It goes like this:
1. Highland Park.
2. Eagle Rock.
3. Glendale.
That is, the 3 best communities to live in, in Los Angeles County, period. The older you get, the farther north you can move. I just want to settle it right now that Echo Park is out of the running entirely.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Xtianityism
PRAYER (http://www.universalis.com/)
Office of Readings at Midnight or first thing in the morning
Lauds at 3 a.m. or first thing in the morning
Terce, Sexte, and None at 9am, noon, and 3pm
Vespers at 6 p.m. (This is when you turn on the lights.)
Compline at 9 p.m. (After this, you retire.)
FASTING
Abstain from meat on Fridays.
During Lent (Ash Wednesday to noon on Holy Saturday), abstain from flesh meat, eggs, butter, cheese, and milk, and eat only one meal per day, after 6 p.m. Do not drink alcohol during Lent. During Holy Week, the meal consists exclusively of bread, salt, herbs, and water.
PILGRIMAGE
Camino de Santiago.
Begin your pilgrimage in Roncesvalles. Get a credencial at the albergue in Roncesvalles.
Daily costs along the Camino can be as low as 20 Euros a day, although you should budget for a little more to treat yourself along the way. Spring and autumn are the best times to travel. If you're fit and healthy, you can walk from Roncesvalles to Santiago de Compostela in less than a month. Nevertheless, it's a good idea to allow extra time for rest days, unforeseen injuries, or just a whimsical decision to linger in one of the lovely towns along the way.
Office of Readings at Midnight or first thing in the morning
Lauds at 3 a.m. or first thing in the morning
Terce, Sexte, and None at 9am, noon, and 3pm
Vespers at 6 p.m. (This is when you turn on the lights.)
Compline at 9 p.m. (After this, you retire.)
FASTING
Abstain from meat on Fridays.
During Lent (Ash Wednesday to noon on Holy Saturday), abstain from flesh meat, eggs, butter, cheese, and milk, and eat only one meal per day, after 6 p.m. Do not drink alcohol during Lent. During Holy Week, the meal consists exclusively of bread, salt, herbs, and water.
PILGRIMAGE
Camino de Santiago.
Begin your pilgrimage in Roncesvalles. Get a credencial at the albergue in Roncesvalles.
Daily costs along the Camino can be as low as 20 Euros a day, although you should budget for a little more to treat yourself along the way. Spring and autumn are the best times to travel. If you're fit and healthy, you can walk from Roncesvalles to Santiago de Compostela in less than a month. Nevertheless, it's a good idea to allow extra time for rest days, unforeseen injuries, or just a whimsical decision to linger in one of the lovely towns along the way.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
I've been looking for a group in American life I can trust, and whaddaya know, it's the good old-fashioned paleoconservatives.
Same as the "Yellow Dog Democrats." I think. I'll get back to you on that if they're any different.
But back to paleocons: the group who writes Chronicles and The American Conservative, and who post on LewRockwell.com. I suppose first I'd have to start reading the National Review and The Weekly Standard, even though they're supposedly whom the paleocons define themselves against, because they may have more in common anyway. But I'm really not going to read any of that because the paleonconservative tendency is such a fresh one that to hamper it by actually reading what other self-claimed paleocons think would be dangerous. But the point still stands: to get to the paleocon lit, I first must wade through the morass of neoconservative lit. Which I'm starting to do, in fact -- I've got a whole bunch of tabs open to the Wall Street Journal as we speak. So all I have to do is open up some tabs for the National Review, Commentary, and The Weekly Standard, and I'm good to go, I guess. Even before that, though: The Economist and the Financial Times. There, that covers it.
Also, these presidents: Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren, Polk, Buchanan, Ulysses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Hebert Hoover, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, John Franklin Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Richard Milhous Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush.
Same as the "Yellow Dog Democrats." I think. I'll get back to you on that if they're any different.
But back to paleocons: the group who writes Chronicles and The American Conservative, and who post on LewRockwell.com. I suppose first I'd have to start reading the National Review and The Weekly Standard, even though they're supposedly whom the paleocons define themselves against, because they may have more in common anyway. But I'm really not going to read any of that because the paleonconservative tendency is such a fresh one that to hamper it by actually reading what other self-claimed paleocons think would be dangerous. But the point still stands: to get to the paleocon lit, I first must wade through the morass of neoconservative lit. Which I'm starting to do, in fact -- I've got a whole bunch of tabs open to the Wall Street Journal as we speak. So all I have to do is open up some tabs for the National Review, Commentary, and The Weekly Standard, and I'm good to go, I guess. Even before that, though: The Economist and the Financial Times. There, that covers it.
Also, these presidents: Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren, Polk, Buchanan, Ulysses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Hebert Hoover, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, John Franklin Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Richard Milhous Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Sawm. (To abstain from eating, drinking, sex, and smoking from dawn (before the Fajr prayers) to sunset (a small meal of dates and water may be used to break the fast before Maghrib - say, 10 minutes before) -- during the month of Ramadan, which is from September 1 to 30 next year. There are penalties for intentionally breaking the fast. One can also fast on Mondays and Thursdays.)
Islamic dietary laws. (No alcohol, pork, or blood. Let's leave it at that.)
Healthy diet. (Basically just follow the Nutrition Guidelines on the back of the packaging of the processed food you eat.)
Also, the Copts are vegan for all of Holy Week.
Islamic dietary laws. (No alcohol, pork, or blood. Let's leave it at that.)
Healthy diet. (Basically just follow the Nutrition Guidelines on the back of the packaging of the processed food you eat.)
Also, the Copts are vegan for all of Holy Week.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Guide to U.S. Elections
(Whiggishness to Toriness, ascending in numeral rank)
(Most Whiggish state, and who they went for)
1796:
1. Adams (Federalist)
2. Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
Tennessee: Jefferson
1800:
1. Adams (Federalist)
2. Jefferson (Dem.-Rep.)
Tennessee: Jefferson
1804:
1. Pinckney (Federalist)
2. Jefferson (Dem.-Rep.)
Ohio: Jefferson
1808:
1. Pinckney (Federalist)
2. Madison (Dem.-Rep.)
Ohio: Madison
1812:
1. Clinton (fusion)
2. Madison (Dem.-Rep.)
Louisiana: Madison
1816:
1. King (Federalist)
2. Monroe (Dem.-Rep.)
Indiana: Madison
1820:
Monroe (Dem.-Rep.)
