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Saw this and got a chuckle (http://rightwingnytimes.cf.huffingtonpost.com/). My favorite is the different names for the paper itself, especially "Socialist Worker Daily."

Which is your favorite? Take the poll.

Le Monde! Haha!

But, seriously though, Le Monde rules.

My favorite name: "Le Monde".

And I just saw the gay porn. If only the real NY Times had it, maybe it would be worth reading... then again, that can be said of almost every North American paper.

Hahaha, hilarious. :D

Either "two dudes stroking it" or "in this wasteland of uptight Mormon prigs, it's impossible to find high-quality hashish, electronica, fisting..."

Actually, that makes newspapers about 2000 times more interesting...they should consider it.

And I just saw the gay porn. If only the real NY Times had it, maybe it would be worth reading... then again, that can be said of almost every North American paper.
That one was good, as was the one next to it--"Cooking with Placentas and Cocaine."

Not funny. Kinda childish actually.

That one was good, as was the one next to it--"Cooking with Placentas and Cocaine."

I imagine it to be chewy, sort of like calamari with added psychedelics and less bowel control.

Not funny. Kinda childish actually.

Look who's talking... I do appreciate the irony, though. I wouldn't be pointing it out otherwise.

Thanks, Nazz. Nice bit of work, there. I just emailed the link to a bunch of my fellow malcontents and various family members...

Not funny. Kinda childish actually.
Well, let's see you be funny, then. Or creative.

















































Thought so.

Saw this and got a chuckle (http://rightwingnytimes.cf.huffingtonpost.com/). My favorite is the different names for the paper itself, especially "Socialist Worker Daily."

Which is your favorite? Take the poll.
Wow, Eut goggles....

I'm probably what you would call a "right-winger", but that was some funny shit. I love self-depreciating humor.

Someone needs to do a "What Left Wingers See When They Read Fox News"

I'm probably what you would call a "right-winger", but that was some funny shit. I love self-depreciating humor.
Self-deprecating. Depricating. Were it "self-depreciating" humour, it would reduce of its' own accord over time.

Self-deprecating. Depricating. Were it "self-depreciating" humour, it would reduce of its' own accord over time.
Grammer-Nazi

Grammer-NaziAnd - ? If you can't say precisely what you mean, however can you expect to mean precisely what you say?

Grammer-Nazi
Are you being sarcastic, or did you really just misspell "Grammar"? I mean, it's not the most difficult word in the world, is it.

Self-deprecating. Depricating.

Make up your mind, then we'll judge your orthography.

Are you being sarcastic, or did you really just misspell "Grammar"? I mean, it's not the most difficult word in the world, is it.
I do not think that I have ever spelt grammer-nazi correctly. And no, I do not do it on purpose, except for this time.

Someone needs to do a "What Left Wingers See When They Read Fox News"
That would be funny, if it were done well.

And - ? If you can't say precisely what you mean, however can you expect to mean precisely what you say?

C'mon DW..... you don't really want to be held to that standard in all your posts do you?

Someone needs to do a "What Left Wingers See When They Read Fox News"
I'd do it, but I can't do any sort of Flash animation whatsoever. Furthermore, I'm not funny. Period.

...and, Kimchi would be the best person to do it anyway...

Someone needs to do a "What Left Wingers See When They Read Fox News"

BUSH PRAVADA. ;)

I'd do it, but I can't do any sort of Flash animation whatsoever. Furthermore, I'm not funny. Period.

...and, Kimchi would be the best person to do it anyway...Nah--he doesn't have a good enough sense of humor. The UN Abassadorship now...

Make up your mind, then we'll judge your orthography.

Dang it baggy you are too quick! I had just set it up perfectly in my prior post only to find that you had already swooped in. If I didn't know better I'd consider it unsportsmanlike.

The World Commander Speaks and Americans Must Obey!


*chuckles*

I'd do it, but I can't do any sort of Flash animation whatsoever. Furthermore, I'm not funny. Period.

...and, Kimchi would be the best person to do it anyway...

While Kimchi has the required enthusiasm I'm unconvinced he has the needed finesse to pull it off.

Nah--he doesn't have a good enough sense of humor. The UN Abassadorship now...
Well, that's a good choice, but I haven't seen him here for months.

We could always get a whole bunch of lefties together to insult themselves with it. Self-depricating humor and all that.

BUSH PRAVADA. ;)
That would be funny, if it were done well.
I'd do it, but I can't do any sort of Flash animation whatsoever. Furthermore, I'm not funny. Period.

