Author Topic: Idiot of the Day (Read 254481 times)

NotMiki · « **Reply #725 on:** June 13, 2009, 03:53:35 AM »

http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/12/crazy_bond_story/index.html

oops.

Grefter · « **Reply #726 on:** June 13, 2009, 12:04:34 PM »

http://exiledonline.com/elmer-fudd-nation-angelo-mozilo-his-300-million-slapstick-foils/

Go you Bank of America! *Salute*

NotMiki · « **Reply #727 on:** June 18, 2009, 11:27:26 PM »

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/17/peta-wishes-obama-hadnt-s_n_217162.html

Warning: PETA

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #728 on:** June 19, 2009, 02:45:42 AM »

The link name is misleading...

I read it as

PETA "wishes Obama hadn't"s. As if there was a list of things that PETA wished he hadn't done. (And I'm sure there is somewhere.) I'm somewhat disappointed that this was only -one- example of PETA's over-reactions.

NotMiki · « **Reply #729 on:** June 24, 2009, 03:26:57 AM »

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/nyregion/24albany.html?ref=nyregion

62 reasons I'm more than happy to take the time to sign petitions to get non-incumbents on ballots.

Shale · « **Reply #730 on:** June 24, 2009, 05:06:10 AM »

You should be proud of your governor, at least, for making them do this in public. Whatever shames these douchbags is good for humanity.

NotMiki · « **Reply #731 on:** June 24, 2009, 05:20:06 AM »

That this whole mess makes governor Paterson look good is the really ironic part. His approval rating previous to this mess was LOWER than Spitzer's EVER was, up to and including the point at which Spitzer resigned in shame.

NotMiki · « **Reply #732 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:29:59 AM »

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/24/berlusconi-ive-never-paid_n_220003.html

Ah, Berlusconi.

Someone ought to tell him that while

"I've never paid a woman. I never understood where the satisfaction is when you're missing the pleasure of conquest."

is a good defense when you're accused of soliciting a prostitute, it's not that great when you're also in divorce proceedings with your wife, whom you swear you've never cheated on.

AAA · « **Reply #733 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:36:20 AM »

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/offbeat/dpgo_Club_Sues_14_Year_Old_Stripper_fc_20090622_2598210

Hahahahahahaahahaa

Dark Holy Elf · « **Reply #734 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:36:42 AM »

I'd be inclined to believe men who view women as conquests are the type who are more likely to frequent prostitutes, anyway. What a delightful comment.

Excal · « **Reply #735 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:46:21 AM »

Eh, except that paying someone isn't a conquest at all. I suppose if your pride is in the fact that you can make people dance to your tune with obscene amounts of money, sure. But if it's more that you're just so damned sexy or there's some other quality about yourself that let's you gain these conquests, then you should be able to gain a 'conquest' whenever desired without any need to pay.

It's not a flattering view of women, sure. But to say that if that statement is truth that he's more likely to frequent prostitutes ignores the type of pride and sense of self that's being professed.

Shale · « **Reply #736 on:** June 25, 2009, 03:13:14 AM »

Quote from: AAA on June 25, 2009, 02:36:20 AM

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/offbeat/dpgo_Club_Sues_14_Year_Old_Stripper_fc_20090622_2598210

Hahahahahahaahahaa

The transcendentally stupid icing on the already-moronic cake is the part where they sue the girl's parents for letting her get kidnapped.

NotMiki · « **Reply #737 on:** June 25, 2009, 03:58:43 AM »

Berlusconi, in addition to being the prime minister, is also a media-owning billionaire. Think Bloomberg, minus the morals. He once tried to pass a law that prohibited the prime minister from being sued...because he was the prime minister and someone was suing him. Is he paying women for sex? I don't know, but I don't think it really matters, either. He's exceedingly rich, he likes to invite sexy young women to his lavish parties, and he's been known to back starlets as political candidates. Whether or not he's directly paying for sex, there's heavy inference of a quid pro quo.

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #738 on:** June 25, 2009, 04:06:16 AM »

http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-woman-trades-sex-for-case-of-potato-chips/article/3380255?custom_click=rss

metroid composite · « **Reply #739 on:** June 25, 2009, 06:28:26 AM »

...Wait, who's the idiot in that Oklahoma story?

