tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post2938948492629630040..comments2023-12-19T04:24:35.912+02:00Comments on Daily Hitchens: How Can Anyone Defend Kissinger Now?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-78329763289499561452010-12-15T14:50:25.140+02:002010-12-15T14:50:25.140+02:00The silence of the Decents.The silence of the Decents.FGFMhttp://twitter.com/FGFMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-5304397473063324872010-12-14T23:57:22.012+02:002010-12-14T23:57:22.012+02:00Hold the line fellows!Hold the line fellows!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-51343779655866866712010-12-14T22:39:45.247+02:002010-12-14T22:39:45.247+02:00Decent endorses Hitch!
http://twitter.com/davewei...Decent endorses Hitch!<br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/14726856221655041" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/14726856221655041</a><br /><br />Drop what yr doing and read RT @Slate: Hitchens takes down Henry Kissinger and those horrid new Nixon tapes. http://slate.me/gbTqKtFGFMdrop what yr doing and read rt @slate: Hitchens takes down Henry Kissinger and those horrid new Nixon tapes. http://slate.me/gbTqKtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-30818462796632781002010-12-14T18:59:55.214+02:002010-12-14T18:59:55.214+02:00Hmmm, on the new link someone says that if George ...Hmmm, on the new link someone says that if George McGovern had got into the presidency then Israel would have been crushed in the Yom Kippur War.<br /><br />Well, asuming that the war would still have happened, does anyone think this is true?<br /><br />Strangely, from what I have read Kissinger was happy to see Israel take a few losses at the start of the war and also did a lot of strong-arming of Israel [cutting of aid - or threatening to - and stuff].<br /><br />This is my undestanding, anyway. Anyonne know a bit more than me on this?HJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-62232638010389446542010-12-14T17:37:03.043+02:002010-12-14T17:37:03.043+02:00Yes, please moderate the comments to remove any of...Yes, please moderate the comments to remove any off-topic nonsense. Both the FGFM BS and the baiting of him should go....<br /><br />I suggest that serious, and possibly even sincere people/comments are the only kind allowed; especially since it is a CH site (he deserves this much, yes?)<br /><br />All the rest make it painful.1st Lt. L. Diablonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-84762886882225156582010-12-14T15:26:58.093+02:002010-12-14T15:26:58.093+02:00If you have something to say to FGFM or Mark G, yo...<i>If you have something to say to FGFM or Mark G, you know exactly where to go to let them know what you think.</i> <br /><br />Yeah, you are completely right, Tom. I'm shamefaced to admit I have responded to them a couple of times...fighting crazy is a losing battle. I see the error of my ways now, and from here on out fgfm/MarkG/random trollers just get ignored by me, no matter how tempting it might be...I apologize for my (small) part in this nonsense; it won't happen again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-43391326546586685352010-12-14T06:56:32.452+02:002010-12-14T06:56:32.452+02:00Mystery solved. Found 3 messages in the spam box a...Mystery solved. Found 3 messages in the spam box and unspammed them.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855399195286067785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-14139609876041370332010-12-14T06:39:56.330+02:002010-12-14T06:39:56.330+02:00it was there briefly, that's why FGFM was able...it was there briefly, that's why FGFM was able to copy and paste excerpts from it. water under the bridge. <br />signing off, thanks tom.mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-82584843786679107302010-12-14T06:31:59.817+02:002010-12-14T06:31:59.817+02:00If you checked that your comment actually showed, ...If you checked that your comment actually showed, and it disappeared, I honestly don't know what could've happened.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855399195286067785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-74872116605729975532010-12-14T06:15:20.010+02:002010-12-14T06:15:20.010+02:00i posted a comment saying the same thing as you ju...i posted a comment saying the same thing as you just did and it disappeared from the thread moments later. <br /><br />for the record, tho i tend to delight in salty language, the only posts i've made on this list are the ones i put my name to. <br /><br />its damn hard to resist stepping in to defend posters or untangle all the ad hominem shite against CH, but it too easily gets out of hand and brings out the worst in all of us. and while i rather enjoyed sounding off, the aftertaste isn't worth it.michellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-1350438589924201572010-12-14T05:23:36.867+02:002010-12-14T05:23:36.867+02:00"interesting to see that my comment's dow..."interesting to see that my comment's down, but room's left for FGFM to shoot unchecked spitballs at Christopher and everyone else."<br /><br />Which comment would that be, Michelle? I haven't deleted any comments by anyone.<br /><br />Another thing. Everyone: We've had this discussion before about commenting here on DH. I'm getting tired of reading these off topic, fuck FGFM, whatever, comments. It's just not FGFM's comments that bothers me. If he hasn't posted anything for a while, there's always someone commenting on what a piece of shit he is, he responds, and it's the usual BS all over. If you have something to say to FGFM or Mark G, you know exactly where to go to let them know what you think.<br />If you can't follow the normal guidelines for commenting on blogs, the comments will be moderated. My guess is, this will happen very shortly.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855399195286067785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-74948657684001849042010-12-14T04:57:01.846+02:002010-12-14T04:57:01.846+02:00you are such an unadulterated cunt FGFM.
