Yep. Power in a union. Remember–this happened. And that energy, and that power, is still out there. We’ve had some wins lately, and a lot more losses, but the people are still there, and will always, when push comes to shove, tell the powerful where to stick it. Continue reading Just A Reminder
I love the Frankenstein movies made by Universal during the 1930’s. Oddly enough, Son of Frankenstein was the first one I ever saw, and it remains my favorite of the Karloff as the monster flicks. What’s not to like? It features three of the greatest big screen villains of all-time in Rathbone, Karloff, and Lugosi as well as Lionel Atwill’s cop character with the crazy wooden arm. It’s obvious that Mel Brooks loves it too: many of the funniest characters and bits in Young Frankenstein are drawn from the Son. Here’s the lobby card for your amusement. Time for me … Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Son of Frankenstein
Oh see, now I never would have thoughtthis was our exact problem, but David Brooks schools me otherwise: Maybe before we can build great monuments to leaders we have to relearn the art of following. Democratic followership is also built on a series of paradoxes: that we are all created equal but that we also elevate those who are extraordinary; that we choose our leaders but also have to defer to them and trust their discretion; that we’re proud individuals but only really thrive as a group, organized and led by just authority. I don’t know if America has a … Continue reading And Now A Word From The Ivory Tower
Instead of engaging these dopes, I think I’m just going to have this. ALL OF THIS. Well, I’m back for one more pre-election go with Adventures In Social Media. Please kill me now. Anyway, today I bring up an acquaintance from high school, who gives us the following: I just stopped at this point. Folks, that guy is under the impression that he was right. If there are any of you out there who think that this world can actually see a riot that “upholds violence,” please–take a few minutes to say goodbye to your family and friends, then swallow … Continue reading Further Adventures In Social Media; or, We Just Can’t Be Educated
Not really but some unnamed wag (wags?) on the Picayune staff has posted flyers featuring commentary from the crusty but lovable fictional newsman: Other captions include: “How exactly do we do more with less?” and my personal favorite: “A 3-day-a-week newspaper in New Orleans? When did Ted Baxter become an executive at Advance Publications?” Btw, if you’re interested in following the slow motion suicide of a 175 year old newspaper, Gambit editor Kevin Allman is all over this story like a cheap suit. I’ve never been sure what that metaphor means but I’ve always liked it or is it a … Continue reading Lou Grant visits the Picayune Newsroom
Clarence Page, everybody, being oh-so-reasonable and Very Serious: But the Walker race is a dramatic example of a trend that doesn’t need super-PAC money. Public workers cannot rely on voters to be generous about their pensions and other benefits when so many of the voters’ own wages and benefits are suffering. I am just going to get a fucking T-shirt that reads ASK ME WHAT DEFERRED COMPENSATION MEANS, so that I can start posting pictures of myself wearing it whenever somebody writes one of these stupid columns about overpaid teachers and firefighters who expect handouts from “the taxpayers” or in … Continue reading ‘Generous’ With Pensions
Okay, everyone get out and vote. The main reason I hate the electoral vote is that it makes voting for President somewhat less meaningful for us non-swing staters. I even remember when Louisiana was a swing state in 1992 and 1996 because of Perot’s presence on the ballot. Clinton won the Gret Stet twice, and I saw the man himself onstage in NOLA several times, including once with Hillary, Al and Tipper. End of that brief stroll down memory lane. In the immortal words of Poppy Bush, Obama has the “Big Mo,” even Mark Halperin is conceding that he probably … Continue reading Election Day Update
HOWLING. Wow…you’re seriosly a douche. It’s easy to talk shit in an article huh? Sit back behind the pen? Nickelback gets more pussy in an hour than you will get in a lifetime. Unless your freakin Jimi Hendrix then who the heck are you to judge anyone’s talent? Psychologically speaking…I can say with confidence that you ARE the quintessential “loser” kid from high school who still hates the “popular” kids and blames them for all of your loser whoas as an adult. No wonder you ended up a “journaist”. Happens everytime. Your all the same. I would have taken your … Continue reading ‘Nickleback gets more pussy in an hour than you will get in a lifetime’
