Actually it’s a classfied ad that my Cousin Carol scanned and emailed to me. Carol lives in Stoughton, Wisconsin, which is a stone’s throw away from Paul Ryan’s hometown of Janesville. It’s time to play spot the hypocrite: Continue reading Ryan Confidential
I presently give zero fucks about the OMG WE’RE DOOMED vs. SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP going on, as it’s the least productive use of liberal blogs ever. The best possible use of liberal blogs, of course, is to point out how shitty CNN’s political coverage is this morning. There are no facts in this story. It is basically fashion coverage. Demeanor. How Romney and Obama “seemed.” Not what they said, but how they said it. And you know why most post-debate coverage is like that? Because you don’t have to know shit about shit in order to do … Continue reading What Content-Free Coverage Looks Like
Here’s Oscar and Dr. A in a shot taken by our pal Wendy, known to First Draft crack vanners and readers as Elspeth Ravenwind: Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Mama’s boy
There’s been a lot of pontificating punditry in the aftermath of the President’s admitting the obvious: that he supports marriage equality. The trend of administration policy on DADT, DOMA and all sorts of things have made this this the most pro-gay rights administration in history. Some of my brothers and sisters on the left think this was done grudgingly but the mere fact that it was done at all is remarkable. Bill Clinton is the guy who signed DOMA into law when he was triangulating like a crazy monkey. And DADT was the bastard offspring of Clinton’s attempt to end … Continue reading The politics of doing the right thing
There was some confusion as to whether this would occur but it did and I think it was important that it did in order to show that with the Democratic primary over, we are all now ready to throw our shoulders into it and work for Tom Barrett to defeat Walker on June 5th. More info on the rally here. Here is a very short video of the firefighter bag pipers. Mahlon Mitchell, Democratic candidate for Lt. Governor and himself a firefighter appears with the pipers in the beginning of the clip. Just over a minute long in total: Here … Continue reading Unity Rally
Yeah, I know it’s not breaking news that the Mittbot likes to fire people but Muppets? Who would even consider shitcanning Big Bird? Hope the Obama campaign dresses some dude up like Big Bird and sends them to stalk Mitt like this Clintonite chicken that followed Poppy Bush on the trail in 1992: Time for some Mitt/Muppet psychedelia: Via the Guardian. Continue reading Breaking: Mittbot Wants To Fire Big Bird
FromAlbum4 Asbusinesses rake in record profits, Paul Ryan demands that basic assistance for the poor be slashed even further. I’m old enough to remember when supply siders smugly asserted the private sector was inherently faster, better, cheaper, and even pretended trickle down honest-to-Jesus was real. Now they don’t even bother. It’s just a grand experiment to see how much they can shovel to the top before things fall apart. At which point they’ll insist that what we need is…more tax cuts for the rich, and greater austerity for the rest of us. Rinse, repeat. Continue reading Let Them Eat, Oh, I Don’t Know, Bowls Of Steam, I Guess
I think my favorite part was when Clint Eastwood accused Obama of starting the war in Afghanistan without discussing it with the Russians first. I know you were against the war in Iraq, and that’s okay. But you thought the war in Afghanistan was OK. You know, I mean — you thought that was something worth doing. We didn’t check with the Russians to see how did it — they did there for 10 years. In all seriousness, everybody making Stockdale comparisons all over need to step back: Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale died in 2005. He served on the … Continue reading Looking Back at the RNC: On Kerry, Stockdale, and Mitt
For true. So, as everyone in the world has noted by now, the President has affirmed his support for marriage equality. This would seem to be, to borrow a phrase, a big fucking deal. It’s time for those of us on the progressive side of things to down a shot, do a victory lap, and shout WOOOOOOOO in the face of the nearest homophobe we can find (I’d suggest checking the glory hole in the local GOP clubhouse restroom). But of course that can’t happen. At least 1/3 of the people commenting on my Facebook feed said something along the … Continue reading This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Obama has, uh, come out of the political closet and declared his support for same sex marriage. Assist to Joe Biden and Arne Duncan. Continue reading Fuck yeah, Mr. President
The Sixties Zeitgeist has permeatedMad Men this season. I think it’s a good thing but some of our commenters were less certain last week. But how could it be otherwise? We have the two most self aware generations in US history on a collision course: the World War II generation and the baby boomers. We hear a lot about boomer entitlement but less about the absolute certainty of Brokaw’s “greatest generation” whose motto could have been, “We won the war so we don’t have to listen.” It didn’t work out very well in Vietnam did it? On to Mad Men’s … Continue reading Mad Men Thread: Tomorrow Never Knows
Lost my shit has been a hot shit expression around NOLA of late. It’s kind of an odd one when you think about it: shouldn’t you want to lose shit? In any event, we’ve all either lost or nearly lost it in the post-Isaac mess. There are still pockets in the city that do not have power as of this writing. The local utility, Entergy, seems not to have a press/PR operation; either that or they think we’re too fucking stupid to understand a simplified version of utilityspeak. For some reason, the current CEO of Entergy New Orleans is Charles … Continue reading Almost Lost My Shit
Again, we’re talking limited access to my sympathy: All my life, I have believed in the Republican principles of small government, low taxes, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and trade expansion. According to Congressional Quarterly vote studies, I supported President Reagan more often than any other Senator. I want to see a Republican elected President, and I want to see a Republican majority in the Congress. I hope my opponent wins in November to help give my friend Mitch McConnell a majority. If Mr. Mourdock is elected, I want him to be a good Senator. But that will require … Continue reading The Sorrows of Richard Lugar