Indeed.<i>you are such an unadulterated cunt FGFM.</i><br /><br />Indeed.FGFMhttp://twitter.com/FGFMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-35901214780040767322010-12-14T03:18:52.806+02:002010-12-14T03:18:52.806+02:00you are such an unadulterated cunt FGFM. i have th...you are such an unadulterated cunt FGFM. i have the bravery to stand up and take the aspies bullet intended for you and the best you can do is turn it into a personal swipe and malignment against the author's readers and supporters. i think if you put friends and fans of FGFM in one corner and friends and fans of Hitchens in the other, the quality and quantity of folk on the Hitch count would clearly speak for itself.<br /><br />i would suggest that you've ruined the community potential for discussion on this website, but that would be to give you a wood-pump for credit. <br /><br />no. i'll leave you flaccid and wanting as you were found. poking sticks at the FGFM bear was a slight diversion but, babe, the thrill is gone.mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-2100493034666613242010-12-14T02:59:22.457+02:002010-12-14T02:59:22.457+02:00Aspies for Hitch!Aspies for Hitch!FGFMhttp://twitter.com/FGFMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-78799844525961684882010-12-14T02:52:53.489+02:002010-12-14T02:52:53.489+02:00as someone who actually has AS i have to take exce...as someone who actually has AS i have to take exception to using this evaluation of FGFM as the basis for critique. there are sufficient, DECENT points to make about the FGFM gruel that substitutes for dialogue here. no need for death threats or crass swipes at different forms of intelligence. <br /><br />on our original note, i'm also an avid reader of historian niall ferguson... he's in the process of writing a book on kissinger with full cooperation from his subject. i've read christopher's book and tend toward his assessment. not to mention, in an odd twist of fate i found myself privy to a very compelling report of kissinger's darkest personal secrets that i've seen nowhere reported. <br /><br />i think christopher may well get his wish. at minimum, this story will not go gentle into this good night...michellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-15835910717542199162010-12-14T02:28:09.575+02:002010-12-14T02:28:09.575+02:00FGFM - you must be in a state of permament epistem...FGFM - you must be in a state of permament epistemological crisis, or you flunked philosophy 101 with flying colours. Either way, your comeback is, as always, lame and incorrect. <br /><br />Theory? Au contraire, you should be in text books. You just tick too, too many boxes: <br /><br />Although individuals with Asperger syndrome acquire language skills without significant general delay and their speech typically lacks significant abnormalities, language acquisition and use is often atypical.[5] Abnormalities include verbosity, abrupt transitions, literal interpretations and miscomprehension of nuance, use of metaphor meaningful only to the speaker, auditory perception deficits, unusually pedantic, formal or idiosyncratic speech, and oddities in loudness, pitch, intonation, prosody, and rhythm.[1]<br /><br />Three aspects of communication patterns are of clinical interest: poor prosody, tangential and circumstantial speech, and marked verbosity. Although inflection and intonation may be less rigid or monotonic than in autism, people with AS often have a limited range of intonation: speech may be unusually fast, jerky or loud. Speech may convey a sense of incoherence; the conversational style often includes monologues about topics that bore the listener, fails to provide context for comments, or fails to suppress internal thoughts. Individuals with AS may fail to monitor whether the listener is interested or engaged in the conversation. The speaker's conclusion or point may never be made, and attempts by the listener to elaborate on the speech's content or logic, or to shift to related topics, are often unsuccessful.[5]<br /><br />Children with AS may have an unusually sophisticated vocabulary at a young age and have been colloquially called "little professors", but have difficulty understanding figurative language and tend to use language literally.[1] Children with AS appear to have particular weaknesses in areas of nonliteral language that include humor, irony, and teasing. Although individuals with AS usually understand the cognitive basis of humor, they seem to lack understanding of the intent of humor to share enjoyment with others.