Month: March 2010

Adrastos, Congress, Law/Justice9 Comments

The Perils Of Perriello

Peter Adrastos Athas

Another “isolated incident” and perhaps the most egregious one thus far: Politico.com reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has visited the home of Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello’s brotherfollowing the release of an address by a member of the Lynchburg Tea Party. Politico confirmed with a Perriello aide that a severed propane gas line was discovered at the home. The blog post, written byMike Troxel (andpresently down due to bandwidth issues), allegedly delivered what the blogger thought was Congressman Perriello’s home address. However, the address is that of Perriello’s brother, who was not immediately available for comment. The Lynchburg … Continue reading The Perils Of Perriello

Athenae, Faith3 Comments

Fairy Tale Logic

Poetry for your morning: Fairy tales are full of impossible tasks:Gather the chin hairs of a man-eating goat, Or cross a sulphuric lake in a leaky boat, Select the prince from a row of identical masks, Tiptoe up to a dragon where it basksAnd snatch its bone; count dust specks, mote by mote, Or learn the phone directory by rote.Always it’s impossible what someone asks— You have to fight magic with magic. You have to believeThat you have something impossible up your sleeve, The language of snakes, perhaps, an invisible cloak, An army of ants at your beck, or a … Continue reading Fairy Tale Logic

Geek Cred, Music, VirgoTex11 Comments

Pancakes with a side of Hendrix

First up, I gotnothing againstJakob Dylan. He’s written some verydecent songs. Also, one cannot argue with genetics — man’s got a sweet voice that’s weathered smoothly over time, solid musical instincts, and not for nothing, he’s awful nice to look at. (see: “dyke, not blind”) When I read thatT-Bone Burnett, Academy Award winner, definitely on the short list of greatest producer/songwriter/performer genius guys around, had signed on to produce a second album with Dylan, I thought it sounded like a cool idea but didn’t think much more about it. What got my attention was when I saw they wanted not … Continue reading Pancakes with a side of Hendrix

Adrastos1 Comment

Protest, NOLA Style

Peter Adrastos Athas

We do *everything* differently in New Orleans. In protest of another round of budget cuts from the Jindal Administration, students and faculty at the University of New Orleans staged a Jazz Funeral for UNO. No teabaggery for us; no siree. The video is courtesy of theGambit Tabloid blog: p align=”center” class=”asset asset-video” style=”margin: 0pt auto; display: block;”> Continue reading Protest, NOLA Style

Athenae, Of Interest10 Comments

Things Today That are Awesome

SIKHS, bitches! SAN ANTONIO – The soldiers in standard-issue fatigues andcombat boots stood side-by-side repeating their creed: “I am anAmerican soldier. I am a warrior and a member of a team. I serve the people of the United States and live the Army values …” Capt. Tejdeep Singh Rattan was no different except that he wore a full beard and black turban, the first Sikh in a generation allowed to completeU.S. Army basicofficer training without sacrificing the articles of his faith. He completed the nine-week training Monday after Army officials made an exemption to a policy that has effectively preventedSikhs … Continue reading Things Today That are Awesome

Athenae, Happy Democrat Photo4 Comments

‘We Got a Banquette Full o’ Broads, They Got a Table Full o’ Fellas’

Today in pictures: Reuters Pictures 15 minutes ago U.S. PresidentBarack Obama signs the healthcare legislation during a ceremony in the East Room of theWhite House in Washington, March 23, 2010. Obama sealed a hard-fought victory on Tuesday by signing into law a landmark healthcare reform measure that will help shape his legacy and theDemocrats‘ chances of holding power in theU.S. Congress. AP Photo 16 hours ago HouseRepublican Conference Chairman Rep.Mike Pence, R-Ind, accompanied by Rep.Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. , discusses health care legislation during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 23, 2010. A. Continue reading ‘We Got a Banquette Full o’ Broads, They Got a Table Full o’ Fellas’

Athenae, Congress, Stupid Republican Tricks3 Comments

So What Happens Now?

Let the Rude Pundit take it away: Here’s what’s going to happen after the vote on the reconciliation bill in the House on Sunday: Almost every Tea Partyer who was out there protesting will go the fuck away. They will devote whatever energy they have left to posting comments on blogs and Facebook pages. Their leaders, desperate to still be relevant and still draw a paycheck, will try to come up with some other phantom issue to whip up enthusiasm. But once it passes, no one will give a shit except the people it helps. The Civil War won’t be … Continue reading So What Happens Now?

