Month: March 2009

Uncategorized4 Comments

Knee Jerk

I swear, it’s like an addiction to paint-huffing with these people — when in doubt switch on wingnut autopilot and spew batshit insanity like an industrial-sized can of Krylon in an enclosed garage. Look at the dazed mental contortions from full-fledged-assclown-in-good-standing and Gret Stet Senator (sigh–half of my delegation), Diaper Dave: In addition to the ritual groveling (grabbing the ankles?) before Lamebone, and the equally bizarro “I hope Obama fails but I’m not really hoping the country falls apart–honest“–Mr. “I-Used-to-Spend-My-Leisure-Time-Whoring” Vitter takes to the spotlight and loudly calls for defunding…Planned Parenthood…without a trace of irony. And you know what’s even … Continue reading Knee Jerk

So Called Liberal Media11 Comments

Passion

OMG JON STEWART WAS MEEEEN!!!11! If you watch Stewart’s attack carefully, you might notice something: It was completely unfair. Notinaccurate, but unfair. Stewart did a bunch of things that no journalist could, or should, ever get away with. He showed ultra-short clips of anchors and reporters saying things that, by themselves, sounded really stupid but, in context, may not have been quite as dumb as they seemed (though some surely were). And he included clips of interviewees saying dumb things, something for which CNBC bears no blame (unless they went totally unchallenged, which I assume in some cases they did). … Continue reading Passion

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The light that burns twice as bright burns for half as long

Despite its slow death at the hands of Athenae, the New OrleansTimes Picayunereports on population trends in post-Katrina South Louisiana: Louisiana’s latest population forecast suggests southern parishes will continue leading the state in growth for the next two decades… That’s great! Hurricane Katrina, however, knocked some parishes in different directions, most notably Orleans, said Troy Blanchard, a Louisiana State University sociologist who conducted the research… That’s pisser. New Orleans was in a four-decade slide before Katrina, then took an abrupt population decline when the federal levees failed and flooded most of the city. Now, Blanchard said, New Orleans is positioned … Continue reading The light that burns twice as bright burns for half as long

Marriage Equality

In The Years To Come

We will not be able to explain how it ever mattered at all who you loved.Vermont: Laying out their agenda for the second half of the session, they concluded that the legislature can and should pass a bill ensuring the equal right to marry. The Senate Judiciary Committee will start the work on S.115, “An Act to Protect Religious Freedom and Promote Equality in Civil Marriage,” sponsored by Senate leaders Peter Shumlin, John Campbell, and Claire Ayer, on Monday, March 16, when legislators return from the Town Meeting break. Damn right. Via ONTD_Political. A. Continue reading In The Years To Come

Congress2 Comments

A Slightly More Apt Comparison Between Then and Now

Thanthis, might be this. While Republicans rush to grovel and embrace their most prominent lunatic mouthpiece, whose genocidal rhetoric and general attitude of bullshittery should embarrass us all asmammals, at least half the Democrats in the Senate fell all over themselves to agree with Republicans that MoveOn was very mean indeed. Times have changed. A. Continue reading A Slightly More Apt Comparison Between Then and Now

Stupid Republican Tricks3 Comments

Slum Love

Okay, Michael Steele is a joke, right? A major piece of performance art designed, like Borat, to bring out the worst in those around him so as to shine light on hideous stereotypes and thus obliterate them? Man are we going to feel stupid when he shows up as himself at the Oscars as himself and cracks awkward jokes about Gary Busey. Right? RIGHT? A friggin’ awesome job. You know, when I said inthis week’s column that Steele needed to expand his repertoire of jokey little catchphrases … He could at least have told Republicans what many of them – … Continue reading Slum Love

Geek Cred17 Comments

Sailed Out Against The Sky: Galactica Thread

Jacob: The first Article of Faith is and always should be very simple: this is not all that we are. The Final Five and the Cylon race areGalactica too: falling apart, rehabilitating, stronger and stranger, not fitting together anymore. Cobbled together from shoestring and half-remembered directives and fears. This scene is really sad, in a way: Ellen and Saul join a random Six and Eight, along with Galen and Tory, around Sam’s bedside. The Final Five, together for the first time. And the daughters breathe in, joyful, waiting for the single event that will tie up all their loose ends … Continue reading Sailed Out Against The Sky: Galactica Thread

Science6 Comments

How much does it cost to kill a jaguar anyway?