[12] Despite strong evidence of impaired humor appreciation, anecdotal reports of humor in individuals with AS seem to challenge some psychological theories of AS and autism.[27]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-67134532192043588982010-12-14T02:24:21.347+02:002010-12-14T02:24:21.347+02:00It's blindingly obvious and has been apparent ...<i>It's blindingly obvious and has been apparent to many by this stage that FGFM at the very least suffers from Asperger's. The monotonic unmodulating voice heard in those weird videos being just one of the milder but salient symptoms. To a degree he is deserving of sympathy, compassion, and understanding.</i><br /><br />Decent has a theory!<br /><br /><i>Of course, that explains a few things, but not why he is such an utter asshole.</i><br /><br />Puzzled Decent.FGFMhttp://twitter.com/FGFMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-49373319906533936362010-12-14T02:20:32.077+02:002010-12-14T02:20:32.077+02:00"Good catch on the singular/plural difference..."Good catch on the singular/plural difference, FGFM. Your transcendant creepiness is absolutely unique. No one else on earth makes youtube videos of himself cooking hotdogs and washing his feet."<br /><br />It's blindingly obvious and has been apparent to many by this stage that FGFM at the very least suffers from Asperger's. The monotonic unmodulating voice heard in those weird videos being just one of the milder but salient symptoms. To a degree he is deserving of sympathy, compassion, and understanding. <br /><br />Of course, that explains a few things, but not why he is such an utter asshole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-28865331019943458002010-12-14T01:30:57.932+02:002010-12-14T01:30:57.932+02:00Good catch on the singular/plural difference, FGFM...<i>Good catch on the singular/plural difference, FGFM.</i><br /><br />That's why they pay me the big bucks.<br /><br /><i>Your transcendant creepiness is absolutely unique.</i><br /><br />Indeed.<br /><br /><i>No one else on earth makes youtube videos of himself cooking hotdogs and washing his feet.</i><br /><br />Not only that, I died for your sins!FGFMhttp://twitter.com/FGFMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-3248670825154178712010-12-14T01:26:04.308+02:002010-12-14T01:26:04.308+02:00Good catch on the singular/plural difference, FGFM...Good catch on the singular/plural difference, FGFM. Your transcendant creepiness is absolutely unique. No one else on earth makes youtube videos of himself cooking hotdogs and washing his feet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-55589108723023174932010-12-14T01:21:05.988+02:002010-12-14T01:21:05.988+02:00Who gives a fuck about some excess commas?Who gives a fuck about some excess commas?FGFMhttp://twitter.com/FGFMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-7166815659400067812010-12-14T01:18:50.269+02:002010-12-14T01:18:50.269+02:00oh, go run your bath, FGFM. your insistence on beh...oh, go run your bath, FGFM. your insistence on behalf of the grammar police is not only, in this instance, erroneous, it's, as everyone around here agrees, boring.<br /><br />enough commas for you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-77591807360055245302010-12-14T01:11:50.722+02:002010-12-14T01:11:50.722+02:00Going out on a limb here, but I bet m is not impre...<i>Going out on a limb here, but I bet m is not impressed by cyberstalking loners who make youtube videos of themselves making hotdogs and washing their feet.</i><br /><br />He's obviously not impressed by the difference between singular and plural.FGFMhttp://twitter.com/FGFMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-71279080639134899382010-12-14T01:04:25.388+02:002010-12-14T01:04:25.388+02:00of course i do know the difference between data an...<i>of course i do know the difference between data and datum, but even if i didn't, and for all those who don't, fuck you and your collegiate arrogance. further, since you're an inveterate stalker, you know quite well what i do for a living, even with most of my webwork down for seasonal upkeep.</i><br /><br />Delusional Decent.FGFMhttp://twitter.com/FGFMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073647307948118016.post-68222465198366002432010-12-14T01:02:54.475+02:002010-12-14T01:02:54.475+02:00Going out on a limb here, but I bet m is not impre...Going out on a limb here, but I bet m is not impressed by cyberstalking loners who make youtube videos of themselves making hotdogs and washing their feet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com