Serious Journalism
If only these filthy bloggers had some standards. A. Continue reading Serious Journalism
Month: December 2009
Why I’m Glad Health Care Didn’t Die
1. It’s a giant fuck you to the teabaggers, the Michelle Bachmanns and the rest of the stupid contingent in America. 2. Now that the stupid contingent has cried wolf (or, to be perfectly accurate, EVIL DEMON RABID PSYCHO ZOMBIE WOLF FROM HELLLLLLLL!!!!) about all the bad things the health care bill will do, when said bill does no such thing, it’ll make it a little more difficult for them to get political traction with that shit in the future. 3. On the other hand, when the bill doesn’t do all the things that Americans really want it to do … Continue reading Why I’m Glad Health Care Didn’t Die
‘The Free Uniting of Two People’
Feliz Fucking Navidad: Mexico City lawmakers on Monday made the city the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, a change that will give homosexual couples more rights, including allowing them to adopt children. The bill passed the capital’s local assembly 39-20 to the cheers of supporters who yelled: “Yes, we could! Yes, we could!” Leftist Mayor Marcelo Ebrard of the Democratic Revolution Party is widely expected to sign the measure into law. The bill calls for changing the definition of marriage in the city’s civil code. Marriage is currently defined as the union of a man and a … Continue reading ‘The Free Uniting of Two People’
A Saints Christmas
The dream of a undefeated New Orleans Saints season is over and I’m relieved. It’s hard enough to win a championship without carrying that burden. Of course, there are still Cowboys fans lingering in the Quarter and I’ll be delighted when they STFU, saddle up and go back to Texas. Anyway, since I’m in retail, substantive blogging will be light this week so I thought I’d post a *good* Christmas video featuring local hero Kermit Ruffins who is not only a great entertainer but a helluva nice guy. Kermit is one of those people I run into a lot around … Continue reading A Saints Christmas
What We Got
A description here. On top of that, the always-valuable chance to say “suck it” to Republicans and their death panel nonsense. It’s not anything real, but I’d be remiss in leaving it off the list. Digby on why everybody’s still pissed: It’s fairly obvious that the administration and the Democrats always saw the public option as a negotiating chip and fully expected to throw it in at the end. There’s a reason why Obama hedged on it for the last six months. In fact,it seems likely to me that Reid put it back on life support just so they could … Continue reading What We Got
Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “Bag O’ Slime” Edition
Good morning, everyone! Imagine a big burlap bag full of slime and hot pus. Then look into the mind of the Freeperati. But I repeat myself… First up –The bastards!! blockquote> White House Threatens to Close Offutt Air Force Base If Nelson Doesn’t Vote for Obamacare stoptheaclu ^ | 12/15/09 | stoptheaclu Posted onTuesday, December 15, 2009 6:07:05 PM byAmerican Dream 246 Quite an explosive leak! I wonder how this will affect things? /blockquote> The way “explosive leaks” usually affect things for Freepers? It is certainly a thuggish and dangerous thing for Obama to play with National Security over this … Continue reading Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “Bag O’ Slime” Edition
It’s Always The Left’s Fault
If only we’d be nicer: Obama can’t pass anything that doesn’t have unanimous support in the Democratic caucus because of the ruthless obstruction and opposition of the Republican Party. This forces him to govern to the center and make all his compromises with centrist Democrats and/or the two still-existing centrist Republicans in the Senate. The Republican obstruction empowers people like Joe Lieberman. It actually gives veto power to every single senator, but the only way to make up for a defecting Democrat is to win over Olympia Snowe or Susan Collins. So, if Bernie Sanders or Roland Burris revolt, he … Continue reading It’s Always The Left’s Fault
Weekend Question Thread
In honor of a very dear friend graduating from college today: Of what accomplishment in your life are you most proud? A. Continue reading Weekend Question Thread
Saturday Blogwhoring Thread
Post away. Before Basement Ferret up there comes for you. A. Continue reading Saturday Blogwhoring Thread
Icy Blue Heart
There’s something about a Friday evening after a long day at work that makes me want to hear a “tears in your beer” song. Sometimes, it’s classic honky tonk with George Jones or Kitty Wells but tonight my semi-morose thoughts have turned to a singer-songwriter of my own g-g-generation, John Hiatt.Icy Blue Heart is a pure-D “tears in your beer” tune that features one of the greatest opening lyrical couplets ever:p align=”center” class=”asset asset-video” style=”margin: 0pt auto; display: block;”> Continue reading Icy Blue Heart
A Questionnaire