...and, Kimchi would be the best person to do it anyway...
*is popular*:cool:

BUSH PRAVADA. ;)

Das Bushe Reich?

*is popular*:cool:
Well, you are the guy who recommended me the case I bought for my new computer, which makes you cool in my book. I case, I should mention, that has performed perfectly in the test runs I've done on its PSU and whatnot--tests I only ran because I'm impatient and want all of my new parts nownownow.

Anyway...

this was hilarious!

Well, you are the guy who recommended me the case I bought for my new computer, which makes you cool in my book. I case, I should mention, that has performed perfectly in the test runs I've done on its PSU and whatnot--tests I only ran because I'm impatient and want all of my new parts nownownow.

Anyway...
:cool:
My only beef is that it does not come with a screen for the air ducts intake, and now I got to clean my heat sink.

Someone needs to do a "What Left Wingers See When They Read Fox News"

It's only fair. Bound to happen sooner or later.

Someone needs to do a "What Left Wingers See When They Read Fox News"

I would, but we're not allowed to link or even mention "ubtay irlgay".*


*pig latin, just in case someone is slow on the uptake.

It's only fair. Bound to happen sooner or later.

except it would be exceedingly hard to make a good parody - fox news really does write things like "full scale civil war in iraq - a good thing"

Well, let's see you be funny, then. Or creative.

She felt sorry for Kenny Boy Lay and said everyone who danced on his grave would burn in Non-Existent Hell. That was pretty hilarious.

:D

Loved it. Brilliant idea. Am sending it to people as we speak.

And sadly I couldn't vote for the Socialist Worker Daily, because hello - Cannot think of a name in a poll? Hee. :p

We could always get a whole bunch of lefties together to insult themselves with it. Self-depricating humor and all that. See what you did with your inconsistent grammatical meddling, Dobbsworld? It's already sticking. >.<

My favorite name: "Le Monde".
Stupid idiotic Americans!

It's LaMonde! The word is feminine!

Philestines!:rolleyes:

Stupid idiotic Americans!

It's LaMonde! The word is feminine!

Philestines!:rolleyes:

Actually, Le Monde is correct (French for "the world"). It's one of the rare instances where a French noun ending in "e" is in fact masculine.

http://www.french-linguistics.co.uk/dictionary/

1 monde Noun, masculine (a) world; le ~ the world; (referring to people) everybody, everyone; le ~ entier the whole world, the entire world, the world over; au ~, du ~ in the world; le premier au ~ à le faire tthe first person in the world to do it; la meilleure chose du ~ the best thing in the world; dans le ~ world-wide; partout dans le ~ all over the world; tout le ~ everybody, everyone, every bugger (Infml, dialectal); le ~ à moi my world; être de ce ~ to be in the land of the living; ne plus être de ce ~ to be no longer with us; "où va le ~?" "what is the world coming to?"; "le ~ est bien petit", "comme le ~ est petit" "it's a small world"; "c'est le ~ à l'envers!" "has the world gone mad?"; se faire (tout) un ~ de qch to make a big fuss about sth, make a big thing about sth; se faire un ~ de rien to make a fuss about nothing; (Slang) se foutre du ~ to take the piss
(b) world, sphere, domain, (more fig) realm; le ~ informatique the computing world, the world of computing; le ~ végétal/animal the vegetable/animal world; le ~ des affaires the business world; le ~ du rêve/de la folie the world (or) realm of dreams/madness
(c) world, social circle, set, entourage; connaître son ~ to know the people one deals with, know one's foe (humorous); le grand ~ high society; appartenir au meilleur ~ to move in the best circles; du ~ (some) people; du ~, beaucoup de ~ a lot of people, lots of people (more Infml), loads of people (Infml), a real crowd; il y a du ~! there's loads of people! (Infml), it's packed! (quite Infml); avoir du ~ to have visitors; (fig, Slang) "il y a du ~ au balcon!" "nice jugs!" (very Slang), "nice software!" (Slang, humorous), "nice pair!" (Slang), "nice tits!" (slightly Vulg)

excellent!

