Month: September 2012

Propaganda, Stupid Republican Tricks12 Comments

Your Hermetically Sealed Republican Party

southernbeale2014

Have you heard the latest? Republicans have decided that the LAMEstream LIEberal media is in the tank for NObama because there’s no way those polls showing the Kenyan usurper in the lead could possibly be right, so they’ve developed their own polls which — shocker! — show Mitt Romney with an insurmountable lead. I know, what are the odds, right? Isn’t that just typical? Whenever reality contradicts conservative ideology, it’s always the reality that’s wrong, and the conservative solution is always to create their own version of whatever so-called “liberal” thing vexes them at the moment. It must be exhausting … Continue reading Your Hermetically Sealed Republican Party

Adrastos, Food and Drink9 Comments

Porkmageddon?

Peter Adrastos Athas

Someone else already used the term Porkocalypse so I had to root about for my own pun. It sucks in either event: Might want to get your fill of ham this year, because “a world shortage of pork and bacon next year is now unavoidable,” according to an industry trade group. Blame the drought conditions that blazed through the corn and soybean crop this year. Less feed led to herds declining across the European Union “at a significant rate,” according to the National Pig Assn. in Britain. And the trend “is being mirrored around the world,” according to a release … Continue reading Porkmageddon?

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media5 Comments

Obama Single-Handedly Surrenders America to Radical Islam

Quoth Zombie Andrew Breitbart: Obama left precious little time to address the civil war in Syria or the threat of a nuclear Iran. He gave several pages to assuaging the feelings of radical Muslims angry about a YouTube video; he provided a few sentences to the question of what to do about a nuclear-armed Iran, saying only that “time is not unlimited” for talks. Yes. What he should have done was tell people to make stupid fucking YouTube videos in attention-seeking maneuvers. For free speech. I am just about done equating people waving their e-penises around with First Amendment martyrs. … Continue reading Obama Single-Handedly Surrenders America to Radical Islam

Stupid Republican Tricks, Tommy T11 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – The 47% Solution edition

tommyfd

Good morning, gentle people – I was going to do a “putrid potporri” edition, but as the wheels comtinue to come off the crazy train (how’s that for mixing your metaphors?), some current events have the Freeperati more stirred up than a bad martini.

Into your suits, everyone Southern Beale, please check the containment seals, because I’m about to open up a drum of I feel so inar-inar-inar-inar-inar-inar–tic-u-late!

blockquote>Ryan: Romney was ‘obviously inarticulate’ in fundraiser comments


http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/ryan-romney-was-obviously-inarticulate-in-fundraiser-135955.html?hp=r1 ^

Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:31:34 AM by timlot

Asked what he thought of Romney’s remarks, Ryan told the Nevada
station: “He was obviously inarticulate in making this point.” Ryan went
on to say the point the Republicans are making is that, under the Obama
economy, government dependency is up and economic stagnation is up.

Asked
if he thought Romney regrets the remarks, Ryan says he thinks Romney
would have said it differently, adding, “that’s for sure.”

1
posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:31:38 AM
by timlot
Oh, my.

To: timlot

STOP APOLOGIZING, MAN UP AND STAND BY YOUR COMMENTS, DAMMIT!

2
posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:33:13 AM
by NRA1995
(I’ll cling to my religion, cigars and guns till they’re pried from my cold dead fingers!)

I’m sorry – couldn’t hear that. Could you type a bit louder, please?

To: timlot

How to take a GREAT speech line and stomp it into the ground until dead 101!

4
posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:37:14 AM
by EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)

Yes, boys and girls – the Freeperati think that Mitten’s blurting out of the wingnut “victims” screed was a good speech. They’ve become pretty much untethered from reality at this point.
Their grip was always tenuous, but now not only do they discount everything outside The Bubble, but have forgotten that anything outside The Bubble exists. Their world is complete.

To: timlot

Prime material for a Campaign ad.

5
posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:47:37 AM
by HotKat
(Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)

That’s pretty much what I was thinking.

To: timlot

Paul Ryan said WHAT??

WaynesWorldDouchbags

blockquote>

What is WRONG with so many Conservatives when it comes to just OPENLY
EMBRACING and DEFENDING Limited Government and a free market for free
people?

They need to just DO it, and stop being such pusillanimous WIMPS!

7
posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:50:10 AM
by NH Liberty
(“For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus…” [1 Timothy 2:5])

To: txrangerette
I am a moocher. I don’t pay income tax.

Because my social
security benefits are not taxable and the earned interest income off my
savings are below taxable levels, I don’t pay taxes.

