tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post5800358380834674728..comments2023-08-04T00:31:05.621-04:00Comments on DFQ2: Exile on ArsenicTokyo Shemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-61581756082140494972015-10-01T11:13:35.534-04:002015-10-01T11:13:35.534-04:00I've no clue why this entry was popular. You&#...I've no clue why this entry was popular. You're correct it wasn't one of your best. I mean, write what you want to, but this was no high brow the medium is the conspiracy oeuvre.<br /><br />There were probably a number of factors. Sharapova. You came up with a good title for click-bait. There were a lot of comments which I did not reread.<br /><br />You may have missed it in my barrage last night, but I explained on your Obama/Putin article that I wasn't attacking your schtick. I was saying the ptb's are always reviving stale schticks that should have been put out to pasture decades ago.<br /><br />I switched to the all-time list and thankfully Theresa Duncan is #1. That Bob article is a thorn in my attempt to transcend the kook label. I think Bob's piece does well because it's on mkultra and a lot of folks probably more than most will admit to having kooky topics as their guilty pleasure.<br /><br />We are the Bernie Sanders of blogs. All clicks are being fought for. We will speak to the kook vote, the wingnut vote at times or wtf happened with the Patterico styled cross-pollination. We went after the far left vote with the Giordano stuff I suppose. I have also tried to cater to the goofy vote, I mean goofy clicks.<br /><br />Hillary type voters/website readers are the only vote I do not care about. They need to be shamed into voting for Bernie, period. That is the only hope for them.<br /><br />I'm just waking up. I imagine I'll respond some more on the Wall Street Angel post where you went into full-blown contrarian mode.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-91360802339133794472015-10-01T08:41:20.418-04:002015-10-01T08:41:20.418-04:00Can you do a front page alltime list? That would b...Can you do a front page alltime list? That would be cool for a few days anyway.donkeytalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567075684155583796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-13323861713552710682015-10-01T08:40:12.762-04:002015-10-01T08:40:12.762-04:00"Stop now""Stop now" donkeytalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567075684155583796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-58393878986934997542015-10-01T08:39:02.307-04:002015-10-01T08:39:02.307-04:00The Stones were and are so ubiquitous that one for...The Stones were and are so ubiquitous that one forgets that in their prime they actually were a good band.<br /><br />It's always fun to surprise the kids with a track here and there that confirms their former greatness.<br /><br />I really do wish they would top now. Old white fockers rocking out to hits from 40-50 years ago over and over again just sucks.donkeytalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567075684155583796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-19804413689449588942015-10-01T08:36:00.043-04:002015-10-01T08:36:00.043-04:00I have often marveled at the enduring popularity o...I have often marveled at the enduring popularity of this totally mailed-in masterpiece but the thread does check all the boxes: cross blogger melodrama, TLNL and an outsider troll deftly handled by moi.<br /><br />The Sharapova makes some difference but this is also an unfiltered report from the 1960s front lines which is a rare find in todaze internets which consistently gets the 60s wrong, along with most of history.<br /><br />What truly cracks me up is the enduring popularity of the Bob masterpiece. <br /><br />That has to be number 1 alltime on the DFQ2 hit parade, no?donkeytalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567075684155583796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-10049759366436721082015-10-01T02:26:45.773-04:002015-10-01T02:26:45.773-04:00Yeah, I came back to check out Sharapova. I was ne...Yeah, I came back to check out Sharapova. I was never a big Rolling Stones fan. But some of it is most excellent. 2010. This was when DFQ2 peaked for artistic aesthetics of old-school salon discourse in the internet age. I see TLNL made the first comment. The best was himself going after the Rivero crowd and Larry and I believe he and I teamed up against a number of ideological foes. I think he went after Al Giordano. He definitely did not like BradBlog. That was some great super-trolling he did. He simply got out of the kook milieu too late. I bailed out of it as soon as I realised it was rigged, now known as "conspiracy stories" as exhibited in the Snowden JTRIG cyber magician documents I definitely still believe in so-called chemtrails. I wouldn't call them that, however. It's to block out the ozone and experiment with geoengineering global warming. The latter has to be higher up, though, towards the stratosphere. The fake cumulus one sees is more in line with where it works best to dilute/diminish dangerous solar rays. I do not regret those early couple years. It taught me how to recognise paid fakes and useful idiots. Later on I learned of regular guys.