Four weeks, cats and kittens. Four weeks for all the marbles. Donatehere. Volunteerhere. A. Continue reading Walker vs. Barrett: REMATCH
Revolting: Have you every worked 16 hours in a row? Have you done 16 hour shifts every other day or every 3rd day? Would you like to keep that up for 7 months straight? That is life as some care staff know it at King Veterans Home located about 30 miles Southeast of Stevens Point near Waupaca. Twenty-five staff spoke-up about conditions at the King Veterans Home at a listening session for the public on July 26th at their union hall. This morning one of the staff members, Sara Goodhue, was put on a “disciplinary track” for speaking to WTDY … Continue reading Caring for Veterans for $500 a Week
Photo from here. This time at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee: The first officer on the scene Sunday morning encountered an active shooter and exchanged fire with him, according to Greenfield Police Chief Bradley Wentlandt who briefed media on the scene. The shooter went down and is believed to be dead, said Wentlandt. He said authorities had no evidence of a second shooter. Wentlandt said the officer was hit multiple times, but is expected to survive. He said the officer was a 20-year veteran and “an extremely accomplished tactical officer.” He was taken to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa where … Continue reading Another Mass Shooting
Way to be, NYT: Amid concerns by some that the winner may have problems with a fractured base, the candidates have made an effort to attack Mr. Walker more than one another in the final days before the primary. “People have been really trying to make sure we keep it clean and positive so that no matter who emerges there are no hard feelings, there are no burnt emotions,” said Phillip Walzak, a spokesman for Mr. Barrett’s campaign. Then who’s concerned here? I mean, if “some” are concerned, and if we are “amid” those concerns, it might be nice to … Continue reading Some In Wisconsin Are Concerned, But Not Enough That We’d Quote Them
The New York City Municipal Archive has just released a database of 870,000 photographs onto the internet. People: this is the kind of thing I could spend literally weeks diving into. So, thank God the Atlantic pulled out 53 for me, otherwise y’all wouldn’t see me until June. I’m a huge photography fan and fell in love with Margaret Bourke-White back when I was in high school. With all her flaws, the thing about her that I adored — besides the fact that she was a woman in a male-dominated field, andwalked the scaffolding of the fucking Chrysler Building while … Continue reading We Used To Be Giants
Do you like theater? What’s your favorite play? I’m a sucker for some Shakespearean Henry, myself. My local Shakespeare theater group did a Henry V last summer that blew my entire mind. It was this steampunk-WWI version and it was all stripped-down gorgeousness. It didn’t make me forget Kenneth Branagh but it did give me the feeling I got when I first saw his, which is to say I kind of walked around in a daze for a day or so afterwards. And I was officially off musicals (overdose culminated in Wicked which feels like the Beatles to me, like … Continue reading Weekend Question Thread
Vidal week continues with this 2008 British teevee show: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Gore Vidal on The South Bank Show
Before Camp Randall was a football stadium. They worried people would forget. It might seem odd now, even 150 years after the Civil War, that anyone would not remember the terrible fight to preserve the United States. But that fear of losing the collective memory spurred veterans – both Confederate and Union – to construct monuments and memorials. So 100 years ago, a large arch of gray granite was rapidly built in a few months on property set aside for a memorial at a cost of $25,000 and dedicated at Camp Randall, Wisconsin’s largest Civil War training camp. It still … Continue reading The War is Never Over
When, oh when, will political reporters’ favorite carnival clowns become FUN again? The 2010 midterm elections were marked by ubiquitous images of voters waving Gadsen flags in the sun, women with tea bags hanging from their hat brims, and determined men in Paul Revere costumes shouting proclamations. What happened to those people? If you ask the people who helped organize the tea party into a movement, they’ll readily concede that tea party rallies this election cycle are not as prolific as they were in 2010. But they say they’re doing one better this year: Instead of simply rallying, they’re organized … Continue reading They Can’t Help Loving the Tea Party
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY, BITCHES! Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel appeared on Fox Business Tuesday afternoon and expressed strong resentment for having to provide more health care coverage to sicker Americans in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the constitutionality of Obamacare. [snip] SIEGEL: Tom, that the untold story. There has been no consideration to the fact that many physicians do not take insurance. Many surgeons don’t take insurance…The more Obamacare floods the gate, the less they will take insurance. If they’re not getting paid and an insurance company says, I have to cut somewhere. They … Continue reading Fox News, Kids: In Honor of Freedom, Fat People Should Die
New Orleanians have a great deal of fun at the expense of our neighbors in St Bernard Parish. Most of it is good natured based on the bizarre politics andheavy yat accents of folks in what they themselves call da Parish. End of expository opener. An arrest was recently made in a long unsolved murder case. It’s one of the juiciest true crime stories I’ve seen in a long time. It’s got everything: famous gangsters, crooked pols, femme fatales and a pet cemetery.The Sunday Picayune had a front page story on the case and I thought y’all wound find it … Continue reading NOLA Notes: True Crime In Da Parish
I wonder if the telephone was destroying journalism at this point, since the proto-Internet hadn’t yet allowed the great unwashed to voice their opinions. A. Continue reading Blogger Ethics, WWII Edition
Then check out Cain TV.That’s right, Cain, as in pizza slinging, bad crooning, skirt chasing Herman Cain. He’s now a satirst instead of a joke. Actually, he’s both but I try to be nice sometimes… Continue reading Feeling masochistic?
