Yep, Canadians don't get to see the Super Bowl ads when Americans do -- we have to watch them on our computers another time. So [Read more...]
“doubles as a shitty nutcracker”
When SomethingAwful.com is funny, it is goddamn funny as hell. Also I am retarded. Keurig: Tips and Hacks! if you don't put a pod into the keurig and press the button anyways, you can use it to wash very tiny … [Read more...]
My NEW Taki’s column: On Carrie Fisher, dead celebrity reanimation, and why Star Trek is better anyhow
I don't even care about "JOOOOOO!!!"-y comments anymore, I'll be honest... This state of affairs was predicted by Arthur C. Clarke and J.G. Ballard (“A kind of banalisation of celebrity has … [Read more...]
Is the Chinese Language a Superstition Machine?
Via Nautilus: The number four is tainted because of its homophony with the word for “death”—many Chinese people would never consider … [Read more...]
‘…no one seems afraid of white people anymore’
Jim Goad writes: Apparently panicking in the face of such rapid narrative collapse, the Chicago Tribune quickly belched out an article about how, according to FBI statistics, white-on-black “hate crimes” are still … [Read more...]
Blogging resumes Monday morning…
You may find me on Facebook... … [Read more...]
‘Unpopular Opinion: Punk Rock Is for Old Farts’
Nicholas Pell writes: I love punk rock and I love old people music, so it doesn't irk me that punk rock is now old people music. What bothers me is that it’s old people music masquerading as young … [Read more...]
‘I’ve never understood the slobbering love affair many have with outer space and, more specifically, NASA’
No, “James E. Miller” is not me writing under a fake name. When I wrote about this topic at Taki’s, I expect the comments were “well, you’re a stupid girl so you don’t GET it.” Not sure what they’ll say about … [Read more...]
Every “anti-fascist,” “anti-racist” leftist has a dark secret.
It's usually of a sexual nature, and they're trying to distract you from noticing it, by calling other people (and you) the worst names they can think of. However, here is, without a doubt, the most dramatic example I've seen in recent years, via[Read more...]
A Nine-Year-Old Boy is Spreading a “Contagion of Mass Delusion” via National Geographic
Walt Hayer writes: The transgender promotional cover photo of Avery fails to address the 41 percent of the transgender population who will at some point attempt suicide. Even when affirmed, accepted, and loved, transgender individuals … [Read more...]
Ann Coulter: The SPLC “is the biggest peddler of fantasies since Walt Disney”
Ann Coulter writes: The main take-away from all these stories is: We sure have taken in a lot of Muslims! They seem to have trouble assimilating to American laws about not committing mass murder, but the good news is, when it … [Read more...]
No neo-con ever called me ‘Baby’
No, conservative men aren't uniformly non-sexist (or whatever a better word is.) But this is barely satire: Many women in the Portland arts scene echoed Mendoza’s sentiments. “One time, … [Read more...]