It might look like a harmless comments thread for this aging YouTube clip, featuring the segment of the KKK sequence from O Brother, Where Art Thou? with Ralph Stanley’s raspy, haunting vocals on “O Death.” Predictably, given the imagery and subject matter, the thread is also a seething petri dish for The Deep Crazy:

I am proud to say I support the KKK,and I don’t give a shit what you think.Oh boohoo they killed a few blacks,no whites are crying at the thousands of whites killed each year by blacks.Not to say I hate blacks,which I don’t or any other race for that matter.But I support the Klan,and I support what ever they have done in history,its no worst then the NACCP and BLA.And trying to make it seem worst then it really was is what most people do,what ever the klan done was for white protection.

That was sportty1, one of several real or pretend race-baiters who transformed what was a fairly benign thread about the beauty of the song and the film into, well, the sort of place you find youngsters like Confederacy101:

they are holy because god made darkys to do whites will and if they don’t do that they serve no longer purpose and waste our oxygen

Now, to their credit, there are a number of sane, non-racist folks trying to talk (or shout) the bigots down. There is also this guy:

I served two years in the state pen from 1990 to 1991 for blowing a KKK faggot away, but it was WORTH IT! I lied to the cops, said he tried to rape me, pleaded self-defense and they bought it-

KellyLCrutcher: self-admitted homophobe. Self-admitted murderer. Self-admitted big fat liar. And he has some advice for young Confederacy101:

If you want to do everyone else a favor put a bullet through your head

Which garnered this hasty reply from stalwart young Confederacy101’s login ID:

This is Confederacys father and I read what he wrote and was appalled by it and he has lost all priveleges including his you tube membership.I told him to appologise, and I too am sorry and embarrassed. I’m not racist, far from it and will more closely moderate his choice of friends. Wanting to put bullets in anyones head is as hateful as the ignorance of racism, please accept this and go in peace.

KellyLCrutcher’s response is enough to put you off breakfast, and contains just a piquant whiff of not-that-there’s-anything-wrong-with-that:

I’m not african-american but I want to dump every fucking Klan member in the Grand Canyon- hang them, gut them, then dump the bastards.

Well. That was just a bit much for goldrushnumber1’s lily-white ears – and his lily-white organizational skills:

so you want to dump them in the canyon, then hang them, then gut them, then dump them in the canyon again? you stupid faggot, why not just hang them over the canyon, gut them, then drop them in? go to hell you dumb fuck, niggers suck HAIL THE KLAN!

But does KellyLCrutcher back down in the face of evil? Does he heck!

I didn’t post the message you replied to, a friend of mine did.

Truth? Cowardice? Or a snarky callback to his own victory from a Gosh Darn American Hero?

If you’re in the mood to make your head explode, I’ve barely scratched the surface. Take a shower after you click.



The people of Scans_Daily are invested in their comics. I mean really invested in their comics.

It’s not like we didn’t know this was coming, but still. In what universe is this childish sack of ambulatory refuse good enough for Diana?

Okay, well, I can certainly understand a bit of passion when it comes to your favorite stories and characters. Lord knows I grumble when some of my favorite characters are written poorly. But I have my limits. “the Azure Cascade” does not:

These comic book creators, they have TOO MUCH POWER and they’ve PROVEN THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED!!!! D’you see what you’ve driven me to here, Gail? I’ve gone Batman-level nuts over this. I hope you’re happy.

I’m sure writer Gail Simone is happy. I’m sure she’s so thrilled she’s investing in kevlar vests because Wonder Woman fans are psychotic. From the comments:

This is why it’s stupid to trust any storyteller, regardless of media. Believing that a once-decent writer won’t eventually fuck up beyond repair (see also: almost every brand-name writer in comics right now) is like believing that the universe is ruled by a benevolent God - it’s a form of faith that will always be disproven eventually.

Or:

*dies a little inside* Gah. The lip thing is just the worse part of it there, AND with the whole ‘bedroom eyes’. Skrull. I know this isn’t Marvel but I don’t care. That’s my answer and I’m sticking to it. *prefers denial*

Or:

I’ve found, after punching walls from the similar treatment of Oracle, that a steak will help that bruise.

