Persecution card in 3,2,1...
posted by 2sheets at 11:39 AM on March 28, 2005

I smell the fires of banination in the breeze.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 11:40 AM on March 28, 2005

One hopes the traffic spike due to the self-linkage will be driven downward with the Banhammer.
posted by 27 at 11:42 AM on March 28, 2005

*senses a run on pitchforks and torches may be in the offing, stocks up*
posted by monju_bosatsu at 11:43 AM on March 28, 2005

Wait... I must be missig something, what's the connection? Similar initials? How are you guys figuring LMB and La Shawn are the same?

aaah, LMB removed their link back home from their profile after posting huh?
posted by dabitch at 11:44 AM on March 28, 2005

dabitch,

Same initials, and her posting history all points back there
posted by slapshot57 at 11:51 AM on March 28, 2005

drum roll.

Yeah I wondered about the sans info on LMB's profile page. Hearing that there WAS some info makes you realize that they actually knew they where breaking the rules. $5 of ridicule.
posted by edgeways at 11:51 AM on March 28, 2005

->Michelle Malkin is one American who’s dead serious about doing something to raise awareness.

ROFLMAO
posted by dhoyt at 11:55 AM on March 28, 2005

Yet another ass-less victum of floor rolling. What are they putting on those floors nowadays?
posted by edgeways at 11:58 AM on March 28, 2005

"She's a rising star of the blogosphere..."

ANAL GASH WHERE ARE YOU
posted by quonsar at 12:00 PM on March 28, 2005

BTW, the article on her site has commenting available. Just sayin'.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 12:02 PM on March 28, 2005

PST, she's been deleting comments by MeFites complaining about her self link.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 12:03 PM on March 28, 2005

PST, she's been deleting comments by MeFites complaining about her self link.

Yeah, this is classic:

I don’t know how I get myself into these thing. I think I get it. It’s not that I posted the link; it’s my point of view that’s the problem. Lesson learned. - Admin

What a pinhead.
posted by Armitage Shanks at 12:06 PM on March 28, 2005

Oh believe me, I know.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 12:07 PM on March 28, 2005

At the risk of repeating myself, remember that link whoring I mentioned?

Honestly, I've been waiting for this to happen, and considering the flagrant nature of the offense, I strongly urge a perma-ban. Besides that way I can go to LaShawn's site and listen to her cries of how she's being repressed.
posted by Wulfgar! at 12:08 PM on March 28, 2005

yeah, no fun there. *pout*
posted by dabitch at 12:09 PM on March 28, 2005

" It’s not that I posted the link; it’s my point of view that’s the problem."
Told ya.
posted by 2sheets at 12:11 PM on March 28, 2005

Before everybody rushes to ban her, take a second to consider that she's one of David Limbaugh's favorite bloggers in the universe. David Limbaugh, for God's sake!

I'm not saying "don't". I'm just saying "let's be sure about this".
posted by 27 at 12:12 PM on March 28, 2005

But if you ban her who will protect us from the Mexicans?

America: Too many Mexicans, not enough people who are terrified of Mexicans.

I impaled the roof of my mouth on a shard of taco chip the other day, I sure do wish that the Minuteman Project (try thinking about baseball) had been there to slap that chip out of my hand and give me twenty minutes of talking points on why I should get off the welfare and love my white brothers.

Now alas I am miscegenating, welfare queening and getting fat off the tax dollars of patriots (and off of Schlitz Malt Liquor) and I've got a great big corn chip laceration on the roof of my mouth.
posted by Divine_Wino at 12:14 PM on March 28, 2005

uh oh, now she's oppressed, it was deleted off of the main page.

but seriously, I don't think she should be banned. This was her first actual thread and she may have not been aware to the rules. I say let her off with the mocking she got today.

Hell, she might even come back tomorrow with a thread that doesn't reference her site.
posted by slapshot57 at 12:16 PM on March 28, 2005

Armitage beats me to it. I laughed a lot when I realized all messages in italic from "Admin" were her responses to whatever was there. Instead of deleting the offending comments into oblivion she leaves the space there and answers! It is almost poetic, like talking to the wind or writing in the sand, answering to vanishing comments.
posted by nkyad at 12:17 PM on March 28, 2005

Kinda interesting that calling out a self-link thread on metatalk gets it deleted, but ironically preserves the links to the deleted thread (allowing still more to see it and giving it more exposure than it would have if simply deleted).
posted by spock at 12:17 PM on March 28, 2005

but seriously, I don't think she should be banned. This was her first actual thread and she may have not been aware to the rules.

Except that right above the spot where you put in the text of your post it says:

Note: You read the guidelines, right? Because linking to your own site in this space will result in a deletion and your account will be banned.

You just can't miss it.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 12:19 PM on March 28, 2005

slapshot57 writes, "but seriously, I don't think she should be banned. This was her first actual thread and she may have not been aware to the rules. I say let her off with the mocking she got today."

And then we won't have to risk feeling the wrath of David Limbaugh. I don't think it's wise to mess with a guy who's read blogs from other planets and stars. I just don't.
posted by 27 at 12:20 PM on March 28, 2005

Hey, she got the Yonni Cohen treatment! Cool!
posted by Wulfgar! at 12:22 PM on March 28, 2005

Okay, who's the wiseguy who posted a comment from "Yoni Cohen"? Fess up.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 12:22 PM on March 28, 2005

And just one out-of-meta comment, if I may (I think I may not, but anyway I'll risk spock's ire): I wonder if, after getting rid of all illegal aliens the brave Minutemen will turn around north and start harvesting the fields, washing and ironing the clothes and babysitting the children they will leave unattended.
posted by nkyad at 12:22 PM on March 28, 2005

Just as she gets a little shiver of pleasure whenever a person risks their life to cross the border to work at a shit job no one else wants for almost no pay and gets caught at the border and turned back to try again, we get to get a little shiver of pleasure when she gets kicked in the crotch by her own inability to follow simple, clear rules.