I am having an abortion because: A) I’m a selfish whore B) I’m a selfish whore C) I’m a selfish whore That’s basically the upshot of this nonsense: State Sen. Todd Lamb helped draft the abortion legislation and describes it as “a common sense measure with bipartisan support.” He says the left has tried to skew the law’s intent through a campaign of misinformation. “We’re not trying to embarrass anybody, hurt anybody or make anybody’s identities known. That’s not the purpose of the legislation,” the Republican lawmaker says. “We want to collect hard data that can be a useful tool … Continue reading A Questionnaire
Malaka Of The Week: United States Senate Rules
This is a first for me: past malakas have all been people or reasonable facsimiles thereof. I was originally planning to pick Holy Joe Lieberman as the personification of Senatorial malakatude. But Holy Joe, for alll his unprincipled pomposity and posturing, is merely a symptom of the disease that ails the US Senate. By most counts there were anywhere between 51-56 votes for a public option and 55-59 for a medicare buy in. I’m actually old enough to remember when *every* major piece of major legislation did NOT require a cloture vote. It’s simply ridiculous that a handful of recalcitrant … Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: United States Senate Rules
Glory for the Missus
“In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed.” -W.E. Henley, Invictus Saturday will be a 30-second walk in $1,000 shoes for the woman I love. The sound of Manolo Blahniks clicking across the stage as she gets a pleather diploma holder will likely be drowned out by The Midget and I screaming our damned heads off for her. It’s been 15 years since she started her journey toward this moment. To call it a moment is almost unfair as well. She’ll get a half … Continue reading Glory for the Missus
Friday Ferretblogging
The best part about this time of year, from the boys’ perspective, is that all the packages arriving at the house means lots of new toys: A. ps. Yes, you will get reindeer ferrets as per usual, just next week. They still haven’t recovered from the snowboarding hat incident, so I thought I’d give them a little more time before torturing them again. Continue reading Friday Ferretblogging
Friday Catblogging: Oscar For The Holidays
Thus far we don’t have any good holiday shots of Della Street since she rarely sits still for long but we’ll try and have some for next week. Heeere’s Oscar: Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Oscar For The Holidays
Motherhood and Success
LikeMelissa, the first couple of times I readRichard Cohen’s latest I thought it was a joke, too. The guy is a creepy sex pervert, the sort of “jokey” asshole you wouldn’t want to get too close to at the office party because you’ll spend all your time fending off his sad middle-aged advances. The reasons “there is no female Tiger Woods” are numerous and include “because … oh shut the fuck up, who cares, in case you haven’t noticed the earth is kind of caving in out here so Tiger is welcome to whatever skanky poon he wants so long … Continue reading Motherhood and Success
There’s Too Much Stupid
So here’s a guy playing a kazoo and a ukeylele TOGETHER: A. Continue reading There’s Too Much Stupid
Small Solace and Some Comic Relief
FromAlbum3 As to the latter, we’ll always haveParisBachmann, the small comfort I’ll take in light of the remnants of Health Care “Reform” is that, despite the cretinous efforts of the puny minded (Lieberman, et al), I’m still optimistic…if nothing else, the global market has already addressed the issue of health care, and the United States’ system is recognized for the pathetic boondoggle it is. And I’ll also take small comfort in the knowledge that history paints with a broad brush, and that when all is said and done these same self-important clowns will one day be as obscure as Champ Clark or … Continue reading Small Solace and Some Comic Relief
How it catches you from falling and how it slips away
December: not my favorite month. During the best of Decembers, I’ve usually kept my head down, trying to just plow through it. And there hasn’t been a really great December in a couple of years, though I have to say, with respect to the country, the last one felt better than today. A year ago, we were pissed about Rick Warren at the inauguration, we struggled to accept that Cheney, Bush & Co. would never pay for their 8 year spree, we laughed at Blagojevich’s hair. I was cautiously optimistic about the year ahead. Yeah, we knew the right would … Continue reading How it catches you from falling and how it slips away
Teen Sex Panics Make Me So Tired
Oh, screw Dr. Phil already: “On his show, he says a girl is ‘on her knees in a bathroom,’ going down on a guy. While I think that has probably happened, in all of the stories I have heard from friends, there’s never been one where a middle school kid was doing that,” she says. “I feel like most of us didn’t even know what that was back then.” Girls who engage in oral sex are bad girls, Dr. Phil implies. But surveys conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and first person accounts reveal that most young … Continue reading Teen Sex Panics Make Me So Tired
Faith Healer, Heal Thyself?
