Tech Note: Our Own URL-Shortening Domain

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It’s the Internet equivalent of the vanity license plate, but I couldn’t resist. When you use our little blue Twitter buttons to retweet a post from LGF on Twitter, either from a front page article or an LGF Page, the link to the post inside your tweet will now use our extra-super-special custom URL-shortening domain, lgf.bz.

This feature is provided by the well-known URL shortening site, bit.ly. Last December they launched a service called bit.ly Pro, which lets you use your own short domain name to point to pages on your site. Lots of mainstream news sites are using this service; for example, the New York Times uses the domain nyti.ms.

I was lucky enough to find a nice short domain name that relates to Little Green Footballs, lgf.bz, and promptly snapped it up. It took a little bit of messing around with A records and CNAME records, and some minor changes to the LGF Blog codebase, but we’re set up and functioning with lgf.bz as our short URL domain. We’re branded like the big boys now.

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158 comments
1 CuriousLurker  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 5:53:17pm

Cool!

2 (I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 5:55:17pm

Go, go Belize!

3 PhillyPretzel  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 5:57:13pm

Neat!

4 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 5:58:23pm

The best blog on the Net just got even better. Very cool.

5 samuraishake  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 5:58:37pm
We’re branded like the big boys now.

I thought we were already the big boys

7 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:04:03pm

:peeks in through the door:

Is it safe?

8 Charles Johnson  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:05:12pm

re: #7 Slumbering Behemoth

What, did something happen? Maybe a discussion about torture or something?

9 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:06:24pm

re: #8 Charles

Not touching it with a ten foot pole.

10 CuriousLurker  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:07:34pm

re: #7 Slumbering Behemoth

:peeks in through the door:

Is it safe?

C'mon in, I'll protect you. ;o)

11 freetoken  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:08:45pm

re: #8 Charles

What, did something happen? Maybe a discussion about torture or something?

At this rate someday the various catalogers of internet sites might take you off the list labeled "conservative."

Glacially...

12 Killgore Trout  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:09:02pm

re: #7 Slumbering Behemoth

:peeks in through the door:

Is it safe?

What a great movie.

13 Charles Johnson  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:09:34pm

re: #11 freetoken

At this rate someday the various catalogers of internet sites might take you off the list labeled "conservative."

Glacially...

Like this one, for example?

[Link: blogosphereauthorityindex.com...]

14 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:10:09pm

re: #10 CuriousLurker

C'mon in, I'll protect you. ;o)

How would that look? Me, hiding behind a pretty girl like you.
/wait, you are pretty, right?

15 Ojoe  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:11:01pm

By the war, re several threads down:

Changing the 14th amendment to eliminate citizenship for babies born in the USA created a hereditary class with special privileges (those born here before the law changes), & titles of nobility are forbidden by the Constitution.

So such a change is unconstitutional on the face of it if you ask me.

Back after dinner.

16 Ojoe  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:11:50pm

"by the WAY"

PIMF

17 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:11:52pm

re: #12 Killgore Trout

Never actually seen it, only seen that scene reference here many times. I'm gonna have to rent it one of these days.

18 Ojoe  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:12:23pm

Spell check loves the wrong word, spelled correctly.

Sheesh.

19 albusteve  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:14:41pm

re: #12 Killgore Trout

What a great movie.

seems like eons ago...then there was Straw Dogs

20 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:15:26pm

re: #18 Ojoe

I've had a love/hate (but mostly "hate") relationship with spellcheckers ever since I sent off a critical business document addressed to a "Brain". Brian did not appreciate it in the least. He was quite angry in fact.

21 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:16:40pm

re: #15 Ojoe

By the war, re several threads down:

Changing the 14th amendment to eliminate citizenship for babies born in the USA created a hereditary class with special privileges (those born here before the law changes), & titles of nobility are forbidden by the Constitution.

So such a change is unconstitutional on the face of it if you ask me.

Back after dinner.

Agreed.

22 CuriousLurker  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:16:49pm

re: #14 Slumbering Behemoth

How would that look? Me, hiding behind a pretty girl like you.
/wait, you are pretty, right?

Well, I used to be, but um... too much soft living and gravity have taken their toll after nearly half a century. But, hey—it's the internet, right? I can be 22 again if I want to!

(I can also morph into a really mean looking roller derby queen if anyone messes with you.)

23 Charles Johnson  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:19:43pm

Uh oh. The Paulians are freaking out tonight about Killgore's post:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

24 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:20:10pm

Palin Emails ABC News to Push Back on 'Taliban Muslim' Twitter Controversy

Today reporters noted that she had apparently used Twitter to list as a “favorite” of hers a tweet from conservative commentator Ann Coulter showing a photo of a sign labeling President Barack Obama a “Taliban Muslim.”

/satire

25 Charles Johnson  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:20:33pm

The link to their kook site:

[Link: www.ronpaulforums.com...]

