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Such turbulence today on America’s favorite autistic British Tory blog, Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish! He discovered that he loves Twitter after all, then the Ayatollah launched a digital fatwa on his servers, then he just cold made everything green, and now he has launched war on Twitter for having to perform maintenance tonight. COWARDS! Well, maybe everyone should use the occasion to grab dinner and resume with the riot-twatting afterward, kind of like a Middle East stolen election version of “adult swim.” [Andrew Sullivan]
Does he know about those people doing the Macarena?
I always kind of oscillated between thinking of Andrew Sullivan as a bloated self important blogger douche and sometimes enjoying his posts. Reading about his coverage of the Iranian election protests put me in a tough spot this morning, but it didn’t take Sully long to fall from my good graces.
I also hate Twitter.
Also.
For that 15 minutes Wonkette was just down, I couldn’t believe we were missing the most important event in Wonkette history— a post about the most important Twitter moment in history.
NoWireHangers: For all the jokes we make, I’m a pretty big fan of his blog, mostly because he links to a lot of good stuff. And when he gets an idea in his head and goes insane, it is fun to watch.
Everyone should stop rioting in Iran and take the opportunity to catch Patti Blagojevich on “I’m a Celebrity — Get Me Outta Here.” They’ll all feel much better about their votes not counting after that.
The chair is against the wall. The chair is against the wall.
You know, Andrew, the Iranians held a revolution long before Twitter ever existed. They’ll manage.
Min: Yea, but no one cared then ’cause you could comment by phone.
Min: But how will they manage without ANDREW SULLIVAN bravely blogging away about their revolution thousands of miles away!?
This sort of remains me of P.J. O’Rourke’s coverage of the Philippine elections in “Holidays In Hell.”
Only a fatter, less gin-soaked, gayer, Bears4Bears version.
Andrew Sullivan: The Voice Of History!
(That “whirring” sound is Edward R. Murrow spinning in his grave.)
His blog is a very public way to share his brushes with cognitive dissonance.
That said.
fuck twitter.
But why worry about Iran, when you can take a trip to the Uncanny Valley by watching this unsettling video of a “sushi robot” in action: http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/chef-robot-makes-its-video-debut-nightmares-forthcoming/ .
We’ve definitely gone through some sort of looking glass in that right now in Silicon Valley, there’s a bunch of 25 year old engineers and execs deciding on whether or not they need to reschedule their long-planned maintenance due to it’s possible effects on a revolution in Iran.
tkwouter: @WOTN: For those inside Iran, please understand hashtag #IranElection is now being used by govt to locate individuals.
Whoops!
I’m with Sullivan on this one.
There’s some kind of twitter protest going on. If you want to twit your feelings, or see what others have already twatted:
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=twitterstayup
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=nomaintenance
“The resistance”? Is that what it’s called when you riot after an election doesn’t turn out the way you want?
My balls just turned a sort of off-green. Will that do?
Barrett808: Cool. But can it give me a hand job yet?
Do I get banned if I say I like Sully–because I kind of do. He’s not a rainy day, go with the flow type. He has his convictions & sticks with them. That being said, I hope his head doesn’t explode in 2012 waiting on Snowbilly to release her medical records. Even though it’s not the medical records so much, it’s her constant lying … something the MSM won’t ever comment about.
Okay, rock on TruckNutz.
JadedDIssonance: #IranElection: Who wants to come by for some homemade Zoolbia?!
To be completely sincere for a second, I think Sullivan should get a Pulitzer for his work here.
Naked Bunny with a Whip: no, thats what it is called when the ‘police’ break into the ‘college dorm’ and kill 6 student and beat up the rest then go smash all their computers while the faculty resigns en mass in protest of said police actions.
Resistance to women being beaten to death in the streets for no reason is usually a good cause too.
