Fark NRO.

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Fark tchamber

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Ah, the old "hijack an aged scholar whom I know nothing more about than what I've read on Wikipedia and use his name to invest my tired and unoriginal thoughts with an artificial gravitas and sense of purpose" technique. An old staple of the few tired horses left in NRO's increasingly decrepit stable.

Oh, and just to continue to trend, fark Cog.

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YAY NRO!
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Yay nekom!

/Yay Zoinks!

What nattering nabobs of negativism.

tchamber: Fark NRO.

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Fark Huffpo

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Yay wind power!

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Pocket Ninja: Ah, the old "hijack an aged scholar whom I know nothing more about than what I've read on Wikipedia and use his name to invest my tired and unoriginal thoughts with an artificial gravitas and sense of purpose" technique. An old staple of the few tired horses left in NRO's increasingly decrepit stable.

Oh, and just to continue to trend, fark Cog.

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I rarely have bad things to say towards you, Ninja, but Hanson does know what he's talking about when it comes to ancient history. He's fairly well-versed in antiquity military history. I keep Western Way of War and Carnage and Culture on my shelf because they're excellent studies.

Hanson is something of a partisan hack when it comes to applying historical lessons to modern events. The best historians will tell you that attempting to draw direct analogies from history to current events is a academically suspect practice, but one which people like Hanson and Barbara Tuchman make money off of.

Plutarch? But, but, but, what about Herodotus? Damn, that article is full of fail.

UNC_Samurai: Hanson is something of a partisan hack when it comes to applying historical lessons to modern events.

That's sort of like saying cancer is something of a negative when it comes to medical conditions.

-1, too many big words

What the hell did that headline mean.

What a douchey, Heston-looking windbag.


Soylent media is made out of people...it's made out of people!!11!!1!

Pocket Ninja: UNC_Samurai: Hanson is something of a partisan hack when it comes to applying historical lessons to modern events.

That's sort of like saying cancer is something of a negative when it comes to medical conditions.

I don't disagree that he writes columns full of WHAARGARBL, but as long as he sticks to events prior to the 6th century, he's one of the best military historians out there.

Uh oh, the "conservatives" have figured out that the only reason they just lost their asses in the election was that they hadn't dedicated enough energy to constant "analysis" of how the libs are wrong about everything. With this new strategy in place they'll be unstoppable !!

I_Love_Verdi: -1, too many big words

-1...not enough punctuation, either. -1 for circumlocution as well.

The funny thing is that the right isn't acting half as badly as the left did in the days just prior to Bush being sworn in.

Mordant: Uh oh, the "conservatives" have figured out that the only reason they just lost their asses in the election was that they hadn't dedicated enough energy to constant "analysis" of how the libs are wrong about everything. With this new strategy in place they'll be unstoppable !!

How is it that those who embrace ignorance are able to analyze anything, including the corn in their shiat.

Nemo's Brother: The funny thing is that the right isn't acting half as badly as the left did in the days just prior to Bush being sworn in.

oh rilly?

That's so insightful. Please fly to MO and fill me with sperm POSTHASTE!

-1 fark NRO and the idiots who actually read and believe this shiat.

Boo NRO.

HOORAY BEER!

That headline is full of unnecessary and superflous yet melodic bloviation and obfuscation.

UNC_Samurai: I don't disagree that he writes columns full of WHAARGARBL, but as long as he sticks to events prior to the 6th century, he's one of the best military historians out there.

OK. I'll take your word on that because I haven't read any of his longer more historical works.

NRO:






/both hotlinked

Pocket Ninja: OK. I'll take your word on that because I haven't read any of his longer more historical works.

Coloring books are "longer more historical works?"

OneNutSaloon: How is it that those who embrace ignorance are able to analyze anything, including the corn in their shiat.

One of these days I'm going to chew each and every kernal 32 times to see if the butt fairy can still put them all back together.

talk about hypocrasy. Did they forget who passed the bills under Clinton? Or who did not care that it was wrong and overturn it when Enron collapsed?

Part of the reasons why I feel that libertarians were kicked out of the GOP is because the current conservative faction(yes there is more than 1 faction) never is wrong even when there is overwhelming evidence that they are wrong.

now if the conservatives that I no longer respect had indeed done something after enron -- then and only then could they claim to not have been culpable. Both parties caused this. Both wings caused this.

