July 2010
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I’m a hater…
Adidas Crossfit Commercial:
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I’ll give them this: Crossfitters are fitter than most Americans. There, I gave you Crossfitters props. But I get wary whenever a pop-culture phenomena – much less an exercise program, or whatever Crossfitters consider their Crossfitting to be – has affectations of being a pseudo-religious, empowerment movement instead of just a training methodology. [...]
A Playa Moment…
And now for your Playa Moment…
With apologies to Crossfit and their Workout of the Day (WOD)…
I humbly present to you…(drum roll):
The Word of the Day (WOD)…(rim shot)
That’s right children, here at The Dialectical Playa, I like to imagine myself as a poor man’s, ultra-lite version of Mark Steyn’s “One-man Global Content Provider.” In my [...]
To Burqa or not to burqa, that is the question…
Why would anyone want to ban this?
There’s been some serious self-introspection by both elites and wanna-bes over Europe’s growing burqa ban. The usual argument against the ban runs something like this: It’s a violation of both religious freedom and civil liberties. Oh, kind of like banning pedophiles from serving as priests so they can’t molest [...]
The Playa as iPhone 4…
Hey all, it’s The Playa. Don’t think I’m impersonating the new Iphone 4 with my spotty and infrequent posts this week. I haven’t posted in several days due to my scouring the waters for Nessie and something as equally mythical: decent welding jobs. It’s not that I’ve been offered a fantastic gig writing for National [...]
Ha! I refudiate that!
Updated 21 July 2010 @ 8:34 am EST
From the “Partial Terms of Endearment” episode of Family Guy:
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There’s no funnier topic than abortion. In fact, earlier this morning I fell onto the floor unconscious after laughing myself into a state of self-induced, auto-comedic asphyxiation just thinking about it. And partial birth abortions, don’t get me [...]
If Democrats were wieners…
Time Magazine paid homage to the just completed World Cup by doing a photo essay on the “World Cup of Wieners”; listing the ten best dogs by city, beginning with – of course – New York. Your guess as to how Time made a correlation between wieners and soccer is as good as mine, but [...]
Old news but sad news…
Hitch 22 promotional from publisher, Twelve Books:
The Olympian Christopher Hitchens is not a charming god. Often in debates, where magnanimous and graceful temperaments are required, Hitchens comes across less as an insightful and gracious Jove and more as a sneeringly condescending, irascible, contemptuous, and bored, if not entirely disinterested, Hera. But oftentimes, this perception is [...]
Laid out…
Wow, I went to work the night before last and two hours later went home sick with the stomach flu. After arriving home, I crawled into bed and other than frequent trips to the bathroom, I remained there until now. While my stomach is still very queasy, at least the fever, chills, and muscle/joint aches [...]
Pornographic healthcare….
Living up to his new nickname, DingleBarry ™ is going to recess appoint socialist apparatchik, Obama sycophant, and British health care system advocate Dr. Donald Berwick as head of Medicare and Medicaid.
Berwick’s supporters say he is the right man in the right place at the right time. But his opponents have lined up against him. [...]
A little FYI for FGM…
By the dialectical playa on July 28, 2010
The Guardian is reporting that Britain is suffering from an epidemic of female genital mutilation (FGM) as they predict that up to 2000 young Muslim girls will be “cut” this summer alone.
Some 500 to 2,000 British schoolgirls will be genitally mutilated over the summer holidays. Some will be taken abroad, others will be “cut” or [...]
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