Moe Lane » Not-politics

Drudge sums it up: “JUDGE: Whales not slaves…”

Moe_Lane — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:15:00 +0000

I’m not sure that I’m ready to forgive CBS this opening sentence:

An effort to free whales from SeaWorld by claiming they were enslaved made a splash in the news but flopped in court Wednesday.

It’s just the tiniest bit tedious in its punditry.

Moe Lane

PS: Via Drudge, obviously.

PS: Due to PETA, just as obviously. I’d go eat some orcas in response, except that I actually like orcas.

“Rock the Casbah.”

Moe_Lane — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:41:15 +0000

Rock The Casbah, The Clash

I think that it was James Lileks who argued that bands like the Clash killed the Seventies dead, dead, DEAD. If so… thanks.

SHOOT THE MOUNTAIN LION, DAMN IT.

Moe_Lane — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:05:54 +0000

SHOOT EVERY MOUNTAIN LION THAT STRAYS WITHIN AN AREA INHABITED BY HUMANS. TAN THE SKINS, STUFF THE HEADS, AND MOUNT BOTH IN PROMINENT PLACES. THE MOUNTAIN LIONS WILL GET THE POINT VERY DAMNED QUICKLY.

THIS IS NOT A DIFFICULT CONCEPT TO GRASP.

MOE LANE

PS: VIA INSTAPUNDIT.

“Bradying.”

Moe_Lane — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:19:26 +0000

I dunno. This is all rather… uncivil, isn’t it? Only a cruel and vicious person would laugh, surely. And then there’s the video, too:

http://www.sweaterpunch.com/2012/02/bradying-makes-tebowing-look-cool/

Remember. Only cruel and vicious people would find this funny. Or the fact that the Giants came back from behind in the fourth quarter to beat the ~~Cowboys~~ [Patriots*].

Moe Lane

*Ah, my secret is out. I may not have a favorite team these days, but I still retain a least favorite team.

“Keep Me In Your Heart.”

Moe_Lane — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:00:26 +0000

Because I’m a cruel, heartless son of a bitch that way sometimes, that’s why.

Keep Me in Your Heart, Warren Zevon

Also: stupid allergies.

“Desperado.”

Moe_Lane — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:46:28 +0000

Desperado, Eagles

One of my two favorites from this band.

Well, folks, it was nice knowing all of you…

Moe_Lane — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:11:19 +0000

…because the Russians finally drilled through to that damnable lake lurking under the Antarctic ice. Oh, goody, here’s another detail: the site’s being bathed in the eldritch geomagnetic energies of the magnetic South Pole!

Well, maybe it’ll be a while before whatever was under the ice gets to here.

Moe Lane

PS: Yeah, obviously they got back in touch with the Russian site. Which is no doubt explaining in very simple Russian that da, everything is fine, no problems, everything is fine, no problems, everything is fine, but please send more dogs…

New Avengers trailer.

Moe_Lane — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:27:55 +0000

I have… good hopes about this film. Then again, I liked Thor (it should have been a miniseries, but that’s life) and thought both Iron Man and Captain America rocked on toast. In particular, I think that Robert Downey’s portrayal of Tony Stark is going to be one of the highlights of the movie, particularly if the director used him to play off the other Avengers.

Well, we’ll see. New footage in the trailer, so check it out. Movie comes out in May.

“Dead.”

Moe_Lane — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:51:18 +0000

Dead, They Might Be Giants

Defining these guys… isn’t exactly easy.

It’s healthy to sit in a outdoor cafe overlooking the Aegan sea…

Moe_Lane — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:04:58 +0000

…with a bottle of wine to hand and the sunset just beginning:

Too much sunlight is bad for the skin, but not enough may be a risk factor for stroke, according to a study presented here at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference.

Of the more than 16,000 black and white patients followed, those who lived in areas that had shorter exposure to sunlight had a 56% increased risk of stroke, Leslie McClure, PhD, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Ala., and colleagues found.

This is SCIENCE. You may not argue with it. Red wine and sunsets; SCIENCE demands that you do this.

It also recommends a nice antipasto.

Hey, there’s a Super Bowl today!

Moe_Lane — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:12:07 +0000

Go Giants.

(pause)

What? I’m from New Jersey and my dad was a hardcore Giants fan, God rest his soul.

Moe Lane

PS: If posting is light today it’ll probably be because of Skyrim, and it won’t be because of the game.

#rsrh Was the INTENT here to accuse JFK of being a sociopath?

Moe_Lane — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:42:51 +0000

Note that I’m using that term colloquially, not offering a clinical diagnosis. But this is an incredibly unappealing portrayal of John F Kennedy: it relates the story of an ‘affair’ between a barely-legal White House press officer and a manipulative, domineering, insensitive, distant, and frankly cruel scumbag with Daddy issues and a profound inability to keep it in his pants. If if is also a true account, then there are a number of former Washington press journalists that need to make public atonement for their part in covering it up at the time.

And when I say ‘atonement’ I mean ‘sackcloth and ashes.’ Also, I am not actually using figurative language.

Moe Lane

PS: I hope to God that it isn’t a true account, by the way. On general ethical principles.