Or (bonus misogyny points!!!!!!):

I find this quite realistic, despite your complaining. That’s how women are. They like assholes. She’s Wonder Woman, yeah, but she’s still a woman.

Simone herself responded to the original post, because she’s Gail Simone and generally pretty hip to the “online interaction” thing. She basically fell all over herself to explain the situation and ask for people to consider context. “the Azure Cascade” took this to be Simone “chastising” her.



From Everett, WA comes the sad story of a boy who allegedly died while trying to imitate the television show Naruto. Naturally, this being the internet, there’s no story so tragic that someone can’t find a way to work their own personal axe to grind into the commentary.
From the right:

Another potential death penalty case here in WA that will go unpunished…

And from the left:

As the media becomes more violent the world has become a sadder, colder and more violent place.
We could change it, just as we could reduce the
amount of oil we use but we won’t.



blah soooo dissapointed


by Charlie Bebattica

Perhaps those tax refund dollars are burning a hole in your wallet, and you’ve made the decision to put aside your reliable TurboGrafx-16 and enter the vibrant world of next-gen console gaming. Which system should you choose? Each has their own strengths and weaknesses, and it can be a daunting decision to make, especially considering the not-insignificant cash outlay involved.

Have no fear, friends. EBGames’s customer reviews are there to help you make the right choice. Let us bask in their sagacity:

“friend” uses beatnik poetry and the occult to advocate on behalf of Sony:

every body get a ps3 you will be glad if u did because it doesint over heat its basicly like a computer but some people dont understand it doesint come with a hd cord witch are like 20 bucks and to charge the remote u use a usb cord instead of buying a sepreat one and online is totaly free i dont think xbox live is free so get a ps3

“a PS3 and wii owner” with a similar grasp of the English language concurs:

this is bad I was so mad i played it for about 1 day and i was so bord so i went back and bought a PS3 it is so sweeeeeeeeeet i have been stuck on it seens i bought it about 1 year ago the games are beter everthing is beter about it so dont get a 360 get a PS3.

“superlink1233″ gives the XBox 360 a five star review…despite not having purchased the console yet:

okay so i havea job and i im getting payed next week on the 9thteenth and i want to buy a xbox 360. but im reading gamer reviews about the ROD(rings of death). is this console worth most of my paycheck? is it worth me mailing it to microsoft if i ever come across the rod pleaseeeee let me know. also how long does people have to play there xbox 360 a day to decrease breaking. please respond. to this thank you

The Xbox 360’s notorious “red rings of death” overheating problem? Nothing that can’t be solved with some terrycloth and sympathetic magic, according to this acolyte of the machine spirits:

Ok to fix your xbox 360 with ring of death you must first leave the xbox on then put 2 towels, witch it would reheat the xbox and fix it,then wait 20 minutes get the towels off and disconnect the cable from xbox connect it again and
turn it on it should work fine.)

“BmxEvol” is all about the “braging rites,” which I suspect are like sacrificial rites, only performed in the rumpus room, and chanted in the cthonic language of l33t :

I love my 360, I just got a ps3 and i love it also but theres no gamer score AKA no braging rites. The PS3 Is a computer and a 360 is a game system so if you have a computer id gett this. Halo 3 is going to make people buy alot more 360s. Microsoft did a good thing that sony did not they do not make xbox games anymore so now everyone has a 360.

“dementedtool” wants to set the record straight, coherency be damned:

dont think of my as a sony fan boy i’m not far from it but i’v had 2 360 systems both which have broke on me and i dont know what some people are saying about oh keep good care of it and it’ll last forever -_- i bearly played it when i had it i work from 10am to 8pm mon-fri so i dont have alot of time to play i kept the system laying down not standing nothing even came close to touching it DVDs never came near it and on both accounts they had broke. its an amazing system with great games but if you buy one spend the extra $50 on the warrenty at EB its worth it today after work i’m stoping by Gamestop and getting a PS3 cuz i haveent read as many bad reveiw almost no accounts of system crashing

Finally, “game assassin#7″ wants you to feel his pain even as he channels Ryan Seacrest’s unholy power:

This game is terrible i got halo3 and the game got the rings of death after 2-min. of gameplay imagine my pain im getting a ps3 after a couple of paychecks so i can get the system cool games and a extra joystick i’ll review the ps3 in a month or so game assassin out

Well, I’ve certainly made up my mind, and my decision is to forget about videogaming entirely and invest in a set of Jarts instead.



