tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61021032024-03-14T02:15:05.967-05:00LiberrockyLubing the Gears of the Right Wing Smear Machine!Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-26473434829044887772008-08-08T02:42:00.004-05:002008-08-08T02:52:14.916-05:00Cause It Had to Be 'Shopped - [Liberrocky]<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/SJv6w7hZp3I/AAAAAAAAAEg/CkfR03-UZfM/s1600-h/obama-evita_logo_B_W.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/SJv6w7hZp3I/AAAAAAAAAEg/CkfR03-UZfM/s400/obama-evita_logo_B_W.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232051110639413106" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/SJv590zZm8I/AAAAAAAAAEY/6pQwbX3KJeg/s1600-h/obama_trainng_wheels.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/SJv590zZm8I/AAAAAAAAAEY/6pQwbX3KJeg/s400/obama_trainng_wheels.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232050232662531010" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/SJv43Dy8Y0I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/6S1LzmqSEzY/s1600-h/obamazero.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/SJv43Dy8Y0I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/6S1LzmqSEzY/s400/obamazero.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232049016916435778" /></a>Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-57240034352065798932007-11-19T21:57:00.000-06:002007-11-19T22:11:50.850-06:00Advice for Barry and SilkyBeing that the CNN debate looked like a field trip to the Clinton Botanical Gardens* if Silky and Barry were smart they would rethink their No Fox News stance.<br /><br />FNC is the only forum where they could expect to be on equal footing with Frosty.<br /><br />S & B would not be thrown any softballs, but the FNC panel would be merciless on HRC. <br /><br />Face it, S & B, it is your only shot.Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-38028931703572573132007-11-13T19:05:00.000-06:002007-11-13T19:27:42.864-06:00Hot Air: Iranian MP to Brits: Islam requires capital punishment for gaysSo I guess that the first episode of Queer Eye for the Iranian Guy is going to look something like <a class="collapse" onmousedown="toggleDiv('qeig');" id="hiddenSection" href="javascript:;" name="hiddenSection">this:</a><br /><div id="qeig" style="DISPLAY: none"><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/RzpKUAzOmTI/AAAAAAAAADo/aR1AbXkwBWU/s1600-h/qeig.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132496433014806834" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/RzpKUAzOmTI/AAAAAAAAADo/aR1AbXkwBWU/s400/qeig.png" /><br /></a><br />Yeah, yeah, I know Queer Eye is mega-stale, but what do you want for free.<br /></div>Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-64626507314950667622007-11-11T14:52:00.000-06:002007-11-13T19:26:10.700-06:00Google Veterans Day LogoI really appreciate the new Google Veteran's Day logo. HT/<a href="http://hotair.com/">HA</a> :<br /><img alt="" src="http://www.google.com/logos/veterans07.gif" /><br />But sometimes, when they allow jihadis to abuse their services, Google acts more like<br /><a class="collapse" onmousedown="toggleDiv('googleimg');" id="hiddenSection" href="javascript:;" name="hiddenSection">this:</a><br /><div id="googleimg" style="DISPLAY: none"><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131693501763721506" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/RzdwDQzOmSI/AAAAAAAAADg/U8ELcvxyUsk/s400/googlem.png" /> </div>Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-64112677530242482662007-11-11T13:11:00.000-06:002007-11-11T13:15:14.257-06:00The soft side of Islamic Rage Boy™<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/RzdUegzOmRI/AAAAAAAAADY/O-KabLo0Fhg/s1600-h/jihad-turtles.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131663183589579026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/RzdUegzOmRI/AAAAAAAAADY/O-KabLo0Fhg/s400/jihad-turtles.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-43046847435462475782007-11-10T12:50:00.000-06:002007-11-11T11:18:12.898-06:00A New Banner for Ace<span style="color:#990000;">UPDATE:<br /></span>Appropriately we had a total of 69 votes in the banner poll.<br /><br />It was clear that with 53% of the vote in a four way race that banner #1 was the Bobby Jindhal of the competition.<br /><br />So now we a have a late entry that a lot of people think may have what it takes (Hello Mr.Thompson)*.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here is our previous winner:<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131477275930171634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/RzarZQzOmPI/AAAAAAAAADI/arsZtQQg9dk/s400/ace-deck-banner-v0.3.6.png" border="0" /><br />And the new challenger:</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131477610937620738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/RzarswzOmQI/AAAAAAAAADQ/xMYeb527Zns/s400/ace-deck-banner-v0.4.0.png" border="0" />Fight! </p><p>*Did you kids get both references?