Oh for fuck’s sake. A. Continue reading Prosecute Banksters, Not Whistleblowers
There’s a lot of cool stuff floating around the interwebs today: both pro and anti-Obama. We’ll start with a ridiculous, over the top attack flyer sent out by Alabama Gopersin the race for the State Supreme Court: I wonder if former Godfather’s Pizza CEO and teabagger Herman Cain is going to object to this? He’s the fucking Godfather, after all. This flyer does, however, give me an excuse to do my Brando as Vito Corleone impression. I hope Bonasera is available to bury the already embalmed Romney campaign. Whoever did the embalming did a bad job: neither Willard nor Ann … Continue reading Point, Counterpoint
The Internet. It ruins everything. A. Continue reading Blogger Ethics Panel Alert
No, that’s not Nucky talking to his mistress, Billie. The line was spoken by James Cromwell as Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon to conclude a phone conversation with Nucky. The latter approached the plutocrat at the stuffiest men’s club ever. The Nuckster had a proposal to deal with their mutual enemy, Attorney General Harry Daugherty. Nucky gets the bum’s rush at the club, so he thinks Mellon is done with him but the mogul wanted to finish their business on the phone. Nucky got everything he wanted: a bootlegger patsy in George Remus and the chance to operate a Mellon distillery … Continue reading Boardwalk Empire Thread: Our intercourse is concluded
Morning, all!
I’m running out of things to call random collections of Freeper drivel, but random seems to be the natural order of things in Freepistan. Let’s suit up and make sure all fittings and hoses are tight , because the first terrible tidbit really smells – I call it –Reeking havoc!
Ron Paul supporters arrested as La GOP Shreveport convention splits in two
examiner.com ^ | June 2, 2012 | James PlummerPosted on Tuesday, June 05, 2012 3:17:51 AM byCasie
Chaos erupted in Shreveport today as police officers arrested state GOP delegates who support Ron Paul for the party’s 2012 presidential nomination.
The dispute arose after the state party’s central committee issued “supplemental rules” earlier this week concerning the delegate selection process. A press release from the Ron Paul campaign this afternoon referred to the 11th hour changes as “illegal rules.”
After fights in the Rules Committee Friday, state party chairman opened the convention moving to pass the new rules, when the majority of delegates moved to elect a new convention chair. When Villere refused to yield the dais, the majority elected a new chair and turned their chairs. As this was happening, the Villere faction convinced the Shreveport Police Department to arrest some of the Paul delegates holding microphones for “trespassing.”
During the forcible arrests, Shreveport police dislocated the hip of the gentlemen in the video here, identified by the Paul campaign as State Central Commiteeman Henry Herford Jr. of Franklin Parish.
(video) http://www.examiner.com/video/shreveport-pd-at-la-gop-convention-arrest-injury
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Louisiana politics!Henry Herford Jr. was elected by an overwhelming majority as new convention chair. Mr. Villere, who had appointed himself the convention chairman, refused to yield. When delegates began turning their chairs around, Mr. Herford rose to call the convention to order. Mr. Villere then convinces police to forceably remove Mr. Herford, who is injured and sent to the hospital! Video at source.(My first post. Member since 2004!)
To: CasieGood post. Angry white people with bad hips getting dumped by shave head LEOs. Sad what passes for “politics” these days.
To: Tainanyou have a problem with white people?
To: Casiethese were radical far left paul nutters trying to take over the LA GOP and the GOP fought back.
The paul nutters are not used to that.
they have gotten away with pauhing around the meek old people and seized power !they want toreek chaos at the gop convention by taking over gop delegates !
To: Bogey78OBS
the radical PAUL crazies trying go seize power and got nailed !
you paul nutters think your going to destroy the gop convention.
think again.
To: ncalburtThey followed the rules, so the entrenched powers changed the rules and resorted to violence.
