Month: June 2010

Athenae, Diary9 Comments

Friday Ferretblogging: Puck Edition

So we took Puck to the vet a couple of weeks ago for his regular adrenal cancer meds (he’s been on Lupron shots, for those of you who are ferret-savvy, for more than a year now) and the vet took a look at some strange lumps on his belly and generally worked him over, and basically the sitch is this: His adrenal cancer’s getting worse, and at his age (six and a half) the vet doesn’t recommend a surgery. However, since he’s not in any pain, and he still eats, sleeps peacefully, uses the litter box and plays a little, … Continue reading Friday Ferretblogging: Puck Edition

Athenae, BP Oil Spill, Congress, Political Crack16 Comments

Let Me Be Blunt, Boehner (R-BP): FUCK THAT NOISE

Sorry, Mom. I know you don’t like it when I say fuck so much buthonestly, tell me a better word: In layman’s jargon, the ‘clean up’ may sound like it applies to everything but it doesn’t. There’s the physical removal of the oil and then there’s liability for the damages the spill created — like destroying property, killing certain fisheries, closing a port, etc. As you’d expect, there’s probably an order of magnitude difference between the price tag for the first and the second. And that’s what this all comes down to. No one disagrees that BP is on the … Continue reading Let Me Be Blunt, Boehner (R-BP): FUCK THAT NOISE

Adrastos, So Called Liberal Media4 Comments

More Dumbassery From Politico

Peter Adrastos Athas

You’d think Poltico honcho John Harris would have more important things to write about: When two White House aides last weekend stripped off their shirts for an afternoon of drinking with friends at a Georgetown bar, there was widespread agreement that it exposed something — beyond the pectorals of speechwriter Jon Favreau and press aide Tommy Vietor — about Washington in the age of Barack Obama. There was no agreement about what that something was. Conservative critics said it showed the young Obama crowd needs to get a clue. By these lights, the bare-chested drinking showed the aides acting like … Continue reading More Dumbassery From Politico

Athenae, BP Oil Spill3 Comments

Getting Worse

Mousse: Tarballs and crude oil “mousse” entered into Perdido Bay in northwest Florida on the border with Alabama late on Wednesday, prompting state and local officials to step up skimming operations before the gooey mess taints delicate spawning areas. A variety of fish spawn there, including red snapper, grouper and speckled trout, and Alabama’s primary oyster beds are in the same area as well. Mike Sole, secretary of the FloridaDepartmentofEnvironmentalProtection, said the heavier concentrations — in an area just west of the Florida tourist haven of Pensacola — should continue over the next several days. “We’re going to continue to … Continue reading Getting Worse

Athenae, BP Oil Spill, So Called Liberal Media6 Comments

‘Something of a Publicity Stunt’

Jesus Christ: In a story datelined, “UNDER THE MURKY DEPTHS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO,” Matthewswrites, “Some 40 miles out into the Gulf Of Mexico, I jump off the boat into the thickest patch of red oil I’ve ever seen. I open my eyes and realize my mask is already smeared. I can’t see anything and we’re just five seconds into the dive. “Dropping beneath the surface the only thing I see is oil. To the left, right, up and down – it sits on top of the water in giant pools, and hangs suspended fifteen feet beneath the surface … Continue reading ‘Something of a Publicity Stunt’

Athenae, Immoral Values11 Comments

IVF & Abortion: Silly Girls

Silly, silly, silly women: IVF isn’t just a one time process, where you show up, have some eggs taken out, and go about your way. It requires multiple screenings with doctors, with various meetings throughout your cycle to monitor follicles, check for ovulation, do a retrieval, insert the fertilized eggs, and run betas to check for pregnancy. It requires daily shots of hormones, countless restrictions on activities, and a full-time commitment to the procedure. To imply that the women simply weren’t that interested, that motherhood was some sort of whim that they can easily discard, and that they were only … Continue reading IVF & Abortion: Silly Girls

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Ambulance rides, politicians, and other things that drown people

Last night I muted MSNBC but left the set on to keep up with late returns, settled in with my laptop to plow through the backlog in my feed reader, and tripped acrossthis excellent video interview with DIY force of nature Rachel Flotard, frontwoman for Visqueen, who you might remember from a WWTFUS afew weeks back. Even if you’re not a power pop fan, it’s worth taking the time to watch because, come on, who among us doesn’t like hearing a talented, articulate (and also very hot) scrappy woman from Jersey talk about fighting the good fight? In Flotard’s case, … Continue reading Ambulance rides, politicians, and other things that drown people