26 engineer cat  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:20:52pm

re: #20 Slumbering Behemoth

I've had a love/hate (but mostly "hate") relationship with spellcheckers ever since I sent off a critical business document addressed to a "Brain". Brian did not appreciate it in the least. He was quite angry in fact.

in order to know if a correctly spelled word was appropriate or not in context, spellcheckers would have to really understand english. given that most americans don't seem to be able to approach this standard, it's unfair to expect a mere computer program to achieve it

27 Charles Johnson  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:22:14pm

re: #24 Slumbering Behemoth

Palin Emails ABC News to Push Back on 'Taliban Muslim' Twitter Controversy

/satire

I think it's possible that she did accidentally 'favorite' that tweet from Ann Coulter. She's just that stupid.

28 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:24:00pm

re: #20 Slumbering Behemoth

I've had a love/hate (but mostly "hate") relationship with spellcheckers ever since I sent off a critical business document addressed to a "Brain". Brian did not appreciate it in the least. He was quite angry in fact.

My father once spellchecked a business letter.

The original phrase was "we cannot run the building like a warehouse in Modesto".

My father, who is not a great speller, thought about the music store, and wrote "a wherehouse in Modesto".

The printed document, which was, THANK GOD, scanned quickly by his secretary, read "a whorehouse in Modesto".

29 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:24:08pm
"So these people are upset that he wants to end the institution that printed money to bail out the corporate banks? Why am i not surprised?"

So, Laup Nor fans have avatars that are pro-fascist/nazi? Why am I not surprised?

30 Eclectic Infidel  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:24:48pm

A cause for celebration. Beer and pizza for all!

31 Daniel Ballard  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:25:50pm

re: #13 Charles

Well seriously Charles, (or any of the lizards more senior than my scant two years) when does the blog start to hit the left center lists? That question hit me when you declared you were voting straight Democrat. Not that any of the above is a bad thing, not at all.
Obviously all the real qualities exist either way-easy to use, the code, well moderated, pages, etc etc.
LGF should be coming up the same lists that have owners with similar feelings about the GOP, and a declared straight Democratic ticket vote? What is taking so long to climb the left pole? Left bloggers holding grudges would be my guess.

32 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:26:08pm

re: #28 SanFranciscoZionist

Have you been to Modesto? No one should run their business like a whorehouse in Modesto. Not even the Mustang Ranch.

33 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:26:41pm

Oh noes!

Bit.ly is Khaddafi's domain. Every URL that is shortened is more money in Khaddafi's pocket!

Outrageous outrage!1!1!

///

34 Charles Johnson  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:28:05pm

John Boehner looks like some kind of strange puppet statue made out of a pumpkin.

35 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:28:37pm

re: #32 Slumbering Behemoth

Have you been to Modesto? No one should run their business like a whorehouse in Modesto. Not even the Mustang Ranch.

Yes. I have been to Modesto.

"Water, Wealth, Contentment, Health".

I once had a teacher of mine urge me to move to Modesto because there were better teaching jobs there.

I said, "Diane, I'm not going to Modesto."

She said, "You shouldn't be a snob. Modesto has a world class symphony."

I said, "Diane, I've lived in San Francisco since I was six, and have never gone to the symphony HERE. Why the HELL would I go to Modesto to hear their world-class symphony?"

36 engineer cat  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:29:11pm

re: #28 SanFranciscoZionist

My father once spellchecked a business letter.

The original phrase was "we cannot run the building like a warehouse in Modesto".

My father, who is not a great speller, thought about the music store, and wrote "a wherehouse in Modesto".

The printed document, which was, THANK GOD, scanned quickly by his secretary, read "a whorehouse in Modesto".

many years ago i worked on an application that helped write sensitive business documents. it had a list of 'words you should never ever use' as well as a custom spellchecker. some bright individual decided to save space by incorporating the bad words list into the spellchecker dictionary

so one fine day we got a bug report that the spellchecker had popped up a dialog on somebody's document reading "did you mean to say 'asshole'?"

37 Killgore Trout  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:30:08pm

re: #17 Slumbering Behemoth

Never actually seen it, only seen that scene reference here many times. I'm gonna have to rent it one of these days.

I haven't seen it in a while but I bet it still holds up. Dustin Hoffman was really a great actor once upon a time.

38 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:30:27pm

re: #31 Rightwingconspirator

Left bloggers holding grudges would be my guess.

They're not gonna give up on the "LGF = hatesite" until Israel get's thrown under the bus here. I suspect that will happen about the same time as power armored monkeys start flying out of my but.

39 Killgore Trout  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:30:49pm

re: #23 Charles

Uh oh. The Paulians are freaking out tonight about Killgore's post:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Must be the picture.

40 Charles Johnson  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:31:20pm

Rachel Maddow made some terrific points tonight about the right wing echo chamber and their fake outrages and made-up stories.

They're living in an alternate reality. I've seen it developing for years, and now it's gone completely into the Twilight Zone. The right wing is insane.

41 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:32:33pm

re: #25 Charles

The link to their kook site:

[Link: www.ronpaulforums.com...]

Any post that leaves Paulians screaming is a good one in my book. :)

42 freetoken  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:33:18pm

re: #31 Rightwingconspirator

... voting straight Democrat.