1824:
1. Crawford
2. Jackson
3. J.Q. Adams
4. Clay
Missouri: Clay
1828:
1. J.Q. Adams (National Rep.)
2. Jackson (Democrat)
Missouri: Jackson
1832:
1. Jackson (Democrat)
2. Clay (National Rep.)
3. Floyd (ind. Dem.)
4. Wirt (Anti-Masonic)
Missouri: Jackson
1836:
1. W.H. Harrison (Whig)
2. Van Buren (Democrat)
3. White (Whig)
4. Webster (Whig)
5. Mangum (independent)
Arkansas: Van Buren
1840:
1. W. Harrison (Whig)
2. Van Buren (Democrat)
Arkansas: Van Buren
1844:
1. Clay (Whig)
2. Polk (Democrat)
Arkansas: Polk
1848:
1. Taylor (Whig)
2. Cass (Democrat)
Wisconsin: Cass
1852:
1. Pierce (Democrat)
2. Scott (Whig)
California: Pierce
1856:
1. Buchanan (Democrat)
2. Fremont (Republican)
3. Fillmore (Whig)
California: Buchanan
1860:
1. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat)
2. Lincoln (Republican)
3. Douglas (Democrat)
4. Bell (Constitutional Union)
Oregon: Lincoln
1864 [Confederate States: Ga, SC, Va, NC, Tn, La, Ms, Al, Ar, Tx, Fl]:
1. McClellan (Democrat)
2. Lincoln (Republican)
Nevada: Lincoln
1868 [States not readmitted to the Union: Va, Ms, Tx]:
1. Seymour (Democrat)
2. Grant (Republican)
Nebraska: Grant
1872:
1. Grant (Republican)
2. Greeley (Democrat, Lib. Repub.)
Nebraska: Grant
1876:
1. Tilden (Democrat)
2. Hayes (Republican)
Colorado: Hayes
1880:
1. Hancock (Democrat)
2. Garfield (Republican)
Colorado: Garfield
1884:
1. Cleveland (Democrat)
2. Blaine (Republican)
Colorado: Blaine
1888:
1. Cleveland (Democrat)
2. B. Harrison (Republican)
Colorado: B. Harrison
1892:
1. Cleveland (Democrat)
2. B. Harrison (Republican)
3. Weaver (Populist)
Wyoming: B. Harrison
1896:
1. McKinley (Republican)
2. Bryan (Democrat)
Utah: Bryan
1900:
1. McKinley (Republican)
2. Bryan (Democrat)
Utah: Bryan
1904:
1. Th. Roosevelt (Republican)
2. Parker (Democrat)
Utah: Th. Roosevelt
1908:
1. Taft (Republican)
2. Bryan (Democrat)
Oklahoma: Bryan
1912:
1. Wilson (Democrat)
2. Th. Roosevelt (Progressive)
3. Taft (Republican)
Arizona: Wilson
1916:
1. Hughes (Republican)
2. Wilson (Democrat)
Arizona: Wilson
1920:
1. Harding (Republican)
2. Cox (Democrat)
Arizona: Harding
1924:
1. Coolidge (Republican)
2. Davis (Democrat)
3. La Follette (Progressive)
Arizona: Coolidge
1928:
1. Hoover (Republican)
2. Smith (Democrat)
Arizona: Hoover
1932:
1. Hoover (Republican)
2. F.D. Roosevelt (Democrat)
Arizona: F.D. Roosevelt
1936:
1. F.D. Roosevelt (Democrat)
2. Landon (Republican)
Arizona: F.D. Roosevelt
1940:
1. F.D. Roosevelt (Democrat)
2. Willkie (Republican)
Arizona: F.D. Roosevelt
1944:
1. F.D. Roosevelt (Democrat)
2. Dewey (Republican)
Arizona: F.D. Roosevelt
1948:
1. Dewey (Republican)
2. Truman (Democrat)
3. Thurmond (States' Rights)
Arizona: Truman
1952:
1. Eisenhower (Republican)
2. Stevenson (Democrat)
Arizona: Eisenhower
1956:
1. Eisenhower (Republican)
2. Stevenson (Democrat)
Arizona: Eisenhower
1960 [Unpledged: Mississippi]
1. Kennedy (Democrat)
2. Nixon (Republican)
Alaska: Nixon
1964:
1. Johnson (Democrat)
2. Goldwater (Republican)
Alaska: Johnson
1968:
1. Humphrey (Democrat)
2. Nixon (Republican)
3. Wallace (American Independent)
Alaska: Nixon
1972:
1. Nixon (Republican)
2. McGovern (Democrat)
Alaska: Nixon
1980:
1. Reagan (Republican)
2. Carter (Democrat)
Alaska: Reagan
1984:
1. Reagan (Republican)
2. Mondale (Democrat)
Alaska: Reagan
1988:
1. G.H. Bush (Republican)
2. Dukakis (Democrat)
Alaska: G.H. Bush
1992:
1. Clinton (Democrat)
2. G.H. Bush (Republican)
Alaska: G.H. Bush
1996:
1. Clinton (Democrat)
2. Dole (Republican)
Alaska: Dole
2000:
1. Gore (Democrat)
2. G.W. Bush (Republican)
Alaska: George W. Bush
2004:
1. Kerry (Democrat)
2. G.W. Bush (Republican)
Alaska: G.W. Bush
South Delaware (the Tory heartland of this Tory state):
1836 - Whig
1840 - Harrison (Whig, Alabama)
1844 - Polk (Democratic, Tennessee)
1848 - Cass (Democratic, Mich.)
