Month: November 2011

Adrastos, Political Crack1 Comment

Booin’ Rootin’ Tootin’ Putin

Peter Adrastos Athas

The only current European leader who is as big a douchebag as the former Prime Minister of Italy is Vladimir Putin. As you can see in the photo above, Putin and my boy Silvio are bosom buddies but Putin is more likely to discuss the size of his muscles than the size of his dick.The Russian strong man takes that moniker literally: WhenVladimir Putin stepped into the ring at Olimpisky stadium in Moscow after a martial arts fight at the weekend, he might have been expecting to bask in the glory of the Russian Fedor Emelianenko’s victory over the American … Continue reading Booin’ Rootin’ Tootin’ Putin

Adrastos, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks7 Comments

Stay Classy, NASCAR Fans

Peter Adrastos Athas

A bit of tackiness for a Monday morning: NASCAR fans booed Michelle Obama and Jill Biden at the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday. Both the first lady and the vice president’s wife were there to honor military troops and their families and to call attention to companies who have made commitments to hire and train veterans and military spouses. The Associated Pressreports that drivers gave the duo a standing ovation during a pre-race meeting. Here’s the video: http://videos.mediaite.com/embed/player/?content=ZSFXD221BDHH9VX5&content_type=content_item&layout=&playlist_cid=&media_type=video&widget_type_cid=svp&read_more=1 Continue reading Stay Classy, NASCAR Fans

Athenae, Faith, Stupid Republican Tricks6 Comments

A Secular Nation

Newt, Newt, Newt: The quote came from Newt Gingrich, who condemned the very idea of a secular state. “A country that has been now since 1963 relentlessly in the courts driving God out of public life shouldn’t be surprised at all the problems we have,” the thrice-married, serial adulterer said. “Because we’ve in fact attempted to create a secular country, which I think is frankly a nightmare.” Several things. First of all, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I actually miss Bob Dole. I miss the intelligent, high-minded Republican campaigning of the FREAKING 1990s, is how crazy this shitfest … Continue reading A Secular Nation

LOL, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks, Tommy T6 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – special “Razing Cain” edition

Good morning, gentle people – Herman Cain threads have been accumulating like cobwebs in a Freeper’s PC, so let’s do some catching up. We’ll start out with a recent thread, then go back in time, when the Godfather of Godfather’s was the anchovy in the GOP list of ingredients.

First up, it’s –Losing Dennis Miller!

Dennis Miller withdrew his endorsement of Herman Cain
Wednesday November 16, 2011

Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:06:25 PM byBigtigermike

On the O’Reilly Factor tonight…Dennis Miller stated “I’m off the Cain Train.” after endorsing him and helping Cain do a few fundraisers a couple of months ago.

1 posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:06:27 PM byBigtigermike
Exploding head
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To: GeronL

I never trusted Miller.

3 posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:08:05 PM byPolitics4US

Negro, please! You guys have been licking his spittle ever since he lost his HBO show and/or went crazy. You cacked like hens whenMiller called Pelosi “Little Miss Twitchie McMagpie”, You pissed in your pants when hedeclared his allegiance to the teabaggers over the GOP, Don’t give me that “I never trusted Miller” shit. I, unlike you, have a functioning memory.

To: Politics4US

So when he endorsed Cain you posted not to trust him??

5 posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:09:36 PM byontap

Heh.

To: ontap

So strange, that a candidate doing so well would just all of a sudden implode like that.

It almost seems like some sort of set-up. Sadly, I wouldn’t doubt if it was.

6 posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:10:05 PM byLibsRJerks

TinfoilConspiracy
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Let me explain it to you:
You’re crazy.
Cain’s crazy
You felt an affinity for him.
You hang out in this sewer of crazy called Free Republic, because you don’t like to hear opposing views. They make your head hurt, so you ignore the sane people andconvince yourself that the majority of people in this country are just like you, when in fact, they are not onlynot like you, they think you’re bugfuck crazy.
And that brings us back around to Hermain Cain.
Now, I don’t want to go off on a rant here, but creepy red-meat-throwing assholes like Cain, Bachmann, Perry, and Santorum may appeal to the 8% of the 28% that make up the GOP base, but they’re not going to win any national elections. Why not? Because the majority of voters in the country are not crazy!

To: LibsRJerks

Set-up is very likely

7 posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:12:29 PM byGeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)

(sigh)

To: LibsRJerks; GeronL

It almost seems like some sort of set-up. Sadly, I wouldn’t doubt if it was.”

“Likely”

You thinkk he set himself up? I don’t understand. Do you think it was the Bimbos, the no idea wtf he was talking about or the dawning that he REALLY was in over his head?