Macho B., thought to be the last wild jaguar in the US, died Monday in Arizona. The 118-pound animal was 16 years old and had been fairly recently collared by researchers. In the middle of February, he was accidentally captured in an Arizona Game and Fish Department trap. After discovering that he was suffering from irreparable kidney failure, wildlife authorities euthanized Macho. Whether Macho’s capture and collaring contributed to his death or whether his illness was due to age will be known soon enough. Either way, the loss of this big cat is a tragedy for all of us. I … Continue reading How much does it cost to kill a jaguar anyway?

So Called Liberal Media7 Comments

Killed It Again

Via Kos, I see there’s really nothing I can do to stop it anymore: The advance of the web, and the flip side decline of newspapers, has occasioned a lot of discussion about the value of content. Not all content is suffering; despite rampant piracy, Hollywood box office is up, and the movies just had their first billion-dollar January. Yet judging from what I paid this morning to read a slew of expert reporting and commentary online, the value of journalistic writing in the marketplace is not at all high.Everyone knows the consequences of that for newspapers—it’s killing them.[snip]The Internet … Continue reading Killed It Again

Uncategorized3 Comments

Firm selling gift certificates to military personnel goes under

From Stars and Stripes: SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — If you have DeCA gift certificates, forget about using them to shop at your local commissary. The certificates are no longer worth anything at military supermarkets around the world, the Defense Commissary Agency said Saturday. Shoppers must instead try for a reimbursement from the Ohio-based company that issued the popular gift certificates — and abruptly went out of business last week, according to DeCA. SNIP On Thursday, CertifiChecks posted a message on its Web site saying it had filed for bankruptcy in an Ohio court and directed customers interested in a … Continue reading Firm selling gift certificates to military personnel goes under

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Home

Across the country local newspapers have chronicled the coming home of those killed in these wars. Yesterday it was Jen McCoy of the Portage Daily Register who ably performed the duty with photographs andthis poignantly descriptive piece, on the return of Wisconsin native, Sgt. Daniel Thompson, who was killed in Afghanistan. ‘HE’S HOME’: A day of mourning for Thompsons, friends Lisa Thompson retained her motherly instincts Tuesday, even as her only child returned to her draped in an American flag. Standing on the tarmac at Dane County Regional Airport a little after 9 a.m. Tuesday, she voiced concern that everyone … Continue reading Home

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Fear of getting stupider

I hope you’re not like me, but if you are, then you feel like you got hit with the stupid stick. Repeatedly. Worse, your days of youthful brain development are long over, but you’ve not yet reached that second brain“growth spurt” that supposedly occurs between the ages of 55 and 65. Perhaps the dumb feeling is just the cumulative effect ofneurotoxins in your cola, ormercury in your daily HFCS, orglucose in your blood, or theurban environment in which you live. But you feel bastard stupidity taking over, and it’s scary. Here’s what I’ve resolved to do about it: instead of … Continue reading Fear of getting stupider

Political Crack12 Comments

Stupidity: The Other White Meat

Allison Hantschel

Women are silly creatures who vote based on which candidate is the cutest. Whereas men vote entirely based on rational factors: FUCK KENNEDY AND FUCK EVERY STINKIN LIBERAL PILE OF DICK SNIFFERS BUSH HAS BALLS KERRY LICKS EM I look forward to the forthcoming Washington Post column about perceived presence or lack of balls in a candidate, and its impact on the Office Park Dad vote. (You all have no idea how many pages there are on the Internet featuring the phrase “gay faggort.” It took me all morning to find this post. Luckily I also remembered the bit about … Continue reading Stupidity: The Other White Meat

