A Stitch in Haste
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A collection of real-world libertarian, individualist and laissez-faire rants on policy, culture and other current events by an average, everyday lawyer & investment banker and part-time pop scholar.en-us2008-06-28T11:06+00:00Sunday CuteTuber™
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I suppose it was inappropriate to have a Father's Day video last week without ever having posted a Mother's Day video.
Allow me to make amends for that:
Take up supricky06's challenge and tell us why your mother is the Best Mom Ever™.
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Happy Father's Day to all those with standing to celebrate it....Kip2008-06-15T10:06+00:00
Padgham is hoping to be featured by YouTube today. Go help him out with ratings and such.
For Discussion: I'm strictly a four-in-hand guy — you? I also read once that you should apply cologne on your wet hair rather than your skin, since it will last longer that way. Thoughts?
Sunday CuteTuber™ FAQ]]>"I Know It When I See It" Quote of the Day
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"There are two Lady Godivas, two women on horses with no shirt on and long hair."...Kip2008-06-14T02:06+00:00"There are two Lady Godivas, two women on horses with no shirt on and long hair."
--Republican delegate Robert Hurt of Texas
Actually, they are classical sculptures about war — one called Valor, depicting a male equestrian and a female with a shield, and Sacrifice, a female accompanying the rider Mars.
The statutes — on the Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington — are apparently of great concern to Mr. Hurt:
Of all the evils in Washington that the Texas GOP took aim at this week, removing art with naked people from public view was high on the list for Mr. Hurt, a delegate from Kerrville.
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Mr. Hurt offered statistics: He'd heard that 20 percent of the art in the National Gallery of Art is of nudes.
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Ridding Washington of naked art didn't make [the GOP platform].
Neither, apparently, did banning the Bible — which has far more sex (not to mention rape and incest) than the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Go figure.
So what did make it into the Republican platform?
In this, a presidential year, it advocates prayer in school[,] teaching intelligent design with evolution in science classes [and] calls homosexuality contrary to "the unchanging truths" ordained by God. It opposes gay marriage, civil unions and the custody of children by gays.
And John McCain will come riding in, like Valor atop his steed, to take up this proud conservative banner into political combat, right?
There's a call to repeal the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, sponsored by the party's presidential nominee[.]
Ouch. Anyone know of any comparable divergence between the Democratic platform and Obama's record or stated agenda?
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This is complicated, so try to pay attention....Kip2008-06-08T10:06+00:00
Three previous Sunday CuteTubers™ -- tyleroakley, greyk2 and StevieProductions -- along with two other YouTubers formed a collaborative channel called 5awesomegays (inspired by the hyper-popular UK collaborative channel fiveawesomeguys).
After some drama, one of the two "Others" quit 5awesomegays in a huff, and the other four chose another previous CuteTuber™, disneykid1, to replace him.
So, net-net, four of the five current 5awesomegays have been featured as Sunday CuteTubers™. So how can I not feature the fifth?
With logic like that, Nanooboy has a bright future in politics.]]>KipEsquire's Day Off
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I mean really, what's the point? I'm not a Big-L Libertarian, I don't plan on being a Big-L Libertarian, so who gives a crap if they nominate Bob Barr? They...Kip2008-05-26T12:05+00:00nominate Bob Barr? They could nominate fascist-anarchists — it still wouldn't change the fact that I don't own a car.
(Hope and pray as you might, you will not find more useful commentary on the freak show than that.)
Happy Memorial Day.
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I'm spending this long weekend finally going through years' worth of old travel and family photos and videotapes to get them onto digital media for my parents....Kip2008-05-25T10:05+00:00
The transferring process is of course trivially easy. It's the editing that's laborious. Just ask someone who knows:
I don't know the technical term, but splicing yourself into a scene (i.e., talking to yourself in the same room) seems to be an editorial rite of passage for compulsive YouTubers. This effort by MysteryGuitarMan was one of the better examples I've seen.
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Remember the scene early in Superman: The Movie where Marlon Brando retorts to Trevor Howard: "You would accuse me of insurrection?"...Kip2008-05-18T10:05+00:00Superman: The Movie where Marlon Brando retorts to Trevor Howard: "You would accuse me of insurrection?"
That's how I felt, in this context of this recent post calling out an idiot who threw M&Ms at a police officer investigating a hit and run, when another commenter called me a "cop sucker" —
"Kip" is the kind of guy I think of when I think of Mencken's remark that Americans get the government they deserve, and they deserve to get it good and hard. Should Kip someday find himself under the jackboots of America's "finest," I sure hope there is no one around to squander any sympathy on his behalf.
The point, of course, if not whether I "ever find myself under the jackboot of 'America's finest,'" but whether I do so because I illegally hurled M&Ms at them. It scares me that some libertarians don't seem to comprehend the difference.
In any case, an adolescent comment like that deserves an adolescent* Kip Clip:
Another isolated incident.
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*Matt Dallas, who played a teenager in this program, was actually 25. So he qualifies for designation as a Sunday CuteTuber™.
For Discussion: Compare and contrast to those who insist that they are "defending traditional marriage" (one example here).]]>Sunday CuteTuber™
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John McCain recently gave a speech in which he promised, unsurprisingly, to appoint "conservative" judges who would refrain from engaging in "judicial activism."...Kip2008-05-11T11:05+00:00promised, 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"?...Kip2008-05-09T10:05+00:00
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.)]]>Sunday CuteTuber™
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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...Kip2008-05-04T11:05+00:00
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:...Kip2008-05-01T09:05+00:00
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.]]>Where's David Tennant When You Need Him?
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Separated at birth?...Kip2008-04-29T01:04+00:00
Megalomaniacal villain with evil creation:
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:
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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...Kip2008-04-27T11:04+00:00last 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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...Kip2008-04-22T20:04+00:00"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!"?
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.)
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Now available — the Stitch in Haste Podcast, Episode #004....Kip2008-04-21T11:04+00:00Stitch in Haste Podcast, Episode #004.
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.]]>Sunday CuteTuber™
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I've been accused, yet again, of having an inordinate fondness for Catholic-bashing....Kip2008-04-20T11:04+00:00accused, 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.
(For those who don't get the reference.)]]>Sunday CuteTuber™
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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"):...Kip2008-04-13T05:04+00:00It 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?...Kip2008-04-06T04:04+00:00last 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:...Kip2008-03-30T10:03+00:00recent 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?