Seriously, not trying to be a wise guy…don’t you think it was all of the above that sank him?

24 posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:18:24 PM byjessduntno (“They say the world has become too complex for simple answers… they are wrong.” – RR)

BanHimEjection
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To: GeronL

His reason was “He can’t win.” He said that if it weren’t for that, he’d support him in an instant.

23 posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:18:15 PM byBrilliant

See above.
And, of course :

To: cripplecreek

He was a liberal.

20 posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:17:58 PM byPolitics4US

LibrulTreehugger
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To: Reagan Man

Well, the way I read it, Miller was a “f’ing liberal” for withdrawing his endorsement of Cain. Whatever…

But really, any freeper that gets their opinions from a radio host needs to have their head examined. Why? because its all infotainment. The host is there to sell soap and quite frankly, if that host can no longer sell soap, then they will be replaced with a monkey playing a kazoo—as long as that monkey could push the soap!

BeckBlackboard

When the monkey is no longer up to the task, then they will be replaced with a Moose banging on a cowbell!

Rush-reading-newspaper

And when the moose no longer sells the soap, well then it will be replaced with a goldfish singing tiny bubbles…as long as they sell the soap…

127 posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 10:00:26 PM byabigkahuna

Ban.
Him.
More of the Cain Trainwreck after the Crack in the Sky..

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Current Affairs, Doc, Political Crack8 Comments

Cain-ful Arrogance

Herman Cain apparently blew off a newspaper in New Hampshire after blowing up while talking to one in Milwaukee. The New Hampshire Union Leader caught the backlash of Cain’s recent gaffe in discussing President Barack Obama’s policy on Libya with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.The paper video recorded the interview for its website and a segment of it, which showed Cain who answered the Libya question with the grace and certainty of a drunk trying to cross an icy street, went viral. As a result, Cain told the Union Leader that he didn’t want his interview with the UL’s editorial board to … Continue reading Cain-ful Arrogance

Athenae, Big Damn Heroes, Economy4 Comments

There’s a Crack in Everything

It’s how the light gets out: XJ: How did you go about finding someone nearby who would allow you stage this from inside their home? MR: Opposite the Verizon building, there is a bunch of city housing. Subsidized, rent-controlled. There’s a lack of services, lights are out in the hallways, the housing feels like jails, like prisons. I walked around, and put up signs in there offering money to rent out an apartment for a few hours. I didn’t say much more. I received surprisingly few calls, and most of them seemed not quite fully there. But then I got … Continue reading There’s a Crack in Everything

Athenae, Diary9 Comments

Friday Ferretblogging: Say Hi to the Internet, Matilda

HI INTERNET! Yep. I’m a sucker. She came home with me Tuesday. What happened was this. Somebody dropped this ferret off at the local animal control HQ, absolutely starved. As in, she was all fluffy fur and sharp, poking-out bones. She’d been badly neglected, that was for sure, and if she was fed at all clearly it was either the wrong stuff or drastically not enough of it. She’s very, very young — eight months, still a baby with sharp baby teeth and downy baby fur and little baby claws. Animal control called the ferret shelter, and our rescuers picked … Continue reading Friday Ferretblogging: Say Hi to the Internet, Matilda

Adrastos, Malakatude, Sports4 Comments

Malaka Of The Week: David Martin

Peter Adrastos Athas

I’d never heard of David Martin until yesterday and hope to hear as little as possible of him in the future. He’s the owner of a new franchise in the independent Frontier League. His team is located in London, Ontario so he decided it would be clever toname it the Rippers. That’s right, as in Jack the Ripper, the most famous serial killer in history. Mr. Martin is one of those people who thinks that any publicity is good publicity, which is why he’s this week’s exemplar of malakatude. As publicity stunts goes it’s a pretty good one BUT as … Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: David Martin

Adrastos, Diary, Law/Justice, Stupid Republican Tricks5 Comments

Odds & Sods

Peter Adrastos Athas

We’re awaiting the sort of cold front in NOLA that most of y’all would sneer at but I’m looking forward to some cool Northern air. On to today’s menu of items, hopefully they’ll be properly seasoned: Worst legal advice ever: I have no idea WTF Jerry Sandusky’s mouthpiece was thinking when they granted Bob Costas of NBC an interview. Did they expect softball questions because they’re only familiar with my countryman’s work as an Olympics host? Wrong. I thought Bob nailed him and Sandusky’s responses were classic pedophile answers. He performed a modified limited hangout (sorry for the image in … Continue reading Odds & Sods

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WI Poll: 58% Believe Walker Should be Recalled