That's the thing, though. Too often the equation in the right wing pundit-sphere is that "Democratic Party member" = "leftist/socialist/marxist" (depending on the fringiness of the pundit.

It's just not true, though. While since FDR the Democratic Party has become more and more progressive, there are still plenty of Democratic party members who are not "leftist" in any sense.

As I explained on my Page describing my registering as a (D), it was more of a "I'm not a Republican" move.

Same thing with some of my votes on Tuesday. I wanted to Vote for Brown and Newsom, and Chiang, and one of the local (D) candidates, but I voted for some other (D) candidates just so that the (R) wouldn't win or have as big a lead. In one case I refused to vote for a (D) because he is a truther.

Talked to my elderly mother, and she voted on Tuesday. She informed me that she voted against several incumbents because she didn't like some decisions they made. To her (in another state far away) the Party affiliations didn't seem to matter a whole lot for certain races.

Many of the current (R) politicians have moved so far "right", become so reactionary, that when middle of the road Democratic Party candidates are compared to them the (D) might seem "left", but that is just a relative evaluation.

43 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:34:35pm

re: #34 Charles

I don't see that at all. He looks normal to me.

44 Varek Raith  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:35:07pm

re: #43 Dark_Falcon

I don't see that at all. He looks normal to me.

He's a Twilight vampire.
Explains the odd glow.
/

45 SteveC  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:36:33pm

re: #8 Charles

What, did something happen? Maybe a discussion about torture or something?

A little torture can be invigorating as long as everyone knows the limits and uses the Safe Words.

Wait...? You're talking about something else....?

Never mind!

46 Killgore Trout  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:36:54pm

It seems despite my recent controversial opinions I have finally achieved slight more karma than posts. I never thought I'd see the day.

47 Charles Johnson  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:37:13pm

re: #43 Dark_Falcon

I don't see that at all. He looks normal to me.

Image: ZZ3F65AEF7.jpg

48 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:37:40pm

re: #41 Dark_Falcon

Hey, Star Wars nerd. Have you seen this?

Be sure to check out the video at the link.

49 Daniel Ballard  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:38:11pm

re: #42 freetoken

Your point is many Dems are moderate. Like California Republicans by and large. So California moderates get little or no respect either way. Yet the moderates are the problem solvers, again by and large.

50 freetoken  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:39:14pm

BTW, that's one of the problems the Democratic Party has. It seems directionless in part because there isn't much of a coherent set of propositions around which the whole Party rallies.

This is due, in no small part, because a non-trivial number of people who associate with the Democratic Party do so as a statement: "I'm not a Republican."

51 Varek Raith  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:39:20pm

Democrats clinch another Senate seat -- Republican Dino Rossi concedes to Patty Murray in Washington state.

52 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:39:50pm

re: #46 Killgore Trout

It seems despite my recent controversial opinions I have finally achieved slight more karma than posts. I never thought I'd see the day.

Say something atheisty.

53 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:40:27pm

re: #48 Slumbering Behemoth

Hey, Star Wars nerd. Have you seen this?

Be sure to check out the video at the link.

Greedo shot first!

54 elizajane  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:40:31pm

Seattle Times declares Patty Murray winner in Washington; Rossi concedes; Michelle Malkin weeps big tears.
Just call me, happy to be living on the west coast.

55 Charles Johnson  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:41:08pm

re: #54 elizajane

Seattle Times declares Patty Murray winner in Washington; Rossi concedes; Michelle Malkin weeps big tears.
Just call me, happy to be living on the west coast.

The west coast has largely avoided the Tea Party disaster.

56 Varek Raith  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:41:21pm

re: #52 Slumbering Behemoth

Say something atheisty.

God has a starship.

57 Killgore Trout  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:41:33pm

re: #52 Slumbering Behemoth

Say something atheisty.

Opiate of the Moses! Mao-Mao-Mao!

58 Daniel Ballard  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:42:12pm

re: #46 Killgore Trout

Well here is one more. Your posts have a certain strength. Some of the best comments get both up and down dings. Much like many of the best posters. Heh, I'd love to see the ding counter turn yellow for mixed reviews, that is up and down dings.

59 SteveC  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:42:24pm

re: #54 elizajane

Seattle Times declares Patty Murray winner in Washington; Rossi concedes; Michelle Malkin weeps big tears.
Just call me, happy to be living on the west coast.

If MM wasn't crazy I'd enjoy giving her a shoulder to cry on.

/Hey, I'm still single.

60 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:42:27pm

re: #51 Varek Raith

Democrats clinch another Senate seat -- Republican Dino Rossi concedes to Patty Murray in Washington state.

That leaves the GOP with a gain of 5 seats. Still good.

61 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:43:35pm

re: #55 Charles

The west coast has largely avoided the Tea Party disaster.

But Rossi is no teabagger.

62 Charles Johnson  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:43:46pm

re: #60 Dark_Falcon

That leaves the GOP with a gain of 5 seats. Still good.

No, it's very bad. The GOP does not deserve to win. They are the party of atavism.

63 freetoken  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:45:17pm

re: #57 Killgore Trout

Opiate of the Moses! Mao-Mao-Mao!

