Is Goldstein a perv? Discuss.

(Extra credit: If he is, is that a bad thing?)

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. . . before I publicly de-link and denounce Beautiful Atrocities forever and ever.

And it's only because he has the scoop: an interview with one of the 72 virgins. This is the first documented description of what conditions are like in Jihadi Heaven. (Apparently, it's bad, but it would be worse if so many Islamofascists weren't a bit light on their loafers.)

Okay. We now return you to your regularly scheduled hate.

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I'm never going to Beautiful Atrocities again. How dare he nominate me in Beth's BadBlog Awards for the "Picks the Most Fights with Other Bloggers" Category?

Fuck you, Jeff. And don't you ever drop my site again, you fucking whore.

P.S. Fuck! Fuck! I hate Jeff!

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1 Note to INDC Bill: you've got your work cut out for you

Posted by: beautifulatrocities at November 30, 2005 10:59 AM (EOiQS)

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Posted by: Attila Girl at November 30, 2005 11:08 AM (zZMVu)

3 Jeff also nominated Bill in the "Best LGBT Blog" category. It's like he's playing some bizarre, sadistic version of blog musical chairs.

Posted by: utron at November 30, 2005 12:26 PM (VVBQC)

4 Okay, you already knew that. As I would have known if I had read--oh, two or three centimeters further down the page. I will console myself with the sure knowledge that I'm going home with the "Commenter with the Shortest Attention Span" award.

Posted by: utron at November 30, 2005 12:30 PM (VVBQC)

5 (shakes head) my commenters are so much finer than yours

Posted by: beautifulatrocities at November 30, 2005 03:49 PM (EOiQS)

6 My blogroll's better than yours! So there.

Posted by: Attila Girl at November 30, 2005 08:08 PM (zZMVu)

7 i am thinking of a comeback & will get back to you!

Posted by: beautifulatrocities at November 30, 2005 09:06 PM (mD2qk)

8 I demand an I.O.U.!

Posted by: Attila Girl at November 30, 2005 09:18 PM (zZMVu)

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There are cultural minefields around the issue of GLBT blogs, aren't there? Take the Weblog Award Nominations: There are the straight guys who will nominate others for fun, and the gay homo guys who will do the same.

I should nominate myself. After all, I'm bisexual. The fact that I haven't acted on it since the mid 1980s is irrelevant. I'm sure I'd just kick the asses of Gay Patriot, Gay Orbit, BoiFromTroy, and Tammy Bruce.

So I'd better not enter; it just wouldn't be fair to the others.

It would be cool to find a nice TS/TV blog. After all, the bisexuals and transgendered individuals are just thrown into "LGBT" as a sort of afterthought. But I think there are stories to be told from the TS/TV crowd, and they should be heard.

Note to my SoCon readers: Please try not to freak out. Thanks.

Hat tip to Mr. Category All My Own.

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1 Well, I nominated you, but you'll probably want to do one of those Wonkette/Washingtonienne posts to boost your chances. For some reason the nominations are closed in the Humor category, which is too bad because I wanted to nominate Oliver Willis, who apparently thinks she doesn't qualify for the LGBT section

Posted by: beautifulatrocities at November 30, 2005 11:13 AM (EOiQS)

2 That's okay: there's a movie in the works, tentatively entitled "Oliver/Olivia."

Posted by: Attila Girl at November 30, 2005 11:25 AM (zZMVu)

3 Better let us know her name so that we can get her out of the country should you ever decide to run for public office(Governor or Pres). Africa, prehaps? Seemed to have worked for Captain John. I don't think the Boston Globe, et al, will give you the same courtesy. Just how many skeletons are in that closet of yours? Or is it your crawl space?