1852 - Scott (Whig, New Jersey)
1856 - Buchanan (Dem., Penns.)
1860 - Breckinridge (Southern Dem.)
1864 - McClellan (Democratic, New Jersey)
1868 - Seymour (Democratic, New York)
1872 - Grant (Republican, Illinois)
1876 - Tilden (Democratic, NY)
1880 - Hancock (Democratic, Penn.)
1884 - Cleveland (Democratic, N. Y.)
1888 - B. Harrison (Republican, Indiana)
1892 - Cleveland (Democratic, N. Y.)
1896 - McKinley (Republican, Ohio)
1900 - McKinley (Republican, Ohio)
1904 - T. Roosevelt (Republican, N. Y.)
1908 - Taft (Republican, Ohio)
1912 - Wilson (Democratic, New Jersey)
1916 - Hughes (Republican, N. Y.)
1920 - Harding (Republican, Ohio)
1924 - Coolidge (Republican, Mass.)
1928 - Hoover (Republican, Calif.)
1932 - F. Roosevelt (Democrat, N. Y.)
1936 - F. Roosevelt (Democrat, N. Y.)
1940 - F. Roosevelt (Democrat, N. Y.)
1944 - Dewey (Republican, N. Y.)
1948 - Dewey (Republican, N. Y.)
1952 - Eisenhower (Republ., N. Y.)
1956 - Eisenhower (Republ., N. Y.)
1960 - Nixon (Republican, Cal.)
1964 - Johnson (Dem., Texas)
1968 - Nixon (Republican, Calif.)
1972 - Nixon (Republican, Cal.)
1976 - Carter (Democratic, Georgia)
1980 - Reagan (Republican, Calif.)
1984 - Reagan (Republican, Calif.)
1988 - G. Bush (Republican, Texas)
1992 - G. Bush (Republican, Texas)
1996 - Clinton (Democratic, Ark.)
2000 - G. W. Bush (Republican, Texas)
2004 - G. W. Bush (Republican, Texas)
And, just for kicks, the Coachella Valley:
1876 - Hayes (Republican, Ohio)
1880 - Garfield (Republican, Ohio)
1884 - Blaine (Republican, Maine)
1888 - B. Harrison (Republican, Indiana)
1892 - B. Harrison (Republican, Indiana)
1896 - McKinley (Republican, Ohio)
1900 - McKinley (Republican, Ohio)
1904 - T. Roosevelt (Republican, N. Y.)
1908 - Taft (Republican, Ohio)
1912 - T. Roosevelt (Progressive, New York)
1916 - Hughes (Republican, N. Y.)
1920 - Harding (Republican, Ohio)
1924 - Coolidge (Republican, Mass.)
1928 - Hoover (Republican, Calif.)
1932 - Hoover (Republican, Calif.)
1936 - F. Roosevelt (Democrat, Calif.)
1940 - Willkie (Republican, N. Y.)
1944 - Dewey (Republican, N. Y.)
1948 - Dewey (Republican, N. Y.)
1952 - Eisenhower (Republ., N. Y.)
1956 - Eisenhower (Republ., N. Y.)
1960 - Nixon (Republican, Cal.)
1964 - Johnson (Dem., Texas)
1968 - Nixon (Republican, Calif.)
1972 - Nixon (Republican, Cal.)
1976 - Ford (R
1980 - Reagan
1984 - Reagan
1988 - G. Bush
1992 - Clinton
1996 - Dole
2000 - G. W. Bush
2004 - G. W. Bush
And Larimer County:
1880 - Garfield (Republican, Ohio)
1884 - Blaine (Republican, Maine)
1888 - B. Harrison (Republican, Indiana)
1892 - Weaver (Populist, Iowa)
1896 - Bryan (Dem., Nebraska)
1900 - Bryan (Democrat, Nebraska)
1904 - T. Roosevelt (Republican, N. Y.)
1908 - Taft (Republican, Ohio)
1912 - Wilson (Democratic, New Jersey)
1916 - Wilson (Democratic, New Jersey)
1920 - Harding (Republican, Ohio)
1924 - Coolidge (Republican, Mass.)
1928 - Hoover (Republican, Calif.)
1932 - Hoover (Republican, Calif.)
1936 - F. Roosevelt (Democrat, Calif.)
1940 - Willkie (Republican, N. Y.)
1944 - Dewey (Republican, N. Y.)
1948 - Dewey (Republican, N. Y.)
1952 - Eisenhower
1956 - Eisenhower
1960 - Nixon
1964 - Johnson
1968 - Nixon
1972 - Nixon
1976 - Ford
1980 - Reagan
1984 - Reagan
1988 - G. Bush
1992 - Clinton
1996 - Dole
2000 - G. W. Bush
2004 - G. W. Bush
OTOH, Northern (Urban) Delaware Goes For: Van Buren, Harrison, Clay, Taylor, Pierce, Buchanan, Breckinridge, Lincoln, Seymour, Grant, Tilden, Tilden, Garfield, Cleveland, Cleveland, Cleveland, McKinley, McKinley, T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Hughes, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Hoover, F. Roosevelt, F. Roosevelt, F. Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Nixon, Reagan, Reagan, G. Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Gore, Kerry.
From a Slate piece in 2004: 'In the 1970s, northern Delaware—in particular, the Wilmington suburbs—was full of Rockefeller Republicans and the agrarian south was solidly Yellow Dog Democratic. As the Republican Party corralled the southern United States, Delaware flip-flopped too. Conservative southern Delaware turned solid Republican.'
BTW, New Jersey is going for John McCain ATM.
I personally believe that Barack Obama will win the race, yeah, both.
I love the candidates in this order: 1. Obama, 2. Clinton, 3. McCain.
I support the candidates in this order (quixotically): 1. McCain, 2. Clinton, 3. Obama. Mostly "strategically." OK, totally "strategically." LOL.
P.S. I totally forgot about Rave until tonight. I was lurking on Encyclopedia Dramatica and found out my subcultural affiliation is (again, strategically) Twink.
