Month: February 2009

Congress10 Comments

Not Everyone Agrees

And they don’t have to: There’s essentially a “best practices” approach to dealing with financial calamity: you max out your monetary policy, which we’ve already done, and then you spend as much money as you possibly can without actually setting the stuff on fire (I’m exaggerating, but you get the point). That’s not Obama’s plan or Democrats’ plan, that’s the mainstream economic plan. Not everyone agrees with it, but not everyone agrees that you should take antibiotics if you’ve got pneumonia or that you should stop smoking if you’re coughing all the time. Which is really the thing here. Waiting … Continue reading Not Everyone Agrees

Jude, Of Interest6 Comments

Now That Blogs Have Killed Journalism, They’ve Turned On Themselves

Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a new media outta my hat! I’m surprised Athenae didn’t mention this; I suppose she’s been too busy lining newspapers up against the wall and shooting them. But it is mysad gleeful duty to announcethe demise of Pajamas Media. Yes, apparently, offering shitty right-wing commentary on the events of the day and sending ignorant-ass Ohio contractors to play at being war correspondents is not a viable business model. (I know the TV part hasn’t died yet–but don’t fret. Instead, prepare the popcorn) Guys and gals of Pajamas Media: The right-wing is not profitable. You dumbasses. … Continue reading Now That Blogs Have Killed Journalism, They’ve Turned On Themselves

Uncategorized1 Comment

If this thing couldn’t make it, we’re all screwed…

Juicy Campus, the Website that allowed you to anonymously libel peoplereport on the various gossipy things happening on your campus, is no more. If you’ve never visited, the site basically was a listing of college campuses, which allowed students on those campuses to post information they’d received in an anonymous fashion. One of the campuses I used to work on was listed, so when this hit the fan, the student media kids took a look. Oddly, there were some interesting posts about which professors were bad or such, but for the most part, it fit the mold of the “who’s … Continue reading If this thing couldn’t make it, we’re all screwed…

Jude7 Comments

Snakes On A Planet

Because it’s just not the same without a visual. Here’s the giant snake mentioned yesterday. I’m so glad I wasn’t born any sooner than I was. Naturally, there weren’t any people at all–or even apes, for that matter–58 to 60 million years ago. So, after the dinosaurs but before the mammals, it appears there was an Age of Giant Snakes. And now you know a little more about the Cheney family tree. Go in peace. Continue reading Snakes On A Planet

Uncategorized12 Comments

Beggars Being Choosy

Talk about asense of entitlement–half a million dollars per year, PLUS stock, PLUS stock options, plus who knows what all that could be described as “creative finance.” But it’s not enough for these creative geniuses who’ve managed to FUBAR the global financial system? They might take their “talent” elsewhere? What astonishes me is that the journalists interviewing these apologists for the granddaddies of all fucktards didn’t react immediate with mocking scorn and derisive gut-laughing. The only “talent” these clowns have is an ability to make a working economy fall through the ceiling, if not disappear outright, which requires only greed … Continue reading Beggars Being Choosy

Immoral Values5 Comments

Dear US Government: You Suck.

I’m serious. You suck. All of you. Republicans, Democrats, the House, the Senate, even you, Mr. President. I’m getting over a bad flu, I’m cranky as hell, and I do not have patience for this kind of shit, so please god, take your heads out of your asses, straighten the f*ck up and do what we sent you there to do. I don’t care if it’s bipartisan, I don’t care if it gets rammed down the throats of the Republicans, I don’t care if you trim a few billion here or there, just fix this stimulus bill and get it … Continue reading Dear US Government: You Suck.

Congress6 Comments

Columnwhoring: If You Want to Win the Golden Broom, Find Your Spine

Link: Americans elected Democrats in landslides across the country, tossing Republican incumbents from office left and right. Obama’s margin of victory, his mandate to change the way this country has been run for the past eight years, couldn’t have been much wider. Democrats hold a 78-seat majority in the House and are up by double digits in the Senate. There’s no real reason to care, at all, what Republicans think. If the Democratic party wants to get something done, all they have to do is decide to do it. They’re doing Republicans a favor by making concessions of any kind, … Continue reading Columnwhoring: If You Want to Win the Golden Broom, Find Your Spine

Holden's Obsession with the Gaggle6 Comments

Today On Holden’s Obsession With [Yesterday’s] Gaggle

Dana Peroxide Is Confused About Whether Henry Waxman Is A Senator Or A Congressman

Q Congressman Waxman is calling on the White House to release hundreds of pages of documents regarding convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. He says that the White House has released several thousand pages, but there are about 600 that you have not released. Are you asserting executive privilege over these?

MS. PERINO: This is a letter that came to the press before it came to the White House, which is, unfortunately, the pattern of behavior of Senator — Representative Waxman’s committee.

[snip]

There is — internal deliberations are protected under the law. Senator — Representative Waxman knows that.

Um, Maybe Janet Reno Was Not Attempting To Immunize The President From War Crimes Charges

Q If the committee wants more documents, are you going to send them?

MS. PERINO: Well, we have — Judge Mukasey actually responded to 495 questions for the record. Just as a comparison, before her nomination, Janet Reno didn’t have to answer a single question for the record before she was confirmed. We’ve gone over and beyond the call of duty here by any reasonable stretch.