Posted by: Darrell at December 01, 2005 03:10 PM (48tlu)

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5 How do you know you'd kick our asses? You would at least give us a run for our money. :-)

Posted by: Dan (AKA GayPatriotWest) at December 03, 2005 01:54 AM (6mUkl)

6 Let's be honest: it's going to be you, the Boi, or Tammy.

Posted by: Attila Girl at December 03, 2005 10:14 AM (zZMVu)

7 Thanks for the good word. :-)

Posted by: Dan (AKA GayPatriotWest) at December 04, 2005 12:38 AM (6mUkl)

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Laurence is working on it, and soliciting ideas.

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. . . has the best summary of the Althouse-Goldstein dustup, and the one that illuminates the most troubling aspects about this whole affair. Yes: too much electronic "ink" has been spilled over this. But I'm afraid Althouse's reputation has taken a hit. She does appear to be willing to distort the timetable in order to make anyone who blogs for Pajamas Media look bad.

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There are a lot of itchy trigger fingers out there.

I read the original thread over at Althouse's last night, and thought I was delirious from the flu.

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1 Another Big Soap Opera in the 'sphere. I feel something like heartburn.

Posted by: Desert Cat at November 25, 2005 09:42 PM (xdX36)

2 Tell me about it.

Posted by: Attila Girl at November 25, 2005 11:56 PM (JZqY7)

3 Stop it! Stop it right now! We are at war both here and abroad. No time for silliness. No time for political maneuvering to get a leg up on the competition. Try going six months without mentioning each other's names. Or even one. All parties are wrong on this one. Over the years, I've gotten a few offers. Job offers. Invitatations to join consulting groups. Party invitations. When I'm not interested, I send a polite note declining the offer and wishing them well. I do not publish a letter making fun of their names. "Open Sores Media. Swapping semen for pus, bodily fluids-wise." Then act offended when someone calls me on it. "It's just an oft-heard joke!" Yeah, in enemy camps. I do not publish personal communications, either--like the original offer. I also don't attack people that turn down my offers and maybe say some nasty things about me. "Sorry you feel that way" is all that's necessary then. Drop it. We all had 'friends,' particularly at school, that decided to strike out on their own by using us as a stepping stone. Life goes on. Defend yourself by succeeding. Defend your actions by just addressing criticism without mentioning names.

Posted by: Darrell at November 26, 2005 12:05 PM (vf60a)

4 I mostly agree with you, and I know that sometimes Goldstein feels he needs to defend himself unnecessarily, but Althouse is over the line on this one: she simply will not concede that she unfairly painted the PJM parade-livebloggers as callous/malicious. In the original dispute between her and PJM/Goldstein, she had a point. In this latest incident, she doesn't, and it's clear that she's just being nasty toward anything/anyone related to PJM. I'm afraid there are a lot of people out there who are used to being the smartest person in the room, and that doesn't work in the blogging world: it's a bigger pond than many are used to.

Posted by: Attila Girl at November 26, 2005 01:12 PM (JZqY7)

5 We need you all. Our country needs you.

Posted by: Darrell at November 26, 2005 02:05 PM (vf60a)

6 I'm afraid there are a lot of people out there who are used to being the smartest person in the room, and that doesn't work in the blogging world: it's a bigger pond than many are used to. (raises hand) The first time it happened is when I went to engineering school. Much to my amazement I found myself in the midst of people at least as smart as I was. Again it has happened in the blogosphere. I'm just fair to middlin' here and not the exception as in the rest of the world.

Posted by: Desert Cat at November 27, 2005 06:15 PM (xdX36)

7 Bummer, ain't it? Of course, there are some non-brilliant bloggers out there, but I don't read them that much.

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. . . on another hiatus. These things are rarely permanent, but one never knows.

At the moment, I'm thinking of having a big, dramatic end of my blogging career soon, but in my particular case I'd build up to a particular day—my "last day of blogging," and say my goodbyes at that time, and get all kinds of comments from people about how I shouldn't stop, etc etc.

The next day I'd start again just as usual.

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. . . a heartwarming story about love in the twilight years.

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. . . to figure out exactly when people are being ironic. Part of the whole World Wide Web experience, I guess.