I'll let that sink in.
Really, though, it's just fucking Hippie. (From the ED article: "hippies always want you to waste your vote on some long shot candidate, like Dennis Kucinich"... thus, my support for McCain!)
Really, though, I'm a Raver, I guess. That's probably why I'm always shitting rainbows IRL.
What this really REALLY means, however, is: I am a Wigger. Wow, forget coming out of the closet as a faggot; this is the real deal. It also means I'm a Chav, which is (I guess) a more classy way of putting it (to me). From the article:
"[Wiggers] are what you get when you travel back in time about five years to retrieve what was barely cool about hip hop even then, clad it with a Tommy Hilfiger shirt from the JC Penney clearance rack, give it the keys to Mom's car, and send it to the local strip mall to mean-mug everybody while blasting commercials from the local hip-hop station on 6 x 9 factory speakers."
check, check, and check.
'The evolution of a wigger always has roots in some other attention-whoring, insecure, facade such as goth, punk, or just plain ol' basement-dweller. Typically, the helpless dickwad was forcibly ejected from one of these fag cultures and spent some time floundering in limbo (emo) before developing a powerful sexual attraction to Eminem. After a dark night of the soul spent throwing himself around his bedroom with a blacklight on while pining for Marshall Mathers' scrotum, he emerges reborn, wearing Dad's oversized Lee jeans, a gold-plated chain (worn outside the shirt, of course) and a desperate need to ingest loads upon loads of black cock... I mean, culture. In other words, wiggers are a natural evolution of a basement-dweller which has acquired a friend at best, or an understanding of gay fucktardery at worst. Much like the evolution of a Pikachu into a new member of Radiohead.'
Oh God why is this so true. 'The wiggerling proceeds to limp around the neighborhood as if this laughable farce has been his persona all along.
Wiggerdom, per se, is a tabula rasa. After the initial process of hatchery, the wiggerling can wander into several different potential subcategories, depending on what was playing on TRL during the imprinting stage.'
Anyway. '
(Most Whiggish state, and who they went for)
1796:
1. Adams (Federalist)
2. Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
Tennessee: Jefferson
1800:
1. Adams (Federalist)
2. Jefferson (Dem.-Rep.)
Tennessee: Jefferson
1804:
1. Pinckney (Federalist)
2. Jefferson (Dem.-Rep.)
Ohio: Jefferson
1808:
1. Pinckney (Federalist)
2. Madison (Dem.-Rep.)
Ohio: Madison
1812:
1. Clinton (fusion)
2. Madison (Dem.-Rep.)
Louisiana: Madison
1816:
1. King (Federalist)
2. Monroe (Dem.-Rep.)
Indiana: Madison
1820:
Monroe (Dem.-Rep.)
1824:
1. Crawford
2. Jackson
3. J.Q. Adams
4. Clay
Missouri: Clay
1828:
1. J.Q. Adams (National Rep.)
2. Jackson (Democrat)
Missouri: Jackson
1832:
1. Jackson (Democrat)
2. Clay (National Rep.)
3. Floyd (ind. Dem.)
4. Wirt (Anti-Masonic)
Missouri: Jackson
1836:
1. W.H. Harrison (Whig)
2. Van Buren (Democrat)
3. White (Whig)
4. Webster (Whig)
5. Mangum (independent)
Arkansas: Van Buren
1840:
1. W. Harrison (Whig)
2. Van Buren (Democrat)
Arkansas: Van Buren
1844:
1. Clay (Whig)
2. Polk (Democrat)
Arkansas: Polk
1848:
1. Taylor (Whig)
2. Cass (Democrat)
Wisconsin: Cass
1852:
1. Pierce (Democrat)
2. Scott (Whig)
California: Pierce
1856:
1. Buchanan (Democrat)
2. Fremont (Republican)
3. Fillmore (Whig)
California: Buchanan
1860:
1. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat)
2. Lincoln (Republican)
3. Douglas (Democrat)
4. Bell (Constitutional Union)
Oregon: Lincoln
1864 [Confederate States: Ga, SC, Va, NC, Tn, La, Ms, Al, Ar, Tx, Fl]:
1. McClellan (Democrat)
2. Lincoln (Republican)
Nevada: Lincoln
1868 [States not readmitted to the Union: Va, Ms, Tx]:
1. Seymour (Democrat)
2. Grant (Republican)
Nebraska: Grant
1872:
1. Grant (Republican)
2. Greeley (Democrat, Lib. Repub.)
Nebraska: Grant
1876:
1. Tilden (Democrat)
2. Hayes (Republican)
Colorado: Hayes
1880:
1. Hancock (Democrat)
2. Garfield (Republican)
Colorado: Garfield
1884:
1. Cleveland (Democrat)
2. Blaine (Republican)
Colorado: Blaine
1888:
1. Cleveland (Democrat)
2. B. Harrison (Republican)
Colorado: B. Harrison
1892:
1. Cleveland (Democrat)
2. B. Harrison (Republican)
3. Weaver (Populist)
Wyoming: B. Harrison
1896:
1. McKinley (Republican)
2. Bryan (Democrat)
Utah: Bryan
1900:
1. McKinley (Republican)
2. Bryan (Democrat)
Utah: Bryan
1904:
1. Th. Roosevelt (Republican)
2. Parker (Democrat)
Utah: Th. Roosevelt
1908:
1. Taft (Republican)
2. Bryan (Democrat)
Oklahoma: Bryan
1912:
1. Wilson (Democrat)
2. Th. Roosevelt (Progressive)
3. Taft (Republican)
Arizona: Wilson
1916:
1. Hughes (Republican)
2. Wilson (Democrat)
Arizona: Wilson
1920:
1. Harding (Republican)
2. Cox (Democrat)
Arizona: Harding
1924:
1. Coolidge (Republican)
2. Davis (Democrat)
3. La Follette (Progressive)
Arizona: Coolidge
1928:
1. Hoover (Republican)
2. Smith (Democrat)
Arizona: Hoover
1932:
1. Hoover (Republican)
2. F.D. Roosevelt (Democrat)
Arizona: F.D. Roosevelt
1936:
1. F.D. Roosevelt (Democrat)
2. Landon (Republican)
Arizona: F.D. Roosevelt
1940:
1. F.D. Roosevelt (Democrat)
2. Willkie (Republican)
Arizona: F.D. Roosevelt
1944:
1. F.D. Roosevelt (Democrat)
2. Dewey (Republican)
Arizona: F.D. Roosevelt
1948:
1. Dewey (Republican)
2. Truman (Democrat)
3. Thurmond (States' Rights)
Arizona: Truman
1952:
1. Eisenhower (Republican)
2. Stevenson (Democrat)
Arizona: Eisenhower
1956:
1. Eisenhower (Republican)
2. Stevenson (Democrat)
Arizona: Eisenhower
1960 [Unpledged: Mississippi]
1. Kennedy (Democrat)
2. Nixon (Republican)
Alaska: Nixon
1964:
1. Johnson (Democrat)
2. Goldwater (Republican)
Alaska: Johnson
1968:
1. Humphrey (Democrat)
2. Nixon (Republican)
3. Wallace (American Independent)
Alaska: Nixon
1972:
1. Nixon (Republican)
2. McGovern (Democrat)
Alaska: Nixon
1980:
1. Reagan (Republican)
2. Carter (Democrat)
Alaska: Reagan
1984:
1. Reagan (Republican)
2. Mondale (Democrat)
Alaska: Reagan
1988:
1. G.H. Bush (Republican)
2. Dukakis (Democrat)
Alaska: G.H. Bush
1992:
1. Clinton (Democrat)
2. G.H. Bush (Republican)
Alaska: G.H. Bush
1996:
1. Clinton (Democrat)
2. Dole (Republican)
Alaska: Dole
2000:
1. Gore (Democrat)
2. G.W. Bush (Republican)
Alaska: George W. Bush
2004:
1. Kerry (Democrat)
2. G.W. Bush (Republican)
Alaska: G.W. Bush
South Delaware (the Tory heartland of this Tory state):
1836 - Whig
1840 - Harrison (Whig, Alabama)
1844 - Polk (Democratic, Tennessee)
1848 - Cass (Democratic, Mich.)
1852 - Scott (Whig, New Jersey)
1856 - Buchanan (Dem., Penns.)
1860 - Breckinridge (Southern Dem.)
1864 - McClellan (Democratic, New Jersey)
1868 - Seymour (Democratic, New York)
1872 - Grant (Republican, Illinois)
1876 - Tilden (Democratic, NY)
1880 - Hancock (Democratic, Penn.)
1884 - Cleveland (Democratic, N. Y.)
1888 - B. Harrison (Republican, Indiana)
1892 - Cleveland (Democratic, N. Y.)
1896 - McKinley (Republican, Ohio)
1900 - McKinley (Republican, Ohio)
1904 - T. Roosevelt (Republican, N. Y.)
1908 - Taft (Republican, Ohio)
1912 - Wilson (Democratic, New Jersey)
1916 - Hughes (Republican, N. Y.)
1920 - Harding (Republican, Ohio)
1924 - Coolidge (Republican, Mass.)
1928 - Hoover (Republican, Calif.)
1932 - F. Roosevelt (Democrat, N. Y.)
1936 - F. Roosevelt (Democrat, N. Y.)
1940 - F. Roosevelt (Democrat, N. Y.)
1944 - Dewey (Republican, N. Y.)
1948 - Dewey (Republican, N. Y.)
1952 - Eisenhower (Republ., N. Y.)
1956 - Eisenhower (Republ., N. Y.)
1960 - Nixon (Republican, Cal.)
1964 - Johnson (Dem., Texas)
1968 - Nixon (Republican, Calif.)
1972 - Nixon (Republican, Cal.)
1976 - Carter (Democratic, Georgia)
1980 - Reagan (Republican, Calif.)
1984 - Reagan (Republican, Calif.)
1988 - G. Bush (Republican, Texas)
1992 - G. Bush (Republican, Texas)
1996 - Clinton (Democratic, Ark.)
2000 - G. W. Bush (Republican, Texas)
2004 - G. W. Bush (Republican, Texas)
And, just for kicks, the Coachella Valley:
1876 - Hayes (Republican, Ohio)
1880 - Garfield (Republican, Ohio)
1884 - Blaine (Republican, Maine)
1888 - B. Harrison (Republican, Indiana)
1892 - B. Harrison (Republican, Indiana)
1896 - McKinley (Republican, Ohio)
1900 - McKinley (Republican, Ohio)
1904 - T. Roosevelt (Republican, N. Y.)
1908 - Taft (Republican, Ohio)
1912 - T. Roosevelt (Progressive, New York)
1916 - Hughes (Republican, N. Y.)
1920 - Harding (Republican, Ohio)
1924 - Coolidge (Republican, Mass.)
1928 - Hoover (Republican, Calif.)
1932 - Hoover (Republican, Calif.)
1936 - F. Roosevelt (Democrat, Calif.)
1940 - Willkie (Republican, N. Y.)
1944 - Dewey (Republican, N. Y.)
1948 - Dewey (Republican, N. Y.)
1952 - Eisenhower (Republ., N. Y.)
1956 - Eisenhower (Republ., N. Y.)
1960 - Nixon (Republican, Cal.)
1964 - Johnson (Dem., Texas)
1968 - Nixon (Republican, Calif.)
1972 - Nixon (Republican, Cal.)
1976 - Ford (R
1980 - Reagan
1984 - Reagan
1988 - G. Bush
1992 - Clinton
1996 - Dole
2000 - G. W. Bush
2004 - G. W. Bush
And Larimer County:
1880 - Garfield (Republican, Ohio)
1884 - Blaine (Republican, Maine)
1888 - B. Harrison (Republican, Indiana)
1892 - Weaver (Populist, Iowa)
1896 - Bryan (Dem., Nebraska)
1900 - Bryan (Democrat, Nebraska)
1904 - T. Roosevelt (Republican, N. Y.)
1908 - Taft (Republican, Ohio)
1912 - Wilson (Democratic, New Jersey)
1916 - Wilson (Democratic, New Jersey)
1920 - Harding (Republican, Ohio)
1924 - Coolidge (Republican, Mass.)
1928 - Hoover (Republican, Calif.)
1932 - Hoover (Republican, Calif.)
1936 - F. Roosevelt (Democrat, Calif.)
1940 - Willkie (Republican, N. Y.)
1944 - Dewey (Republican, N. Y.)
1948 - Dewey (Republican, N. Y.)
1952 - Eisenhower
1956 - Eisenhower
1960 - Nixon
1964 - Johnson
1968 - Nixon
1972 - Nixon
1976 - Ford
1980 - Reagan
1984 - Reagan
1988 - G. Bush
1992 - Clinton
1996 - Dole
2000 - G. W. Bush
2004 - G. W. Bush
OTOH, Northern (Urban) Delaware Goes For: Van Buren, Harrison, Clay, Taylor, Pierce, Buchanan, Breckinridge, Lincoln, Seymour, Grant, Tilden, Tilden, Garfield, Cleveland, Cleveland, Cleveland, McKinley, McKinley, T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Hughes, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Hoover, F. Roosevelt, F. Roosevelt, F. Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Nixon, Reagan, Reagan, G. Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Gore, Kerry.
From a Slate piece in 2004: 'In the 1970s, northern Delaware—in particular, the Wilmington suburbs—was full of Rockefeller Republicans and the agrarian south was solidly Yellow Dog Democratic. As the Republican Party corralled the southern United States, Delaware flip-flopped too. Conservative southern Delaware turned solid Republican.'
BTW, New Jersey is going for John McCain ATM.
I personally believe that Barack Obama will win the race, yeah, both.
I love the candidates in this order: 1. Obama, 2. Clinton, 3. McCain.
I support the candidates in this order (quixotically): 1. McCain, 2. Clinton, 3. Obama. Mostly "strategically." OK, totally "strategically." LOL.
P.S. I totally forgot about Rave until tonight. I was lurking on Encyclopedia Dramatica and found out my subcultural affiliation is (again, strategically) Twink.
I'll let that sink in.
Really, though, it's just fucking Hippie. (From the ED article: "hippies always want you to waste your vote on some long shot candidate, like Dennis Kucinich"... thus, my support for McCain!)
Really, though, I'm a Raver, I guess. That's probably why I'm always shitting rainbows IRL.
What this really REALLY means, however, is: I am a Wigger. Wow, forget coming out of the closet as a faggot; this is the real deal. It also means I'm a Chav, which is (I guess) a more classy way of putting it (to me). From the article:
"[Wiggers] are what you get when you travel back in time about five years to retrieve what was barely cool about hip hop even then, clad it with a Tommy Hilfiger shirt from the JC Penney clearance rack, give it the keys to Mom's car, and send it to the local strip mall to mean-mug everybody while blasting commercials from the local hip-hop station on 6 x 9 factory speakers."
check, check, and check.
'The evolution of a wigger always has roots in some other attention-whoring, insecure, facade such as goth, punk, or just plain ol' basement-dweller. Typically, the helpless dickwad was forcibly ejected from one of these fag cultures and spent some time floundering in limbo (emo) before developing a powerful sexual attraction to Eminem. After a dark night of the soul spent throwing himself around his bedroom with a blacklight on while pining for Marshall Mathers' scrotum, he emerges reborn, wearing Dad's oversized Lee jeans, a gold-plated chain (worn outside the shirt, of course) and a desperate need to ingest loads upon loads of black cock... I mean, culture. In other words, wiggers are a natural evolution of a basement-dweller which has acquired a friend at best, or an understanding of gay fucktardery at worst. Much like the evolution of a Pikachu into a new member of Radiohead.'
Oh God why is this so true. 'The wiggerling proceeds to limp around the neighborhood as if this laughable farce has been his persona all along.
Wiggerdom, per se, is a tabula rasa. After the initial process of hatchery, the wiggerling can wander into several different potential subcategories, depending on what was playing on TRL during the imprinting stage.'
Anyway. '
Wiggerness
Thursday, March 13, 2008
SLAVOJ ZIZEK ON TITANIC (this is dedicated to you evil upper class bitches, you know who you are...)
'...the most successful film of all times: is Cameron's Titanic really about the catastrophe of the ship hitting the ice-berg? One should be attentive to the precise moment of the catastrophe: it takes place when the two young lovers (Leonardo di Caprio and Kate Winslett), immediately after consummating their amorous link in the sexual act, return to the ship's deck. This, however, is not all: if this were all, then the catastrophe would have been simply the punishment of Fate for the double transgression (illegitimate sexual act; crossing the class divisions). What is more crucial is that, on the deck, Kate passionately says to her lover that, when the ship will reach New York the next morning, she will leave with him, preferring poor life with her true love to the false corrupted life among the rich; at THIS moment the ship hits the ice-berg, in order to PREVENT what would undoubtedly have been the TRUE catastrophe, namely the couple's life in New York - one can safely guess that soon, the misery of everyday life would destroy their love. The catastrophe thus occurs in order to safe their love, in order to sustain the illusion that, if it were not to happen, they would have lived "happily forever after"...
