Liberals Rejoice! Robert Novak diagnosed with brain tumor

Cerrius

Associated Press wrote:

BOSTON - Syndicated columnist and former “Crossfire” host Robert Novak has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and is suspending his journalistic work.Novak issued a statement Monday saying the tumor was found Sunday after he had been rushed to Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital from Cape Cod, where he was visiting his daughter.

The Chicago Sun-Times columnist says he is suspending his journalistic work for an indefinite, “but God willing, not too lengthy period.”
His statement did not say if the tumor was malignant.

Novak was the first to publicly reveal the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame.

Last week he was given a $50 citation after he struck a homeless man with his black Corvette in Washington. Novak kept going until he was stopped by a bicyclist.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25887680/?GT1=43001

I did a little cheer after reading this.

MrMonroe

That's not cool, and I think he's a dick as much as anyone else.

Kaboodles_The_Assassin

The guy may be a dick, but I wouldn't wish this on him.

Ludious

I missed the memo where it was cool to be happy that someone, anyone had a BRAIN TUMOR.

Good Lord man.

Seriously.

Really?

REALLY?

Casual Eddy

Fifty dollar citation?

what?

Richy

Casual Eddy wrote: »

Fifty dollar citation?

what?

I can afford that. I'm going on a driving rampage this weekend.

Tach

Happy that he has a brain tumor? Not really.

Happy that he's not going to be writing his dreck? Yes. Hell yes.

Ludious

$50 seems kind of light for hitting someone, and again I'm not even broaching the subject of good guy/bad guy (Honestly, I don't know enough about his crimes to make a judgement call), but it seems like it would be pretty easy to connect the dots here.

Man hits pedestrian. Man doesn't seem to notice until he's flagged down. Man is soon diagnosed with Brain Tumor.

Connect the dots, la lala la.

Feral

Can you take out the douchebag "Liberals rejoice" part of the thread title, please?

MikeMan

Cerrius wrote: »

Associated Press wrote:

BOSTON - Syndicated columnist and former “Crossfire” host Robert Novak has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and is suspending his journalistic work.Novak issued a statement Monday saying the tumor was found Sunday after he had been rushed to Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital from Cape Cod, where he was visiting his daughter.

The Chicago Sun-Times columnist says he is suspending his journalistic work for an indefinite, “but God willing, not too lengthy period.”
His statement did not say if the tumor was malignant.

Novak was the first to publicly reveal the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame.

Last week he was given a $50 citation after he struck a homeless man with his black Corvette in Washington. Novak kept going until he was stopped by a bicyclist.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25887680/?GT1=43001

I did a little cheer after reading this.

What the unholy fuck is wrong with you

LondonBridge

Cerrius wrote: »

Associated Press wrote:

BOSTON - Syndicated columnist and former “Crossfire” host Robert Novak has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and is suspending his journalistic work.Novak issued a statement Monday saying the tumor was found Sunday after he had been rushed to Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital from Cape Cod, where he was visiting his daughter.

The Chicago Sun-Times columnist says he is suspending his journalistic work for an indefinite, “but God willing, not too lengthy period.”
His statement did not say if the tumor was malignant.

Novak was the first to publicly reveal the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame.

Last week he was given a $50 citation after he struck a homeless man with his black Corvette in Washington. Novak kept going until he was stopped by a bicyclist.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25887680/?GT1=43001

I did a little cheer after reading this.

Wow, you're so humane. Fuck off!

Senjutsu

robert novak is an unholy douchebag, but this ain't cool

Dunadan019

there seems to be some problem with the water in boston.....

everyone seems to be having brain cancer

Professor Phobos

Thread title is in poor taste.

Incenjucar

Dunadan019 wrote: »

there seems to be some problem with the water in boston.....

everyone seems to be having brain cancer

Cell phones?

LondonBridge

Fucked up thing is I personally know liberals like Cerrius who seriously enjoy a conservatives tragedy and pain. And these are pacifists??

kildy

Just chiming in with: total douchebag? Yes.

Happy he's got a goddamned tumor? No.

We can be civil with people we disagree with, here's hoping for good news in the future about it.

Senjutsu

Incenjucar wrote: »

Dunadan019 wrote: »

there seems to be some problem with the water in boston.....

everyone seems to be having brain cancer

Cell phones?

I imagine that when Novak needs to contact someone he simply projects his darkness into the aether and speaks directly into their soul.

MikeMan

Senjutsu wrote: »

Incenjucar wrote: »

Dunadan019 wrote: »

there seems to be some problem with the water in boston.....

everyone seems to be having brain cancer

Cell phones?

I imagine that when Novak needs to contact someone he simply projects his darkness into the aether and speaks directly into their soul.