Seems fair to me.
posted by Divine_Wino at 12:25 PM on March 28, 2005

Hell, she might even come back tomorrow with a thread that doesn't reference her site.

I suspect she finds it hard to exhale without referencing her site. That ridiculous blogroll alone just screams please please please link to me please please. Pinhead and attention whore.
posted by Armitage Shanks at 12:25 PM on March 28, 2005

Pink,

Oh shit, did not know that (I've never posted as I've been a member less than a year and the few times I've thought of something good I was beat to the punch.).

Ok then, burn the witch.
posted by slapshot57 at 12:26 PM on March 28, 2005

Actually, Armitage, the way it's going up on my website this afternoon is "pinhead and attention whore" ... repeatedly.
posted by Wulfgar! at 12:28 PM on March 28, 2005

Pinhead and attention whore.

Seriously dude, it's like Schlitzie got a webcam and a scoop top.
posted by Divine_Wino at 12:30 PM on March 28, 2005

Ok, it was all worth it just to read this comment from her site:

"Secondly, most of the Minutemen probably aren’t looking to have the media even notice them, much less generate a “media circus". I’m pretty sure their intentions are to do what they can’t to slow the flow of illegal immigration. Some people do in fact mean what they say, Mr. Conspiracy Theory."
posted by 2sheets at 12:32 PM on March 28, 2005

the way it's going up on my website this afternoon is "pinhead and attention whore" ... repeatedly

Will you be including the name LaShawn Barber as well as the words "pinhead and attention whore"?
posted by Armitage Shanks at 12:36 PM on March 28, 2005

And now....

"Update: If you’re wondering why your comment disappeared, read this. Disagreement is one thing; sarcasm is quite another. I can’t stand it. Change your tone, and your comment might not be deleted next time."
posted by peacay at 12:36 PM on March 28, 2005

Wow, she has a bunch of articles at GOPUSA, which I have only ever heard about in reference to the Jeff Gannon story.
posted by sonofsamiam at 12:47 PM on March 28, 2005

don't look now, but yoni cohen is leading king kaufman's "pool o' experts" on the ncaa tourney over at salon.
posted by Hat Maui at 12:51 PM on March 28, 2005

"People called me the "Black Dr. Laura" because I sounded like her and listened to her faithfully."

What's weird is that round these parts people call Dr. Laura the "White LaShawn Barber". She's a hero to these people. A HERO.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 12:54 PM on March 28, 2005

yoni cohen is a jewish pussy.
posted by quonsar at 12:55 PM on March 28, 2005

quonsar, I was just about to say the same thing!
posted by Specklet at 12:55 PM on March 28, 2005

Interesting. Not only does she have a controversial Wikipedia entry, but she also has a blog devoted to her downfall.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 12:56 PM on March 28, 2005

but ironically preserves the links to the deleted thread (allowing still more to see it and giving it more exposure than it would have if simply deleted).

Nope, it's no longer linked from the RSS feed (with 10k + readers) or front page, and only available here. MetaTalk only gets about 1/10th the traffic of MetaFilter. So I would argue it is not getting more exposure, but less.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 12:56 PM on March 28, 2005

Oh yeah, and I say ban her.
posted by Specklet at 12:57 PM on March 28, 2005

Minutemen Project, you say?

I kid.

But man, the things you miss when you try and get a little work done for a change.

She's a hero to these people. A HERO.

The preferred nomenclature is "hoagie."
posted by jonmc at 1:12 PM on March 28, 2005

nice finds DrJohnEvans... And heeey, why doesn't everyone at MeFi have their own wikipedia entry? There issn't even a quonsar. poo.
posted by dabitch at 1:14 PM on March 28, 2005

Ban that pinhead and attention whore.
posted by dazed_one at 1:19 PM on March 28, 2005

hmm. I agree with the should-be-banned theory.
posted by delmoi at 1:23 PM on March 28, 2005

Gabba gabba hey

I don't wanna be a pinhead attention whore.
I just met a nurse that I do go for!
posted by sciurus at 1:25 PM on March 28, 2005

The preferred nomenclature is "hoagie."

Some might even say Wedge, Grinder or Po' Boy. Man I would just about mow my own lawn right now for an Italian Combo.
posted by Divine_Wino at 1:27 PM on March 28, 2005

Barber's advice to other people who post to her comments:

"you’re new to the blog, obviously, so let me give you one and only warning. This is my blog, not a court of law. I blog. That’s what I do. If you think I’m involved in an “unqualified guessing game,” we eagerly await your enlightenment. But I don’t like snide remarks directed toward me by commenters. If you’re as clever as you think you are, you’ll find another, much subtler way to get your jabs in, that is, if you want to remain on the board. If not, Adios."

She blogs, it's what she does.

Also:

Metafilter: It blogs, it's what it does.
posted by OmieWise at 1:30 PM on March 28, 2005

Ok, the account has been dealt with. I think the attempts at google bombing phrases are silly and am closing this off.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 1:38 PM on March 28, 2005