Earlier this morning, Biden shared a heartfelt remembrance of Senator Kennedy. http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/19407224001?isVid=1&publisherID=1155968404 (Sorry about the grab from Politico. It was the best quality video I found of the press conference.) Continue reading “It was never about him”
I could spend all day combing the wingnutsphere for the worst of what’s being said, but I don’t know, those aren’t the people whose opinions I care about. Not today. Dodd: “I will always remember Teddy as the ultimate example for all of us who seek to serve, a hero for those Americans in the shadow of life who so desperately needed one. “He worked tirelessly to lift Americans out of poverty, advance the cause of civil rights, and provide opportunity to all. He fought to the very end for the cause of his life – ensuring that all Americans … Continue reading Voices Whispering
They think it’s for their benefit: I am in no way unhappy with the outcome of Nuremberg, but my understanding is that most international lawyers regard them basically as show trials. I’m not sure they’re a great example to use. [snip] [The Nuremberg Trials] may well be the most significant action taken by the American government in the 20th to establish ourselves as defenders of the rule of law. The Bush administration has done immeasurable damage to our standing in the world by approving policies of torture, extraordinary rendition, and secret prisons – among many, many other things. McArdle’s glib … Continue reading Show Me Something
Earlier this week AP reported on how the aging QuikScat satellite used for predicting the intensity and path of hurricanes could fail at any time. Bill Proenza, director of the National Hurricane Center has been outspoken on this but was warned by superiors to stop commenting on it… On Friday, Proenza was given a 3-page letter from the acting head of the Weather Service, Mary Glackin. Proenza’s recent statements “may have caused some unnecessary confusion about NOAA’s ability to accurately predict tropical storms,” Glackin wrote. Glackin, who visited Proenza’s office at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, said that talking … Continue reading Hurricane Center director warned by superiors to stop commenting on hurricane satellite possibly failing
Wow, Matt Lauer’s doing his family proud these days: After Monday’s show, Lauer flew off to conduct an undisclosed “big” interview. He’s piling up newsmakers, lately. Over the weekend, he sat down with Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) and his wife to ask about Craig’s gay-sex-bathroom scandal. Portions run at 7 tonight on NBC, with more Wednesday on “Today.” In between “Today” segments, I half-joked, “Did you ask him why he’s a big liar?” “That’s not my job,” Lauer said. “My job is to ask middle-of-the-road questions and let the audience judge for themselves.” On the one hand, at least he’s … Continue reading ‘Not My Job’
Whatever. If it was Hillary, they’d have pulled out all the footage from the campaign. If it was Dodd, they’d have pulled out all the footage from the campaign plus some shit about his mortgage. If it was Kerry they’d have pulled out the footage from Oh Four of John O’Neill barfing his own personal issues all over the country and run it ad nauseum. Plus the windsurfing stuff, because that for some reason gets wingnuts hot. I don’t know what they would have done about Chet Edwards or Sebelius but I’m pretty sure it would have been something similar. … Continue reading Excuses, Excuses
Fasting for Ramadan in Iceland. A. Continue reading I Will Never Bitch About Lent Again
The housing market can’t seem to find it. Sentiment among U.S. home builders slid in June to the lowest level in more than 16 years as tighter lender practices and rising mortgage rates crimped sales, the National Association of Home Builders said on Monday. The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market index fell two points to 28 in June, the lowest since it hit 27 in February of 1991, the group said. Economists had predicted the index would be unchanged from May’s 30 reading, based on a Reuters survey. Readings below 50 mean more builders view market conditions as poor rather than … Continue reading Looking For The Bottom
Good morning, everyone!I think I finally found one too toxic to open by hand, so let’s get out the extra long tongs for this one.Virgotex, open the lock. Pansypoo, hose down anything that tries to escape with the bleach spray.Double boots and gloves, if you will.Ready? Calley Apologizes for My Lai MSNBC.com ^ | 08/21/09 | staff Posted onFriday, August 21, 2009 9:47:30 PM bygrandpa jones To: grandpa jones what a mistake, he has nothing to apologize for! 4 posted onFriday, August 21, 2009 9:53:37 PM bydalereed To: grandpa jones I guess he figured, everybody else is apologizing, he might … Continue reading Today on Tommy T’s Obsession With The Freeperati – “they had it comin’ ” Edition
Because. Sometimes that’s all it takes. A. Continue reading Happy Kerry Photo: Squirrelized Edition
Jesus, Joe Klein loses the Internet: I said that I was, in fact, one of his readers—that I read his column and his blog and that it was precisely because I did know his history, in detail, that I accepted Glenn’s critique of him, which of course has always been extensively documented and linked. And then, in what might be the piece de resistance of this little interaction, he screamed “you don’t readme! You read WIKIPEDIA! AND THAT’S LEFTIST.” He then added that he had always been anti war and that I should “read his [Klein’s] stuff from 1993.” Hmm…1993, … Continue reading I’M THE ALPHA MALE
Helping us lose the war on Teh Ghei. A. Continue reading Hell Yeah, Lutherans!
Post away. A. —– Continue reading Saturday Blogwhoring Thread
PRICELESS. A. —– Continue reading John Bolton Says That BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH LOL STUPIDZ
Apparently, success breeds the desire to stop the success these days. Earlier this week, JetBlue announced it would be discontinuing its “All You Can Jet” salesas a result of a high demand. The company decided that in selling additional passes, it might make it difficult for people to get seats, so they put out the fire on the hottest promotion in air travel. The underlying idea, of course, is that it was costing the company money because every seat you have to give away after the pass has paid for itself is one fewer seat that you can’t sell. And, … Continue reading Oh, shit, we’re succeeding!