64 freetoken  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:47:22pm

re: #55 Charles

The west coast has largely avoided the Tea Party disaster.

It's the water... we fluoridate.

65 Charles Johnson  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:48:22pm

re: #64 freetoken

It's the water... we fluoridate.

Communism is in our teeth.

66 SteveC  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:48:26pm

re: #56 Varek Raith

God has a starship.

Excuse me, I have a question. Why does God need a starship?

67 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:49:10pm

re: #62 Charles

No, it's very bad. The GOP does not deserve to win. They are the party of atavism.

On this, you and I do not agree. I was glad to vote for Mark Kirk, and happy when he won. I've never liked Obama and I'm glad he'll be checked. I also think that given some formal power, the party establishment will be able to reign in the crazies somewhat.

68 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:49:24pm

re: #66 SteveC

Excuse me, I have a question. Why does God need a starship?

ZAP!

69 Varek Raith  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:50:20pm

re: #66 SteveC

Excuse me, I have a question. Why does God need a starship?

That plot was hilarious.

70 engineer cat  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:50:24pm

re: #66 SteveC

Excuse me, I have a question. Why does God need a starship?

because it's not as much fun to say "make it so" when you're only sitting on a bunch of clouds?

71 Virginia Plain  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:50:29pm

re: #29 Slumbering Behemoth

So, Laup Nor fans have avatars that are pro-fascist/nazi? Why am I not surprised?

Well that's certainly a groove thing I certainly don't need:

72 SteveC  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:50:48pm

re: #68 Dark_Falcon

ZAP!

I do not believe you have answered his question.

73 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:51:55pm

re: #72 SteveC

I do not believe you have answered his question.

SMACK!

74 Varek Raith  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:52:16pm

re: #73 Dark_Falcon

SMACK!

I doubt any God who inflicts pain for his own pleasure.
-McCoy

75 Charles Johnson  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:52:19pm

re: #67 Dark_Falcon

On this, you and I do not agree. I was glad to vote for Mark Kirk, and happy when he won. I've never liked Obama and I'm glad he'll be checked. I also think that given some formal power, the party establishment will be able to reign in the crazies somewhat.

You will eat those words. We're about to see a nightmarish example of what happens when right wingers gain power.

76 bratwurst  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:52:19pm

re: #67 Dark_Falcon

I also think that given some formal power, the party establishment will be able to reign in the crazies somewhat.

I hope you are right, but I strongly suspect that enough crazies won to create a nightmare when it comes time to nominate a presidential candidate, a process that will be well underway 6 months from now.

77 Digital Display  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:52:36pm

Good Evening Lizards!

78 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:52:47pm

re: #71 Virginia Plain

Wow, I didn't know Anthony Hopkins was in a band.
/

79 bratwurst  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:54:24pm

re: #77 HoosierHoops

Good Evening Lizards!

I guess you and Winston are sleeping easy knowing that, thanks to the voters of Oklahoma, you are safe from the creeping scourge of Sharia law!

80 SteveC  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:55:18pm

From IMDB's trivia page:

One of William Shatner's daughters, Melanie Shatner, appears as the yeoman that holds Kirk's malfunctioning Captain's log.

Now there's your Final Frontier!

81 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:55:22pm

I did something this afternoon that was very mundane and enjoyable, but at the same time also very sacred.

I baked bread.

I used five lbs. of flour to make a large enough dough so that I could fulfill the commandment of separating challah, which is the equivalent of bringing a sacrifice to the Temple.

I baked 8 weeks' worth of Shabbat challah, and hoagie rolls for Zedushka and a pizza.

I hope that in the zechut (merit) of performing this great deed that I can recover the property that was stolen from me, and also "earn my daily bread" (a successful outcome to the job interview I had yesterday)

82 Varek Raith  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:57:22pm

re: #81 Alouette

I did something this afternoon that was very mundane and enjoyable, but at the same time also very sacred.

I baked bread.

I used five lbs. of flour to make a large enough dough so that I could fulfill the commandment of separating challah, which is the equivalent of bringing a sacrifice to the Temple.

I baked 8 weeks' worth of Shabbat challah, and hoagie rolls for Zedushka and a pizza.

I hope that in the zechut (merit) of performing this great deed that I can recover the property that was stolen from me, and also "earn my daily bread" (a successful outcome to the job interview I had yesterday)

So...
Enough bread for us for a day???
:)

83 Eclectic Infidel  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:58:36pm

SFZ - how was pasta night?

84 Digital Display  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:59:03pm

re: #79 bratwurst

I guess you and Winston are sleeping easy knowing that, thanks to the voters of Oklahoma, you are safe from the creeping scourge of Sharia law!

The politics of Oklahoma are pretty hard core in many areas...Not around OU...An Island in the sea of insanity..
/I've been keeping my eye on Winston just in case he wants to saw my head off in the middle of night or stone me to death
/

85 Ojoe  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 6:59:24pm

re: #62 Charles

We need a new party; lots of people only wanted fiscal conservatism & they had to get all the crazy stuff with it.

