History

Diogenes

An interesting story is the one where the young Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) met Diogenes, then a very old man. The powerful young conqueror, being solicitous of the old philosopher, asked what, if anything he could do for him. Diogenes replied, "I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give". As Alexander took his leave, he said "If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes." […]

History

Smithsonian: Washington British Loyalist

Smithsonian Propaganda Piece Implies George Washington, Paul Revere Pro-British During Revolutionary War. A recent Smithsonian magazine article features a whitewash of Scottish Rite history that would be laughable if it wasn’t so misleading and obscene. The article fails to note that freemasons can splinter into opposing and warring factions and sometimes do, and that the Revolutionary War was one such example. In the Revolutionary War, French masons who were already at war with England made alliances with Washington. […]

Gratuitous Impiety

True or False?

A syndicated journalist’s first encounter in an AOL chat room leads to an unexpected and sobering trip to Humilityville

by Evil Wombat, demon marsupial and guardian of children’s library (in hell). […]

Books

Mark Twain on Politics and Immigration, 1872

"They are a kindly disposed, well-meaning race, and are respected and well treated by the upper classes, all over the Pacific coast. No Californian gentleman or lady ever abuses or oppresses a Chinaman, under any circumstances, an explanation that seems to be much needed in the East. Only the scum of the population do it–they and their children; they, and, naturally and consistently, the policemen and politicians, likewise, for these are the dust-licking pimps and slaves of the scum, there as well as elsewhere in America." […]

Entertainment

Prison Break’s Funniest Moment

This should have been tragic but wasn't. In fact, it was funny, and it got funnier inasmuch as the scene called for pathos. The character was so one-dimensional, her actions so predictably stupid and incongruous with a gifted defense lawyer, it was more like watching Wile E. Coyote getting shot in the face with his own cannon after laying a trap for the Road Runner. […]

Entertainment

Bat Fight with Will Ferrell

Bat fight. With a baseball bat. It’s a game of honor and diplomacy…. This and a few other “Funny or Die” video gems from the inimitable Will Ferrell, including “Green Team”, “Will Ferrell Answers Internet Questions”, and the unedited version of “Boats and Hoes” from the film “Stepbrothers”. When using the embedded player, use bottom orange play button to view.
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JAG

Joe Maguire’s Vivisection of Ann Coulter

Ann told host Bill Maher that women “should be armed but should not vote. No, they all have to give up their vote…the problem with women voting- and your communists will back me up on this- is that, you know, women have no capacity to understand how money is earned. They have a lot of ideas on how to spend it. And when they take these polls, it’s always more money on education, more money on child care, more money on day care.” […]

Gratuitous Impiety

Lindsey England’s Ass Face Cookies

This week, Nabisco announced controversial plans to use Lindsey England’s face as a cookie mold for Butt Munch “ass cookies.” The cookies, graham crackers shaped like human buttocks, were on the drawing table for years and many thought the new product would never see the light of day. […]

Gratuitous Impiety

Ann Coulter- My Life as an Ex-Man

"Ann, your recent columns attacking a proposed Martin Luther King memorial were, if I dare say so myself, a little over the top. What can you offer as proof that blacks not only loved slavery, but that Africans often boarded the slave ships to enter America illegally?" […]

Censorship

25 Media Disinformation Tactics

“The conventional wisdom these days — as heard on radio talk shows in Virginia, in town meetings in New Mexico, or from taxi drivers in Boston — is that Americans just don’t like the press. What do they think? Would you be surprised to learn that reporters are held in the same low regard as undertakers and insurance salesmen…. and only slightly higher than politicians?” […]