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-4417176434839052202015-10-01T02:15:37.817-04:002015-10-01T02:15:37.817-04:00I saw this in the top ten list and am re-reading i...I saw this in the top ten list and am re-reading it.<br /><br />You penned, "War, children. Its never going away."<br /><br />I hate to start a controversy, but that sounds awfully similar to, "Beef. It's what's for dinner."Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-84409937444863006142015-06-09T23:54:47.967-04:002015-06-09T23:54:47.967-04:00I'm doubling down and ginning it up.I'm doubling down and ginning it up.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-82461873811335799862015-06-09T23:53:31.433-04:002015-06-09T23:53:31.433-04:00I'll just say this. LeBron still needs to will...I'll just say this. LeBron still needs to will at least two more wins in four games. GS needs to wake the fuck up. I would no longer recommend betting the farm on GS. I'd do a more traditional bet but still go with GS. It is getting even more physical.<br /><br />LeBron's shooting percentages are putrid. He has won nothing yet. Mark my words, Horatio. I change my mind. Take all your money and move it all in on Golden State.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-5348315949098979672015-06-09T23:47:15.738-04:002015-06-09T23:47:15.738-04:00There will have to be a Senate investigation on th...There will have to be a Senate investigation on this game.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-42683861382391349102015-06-09T23:46:31.073-04:002015-06-09T23:46:31.073-04:00omg GS is getting the ball back. This could get ve...omg GS is getting the ball back. This could get very controversal like last year with the Clippers/Oklahoma.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-21488572928810199702015-06-09T23:45:02.555-04:002015-06-09T23:45:02.555-04:00It's still a three pt. game with 18.8 seconds ...It's still a three pt. game with 18.8 seconds left and I had given up. I shouldn't be allowed to watch the end. Though Cleveland still has to miss free throws, turn it over and GS has to hit some more threes. 18 seconds without the ball down three is not usually a winning position.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-61915084053780341712015-06-09T23:36:45.707-04:002015-06-09T23:36:45.707-04:00Good to see Delladanova start to get banged back. ...Good to see Delladanova start to get banged back. He is a dirty player. Cavs won. They at least have a moral victory. Many thought they'd get swept or win one game. So far GS has been choking away the series. Cleveland is smelling deer blood in the headlights. LeBron is an arrogant, crass individual. He is nice. I give him that. But I get the impression he lacks self-awareness and is as dumb as a bag of nails.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-9434231292692575842015-06-09T23:31:02.381-04:002015-06-09T23:31:02.381-04:00Next time Larry shows up, I will use the phrase, &...Next time Larry shows up, I will use the phrase, "You mad, bro?"<br /><br />Or "Cool story, bro?" Maybe I will substitute Bubba for bro.<br /><br />The new person isn't a writer. She wants to learn. I don't know what to say.<br /><br />It is interesting. I have a background in teaching writing, but I never noticed until now how much power editors can have.<br /><br />She picked interesting topics and the links are good. She's a retired hippie nurse from England. It'd be nuts to be mean to her at all. I was actually kind of lax in going over her materials. So the entries would have been more current, if I'd gotten off me arse.<br /><br />I liked the one about the gigolo wannabe. Human interest stories are very interesting. Watching a cop go insane in front of everyone with Chip Cunningham having the latest video technology. His camerawork was a lot better than most stuff you see on the internet. You can't make this shit up. That's what's so fascinating. His acrobatic or Shaq-like tumble. I'd have to watch it more slowly. The girl is 14 or 15 in a very skimpy bikini, nothing wrong with that she's going swimming.<br /><br />It was nuts. Even a couple other cops tried to settle down Francis or wtf his first name is.<br /><br />No one committed a crime. The cop assaulted and terrorised people. I'm not saying he needs to go to prison, but he should get a felony suspended sentence for armed assault and various other charges. Maybe he should serve at least six months in the clink. He acted like a criminal. You can't threaten and assault people like that. That it was kids and caught on pristine film, it's an amazing story.<br /><br />Sometimes the stories I like aren't that big, but this one both appeals to me and the zeitgeist. Though it will probably run out of steam. Baltimore should pick up again. And there is the Tamir Rice murder in Ohio that needs to be resolved. That was manslaughter. Again to quote Grouch, hot stove, don't touch. You murder someone and you should go to prison for that kind of mistake. Involuntary manslaughter. Slager is 1st degree premeditated murder and conspiracy to obstruct justice with the taser schtick. He can maybe plead temporary insanity. That was fricken outright murder. Maybe he should get life without parole. Cops need to learn. They are no longer in control of social reality moving forward. They are doomed as is. Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-88109122855509204302015-06-09T23:16:45.880-04:002015-06-09T23:16:45.880-04:00Deray went to McKinney. I suppose that was a waste...Deray went to McKinney. I suppose that was a waste of funding or wtf. I was watching some MSNBC and CNN and saw no coverage of protests, though you can find that stuff on news websites. Maybe I missed it. They were going on and on about escaped convicts and a fake terror scare at a WH briefing conference.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-8305031200421234802015-06-09T23:14:49.659-04:002015-06-09T23:14:49.659-04:00I'm watching the game. It is very crazy.
Resi...I'm watching the game. It is very crazy.<br /><br />Resigning isn't good enough. The guy has to face charges. Cops need to learn hot stove, don't touch or who knows how many Dorner's and Frein's will pop up.<br /><br />That Teach for America guy Deray is bizarre. He is tight with the woman who runs TFA ST. Louis and who is in tight with Obama. This is a mess of a social structure.<br /><br />Meanwhile the right wing fakes are playing off of it. Deray can be linked in the past to a Soros funded Baltimore program. All he did was end up with a lot of followers on Twitter. He was making $110,000 in Minneapolis schools hiring fake teachers and probably got run out of town. I don't know. It's weird!Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-16218922329661063232015-06-09T22:09:54.620-04:002015-06-09T22:09:54.620-04:00"Cpl. Eric Casebolt has resigned from the McK..."Cpl. Eric Casebolt has resigned from the McKinney, Texas, police department, following actions responding to a party on Friday that police Chief Greg Conley described as "out of control" and "indefensible," the Dallas Morning News reports.<br /><br />At a press conference Tuesday evening, Conley said the resignation concludes the department's internal investigation but that a criminal investigation is continuing. Charges against an 18-year-old who was the only person arrested at the party will be dropped, the Morning News reports."donkeytalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567075684155583796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-86814613877258380832015-06-09T20:19:23.634-04:002015-06-09T20:19:23.634-04:00The McKinney incident seems to be an outlier for D...The McKinney incident seems to be an outlier for DFW, in more ways than one. McKinney is w-a-a-y out there on the fringes of the Metroplex, really closer to being country than city and it is upper middle class. It is saying something positive that there is even a black community out there. It is saying something positive that the black kids and the white kids were partying together peacefully until somebody decided the cops needed to be called out.<br /><br />The freaking cop in the video seemed singularly unhinged and picking on a woman, let alone a high school girl should get him perma-banned from the Forces of Evil and ostracized for all time.<br /><br />Dallas, and Texas in general, is not all that racially tense in the streets, in fact less so by far than the Northeast of my experience. Dallas is a true melting pot in every part of town these days and the wealthier burbs too. The good economic conditions of the prior several years (fueled by oil/gas and MIC to be sure) have lifted all boats. Of course there is still plenty o racism, this is the south and the US of A-Holes after all, and there's a heinous legacy of so many erroneously convicted/railroaded negroes during the 50s - 80s but even that's improving today thanks to the Innocence Project and the general trend towards criminal justice reform for non-violent crimes that was actually endorsed by.....Rick Perry.<br /><br />Where 25 years ago there was a clearer boundary between people of colour south of downtown and the whiteyfied north, today there are whites trickling south and blacks/browns/Asians moving north in ample numbers usually with no problems.<br /><br />As reflected even by the McKinney incident itself, which is far north and formerly lily white but now has a contingent of black folks who swim in the pools and attend the schools.<br /><br />while this was inexcusable, I found the far more alarming incident the one that occurred a few weeks back where those Everybody Draw Muhammad Morons came into a highly Muslim populated area of town (also north) to hold one of their stupid public hate events and managed to attract some Fake ISIS warriours with real pistolas. LOL. donkeytalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567075684155583796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-76330459988511599732015-06-09T19:56:42.088-04:002015-06-09T19:56:42.088-04:00It could be choking to a degree or it could be the...It could be choking to a degree or it could be the officials allow a lot more physicality than a small finesse team can handle. <br /><br />GS actually outshot CLE (40% to 32%) last game although didn't seem like it because the Cavs thoroughly outrebounded them and the officials were in extreme swallow the whistle mode in the paint. The calls evened out but the more physical the game the more this will keep CLE in it with a chance to win.