Adrastos, Congress, Current Affairs, Law/Justice, Stupid Republican Tricks15 Comments

The Other N Word: Nullification

Peter Adrastos Athas

The spirit ofJohn C. Calhoun andRichard Russell is abroad in the land again in aletter to the Picayune: If “we the people” allow the federal government to destroy our right to decide an issue as important as our personal health care, then we are no longer free people but have become serfs of our political masters in Washington. We must act now to overcome the tyranny of the political status quo and return political authority to the people of the once-sovereign states. Citizens of Louisiana should contact their state legislators and insist that they pass a joint resolution nullifying the … Continue reading The Other N Word: Nullification

Stupid Republican Tricks, Tommy T6 Comments

Bonus Obsession with the Freeperati – special HCR morning-after edition!

p>Well, they had their version of a crack van this weekend – it started like this:blockquote>

LIVE
HEALTH CARE THREAD ~ SATURDAY & SUNDAY

20 March 2010

Posted onSaturday, March 20, 2010
9:07:53 AM bySE Mom

Edited onSunday, March 21, 2010 7:00:38 AM
byAdmin Moderator.
[history]

10 AM Rules Committee meeting (C-span2 LIVE all day)

(calendar snip)

5:15
p.m.: The House will vote on the reconciliation package.

5:30
p.m.: The House will debate for 15 minutes on a Republican substitute
and then vote on the substitute.

6 p.m.: The House will vote on
the final reconciliation package.

6:15 p.m.: If the reconciliation
bill passes, the House will immediately vote on the Senate bill,
without debate.

Updates, news, and action reports from D.C. and elsewhere!

May
God bless our country!

1
posted onSaturday, March 20, 2010 9:07:53 AM
bySE Mom

blockquote>

To: SE Mom

http://thehayride.com/2010/03/no-bill-no-cbo-numbers-bad-sign-for-obamacare/

Obamacare Death Watch (Update #96)
Posted on March 20th, 2010 by Ryan Booth Submit We’ll be updating this
entry all weekend. Follow us on Twitter for notifications of the latest
updates.

Update 3-20, 8:55 AM: As I predicted last night, prospects for a
Stupak deal appear to be collapsing.I’m putting the word “death” back
in the thread title — shame on me for taking it out.

Looks like the Admin mod took it back out. Probably a good idea, considering how it turned out for you.

Update 3-20, 8:00 AM: Stupak was right. Back on Wednesday, he told
The Hill in an interview:

“They’ll call me the night before and say, ‘Hey, we’ve got to work
this out. We don’t have the votes,'” he said. “Then we get serious.”

3
posted onSaturday, March 20, 2010 9:11:03 AM
byCOUNTrecount
(Barry…above his poi grade.)

div class=”a2″>To: SE Mom

A guy on FX Business just said that the ‘abortion compromise’ was
deadand the ‘path to 216 [yes]’ was not there.

13
posted onSaturday, March 20, 2010 9:14:23 AM
byPerdogg
(“Is that a bomb in your pants, or are you excited to come to America?”)

Well, considering that the business geniuses at Fox News also said the 20007-2008 market crash wasn’t happening, and wasn’t really a market crash, and that you should stock up (heh) on shares of Countrywide, I’d take that advice with a carload or two of salt.

To: SE Mom

Stupak is the Dems “fly in the ointment.” Unless Pelosi decided
to compromise and meet the demands of Stupak last night, his press
conference will be about why he is voting “NO” and what the Democrats
can do to get him to “YES.”

Stupak will be the American people’s hero at the end of this.

16
posted onSaturday, March 20, 2010 9:14:44 AM
bytruthandlife
(“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of
the LORD our God.” (Ps 20:7))

Is he your hero now?

The rest after theEntrechat …

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Athenae, Economy5 Comments

Nobody is Pure

According to glibertarian standards: This Salon piece about well-educated 20- and 30-somethings buying organic and artisan food from their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program allotment has been making the rounds; One Story Up’sMegan Cottrell hasmore over at change.org. It’s been causing consternation in the usual circles, and while it’s raised some compelling questions about why the cheap, shitty food that the poor are apparently supposed to confine themselves to is actually cheap (here’s a hint), I’d been looking for something brief and resonant to squeeze the matter into a ball, as it were. And fortunately, Reason came through. One of the … Continue reading Nobody is Pure

Athenae, Economy5 Comments

How We Live Now

100-year-old woman facing eviction from her farm: One of the great treasures in our area needs help. You might not have heard of Agnes Albinger, but you should know what’s happening to her. For the past 60 years, Albinger has farmed a little bit of everything by herself on approximately 70 acres she owns along Interstate 57 in Monee. Some of her best success came raising kids – 40 foster children have called the Albinger farm their home. When she turned 100 in August, more than 60 people threw a party in her honor at a pub in town. An … Continue reading How We Live Now

