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Now the entire internet is unusable because Nathan...

2011-12-14T14:14:37.831-05:00

Now the entire internet is unusable because Nathan can't be bothered to use a grammer checker. Way to go Nathan.

Back to print newspapers and teletypes I guess.

You're absolutely right. It doesn't. Th...

2011-12-14T07:36:38.487-05:00

You're absolutely right. It doesn't. Thank you for your diligence in finding the only typo on the internet.

Asshole.

The following phrase makes no sense: “I haven&...

2011-12-14T07:15:12.095-05:00
The following phrase makes no sense:

“I haven't been made privy to all of they're heroic actions in the War on Christmas …”.

Speaking of the War on Christmas, I was reminded o...

2011-12-13T22:06:54.645-05:00
Speaking of the War on Christmas, I was reminded of the Carol of the Old Ones so I thought I'd have a listen. Imagine my delight in finding there are a whole flock of carols in a similar vein, including Do You Fear What I Fear and It's The Most Horrible Time Of The Year.

These seem to suit my mood this year.

Someone of my acquaintance who works at Home Depot...

2011-12-13T19:41:01.277-05:00
Someone of my acquaintance who works at Home Depot claims that all the Muzak versions of these songs that play on continuous loop on the store PA are making the brains bleed out of his ears. That's part of the plot, right? Bad Muzak versions causing the poor seasonal workers subjected to it to slowly (or maybe more rapidly) go insane?

- Badtux the Conspiracy Penguin

ABC at the time invented nothing, but its engineer...

2011-12-12T12:22:53.461-05:00
ABC at the time invented nothing, but its engineers did have the idea of putting a company phone line in each of the local bars, to make it easier to find Roger Grimsby (I'm not making that up).

Sorry Warner, they don't count. Sarnof, Paley ...

2011-12-12T11:37:39.132-05:00
Sorry Warner, they don't count. Sarnof, Paley and Goldensen were actually the Marshall Petains and Vidkun Quislings in those early years of the War. There was no covert action taking place on their part.

Collaborating bastards!

(P.S. I'm totally making up this shit as I go along so arguments about who is and is not being disparaged will be met with derision and flung boogers.)

I would also point out that the popular medium of ...

2011-12-12T09:00:44.179-05:00
I would also point out that the popular medium of delivering this music was radio, later television (comments on the LP and 45 later)

The three great radio networks were run/owned by Sarnof, Paley and Goldensen.

The other medium of delivery included the LP, invented by Paley's CBS and the 45, invented by Sarnof's RCA which owned NBC.

Eric, I know I set you up for this, but you'r...

2011-12-11T22:58:31.685-05:00
Eric,

I know I set you up for this, but you're really too good at it. I'd be willing to give you odds that sooner or later, your comment will be quoted as evidence of an actual conspiracy.

I'll be Googling "White Christmas, Bolsheviks" regularly for the foreseeable future to see when it pops up.

I knew it! As for other examples, I think it'...

2011-12-11T19:35:28.846-05:00
I knew it!

As for other examples, I think it's a well-known fact that Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" is in fact a very-thinly veiled reference to the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. The "white" referenced is not snow, as is usually assumed, but rather a reference to the White Army, the pro-monarchist forces that fought the Red Army for control of the country during the Russian Civil War; the song is clearly from the point of view of one of these Red Army soldiers, i.e. a communist (and, naturally, an atheist, it should go without saying)>

The song is usually performed without the critical, giveaway verse:

I'm dreaming of a White Christmas,
With my rifle in my arms
With which I'll shoot a bootlicking Romanov dog
And stab him in the eye

It used to be that every time "White Christmas" was performed, a portion of the royalties were donated to the Fourth International, but I don't know where the contributions go these days.