I think the social conservative stance is: if you don't allow us to lie through our teeth then you hold us to a double standard. And the reality is they lied and were held to account. How any one that is religious can claim to not bear false witness and do this is beyond me.

Gah its like a facist version of Frasier

Marla Singer's Laundry: Nemo's Brother: The funny thing is that the right isn't acting half as badly as the left did in the days just prior to Bush being sworn in.

oh rilly?

That's so insightful. Please fly to MO and fill me with sperm POSTHASTE!

Mom!?!

fosborb: OneNutSaloon: How is it that those who embrace ignorance are able to analyze anything, including the corn in their shiat.

One of these days I'm going to chew each and every kernal 32 times to see if the butt fairy can still put them all back together.

Should we turn every NRO WHAARGARRBL thread into a poop thread from here on out?

I_C_Weener: That headline is full of unnecessary and superflous yet melodic bloviation and obfuscation.

I concur, this dissertation is permeated with supererogatory terms and unnecessary explication.

OneNutSaloon: Should we turn every NRO WHAARGARRBL thread into a poop thread from here on out?

Redundant.

metroatlrecruiter: I_C_Weener: That headline is full of unnecessary and superflous yet melodic bloviation and obfuscation.

I concur, this dissertation is permeated with supererogatory terms and unnecessary explication.

It insists upon itself.

DamnYankees: What the hell did that headline mean.

the media has a double standard where they let liberals get away with things they call out conservatives on because the ends (abortions for some, miniature american flags for others) justify the means.

/questionable use of "indemnify" in headline
//indemnification law specialist

Nobody likes a whiner.

What's a medias?

Obama could crap out silver to pay off the debt and the NRO would be pissed that he didnt crap out gold instead.

senator_mendoza: the media has a double standard where they let liberals get away with things they call out conservatives on because the ends (abortions for some, miniature american flags for others) justify the means.

Ah. Well, then...FAIL.

Car_Ramrod: OneNutSaloon: Should we turn every NRO WHAARGARRBL thread into a poop thread from here on out?

Redundant.

metroatlrecruiter: I_C_Weener: That headline is full of unnecessary and superflous yet melodic bloviation and obfuscation.

I concur, this dissertation is permeated with supererogatory terms and unnecessary explication.

It insists upon itself.

I never really cared for the godfather.

I_C_Weener: That headline is full of unnecessary and superflous yet melodic bloviation and obfuscation.

metroatlrecruiter: I concur, this dissertation is permeated with supererogatory terms and unnecessary explication.

"Avoid Hooptedoodle"
--Elmore Leonard

I believe that headline is what some people call "educated illiteracy."

submitter: The medias scandalous double standards illustrate that exalted liberal ends indemnify felonious and hypocritical means

That reads like a Mad Magazine fold-in back page. Does the picture change too?

ConnieLingus: I believe that headline is what some people call "educated illiteracy."

circumlocution
One entry found.


Main Entry:
cir·cum·lo·cu·tion Listen to the pronunciation of circumlocution
Pronunciation:
\ˌsər-kəm-lō-ˈkyü-shən\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English circumlocucyon, from Latin circumlocution-, circumlocutio, from circum- + locutio speech, from loqui to speak
Date:
15th century

1 : the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea 2 : evasion in speech

Crunch61: What's a medias?

I don't know and I don't care to find out.

Republicans say they get screwed. Democrats say they get screwed. Third parties say they get screwed. Everyone is right. Can we move on now?

thenateman: Republicans say they get screwed. Democrats say they get screwed. Third parties say they get screwed. Everyone is right. Can we move on now?

How do I get in on this?

ConnieLingus: I believe that headline is what some people call "educated illiteracy."
Not really,clarity of thought and organization of ideas is educated literacy. Fapping to your own vocabulary and library of historical references has nothing to do with it.

I can't stand that "old man" conservative prose. Good writing is about getting to the point not pulling a sentence apart and replacing it's components with the worst results from a 1920's thesaurus.
There's always some idiot on Fark trying to imply great stature with this faux colonial (whiter than white) diction and a patronising tone. It's like they are desperately trying to sound academic to cover up for their set of anti-intellectual beliefs.

"To expect the average Fark dweller to understand my musing on reducing economic regulations would be complete folly so I will save my opinion for a more enlightened forum. Ta ra Obamatronizards!"


AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
/it grinds my gears

Marla Singer's Laundry:

fill me with sperm POSTHASTE!

What you're asking for posthaste
Round these parts is called ho's paste