There are a
lot of retired people who don’t pay income tax or pay a relatively
small amount of income tax on interest income who will be in a world of
hurt when Romney and the GOP start taxing SS benefits.

17
posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 7:25:02 AM
by Ben Ficklin

BanHimCannon
.

To: timlot

” – – – Ryan says he thinks Romney would have said it differently, adding, “that’s for sure.” – – – “

The election-winning topic of Marxist Redistribution of Wealth has
been delivered to you on a Silver Platter by David Corn of the Liberal
Agenda Media, and you Ryan, choose to stab Romney in the back?

The Liberal Agenda Media spent all day yesterday telling their
Liberal audiences that 47 % of Voters pay NO Personal Federal Income
taxes. What a great promotion they performed for us Conservatives, and
you stab Romney in the back?

Get on board the Smack-Down Express, Ryan, or shut your mouth!

30
posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 9:25:29 AM
by Graewoulf
((Traitor John Roberts’ Obama”care” violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND the U.S. Constitution.))

More after the linky thingy..

Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – The 47% Solution edition”

Doc3 Comments

Check out my lizard…

vffilak

This is what I get for assuming you all are broke like me. 🙂 I had planned a tasteful “Sticky Fingers” cover shot, but since it was hard… Uh… difficult to get my lizard to cooperate, we had to go with the handful shot. In any case, this is Archer, a baby leopard gecko that I fell in love with. Always wanted a gecko for a pet and The Missus finally convinced me to give this a shot. He’s usually decent about “hand time” and he’s a hell of a lot of fun to watch run around. He’ll climb all … Continue reading Check out my lizard…

Athenae, Immoral Values, So Called Liberal Media8 Comments

Matt Lauer Is a Sexist Douchebag

Allison Hantschel

Well, the Today Show finally did it. They finally broke me.I actually yelled SHUT UP at the TV in the waiting room of my doctor’s office: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy I think my favorite part, aside from how he asks her to talk about sex with her husband and then shames her for talking about it (“I’m blushing, I’m blushing”) is when he basically asks why she didn’t quit the Olympics because she knew she had had sex and therefore might be pregnant. Lauer asked whether the couple considered perhaps waiting to … Continue reading Matt Lauer Is a Sexist Douchebag

Adrastos, Boardwalk Empire Recaps, Television7 Comments

Boardwalk Empire Thread: Coffee and Spaghetti Talk

Peter Adrastos Athas

Nucky Thompson has gone full gangster in Season 3 ofBoardwalk Empire. That means that he’s insulating himself from day-to-day bootleg sales. It’s causing him all sorts of problems with the man on the right above, Gyp Rosetti. You know, the guy who called him a “fucking bread stick in a bow tie.” Gyp is now obliged to buy booze via Arnold Rothstein. Gyp is not amused and he’s one scary motherfucker when he’s not amused. Okey doke, on to this week’s random and discursive comments on episode 2, Coffee and Spaghetti: Eli’s Coming (Home) Nucky’s feckless and rather dim brother … Continue reading Boardwalk Empire Thread: Coffee and Spaghetti Talk

Propaganda, Stupid Republican Tricks11 Comments

Your Hermetically Sealed Republican Party

Have you heard the latest? Republicans have decided that the LAMEstream LIEberal media is in the tank for NObama because there’s no way those polls showing the Kenyan usurper in the lead could possibly be right, so they’ve developed their own polls which — shocker! — show Mitt Romney with an insurmountable lead. I know, what are the odds, right? Isn’t that just typical? Whenever reality contradicts conservative ideology, it’s always the reality that’s wrong, and the conservative solution is always to create their own version of whatever so-called “liberal” thing vexes them at the moment. It must be exhausting … Continue reading Your Hermetically Sealed Republican Party

Adrastos, Food and Drink9 Comments

Porkmageddon?

Someone else already used the term Porkocalypse so I had to root about for my own pun. It sucks in either event: Might want to get your fill of ham this year, because “a world shortage of pork and bacon next year is now unavoidable,” according to an industry trade group. Blame the drought conditions that blazed through the corn and soybean crop this year. Less feed led to herds declining across theEuropean Union “at a significant rate,” according to theNational Pig Assn. in Britain. And the trend “is being mirrored around the world,” according to a release (hat tip … Continue reading Porkmageddon?

Athenae, Stupid Republican Tricks13 Comments

WHO IS ADVISING THIS GUY???!?