Yeah, but unless they have the same aether plan it's still like 2 bucks a minute.

RiemannLives

I bet that Deacon will keep referring to this thread for months claiming "all you liburals were dancin' in the streets about Novak's brain tumor" regardless of the content of every single reply.

Thanks Cerrius.

Edit: aaaaaaaand LondonBridge is already at it.

Ghandi 2

Cerrius wrote: »

I did a little cheer after reading this.

Celebrating anyone's death makes you a fucking asshole. The only exception to that are brutal dictators, because not being able to dance on Hitler's grave seems a tad much. And I think we can agree that Novak was not comparable to Hitler.

Yes, I godwinned a Novak thread, what of it?

Senjutsu

LondonBridge wrote: »

Fucked up thing is I personally know liberals like Cerrius who seriously enjoy a conservatives tragedy and pain. And these are pacifists??

Hey guess what, you using the thread title to be a douche is just as douchey as the thread title itself.

GungHo

LondonBridge wrote: »

Fucked up thing is I personally know liberals like Cerrius who seriously enjoy a conservatives tragedy and pain. And these are pacifists??

So? People are assholes. Don't be one of them.

Bama

MikeMan wrote: »

Senjutsu wrote: »

Incenjucar wrote: »

Dunadan019 wrote: »

there seems to be some problem with the water in boston.....

everyone seems to be having brain cancer

Cell phones?

I imagine that when Novak needs to contact someone he simply projects his darkness into the aether and speaks directly into their soul.

Yeah, but unless they have the same aether plan it's still like 2 bucks a minute.

:^:

LondonBridge

Senjutsu wrote: »

LondonBridge wrote: »

Fucked up thing is I personally know liberals like Cerrius who seriously enjoy a conservatives tragedy and pain. And these are pacifists??

Hey guess what, you using the thread title to be a douche is just as douchey as the thread title itself.

I ate the bait of the flame Wasn't tasty either

Feral

Ghandi 2 wrote: »

Cerrius wrote: »

I did a little cheer after reading this.

Celebrating anyone's death makes you a fucking asshole. The only exception to that are brutal dictators, because not being able to dance on Hitler's grave seems a tad much. And I think we can agree that Novak was not comparable to Hitler.

Yes, I godwinned a Novak thread, what of it?

Technically you anti-Godwinned it.

Greg USN

Cerrius wrote: »

Associated Press wrote:

BOSTON - Syndicated columnist and former “Crossfire” host Robert Novak has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and is suspending his journalistic work.Novak issued a statement Monday saying the tumor was found Sunday after he had been rushed to Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital from Cape Cod, where he was visiting his daughter.

The Chicago Sun-Times columnist says he is suspending his journalistic work for an indefinite, “but God willing, not too lengthy period.”
His statement did not say if the tumor was malignant.

Novak was the first to publicly reveal the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame.

Last week he was given a $50 citation after he struck a homeless man with his black Corvette in Washington. Novak kept going until he was stopped by a bicyclist.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25887680/?GT1=43001

I did a little cheer after reading this.

Being thankful that someone is going to die doesn't make you a total shit head at all

Fuck man... I can't stand Senator Kennedy's politics and I feel for the man and his family.

I suggest you take another look at your values.

Ludious

Reverse Godwin sounds like an achievement in Portal.

Pata

I was expecting the title to be an ironic joke.


How wrong I was.

Feral

Ludious wrote: »

Reverse Godwin sounds like a sexual technique.

LondonBridge

How come this thread isn't locked yet??

MrMonroe

LondonBridge wrote: »

Fucked up thing is I personally know liberals like Cerrius who seriously enjoy a conservatives tragedy and pain. And these are pacifists??

Liberals = Pacifists? Wut?

And yes, I too wonder why this thread hasn't been locked.

Elki

I didn't do a little dance after locking this thread, but I did twirl my finger and quietly went "woo!"

Tycho wrote:

Unless we hit our heads or something and completely lose it, this strip should represent the final chapter in our two-chapter, chapter thing.

Tycho wrote:

When I saw HomeLan's interview with John Tynes from Flying Lab Software, I remembered that I met those guys like three months ago and said I would write something about their stuff. It was a fairly profound experience, so I don't know why I never dealt with it here, but I feel bad about it and I'm going to fix that shit right now.

I think about games essentially all day. I rationalize this massive time investment by saying that I have a "fascination with logical systems," which I believe sounds very fancy, and I try to wear a stern look when considering them so as to give the impression of great exertion. I know that it is regular human beings that create these things, I know it as a fact, but when you go somewhere they actually make games and it looks like some kind of Goddamn dentist's office it throws you off. But there it was, true enough - there's a Safeway right across the street, there's a place Brenna and I like to eat like three blocks away, and it's right in the middle of stuff. I found this exciting - they're making something in there I think is going to be extraordinary, and it's so ordinary outside that it almost hurts. It begs the question: are marvelous things are happening, everywhere, all the time, in places that look (to the casual observer) like Goddamn dentist's offices? I paused outside to wonder.