Law/Justice

Marching into History: the Eve of Justice

Tomorrow morning, the Supreme Court of California takes up the task of re-considering the validity of Proposition 8. Tonight, the marching begins. In Los Angeles, Ventura, and Fresno. In San Jose, Santa Barbara and Napa. In Stockton, Kernville, and Modesto.In a couple of dozen other cities all over California, in Arizona, and even Oklahoma. Thousands will hold up their candles, “lighting the way for the Supreme Court.” If you’re in California, please take this opportunity to be on the right side of history. If you’re elsewhere, watch the proceedings via webcast. Continue reading Marching into History: the Eve of Justice

Uncategorized7 Comments

Jindal versus the Pork Volcano

Gracious!Governor Bobby Jindal’s not backing away from his infamous statement that “something called volcano monitoring” is wasteful. Jindal said Monday that he feels obligated to speak up against what he considers wasteful spending. He countered criticism that he failed to offer alternative solutions to resolving the nation’s economic problems. He said he was right to question money for volcano monitoring despite Louisiana’s vulnerability to natural disasters.He said the billions of dollars that Louisiana received after Hurricane Katrina should not silence his opinions on other national spending. What a stupid place to dig in your heels. Apparently Jindal is gonna try … Continue reading Jindal versus the Pork Volcano

Stupid Republican Tricks1 Comment

What Heywood Said

Seriously. I’ve been trying to sum up these morons for three days and just screw it, I’m outsourcing: “Taxation Without Representation”. We’ve seen this phrase on some of their signs, and indeed the second comment in the column conflates it with the “no birth certificate” myth. But that first one — I don’t think that phrase means what these fucking retards think it means. The original tea partiers lived under a monarchic (albeit a comparatively weakened post-Restoration version) system. The brave suburban culture warriors do not. Therewas an election. It was in all the liberal papers and everything. And Obama’s … Continue reading What Heywood Said

So Called Liberal Media6 Comments

Unhappy Democrat Photo

Classy: U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, who made his fortune selling greeting cards and flowers online, gave a shout-out to the blogosphere Saturday, giving it — and himself — credit for the “demise” of traditional journalism. “I have to say, that when we say, ‘Who killed the Rocky Mountain News,’ we’re all part of it, for better or worse, and I argue it’s mostly for the better,” Polis said at the Netroots Nation in Your Neighborhood event in Westminster, according to a recording posted online. The group supports progressive politics. “The media is dead, and long live the new media, which … Continue reading Unhappy Democrat Photo

War in Iraq3 Comments

Doug Feith Just Can’t Help Himself

Obama’s decision to withdraw from Iraq proves I was RIGHT! President Obama highlighted U.S. accomplishments in Iraq: doing away with Saddam Hussein’s regime, helping establish a sovereign government, dealing al-Qaeda in Iraq “a serious blow,” and lifting Iraq out of “tyranny and terror.” His plan for ending the war is designed to preserve the value of these accomplishments. Rightly, his emphasis is on securing U.S. success, not cutting losses. His speech effectively repudiated the extreme antiwar rhetoric of recent years. There was no mention of Iraq as a disaster, a fraud or even a blunder. He presumably still thinks the … Continue reading Doug Feith Just Can’t Help Himself

Stupid Republican Tricks22 Comments

100%? Really?

Is John McCaingaming the system? Sen. John McCain has long said he is in robust health and is strong enough to hike the Grand Canyon, but he also is receiving what his staff Monday termed a “disability pension” from the Navy. When McCain released his tax return for 2007 on Friday, he separately disclosed that he received a pension of $58,358 that was not listed as income on his return. On Monday, McCain’s staff identified the retirement benefit as a “disability pension” and said that McCain “was retired as disabled because of his limited body movements due to injuries as … Continue reading 100%? Really?

Stupid Republican Tricks12 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession With The Freeperati – when Freepers attack

Good morning, campers!
Let’s get the HAZMAT suits on and crack the airlock door, shall we?
Back issues are over and now you’re stuck with me for a long one, so bring an extra air bottle.

What do we have here in the first drum of toxic Freeper sludge?
Why, it’s Olympia Snowe admitting what Freepers brag about constantly – except when she says it, it’s a horrible thing!