Good morning, gentle people – Firefox crashed and took an hour (it normally takes 3 to 4 hours to do an “Obsession”) of unsaved post with it, so this version is going to be marginally less inspired than the original.
Same starting spot, though –Newt goes(for) broke!
Newt Gingrich Campaign Suspension Announcement May 2, 2012
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SuspensionA ^ | 5/02/2012 | cspan.orgPosted on Wednesday, May 02, 2012 3:08:54 PM bysheikdetailfeather
Sheik?
Sheik???
OMG! The Ay-rabs have invaded Free Republic! Get Ray Stevens on the phone, STAT!
Newt Gingrich announced the suspension of his campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nominee.
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He did not endorse Romney. Shep said we all must be bored with what he said and Ed Rollins said he self imploded and is a sore loser. Fox is livid. Newt got a lot in about what should be done
in every realm and how the presidency is a small part of where we can focus to make a difference.He went into a lot of detail.1 posted on Wednesday, May 02, 2012 3:09:11 PM bysheikdetailfeather
To: sheikdetailfeatherNewt’s campaign isdeep in debtin deep shit.
I believe he is suspending, not ending, his campaign for the same reason that Rick Santorum did: A suspended campaign can still raise money. They can still leverage their delegates at the convention to get favorable language to conservatives in the platform and/or ensure a conservative, not a RINO, is put in the Veep slot.
4 posted on Wednesday, May 02, 2012 3:16:29 PM byVigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
…but he plays one on TV.
Romney just lost his “delegates” in Massachusetts.
THEY REFUSE TO BOW TO HIM, like you.
9 posted on Wednesday, May 02, 2012 3:21:53 PM byDiogenesis (“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. ” Pres. Ronald Reagan)
Here we go again.
To: sheikdetailfeatherThe only difference between the bastard and Willard is that one is half white and the other is white…or, one is half Kenyan and the other is half Mexican.
16 posted on Wednesday, May 02, 2012 3:38:11 PM byGatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
To: Cincinatus’ WifeYep. I hear you. Since this election, I have heard so many things on Fox against Newt. Shameful. Beck today said he does not know why Newt is announcing he will announce a suspension. “We all get it and his donors got it long ago. Nobody notices,” he said. “We all know you are not going to be president.” I wonder what it is in Beck that wants to kick someone when they are on the ground and keep kicking them when he keeps talking up love so much?
21 posted on Wednesday, May 02, 2012 4:01:09 PM bysheikdetailfeather (“We Need To Teach The Establishment a Lesson” – Newt Gingrich)To: sheikdetailfeather; Gator113; onyxI posted this on another thread about this:
I saw/heard the speech and it was grand. I could not believe what Shep and Rollins said about Newt afterward. It was horrible and disgusting, protraying Newt as a crazy man who never should have run. Shep said he doubted anyone kept listening to the end of the speech.
I will never listen to Shep’s news programs again.
I’ve stopped watching Fox lately and watching movies instead but I knew Newt was going to speak today so had Fox on. I doubt CNN was as horrible as Fox reporting the speech. Newscasters are supposed to report news, not call people crazy.
I am thoroughly disgusted and angry at Fox. That’s it for me and Fox.
Now, I’m watching “Night of the Living Dead”, a zombie movie. It will be nicer than what Shep said.
At least zombies don’t talk.
To: MarcellaIsn’t it interesting that Newt was a regular commentator on Fox and well respected by them until he ran for president and now he is talked bout like a dog?He must be shocked at their viciousness.
23 posted on Wednesday, May 02, 2012 4:19:52 PM bysheikdetailfeather (“We Need To Teach The Establishment a Lesson” – Newt Gingrich)
To: onyxHe’s not only gonna endorse Romney, he’s going to ‘sell’ his endorsement for the price of Romney helping him retire his campaign debt.
At least Santorum’s price for endorsing Romney is getting Romney to agree to some of Santorum’s pet projects.
The beloved, or should I sayformerly beloved Mr. Herman Cain made a very fervent endorsement of Romney.
Wonder what Sarah will do?
Whatever it is, I justknowit’s gonna involve kneepads.
Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “Mitt hits the fan” edition”
People are starting to gather at the Capitol. NBC reports race too close to call Continue reading Evening at the WI Capitol