86 Killgore Trout  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:00:13pm

re: #63 freetoken

[Video]

Wow. I've never heard that before but I'm pretty sure that track is source of a very famous drum sample. I have the loop saved on my drive somewhere,

87 Charles Johnson  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:00:32pm

If the right wing had responded to Obama's election with principled criticism of his policies, we might be in a very different place today.

Instead, the GOP and the Tea Party base have indulged themselves in an orgy of racism and irrational behavior unlike anything I've ever seen. The Republican Party has totally lost me, and I know I'm not alone.

Instead of doing the hard work to come up with alternatives to the Democratic agenda, the GOP dove to the bottom as fast as they could. The Southern Strategy was almost mild compared to what's going on now.

88 bratwurst  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:00:38pm

re: #84 HoosierHoops

The politics of Oklahoma are pretty hard core in many areas...Not around OU...An Island in the sea of insanity..
/I've been keeping my eye on Winston just in case he wants to saw my head off in the middle of night or stone me to death
/

My parents met while attending OU, so Norman holds a special place in my heart!

89 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:00:43pm

re: #80 SteveC

From IMDB's trivia page:

One of William Shatner's daughters, Melanie Shatner, appears as the yeoman that holds Kirk's malfunctioning Captain's log.

Now there's your Final Frontier!

I'm really glad that Star Trek VI was made. It let the original cast go out with a much better movie than Star Trek V.

90 Wozza Matter?  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:01:10pm

Good night all.

91 albusteve  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:01:57pm

re: #84 HoosierHoops

The politics of Oklahoma are pretty hard core in many areas...Not around OU...An Island in the sea of insanity..
/I've been keeping my eye on Winston just in case he wants to saw my head off in the middle of night or stone me to death
/

everybody must get stoned
BD

92 Ojoe  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:03:46pm

re: #91 albusteve

That Dylan song is a hoot if you substitute "phone" in the place of "stone."

93 Varek Raith  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:03:49pm

re: #89 Dark_Falcon

I'm really glad that Star Trek VI was made. It let the original cast go out with a much better movie than Star Trek V.

Preach it!

94 Killgore Trout  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:03:52pm

re: #81 Alouette

Holla


NSFW lyrics
95 prairiefire  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:04:08pm

re: #87 Charles

If the right wing had responded to Obama's election with principled criticism of his policies, we might be in a very different place today.

Instead, the GOP and the Tea Party base has indulged themselves in an orgy of racism and irrational behavior unlike anything I've ever seen. The Republican Party has totally lost me, and I know I'm not alone.

Instead of doing the hard work to come up with alternatives to the Democratic agenda, the GOP dove to the bottom as fast as they could. The Southern Strategy was almost mild compared to what's going on now.

I think Rove greased the slope for them.

96 albusteve  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:05:51pm

re: #92 Ojoe

That Dylan song is a hoot if you substitute "phone" in the place of "stone."

let's see...

97 Ojoe  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:07:52pm

They'll phone you when you live all alone

I would not feel so all alone

Everybody must get phoned

98 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:08:07pm

A short list of accountants that Christine O'Donnell strongly disapproves of.

99 Killgore Trout  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:09:11pm

re: #81 Alouette

It really is amazing how spiritual bead is. It's right up there with fishing for me. Even the cats know when I'm baking bread. They like it because I'm such a cooking dork that I sit in front of the oven and watch the bread rise. They come around for the free petting.

100 Ojoe  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:11:04pm

re: #99 Killgore Trout

The spanish word for yeast translates as "little souls."

101 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:12:14pm

Why Prop 19 didn't pass.

102 Charles Johnson  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:12:19pm

David Frum is lost in Dreamland. He still thinks there's a real centrist conservative movement that has a chance of taking control back from the loons.

The loons are ascendant, and totally in control. There's a reason why Frum can only get airtime on MSNBC -- he's been excommunicated, but he's still in denial about it.

103 Killgore Trout  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:13:21pm

re: #100 Ojoe

The spanish word for yeast translates as "little souls."

I didn't know that. Almost as poetic as Little Death

104 prairiefire  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:14:01pm

Bear VS Bison in a race down teh highway:[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

105 SteveC  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:17:37pm

re: #92 Ojoe

That Dylan song is a hoot if you substitute "phone" in the place of "stone."

Lines from the Star Wars movies that would be improved by substituting the word "pants":

1. I find your lack of pants... disturbing.

2. You are unwise to lower your pants.

3. The Force is strong in my pants.

4. Chewie and me got into a lot of pants more heavily guarded than this.

5. Your pants, you will not need them.

6. I cannot teach him. The boy has no pants.

7. You came in those pants? You’re braver than I thought.

8. Governor Tarkin. I thought I smelled your foul pants.

9. In his pants you will find a new definition of pain and suffering.

10. I think you just can’t bear to let a gorgeous guy like me out of your pants.

11. Pull up! All pants pull up!

12. I sense the conflict within you. Let go of your pants!

13. I’ve just made a deal that will keep the Empire out of our pants forever.

14. Alderan is peaceful, we have no pants!

15. These aren’t the pants you’re looking for.

106 Mr Pancakes  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:17:52pm

re: #100 Ojoe

The spanish word for yeast translates as "little souls."