<br /><br />Curry needs to shoot respectably (for him) or even slightly below his average and GS wins game 2. So yeah, I like their chances but the CLE D really looked like it was having an effect so it will be interesting to see if they can repeat that intensity or whether GS was just mailing it in, thinking like the rest of us the series was over with Irving sidelined.<br /><br />I really dug Canadian Bob's schtick. Ditto, TLNL. <br /><br />I have to confess I even liked Larry in small doses.<br /><br />Still trying to work up same enthusiasm for KKKeaping it Real. She seems to be improving her schtick with every effort although it is a tad too formulaic for my bent. But she's new and it takes some time for all of us to loosen up and find our voice. <br /><br />Namaste.donkeytalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567075684155583796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-22972471984194080112015-06-09T16:42:53.089-04:002015-06-09T16:42:53.089-04:00If Cleveland wins two more that means a game seven...If Cleveland wins two more that means a game seven and then anything can happen. /nail bitingTokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-67099809425262237652015-06-09T16:40:16.538-04:002015-06-09T16:40:16.538-04:00a political analyst with a penchant for astute, ti...a political analyst with a penchant for astute, timely commentary du jour until obsession with fakeleft derailed an otherwise fast track trajectory to greatness.... Weren't we gonna come up with a movie script?Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-21402956622121013652015-06-09T16:28:29.582-04:002015-06-09T16:28:29.582-04:00And sorry for not finishing a sentence above. Hous...And sorry for not finishing a sentence above. Houston would be complete garbage like NY and Brooklyn, but Howard is pretty good and Harden certainly picked it up. Yet only one team can win it all and they still seem far away. There is a lot at stake with this year's finals. If Cleveland wins, I will admit I am a basketball idiot and LeBron must be the best of all time. <br /><br />I just don't see it. For all of LeBron's alleged greatness, when you break down his stats they aren't all that great. They stole that game. Unless GS players get injured to level the playing field, they will be the favourite every game.<br /><br />Maybe they will choke as youngins never there before. That to me sounds unlikely. But now I must admit the Cavs should be able to win at last one or two more. I would still bet the farm on Golden State winning this series. Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-53049306983806899022015-06-09T16:21:54.582-04:002015-06-09T16:21:54.582-04:00Maybe it's du jour. I've lost a few brain ...Maybe it's du jour. I've lost a few brain cells over the years.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-85904101731511799572015-06-09T16:12:38.353-04:002015-06-09T16:12:38.353-04:00Canadian Bob with the last laugh. He always seems ...Canadian Bob with the last laugh. He always seems to be at the top for most read entries with the Project Monarch Butterfly schtick. Haha, the great donkeytale, former political analyst au genius, now relegated to the world of conspiracy theorists.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-25449483112167108512015-06-09T13:29:22.219-04:002015-06-09T13:29:22.219-04:00Jameer Nelson wasn't good even when he was you...Jameer Nelson wasn't good even when he was young. Dallas had to do something. Brad Stevens as Dallas coach would have made that trade work, if we switched coaches. You don't try to cram a player into a system unless it's easy and assured to succeed. And they picked up Rondo for his defense? Wow, just wow, to steal another schtick line or there I said it.<br /><br />Brandan Wright wasn't anything special, but you go to war with the army you have (see Rumsfeld, Doofus). He could block shots and score some points as a pf/string bean center.<br /><br />Crowder not getting much action in Dallas says it all. That is Doc Rivers' styled coaching. Just let good talent rot on the bench, make careers for half your players go stagnant. Those who get Doc/Carlisle love think it's all good. The rest don't.<br /><br />In the NBA, coaches need to form a system around the individual talents on the team. Stevens and Ainge are visionaries. Just be patient. Look at what Ainge had at the end of the last Pierce/KG year. Look at the totality of all his assets at that point. (a clue: there wasn't much there)<br /><br />Last year Ainge kicked ass. In fact, if there is an award for the best two year stretch of general managing, it has to go to Danny Ainge. He just shouldn't spend all the money in the one shop, a line I stole from Ireland. They love that one. Don't spend it all in the one shop!Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.com