</p><p>PS: For all that asked the images were created using the <a href="http://www.gimp.org/">Gimp </a>open source tool. 'Cause if I have one motto: If it's free. It's for me!</p><p>And yes I have each component of the image with alpha channels (transparent backgrounds) stored in separate files. They are both in Gimp's xcf format and in png.</p><p>Also I have them stored in source control (Subverion) hosted on a remote secure and nightly backed up box...'cause I am a big IT dorkousmalorkous. </p><p>The grey background it just to keep it close to the orginal.</p><p> </p>Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-53245603090282023702007-11-10T12:41:00.000-06:002007-11-10T22:41:39.884-06:00Clinton PlantWhat do you think this flower smells like?<br />I am thinking three day old unwashed control top pantyhose.<a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/10/video-clinton-campaign-admits-planting-a-question-during-an-iowa-townhall-meeting/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131284066826361026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/RzX7rAzOmMI/AAAAAAAAACw/RSyMUBm1MLo/s400/clinton-plant.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-80365858133336642182007-11-09T21:45:00.000-06:002007-11-10T22:42:35.473-06:00Democrat TheaterIt was much better than Cats!<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/RzUpewzOl8I/AAAAAAAAAAs/QJN_j0nBPWc/s1600-h/impeachment-playbill.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/RzUpewzOl8I/AAAAAAAAAAs/QJN_j0nBPWc/s320/impeachment-playbill.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131052958931130306" /></a>Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-48666212526713084352007-08-15T08:48:00.000-05:002007-08-15T09:41:44.304-05:00WikiWackingI am going to do some more WikiWacking today so I will tally my results here:<br /><br /><a href="http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/f.php?ip1=165.1.0.0-165.1.255.255&ip2=&ip3=&ip4=">Associated Press</a>: Nothing scandalous, somebody there is a HUGE Simpsons fan.<br /><br /><a href="http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/f.php?ip1=138.108.0.0-138.108.255.255&ip2=&ip3=&ip4=">Editorandpublisher.com</a>: Zip (Actually this is the AC Nielsen Block of which E&P is a part).<br /><br />Glenn Greenwald(S):Surprisingly Zip.Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-38702489885549396922007-08-15T00:03:00.001-05:002007-08-15T09:40:55.849-05:00More Wiki Wacky... this time from the UNSo I decided to checkout what the UN has been doing on wikipedia...found a doozy!<br /><br />Someone on the <a href="http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/f.php?ip1=157.150.0.0-157.150.255.255+&ip2=&ip3=&ip4=">UN network </a>edited Oriana Fallaci's article to read:<em>racist whore</em><br /><br />Check it out <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=38791682">here </a> kiddies!<br /><br />Update:<br /><br />More <a href="http://liberrocky.blogspot.com/">here</a>Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-2452398065798473402007-07-26T16:30:00.001-05:002007-07-26T16:33:47.850-05:00TNR - Additional thoughts<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kelly_(editor)">Michael Kelly </a> was a huge hero of mine and I just can't help but wonder what he would have thought of the whole Beauchamp/Reeve thing.Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-52063293360101858302007-07-26T13:51:00.000-05:002007-11-10T22:43:47.777-06:00Plame Out!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/Rqj0YSOCb_I/AAAAAAAAAAU/2RYv64iJaBk/s1600-h/BeauchampRegistry.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091588076787101682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/Rqj0YSOCb_I/AAAAAAAAAAU/2RYv64iJaBk/s320/BeauchampRegistry.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>OK I used the info from <a href="http://minx.cc/?post=234925">Ace </a>to nail Mr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Beauchamp</span>.<br /><br />I went to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">weddingchannel</span>.com and searched for Scott <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Beauchamp</span> and what do you know a Scott <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Beauchamp</span> married an Elspeth Reeve.<br /><br />And there just happens to be an <a href="http://www.tnr.com/showBio.mhtml?pid=899&sa=1">Elspeth Reeve </a>who works for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">tnr</span>.