My wife says it's "levadura"....... an action that provides levan.

107 freetoken  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:19:18pm

re: #102 Charles

Does Frum acknowledge that a non-trivial portion of the electorate is in full revanche mode? I fail to see how those people will, very quickly, suddenly accept a future with the US more accommodating to international pressure while crawling along with minimal economic growth.

108 Killgore Trout  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:20:17pm

Glenn Beck Plays With Puppets & Talks About The FED (part 1)

Uhhhhhh.....wow.

109 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:20:41pm

re: #105 SteveC

9. In his pants you will find a new definition of pain and suffering.

Not exactly the best way to sell someone on your large... endowments.

110 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:22:36pm

re: #102 Charles

David Frum is lost in Dreamland. He still thinks there's a real centrist conservative movement that has a chance of taking control back from the loons.

The loons are ascendant, and totally in control. There's a reason why Frum can only get airtime on MSNBC -- he's been excommunicated, but he's still in denial about it.

Speaking of which, just to get the full tenor of wingnut rage and revenge fantasies fueled by their impotence, I give you the following quote from a banned lizard.

Iron Fist wrote:

Fuck, if it were up to me, we’d have really tortured the fucker. Don’t like waterboarding? You’ll like it more when we add an arc welder…

The lesson here is that malice born of delusions of manhood makes for the most savage members of the mob.

111 Charles Johnson  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:22:37pm

re: #107 freetoken

Does Frum acknowledge that a non-trivial portion of the electorate is in full revanche mode? I fail to see how those people will, very quickly, suddenly accept a future with the US more accommodating to international pressure while crawling along with minimal economic growth.

He acknowledges it, but then he comes right back and talks about the wonderful conservative values we should all support, just on the off-chance that they might not be crazy.

It's really sad to see a smart person who lies to himself like that.

112 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:23:27pm

re: #111 Charles

He acknowledges it, but then he comes right back and talks about the wonderful conservative values we should all support, just on the off-chance that they might not be crazy.

It's really sad to see a smart person who lies to himself like that.

I was never fond of Frum.

Perhaps he could comment on Reagan, Bush sr and Thatcher support of AGW action.

113 freetoken  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:23:34pm

re: #108 Killgore Trout

Bwahaha...


"Who's hands are these?"

The Joooosss "banksters", that's who!

Just...wait...for...it.....

114 Killgore Trout  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:23:47pm

re: #108 Killgore Trout

It'll be interesting to see where Beck goes with this. Who's behind the Federal reserve? Acorn? Soros? I think he's going further into the NWO forest.

115 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:24:04pm

re: #108 Killgore Trout

Interesting how "The Establishment" looks like a slave in ragged clothes.

"Because nothing seems real to me right now."

Just right now?

116 SteveC  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:24:17pm

re: #109 Slumbering Behemoth

Not exactly the best way to sell someone on your large... endowments.

Size matters not. Judge me by my size, do you?

117 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:24:45pm

re: #114 Killgore Trout

It'll be interesting to see where Beck goes with this. Who's behind the Federal reserve? Acorn? Soros? I think he's going further into the NWO forest.

This shit always comes back to attacking Jews in some way. It was inevitable and yet another reason why Jews who think the teabags are friends are idiots.

118 prairiefire  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:25:06pm

One tough Roomba kitty:

119 Killgore Trout  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:25:24pm

re: #113 freetoken

Bwahaha...

"Who's hands are these?"

The Jooosss "banksters", that's who!

Just...wait...for...it...

He's almost completely merge with Alex Jones. I also notice this clip is 2 days old. Media Matters dropped the ball, I picked up this clip from the Paulians.

120 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:25:34pm

re: #108 Killgore Trout

Glenn Beck Plays With Puppets & Talks About The FED (part 1)

[Video]

Uhhh...wow.

And this KT is the intellectual level of our foes - disgusting isn't it?

121 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:26:18pm

I like vanity plates :D

122 Usually refered to as anyways  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:27:25pm

re: #108 Killgore Trout

Glenn Beck Plays With Puppets & Talks About The FED (part 1)

[Video]

Uhhh...wow.

I'm sorry, I just can't watch 13 minutes of Beck.
I'd rather be waterb... Oh never mind...

123 SteveC  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:27:28pm

When you have to make your point with puppets, for crying out loud...

... something is wrong SOMEWHERE!

124 albusteve  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:27:51pm

re: #121 WindUpBird

I like vanity plates :D

paper plates are good enough for me

125 samuraishake  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:28:10pm

re: #120 LudwigVanQuixote

foes

Is that the right word to use? What's the word to use for a mosquito that won't seem to go away?

126 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:28:13pm

By the way and for the record, all that talk of Jewish Bankers - well we ain't. We ain't the richest either. Queen of England, Bill Gates, All those Swiss bankers who made so much money off of Jewish teeth, not Jews. Neither is Bank of America or Chase Manhattan etc... The Vatican bank is certainly not Jewish.

Just a little truth before the inevitable.

