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Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Star Trek': S03E24 - Turnabout Intruder

Tue, 4 Aug 2015 20:05:30 +0000

Came across this because I was remembering Spock's "not suitable by temperament or training" line in another context. I may have to rewatch the episode. There's a lot of cringeworthy stuff on original version Star Trek, but somehow I don't remember the Janet Lester thing being "about" gender as much as it was about a question woman, but you bring up good points. Still we never see a female captain on the original version and only a female Number 1 in one episode.The bias was built-in, however "progressive" the writers meant to be and it also came about at a time when roles -- especially in the workplace were being challenged.

Wonkette : Orly Taitz Pretty Sure George Clooney's Hot Lawyer Wife Will Finally Prove Obama Isn't President

Wed, 7 Jan 2015 15:43:20 +0000

You may laugh now wonketeers, but Orly will be vindicated! I'll bet real money that Obama is going to step down by the end of next year!

Wonkette : Sarah Palin Being A Bit Of A Dick Again!

Mon, 5 Jan 2015 21:03:36 +0000

What a bitch. Also the fact that she named her dog after both the Vice President's wife AND the wife of another political rival really has to make her the queen of fourth rate unoriginal lame-snark -- which is to Wonkette-quality snark what carp eggs are to caviar.

Wonkette : GOP Lady Who Called Obama Daughters Skanks Has Always Had Strong Opinions That Suck

Wed, 3 Dec 2014 19:08:57 +0000

I'd like to see her and Christine O'Donnell team up in a sitcom. It would be sort of a right-wing "Broad City" about the antics of a couple of chics trying to break into the politics.

Wonkette : Massachusetts Parents Freaked Out By Textbook That Says Not All Slaves Were Tortured

Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:38:27 +0000

Not with you on this one. The parents haven't gone insane. They are right to feel outrage. It's not that the passage "could be" improved, it has to be improved. It misses the point. It's irrelevant. The issue isn't whether or not every master was Simon Legree, the issue was owning other human beings. The slave narratives (which kids should be reading in addition to text books) makes it clear time and time again that when times were hard "kind and fair" masters sold slaves, that a slaveowners promise to free slaves upon his death were often not honored, that owners could be capricious.

Wonkette : You Will Be Outraged By The Tax Dollars Not Spent On This Dumb Science Thing!

Tue, 18 Nov 2014 04:27:37 +0000

Damn that is one cute shrimp. Guess I'll have to become a vegan now. Thanks a lot, Wonkette!

Wonkette : Oh Hey, Paul Rudd Was One Of The Dallas Airport Homophobe Heroes (No He Wasn't)

Mon, 27 Oct 2014 18:45:20 +0000

Ok. Paul Rudd is awesome, but per the The Gray Lady-Paper of Record, Robert Deniro helps nice ladies get taxis: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/de-n...

Jewish Daily Forward : Is Modern Opera \'The Death of Klinghoffer\' Really Anti-Semitic? – Forward.com

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:11:31 +0000

Maybe he thought it would mean more patrons. It doesn't. Anna Netrebko sells out the house at the Met. As for Klinghoffer -- people are staying away. My guess is, like it or not, it is the traditional operas that fill that house (with mostly gray heads). Gelb may have thought this would be edgy and make opera relevant. He miscalculated the blowback. Obviously, he doesn't take the subways and hasn't seen the anti-Muslim ads that Pam Geller and crew are running in the name of "free speech" -- the type of thing that would be ILLEGAL in Israel. Me, I'm an opera fan, and not outside protesting, but not planning to go. I'm with the Klinghoffer daughters on this: "the juxtaposition of the plight of the Palestinian people with the coldblooded murder of an innocent disabled American Jew is both historically naive and appalling." I see a picture of Klinghoffer, and I see my own father (of blessed memory). Sit through the opera where he gets murdered? No thank you. I think in this, I am not alone.

Wonkette : Hey, The Jews, Just Ask Yourselves 'What Would Sandy Koufax Do?'

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:17:15 +0000

I believe the stitching on that baseball should be BLUE not red.

Wonkette : Oklahoma Lawmaker Definitely Not Racist Against Muslim Islamics, Because Dictionary

Wed, 17 Sep 2014 23:00:05 +0000

Whatever you do, don't let him near the Twinkies.

Wonkette : Victoria Jackson Will Root Out The Muslim Menace (Grover Norquist)

Wed, 3 Sep 2014 20:46:18 +0000

Give V-Jack a break. She used to do a lot of headstands. Clearly, some matter got loose.

Wonkette : Very Credible 'Former Jihadist' Saw Barack Obama Kissing Muslim Claus In A Mosque On Christmas

Wed, 3 Sep 2014 18:30:20 +0000

So, basically this IS the one neat trick to strike it rich: Say crazy shit in a foreign accent and the right wingnuts throw the monies at you.

Wonkette : Bryan Fischer Wishes Michelle Obama Would Do Something About All These Husky Lesbians

Wed, 3 Sep 2014 00:17:56 +0000

I know who Michelle Obama is. She's a Harvard educated lawyer, former hospital administrator, mother of two great kids, and married to the President of these United States. Who's Bryant Fisher again?

Wonkette : Sarah Palin Real Mad Obama Ruined Her Summer Vacation

Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:28:44 +0000

This is a true story that happened to me (so it's not an urban legend). I overheard these women in Riverside Park discussing a "friend" who despite his liberal politics is working for the ex-Governess. "What's he doing for her?" "I don't know some writing or publicity or something." And all I could think of was the pilot episode of Dexter where he's telling the child-murder how he's not like him because, "I have standards."

Wonkette : Nine-Year-Old Girl With Uzi, F*ck You America

Wed, 27 Aug 2014 19:27:51 +0000

I'd say there's a teachable moment in here someplace, but these people (you know who I mean) are too idiotic to learn.

Wonkette : Megyn Kelly Learns Bill O'Reilly A Thing Or Two About White Privilege, Santa Claus

Tue, 26 Aug 2014 20:04:08 +0000

Who cares about O'Reilly? Did you watch the Mod Squad clip? Holy smolly were those the guest stars for the entire series or just one episode? Richard Pryor AND Cleavon Little? Ed Asner AND Robert Reed? But that's not all... Where can I see this episode?

Wonkette : Guy Who Convinced McCain To Pick Sarah Palin Thinks Barack Obama Is 'Callow'

Fri, 8 Aug 2014 13:11:51 +0000

I'm confused. If he doesn't like Obama, why did he give him the one thing that scared even old white people into voting for him?

Wonkette : Ohio Jerk Going For The Gold In Punching-The-Border-Children-In-The-Face Olympics

Mon, 4 Aug 2014 20:09:21 +0000

Well the law is the law. I'm certaub this guy would have abided by the fugitive slave act as well. No doubt he would have been fine with the Romans crucifying whatshisname. And I'm sure he would agree the US had no choice but to turn back the MS St Louis. He's totes on the right side of history I am sure.

Wonkette : The Sarah Palin Fartknocker Report, Presented By Fartknocker

Sun, 3 Aug 2014 22:32:12 +0000

She's lock a horrid monster that grows, getting bigger and more terrible every minute. But if you just ignore her, she disappears.

Wonkette : George Zimmerman Goes On Patrol Again, 'Guards' Gun Store For Free, Gets Canned

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:45:42 +0000

The Zimmerman thing, it's not going to end well, is it?