Nice friends you have there…
15 posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2012 7:20:42 AM byDead Corpse (Steampunk- Yesterday’s Tomorrow, Today)To: CasieOne of the MANY reasons I will not only NOT vote for romney if he gets out of the convention with the nomination, I WILL work AGAINST him and the GOP-e and do EVERYTHING i possibly can to make sure that the GOP-e NEVER gets their socialist elected president.
These stupid F’ers in the GOP need a serious ass kicking.
To: myself6> I WILL work AGAINST him and the GOP-e and do EVERYTHING i possibly can to make sure that the GOP-e NEVER gets their socialist elected president.
Working hard to elect Obama are we?
While I admire your anti socialist bent, you sound like a far left liberal nut!
Even for a Freeper, that’s a pretty impressive feat of mental gymnastics.
Sooner or later, they’re going to have to write an addendum to DSM IV just to cover these guys.
Your post reads like it was lifted from the DU – Go Obama!
18 posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2012 7:38:20 AM bybill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power – and those without)To: ncalburtYou can’t seize power you legitimately won.
The Ron Paul camp won their delegates fair and square. The LA GOP needs to ask itself why. Not ignore the results because the current leadership wants a different result.Throwing out legit results is not conservative.
I beg to differ.
To: Bogey78Olisten Paul bot Obama LEFTIST
Paul got CRUSHED here in the primary.Your NOT getting away with you far left radical DELEGATES games in LA.
la IS NOT GOING TO BE A PARTY TO YOUR FASR LEFT CHAOS YOUR PLANNING
You misspelled “reeking”.
IN TAMPA.
YOU GOT SMACKED DOWN LEFTY.
So go back to try another left wing delegates scams elsewhere.
To: ncalburt1. Rules Chairman loses election
2. The next day, the State Party Chairman proclaims that old Rules Chairman back in to his position
3. The new Rules Chairman(elected by Paul supporters) objects, State Chairman orders him removed from the floor by police
4. Paul supporters make motion to elect new Party Chairman, succeed in voting in their guy
5. Old State Chairman refuses to leave position
6. Paul supporters turn around seats, begin their own convention
7. Old State Chairman orders police to remove Paul supporters and their elected ChairmanI really don’t see how Paul supporters were “disrupting” the convention, unless showing up and voting in person(where the ballots can’t be fixed) is disruptive.
This isn’t going to work out well for anyone.
30 posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2012 7:58:49 AM byDead Corpse (Steampunk- Yesterday’s Tomorrow, Today)
To: Dead CorpseObama left wing troll posing as a Paul supporter .Like a good Radical leftist your COMRADES trying to seize control of the LA GOP delegates behind closed doors.
THE real LA GOP voters hate Ron Paul and gave him NO support.
He came in Last here in the primary because we are a CLOSED primary so leftists like you can not VOTE ! So like a Good Obam lefty you don’t care about the voters you seize power from within ! THanks for verifying who and what you radical Paul bots are all about.36 posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2012 8:13:08 AM byncalburt (NO MORE WIMPS need to apply to fight the Soros Funded Puppet !H)To: ncalburtBut you have to agree that Villere and friends can’t simply ignore elected chairmen they do not like and then use excessive police force to enforce their will.It makes Romney supporters look like strong-arm elite Rhino thugs and further fractures the party. It makes Paul’s people look like champions of conservatism fighting the old Republican establishement.
I want to also mention that after the chaos of the convention, one the Ron Paul people (I can’t remember her name) called the Moon Griffon radio show to saythey came to the convention in the spirit of reconciliation and the intention of conceding some seats to Romney supporters.
Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Land Of Confusion edition”
Well, its now one day until the Election, and the Poll threads have been exploding over at Freeperville.
I have my own prediction – I’m taking a week off posting, unless Schadenfreude dictates otherwise.
Let’s suit up and spin that airlock door, shall we?
In reverse order from oldest to newest –Galluping along!
Gallup Tracking: O-50/R-44
Gallup ^
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| Gallup
Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:12:45 PM by tatown
7 day tracking: O – 50/R-44
3 day tracking: O – 51% approve/43% – disapprove
I don’t know what to make of this. Up until about 4 days ago, Gallup
had the race tied. There was a sudden shift to Obama on either Sat or
Sun which showed up first in the approval number. I thought it was a one
day good sample for Obama but that day rolled off the three day rolling
approval tracker today and his approval number actually went up…?
To: tatownThis is crap.
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posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:18:20 PM
by stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
To: ILS21RUnskewedpolls.com still has Romney up 7.8%
To: stephenjohnbankerThey are doctoring these polls, to make it seem that Obama is more popular than he really is.
And, they want to demoralize Republicans by claiming the Romney campaign is imploding.
To: Perdogggoodness. EVERY POLL shows Romney losing, the one guy left his
campaign for Wall Street and even NRO is saying Romney is shifting his
strategy. Something tells me that R/R are down in their own polling.
Doesn’t mean they’ll lose but lets get real here for a minute. It
doesn’t look good at this point.
To: almcbeanAccuracy as in they had Obama winning bigger than he did but they
were still accurate in that Obama won. I don’t really care if they’re
off a few points the fact is all these polls keep showing Obama ahead.
And how exactly with the price of gas, and food, and the cost of debt,
and the bad employment numbers along with the fact that NOBODY really
likes his Obamacare plan does this bastard get 50 to 51 percent job
approval. Romney is not running an effective campaign if this is the
case. Is he afraid to be tough?This is a disaster.
To: GilGilReally? Romney is getting killed. This is looking like 2008 all
over again. The “establishment” puts up a lousy candidate and we are
left on the outside. Down ballot races are being affected too. Face
facts we are in trouble.
To: tatownThe day after the elections: “The nation is stunned. Every poll in
the country showed the President up by anywhere from 5 to 15 points, and
yet Romney wins by 8??? The case for Republican voter fraud couldn’t be
more obvious…disenfranchisement of Democrat voters at record
levels…”You can see it coming…an obvious set-up.
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posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:32:14 PM
by who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark…www.siameserescue.org.)
To: SeekAndFindAnyone that will spend 4 million dollars to keep you from knowing
anything about him is not above paying/threatening a mere polling agency
to change the results!
To: GilGilI’m going to find all the same posts like yours from 2008. When
all the polls showed McCain losing for weeks yet people here still
insisting the polls were wrong. The similarities are annoying to say the
lest.Face it. We’re squabbling over a few points. Another Freeper made a
good point. With all the mess all over the world, Romney should be up by
5 at least. Gas and food at record highs. Our embassies being overrun.
An American ambassador was KILLED for god’s sake. This race should be
over. Shame on Romney for such as sorry ass campaign.
Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Poll Position edition”
Claire! A. Continue reading Friday Ferretblogging
Doc’s having some kind of catastrophic technology meltdown right now, so no post from him this week. Instead you get me. And I’m annoyed. For a change. Oh for the fucking sake of the fucking fucking just … fuck me: Eager for access to the famously reserved candidate, reporters have generally agreed to the campaign’s terms for these “OTRs,” which have long been common practice on presidential campaigns. But the resulting interactions — rare, unfettered conversations with an unusually candid Romney — have left many of the traveling campaign reporters frustrated that they’re unable capture a side of the candidate … Continue reading Romney’s Secret Awesomeness Being Held Back by Romney Campaign
Cross-posted at Humid City: New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu has joined forces with Spike Lee for one of those futile “end the violence” PR campaigns. An asshole with a gun and a grudge doesn’t care about what’s said in a public service announcement, after all. Local jewelry legend Mignon Faget is always game to help a good cause so her firm designed a pin to benefit the Mayor’s new pet project, NOLA For Life. Who among us is against life? The pin, however, appears to have been designed by NRA Grand Vizier Wayne LaPierre: Here’s the blurb that describes the … Continue reading Mignon’s got a gun