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What is this guy's fixation with rodents all about?

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And a stunningly beautiful atrocity.

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. . . when bloggers get together in real life. I know that's been one of the most enjoyable aspects about being in the Bear Flag League: the occasional chance to get together with—and work on special projects with—some of the sharpest writers on the internet.

And, no—after the first few moments at that initial brunch Justene organized in Marina del Rey (that five minutes wherein we were trying to figure out how this all works)—we've never been at a loss for words.

Of course, our spouses have to learn not just one name, but two names for everyone, so being the husband or wife of a blogger is double the challenge. But they all manage, somehow.

(h/t: Reynolds.)

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Read the interview with the Women of the Cotillion over at Basil's Blog. We very clearly spell out our plans for world domination, there, and five years from now you'll wish you'd read it so you might have seen the Estrogen Juggernaut coming.

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. . . into the lives of writers/producers—not to mention runners.

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A frank and courageous post by a woman who takes a lot of shit from racist liberals. I disagree with her a fair amount, but she's incredibly intelligent, and she works tirelessly, acting as a sort of right-wing informational clearinghouse. And in the areas where we disagree, she helps me to sharpen my thinking. Beyond that, of course, I get a lot of traffic just by virtue of being on her blogroll.

I wish people would leave everyone's families alone. I voted for Clinton in 1992, and I remember being thrilled that he and his wife leaned on the entertainment industry to keep Chelsea out of the spotlight. Was anyone ever so naive?—I truly thought that a precedent would be set, and First Families would at long last get some privacy.

Of course, when they left the White House, the leaning stopped—and it was open season on families once more. But by then I'd seen what was going on, and had started voting with the GOP.

Just from the shit I get here I can't even imagine what it would be like to be in Michelle's shoes. It really pisses people off when a woman is both attractive and intelligent. Particularly if she disagrees with them. (And, no—I will not break it down by gender: I've seen vicious/sexist stuff from men and women. There's always a temptation to think women will know better, but that only works when and if they want to.)

UPDATE: Audio of the straw that broke the camel's back, over at Ed Cone. I'm still amused at the idea that Malkin's husband writes her columns. He must, dammit! Chicks can't write!

[Via Reynolds.]

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1 The reason this woman was given crap had nothing to do with her race, but being a GOP sell-out to her race. DUH!, but I wouldn't figure a conservative would see it that way. Take it from another smart attractive woman of a other than white race....the spin you and she put on this was far to obvious. As a woman, regardless of your race, you too are a sellout...sending women back to the days of dark alleys, coat hangars and under a man's thumb.

Posted by: Ambriel at November 20, 2005 10:04 PM (k+Cwk)

2 I've never advocated dark alleys, coat hangers, OR being under a man's thumb. Have you, by the way, read one post of mine on the subject of abortion? How do you know what I think? And if I've sold out, why didn't I ever get any money for it? I mean, I thought that was the whole point of selling out--getting a little dough-re-mi . . .? And--DUH--what is it that you'd like Ms. Malkin to believe? What would be an acceptable philosophy for her to advocate? And how exactly is it, BTW, that she's making life more difficult for Filipinos? Just curious.

Posted by: Attila Girl at November 20, 2005 10:17 PM (JZqY7)

3 The reason this woman was given crap had nothing to do with her race, but being a GOP sell-out to her race. Eh? So the racial slurs had nothing to do with race, but were purely political? In other words, it's okay to use racial slurs when your target is a conservative? What you're saying, then, is it's not racism if a Democrat does it? That is possibly the most mind-bogglingly hypocritical pile of bullshit I have ever heard since, oh, the last time I heard the same bullshit from another Democrat.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 20, 2005 11:31 PM (RbYVY)

4 See, Pixy--it isn't racism if you're only doing it to enforce the single permissible political philosophy for blacks/Latinos/women/Asians/etc. If women and minorities would behave correctly--that is, vote Democratic and STFU about any libertarian thoughts they might have--there'd be no racist/sexist remarks. So, you see, they aren't really racist or sexist. The slurs are only being used to "encourage" the minority/female code of conduct promoted by their betters.