Athenae, Congress4 Comments

Happy Democrat Videos: Nancy and Louise Editions

Because seriously, they laid the SMACK DOWN yesterday. I watched nine hours of C-Span, NINE HOURS, because I love you and know you would want me to do that, so I got to see Louise Slaughter take the Republicans’ lunch money about a million times: And then Nancy’s milkshake brought all the boys to the yard: I really don’t think it can be overstated, how crazy tough Nancy Pelosi had to be to get this bill through the House, with Stupak Stupak-ing all over the place and conseravtive Democrats running scared and even Obama being all, “It’s my bill, no … Continue reading Happy Democrat Videos: Nancy and Louise Editions

Athenae, Congress, Stupid Republican Tricks15 Comments

Since I Must, David Frum

People keeping e-mailing me aboutDavid Frum, and … look. I don’t have a single ounce of respect for this asshole. If he didn’t know he was getting in bed with these squirrel nuts years ago, if he didn’t realize when he was humping Bush’s leg that these were the people keeping his heroic preznit and his party in power, if he couldn’t figure out from the screams coming from the basement that his empire was built on the human equivalent of rabid circus animals, then he is so criminally stupid he should be institutionalized for his own safety. And if … Continue reading Since I Must, David Frum

Stupid Republican Tricks, Tommy T4 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “Critical Hate” edition

Good morning everyone!

We’ll have a short version of Obsession this morning, as I was blog-and-CSPAN bound yesterday and Friday (as I suspect many of you were).

There’ll be a bonus HCR Obsession up tomorrow (If Ms. A approves) on Freepers’ reactions to this weekend’s vote, but for now, let’s start with something so odious that I cross-posted it to the GOS.

It’s called –Freepers say- “They deserved to get dragged
behind a car”

p>Well, no one ever accused Freepers of having any
humanity, but this surprised even me.

A freeper posted this from the “Newsbusters” site:

ABC: Anti-ObamaCare Protest ‘Turned Very Ugly’ with ‘Racial and
Homophobic Slurs’

Newsbusters ^ | 3/20/10 | Brent Baker

Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2010 2:23:54 AM by ICAB9USA

Though by their own count “thousands” of anti-ObamaCare protesters
gathered outside the Capitol building on Saturday, ABC decided to smear
the entire cause by stressing the despicable actions of a handful or
even fewer as anchor David Muir announced in setting up the first story
on Saturday’s World News:

“Protesters against the plan gathered on the streets of the capital
where late today we learned words shouted turned very ugly, reports of
racial and homophobic slurs, one protester actually spitting on a
Congressman.”

Did the spitting and gay-bashing make the Freepers uncomfortable?

Um – not exactly.

They seem torn between saying it didn’t happen, that it did happen but
it was done by liberals to make them look bad, and that they had it
coming.

Take it away, Freeperati!

To: ICAB9USA

Agent provocateurs.

2 posted on Sunday, March 21, 2010 2:25:13 AM by Dr. Eckleburg (“I
don’t think they want my respect; I think they want my submission.” –
Flemming Rose)

Thought I was kidding, didn’t you?

o: ICAB9USA

re: Late word from Washington tonight about just how ugly the
crowds gathered outside the Longworth office building have become. We
learned that as Congressman Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri was leaving his
office someone in the crowd spit on him. There are also reports of
racial and homophobic slurs, one targeting Congressman John Lewis
…______



Most likely none of this occurred.

3 posted on Sunday, March 21, 2010 2:25:47 AM by ICAB9USA (It’s all
okay. Harkin is busy passing RIGHTS for the American people.)

Anger…denial…wake me up when we get to acceptance.

blockquote>

To: ICAB9USA

It’s not the protestors fault that the cowardly public servants
inside the Capitol kept referring to them as “tea baggers”. Those
piggies are the ones who need to apologize to the homosexuals, not the
protestors.

6 posted on Sunday, March 21, 2010 2:28:28 AM by FlingWingFlyer (How
much did your congressman’s vote go for? Mine got two bits. Her going
price.)

They still seem upset about the “teabagger” thing.

Perhaps they should put some more thought and research into their
next meme?

And of course, it only takes them seven posts to get from zero to
James Byrd.

To: ICAB9USA

You know what? It has gotten to the point where if it did happen, I
could stand to give a crap. They do not give a crap about our consent
but will get their panties in a wad if they are insulted?They
deserved to get dragged behind a car.

Do they, now?

7 posted on Sunday, March 21, 2010 2:30:41 AM by Bad Jack Bauer(Fat
and Bald? I was BORN fat and bald, thank you very much!)