127 albusteve  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:28:31pm

re: #122 ozbloke

I'm sorry, I just can't watch 13 minutes of Beck.
I'd rather be waterb... Oh never mind...

hahaha!
G Beck!

128 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:28:42pm

re: #113 freetoken

Bwahaha...

"Who's hands are these?"

The Jooosss "banksters", that's who!

Just...wait...for...it...

okay, I gotta ask, is "banksters" considered an anti-semitic dogwhistle? I've heard that, but I've also heard that it's just a portmanteau of banker + gangster to rage against the financial crisis and the corrupting hold that multinational banks and credit card companies have over American politics

129 Charles Johnson  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:28:58pm

Karl Rove says "climate is gone."

He's more right than he knows.

130 freetoken  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:29:03pm

re: #111 Charles

Frum sounds like someone who really, really, wants to believe in something from the past. Namely, he looks for the "morning in America again" type Reaganism, a time that really never was, though RWR did play the part well.

The is a cadre of similar self-declared pundits (Reihan Salam, Ross Douthat, etc) who act like they can steer the energy from the revanchists towards something more classically "liberal".

I think they are in for a surprise when they discover that the angry masses are angry for reasons other than the lack of well thought out economic policies from moderate-conservative think tanks.

131 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:29:10pm

re: #126 LudwigVanQuixote

Isn't Citibank owned by the saudis?

132 Killgore Trout  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:29:35pm

re: #122 ozbloke

I'm sorry, I just can't watch 13 minutes of Beck.
I'd rather be waterb... Oh never mind...

Ok, bamboo spikes under your fingernails then.

133 Digital Display  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:29:39pm

re: #123 SteveC

When you have to make your point with puppets, for crying out loud...

... something is wrong SOMEWHERE!

Not really..I have said Beck has acted like a clown for 2 years now..
It fits perfectly for his show

134 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:30:08pm

re: #125 samuraishake

Is that the right word to use? What's the word to use for a mosquito that won't seem to go away?

What is the word for a million disease infested mosquitoes biting this nation is more like it.

The utter unworthiness of these cretins only adds insult to injury.

Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan together could not take us out. But we will go down under the weight of those who watch puppets on Beck and think that's clever.

135 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:30:10pm

re: #129 Charles

Karl Rove says "climate is gone."

He's more right than he knows.

Guys like that who will be dead or safe as old men when the world starts going severely downhill because of what we've done to it

136 freetoken  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:30:24pm

re: #128 WindUpBird

In Buchanan-land, "bankster" is indeed dog-whistle anti-semitism.

137 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:30:52pm

re: #129 Charles

Karl Rove says "climate is gone."

He's more right than he knows.

Bastard is even gloating about it.

The fact he is not in prison for outing a CIA agent is really everything that needs to be said about what is broken in America.

138 Vambo  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:31:07pm

re: #43 Dark_Falcon

I don't see that at all. He looks normal to me.

yeah, like Snooki.

139 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:31:26pm

re: #131 WindUpBird

Isn't Citibank owned by the saudis?

Yeah... They are... wait for it.... NOT JEWISH either.

140 freetoken  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:33:13pm

re: #131 WindUpBird

Isn't Citibank owned by the saudis?

The Saudi royal extended family has extensive assets spread throughout the US economy. So do various "sovereign" wealth funds from all sorts of nations.

Ron Paul and his buddies know this and hope by portraying the Fed as friends of foreign nations that there will be a mass uprising against the Fed, and thus against the money system we use.

That's why they want to "audit" the Fed, and make the books of all the institutions that were bailed out public.

141 Amory Blaine  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:33:17pm

Our new governor is pulling no punches cancelling a "high speed" rail line in our state. Looks like any progress on alternative transportation is dead here for a long time.

142 albusteve  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:33:23pm

re: #134 LudwigVanQuixote

What is the word for a million disease infested mosquitoes biting this nation is more like it.

The utter unworthiness of these cretins only adds insult to injury.

Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan together could not take us out. But we will go down under the weight of those who watch puppets on Beck and think that's clever.

good LORD!....
PUPPETS?
OH NOEZ!

143 SteveC  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:33:26pm

re: #133 HoosierHoops

Not really..I have said Beck has acted like a clown for 2 years now..
It fits perfectly for his show

I wish he was more like Clarabell. Clarabell the clown said two words during the entire Howdy Doody series, and those were at the end of the final show: "Goodbye, kids."

144 albusteve  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:34:23pm

re: #143 SteveC

I wish he was more like Clarabell. Clarabell the clown said two words during the entire Howdy Doody series, and those were at the end of the final show: "Goodbye, kids."

Clarabelle....aka, Capt Kangaroo...
I was there

145 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:35:15pm

re: #133 HoosierHoops

Not really..I have said Beck has acted like a clown for 2 years twenty five years now..
It fits perfectly for his show

FTFY

I looked his wiki up, I didn't know he worked for KUBE when he was first starting out, that was a station that I listened to as a Seattle kid


The thing is he IS a clown. He's exactly that. He puts on the clown pants and the clown makeup and honks his nose at fat bearded angry south-shall-rise-again guys and paranoid hausfraus. He's not "crazy", he's not some madman, he's a very clever guy, he's a carnival barker, he's Pt Barnum, it's all manipulation, it's all schtick, it's all careerism. he knows what he's doing, he's not nuts, he's just manipulating stupid people. He's a force for badness, but he's no true-believer IMO, he's a guy who's figured out his angle, who writes his own ticket. it's a mean ticket, it's a bad ticket, but that's all it is.