Words can only interfere with this straightforward and direct statement of masculine solidarity, so please, appreciate the fine ASCII art and enjoy the 14 misspellings that really take this MySpace comment to the gold club.



Perez Hilton, talentless famewhore supreme, is not impressed with the supposed headliners for this year’s Lollapalooza tours: Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails. His 20-something word missive has generated, as of this writing, over 1180 responses.

As you can imagine, there’s no way we’re wading through them all, but here’s a single bon mot from “Shanny P”:

WOW, I never comment, but seriously Perez you are retarded. Radiohead and NIN are our generations Pink Floyd and Led Zepplin. These bands are timeless and have proven themselves over and over, unlike all the no name people you post on your website who make 1 good song.This would have been a good lineup ten years ago and it still is NOW.

Your retarded.

You can go and dive in yourself, if you want. If you’re looking for me, I’ll be in the decontamination shower, scrubbing with bleach and steel wool.



Think Israel.


by Tom Thumb

So by now you’re all aware — right? — that 2007 Best Actress Oscar winner Marion Cotillard apparently said some things awhile back that indicate she A) believes the WTC attacks were orchestrated by the building owners and B) isn’t all that sure about this moon landing business, either. Still with me? Good.

Okay, so Times Online correspondent Charlie Bremner broached the subject on his blog last week, and it turns out his readers hold strong, considered opinions both for and against Ms. Cotillard and her worldview… that is, when they aren’t misinterpreting her as saying 9/11 never happened, as Gail Johnson seemingly did:

Another relative of mine SAW the planes hit the towers. It was the full jet fuel and where they hit the towers that caused the “implosion”. But I’m sure she feels that the Hollicoust didn’t happen too!

Lisa offers a morsel of welcome perspective…

So she made these comments a year ago before anyone had ever really heard of her? Ms. Cotillard is perfectly entitled to think and believe what she likes - as a great many are doing even in America. This “siutation” is being blown all out of proportion.

… which in a just and caring universe would shut the thread right down. But this is the Internet, where the laser-like focus of debaters such as Little Big Horn holds sway:

(I’ve even been heard that a consequential amount of people nowadays believe that the Universe has been created 7000 years ago in 6 days by a Super Daddy praising capitalism, that His Son Jesus saved humanity (even non-monotheist vegetarians) from all sins, that real life/world was indeed after death, and not on the web and, please believe me… that the Pope’s chasuble is cleaned with a special new synthesis powder that makes water totally useless. It’s an acquaintance’s Swiss friend, banker in Vatican, who told me. No article about that?)

One anonymous metallurgist/construction expert/grammarian leaps to Ms. Cotillard’s defense:

In the history of Construction & Engineering, no steel structure or building has EVER collapsed because of fire. WTC buillding collapsed, bur fire was not the cause.

If that doesn’t convince you, heed the words of no less an Authority than Yah Weh, whom you’d think ought to have the last word on the subject:

If you think some `errorist` guys from a cave on the other side of the world had all of that happen, there is something wrong with you….US Neo-Cons (Fas..) absolutely utterly complicit in these events. Think Israel. If you think this is outside the bounds of reality, you clearly do not know much of modern history, particularly US Military history. Enjoy your awakening.

Naturally, many more comments follow, including poetry and… I guess you’d call it philosophy?



That’s right. We’re back and unafraid to give you the pure, uncut genius of fanfiction. This time around, we focus on Hasbro’s most popular toy line based on pastel-colored mammals. First up is the sure-to-be-classic Superman in Ponyland, which…uh, well…

Whizzer made it down to Metropolis in record time. She spotted the Daily Planet building, and flew for it, flapping her wings as hard as she could. She found and open window, and flew right into it. It happened to be Mr. White’s office, and he, Clark Kent, and Lois Lane were in the office when she flew in.

“What the . . . .” Clark said, a little dumbfounded.

“Great Caesar’s ghost!” Mr. White shouted. “Another one!”

“It’s . . . . it’s a flying horse!” Lois shouted.

“Pony, actually,” Whizzer corrected. “My name’s Whizzer and I’m looking for Mr. Kent! It’s an emergency!”