Sullivan’s been invaluable this weekend, posting like a drunk monkey. Although he was veering into Perot-territory with his paranoia over DOS attacks.
sati demise: Not to mention, there’s tons of evidence that indicates the election was rigged. So, yeah, it’s not really a case of sour grapes. Always a time for humor, but manage to pepper in bits of the truth there, too.
sati demise: Oh, I get it. This is the “Serious Wonkette Topic of the Week” where I will get my ass burned if I don’t give the Proper Liberal Response to a Bad Thing. Sorry, I missed the memo. I was treating it like all the other fucking horrible things that we say stupid things about here.
Pardon my consistency.
shortsshortsshorts: I initially feared that Denby had launched a brutal DOS (Denial of Snark) attack on our Wonkette. Then I remembered that you can’t get online using a Remington No. 2, and Twittered a sigh of relief. WHEW!#
Naked Bunny with a Whip: If you’d just mentioned truck nutz or butt sexxors, we all would have laughed. Geez!
Naked Bunny with a Whip: was wondering what might happen to teh snark on this topic.
Government employees being pulled from their homes, ballot boxes hidden, votes stashed in the back of a truck:
http://twitter.com/tehranelection9
wow, seems like an invasion of the lizard people over there. clinging to their guns and religion.
“In situations like these, peer-to-peer media is essential. Send all you’ve got to me. We’ll do our best to assess, edit, and post. There is no neutrality in this. Every blogger is now an honorary member of the resistance. We are at war too - for peace and democracy.” -Andrew Sullivan, June 14, 2009
To the ramparts, warbloggers! TO THE RAMPARTS!!1
@Nigerian Business Executive: If the problem is my post wasn’t sufficiently funny, then fair enough, I’ll cop to that. Again, it would be consistent.
Naked Bunny with a Whip: sati demise: Actually, I think it can be both.
Naked Bunny with a Whip: I think the issue was that your original post wasn’t rooted in reality. They weren’t pouting because the election didn’t turn out they way they wanted. They’re rioting because people are getting killed & the election was most likely rigged. That is all.
TruckNutz, acorn & teleprompter.
Naked Bunny with a Whip: Attaining true snark success on a prickly subject that has a lot of people feeling raw is a delicate task. Sometimes you hit, and sometimes you miss. It’s much easier to make fun of Sullivan because he has BUTTSECKS!
(As do I).
Gee, people. Can we have a little less scolding and a little more funny?
Min: I thought I was being a little bit funny. No? Now I’m sad.
Nigerian Business Executive: Don’t be sad. BUTTSECKS! is always funny.
Why that headline sounds positively filthy…good job!
Andrew wins, Twitter puts off fixin’ for another day.
yep, the power of teh gay.
The revolution will not be televised, but it will be twittered.
http://twitter.com/nttajohn
From HuffPo: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/13/iran-demonstrations-viole_n_215189.html
Damn. I was planning on Tweeting all of Trig’s medical records later today.
He hasn’t been this manically self-important since Whodatbabygate.
That’s what I get for not reading to the end of the thread. Also, this: “Your Facebook page needs re-coloring, don’t you think?”
Well, no.
Naked Bunny with a Whip: Yes, but only once. Re-attachment is the job of another robot.
Naked Bunny with a Whip: Marry me, Naked Bunny.
We can used the dead, rotting body of Benazir Bhutto as a centerpiece at our nupituals.
Texan Bulldoggette: “He has his convictions & sticks with them.” Getting HIV, scolding his fellows for immoral promiscuous sexing and then anonymously trolling for unprotected sex despite possible superinfection risks shows that his “convictions” aren’t much more than “I am right and everybody else is wrong, so there.” He’s as self-aware as a pecan and has the moral fortitude of a greased-up weathervane. In a competition a stopped clock would best him on the basis of being accurate twice a day, as well as showing more courage and consistency.
I don’t care what anyone says, I still love this Andrew Sullivan Twitter post the best out of all of the June 15th Andrew Sullivan Twitter posts at Wonkette.