putting lipstick on a pig again:

"Today, we’re reminded of why [Rand] Paul will never be able to gain much traction outside the libertarian-right without a big change: His shocking blind spot on race."

Oh, don't I know it. Notice my little racial tirade over the weekend? It was in response to Rand Paul supporters. Those people Public Enemy's Flava Flav should've been talking about (instead of just feminists) when he said, "You're blind, baby. You're blinded by the facts, of who you are, because you watching that garbage - straight garbage!" 

And yes, I include libertarian Glenn Reynolds' "advice" as a big part of that ugly, useless package.

Worse than a bunch of Romney-backing clowns now trying to tell my black ass what to do, is the realization these conservatives obviously have no clue what they're doing politically (after - based on Reynolds' wrong-headed assessment of a Romney win - they'd smugly told me "We don't need your vote!") They're now so ideologically driven they have totally forgotten how to win elections. 

Get over it, guys - reality's against you.

"Libertarian populism won't save the GOP."

"Romney to NH GOP: Don’t vote in anger in the 2016 primaries and nominate someone who can’t win."

"Rasmussen poll of Republican voters: Christie 21, Rubio 18, Jeb Bush 16"

I mean, Duh-and-Double-Duh. You know how this round is going to go:

They've got a winner in Christie (who they blame for Obama's win, instead of themselves, for backing Romney) but, rather than taking the win, they're going to embarrass themselves further by bashing their own heads in. Then they'll bash in the heads of anyone who doesn't agree totally with everything they demand (that's what they did with me) and then they'll lose. Again. Without honor or even a smidgen of hope for success. 

That's crazy.

Like the last man I voted for, George W. Bush, I like being right more than being popular.

"His aides wanted to delete it from his speech, and President George W. Bush was mocked by ESPN and Meryl Streep for it afterward. But when he used his 2004 State of the Union address to raise the issue of steroids in baseball, it boosted the issue to the top levels of politics. 

Nine years later, analysts say Major League Baseball may never have reached the point this week where it issued the biggest suspensions in 90 years had official Washington not turned the spotlight on performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). 

Matt Welch, editor in chief of Reason magazine, who has written on baseball and the government, said the government made a point of going after high-profile end-user players — an important strategic decision. 

“That really showed this was about making examples. That was explicit in George W. Bush’s State of the Union address. This was all about making examples,” he said."

I wrote about the need for shaming just this morning. Now it's evening, and I've got another message for my conservative "friends":

If you're as resistant to it as liberals - along with the need to apologize when you're wrong - then I hope you like nature, a lot, because you're going to be wandering in the political wilderness for years, and possibly decades, to come.

Know who your real friends are, people - this time it's really real:

And all yours to lose,...

 

"The Corrections" Isn't Just A Book Title, You Know?

If everyone caught lying was treated like this, we'd be a much better country by now:

"The boo-birds came out in force again Tuesday for Alex Rodriguez. 

But then something different — a swelling of cheers from the crowd in Chicago. 

The fans let out a healthy roar after A-Rod was grazed on the elbow by a Chris Sale pitch in the third inning."

Or how about this baller:

"Before the debate, Weiner put a hand on McDonald's back and said hello, prompting McDonald to reply: 'I would appreciate if you would never touch me again.'"

Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Mitt Romney, Oprah Winfrey, Glenn Reynolds, Ann Althouse - the potential list of targets goes on:

Really - when it comes to how society currently functions - what we need is a little more shame:

Can you imagine all the "upscale subversives" we'd be done with?

Blacks Shame Their Children (To Straighten Them Out)

 

Quick, somebody, call the police! This is worse than A-Daddy-With-A-Belt - or Baseball's remedy for cheaters on steroids - because of the future implications:

 Two black people are depriving a girl of the mentality that produces abortions. 

Dear Lord, this is "abuse" - especially when the man starts laughing:

Somebody better contact a feminist - and hurry.

One Public Petition I'd Like To See Quickly Submitted To The White House For Action (And It's From The Dead,...)

Last Night's Movie: "Bigger, Stronger, Faster" (In Full)

As we watch - and even celebrate - the destruction of Lance Armstrong over steroids, this one's worth a gander. It'll make you think. It made me think. I still don't like Lance, or Arnold, or Sly, or Barry, or Jose Conseco - but I do like thinking - and this surprisingly sensitive and fair film will stimulate some:

If nothing else, I'm glad I got smart to this form of masculinity before I fully dedicated myself to it.

 A Big Thumbs Up - especially for the whole thing being presented online,...

 

Dim-Rod Awkwardly Practices Clapping After Learning How By Watching Children On Bozo Reruns

Dim-Rod, having tanked his season, tanked his wife, tanked his children, tanked his teammates and fans with his steroid use and lies, has now been found to have been addicted to a whore (other than Minge).

If you ever wanted to know what a special kind of stupid looks like, here it is:

Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez was more than a customer of Kristin Davis' high-priced prostitution ring -- he dated the former Manhattan madam too, according to an explosive report.

In June 2006, Rodriguez allegedly became a regular of one of Davis' agencies soon after meeting her a gym, two former call girls told the New York Daily News.

A-Rod, then-married, had asked Davis "what she was doing" the first time they met, the anonymous sources said.

Davis, who has claimed Eliot Spitzer as a client, was about to go out with a boyfriend. She gave Rodriguez a card that he later used to book a two-hour "date" with a prostitute, The News reported.

But Rodriguez really pined for Davis and would court her with flowers and jewelery, the sources said. On one email he wrote that he was "addicted" to her, they said.

Eventually, Davis relented and the two briefly dated -- free of charge, according to the sources…

DANIEL MACHT, NBC

When pressed further about his steroid use, Dim-Rod claimed he got the idea from Minge:

“Minge injects steroids into her labia, and she can pick me up like a quarter, so I thought…”

Dim-Rod then wandered off to his habit of walking the streets asking random women “Are you my mommy?”

Something About The Truth (Makes It All Better)

"I'm guilty for a lot of things. I'm guilty for being negligent, naive, not asking all the right questions."

-- Alex Rodriguez, with his ex-wife, Cynthia, by his side, admitting he took steroids - but using words that could just as easily apply to his affair with Madonna and Kabbalah - both of which were nowhere to be found now that he has to face the truth of his actions, on ESPN.

Now That's Just Poetic

"None of that stuff is based on any fact."

-- Jeff Borris, Barry Bonds' manager, on rumors the Red Sox, Mets, Diamondbacks and Rays, seriously considered signing steroids' poster boy, in the SFGate