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   Someone stole the security camera from the computer lab in our complex! WTF.

Responding to Laughable Charges - Literally
   Also, I'd like to speak some more about my expected fourth impeachment this upcoming Thursday. I would like to issue the following statement: LOL
   I think I'll put that on a press release. The claims are so misplaced that I haven't got an ounce of fear about facing them. I'd bet money that I'm going to come out of this looking better than I went in, and it will have an inverse effect on those who called it. I'd say I'd actually be disappointed if it didn't occur, but it really is a lot of unnecessary drama and someone or other is going to unnecessarily look bad because of it (And as a matter of policy I am still going to exert the maximum pressure to prevent it from happening so don't expect my ambivalence to make it easy for you). I suppose scheduling an examination of the situation under "presentations," would still be acceptable to me and may spare Birdsall some of the shame of being utterly refuted during impeachment.
   But seriously, LOL impeachment. LOL Kristen Birdsall (this is not to be taken to imply any feelings on any matters unrelated to my impeachment; I by no means intend to imply Birdsall is lollable out of this context)

The Duality Bias
   Actually I think my biggest obstacle here is overcoming the media duality bias -- the urge to present both sides of a contention equally even if they're not equally valid. For example, as my media effects professor last quarter explained it, 99% of scientists agree that global warming is a fact and caused by people, but because the media feels they need to present "both sides," of the issue, the 1% of scientists (mostly on the payroll of the Evil industry) who contend global warming doesn't take place are given equal airtime.
   And so, I say to the campus media, considering that she hasn't given any reason to believe the Court ever had a closed meeting on the evening of the 12th, and that there are numerous witnesses that entry to the conference room was never interrupted, that Birdsall in this case is like the argument that global warming isn't taking place. Yes some people make the assertion, but the media would be more professional not to lend imagined credibility to fanciful ideas that fly in the face of overwhelming evidence.

In other news: Saturday night Chris Bunch had another party. I brought my new flatmate Vishal as well as Jason. We ended up staying until nearly 3am, at which point we rushed Jason's sickly ass back home, then raided Jack in the Box for season fries and stuffed jalepenos.

Picture of the Day

From the archives: Just North of the Grapevine. Yeah my camera is still broken. )=

Previously on Emosnail
   Three Years Ago Today: CoHo Economics - How the Coffee House magnifies the value of your money! (at least if you work there)
   Two Years Ago Today: CoHo Entertainment - Free things abound in the magical land of Cohostan. ALSO a Court Order for SGAO.
   Year Ago Today: Misguided Columnists, Misleading Titles - My letter-to-the-editor in response to Ian Watson is printed ... with a new title that contradicts my messege. Go team! Did the editors even read the letter before titling it? ALSO a picture of the Friends Urging Campus Kindness team --Rob Roy, Paul Amnaypayout & Chad van Schoelandt-- arguing with interim senator (now SGAO staff) Cari "I still worship Vicki Swett" Ham, as Senator Darnell Holloway (now Vice President) looks on.

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You must be setting some kind of record or something for failed impeachment attempts of a public official...

Haha. Well I'm only averaging about one a year right now, and I know other people have had more than one during their one year term. Its just that my term is forever (muahahahahaha) -- err I mean four years -- so they add up.

Also, thats a brilliant icon

lollable: I love it.
BTW, Jag tror at du skal gi noen tenner bort pa tirsdag. Non? Oui?

Pa tisdag jag ska har min "consultation" pa det.

Det ska bli olollable. )=

So, why DO they try to impeach you so often? (hmmm... peaches...)

olol: THAT'S a good one.
Men har ikke du den operasjon akkurat etter pa?

Hahaha. ID. Hooray for non-valid "scientific theories".

Paul Krugman likes to say that if the White House announced the world was flat, the papers tomorrow would run headlines like "Shape of Earth: Views Differ" and then quote a few Democrats for balance.

Haha no, yeah, thats exactly how it works! Thats an excellent example.

Or if say Bush announced that it actually IS legal for the government to secretly spy on people...

Norska ar jatte konstigt. Men, jag vet inte nar den operasjon ska bli. Inte i morn.

I think its because of saucy entries like this one. (=

To make it up for us they should write into the codes that anyone subject to impeachment shall receive a free commemorative peach.

So whats the Duality Bias concerning ID?

Well, what you are missing there logically is that the WH literally did announce that the world was flat views on that point would actually differ (the WH being an extremely important player on the global arena, of course). So, the newspaper is reporting the truth. That newspaper would leave it up to you to decide which view to favor and you are assumed to be smart enough to figure it out. Would you rather have that or the newspaper actually telling you what to think?

Ah, so yeah, its the same thing I was talking about -- the media being retarded in pursuit of a misconceived notion of "fair and balanced"

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