A new poll shows growing support for the recall of Scott Walker.From Channel3000: The Wisconsin Public Radio/St. Norbert College Survey shows that 58 percent of respondents believe Walker should be recalled from office. That compares with 47 percent who said in April that Walker should be recalled. Walker’s approval ratings are also low, with 58 percent saying they disapprove of the job he’s doing. That’s down from 48 percent in the spring. Continue reading WI Poll: 58% Believe Walker Should be Recalled

Immoral Values, Jude, On Wisconsin3 Comments

It Begins

Recall, you fools! Indeed it does. Yesterday was the kickoff of the drive to recall Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch here in Wisconsin–I believe this fact was noted at this very site yesterday. But, of course, it was also the beginning of stupid Republican nonsense against the recall. Includingvandalizing a business (auto-play video at that link) here in liberal-ass Madison. Keep it classy, Walker supporters. Oh, and the first person who compares dumping a glass of beer on someone’s head to hurling a large and heavy projectile into a place of business gets a free punch in the dick, courtesy … Continue reading It Begins

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media, Sports, Terrorism7 Comments

David Brooks: I Am An Asshole, and Therefore Secretly So Are You

David Brooks cannot bear how superior everyone sticking up for victims of child sexual abuse is these days: First came the atrocity, then came the vanity. The atrocity is what Jerry Sandusky has been accused of doing at Penn State. The vanity is the outraged reaction of a zillion commentators over the past week, whose indignation is based on the assumption that if they had been in Joe Paterno’s shoes, or assistant coach Mike McQueary’s shoes, they would have behaved better. They would have taken action and stopped any sexual assaults. Unfortunately, none of us can safely make that assumption. … Continue reading David Brooks: I Am An Asshole, and Therefore Secretly So Are You

Athenae, Big Damn Heroes, Do Something, On Wisconsin1 Comment

‘I don’t like bullies’

Recall effort begins: On a recent weekday evening, about a dozen people gathered at a small clubhouse on Milwaukee’s east side. These middle aged men and women came to be trained on how to circulate petitions to get the signatures needed to recall Walker. The mere mention Walker’s name sparks a visceral negative reaction among them. For retired police officer John Harrington, the anger runs deep. He says he opposes the state’s new law requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls. “The voter ID thing bothered me a whole lot,” he said. “Besides I’ve had a lifelong aversion … Continue reading ‘I don’t like bullies’

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media7 Comments

Stealing Our Jobs

Amateurs are ruining CNN! Chris Ariens at TV Newser reports that “at least 50 positions are being eliminated [including] as many as 12 staffers in the Washington, DC bureau alone, four of whom are longtime photojournalists.” These numbers pale in comparison to the mass layoffs of 2008, when CNN sacked its entire science, technology, and environment news staff, but it does throw a wrench into the resilient hope that citizen journalists aren’t stealing jobs from professional journalists. Yes. They’re stealing the jobs. All on their own. Those dastardly citizen journalists! It can’t be that CNN’s rapacious profit-mongering has made them … Continue reading Stealing Our Jobs

Adrastos, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks5 Comments

Quote Of The Day: Crazy Eyes Edition

Peter Adrastos Athas

I’ve been ignoring Michelle Bachmann because of the wealth of idiocy from Cain and Perrybut she’s back and loopier than ever: “If you look at China, they don’t have food stamps. If you look at China, they’re in a very different situation. They save for their own retirement security…They don’t have the modern welfare state and China’s growing. Remember when wingers hated commies? I know China is only nominally Communist nowadays but I think Henry Luce just rolled over in his grave. Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Crazy Eyes Edition

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Occupy APEC

Musician Makana plays Occupy song during APEC dinner…hisvideo descriptionrelates: My guitar tech shot this with a camera phone during my performance for the World Leaders Dinner at APEC, which was hosted by the First Family. He had to be extremely discreet as Secret Service had warned those on site that any phones used to capture photography or video would be confiscated. Since he has a guitar tuner app on the phone we were able to justify having it out, but grabbing video was not easy. We were under constant surveillance. Personally I like to have video of every performance. It’s … Continue reading Occupy APEC

LOL, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks, Tommy T10 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Return of the son of Monster Magnate edition

HiBoys
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OK – coffee break’s over – back on your heads!

Iso suits on, people – when I crank open that airlock door, all kinds of Freeperati insanity backlog is gonna spill out. Elspeth is standing by with hoses, just in case.

First up –Drunk or stoopid?? You make the call!

