Unqualified Offerings

Similarity functions in dissent and nutjobbery, illustrated.

Via The Poorman.

Notwithstanding the fact that it would be a deeply stupid idea to go to war with Iran, Iran sucks in a lot of ways. They’ve just thrown scholar Ramin Jahanbegloo in jail for being an American agent engaged in “cultural activities against Iran.” Which is a wienie charge: it’s not like they’re claiming he’s been [...]

1. Country A regularly stations warships off the coast of Country B.
2. Country B never stations warships off the coast of Country A.
3. Country B does not, in fact, have warships that could get to Country A if they tried.
4. Country B tests a torpedo in its own coastal waters, the ones where Country A [...]

Someone’s diplomats say the IAEA has found traces of what may be really way super-enriched Uranium on some equipment in Iran. Previous findings were determined to be stuff clinging to used centrifuges dating to the previous owner: Pakistan. This may be true or false or prove out or not. It may be someone trying to [...]

So, the rawstory report on carriers moving to the Gulf:
Two air-craft carriers are already en route to the region, RAW STORY has found. The USS Abraham Lincoln, which recently made a port call in Singapore, and the USS Enterprise which left Norfolk, Virginia earlier this month, are headed for the Western Pacific and Middle East. [...]

Interpretive Dance Theocrats by holyoffice. Excerpts:
In their best-selling series of books about the song, “Left Behind (Parallel Lines),” Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye defend the rap verse’s hip references to Grandmaster Flash and Fab Five Freddy, and maintain that when Jesus returns, all believers will be united in accepting that Blondie’s cover of “The Tide [...]

In this time of crisis, can you imagine how wrong the country might have gone without the steadying hand of President Hagel?

Bruce Baugh e-mails intriguing thoughts about “The 101st Fighting Keyboarders:”
Talking with Mom and Dad about their personal histories led me to this association: what the war party bloggers have done is recreate the experience of being a child in World War II. They write patriotic essays and make patriotic collages, and get pats on the [...]