Actually, Le Monde is correct (French for "the world"). It's one of the rare instances where a French noun ending in "e" is in fact masculine.

http://www.french-linguistics.co.uk/dictionary/

1 monde Noun, masculine (a) world; le ~ the world; (referring to people) everybody, everyone; le ~ entier the whole world, the entire world, the world over; au ~, du ~ in the world; le premier au ~ à le faire tthe first person in the world to do it; la meilleure chose du ~ the best thing in the world; dans le ~ world-wide; partout dans le ~ all over the world; tout le ~ everybody, everyone, every bugger (Infml, dialectal); le ~ à moi my world; être de ce ~ to be in the land of the living; ne plus être de ce ~ to be no longer with us; "où va le ~?" "what is the world coming to?"; "le ~ est bien petit", "comme le ~ est petit" "it's a small world"; "c'est le ~ à l'envers!" "has the world gone mad?"; se faire (tout) un ~ de qch to make a big fuss about sth, make a big thing about sth; se faire un ~ de rien to make a fuss about nothing; (Slang) se foutre du ~ to take the piss
(b) world, sphere, domain, (more fig) realm; le ~ informatique the computing world, the world of computing; le ~ végétal/animal the vegetable/animal world; le ~ des affaires the business world; le ~ du rêve/de la folie the world (or) realm of dreams/madness
(c) world, social circle, set, entourage; connaître son ~ to know the people one deals with, know one's foe (humorous); le grand ~ high society; appartenir au meilleur ~ to move in the best circles; du ~ (some) people; du ~, beaucoup de ~ a lot of people, lots of people (more Infml), loads of people (Infml), a real crowd; il y a du ~! there's loads of people! (Infml), it's packed! (quite Infml); avoir du ~ to have visitors; (fig, Slang) "il y a du ~ au balcon!" "nice jugs!" (very Slang), "nice software!" (Slang, humorous), "nice pair!" (Slang), "nice tits!" (slightly Vulg)


Ownage!

Socialist Worker Daily!

Soclialist Worker is a newspaper over here. I used to read it, then became deeply cynical.

Actually, Le Monde is correct (French for "the world"). It's one of the rare instances where a French noun ending in "e" is in fact masculine.

"Rare instances?" There's nothing rare about -e words being masculine at all.

"Rare instances?" There's nothing rare about -e words being masculine at all.

No, I suppose not actually particularly rare, but I was trying not to be too harsh. More often that not, they're feminine.

No, I suppose not actually particularly rare, but I was trying not to be too harsh. More often that not, they're feminine.

HAHA! GIRLY -e words. Let us mock them.

Oh and there i was thinking left wingers never bash teh r1ght w1ng fasc1st p1gs!

No, I suppose not actually particularly rare, but I was trying not to be too harsh. More often that not, they're feminine.

That's a horrendously simplistic model that is bound to cause more errors than not. It's not the actual terminal letter one should look at for clues, but the terminal letters and what sort of word it is. Masculine nouns that end in -e:

Months, seasons, days of the weak, trees and metals: "un octobre, un été, le dimanche, un chêne, le cuivre..."

Nouns that end in -age: "le tournage, le village." Exceptions: "la cage, une image, la page, la plage, la rage."

Nouns that end in "-phone, -scope, -isme:" un organisme, le téléphone, un magnétoscope."

Words made up of verb+noun: "un lave-vaisselle, un parapluie, un portefeuille..."

Then there's of course "un problème, un système, un programme, un volume, un modèle, un groupe, un domaine, le silence, un lycée, un musée, un squelette, un murmure, un côté, un comité, un député, le pâté, un livre (feminine if meaning "pound," though), le Cambodge, le Mexique, le Zaïre, le Danube, le Rhône, le Tibre..."

As you can see, "ends in -e -> guess une" is something one should forget after the first week of middle school French as a Foreign Language.

That's a horrendously simplistic model that is bound to cause more errors than not. It's not the actual terminal letter one should look at for clues, but the terminal letters and what sort of word it is. Masculine nouns that end in -e:

Months, seasons, days of the weak, trees and metals: "un octobre, un été, le dimanche, un chêne, le cuivre..."

Nouns that end in -age: "le tournage, le village." Exceptions: "la cage, une image, la page, la plage, la rage."

Nouns that end in "-phone, -scope, -isme:" un organisme, le téléphone, un magnétoscope."

Words made up of verb+noun: "un lave-vaisselle, un parapluie, un portefeuille..."

Then there's of course "un problème, un système, un programme, un volume, un modèle, un groupe, un domaine, le silence, un lycée, un musée, un squelette, un murmure, un côté, un comité, un député, le pâté, un livre (feminine if meaning "pound," though), le Cambodge, le Mexique, le Zaïre, le Danube, le Rhône, le Tibre..."

As you can see, "ends in -e -> guess une" is something one should forget after the first week of middle school French as a Foreign Language.

Yes, that's why I only use it as a last resort, when I have absolutely no idea if it's masculine or feminine.

Well Nora Ephron isn't a Republican. She's a registered Democrat, and I happen to agree with her view of the New York Times. See the signature.

Well Nora Ephron isn't a Republican. She's a registered Democrat, and I happen to agree with her view of the New York Times. See the signature.

I can't trust the word of someone who doesn't know that zebras and lions do not live on the same continent as coyotes.

Well Nora Ephron isn't a Republican. She's a registered Democrat, and I happen to agree with her view of the New York Times. See the signature.
Seems to me that Ephron is, in a geographically misguided way, simply saying that the NY Times isn't what it used to be, namely, the most respected paper in the business, a carcass of what it once was. But I doubt she's saying that the NY Times is the caricature presented on that site.

Conservatives are so easy. It's almost not funny anymore, almost.

Seems to me that Ephron is, in a geographically misguided way, simply saying that the NY Times isn't what it used to be, namely, the most respected paper in the business, a carcass of what it once was. But I doubt she's saying that the NY Times is the caricature presented on that site.

Considering that the paper itself is a major loss for the corporation it is a part of, I would say that whoever is in charge of it now is running it straight into the ground as fast as they can manage.

Subscriptions have plummeted, as have advertisment in the paper. And as far as its reputation for accurate news goes, they might as well have intentionally printed the crap stories and false news they've done over the past few years.

At this point in time, the New York Post is a far more accurate paper, and that's saying something.

Saw this and got a chuckle (http://rightwingnytimes.cf.huffingtonpost.com/). My favorite is the different names for the paper itself, especially "Socialist Worker Daily."

Which is your favorite? Take the poll.
I liked all of them! This is great! :D first class humour!

Considering that the paper itself is a major loss for the corporation it is a part of, I would say that whoever is in charge of it now is running it straight into the ground as fast as they can manage.

Subscriptions have plummeted, as have advertisment in the paper. And as far as its reputation for accurate news goes, they might as well have intentionally printed the crap stories and false news they've done over the past few years.Hmmm. I think you're mistaken, (http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=105317&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=895881&highlight=) but that's well-trod ground for you. NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2006--The New York Times Company announced today that in July 2006 advertising revenues for the Company's business units decreased 3.3% and total Company revenues decreased 1.8% compared with July 2005.

"Our advertising results in July were adversely affected by the challenging print advertising market, especially in categories such as studio entertainment, automotive and corporate," said Janet L. Robinson, president and CEO. "In what is generally a seasonally weak month, we continued to experience healthy growth at our digital properties, particularly NYTimes.com and About.com, which both posted advertising gains of over 30% in July."
Might be down some, but the press release numbers are hardly what anyone would call "plummeting."

At this point in time, the New York Post is a far more accurate paper, and that's saying something.
Whaddya know? Two for two in the wrong territory. This one falls into the "laughably wrong" territory.

Hmmm. I think you're mistaken, (http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=105317&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=895881&highlight=) but that's well-trod ground for you.
Might be down some, but the press release numbers are hardly what anyone would call "plummeting."


Try comparing the performance of the paper over the last ten years.

Subscriptions, etc.

You'll find I'm not mistaken at all.

If I was a shareholder, I would dump my stock, since it's apparent that Pinch isn't doing anything to restore the credibility of the paper. If anything, he's gone out of his way to make it worse by denying it's a problem.

Here's a classic example of Pinch at work:

Sulzberger made the charge against his readers while he was on a panel at the American Society of Newspaper Editors according to Editor and Publisher magazine, which reported the story this way:

“Sulzberger [said] the worst thing to come out of the Blair scandal was … readers who knew about the incorrect reporting did not complain…”

Apparently, New Yorkers don't think much of the Times, either

The Times has seen its comparable core metropolitan circulation decline by 27% since 1993 (the first year that such figures were available online), when it had a circulation of 758,000. Its current 556,000 circulation places it a dismal number three in its home market behind the New York Daily News (689,000) and the New York Post (663,000).

I've heard that newspapers in general are falling out of favor.

I've heard that newspapers in general are falling out of favor.
They are--subscriptions and ad revenue are down across the board. The internet has taken a chunk out of their asses. It's really a testament to the power of the NY Times that they've done as well as they have with Select. I haven't signed up for it because I get access to it through my unversity library system, but lots of people have, and the Times is doing well with the transition, as the link I posted showed.

I've heard that newspapers in general are falling out of favor.

There you go with your fancy trends and contexts. How can dishonest people expect to twist things to their advantage with the likes of you around? Meanie!

The writers of The Militant (http://www.themilitant.com/index.shtml) are sure to be furious.

"They compared those bourgeois propagandists to us? Filthy capitalist bastards... smearing our party's good name."