146 prairiefire  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:35:24pm

re: #137 LudwigVanQuixote

Bastard is even gloating about it.

The fact he is not in prison for outing a CIA agent is really everything that needs to be said about what is broken in America.

I do not care that Armitage named her first. Rove trafficked in the knowledge he was outing a "Quantico secretary." He phoned at least two journalists to pass on the classified national secret.

147 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:37:54pm

re: #110 LudwigVanQuixote

Speaking of which, just to get the full tenor of wingnut rage and revenge fantasies fueled by their impotence, I give you the following quote from a banned lizard.

Iron Fist wrote:

The lesson here is that malice born of delusions of manhood makes for the most savage members of the mob.

He actually likes the idea of torturing someone. That's the way a serial killer talks.

148 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:43:17pm

re: #110 LudwigVanQuixote

That Iron Fist comment sounds like a normal stupid guy from the middle of the country to me

The problem isn't that that guy's nuts, it's that he's not really nuts, there's a lot of animalistic and stupid people around, and they think this way and talk this way, for whatever reason. And they can't be reasoned with because they're just not bright enough. Some of my relative stalk like this, not as viciously, but they're essentially saying the same stuff in a slightly more candy-coated way. And then I try to talk to them, and they just don't have the capacity to understand. I may as well try my arguments out on my cats, they simply can't process it.

149 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:43:32pm

re: #147 Dark_Falcon

He actually likes the idea of torturing someone. That's the way a serial killer talks.

it's the way normal dumb people talk, actually.

150 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:50:09pm

re: #149 WindUpBird

it's the way normal dumb people talk, actually.

He's not stupid, that's the problem. He's an extreme hater with a violent streak.

151 engineer cat  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 7:56:15pm

re: #67 Dark_Falcon

the party establishment will be able to reign in the crazies somewhat.

if i really believed that the non-crazy GOP in power would not destroy social security, remove so many regulations that financial crises become commonplace, and continue to shift the tax burden down the income scale onto the middle class, well...

152 Ojoe  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 8:29:11pm

re: #129 Charles

Karl Rove says "climate is gone."

He's more right than he knows.

Strangely enough some of the evangelical types are quite on board with taking care of planet; they call it "creation care."

I hope that strain grows.

153 Ojoe  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 8:30:31pm

re: #106 Mr Pancakes

Sometimes the yeast is called "animas"

154 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 8:56:40pm

re: #150 Dark_Falcon

He's not stupid, that's the problem. He's an extreme hater with a violent streak.

Dumb compared to me, that's for sure

155 LotharBot  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 9:18:37pm

It's too bad French Guyana doesn't currently have a system for registering under their TLD. It'd be nice to have l.gf

156 yasharki  Thu, Nov 4, 2010 11:07:58pm

Interesting how bit.ly makes money, they're providing a rather trivial service for free. It can be easily implemented by using let's say Apache's virtual host directives combined with either rewrite directives (which would require server restarts or at least killhups), or just plain html files with location.replace("...") inside. Such service could be backed up or replicated by keeping random-local-url to intended-target mapping in a database, allowing for complete recovery/replication anywhere.

The reason I'm being so skeptical about bit.ly is not only because of where tld is located (although it is kinda fishy), but mostly because of their statements like "We don't currently support the closing of bit.ly accounts"

157 simoom  Fri, Nov 5, 2010 1:41:34am

re: #27 Charles

I think it's possible that she did accidentally 'favorite' that tweet from Ann Coulter. She's just that stupid.

She doesn't really do herself any favors by defending & excusing Coulter in the same sentence she claims "an obvious accidental ‘favoriting'" occurred. It's almost like she's saying, "I didn't do it intentionally, but it wouldn't be a big deal if I did."

158 antigone  Fri, Nov 5, 2010 3:55:04pm

You might want to reconsider using that URL shortener. They are all the rage nowadays because they are another way to track users. By outsourcing your shortener to bit.ly you are enabling bit.ly to track all of your users who click through any lgf.bz link. Which, by itself wouldn't be a problem, but when you consider how many other websites use bit.ly too it becomes clear that bit.ly is in a position to correlate users of LGF with users at other sites. That's creepy corporate stalker stuff -- does facebook need to know that I read LGF? Does my bank need to know that? How about DHS - it is also all the rage nowadays for government groups to circumvent laws preventing privacy abuses by simply buying the information from commercial brokers like bit.ly.

Hey, you may even be fine with enabling such widespread monitoring of your users - its a sad fact that most people don't give privacy much thought until their loss of it bites them hard in the ass. But in one real sense it is a problem because anyone who is not fine with it will just stop clicking through on any such links and anything that discourages users from using your website can't possibly help you, no matter how tempting it is to say "good riddance" to them.


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