१८ ऑक्टोबर, २००९

Hey, guess what?

Gah. Don't give them any more attention. I'm not even blogging that. No link. Ignore.

४३ टिप्पण्या:

NotWhoIUsedtoBe म्हणाले...

I like this blog because of the fully functional BS detector.

Ron म्हणाले...

Que? What am I to ignore?

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

Ron, I said ignore it!

SteveR म्हणाले...

I have an idea for a reality show: Going to prison and having your children taken away by the state. Call it Father is Somebody's Girlfriend.

SteveR म्हणाले...

Sorry Ann

Ron म्हणाले...

ummm...ok?

Cedarford म्हणाले...

Ron said...
Que? What am I to ignore?


Balloon Boy and his whole grifter family, who are now in major hot water charged with a couple of felonies in Colorado. With the FAA and the Feds still to announce what they will do.

All 3 children were also in on it, coached to lie (just not very well, in the case of Balloon Boy).

Althouse's BS detector was working well, and several commentors also quickly deduced it was a hoax. Not that is anything to brag about - being smarter than TV journalists...and hyperventilating, weepy female newsreaders..

chickelit म्हणाले...

Yeah agree. Do not feed the loser guy's beast.

Cedarford म्हणाले...

Now I return to ignore mode, in keeping with Ms. Althouse's wishes to ignore what she blogged about.

Tibore म्हणाले...

That was... cryptic...

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Is somebody immanentizing the eschaton?

Meade म्हणाले...

Ron, don't feel too bad.

I am myself considering hiding in a box and taking a nap while she cools down.

Or until Paul Krugman turns his comment section back on. Whichever comes first.

Or maybe I'll just hold my breath 'til I puke.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Authorities do not like being played for fools, which they are.

Fortunately everybody is a criminal, so they are not without recourse.

Ron म्हणाले...

Meade, you can be the Robert Gibbs of Althouse if you play your cards right!

Hey, where are our T-shirts?

Unknown म्हणाले...

Meade said...

I am myself considering hiding in a box and taking a nap while she cools down.

Althouse has a temper???? And she, a law professor ;D

A little work outside is also good in such situations. Sweet, blonde goddesses can be hard to handle at times.

Tyrone Slothrop म्हणाले...

I'm thinking about it and you can't stop me.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Jimmy Webb was in the Harmony I class I took at a local junior college when I was a senior in HS.

Frankly, it was better than any harmony or ear-training class I ever got at the University of California. But Jimmy Webb didn't stay. He had other balloons to fly.

2 years later, I was still getting A's in my theory classes, and Jimmy Webb was on the cover of Time.

I went to junior high school with the Grimm twins, one of whom got together with Steve Lanier while in HS or just after to build the hot air balloon flown by William Williams as publicity for KMEN.

I think Jimmy Webb was up in the Cajon Pass with them one day when they were flying it and got inspired.

A memory from growing up in the 'Inland Empire,' and an example of a balloon stunt that worked.

They seldom have since.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Jimmy Webb also frequently smelled of dope smoke.

But a lot of people did in those days.

What is Mr. Mylar Mushroom's excuse?

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

The news magazines need to do an expose on the art of acting faked spontaneous on TV. The Oscar for fake reality displays could be called the Empty Bag Award. At last President Obama can win an award he is the best in the world at doing.This would be an Education that is more needed than any other education class now being taught anywhere.

Unknown म्हणाले...

Althouse's memories of Colorado involve people at their best moments.

I don't blame her for not wanting to associate Colorado with desperation, pandering, or attention-whoring.

JAL म्हणाले...

Actually Drudge and the Professor must be the same person, since both hoaxlighted something which might be what Althouse is not blogging about. But then maybe not.

We do know that Meade knows about her bad side.

wv gyrackst
A helium filled backyard publicity racket

Beth म्हणाले...

Meade, napping on Sunday? You should be watching the Saints-Giants game. It will give you something to taunt Trooper York about, should the occasion come up.

J. Cricket म्हणाले...

Yes, ignore it!!

Why? Because otherwise it might be clear that Althouse's own BS detector was not working when the story broke. Note how Althouse later scolded others for not expressing the skepticism that she did not express in her original post.

Now she wants us to forget it. I can see why. You committed the ultimate sin for an Althouse: you were as gullible as the common person!!

HA HA!

Trooper York म्हणाले...

Bite me Beth.

Trooper York म्हणाले...

I say that with love of course.

Greybeard म्हणाले...

With their latest decision-making still fresh in memory, NO ONE should be watching the NFL.

rcocean म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
rcocean म्हणाले...

Beck Parody:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhphEFUHlLo

Beth म्हणाले...

Graybeard,

Good luck with that boycott.

I grabbed some snacks from Whole Foods before the game.

Beth म्हणाले...

Ha! I'm feeling the love, Trooper.

Trooper York म्हणाले...

Hey feel this right here.

Trooper York म्हणाले...

Said with even more love.

Greybeard म्हणाले...

Beth-
Of course you're right.
And that lack of discipline to change an obvious wrong course is why I'm buying gold, silver, food, guns, and ammunition as quickly as my budget allows.

Beth म्हणाले...

Trooper -

The Saints just put in their back-up quarterback to finish the game. Whooda thunk it?

Beth म्हणाले...

Okay, Greybeard. Doom is nigh. Thanks for letting me know.

kentuckyliz म्हणाले...

I was media-incommunicado for a stretch and missed the hyperventilation. I first learned about the story when people were expressing skepticism and the boy oops said they did it for a show.

The jig was up by the time I knew about it.

Not proving I'm savvier at all, just that I have a life.

Michael Haz म्हणाले...

Why do I believe that sales of PBR in one Brooklyn neighborhood will take an upswing tomorrow?

I didn't watch. Is it true that the Saints players played the second half blindfolded? At least that was the report.

Michael Haz म्हणाले...

And the world's only 67 year old quarterback is now 6-0 this season. Heh.

former law student म्हणाले...

hey Trooper's back.

Troop -- as a tot I remember seeing a movie starring:

Red Buttons
Fabian
Barbara Eden
Cedric Hardwicke
Peter Lorre
Richard Haydn
Herbert Marshall
Reginald Owen
Mike Mazurki
Alan Caillou

Rialby म्हणाले...

I think we're ignoring Sully and his latest missive? Probably always the best course of action.

JAL म्हणाले...

Were the trains running this weekend Trooper?

blake म्हणाले...

FLS, just 4 weeks, 6 days and 23--no, 24 hours short.

blake म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.