Delta Green is a collaboration between a Seattle developer called Flying Lab Software and the authors of a supplement called Delta Green for the Call of Cthulhu pen-and-paper game. When I went for my visit, I wondered exactly to what extent these two groups were "collaborating" - i.e., were they just licensing the property, how often were they in contact, that kind of thing. As near as I can tell, and I was only there for one day so maybe I have this all wrong, but I get the impression that the Delta Green guys are completely integrated into the company and are essentially full developers. I wish I'd had the presence of mind to ask John Tynes what he thought about designing for sit-around-the-table-and-roll-dice games as compared to videogames, but I always feel like a jackass when I meet new people so I think the question may have caught in my throat.

In terms of motif, if you are not already familiar with the Cthulhu Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft - frankly, I'm disgusted with you. I'm exaggerating, of course - I don't actually blame someone for not having the stamina to read the things he writes. It's an acquired taste, like Monkey Head, and some people will never have the urge to wade in adjectives. Obviously, it gets me all the way off. The fundamentals of his horror sub-genre are easy to grasp, however: terrible, long-forgotten gods, the twisted creatures in their thrall, and their mortal supplicants are constantly trying to eradicate reality, though the destruction of every living being would also be fine. Delta Green posits the existence of a governmental agency which keeps these forces in check, and in the videogame you recruit brave souls of varying law-enforcement disciplines to root out dark cults and their otherworldly patrons. You might be wondering what such a thing might look like.

It's a strategic combat game! From just above the action, your officers clear doors, throw grenades, and utilize special-forces techniques to defeat monsters. Your pool of agents is drawn from different backgrounds - SWAT, FBI, SEALs, and so on - that make them better at clearing doors, searching rooms, or shooting things with a lot of eyes. They said that they looked to sports games for a way to control an entire group with a unified purpose, and it was easy to see what they meant in action - like you might call plays in an NFL game, you can set behaviors and maneuvers in real time and it makes perfect sense.

The interview made it sound like they might switch to another project, and then come back to Delta Green if they can't scare up a publisher. E3 isn't long out, and even the strength of the year-old demo I saw was pretty convincing, so I hope things go well for them. It's a promising, original project that deserves a corporate sugar daddy.

Flying Lab also put out a game called Rails Across America a ways back, which I can't recommend enough. It's a real-time strategy game of rail dominance that has esoteric board game depth with a lightning pace. God, that game is great.

Writing this newspost got me out of virtually every holiday chore, for which I have every one of you to thank. Who knows if you'll even get to Penny Arcade this weekend, but I wanted to make sure you had something here, whenever you got to it. We'll see you Monday.

(CW)TB out.

you've got nothing but sticks the rest of the year

Gabe wrote:

I think Alias Sketchbook is absolutely incredible. Feel free to take a look at the sketch below and decide for yourself.

Believe it or not that was drawn on my tablet PC using Alias Sketchbook. It looks just like a Goddamned Pencil drawing if you ask me. Sketching into it feels so natural that occasionally I forget that I'm using a stylus instead of a pencil and that my lines are being rendered by an 800 MHz Pentium 3.

The Holiday has sort of fucked up my Over Easy schedule. Well actually that's not true. I fucked up my Over Easy schedule by being a procrastinating bastard who didn't start on it until the month was nearly half over. I told myself I'd spend some time yesterday working on OE but the call of the bird was too much for me. It was Kara's first time cooking a turkey and I'll be damned if it didn't turn out absolutely amazing. As I stuffed my face with juicy bird, mashed potatoes and stuffing I knew that my plan of working on OE was a joke. I spent the rest of the day drunk on turkey, watching Star Wars and playing Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance. The long and short of it is page three of OE may not hit your mail box until Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. That's really not so terrible when you consider the fact that Tycho has been working on a Penny Arcade card game for like a year and a half. There, now I don't look so bad do I? So what do you have to say for yourself Tycho? Lazy fuck.

-Gabe out

Tycho wrote:

I come back to see if I've spelled things correctly, and he's found some way to turn a mea culpa regarding his own sloth into a personal insult against me. Yes, that's very convincing!

The card game is going to be pretty cool, though. It's changed a bit from my initial concept, but I think it has settled into its current form very nicely.

The central theme is this: As the game begins, each player has just started their own webcomic, and craves readership. Forming strips and coalitions, doing battle on message boards and chatrooms, and utilizing irresistable pop-culture references they will strive to be the least irrelevant of their peers.

(CW)TB