Well CNN spent quite a bit of time today covering the suspicious packages in Boston. Then they learned it was a hoax which had CNN anchors Kyra Phillips and Mike Brooks calling for stiff consequences for those responsible. Little did they know they were hitting sooo close to home… PHILLIPS:As Mike was saying, obviously, definitely a sick joke in light of 9/11 what, we saw happen there. And then you see this type of scare hit a city. Of course, the media covering it and all the response. I mean, this costs a lot of money, when you have all … Continue reading CNN teh so funny
North Decoder digs into the conservative front groups invading the state. A. Continue reading Journalism
Do you work out? (I don’t. I should, but I bike or walk to work most days of the week and part of me feels like that’s enough.) A. Continue reading Weekend Question Thread
Whet on comparison-shopping for organic produce: If Mackey lost his conscience and Whole Foods started selling shitty food, that’s easily addressed by consumers – they might have to pitch one trip’s worth of groceries, but they’d go somewhere else. But if those consumers got screwed out of their health care by an insurance company, they can’t go elsewhere. If you get cancer, and your insurance company decides not to cover it because they ginned up some pre-existing condition that you didn’t know you had or shouldn’t be relevant (this is calledrescission, and it’s a serious issue), you can’t just go … Continue reading Why Health Care Is Not Like Groceries
Fuck you. Hells yeah.Mosquito repellent improvement? Bring it on. You can thank the good people at the USDA for this–a mosquito repellent that, apparently, works better than DEET, and won’t mutate you into some kind of hideous monster. Cookouts will no longer end in B-grade tragedy. Now, why don’t we ever hear about this kind of government spending? When the Republicans start talking about “Bear DNA!!!11one!” and all of their brain-dead followers laugh along (It sounds kind of like this: Hur hur guh derf derf derf. It’s disturbing.), why doesn’t someone step the fuck up and say: Mosquito repellent, bitches. … Continue reading Science To The Rescue. Again.
I need your help folks. I supplicate myself to your experience and wisdom, particularly our friends from Lousiana. I seek your feedback for help dealing with a failure, of imagination, of technique, of logistics, I know not what else. Here’s my confession: I don’t know what I did with the gumbo recipe but I looked everywhere and couldn’t find it. It was on a stained index card that I’d kept for 20 years, through moves between residences, crosscountry from south to east and back again. That’s really where things first went off the rails, was losing the recipe. It was … Continue reading Grave philosophical questions, or Having a Dark Night of the Gumbo
Welcome back to the Booster Shot, where things aren’t always pretty and fairytales sometimes go horribly wrong… – The Midget had an awesome birthday part, which led to the adults drinking too much after the kids left or went to bed. Thus, when we were putting together her paper doll collection, a small item that was supposed to apparently attach to Cinderella’s neck as birds dropping ribbons on her was popped out. It looked more like a strap on than anything, complete with bulbous pink head. It also didn’t fit on her shoulders, but right around the waist. Add a … Continue reading Quitting Time Booster Shot
Like this, but with less falling off of cliffs. Oh yeah. You motherfuckers wanna hear some genius shit? I got it right here. I have solved the health care problem. That’s right. Me. I was waking up one morning, and, as Al Swearengen might say, “it come to me in a vision.” This happened before the Congressional recess. I wish I could have had a direct line to the President right then, because this shit would be over by now. To fix health care in this country, and to make sure that our system is the envy of the industrialized … Continue reading Some Genius Shit
Puck, being lazy. Riot has feets. A better view of Bucky’s stripe. A. Continue reading Friday Ferretblogging
Sinfonian explores Alaska morons NOT named Sarah Palin: Note that Mayor Sullivandidn’tsay that a majority of peoplein Anchorage opposed the ordinance — rather, only the majority of thosewho contacted the mayor’s office opposed it (allegedly). I thought that it was the majority of thelegislative body (in this case, the city Assembly) mattered more than who made the most phone calls or wrote the most angry, hate-filled letters and emails, but maybe I’m wrong. After all, Dan probably can see Russia from his office, so it’s really not part of America anyway, right? Also, the basic ignorance of reality in this … Continue reading Taking Up Oxygen the Rest of Us Could Be Using
Ain’t that cute? Look at the little monkey. Silly little monkey, gettin’ groomed with a toothbrush. Continue reading Friday Bonus Monkey Blogging
As if there isn’t enough insane bullshit happening. Join your Washington Nationals from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. for a unique pregame happy hour followed by on-field action. Nationals Ladies Nights, presented by Hard Times Cafe, feature Nationals players, complimentary massages, manicures, product samples, demonstrations, and food and beverages! Exclusive shopping opportunities: jewelry, handbags, cosmetics and more. But will there be re-runs of Sex and the City? That’s what would lure me to a baseball game. Seriously, I don’t even like it when they serve food that isn’t a hot dog or a bratwurst at a game, much less give people … Continue reading Oh KILL ME NOW
Horrible: Cherrelle McCray was on the street Wednesday night with her cousin Taccara Swain and another young cousin, ready to go inside to catch their favorite television show, “Meet the Browns,” in the two-flat their families share in the Roseland neighborhood. As Taccara, 15, reached down about 8 p.m. for their 2-year-old cousin to carry her up the stairs, shots sounding like firecrackers pierced the 11000 block of South Normal Avenue, said McCray, 18. Taccara was struck by three bullets. Police said she was caught in crossfire from someone firing from a car and someone on the street. “I saw … Continue reading Newspaper Commenters Really Are Worthless Pieces of Shit