“I’m Mr. Kent,” Clark said, walking over to the pink Twinkle Eyed Pegasus. “What’s the emergency?”

“We need Superman to come to Ponyland, and Jimmy said that you were the only one who could contact Superman. We really need you to contact him now, Mr. Kent. Julie, Tommy, and Jimmy are trapped inside a cave and a big, mean dragon is trying to get them!”

“I can’t understand a word she says,” Mr. White said. “Slow down! You’re going too fast! What am I saying?! I’m talking to a pony!”

In case that was a little too pure for your tastes, we offer up My Little Psycho: The Butterfly Island Massacre

“YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO TASTE MY HATRED!” bellowed Waterfire with a maniacal gleam in her eye.

Waterfire took her beach umbrella, shook it free of sand, closed it, and then rammed it’s point into Seascape’s eye socket.

The whole beach was silent except for Seascape’s screams echoing off of the water, and the ripping and tearing noises that were being made by Waterfire rotating and grinding the umbrella around Seascape’s eye cavity.

The silence was broken as Seascape fell to the ground and stopped moving. The Pony Police would classify her death as ‘heart attack brought on by stress, fear, and pain’, but Seascape really died because she was a little bitch.

Every single pony screamed, and ran for their lives. Waterfire smiled grimly, and knew that she had to hurry and catch them all. After all, she couldn’t afford if one of them escaped and told the Pony Police.



So, New York governor Eliot Spitzer has admitted to dabbling with high-classed prostitutes, and who can blame him really? When given the choice between toe-tapping in men’s room stalls, sending sexually explicit instant messages to minors reporting to me, finding myself afraid of black men and the weather and opting to perform oral sex to avoid…something, and the warm comfort of a professional, I know where I would go. With a high-end prostitute, you’re at least guaranteed a safer experience than knocking boots with 17 year olds.

Spitzer hasn’t resigned yet, nor has he brought up the subject, but that hasn’t stopped the howling masses from demanding he be thrown from a tall spire onto the waiting pitchforks. Here’s what people from across the nation, especially those not living in New York and thus unaffected by Spitzer getting his pee-pee wet have to say:

THIS IS WHAT TOP DEMOCRATS DO, THE LIBERAL PRESS GOT CLINTON OFF THE HOOK AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TELL YOU ORAL SEX IS O.K. BECAUSE PRESIDENT CLINTON DID IT IN THE OVAL OFFICE AND THE LIBERAL PRESS DEFENDED HIM OF DOING IT AND DECLARED IT NOT SEX

THIS IS DEMOCRAT ETHIC’S CLINTON AND NEW YORK GOVERNOR BOTH AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME , MSNBC IS TRYING TO SAY LYING ABOUT HAVING GOLF PAID FOR YOU THAT THE OHIO GOVERNOR DID IS THE SAME AS THIS, HOW CAN A NEWS ORGINATION SAY THESE IS THE SAME FREE GOLF AND BEING PART OF A PROSITUTION RING, THIS PROVES HOW BAISED MSNBC REALLY IS. THIS COMMENT MADE ON MSNBC AT 3:10 PM SEX AND FREE GOLF THE SAME IF ONE IS A DEMOCRAT AND ONE IS A REPUBLICAN

Can it be? A liberal actually doing the honorable thing and resigning? Incredible!!!!! I dont believe it till I hear it. LIBERALS CAN NOT DO THE HONORABLE.

With him as a democrat I am suprised it is even getting the amount of air play that it is….BUT, he news reporting has left something out of every report that I have read about this………. The fact that he is a democrat..

Can imagine if was a republican. The story would not have made it out of the first sentence with noting that the Republican Gov. of …….

Na - W was worked over by the dumb dems (dumb blonde dems) the first 3 years - hes clean.now you know why the CW aka: WB is a losing station - its owned by CBS

KEITH (Lib-jercov) OLBERMANN must be sweating bullets today. How he he going defend this putz? Probably end up blaming society, flacid mutt.