Continue reading “Today On Holden’s Obsession With [Yesterday’s] Gaggle”

Diary40 Comments

Fox In Socks

Allison Hantschel

We named him Fox in Socks, because he had little brown feet, much darker than the rest of him. Your first ferret, I always tell people at the shelter, is your gateway ferret. That’s the ferret that convinces you a) ferrets are awesome and b) if one ferret is awesome, ten ferrets would be TEN TIMES THE AWESOME. Next thing you know, you’re calling up Rudy Giuliani on the radio.Your first ferret, that’s how they hook you. Shortly after I took Friday’s pic of him triumphantly conquering the dining room table, Mr. A and I noticed Fox was looking a … Continue reading Fox In Socks

War in Iraq2 Comments

SFGate.com: Corners cut in rush to add troops

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SFGate.com reports on the lack of training time and equipment for troops is hurting readiness… Soldiers of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division had so little time between deployments to Iraq they had to cram more than a year’s worth of training into four months. Some had only a few days to learn how to fire their new rifles before they deployed to Iraq — for the third time — last month. They had no access to the heavily armored vehicles they will be using in Iraq, so they trained on a handful of old military trucks instead. And some … Continue reading SFGate.com: Corners cut in rush to add troops

Happy Democrat Photo3 Comments

DUKAKIS!

I’d been wondering where the Party was keeping him. Via ONTD_Political, here’s an interview full of awesome: Setting aside modesty, if you’d beaten “Poppy” Bush would we be facing an infrastructure crisis now? Oh Christ, we’d have been at this thing all guns blazing. You mean, for instance, we’d now have a halfway decent passenger rail system in the U.S.? Are you kidding me? If I’d served as president for eight years? I certainly think so. — We seem to have gotten to a place where people have forgotten that large public works projects can happen in less than a … Continue reading DUKAKIS!

Happy Democrat Photo20 Comments

Know Who Your Friends Are As You Head Off To The War: Thank You Hillary Thread

Because as relieved as I am, that it’s over, I’m sad, that it’s over. Thank you, Senator Clinton, for standing up for Democratic values and Democratic principles, for advocating universal health care and workers’ rights, for reminding us every day that we have come so far, and for reminding us how far we still have to go. Thank you for getting back up. A. Continue reading Know Who Your Friends Are As You Head Off To The War: Thank You Hillary Thread

Uncategorized9 Comments

Got Shit? Add it to the Pile

Buy My Shitpile, Henry Be sure to hit link for Browse Our Shitpile —————————————————-Let us know what you got for the shitpile, mkay? Here is my submission: Stinky FEMA trailers $8.29 Henry’s buying your shit but the catch–he’s not paying for shipping. The solution: New, Never Used surplus trailers from 3 year old government shitpile. Make like a Wall Street MoFo and bundle one shitpile into another shitpile and ship it off to Washington DC!   Continue reading Got Shit? Add it to the Pile

Stupid Republican Tricks6 Comments

Dear Politico

I realize you’resmug, self-satisfied assholes, and that this is kind of your life’s work. I realize any attempt to tell you such is just going to be interpreted as the whining of an Internet lady, and that this is kind of a futile exercise; nevertheless, please stop enabling the crazy uncle who lives in our national attic. He’s an attention whore. It’s a condition. He has a problem, and you’re not helping. A. Continue reading Dear Politico

Economy7 Comments

Sell Some More Bling

About time we started requiring these lazy welfare queens to quit buying bling with their government checks. It never fails to amaze me the way we’ll hassle some poor family about how they divide up their household income, but any attempt to tell Armani-suited white boys they maybe shouldn’t be snorting their government handouts up their noses is looked upon as radical market intervention. I’m sorry, I just don’t have a lot of sympathy for somebody making 20 times more than my household income, the same way plenty of people don’t have any sympathy for somebody making 20 times less … Continue reading Sell Some More Bling

So Called Liberal Media6 Comments

Once and For All Time

Non-profits would not be“saving” newspapers from financial ruin: Mutter is skeptical of “getting a foundation to bail out an unprofitable business” and warned me: “It doesn’t matter whether you organize as a for-profit business or a non-profit business. If the inflow and outflow of money are not appropriately balanced, that enterprise will fail.” Emphasis mine. Becausehow unprofitable are newspapers? After producing operating earnings at an average rate of 27.3% between 2000 and 2007, the industry’s margin this year may average no better than 20%, says William Drewry, a managing director of the global media group of the UBS investment bank. … Continue reading Once and For All Time

Geek Cred5 Comments

Fox To Host ‘When Talkers Write’

SouthernBeale posted this up in Jude’s PJM post.Jesus Christ, Greta: I see that many of you want me to keep GretaWire …and maybe I will…I will think about it. There are reasons to keep it, reasons to close it down and move on. To keep it going I need to figure out how to make it more fun, do things differently. I was worried it was just getting old (it has been up and running for years)…and I also see lots of nasty comments here. I really don’t feel like blogging with the haters. I realize there are always a … Continue reading Fox To Host ‘When Talkers Write’

LOL4 Comments

You Know What Today Needs?

MOAR GROUNDHOG. By the time the “town elders” in top hats and black frock coats roll out the fake tree stump with the groundhog stuffed in it, these thousands of people are desperate for something interesting happen. Actually, considering that they showed up at 5:00 AM for frikkin’ groundhog, they’ve probably been waiting for something interesting to happen for a lot longer than that. Anyway, the very sight of the town elders drives the crowd into a frenzy, a rabid clamoring, a knot of orgiastic tension that can only be released when some old guy in a top hat whacks … Continue reading You Know What Today Needs?

Geek Cred3 Comments

On Blogging and Money

Scout e-mailed thisover during discussion of the ongoing Pajamas Media meltdown: I’m not complaining; I’ve had a good run on PJM. They were very accommodating to me when I needed to either stop being a PJM “exclusive” or stop being a blogger altogether, and I have very much enjoyed writing features for them – some of which I’ve beenpretty proud of (and I hope haveenhanced, rather thandulled PJM’sreputation) – and I suspect I will still submit a piece to PJM, now and again, particularly onissues ofreligion – which is one area the gang does not have covered, and where I … Continue reading On Blogging and Money