Allison Hantschel

Did Shrum switch sides or something? The former Massachusetts governor and his wife, Ann, could have claimed more in deductions, the trustee of Romney’s blind trust said when the candidate’s 2011 tax returns were released. But, Brad Malt acknowledged, the couple “limited their deductions of charitable contributions to conform to the governor’s statement in August, based on the January estimate of income, that he paid at least 13 percent in income taxes in each of the last 10 years.” In other words, the governor made some shit up, and then we had to make it true. Not unusual in politics … Continue reading WHO IS ADVISING THIS GUY???!?

Athenae, Kids Today, So Called Liberal Media1 Comment

The Kids Are Alright

Allison Hantschel

Go you, Daily Princetonian. We are firmly against “quote approval” and do not practice such a policy. When I refer to “quote review,” that is a non-binding courtesy we provide to sources in limited circumstances. If they provided factual information that they later found to be wrong (eg “I said five but I meant six”), that is the only instance in which we would consider replacing a quote. If there’s a question of whether the quote was transcribed accurately, that would be addressed then as well. This happens entirely at the discretion of the editors. To be clear, if a … Continue reading The Kids Are Alright

Athenae, Immoral Values, So Called Liberal Media8 Comments

Matt Lauer Is a Sexist Douchebag

Well, the Today Show finally did it. They finally broke me.I actually yelled SHUT UP at the TV in the waiting room of my doctor’s office: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640 Visit NBCNews.com forbreaking news, world news, andnews about the economy I think my favorite part, aside from how he asks her to talk about sex with her husband and then shames her for talking about it (“I’m blushing, I’m blushing”) is when he basically asks why she didn’t quit the Olympics because she knew she had had sex and therefore might be pregnant. Lauer asked whether the couple considered perhaps waiting to try … Continue reading Matt Lauer Is a Sexist Douchebag

Doc3 Comments

Check out my lizard…

This is what I get for assuming you all are broke like me. 🙂 I had planned a tasteful“Sticky Fingers” cover shot, but since it was hard… Uh… difficult to get my lizard to cooperate, we had to go with the handful shot. In any case, this is Archer, a baby leopard gecko that I fell in love with. Always wanted a gecko for a pet and The Missus finally convinced me to give this a shot. He’s usually decent about “hand time” and he’s a hell of a lot of fun to watch run around. He’ll climb all over … Continue reading Check out my lizard…

Athenae, Kids Today, So Called Liberal Media1 Comment

The Kids Are Alright

Go you, Daily Princetonian. We are firmly against “quote approval” and do not practice such a policy. When I refer to “quote review,” that is a non-binding courtesy we provide to sources in limited circumstances. If they provided factual information that they later found to be wrong (eg “I said five but I meant six”), that is the only instance in which we would consider replacing a quote. If there’s a question of whether the quote was transcribed accurately, that would be addressed then as well. This happens entirely at the discretion of the editors. To be clear, if a … Continue reading The Kids Are Alright

Athenae, Big Damn Heroes, Epic Blogger Win4 Comments

When Even Symbolic Action Is Too Much

Allison Hantschel

Go read Dan and listen to the embedded recording at the link. Frack this: A group of citizens concerned about fracking spent the summer drumming up support for more local control. This was an effort of grassroots activists who weren’t paid a dime and who gathered signatures on their own time. We went door to door in the time that was left over after work, family and other obligations were taken care of. We ended up with hundreds of signatures. Earlier this month we took the signatures to the trustees, along with a nonbinding resolution expressing our concerns about fracking … Continue reading When Even Symbolic Action Is Too Much

Adrastos, Television3 Comments

Deep Treme Thought

Peter Adrastos Athas

Not the neighborhood, the HBO show. I’m a bit underwhelmed by the Season 3 premiere. What was up with the celebrity chef dinner? It seemed gratuitous to me. Hope the show’s staff got some decent eats out of it. I’m sticking with the show but the short scenes and choppy editing style have got me calling it “short attention span theatre,” and that’s not a compliment. That is all. Continue reading Deep Treme Thought

Athenae, Geek Cred6 Comments

Claire Supported First Draft Before It Was Cool

Allison Hantschel

Supporting your favorite blogs is so mainstream nowadays. (Yes, those are actually glasses on her, though we ‘shopped out the weird-ass decor going on at Casa Athenae these days in favor of this fine photo studio background. People make little glasses for dolls. I am glad we live in a world where this is the case.) WE DID IT! Doc will be posting a picture of his lizard shortly since you maniacs can’t be stopped! Thanks to everybody who contributed to First Draft, who hit up the tip jar, posted about the drive, retweeted and commented in support! I’ve tried … Continue reading Claire Supported First Draft Before It Was Cool

Stupid Republican Tricks, Tommy T11 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – The 47% Solution edition

Good morning, gentle people – I was going to do a “putrid potporri” edition, but as the wheels comtinue to come off the crazy train (how’s that for mixing your metaphors?), some current events have the Freeperati more stirred up than a bad martini.

