The Victorious Opposition

People are creeping in on Westboro Baptist Church’s territory. He really needs to diversify before these guys eat his lunch:

Shrimp, crab, lobster, clams, mussels, all these are an abomination before the Lord, just as gays are an abomination. Why stop at protesting gay marriage? Bring all of God’s law unto the heathens and the sodomites. We call upon all Christians to join the crusade against Long John Silver’s and Red Lobster. Yea, even Popeye’s shall be cleansed. The name of Bubba shall be anathema. We must stop the unbelievers from destroying the sanctity of our restaurants.

We’ve discussed Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church nutbaggery numerous time. Yesterday, Washington DC began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and the Phelps family decided it was a nice day for a visit. Fred, meet Sir Isaac Newton:

Thankfully, our side has a large group of supportive clergy who were on hand and determined not to let the protesters steal the moment.  In a heartwarming display of solidarity with the LGBT community, they joined together in singing “This Little Light of Mine” to drown out the hate coming from the other side.

Those helpful Canadians. Always looking out for their guests:

Rowdy curling crowds; spontaneous street parties; public drunkeness. You don’t have to look far for evidence that the crowds at Winter Games in Vancouver know how to have a good time.

And, as if anymore proof is needed that a wild Olympic atmosphere permeates B.C.‘s largest city, now there’s an apparent condom shortage.

That’s right. As you read this, an emergency shipment of condoms is desperately making its way across Canada to the West Coast city.

Health officials in Vancouver have already provided 100,000 free condoms to the roughly 7,000 ahtletes and officials at the Games. That’s about 14 condoms per person. But as of Wednesday, those supplies started running dangerously low.

That works out to less than one condom a day. What were they thinking?

Yes, this is now dated, but I just saw it linked in a friend’s Facebook profile.

I noticed this making the rounds today and it is notable for a number of reasons. First, how great was Karen Carpenter? I will always love her music. You may be thinking to yourselves , “I gotta get some of that cheese”, you are out of luck. A guy named John Nolan created the video:

“I thought your mouse commercial was horrifying. I know it went ‘viral’ and you certainly got your 15 minutes of fame. Shame on you. I actually gasped. It made me sick.” Linda

With accolades like that I can’t wait to see what he comes up with next. The “Rocky” music was also spentacularifous. I noticed that in last nights Sweden/Slovakia match they were playing Rocky stuff during stoppages, it got my pumped.

Maybe this guy will do a condom commercial next, the mind is spinning with possibilities.

H/T: One of my Facebook friends.

We discussed this classic Twitter feed a while back. Now the guy who does it has a book deal and is developing a TV pilot - with William Shatner as the dad:

Justin Halpern’s immensely popular Twitter account “Sh*t My Dad Says” is in the process of being turned into a sitcom, and there’s a powerhouse of industry veterans attached to the project. Today we can add William Shatner to the list, as he’s primed to star as the dad-that-speaks-his-mind in the pilot episode.

Now, I think that’s absolutely perfect casting, but I have a hard time grasping how this concept translates to a 30-minute sitcom and remains funny for more than one or two episodes.

No wonder the french guy got it first, his white flag wasn’t loaded.

Aside from naked ice dancing, this event looks like the most fun.

This little ditty has been making the rounds of late.

The party of “NO” may not have any power to do anything in government (for now) but that is not stopping their creative side from putting before the people the fruits of their voting decisions. Those software developers over at bing are feeling pretty low right about now.

New Law Would Ban Marriages Between People Who Don’t Love Each Other

Imagine the protests: angry, spiteful couples surrounding city halls and churches everywhere.  They’d probably be less fashionable than the pro-gay marriage crowd but almost as much fun to watch.  A sentimental part of me would like to believe that those couples will be drawn together by the shared experience of fighting for their right to marry and grow to hate each other.

This is priceless:

As the mid-Atlantic region faces yet another massive blizzard, the problem of unregulated snow can no longer be ignored. It’s time for Congress to set limits on the crystalline mayhem descending through the atmosphere and disrupting the lives of hardworking Americans.

Certainly, snow-control legislation would require political will and bipartisan support. But if today’s policymakers don’t put an end to snowstorms, these boom-and-bust blizzards will continue to undermine our nation’s growth and prosperity.

Consider the facts: Local governments such as Philadelphia’s are struggling to deal effectively with the amount of snow we’re getting. With Washington in the path of a major storm again, essential federal services will be shut down. And weatherpersons “predict” snow, but they don’t do anything about it.

Click through and read the whole thing. The lack of clue from some of the commenters is also priceless.

H/T: The Volokh Conspiracy, whose commenters have a much better sense of humor:

A: Obama’s failed policies have caused the snow.

B: Actually, 90% of this snow is left over from the Bush administration.

Sarah: My experience as governor of Alaska makes me uniquely prepared to deal with the snowy menace to American values!

Just in time for a last-minute Valentine’s Day greeting, the RNC has set up this website. Some of these are pretty good. Here’s a couple:

A picture is worth a thousand words:

As HuffPo points out - don’t get caught with your notes written on your hand when you’re busting on the Prez for using a teleprompter:

Closer inspection of a photo of Sarah Palin, during a speech in which she mocked President Obama for his use of a teleprompter, reveals several notes written on her left hand. The words “Energy”, “Tax” and “Lift American Spirits” are clearly visible. There’s also what appears to read as “Budget cuts” with the word Budget crossed out.

Watch her quote from her hand during the post-speech Q&A:

Maybe this was actually Tina Fey standing in for Palin, and she simply didn’t have time to memorize her lines?

H/T: A Facebook friend

I know, I know, technically this was pre fox but as you can see, he hasn’t lost any of that sophistication, Blogo hair and all.

O’Reilly has lost some of his cache lately, palling around with that goofball Glenn Beck, so for that I give him the business here.

Lately I’ve been thinking of a great UFC cage match that could easily bring in some big bank between the double O’s, O’Reilly and Olbermann. I’d put my money on Bill, drunken Irish guys can brawl.

Oh, and speaking of Olbermann, we have not heard from Little O’Reily in a while:

H/T: barelypolitical

Comedy gold from Britain’s Charlie Brooker, who encapsulates the dreary style of modern news:

I think part of why TV news is on the decline is simply due to changes in expectations regarding the speed of information.  Information technology theory gives us new ways of thinking about this subject that help clarify the issue and let us arrive at a deeper understanding.  With the internet, and the on-demand video, audio and text-based content that’s available, one can consume information at a higher rate relative to the slow, passive pace of television.  With these options widely available, expectations of information bandwidth tend to grow.

It’s like how most of us would feel if we had no other internet option than dial-up.  Our expectations are bigger than the measly 56.6kbps we’re stuck with.

Unless you were living in a cave, you know about the incredibly important speech that happened yesterday - Steve Jobs launching the new Apple iPad tablet device. It’s pretty clear that no females work on Apple’s branding team, as MadTV explains: