Nothing But LOLCATS!

Apparently it’s Be That Guy Who Deplores the Tone in the Room Day. Lucky me. There’s been a lot of talk in the navel-gazing media about the fact that the New York Times is partnering with Buzzfeed to cover the conventions later this summer. Here’s what I don’t get with all the condescension towards Buzzfeed and Gawker: in what world is having your work featured beside Honey Badger mash-ups and side-boob shots more damaging to your journalistic reputation than kissing up to Joe Scarborough and Hugh Hewitt and Laura Ingraham? All these serious journalist motherfuckers (Tapper, Fineman, Halperin, Allen, etc.) … Continue reading Nothing But LOLCATS!

Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Sioux Spaceman

I’m fond of Westerns and as I’m overly fond of saying they’re the root of most of today’s action genres. Edgar Rice Burroughs was one of the grandaddies of sci-fi and his books gave their heroes a space helmet instead of a stetson; other than Tarzan who was hatless except when Cheetah sat on his head. This week’s pulp cover takes that whole mixed hat thing to it’s logical extreme: Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Sioux Spaceman

A Country of Assholes Part 312

Boy are we ever: Selective Enforcement“The Quinn administration is gearing up to hire a company to check the eligibility of Medicaid patients, a key part of a plan to cut $1.6 billion a year from the health insurance program for the poor,”Crain’sreports. Also, neither the Quinn nor Emanuel administrations are hiring companies to check the eligibility of tax subsidy and TIF recipients. They already know most don’t qualify. A. Continue reading A Country of Assholes Part 312

Goodbye Rubio Tuesday

The national political press corps has been easy on the Romney campaign. Why? They lean right nowadays plus it’s a better story if the election is close but yesterday’s Rubio fest was so ineptly handled that they had to whap Mitt’s minions upside the head. Romney’s handlers spent the whole day stepping on their collective dicks with the whole Rubio isn’t being vetted for Veep thing. Then the big dick tried to tamp down the story by saying only two people knew who was being seriously vetted. Really? Sounds not only implausible but impossible. Does Mitt expect us to believe … Continue reading Goodbye Rubio Tuesday

Mindless Blare

I worked in a bookstore in college, best job ever, and my boss used to deep-six rude customers who acted like dicks. One got thrown out collar-and-belt. His reasoning was that they weren’t there to spend money anyway, they just wanted to throw their weight around in front of powerless people, and we didn’t need them as much as we needed our dignity. I loved that boss and would have taken a bullet for him and every other employee felt the same way, and our customers were loyal because of it. Mitch Albom would have been kicked to the curb … Continue reading Mindless Blare

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Ship Of Tools edition

Good morning, everybody – since the Great Romney purge of ’12, the average IQ of the Freeeperati seems to have dropped by double digits, and when you’re starting out in the double digits, that’s significant.

Frankly, I have house plants with more intelligence, and bass guitar stings with more cognitive ability.

Kibitzer is fascinated by The Mystery Of The Double Posts, so the first one’s for tha K-dawg.

It’s Scarborough Unfair!

Scarborough To Conservatives: “Stay In Your Mother’s Basement” [Video]
Real Clear Politics ^ | June 12, 2012 | Morning Joe

Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:07:07 AM by Third Person

Joe Scarborough to Jeb Bush opponents: “You know, you can go online and act like a jackass and say what you want to say and now everybody is calling Jeb Bush a RINO (Republican in name only). Just shut the hell up.You can stay in your mother’s basement, you can eat your Cheetos, you can type on your dingy laptop. That’s all you got, but you are not the future of the Republican Party. So just keep screaming at your walls downstairs, your day is done.”

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What an establishment tool. You’re an ass, Joe boy!
1 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:07:18 AM by Third Person
Scarborough may not be the sharpest tool in the bag of hammers, but there’s not enough wattage in this entire thread to power a LED nightlight:

To: Third Person

Joe. Look at the election results. We are the ones out there with jobs, businesses, paying taxes, and are winning every election in most parts of the country.

You’re also paying his salary by watching his show, so it all evens out.

We are the majority, and we are going to change the way Washington functions…like it or not.

2 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:09:24 AM by ilgipper

Not only are they “the majority”, they’re also the best and the brightest!

To:Third Person

Hey Joe, at least we do not get paid to show off our stupidity.

3 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:09:57 AM by Stayingawayfromthedarkside

That’s telling him!

To: Third Person

Hey Joe, at least we do not get paid to show off our stupidity.

4 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:10:16 AM by Stayingawayfromthedarkside

That’s telling him again!

To: Third Person

Hey Joe, at least we do not get paid to show off our stupidity.

6 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:10:25 AM by Stayingawayfromthedarkside

I have to assume that you’re doing it for free.

To: Third Person

Hey Joe, at least we do not get paid to show off our stupidity.

7 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:10:53 AM by Stayingawayfromthedarkside

Fuck. At least L. Ron Hubbard got paid a penny a word to show off his stupidity.
Kibitzer? Take Stayingawayfromthedarkside back to his toxic waste-of-time drum and plop him back in – he’s not done yet.

To: Third Person

And what’s this nonsense about being in mom’s basement? I do believe that the Tea Party and conservatives skew OLDER, not younger.

OldManComputer
I can’t understand it! I keep hitting the “Post” button and nothing’s happening!

Alot of retirees trying to hang onto their savings and middle-aged people with jobs. He’s got us mixed up with the Occupiers.

10 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:14:32 AM by miss marmelstein

Um – the Occupiers get out of their “parents’ basements” and Occupy public places. That’s why they’re called “Occupiers”. You’ve got them mixed up with your yelling-at-clouds brigade.

To: Third Person

The Republicans (conservatives) I know are members of the ‘Productive Class’.

They understand how to create value and generate economic growth.

Romney-trump-fired

They don’t do that from their ‘mother’s basement’.
Joe “Chocker” Scarborough is a dumbass.

15 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:20:04 AM by griswold3 (Big Government does not tolerate rivals.)
To: Third Person

I’d like to hear Joe talk about his dead aide.

13 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:17:10 AM by nolongerademocrat (“Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have.” B’rachot 30b)
Hit him with your bag of Chee-tos – that’ll show him!
And now –the punch line.

To: Third Person

That description just doesn’t work with conservatives, JOEY BOY. It is absolutely perfect for left wingers…and to think I voted for this asswipe twice…

27 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:30:00 AM by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally…)

BagOfHammers
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More tomtoolery after the Wall.

Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Ship Of Tools edition”

Stay classy, Montana GOP

Oh, those zany Big Sky state birthers: There was less laughter — although plenty of picture-taking — of an outhouse labeled “Obama Presidential Library” parked outside Missoula’s Hilton Garden Inn, where the convention took place. Nothing on the outhouse indicated who was responsible for it, although it made an appearance in the Memorial Day parade in Corvallis in Ravalli County. The outhouse was painted to look as though it had been riddled by bullets. Inside, a fake birth certificate for Barack Hussein Obama made reference to the disproven controversy over the president’s origins. It was stamped “Bull—-.” A graffito advised … Continue reading Stay classy, Montana GOP

The Country We Deserve

Stories likethis one fill me with so many conflicting emotions. Let’s just start at the beginning, shall we? SEWANEE, Tenn. – As Robin Layman, a mother of two who has major health troubles but no insurance, arrived at a free clinic here, she had a big personal stake in the Supreme Court’s imminent decision on the new national health care law. Not that she realized that.“What new law?” she said. “I’ve not heard anything about that.” […] Layman was hardly the only patient unaware that the law aims to help people like her, by expanding health insurance beginning in 2014. … Continue reading The Country We Deserve

Hand In Your Feminist Card

Okay, shit like this? Is why women who are feminists but say they aren’t feminists say that. I have to admit that when I meet a woman who I know is a graduate of, say, Princeton — one who has read The Second Sex and therefore ought to know better — but is still a full-time wife, I feel betrayed. I’m not much of a moralist — I have absolutely no right to be — but in the interest of doing what’s right both for me personally and for women generally, I have been strict with myself about earning my … Continue reading Hand In Your Feminist Card

Stay classy, Montana GOP

Oh, those zany Big Sky state birthers: There was less laughter — although plenty of picture-taking — of an outhouse labeled “Obama Presidential Library” parked outside Missoula’s Hilton Garden Inn, where the convention took place. Nothing on the outhouse indicated who was responsible for it, although it made an appearance in the Memorial Day parade in Corvallis in Ravalli County. The outhouse was painted to look as though it had been riddled by bullets. Inside, a fake birth certificate for Barack Hussein Obama made reference to the disproven controversy over the president’s origins. It was stamped “Bull—-.” A graffito advised … Continue reading Stay classy, Montana GOP

Hand In Your Feminist Card

Okay, shit like this? Is why women who are feminists but say they aren’t feminists say that. I have to admit that when I meet a woman who I know is a graduate of, say, Princeton — one who has readThe Second Sex and therefore ought to know better — but is still a full-time wife, I feel betrayed. I’m not much of a moralist — I have absolutely no right to be — but in the interest of doing what’s right both for me personally and for women generally, I have been strict with myself about earning my keep. … Continue reading Hand In Your Feminist Card

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Ship Of Tools edition

Good morning, everybody – since the Great Romney purge of ’12, the average IQ of the Freeeperati seems to have dropped by double digits, and when you’restarting out in the double digits, that’s significant.

Frankly, I have house plants with more intelligence, and bass guitar stings with more cognitive ability.

Kibitzer is fascinated by The Mystery Of The Double Posts, so the first one’s for tha K-dawg.

It’sScarborough Unfair!

Scarborough To Conservatives: “Stay In Your Mother’s Basement” [Video]
Real Clear Politics ^ | June 12, 2012 | Morning Joe

Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:07:07 AM byThird Person

Joe Scarborough to Jeb Bush opponents: “You know, you can go online and act like a jackass and say what you want to say and now everybody is calling Jeb Bush a RINO (Republican in name only). Just shut the hell up.You can stay in your mother’s basement, you can eat your Cheetos, you can type on your dingy laptop. That’s all you got, but you are not the future of the Republican Party. So just keep screaming at your walls downstairs, your day is done.”

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What an establishment tool. You’re an ass, Joe boy!
1 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:07:18 AM byThird Person
Scarborough may not be the sharpest tool in the bag of hammers, but there’s not enough wattage in this entire thread to power a LED nightlight:

To: Third Person

Joe. Look at the election results. We are the ones out there with jobs, businesses, paying taxes, and are winning every election in most parts of the country.

You’re also paying his salary by watching his show, so it all evens out.

We are the majority, and we are going to change the way Washington functions…like it or not.

2 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:09:24 AM byilgipper

Not only are they “the majority”, they’re also the best and the brightest!

To:Third Person

Hey Joe, at leastwe do not get paid to show off our stupidity.

3 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:09:57 AM byStayingawayfromthedarkside

That’s telling him!

To: Third Person

Hey Joe, at least we do not get paid to show off our stupidity.

4 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:10:16 AM byStayingawayfromthedarkside

That’s telling him again!

To: Third Person

Hey Joe, at least we do not get paid to show off our stupidity.

6 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:10:25 AM byStayingawayfromthedarkside

I have to assume that you’re doing it for free.

To: Third Person

Hey Joe, at least we do not get paid to show off our stupidity.

7 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:10:53 AM byStayingawayfromthedarkside

Fuck. At least L. Ron Hubbard got paid a penny a word to show off his stupidity.
Kibitzer? Take Stayingawayfromthedarkside back to his toxic waste-of-time drum and plop him back in – he’s not done yet.

To: Third Person

And what’s this nonsense about being in mom’s basement? I do believe that the Tea Party and conservatives skew OLDER, not younger.

OldManComputer
I can’t understand it! I keep hitting the “Post” button and nothing’s happening!

Alot of retirees trying to hang onto their savings and middle-aged people with jobs. He’s got us mixed up with the Occupiers.

10 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:14:32 AM bymiss marmelstein

Um – the Occupiers get out of their “parents’ basements” and Occupy public places. That’s why they’re called “Occupiers”. You’ve got them mixed up with your yelling-at-clouds brigade.

To: Third Person

The Republicans (conservatives) I know are members of the ‘Productive Class’.

They understand how to create value and generate economic growth.

Romney-trump-fired

They don’t do that from their ‘mother’s basement’.
Joe “Chocker” Scarborough is a dumbass.

15 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:20:04 AM bygriswold3 (Big Government does not tolerate rivals.)
To: Third Person

I’d like to hear Joe talk about his dead aide.

13 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:17:10 AM bynolongerademocrat (“Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have.” B’rachot 30b)
Hit him with your bag of Chee-tos – that’ll show him!
And now –the punch line.

To: Third Person

That description just doesn’t work with conservatives, JOEY BOY. It is absolutely perfect for left wingers…and to think I voted for this asswipe twice…

27 posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:30:00 AM byRed Badger (Think logically. Act normally…)

BagOfHammers
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More tomtoolery after the Wall.

Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Ship Of Tools edition”

Lab Rats

That’s what New Orleanians are to the powers that be: lab rats. It started with the charterization of the school system and attack upon the teachers unions in Orleans Parish. Now it’s spread to our media. Read new Picayune publisher Ricky (I’m a Saints fan) Mathews’ patronizing lecture and Jack Davis’ guest post at the Gambit blog. Then, bang your head against the wall. All we want is to be normal again. Guess this is the new normal. Continue reading Lab Rats

It’s So Rude When You Destroy People’s Lives and They Get UPSET About It

Look, I am not condoning threatening anybody, so let’s get that out of the way first. Don’t threaten people, don’t egg their houses, and don’t behave in anything less than a law-abiding manner. That being said, if you go out of your way to fuck somebody over, it’s really kind of beyond the pale to act all affronted when they get riled by it.Via liprap: Jefferson Parish School Board member Pat Tovrea – one of five board members who voted against extending the teachers union contract past June 30 — is speaking out about how he was treated by teachers … Continue reading It’s So Rude When You Destroy People’s Lives and They Get UPSET About It

Cancer, Earrings and The Fight that Must be Won

Fuck it. It’s still Friday. I still have the floor. Maybe that’s the only thing I can control right now, which is why this is what I’m doing at 11:24 p.m., when I should be nestled in bed, wrapped around my wife and snuggling in for some much needed rest. My friend Amy is battling cancer. It’s a simple noun-verb statement that I can’t get past. She fights it. Noun-verb-object. If you want to find the people who run universities, don’t look for the presidents and provosts and chancellors. Don’t seek out the deans and the chairs and the academic … Continue reading Cancer, Earrings and The Fight that Must be Won

Lab Rats

That’s what New Orleanians are to the powers that be: lab rats. It started with the charterization of the school system and attack upon the teachers unions in Orleans Parish. Now it’s spread to our media. Read new Picayune publisher Ricky (I’m a Saints fan) Mathews’ patronizing lecture and Jack Davis’ guest post at the Gambit blog. Then, bang your head against the wall. All we want is to be normal again. Guess this is the new normal. Continue reading Lab Rats

It’s So Rude When You Destroy People’s Lives and They Get UPSET About It

Look, I am not condoning threatening anybody, so let’s get that out of the way first. Don’t threaten people, don’t egg their houses, and don’t behave in anything less than a law-abiding manner. That being said, if you go out of your way to fuck somebody over, it’s really kind of beyond the pale to act all affronted when they get riled by it.Via liprap: Jefferson Parish School Board member Pat Tovrea – one of five board members who voted against extending the teachers union contract past June 30 — is speaking out about how he was treated by teachers … Continue reading It’s So Rude When You Destroy People’s Lives and They Get UPSET About It