But even this is not all; a further clue is provided by the final moments of di Caprio. He is freezing in the cold water, dying, while Winslet is safely floating on a large piece of wood; aware that she is losing him, she cries: "I'll never let you go!", and, while saying this, she pushes him away with her hands - why? Beneath the story of a love couple, Titanic tells another story, the story of a spoiled high-society girl in an identity-crisis: she is confused, doesn't know what to do with herself, and, much more than her love partner, di Caprio is a kind of "vanishing mediator" whose function is to restore her sense of identity and purpose in life, her self-image (quite literally, also: he draws her image); once his job is done, he can disappear. This is why his last words, before he disappears in freezing North Atlantic, are not the words of a departing lover's, but, rather, the last message of a preacher, telling her how to lead her life, to be honest and faithful to herself, etc. What this means is that Cameron's superficial Hollywood-Marxism (his all too obvious privileging of the lower classes and caricatural depiction of the cruel egotism and opportunism of the rich) should not deceive us: beneath this sympathy for the poor, there is another narrative, the profoundly reactionary myth, first fully deployed by Kipling's Captain Courageous, of a young rich person in crisis who gets his (or her) vitality restored by a brief intimate contact with the full-blooded life of the poor. What lurks behind the compassion for the poor is their vampiric exploitation.'
But even this is not all; a further clue is provided by the final moments of di Caprio. He is freezing in the cold water, dying, while Winslet is safely floating on a large piece of wood; aware that she is losing him, she cries: "I'll never let you go!", and, while saying this, she pushes him away with her hands - why? Beneath the story of a love couple, Titanic tells another story, the story of a spoiled high-society girl in an identity-crisis: she is confused, doesn't know what to do with herself, and, much more than her love partner, di Caprio is a kind of "vanishing mediator" whose function is to restore her sense of identity and purpose in life, her self-image (quite literally, also: he draws her image); once his job is done, he can disappear. This is why his last words, before he disappears in freezing North Atlantic, are not the words of a departing lover's, but, rather, the last message of a preacher, telling her how to lead her life, to be honest and faithful to herself, etc. What this means is that Cameron's superficial Hollywood-Marxism (his all too obvious privileging of the lower classes and caricatural depiction of the cruel egotism and opportunism of the rich) should not deceive us: beneath this sympathy for the poor, there is another narrative, the profoundly reactionary myth, first fully deployed by Kipling's Captain Courageous, of a young rich person in crisis who gets his (or her) vitality restored by a brief intimate contact with the full-blooded life of the poor. What lurks behind the compassion for the poor is their vampiric exploitation.'
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
In addition to meat, I need to start eating dried fruit and candy only as part of a meal.
And not snack -- only eat three times a day. No more! And brush my teeth after meals, and floss once a day. PROTIP: Milk, cheddar cheese can stop plaque if eaten after plaque-causing sugary foods. Xylitol gum helps too. So do eat milk and cheese. Foods high in fiber. And sugarfree chewing gum.
No More Fucking Potato Chips OH MY GOD
Definitely only eat sugar containing foods with meals. Fresh fruit and fruit juices -- brush teeth afterwards, definitely. Cuz they have fructose, which can cause plaque too. But breads, cereals, fruits, vegetables, dairy, lean meat, fish, and poultry are all essential. Brush teeth after every meal and also at bedtime (and floss then too). Play a "favorite" song while brushing yr teeth.
Altoids have sugar.
And not snack -- only eat three times a day. No more! And brush my teeth after meals, and floss once a day. PROTIP: Milk, cheddar cheese can stop plaque if eaten after plaque-causing sugary foods. Xylitol gum helps too. So do eat milk and cheese. Foods high in fiber. And sugarfree chewing gum.
No More Fucking Potato Chips OH MY GOD
Definitely only eat sugar containing foods with meals. Fresh fruit and fruit juices -- brush teeth afterwards, definitely. Cuz they have fructose, which can cause plaque too. But breads, cereals, fruits, vegetables, dairy, lean meat, fish, and poultry are all essential. Brush teeth after every meal and also at bedtime (and floss then too). Play a "favorite" song while brushing yr teeth.
- Carefully insert the floss between two teeth, using a back and forth motion. Gently bring the floss to the gumline, but don't force it under the gums. Curve the floss around the edge of your tooth in the shape of the letter "C" and slide it up and down the side of each tooth.
- Repeat this process between all your teeth, and remember to floss the back sides of your back teeth. (UNWAXED)
Altoids have sugar.
- Eat carbohydrates (sugars and starches) with a meal.
- If you can't brush your teeth after eating, rinse your mouth with water or mouthwash, or chew sugarless gum.
- Don't eat sugary foods between meals.
- If you snack, eat nonsugary foods, such as cheese, popcorn, raw veggies, or yogurt.
Danny
is everything bad.
- Richard Nixon was a beatnik.
- "el Guincho" is the ethereal essence of ABE VIGODA (they are both Spanish cousins, but cut off at the root; the former's from Barcelona and the latter's from Chino)
- OLYMPIA WASHINGTON has this to say about Abe Vigoda " Like all the scuzz and fake tropicalisms of Los Angeles shoved together - irrigated desert!" [Kill Rock Stars] God I wish I could say/show more. Hold on...
http://naturetrumps.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/opening-tonight-in-pasadena
El Rio de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula
- Richard Nixon was a beatnik.
- "el Guincho" is the ethereal essence of ABE VIGODA (they are both Spanish cousins, but cut off at the root; the former's from Barcelona and the latter's from Chino)
- OLYMPIA WASHINGTON has this to say about Abe Vigoda " Like all the scuzz and fake tropicalisms of Los Angeles shoved together - irrigated desert!" [Kill Rock Stars] God I wish I could say/show more. Hold on...
http://naturetrumps.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/opening-tonight-in-pasadena
El Rio de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula
Linx
Periodicals:
- The Huffington Post.
- Slate.
- The Times of London.
- The Guardian UK. - I'm an Anglophile.
- The New York Times. - The paper of record.
- The New York Observer. - Nice.
- Salon.com.
- Pitchforkmedia.com - The NME of Today. Chicago. Indie.
- Dusted magazine. - A more outre P-Fork.
- FACT magazine. - UK. Somewhat up-and-coming.
- Armavirumquecano. - Blog of The New Criterion.
- New Statesman (weekly). - UK
- The Nation.
- New York magazine (weekly.)
- Miss Manners (weekly).
- Prospect magazine UK (monthly). - Free articles in this, a left-centre publication from one of the editors of the Financial Times.
- The New Criterion (monthly).
- New York Review of Books
- Harpers.