I was raised not to speak ill of the dead but I’ve always been convinced that there is a loophole for mockery. I hereby exercise that loophole.Oral Roberts died yesterday at the age of 91. He was an important albeit unfortunate person in American history: the first full-tilt televangelist. Roberts brought old timey, tent show revival Pentecostal bible banging into the modern era. I wish he’d left it back in the days of outhouses and spittoons where it belongs. Roberts was not as overtly political as the next wave of televangelists such as Robertson, Swaggart and Falwell BUT he created … Continue reading Faith Healer, Heal Thyself?
The Best Part of This GOP.am Debacle
Is that the idiot who fucked it all up is insisting he get credit for it: Political Media president Larry Ward told Wired.com that Political Media, which collaborated with the Republican National Committee on GOP.am, is filtering URLs posted the site on an hourly basis, using manual and eventually automated techniques. “Our objective is to keep it clean,” said Ward. “We’re not going to remove someone who puts GOP.am on Barack Obama’s page, we’re not going to remove somebody who puts it on the communist page. The links that we’re going to edit are the pornographic ones, the lewd ones … Continue reading The Best Part of This GOP.am Debacle
FIX IT
I think I’ve told this story before: Once had a colleague, once, used to call in IT when his computer would break. And the IT guy would stand over my co-worker and painstakingly explain what exactly had gone wrong, and how he intended to change this or that to make sure it never happened again, and it would go on for precisely as long as CW could stand it and then he’d get up, look the IT guy right in the face, and yell, “FIX IT!” We don’t care who had to give what to get what, out here in … Continue reading FIX IT
Kids’ Birthday Parties
They’ve changed a bit since I was little, apparently: Hosting a birthday party for your child, ages 1-12 in ten easy steps: 1. Choose a theme. 2. Buy invitations, cups, plates, napkins, spoons, tablecloths, balloons, streamers, games, party favor bags, party favors, and prizes to fit the theme. Get a class list from your child’s nursery or school, and send each child an invitation to insure no hurt feelings. 3. Order a cake to match the theme, and buy drinks, ice cream and treats. Don’t forget candles! Also, pick up some drinks and finger food for the parents that inevitably … Continue reading Kids’ Birthday Parties
Teaching the Boys
For serious: The Tampa BaySt. Petersburg Times has printedthe truly gut-wrenching, tragic story of a 13-year-old girl named Hope Witsell, who committed suicide after a photograph of her breasts, which she sent to a boy’s cell phone, was forwarded all over the school. [snip] And whileeveryone sure as hell seems to be worried about What! We’re! Teaching! Our! Girls! that they send the photographs, no one seems to be saying a goddamn peep aboutwhat we’re teaching our boys when they think that non-consensual sexual conduct is okay. Yet again, apparently consensual female sexuality is seen as a bigger threat to … Continue reading Teaching the Boys
The Dark Side Of El Nino
I’m not talking about some chap from Barcelona or Sevilla, I’m talking about the El Nino weather pattern we’re experiencing this year. (I don’t know how to add a tilde to the N at TypePad so we’ll just have to muddle through.) We New Orleanians *loved* El Nino last summer: it kept those pesky hurricanes away and spared us from having to listen toRay Nagintell us to get the hell out of Dodge like some hipster chicken little. Run, man, run… El Nino in the winter, however, is a different kettle of fish altogether. It is one mean sumbitch and … Continue reading The Dark Side Of El Nino
So What’s Left?
Fuck you, Harry. Fuck you, Joey. May your last days be haunted by the faces of the people you helped condemn to death in the richest country in the entire world. I mean it, what’s left? Walking in to the meeting, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) was asked whether the buy-in, and a triggered public option would be stripped from the compromise. “[L]ooks that way,” Harkin said. “There’s enough good in this bill that even without those two.” As I was alluding last night, I just don’t have confidence we’ll be able to build on this later, which is what most … Continue reading So What’s Left?
I Think I Wanna Write a Book About the Harvard Crimson Now
DAMN, son. (Also, who uses a pica pole anymore? I thought only relics like me even knew what one was.) Epic student journo bitchery via Romenesko. Thank God there was no Internet when I was in college. A. Continue reading I Think I Wanna Write a Book About the Harvard Crimson Now
Sweet!
I’m gonna beCanadian! A. Continue reading Sweet!
Hells Yeah, Austria!
Awesome. A. Continue reading Hells Yeah, Austria!