<br /><br />I think there taste in towels is <a href="http://www.restorationhardware.com/rh/registry/gift/buy_list.jsp?giftlistId=gl174187370&wcsid=649167279&cm_ven=Wedding%20Channel&cm_pla=Logo&cm_ite=RestorationHardware&cm_ref=PR&source=HAFLWC03">terrible</a> ... don't even get me started on that wall clock...yuck<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Pwned</span>!<br /></div><br /><div><br /><strong>Update</strong><br /><br />I have to say I feel dirty for digging this up.<br /><br />Am I an a-hole for doing so?<br /><br />Or does the fact that they are public figures make it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ok</span>?</div><div> </div><div></div><div><strong>Update 2</strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div>Someone at <a href="http://minx.cc/?post=234925">Ace's </a>said that this could be a fake registry entry.</div><div> </div><div></div><div>Entering all that dinnerware seems like a lot of work for a hoax.</div><div> </div><div>Read Ace's new <a href="http://ace.mu.nu/archives/234944.php">post </a>for more on this speculation</div><div> </div><div><strong>Update 3</strong></div><div>When I first went to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">weddingchannel</span> I noticed they had three stores but now it is down to two.</div><div> </div><div>I remembered that the first store was Macy's so I went to Macy's and <a href="http://macys.weddingchannel.com/gvr/guestregistrydetail.action?retailer_registry_uid=304367940&listby=dept">bingo</a>!</div>Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-48471353588918652792007-03-30T12:45:00.000-05:002007-11-10T22:44:59.749-06:00Ladies and Germs...Chuck Hagel<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/Rg1OPS0HhGI/AAAAAAAAAAM/aGwzcKTe_JU/s1600-h/hagel-judas.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047776782007632994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vh5fnA8VG-A/Rg1OPS0HhGI/AAAAAAAAAAM/aGwzcKTe_JU/s320/hagel-judas.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-83100487827505225172007-02-02T15:32:00.000-06:002007-02-02T16:17:26.106-06:00The NFL can suck my 61 incherSo did some research on this 55 inch rule, and yes it is against <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00000110----000-.html">federal</a> law to publicly show the super bowl on a screen bigger than 55 inches.<br /><br />But if you look more closely you also can have only 4 speakers in the same or adjecent room!<br /><br />So this means no 5.1 surround sound! (let alone 6.1 7.1 8.1)<br /><br />OK lets some math:<br /><br />In old 4:3 land a 55 inch screen was about 33 high by 44 high<br />In 16:9 land a 55 inch screen is only 27 inches high Almost 20% shorter!<br />Sure 16:9 is 25% wider but the middle of the screen is still where the action is.<br />In order to get the same screen height on 16:9 set the diagonal measurement would have to be about 67 inches.<br /><br />I think it is about time for the federal goverment to get out of our rumpus rooms!Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-48323544566661987612007-02-02T08:40:00.000-06:002007-02-02T08:44:07.113-06:00Global Warming gets perspectiveHere is a quick exercise in perspective:<br />Lets say that the last 65 Million years is 1 mile (I use 65 million as it is the point when the Cenozoic, geologic era of mammals, started. I could go back further but that would be cruel). <br /><br />Most global warming graphs only show 1000 years (at most, more often they tried to hide the Medieval warming period and show graphs that start during the little ice age around 1675 so the graphs can look more scary).<br />1000 is 0.0015% of 65 Million and 0.0015% of a mile almost exactly equals ....one inch. <br />Is an inch of a mile enough to make a generalization on the whole mile?<br />Also this is not a random sample of the mile this is one continuous inch. <br />It is akin to predicting a presidential election with a sample taken only from the upper east side of Manhattan.<br /><br />Is 0.0015% enough to alter peoples lives with public policy?<br />Is 0.0015% enough deny the third world growth?<br />Is 0.0015% enough to keep millions in poverty?<br />Is 0.0015% enough to have to listen to self rightous Hollywood types with IQ's smaller than their shoes size tell me how bad I am? Not nearly.<br /><br />Another note the largest temperature timescale we have is from ice cores and they only go back 400,000 years. 400,000 of 65 Million is 0.615% and 0.615% of a mile is 32 feet.<br />A mile has 5280 feet and the best we can do is look at 32 continuous feet of it.Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-75713787119205822442007-02-01T02:36:00.001-06:002007-02-01T02:36:28.712-06:00Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-1095229143700996162004-09-15T01:19:00.000-05:002007-02-01T02:21:06.229-06:00Roger L. Simon: Mystery Novelist and Screenwriter<a href="http://rogerlsimon.com/">Roger</a> mentions how Ra<sup>th</sup>erGate are starting to echo the OJ trial. I just want know how long it is before we have a slow speed chase of a White CBS News Van down the Long Island Expressway.Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-1079037989020789102004-03-11T14:46:00.000-06:002007-01-31T18:35:29.400-06:00I have always hated microwave popcornAnd I thought the smell was <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/03/11/popcorn.test.ap/index.html">bad</a>.Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-1078855649496387172004-03-09T12:07:00.000-06:002004-03-09T12:10:36.873-06:00Studio 54 on 43rd StreetWashington Post reviews the Jayson Blair <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37384-2004Mar6.html">book</a>. I am shocked, shocked to see this behavior at the newspaper of record. A reporter drinking on the job say it isn't so!Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-1078511227411827432004-03-05T12:27:00.000-06:002004-03-05T12:34:21.420-06:00The teen spirit issueThere has been a lot a talk about <a href="http://www.reason.com/0403/cr.dw.talkin.shtml">this</a> <a href="http://www.reason.com/">Reason</a> review of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0786868961/ref%3Dnosim/reasonmagazineA/103-1292178-3711000">this</a> book. Here is my take...the left just don't get it. The post boomers have learned the leason "Trust no one" and the left is constantly saying <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Joe+Isuzu">"You have my word on it"</a>.Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-1078508485441270772004-03-05T11:41:00.000-06:002004-03-05T11:45:30.843-06:00Andrew has finally lost it.In Andrew's post <a href="http://www.andrewsullivan.com/index.php?dish_inc=archives/2004_02_29_dish_archive.html#107845959926158149">"The Case Against Bush"</a> claims that he has not read a more case than the one laid out by <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2096654/">William Saletan</a>. Andrew, Andrew, baby, sweetheart...I realize the Marriage thing is dear to you heart but I think it is starting to cloud your judgement. The article is full of the standard clap trap. Such as: <p class="fisk"> He figured that since both Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden were evil, they had to be connected. Saddam must have helped orchestrate the 9/11 attacks. He must have built weapons of mass destruction to sell to al-Qaida.</p>And this:
<br /><p class="fisk">That's why, under his plan, the size of the tax cut was to grow from year to year. The point was to keep the surplus from piling up, refunding more and more money as it poured in from a growing economy. That's also why Bush cut taxes across the board instead of targeting middle-class families who would spend the money immediately. He wasn't trying to stimulate the economy. He was trying to give the money back to the people who had paid it in, which meant largely the rich.</p>Come on Andrew we all know you are smarter than that.
<br />Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-1078284689376849822004-03-02T21:31:00.000-06:002004-03-02T21:34:27.310-06:00UghHow much is wrong with <a href="http://www.rightwingnews.com/archives/week_2004_02_29.PHP#001822">this</a>? Next the crown of thorns tiara.Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-1078283729963745942004-03-02T21:15:00.000-06:002004-03-02T21:18:28.170-06:00Glenn Nails ItThey don't just hate us...they hate everyone. Glenn is right this is an indication that we are given'emm the what for.Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-1078245831801234602004-03-02T10:43:00.000-06:002004-03-02T10:46:48.936-06:00Quik Reveiw: Runaway Jury and Pieces of AprilRented <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/RunawayJury-1126402/?beg=24&int=25&page=2">Runaway Jury</a> and <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/PiecesofApril-1126145/">Pieces of April</a> last night. Pieces of April is quirky and cute...(might be too cute for some). Runaway Jury has a great cast and decent performances...but is Moore (Michael not Roger) in it's heavy handed preachiness about guns. And guns are exactly what the main charaters could uses cause the keep coming home to thugs in their apartments.Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102103.post-1078177861776523462004-03-01T15:51:00.000-06:002004-03-01T15:53:57.746-06:00Mmmm...Rummy<a href="http://www.rightwingnews.com/quotes/rummyquotes.php">Rumsfeld</a>...gotta love him.Liberrockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800225519367212829noreply@blogger.com1