From all I've heard prostitutes have had to work cheaper as there's fewer clients and more competition in the midst of the economic crisis. $30 worth of chips, if you eat and enjoy chips regularly, is worth about $30 (there's a lot of preservatives in those; they won't go bad). The frito guy can most likely get those chips from warehouse for less than $30; good deal for him. (Or, more likely, he was just stealing the chips from the company). The undercover cop caught on to the situation pretty fast.

Although...I guess it's kinda messed up that the Frito guy didn't get arrested, seeing as there's decent odds he was stealing those chips from the company (in addition to the fact that he admitted he had been cruising for a prostitute).

Magetastic · « **Reply #740 on:** June 25, 2009, 06:39:31 AM »

He probably had more than one crate with him, or actually had some cash, and managed to bribe the cop.

Grefter · « **Reply #741 on:** June 25, 2009, 08:07:22 AM »

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She came (into the club) with 6-inch stiletto heels and a miniskirt and looked just like a model from a Miss America's contest

This says way more about your culture than you want it to. The not so obvious one that what the fuck someone that young can walk convincingly in 6 inch stilettos.

Edit - Upon reflection, the fact that someone can trawl for hookers with a box of potato chips and pull it off also says more about your culture than you want it to. But I won't hold that against places that aren't Oklahoma.

NotMiki · « **Reply #742 on:** June 25, 2009, 01:03:11 PM »

Quote from: Grefter on June 25, 2009, 08:07:22 AM

Upon reflection, the fact that someone can trawl for hookers with a box of potato chips and pull it off also says more about your culture than you want it to.

You're just jealous of our Yankee ingenuity!

metroid composite · « **Reply #743 on:** June 25, 2009, 07:14:26 PM »

Quote from: Grefter on June 25, 2009, 08:07:22 AM

The not so obvious one that what the fuck someone that young can walk convincingly in 6 inch stilettos.

On the one hand, girls in their early teens typically want to feel sexy and want to feel like grownups; getting their hands on heels and trying to walk in heels is usually par for the course; same with experimenting with makeup; lots of girls wear training bras long before they have any need for them too. When you're 13 this stuff is exciting. (By contrast, when you're 35 it's "fuck heels, fuck makeup, fuck bras, I'm tired of this shit.") You can question why office women are expected to wear heels and makeup, but the fact that 13-year-olds want to feel like grownups is pretty universal and natural.

On the other hand...6 inches? 6? Good god, how does that even work--ballerina toe walking or something?

Grefter · « **Reply #744 on:** June 25, 2009, 10:39:27 PM »

Pretty much and very fucked up feet afterwards. A large platform sole on the front portion also is probably necessary for ones that high..

I can understand someone of that age being interested in heels (because people fucking fail), but lots of people can't walk in them well at all even as an adult no matter how long or how often they wear them (Pro tip, this is probably a good sign that your body is rebelling against the very horrible things you are doing to it).

metroid composite · « **Reply #745 on:** June 25, 2009, 11:35:41 PM »

Quote from: Grefter on June 25, 2009, 10:39:27 PM

A large platform sole on the front portion also is probably necessary for ones that high..

IIRC heel height is measured as the difference between the heel and the toe. Platform shoes where the heel is 6 inches but the toe is 4 inches would still count as a 2 inch heel.

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but lots of people can't walk in them well at all even as an adult no matter how long or how often they wear them

Ehh...depends on the heel. Smaller heels I was able to learn to walk in in about a day (like...2-inch or 3-inch). I mean, my feet hurt, but I could walk in them just fine.

NotMiki · « **Reply #746 on:** June 30, 2009, 11:20:55 PM »

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/06/30/2009-06-30_24yearold_burglar_.html

2 punches! that's just embarrassing.

NotMiki · « **Reply #747 on:** June 30, 2009, 11:39:48 PM »

Yeah, the New York senate is worth a double-post.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/06/26/2009-06-26_albany_follies_continue.html

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/judge-orders-all-senators-to-convene/
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/state-senate-convenes-and-then-adjourns/#more-53345
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/coke-or-coffee-adds-to-albany-confusion/

superaielman · « **Reply #748 on:** July 01, 2009, 12:14:55 AM »

I'm in favor of a good Stalin style purging of the New york senate. Idiocy doesn't begin to describe them.

Dhyerwolf · « **Reply #749 on:** July 01, 2009, 07:47:36 AM »

At the very least, the re-election rate of these fools is probably going to be extremely low.

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