Rick Perry’s ‘truly bizarre’ speech: Was he drunk?
TheWeek.com ^ | October 31, 2011 | TheWeek

Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 4:56:27 AM byiowamark

Texas Gov. Rick Perry raised some eyebrows — and questions about his sobriety — with anunusually expressive speech to a conservative group in Manchester, N.H., on Friday. In the speech, Perry ditched his typically reserved style and instead employed “the sort of tics, facial contortions, mimes, and muggings that one would expect from a comic performer,”says Thomas Lane atTalking Points Memo. The media scuttlebutt is largely based on an anonymously posted YouTube compilation of “highlights” from the speech (watch the clip below), but even some in attendance were perplexed. “It was different,” Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas said. AnotherGOP operative said it reminded him of Democrat Howard Dean’s race-ending “scream” in 2004. Perry’s campaign’s response? The speech simply proves that Perry is “passionate about the issues he talks about.”

The reaction: Perry’s performance was “truly bizarre,”says Libby Spencer atThe Impolitic. “He comes off as pretty well drunk. Or drugged.” Yes, and though it’s not a crime to be “pretty publicly lit,” it’s almost certainly bad politics for a presidential hopeful, says Andrew Sullivan atThe Daily Beast. Well, I doubt he’s drunk, says Josh Feldman atMediaite. But his exuberance is “fun to watch.” I bet “Alec Baldwin will appreciate the material for his next Perry impersonation. Look, “we’re not saying that he’sdefinitely drunk,”says Max Read atGawker, “we’re just saying, watch the whole thing” and judge for yourself. Have a look:

1 posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 4:56:31 AM byiowamark
We have the Freepers who are still smarting from Dubya:

To: iowamark
Perry is a drunk, happens to a lot of boys living with alpha females. Poor thing.
2 posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 5:02:33 AM byorg.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by Perry and his fellow demorats.)

And the ones who are just flat-assed in denial (who are ya gonna believe, the MSM, or your lying eyes?)

To: iowamark

That is the Obama media being cited there, the all lib&homo media there, so f’m.

3 posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 5:05:22 AM bydennisw (What good is a used up world and how could it be worth having – – Sting)

The realists:

To: iowamark
The audience provided the uncomfortable, sympathetic laugh track. It was only missing circus music.

After watching that, you could onlyhope he was drunk. If that’s how he expresses “passion” for issues, as his campaign would have you believe, imagine the potential SOTU addresses.

BTW, it’s probably not a good idea to invoke The Alamo and “victory or death” in a campaign. How’d that work out for those at The Alamo?

5 posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 5:07:18 AM byedpc (My silence IS an answer)
To: iowamark

He definitely looks drunk. His behavior and speech has been radically modified.

8 posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 5:14:36 AM byDo Not Make Fun Of His Ears (Bush called us “vigilantes.” Perry calls us “heartless.”)
To: iowamark

It looks like an SNL skit. Presidential? I think not!

18 posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 6:02:25 AM bymmanager
And the idealists:

To: org.whodat

If you had a speck of decency, you’d be ashamed of your reprehensible comments on Perry threads. Since you don’t and aren’t, we’re left to conclude that your unconscionable vitriol is not simply the result of heated political rhetoric during primary season but is rather part of your character.

11 posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 5:26:29 AM byBuckeyeTexan (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan)
To: iowamark

No, he’s not drunk, he’s clowning around, maybe trying a little too hard to be amusing. No, this non-story will not hurt him in any way. Yes, you Perry haters and Cainiacs are way off base and trying to make something out of nothing and doing your candidate no favors.

29 posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 6:38:24 AM bySudetenland (There can be no freedom without God–What man gives, man can take away.)
Of course, being Freeperville, there’s always some bugfuck-crazy genocidal twatwaffles:

To: edpc
In the end it led to the defeat of mexico and the creation of the Republic of Texas… the guys in the Alamo lost the battle… but caused the following VICTORY in the war with mexico... I only wished we had exterminated mexico after defeating them.

LLS

28 posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 6:31:18 AM byLibLieSlayer (“Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness.” Ronaldo Magnus)

But, by and large, the Freeperati were not amused,

To: indylindy
I didn’t think he was drunk either…but then I thought if he would have been drunk, he at least might have an excuse. LOL

I don’t believe he was drunk either. But if this is how he conducts himself when he is supposedly relaxed then heaven help us all should he ever be confronted with real life problems as a President, like a nuclear crazed despot from say, Pakistan and Iran talking about nuking Israel or even the US! His line then might be something like ‘can’t we all just get along’ (and giggling all the while saying it).

46 posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 8:39:58 AM byRon H. (Conservatives have the Tea Party. The Liberals have the Pee Party.)
To: iowamark
Looked like a Howard Dean moment to me.

We have too many little league candidates playing in a big leauge ball park. Sad.

16 posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 5:51:16 AM byrodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave–Sarah Palin 2012)
YaThink

OK – lots more after the jump, including this week’s election live thread!

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