- Conde Nast Portfolio.
- Wired.
- XLR8R. - Better than Urb. Free.
- n+1. - A younger version of The New Criterion.
- Arthur magazine. - L.A.'s answer to Vice. Also free.
- Maakies.
- Adult Swim.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Friday, March 7, 2008
This blog makes no sense. But I have to write my shit out in public because I'm a douchebag. That being said, I still can't say what I really want to say, because it's too vulgar and might get me in trouble. So I have to keep it clean, and noone wants to read it.
OK.
But that is the whole point of blogs anyway, duh. I have been following some religious rules (Rastafari/Leviticus/the Torah/Nazirite vow/Kabbalah/Mormon) for a while now, and they've stopped working, so now I turn to Vice for my "rules." Thank God for Vice.
This is what they say about drugs:
- smoke weed whenever you want, but not at work.
- no bumps of coke after 4:30 a.m.
- one night of heroin is OK every six months if you're under 25. if you're over 25, you have to rely on pills to get your opiate fix every six months. if you have kids, you have to leave opiates behind altogether until you're retired.
I didn't make the rules. I know you don't like them. But there they are, all the same.
It might also be good to keep in mind what Eminem said about drugs -- I forget what exactly, but he has a list of what he does and doesn't do. OTOH, do more than twenty hits of acid in your life and you're certifiably mad.
Also, outstaying your welcome is one of the world's biggest DON'TS, apparently, but that's all
I do ever. I don't know how not to outstay my welcome. I'm a complete friggin' loser. I can't even say the f word. (The worst thing is not just being a loser, but knowing it, too, and being unable to do anything about it.)
Also: don't ever say no to a reasonable invitation to do something that might be fun. Hmm.
I wish I was a drug dealer, damn. Drugs and religion for people who can't afford drugs -- this is the economy of the future, according to John N. Gray (and I agree with him, too).
Coke is not a problem drug (though people can have problems with it). Crack and heroin are problem drugs. (Again, this is according to Vice magazine.)
My parents are also stupid gaylords, because they have not happily paid for all of my education. In fact, they haven't paid for shit. I hate my fucking parents.
OK.
But that is the whole point of blogs anyway, duh. I have been following some religious rules (Rastafari/Leviticus/the Torah/Nazirite vow/Kabbalah/Mormon) for a while now, and they've stopped working, so now I turn to Vice for my "rules." Thank God for Vice.
This is what they say about drugs:
- smoke weed whenever you want, but not at work.
- no bumps of coke after 4:30 a.m.
- one night of heroin is OK every six months if you're under 25. if you're over 25, you have to rely on pills to get your opiate fix every six months. if you have kids, you have to leave opiates behind altogether until you're retired.
I didn't make the rules. I know you don't like them. But there they are, all the same.
It might also be good to keep in mind what Eminem said about drugs -- I forget what exactly, but he has a list of what he does and doesn't do. OTOH, do more than twenty hits of acid in your life and you're certifiably mad.
Also, outstaying your welcome is one of the world's biggest DON'TS, apparently, but that's all
I do ever. I don't know how not to outstay my welcome. I'm a complete friggin' loser. I can't even say the f word. (The worst thing is not just being a loser, but knowing it, too, and being unable to do anything about it.)
Also: don't ever say no to a reasonable invitation to do something that might be fun. Hmm.
I wish I was a drug dealer, damn. Drugs and religion for people who can't afford drugs -- this is the economy of the future, according to John N. Gray (and I agree with him, too).
Coke is not a problem drug (though people can have problems with it). Crack and heroin are problem drugs. (Again, this is according to Vice magazine.)
My parents are also stupid gaylords, because they have not happily paid for all of my education. In fact, they haven't paid for shit. I hate my fucking parents.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
By my decree, the only cities that matter...
1. ISTANBUL (Western)
2. TOKYO (Eastern)
(Yes, West comes first. Just the way it is, folks. But East has the money power, or Shiva power, or potential power, or power, for what it's worth. West still has the energy, though.)
And what this means in terms of foreign policy:
- Barack Obama will win the race for president. (Not sure if that ties in actually, just throwing it out there.)
- Sunnis will again control Iraq.
- Iran will settle down.
- Kurds will not settle down.
- Turkey will join EU.
- Turkey will bomb Kurds. Kill Kurds. Slaughter them.
- Iran will fight Turkey.
- Iraq will fight Iraq, in Iraq.
- Turkey will win, Sunnis will win, Kurds will lose, Iran will lose. Mysticism will lose. Monism will lose. Money will lose. Monotheism will win. And we will rue the day, those of us who are mystical and monist and money oriented. Like Devendra Banhart, for example. And Barack Obama.
Also, US boys will see lotta action maybe. Maybe not. Why not? Why wouldn't they. Sure we will. Yuck who knows what's gonna happen in the next 15-20 years. 2012's a bust, though, hippies, wake up.
1. ISTANBUL (Western)
2. TOKYO (Eastern)
(Yes, West comes first. Just the way it is, folks. But East has the money power, or Shiva power, or potential power, or power, for what it's worth. West still has the energy, though.)
And what this means in terms of foreign policy:
- Barack Obama will win the race for president. (Not sure if that ties in actually, just throwing it out there.)
- Sunnis will again control Iraq.
- Iran will settle down.
- Kurds will not settle down.
- Turkey will join EU.
- Turkey will bomb Kurds. Kill Kurds. Slaughter them.
- Iran will fight Turkey.
- Iraq will fight Iraq, in Iraq.
- Turkey will win, Sunnis will win, Kurds will lose, Iran will lose. Mysticism will lose. Monism will lose. Money will lose. Monotheism will win. And we will rue the day, those of us who are mystical and monist and money oriented. Like Devendra Banhart, for example. And Barack Obama.
Also, US boys will see lotta action maybe. Maybe not. Why not? Why wouldn't they. Sure we will. Yuck who knows what's gonna happen in the next 15-20 years. 2012's a bust, though, hippies, wake up.
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