Snowe: My Party Has Changed

AsMaineGoes.com ^

| February 15, 2009
| Scott Fish

Posted onMonday, February 16, 2009 7:12:51 AM bybogeybob
The Senior Senator from Maine.


In an interview with CBS News, Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins
defended their votes in support of the Obama stimulus package. Sen.
Snowe said, “I haven’t changed. I have felt that my party has changed.”

SENATOR OLYMPIA SNOWE (R-ME): I guess it’s sort of like being a
skunk at the, you know, lawn party – lawn party, you know, – and so, I
said I think that’s, you know, what happens

DOZIER: She says her party is missing the point that Americans want
Republicans to be part of the process, even if it means compromise.

SNOWE: I think I reflect my roots, you know, the original principles
of the Republican party. I haven’t changed. I have felt that my party
has changed.


div class=”EC_b2″> Sad that so many Republicans in Maine support her,
election cycle after election cycle. Nothing but a socialist, who wraps
herself in GOP clothing. A classic two-timer.

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posted onMonday, February 16, 2009 7:12:51 AM
bybogeybob

To: bogeybob
She’s right: the Democrat Partyhas
changed. Enough, in fact that she can now stop pretending she’s a
Republican. Just change sides already, Olympia, and all the “beautiful
people” who have destroyed Maine’s quality of life will be sure to love
you.
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posted onMonday, February 16, 2009 7:17:16 AM
byandy58-in-nh
(Ronald Reagan had a vision of America. Barack Obama has a vision of Barack Obama.)

And now, “rovenstinez” channels Biff from Back To The Future, conveniently forgetting that Biff was a knuckleheaded drooler:

To: bogeybob
HELLO, Senator Snowe…Knock..knock, is anybody home inside that head of yours?

6
posted onMonday, February 16, 2009 7:18:41 AM
byrovenstinez
To: bogeybob
Therepubic party has changed… it has become just
like snowe. collins and specter. That is why we are now the failed
minority party. LLS

9
posted onMonday, February 16, 2009 7:19:24 AM
byLibLieSlayer
(hussein will NEVER be my president… NEVER!)

The “repubic” party? I guess he was trying to slur the Repubs by dropping the “ic” a la “Democrat party”.

That, or he was making a Vitter reference.

To: Constitutional Patriot
She has to go — does anyone ever challenge her for office? This would be a great opportunity.
We will see what happens when she is up in 2012. It seems to me that
folks have a short memory…yes even all of us FREEPERS. I thought for
sure Lindsey would be challenged this year from all the crap he has
done in his past, but alas we are stuck with him now until 2014 after
easily being reelected this year.Another up in 2010 is that Vitter
from Louisiana who embarassed the Republican Party two years ago with
calls to hookers but it seems like he will win againbecause people are
changing their minds about him again. It is a wonder why these folks
stay for life times. Why not…screw up when you are reelected for a
few years but the last two ensure you do the right thing and people
will quickly reelect you. It is a non stop cycle.

37
posted onMonday, February 16, 2009 7:35:35 AM
bynapscoordinator

To: napscoordinator
Good lord, now you wanna throw Vitter overboard?

41
posted onMonday, February 16, 2009 7:39:39 AM
byCedric

Only if he’s running on the Repubic ticket.

To: Cedric
Good lord, now you wanna throw Vitter overboard?
Didn’t he do it to himself? I didn’t make phone calls to hookers, he did? Why get mad at me. He is the one without morals.

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posted onMonday, February 16, 2009 7:41:48 AM
bynapscoordinator

To: bogeybob
No, the Republican Party didn’t change. Some folks tried to make it Democrat-Lite.That’s why the Party can’t win elections.

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posted onMonday, February 16, 2009 7:29:52 AM
bypopdonnelly
(I went to an Obama Townhall and threw away my crutches!)

Except, of course, that Snowe – um – keeps winning elections. Other than that, your logic is flawless.

Much more, including a drive-by Freeping gone horribly wrong (and a hilariously impotent attack on yours truly) after the (Michael Steele approved) “Jump, jump, to the J – O – ump!”

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