Mr. Peabody liked puns. So do I: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Peabody and Sherman meet Beethoven
It can’t be over already! We still have half a jug of scotch in the back seat! I’m going to be at a convention-watch party but I’ll be in the van as much as I can because OMG KERRY. DeeLorelei may be checking in from Charlotte. Posts in the van belong to their posters, not to First Draft World HQ Inc. Pet the ferrets. Update: van closed. Talk in comments amongst yourselves until I get home from this party and can gibber about Kerry some more because HOLY FUCKING SHIT MAN WALKS ON FUCKING MOON. Also there is this Obama … Continue reading DNC Final Crack Van Nooooooo
Nick Lowe in the rain with nary a hair out of place: Continue reading Saturday Night Music: Soulful Wind
Via Balloon Juice, Luke Russert, who has a job in professional journalism: #Dems did a good job tonight conveying passion, empathy and inclusion. Going hard after swing women, the heart. Empathy is for girls! Our silly little female brains just can’t handle big economic questions like, “Will I have a job tomorrow if Mitt Romney is president” or “is it possible my taxes may go up and the price of gas make going to work pay less?” These are not things that concern us in any way, so we don’t need to pay attention to the economy. We’re all just … Continue reading Luke Russert, Sexist Prick
Poynter’s Andrew Beaujon: Fact-checking became a hot topic after Paul Ryan’s speech at the Republican National Convention last week. Is fact-checking a trojan horse for left-wing partisans? Is it something members of the news media should do reflexively and in-person? And who will fact-check the fact-checkers of the fact-checkers? Fact-checking just magically “became” a hot topic. It’s not that the Romney campaign, which stated it would not be run by fact-checkers, MADE fact-checking into the story, rather than Ryan’s numerous incorrect statements. It couldn’t be that starting a “debate” over fact-checking was in any way in the interests of the … Continue reading ‘Is fact-checking a trojan horse for left-wing partisans?’
I’m spending the weekend staffing a table at the city’s literary festival, so by Monday I will be sunburnt, but well-educated. What’s your town’s local summer festival? A. Continue reading Weekend Question Thread
Share the HAMS, circus animals. Update: Van closed. Big Dog brought the house down. Sandra Fluke told Rush to stuff it. It was gorgeous. Be back here tomorrow at 7 p.m. CST for all the festivities. A. Continue reading DNC Crack Van #2
A photo from Tuesday night, after the election had been called for Walker. As a young man held a sign of support for Walker, two young women posted themselves by him in opposition. The expressions on their faces… (Photo by: Scout – June 5, 2012) Continue reading Facing the Future
It’s been a bear of a week. Have a plushy ferret; A. Continue reading Friday Ferretblogging: Therapy Squirrel
As I battled a hangover and tried to make sense of what happened Tuesday night, I started to worry less about Governor Deadeyes and more about what really might be happening here.I argued about this time last year that if the Dems were going to come for the king, they’d best not miss. And boy, did we miss… The numbers revealed that even with massive turnout and massive outrage about Walker’s tactics, the election was no different than it was in 2010. In fact, Tom Barrett lost by a wider percentage this time than he did last time. The people … Continue reading Scott Walker, Precipitating Factor
I’ve had a case of writer’s block the last few weeks but Season-5 ofMad Men continues to be exceptional so I’m going to throw some verbiage against the wall and see what sticks. First, a few comments onThe Other Woman aka Campbell’s Indecent Proposal. Pete The Pimp: Not only is Campbell sleazy, he’s a slippery weasel. (Apologies to A’s weasels.) The way he circled back to pimping Joanie was nearly as bad as the idea itself. Lane, however, had a better pitch and helped to finally land the Jaguar account as well as landing Joan in bed with that odious … Continue reading Mad Men Thread: Catching Up
Oscar and Della doing what they do best on the T-shirt quilt: Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Sleepytime down South
Rex Stout is best known for his Nero Wolfe books featuring a corpulent, orchid growing, proto-foodie detective modeled on the author himself. They were swell puzzle mysteries in their day. Here are two non-Wolfe Stout books with cool covers: Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Rex Stout