Ladies and Gents, I give you...Nutpicking

Less than 48 hours after the voting commenced and concluded on the Health care reform bill, where Asian-American Republican representative Joseph Cao voted in favour of the bill, he has been subjected to a torrent of slurs which are...unsurprisingly hinged along the racial line.

Highlights (if you are a lazy arse who refuses to click the link) include referring him as Representative Mao because you know there's only a difference of ten consonants and their Asian origin.

Of course this isn't exclusive to Republicans, or Americans; this defeatist mentality is prevalent in many parts of the world, including but not limited to the continent I come from. Race politics is inevitable. But the reason I mentioned this, aside from the oblivious gut splitting LOL this brings, is the new word I have picked up for my admirably impressive (and modest) vocabulary. It is called, nutpicking:

"If you're forced to rely on random blog commenters to make a point about the prevalence of some form or another of disagreeable behavior, you've pretty much made exactly the opposite point." Eventually, the practice was even given a name: "Nutpicking."

Courtesy of Steve Benen's explanatory discourse on the term and usage of Nutpicking.

Obligatory mention: Examinations loom closer; faster than the predicted 2012 Armageddon. Hollywood should make films about examination - it should be personified into a bone chilling villain with a faux mustache, and should be played by Benicio Del Toro.

Real Madrid plays Alcórcon tonight. Turning around 4-0 deficit should not be a problem; considering 1) It's Alcórcon (yes I'm still persisting with the "writing off the Segunda B dwelling underdog". Bite me.) and 2) It's Real Madrid. Despite this, you, me and everyone in between know that this could also be a written recipe for disaster. For Alcórcon to consolidate that lead and leave the Bernabéu in shambles with a possible 6-2 on aggregate scoreline.

I am going to force myself to remain blissfully ignorant. It served me well in the first leg; I had a class test on that day which, thanks to my not knowing of Real Madrid's fiasco, I aced. I am going to do that again.

Now I shall attempt to finish my econometrics assignment and tutorial and hopefully get a headstart on Macroeconomic Analysis revision.