Athenae, Happy Democrat Photo1 Comment

Happy Kerry Photo

Oh, if only my boyfriend talked to the Box Turtle Bandit like this: Cornyn: clean power ideas like nuclear power are great but better environmental policies would kill the American economy Tapper: of course Cornyn: let the Japanese hit home runs – America can bunt and hit singles or better still get hit by a Chinese pitch and draw a walk Kerry: Babe Ruth didn’t call a motherfucking single! And by the way there are no fucking taxes in the bill shithead! A. Continue reading Happy Kerry Photo

Adrastos, Music, Stupid Republican Tricks7 Comments

Four Time Loser?

Peter Adrastos Athas

Where would internet wise asses like me be without hypocrisy? Nowhere, man. Speaking of hypocrisy, that well-known proponent of “traditional values” and foe of gay marriage, Rush Limbaugh tied the knot (In his case a noose) for the fourth time recently. Rushbo not only believes in marriage, he believes in divorce. Apparently, traditional values are for peons, not plutocrats like Limbaugh. Compounding the hypocrisy, one of the most famous married (or in a civil partnership) gay men in the world, Elton John, performed at the reception. For a price, for a price. Mr. John’s fee for private events runs from … Continue reading Four Time Loser?

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media9 Comments

The Internet Kills Cat Journalism

Where to begin withtoday’s dose of stupidity: Allegra and Emerson Wong have a website calledCity Felines Blog. A few months back, the cat people posted a story about the suffering of a bunch of birds that died in a fire at a wildlife sanctuary. That created a problem, not because cat people shouldn’t write about birds, but because the story had been reported, edited and published originally not by the cat people but by the newspaper people, otherwise known as the staff of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Now the Wongs are facing a federal copyright infringement lawsuit, and possible damages, … Continue reading The Internet Kills Cat Journalism

Athenae, Immoral Values4 Comments

Failbook: Raising Homemakers

The Internet’s butthole yawns before us. I have several questions with this. 1. Have these people ever seen any movie ever? Because I spend many of my insomniac hours watching shitty movies on late-night HBO and about 9 out of every 10 are about how the kid doesn’t want to take over Dad’s farm, he wants to be a fashion designer/sail a boat around the world/play ice hockey/join the Rebel Alliance. I mean, my parents raised a devoutly Roman Catholic Republican teetotaler who didn’t own pets and would never dream of using the F-word in public, so we know how … Continue reading Failbook: Raising Homemakers

Adrastos, Film2 Comments

And Now For Something Completely Different

Peter Adrastos Athas

Tired of all the bad news? I know I am. Here’s my prescription: read my friendKevin Allman’s interview with John Waters for the Gambit Tabloid. I particularly enjoyed the bit where Waters ‘misremembered’ the late NOLA supermarket chain, Schwegmann’s as Schmegmann’s. It sounds eerily like smegma, which is not a word I use very often. It’s rather hard to work into a sentence… Continue reading And Now For Something Completely Different

Adrastos, BP Oil Spill2 Comments

Another Day, Another Leak

Peter Adrastos Athas

President Obama is under fierce pressure from Louisiana pols to lift the deep water drilling moratorium. There’s fresh evidence that the moratorium is needed.That’s right, there’s another leaky rig: The Deepwater Horizon is not the only well leaking oil into the Gulf of Mexico for the last month. A nearby drilling rig, the Ocean Saratoga, has been leaking since at least April 30, according to a federal document. While the leak is decidedly smaller than the Deepwater Horizon spill, a 10-mile-long slick emanating from the Ocean Saratoga is visible from space in multiple images gathered by Skytruth.org, which monitors environmental … Continue reading Another Day, Another Leak