Fat, bald and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

More after the you-know-what…

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Athenae, Congress3 Comments

The American People are Good and Decent

Listening to hours and hours of nitwittery today, between C-SPAN and MSNBC and reading along on Twitter, it’s easy to think this country just completely sucks. I mean completely. Between the teabagger theatrics and Stupak’s self-serving horseshit you had to start wondering if the eco-terrorists were right and human beings really were a curse on the planet. But even in the midst of this crisis, even faced with indisputable evidence that many of our beloved countrymen are total assholes, there is proof many of them have always cared aboutpeople poorer than they are: Long ago I was a young welfare … Continue reading The American People are Good and Decent

Athenae, Congress, Stupid Republican Tricks8 Comments

Steve King is in MORTAL KOMBAT

Guys, Steve King is a major hardass: Rep. Steve King (R-IA), onracial and gay slurs being hurled at Democratic congressmen: “I just don’t think it’s anything. … There are a lot of places in this country that I couldn’t walk through. I wouldn’t live to get to the other end of it.” And you know, I’m sure if somebody asked him, he’d say that there was some mythical black or Hispanic neighborhood someplace where his pasty, privileged ass was in danger. Because I can look at that photo and hear the minivan’s automatic door locks ker-thunk into place as he … Continue reading Steve King is in MORTAL KOMBAT

Athenae, Immoral Values8 Comments

Bart Got What He Wanted

Nothing of substance, of course:The current batshit insane law will be applied to any new things created, until such time as all Republicans stop calling Democrats babykillers, which will happen any old day now. No, Bart got what he wanted, which was lots and lots and lots of attention. What a penile implant he is. Go run for president now, Bart. Go let Tweety suck you off. Go run back to your district, Bart, and talk about how you’re the epitome of principle and righteousness for holding out until the very last minute so that you could get your face … Continue reading Bart Got What He Wanted

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media6 Comments

Oh, They’re Considering a Correction

Thank God: Here is what I found: O’Keefe almost certainly did not go into the Acorn offices in the outlandish costume — fur coat, goggle-like sunglasses, walking stick and broad-brimmed hat — in which he appeared at the beginning and end of most of his videos. It is easy to see why The Times and other news organizations got a different impression. At one point, as the videos were being released, O’Keefewore the get-up on Fox News, and a host said he was “dressed exactly in the same outfit he wore to these Acorn offices.” He did not argue. But … Continue reading Oh, They’re Considering a Correction

Athenae, Political Crack6 Comments

WHOA

I meanWHOA: Rove: “This thing is paid for with Bernie-Madoff-style accounting. … It’s a gigantic disaster.” Plouffe: “Karl and the Republicans would be familiar with that.” Rove: “You will bankrupt the country if this bill passes. … For God’s sake, will you stop throwing around epitaphs [sic] and deal with the facts for once, David? … We will fight the election on this,. and the Democrats will have significant losses in the House and Senate as a result of this bill.” Plouffe: “If Karl and a lot of Republicans want to call the election already, they ought to break out … Continue reading WHOA

Athenae, Congress7 Comments

‘We’re a Day Away’

Obama today: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640 Visit msnbc.com forbreaking news, world news, andnews about the economy Fuck theseracist fucks: “It was like going into the time machine with John Lewis,” said Carson, a large former police officer who said he wasn’t frightened but worried about the 70-year-old Lewis, who is twice his age. “He said it reminded him of another time.” Kristie Greco, spokeswoman for Democratic Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., said a protester spit on Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., who is black. Clyburn, who led fellow black students in integrating South Carolina’s public facilities a half century ago, called the behavior “absolutely shocking.” … Continue reading ‘We’re a Day Away’

Adrastos, Congress, Political Crack

Princella and the Accidental Congressman

Peter Adrastos Athas

My temporary Congressman, Joseph Cao, has been back in the news this week. As you may recall, Cao voted *for* HCR the first time it passed the House but he’s looking more and more like a no this time around. He’s wavered and temporized a bit because he’s so polite to whomever he talking to but he was a Jesuit seminarian before deciding he wanted to get married. In short, he’ll do what the Bishops tell him to do absent some major changes in the bill’s abortion language. It would be wise for him to change his mind since it … Continue reading Princella and the Accidental Congressman

Athenae, Geek Cred5 Comments

Our Parents Do More Drugs Than We Do: Caprica Thread

Jacob: blockquote> What bugged me aboutBSG and continues to bug me with Zoë, though, is that while her methods are correct, her real/fake judgment is wrong. It’s a false analogy. Like Stephin Merritt explains aboutmusic, electric distortion synthesizer music and live acoustic recordings are the exact same amount of lie. One of them justseems more legit. And what I’ve never seen — except in the Eights, and maybe Gaius at the end — is anybody grasp that fact. I’mknown to rant about it myself, but it seems integral to Zoë’s scarier ideas (and Barnabas’s even moreso) that she cannot grasp … Continue reading Our Parents Do More Drugs Than We Do: Caprica Thread