Posted by: Attila Girl at November 21, 2005 12:42 AM (JZqY7)

5 Everyone who's been to school knows civilization is only a few molecules thick. The more effective you become at leading and informing public opinion, the more attacks you will suffer. Consider it a compliment. Let the Left be seen in all its 'glory.'

Posted by: Darrell at November 21, 2005 08:34 AM (VNKVH)

6 Yep. I was thinking that Michelle should be proud of the fact that they hate her so much. She must be right, or they wouldn't be so angry

Posted by: caltechgirl at November 21, 2005 10:08 AM (/vgMZ)

7 Still--if you've read some of the stuff they send, it's somewhat beyond the usual "slut," "whore" sorts of things. There's a lot of explicit material about just what sort of "whore"/"gook" she must be. It's different from what I get in both quantity and quality. My hat goes off to her for putting up with it, in addition to everything else she does.

Posted by: Attila Girl at November 21, 2005 02:06 PM (JZqY7)

8 I'm the talk show host that alledgedly "broke the camel's back" on Friday. Before you all irrationally and falsely accuse anyone who dares ask a question of racism, sexism, and any other ism... get this straight: We had a good 20 minute segment with Michelle Malkin. I decided I wouldn't be doing my job if I IGNORED what was out here in the blogosphere. She answered my non-accusatory mentioning of the fact that some websites had alledged her husband had been writing her material very well, with passion. Surely you must realize that many things not reported by the mainstream media, including plaguerism by famous people... have been first reported by bloggers. Why should Michelle Malkin not be subject to the same kind of questioning other major media figures must endure? I truly thought we'd had a good segment with her, spirited and questioning of her thesis that liberals are, by defintion, uglier and nastier than conservatives, and less tolerant too. I never mentioned her husband by name, nor brought up his religion (I am Jewish too, and have absolutely no reason to go there....) or "attacked" him. No one has an inherent right to not squirm a bit when they go on a talk show; Michelle was treated absolutely with courtesy and fairness. She got her message out loud and clear to the listeners; that she would later that day attack me in print is just plain bad manners. She said on the air she was glad I asked the question. Apparently that was somewhat less than truthful.

Posted by: brad krantz at November 21, 2005 02:48 PM (NNq8x)

9 Brad, thanks for posting. I don't think your question itself was out of place, but the claims of Michelle's enemies - let's call them what they are - that underlie the question certainly are. Every so often I get a reader who thinks that I am female and conservative, when I am neither, and the attacks I sometimes get are utterly vile. (I've had three such attacks, all from the same person, since yesterday, but that's unusual.) Michelle gets that every single day, with racial slurs to top it off. Still she should distinguish between your question and the baseless accusations that you asked about.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 21, 2005 05:12 PM (RbYVY)

10 Brad, thanks for sharing your feelings with us. I don't think it was at all out of place that you asked about the issue. I do feel that the original question has a sexist/racist assumption at its core. I agree with Pixy: your question was fair enough. You would have been remiss not to ask it, if the issue was being discussed over the web.

Posted by: Attila Girl at November 21, 2005 05:59 PM (JZqY7)

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There's an interview of the Cotillion Babes over at Basil's Blog. It's like a puzzle, of course: you get to try to guess which Bloggin' Babe goes with which image. And of course we're all as witty as can be.

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. . . began today. Kind of exciting, huh?

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He's back for real. Boy, is he back.

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Personally, I was hoping Aaron would devote this suit to the Conservative Brotherhood, but probably only because I figured it would make a lot of people really mad.

I'm a brat; I know.

I would nominate the bluntest guy I know in the 'sphere, but he doesn't like awards and contests and whatnot. And since he got me a beautiful martini set for my last birthday, I don't want to piss him off.

So I'll go with Patterico.

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