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For all those authors who explode over on-line reviews.

You may think your work may have been unfairly treated by some reviewer, blogger, or some commenter on Amazon.  But no, really it hasn’t.  Your work has never been truly insulted unless it has been insulted like this: Gentlemen: “Dod Grile” (Mr. Bierce) is a personal friend of mine, & Read more…

By S Andrew Swann, 14 years ago
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Unexpected attention. . .

A year ago I blogged about Mr. Patrick Roscoe an asshat of epic proportions whose claim to fame is sending the following to a literary agent: Colleen Lindsay: Thank you for making it clear, through your response to my query, that you are unquipped (sic) to represent fiction writers who Read more…

By S Andrew Swann, 14 years ago
internet

Exhibit #235 why Libertarians are the new hippies. . .

Progressives really get steamed when people point to the Tea Party and/or Libertarians as the spiritual successors to the last great anti-establishment mass movements of the 60s and 70s. To them I provide the following interview with Starchild, a San Francisco erotic services provider and Libertarian candidate for school board Read more…

By S Andrew Swann, 14 years ago
asshat

Ezra Klein, Constitutional Asshat

This video of Washington Post blogger Ezra Klein has been making the rounds.  Apparently, the Constitution is a little too hard for him to understand because it’s so (gasp) old. Ok, I know that’s not exactly what he was trying to say.  Mr. Wonk here was just arguing that the Read more…

By S Andrew Swann, 14 years ago
politics

Arbitrary Government

One thing that eludes Statists of all stripes is the fact that the more discretion the State has to act, the more prone it is to manifest the baser aspects of human nature.  When the State is free to act as it will, it becomes as petty, vindictive, stupid and Read more…

By S Andrew Swann, 14 years ago
politics

Why the FCC imposing Net Nutrailty is a Bad Thing

Talking about this. Most of the supporters of the move may be correct in the effect of the proposed rules.  In fact the problem with the FCC has very little to do with exactly what they are attempting to do, even though it is a solution still in search of Read more…

By S Andrew Swann, 14 years ago
politics

No one has said this about Wikileaks

At least no one I’ve seen.  But the U.S. Government should be damn thankful this happened the way that it did.  We dodged a major bullet that could have been way, way, more damaging than this debacle has been.  How could this have possibly been worse, you ask? Simple.  What Read more…

By S Andrew Swann, 15 years ago
politics

Sure, Tax the rich if it makes you feel better. . .

It doesn’t do a lot else though.  Over time the revenue increase on hiking taxes is pretty much a wash with the downward pressure on revenue caused by the drag taxation causes on the economy.  Here is a demonstration in handy chart form: The last two decades are particularly notable, Read more…

By S Andrew Swann, 15 years ago
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Why I’m going to let the TSA grope my fat white ass

Sure, it’s borderline sexual assault and a violation of the fourth amendment, but bear in mind what your other option is.  The motive behind the “enhanced” pat-downs is IMO less to do with our security and a lot more to do with “encouraging” you to file meekly through the good Read more…

By S Andrew Swann, 15 years ago
asshat

Internets Whap Editor With Clue Stick

There is not much more I can say about the Cook’s Source Magazine scandal that hasn’t been already said.  If you don’t know what I’m talking about (and if so, what Internet have you been surfing?) we have the author of an article about  medieval tarts (SCAdians take note) who Read more…

By S Andrew Swann, 15 years ago

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