Adrastos, Current Affairs, Film, Sports1 Comment

Slumdog Olympiad

Peter Adrastos Athas

In the midst of the unrelenting bad news that began the week, there was one quirky ray of sunshine: film directorDanny Boyle may be producing the opening ceremonies for the 2012 London Olympics. The possibilities are endless: a Bollywood style musical number a laSlumdog Millionaire or my own suggestion; a parade of national zombies a la28 Days Later, which would be very interesting indeed. There are alreadyvoices in the UK wondering if Danny should do it because it’s so bloody mainstream but I say go for the, uh, gold… Continue reading Slumdog Olympiad

Athenae, Immoral Values3 Comments

Newspaper Commenters Combat Racist Stereotypes with Barrio Graffiti

Ohjust somebody shoot me: BS spin. I repeat, BS spin. This is something which is being jammed down our throats by radicals who wish to destroy the America many of us have known all of our lives. It has nothing to do with race, green, or any other worthy reason, but simply the nattering by the self-loathers. People come to Prescott to see the beauty of the buildings and the area not to see murals on beautiful brick walls!! Also it was a “slap in the face” to see the pictures of teachers and their kids lining the streets to … Continue reading Newspaper Commenters Combat Racist Stereotypes with Barrio Graffiti

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media1 Comment

‘Video of VP Biden Flying Down a Water Slide — Exclusive!’

Digby asks: Many people think there’s nothing wrong with this. Everybody’s human, it’s fun for the kids. But do you think this sort of thing makes it easier or more difficult for journalists to maintain their independence? Here’s a larger problem than the one of whether this makes them look bought and paid for: IT MAKES THEM LOOK FUCKING STUPID. I mean, if you’re gonna go to something like this, and erm, probably yeah, for God’s sake keep it together enough not to sound like a giggling fucking schoolkid who’s never met a famous person before in his life. It’s … Continue reading ‘Video of VP Biden Flying Down a Water Slide — Exclusive!’

Athenae, Political Crack5 Comments

The Rules

Different for Democrats: One couldobviously argue that while oil continues to spew in the Gulf of Mexico and we fight wars overseas, it’s not fitting and proper for the president to jam at the White House. However, watching the First Family rock out in front of theLansdowne portrait of George Washington–the painting First Lady Dolly Madison is rumored to have rescued from the White House as British troops invaded and burned Washington during the War of 1812–also makes me cringe. HE HAS DEFILED DOLLY MADISON’S SACRED PAINTING BY SINGING NEAR IT! No word on whetherthis was cringe-worthy: I mean, we … Continue reading The Rules

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media8 Comments

Diversity of Opinion

Plenty forPat Buchanan. Buchanan referred to Capitol Hill as “Israeli-occupied territory.” (St. Louis Post Dispatch, 10/20/90) During the Gulf crisis: “There are only two groups that are beating the drums for war in the Middle East — the Israeli defense ministry and its ‘amen corner’ in the United States.” (McLaughlin Group, 8/26/90) In a 1977 column, Buchanan said that despite Hitler’s anti-Semitic and genocidal tendencies, he was “an individual of great courage… Hitler’s success was not based on his extraordinary gifts alone. His genius was an intuitive sense of the mushiness, the character flaws, the weakness masquerading as morality that … Continue reading Diversity of Opinion

Athenae, Terrorism4 Comments

This Excuses Israel How?

Explain this, people: Weakness always begets aggression, and, like clockwork, Obama’s repeated signals that he is weakening America’s commitment to Israel are emboldening the Jewish state’s enemies.From Syria to Iran to Lebanon, from Hezbollah to Hamasand the PLO, the wolves smell blood and are trying to gauge whether they can get close enough for the kill. We heard some of this last week, too, about how Obama was so mean to Netanyahu and that completely made it okay to board a ship and shoot activists in international waters because … WELL JUST BECAUSE OKAY SHUT THE FUCK UP. This argument … Continue reading This Excuses Israel How?

Stupid Republican Tricks, Tommy T2 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “Oily to bed” edition

Good morning, gentle people! There’s still plenty of iso suits to go around, thanks to my ex ( once a New Orleans hooker ), who was able to recommend a service provider in the area to bribe the BP quartermasters into setting some aside for us. I call it, “sluts for suits” Hey – it’s not like they were providing them to clean-up workers, is it? Well, the Freeperati have had their own spin on the BP oilmageddon since the git-go, and it’s as accurate and insightful as one would expect.. Here we go! Black Panthers cause oil well blowout!‏ … Continue reading Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “Oily to bed” edition