Into your suits, everyone Southern Beale, please check the containment seals, because I’m about to open up a drum ofI feel so inar-inar-inar-inar-inar-inar–tic-u-late!

blockquote>Ryan: Romney was ‘obviously inarticulate’ in fundraiser comments


http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/ryan-romney-was-obviously-inarticulate-in-fundraiser-135955.html?hp=r1 ^

Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:31:34 AM bytimlot

Asked what he thought of Romney’s remarks, Ryan told the Nevada
station: “He was obviously inarticulate in making this point.” Ryan went
on to say the point the Republicans are making is that, under the Obama
economy, government dependency is up and economic stagnation is up.

Asked
if he thought Romney regrets the remarks, Ryan says he thinks Romney
would have said it differently, adding, “that’s for sure.”

1
posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:31:38 AM
bytimlot
Oh, my.

To: timlot

STOP APOLOGIZING, MAN UP AND STAND BY YOUR COMMENTS, DAMMIT!

2
posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:33:13 AM
byNRA1995
(I’ll cling to my religion, cigars and guns till they’re pried from my cold dead fingers!)

I’m sorry – couldn’t hear that. Could you type a bit louder, please?

To: timlot

How to take a GREAT speech line and stomp it into the ground until dead 101!

4
posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:37:14 AM
byEGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)

Yes, boys and girls – the Freeperati think that Mitten’s blurting out of the wingnut “victims” screed was a good speech. They’ve become pretty much untethered from reality at this point.
Their grip was always tenuous, but now not only do they discount everything outside The Bubble, but have forgotten that anything outside The Bubble exists. Their world is complete.

To: timlot

Prime material for a Campaign ad.

5
posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:47:37 AM
byHotKat
(Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)

That’s pretty much what I was thinking.

To: timlot

Paul Ryan said WHAT??

WaynesWorldDouchbags

blockquote>

What is WRONG with so many Conservatives when it comes to just OPENLY
EMBRACING and DEFENDING Limited Government and a free market for free
people?

They need to just DO it, and stop being such pusillanimous WIMPS!

7
posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:50:10 AM
byNH Liberty
(“For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus…” [1 Timothy 2:5])

To: txrangerette
I am a moocher. I don’t pay income tax.

Because my social
security benefits are not taxable and the earned interest income off my
savings are below taxable levels, I don’t pay taxes.

There are a
lot of retired people who don’t pay income tax or pay a relatively
small amount of income tax on interest income who will be in a world of
hurt when Romney and the GOP start taxing SS benefits.

17
posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 7:25:02 AM
byBen Ficklin

BanHimCannon
.

To: timlot

” – – – Ryan says he thinks Romney would have said it differently, adding, “that’s for sure.” – – – “

The election-winning topic of Marxist Redistribution of Wealth has
been delivered to you on a Silver Platter by David Corn of the Liberal
Agenda Media, and you Ryan, choose to stab Romney in the back?

The Liberal Agenda Media spent all day yesterday telling their
Liberal audiences that 47 % of Voters pay NO Personal Federal Income
taxes. What a great promotion they performed for us Conservatives, and
you stab Romney in the back?

Get on board the Smack-Down Express, Ryan, or shut your mouth!

30
posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 9:25:29 AM
byGraewoulf
((Traitor John Roberts’ Obama”care” violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND the U.S. Constitution.))

More after the linky thingy..

Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – The 47% Solution edition”

Adrastos, Television3 Comments

Deep Treme Thought

Not the neighborhood, the HBO show. I’m a bit underwhelmed by the Season 3 premiere. What was up with the celebrity chef dinner? It seemed gratuitous to me. Hope the show’s staff got some decent eats out of it. I’m sticking with the show but the short scenes and choppy editing style have got me calling it “short attention span theatre,” and that’s not a compliment. That is all. Continue reading Deep Treme Thought

Athenae, Stupid Republican Tricks13 Comments

WHO IS ADVISING THIS GUY???!?

Did Shrum switch sides or something? The former Massachusetts governor and his wife, Ann, could have claimed more in deductions, the trustee of Romney’s blind trust said when the candidate’s 2011 tax returns were released. But, Brad Malt acknowledged, the couple “limited their deductions of charitable contributions to conform to the governor’s statement in August, based on the January estimate of income, that he paid at least 13 percent in income taxes in each of the last 10 years.” In other words, the governor made some shit up, and then we had to make it true. Not unusual in politics … Continue reading WHO IS ADVISING THIS GUY???!?

