A Stitch in Haste

John McCain recently gave a speech in which he promised, unsurprisingly, to appoint "conservative" judges who would refrain from engaging in "judicial activism."

Of course, "judicial activism" often means protecting the inherent rights of politically disadvantaged insular minorities from the tyranny of the majority. To radical majoritarians like McCain, "judicial activism" is somehow a bad thing.

And, as some of us know, it really is hard being part of a politically disadvantaged insular minority:


Of course, VanFresh is Canadian, and Canada is often better at protecting minorities than the U.S. So he'll probably be fine.

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And what, pray tell, is a "Doggelgaenger"?

Simple: Dog + Doppelgaenger = Doggelgaenger

Behold:


This amazingly pretty lass is the "May" entry in my ASPCA calendar.

Remind you of anyone?


Need more "Wow" factor? The other dog's name is "Ruby."

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Back in August 2007, a loyal reader in Australia suggested that his dog Sioban might also be a long lost cousin of Diamond:


Also super-adorable, but I think Ruby wins the Doggelgaenger prize. Any dissents?

(Carnivalized at Modulator's Friday Ark.)

As the presidential campaign switches focus from the Iraq War to the economy, the candidates increasingly remind us about the importance of the availability, not just of jobs, but of "good jobs."

And, when it comes to jobs, the country is certainly suffering:


Given his demographic and his circumstances, I wonder for which candidate MattPyrch will make-a-da-vote.

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Happy May Day:


Meanwhile, Distributed Republic is holding its fifth annual May Day Remembrance, collecting more substantive posts discussing the nightmare of socialism. And you should also peruse the website of the Victims of Communism Memorial.

Separated at birth?

Megalomaniacal villain with evil creation:


Megalomaniacal villain with evil creation:


Just saying...

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Meanwhile:

A top Iranian judiciary official has warned against the "destructive" cultural and social consequences of importing Barbie dolls and other Western toys.

Prosecutor General Ghorban Ali Dori Najafabadi said in an official letter to Vice President Parviz Davoudi that the Western toys was a "danger" that needed to be stopped.

Iranian markets have been inundated with smuggled Western toys in recent years partly due to a dramatic rise in purchasing power as a result of huge increase in oil revenues.

In Monday's letter, Najafabadi called for a crackdown on the smuggling of these toys which threatened Iranian culture.

No word yet on whether Iran will seek to -- wait for it -- "exterminate" toy Daleks.

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Some classic Doctor v. Davros:

It's been quite a while since we had any dancing here on Sunday CuteTuber™. And after such an intense post last Sunday (not to mention yesterday), I think we could use some lightheartness.

Fortunately, the Internet has an endless supply:



I broke a sweat just watching that routine by poolerubgy.

Serious blogging will resume as soon as is humanly possible.

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"Endres says his company must treat its thousands of renters fairly and equally."

How, you might be wondering, could such a noble declaration be classified as, "Wow -- You guys suck!"?

Simple: All it takes is a dead fiancée:

Russ Endres, owner of Wisconsin Management, declined to say if Jordan Gonnering would be forced to fulfill the final 16 months of his lease. Gonnering found his 21-year-old fiancee, Brittany Zimmerman, murdered on April 2nd and Madison police are still looking for her killer.
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Gonnering said he's willing to live in another one of the company's properties until his lease runs out in August 2009. Just not the one where his fiancee was murdered.

Under Wisconsin law, renters are responsible for fulfilling the terms of their lease -- even after death. Endres says his company must treat its thousands of renters fairly and equally.

How's this for "treating renters fairly and equally" -- "any and every renter whose fiancee is murdered in their apartment gets out of the lease -- if only to relocate to another apartment of ours"? Somehow I doubt such a fair and equal policy would bankrupt Wisconsin Management.

I'm not saying "there oughta be a law." I'm too libertarian for that. All I'm saying is...

Wow -- you guys suck. (Well, sucked -- past tense.)

(I'd also note that a proper -- i.e., "greedy" -- capitalist would probably want to avoid the negative publicity associated with sucking -- "doing well by doing good," etc.)

(Via QuizLaw.)

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The original guys who suck:

Now available — the Stitch in Haste Podcast, Episode #004.

In this episode: Why Diamond is a libertarian --

• Dogs are property-rights Lockeans.


• My adventures with the dog licensing bureaucracy.


• The divine-right theory of parks commissioners.


• Why breed-specific legislation is unconstitutional.

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About the Podcast:

The idea will be to record a quick commentary, no more than weekly (and typically less than weekly) and never longer than 20 minutes, either about something I don't feel like covering in a full-blown blogpost, or something that I have already covered in the blog and don't feel like revisiting. Eventually I might include responses to comments, interviews, roundtable discussions, etc.

Related post chain: Breed-Specific Legislation Blogposting.

I've been accused, yet again, of having an inordinate fondness for Catholic-bashing.

I can't imagine why...



I wonder how many Catholics, when the plate reaches them each Sunday, drop in not a twenty-dollar bill but a note demanding that the Vatican abandon its primitive, cruel and thoroughly un-Christian policies regarding gays.

For an American lay Catholic to disagree with the Pope's bilious blather but do nothing about it is, um, to do nothing about it. And I, like nicklansley, will not apologize for having an inordinate fondness for pointing that out.

More thoughts today from a previous CuteTuber™, thorthewhore.

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(For those who don't get the reference.)

One of Hillary Clinton's "million ideas that the country can't afford" comes from her silly ode to nanny-statism, It Takes a Village (with emphasis on "nanny"):

Videos with scenes of commonsense baby care -- how to burp an infant, what to do when soap gets in his eyes, how to make a baby with an earache comfortable -- could be running continuously in doctors' offices, clinics, hospitals, motor vehicle offices, or any other place where people gather and have to wait.

The only idea that could possibly be worse would be to outsource the nanny-videos to the British:


On second thought, maybe ominpresent YouTube videos from jimmy0010 wouldn't be such a bad idea.

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Following up from last week, what should a guy who fears that he is "undesirable, undatable, unhappy, and uncool" do to help improve his social life?

Go to a dance club, of course:



Maybe StevieProductions should write a FaceBook app to match up guys and clubs.

(A Sunday CuteTuber™ flashback: BenLoka shares his dance club adventures, including his own exchange with a restroom porter.)

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I had planned to run this recent Dilbert panel as a Sidebar Sidetrack, but never got around to it:


(Click to see full strip.)
One of my favorite YouTubers can commiserate:


I would have tried to cheer up disneykid1 and tell him that he is indeed desirable, datable, happy and cool. But then I remembered that I'm probably one of the "less than 20% of 23,336,016" people whom he outranks, so what's the point?

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