This is the former attorney general of the State of New York that coerced UPS and DHL not to deliver cigarettes. The same attorney general that led the way to prohibit sales of cigarettes by use of credit cards. He is an avowed anti-smoking agendist, a social nazi. His interepretation of freedom and liberty of individuals is that freedom and liberty he approves, Constitution be damned. He’s in bed with all the social nazi’s from coast to coast; indeed he is one of their darlings, just as former EPA head Carole Browner who falsified the entire EPA report on Second Hand Smoke. These people want to determine what you can or can’t do based upon what they consider good or bad. They place themselves as being the Constitution. Simply, they are the Euro Socialists after the ilk of Hitler and Mussolini, the life-style now running rampant in Europe. Hypocrites of a new order, SS and Brown Shirts running amok and most people in this country think its alright but one day the system is coming after them. Food you can or cannot eat. Weight control and if you don’t meet their standards you will be denied health care, or your job could be lost because the employer will be free to terminate anyone who doesn’t meet the standard. Just like smoking in your own home can be justification for your termination.And this jerk could afford $4,000 for a couple of hours of prostituted sex? Says a lot about his loyalty to his wife. Is she too frigid? Too unexciting? And his family? A genuine hypocrite of the first order. Wonder if he paid by credit card?

I DID NOT VOTE FOR SPITZER AND I BELIEVE HE SHOULD STEP DOWN OR THE PEOPLE WILL KNOCK HIM OUT OF OFFICE. HE SHOULD NOT BE IN OFFICE TO REPRESENT NYS. ALSO HIS WIFE SHOULD FILE FOR DIVORCE.

He got caught big time, but I blame the people(parents), the media(entertainment) so called adults(society) as well. The tv news casters are sitting their on their high horses saying this and that about the Governor and yes he is guilty(RED HANDED) but their tv newsworks are just the same. Shame on them, putting high class prostitues on the tv(actresses). You can’t even look at a magazine with everthing hanging out. I am sick to death at the way they promote anything. I guess no one has clever communication skills. The quality of tv is not for families anymore. Whatever happen to the family hour of tv. These days the networks have their actresses look and act like prostitutes and what we are seeing in the government is just a reflects of what the media calls quality tv. No matter how you slice it. It’s just the same old ugly sex sells!!! Same old, same old all over again with a different spin and different look. Thank God for the Family Channel.

And the most amazing, most hateful comment, which has since been deleted:

I hope that asshole pulls a fucking Budd Dwyer today, that hypocritical piece of shit.



Its Bout Holdin The Hatchet High


by Charlie Bebattica

You’ve seen them gather in hoodie-wearing flocks, bumming quarters from passers-by at the mall food court or hanging outside the 7-11 with their big pants flapping in the afternoon breeze, but what are these “juggalos” exactly? Where do they come from? What do they want? Why do they smell like stale cigar smoke and rancid ham?

Urban Dictionary has the answers. Sixty-six entries across ten pages, to be exact. Here’s a representative sample, entry #42 written by one “MoonMist_Ninja”:

A Juggalo Is Not Just An ICP Fan, Ask Yourself A question If Juggalo Means ICP Fan Then, Why The Fuck Are J And Shagz Juggalos? Its Not All Bout Phsychopathic Records Its Bout Family, Its Bout Holdin The Hatchet High, We All Haunted By A dark Carnival, We Show Clown Love, We Just Dont Give A Fu*k we Speak What We Have To Say, You Dont Like it Fu*k Off, We Hate Fakes, Haters, Racists and All That Sh*t.One More Thing I Have Started To notice A Huge Change In The Juggalo Nation, Juggalos Have Been Trying To Prove Whos A Better juggalo Than One another. There Is No Such Thing As A better Juggalo Than Another. They Scrapn Wit Family And They Claim To Be juggalos? What The Fu*k Is Up Wit You People? Remember The True Way Of our Lifestyle Stay Real But Dont Fu*k Wit Our Family You Do That Sh*t U A Juffalo We Show Clown Love To One Another We All Family. Hold The Hatchet High Till Im High In The Sky Im Going To Shangri-La Whos Coming Wit Me? MCl -TwigZ

That should tell you all you need to really know about the subculture. As a special bonus, here’s a juggalo pledge of allegiance from entry #37 (by “killaklown”):

i pledge allegience
to the hatchet
of the underground juggalo society
and to the ninjas for which they stand
one family
under clowns
full of freaks
with faygo and magik neden for all

we’ll never die alone,
juggalos will carry on,
swing our hatchets if we must,
each and every one of us



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