Stupid Republican Tricks, Tommy T10 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Mitt’s terrible no-good week edition

tommyfd

Good morning, everyone!

I was going to rest my re-injured hand (broke/tore my right thumbnail 3/4″ into the quick on Wed.) for another week, but Mitt’s Very Bad Week happened. So – applesauce, bitches!

You know, I was concerned that the Freeperati would be despondent over Bad Will Hunting – The Smirkening, until I read these justifi…er, reasons why Mittens’ response was so misinterpreted –

“His face is ALWAYS like that!”

Will ‘the smirk’ come to haunt Romney? [when the media need to bury you, their pit is bottomless]

Telegraph – UK ^

| September 13, 2012
| Damian Thompson

Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2012 1:33:58 PM by Cincinatus’ Wife

That’s quite some smirk on Mitt Romney’s face as he walks away from
the podium in Jacksonville, Florida, having just woven in criticism of
Barack Obama to his reaction to the murders in Benghazi. The photograph
was taken by Charles Dharapak of the Associated Press, and I suspect
it’s going to be one of the most significant images of the campaign.
Maybe Mr Romney was just unlucky, but on the other hand… are you
surprised? Honestly?

*********************

I found this particularly interesting because yesterday while
listening to Barack Obama’s first press availability on the Libya
murders, it struck me that his voice still rang with the same
undisguised narcissism it always conveys (there was no hint of emotion
for the death of Americans).

Romney smirking?

The idea of “Mitt’s smirk” as the new media and blogosphere smear is telling.

I can’t post the photo (AP) but it’s at the source.

1
posted on Thursday, September 13, 2012 1:34:04 PM
by Cincinatus’ Wife

To: Cincinatus’ Wife

That is not a smirk! It is a strained smile.

3
posted on Thursday, September 13, 2012 1:36:11 PM
by Sacajaweau

The only thing that could have made it any better would have been a strained chuckle. Because it’s always appropriate to smile when an American Ambassador is killed.

To: Cincinatus’ Wife

In terms of inappropriate facial expressions, one only has to
look at the arrogance that characterize the multiplicity of 0bungle
photos that litter the media.

19
posted on Thursday, September 13, 2012 1:43:00 PM
by Silentgypsy
(If you love your freedom, thank a vet.)

Let’s do that, shall we?
We’ll start with President Obama’s smirk during his press conference (bonus Hillary smirk included):
ObamaLibya
.
Now, Romney’s strained non-smirk:
RomneySmirk
.
See?Identical!

To: Sacajaweau
That is not a smirk on Romney’s face but the picture of the fag that
wrote this has a smirk on his mouth… or maybe it’s stretch marks.

LLS

20
posted on Thursday, September 13, 2012 1:43:30 PM
by LibLieSlayer
(“if it looks like you are not gonna make it you gotta get mean, I mean plumb mad-dog mean” J. Wales)

There’s nothing worse than a fag with stretch marks, is there?

To: Cincinatus’ Wife

So friggin what…?

25
posted on Thursday, September 13, 2012 1:47:26 PM
by AngelesCrestHighway

I’m a smirker, and you’re not!
And, of course:

To: Cincinatus’ Wife

Romney always has this look on his face. It is just how he looks;
like him or not. For someone to say he is smirking is the ultimate in
media bias. Unbelievable.
You could find probably 1,000 pictures of him with the same look on his face.
41
posted on Thursday, September 13, 2012 2:04:51 PM
by HereInTheHeartland
(Encourage all of your Democrat friends to get out and vote on November 7th, the stakes are high.)

That’s because a smirk is his habitual expression, right?
Is that what you’re saying?
A smirk is a smile
evoking insolence, scorn, or offensive smugness. “A constant smirk upon
the face, and a whifling activity of the body, are strong indications
of futility,” the Earl of Chesterfield once wrote in a letter to his son.
.
Colour me unsurprised.
More strained smiles after the partition thingy..

Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Mitt’s terrible no-good week edition”

Current Affairs, Diary, Doc15 Comments

The New Bullies

vffilak

Sometimes it takes a stupid argument over a stupid thing to reveal a greater truth. After a week of “Oh, hey, you still live here?” chaos that meant seeing my wife for about three minutes a day, we finally had an evening to catch up on some together time. We decided to watch a few episodes of “Project Runway” we had gathered on the DVR, which isn’t as tortuous as I thought it would be when she asked for a season pass to this thing. If you haven’t see this over the ten seasons it’s been on, the concept should … Continue reading The New Bullies