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Live from New Orleans, it’s Rising Tide. The program kicks off at 9 a.m. And my panel will be on at 4:15 p.m. CST. We hope you are enjoying the Rising Tide webcast. Please consider making a minimum $10 donation to help us put on future Rising Tide events. Continue reading Rising Tide 7 Live Stream
Are you allergic to anything? I don’t know what’s blooming around my house these days but this year has been just brutal on whatever pollen/tree/grass/outdoors allergy I developed in my early 30s. I get sneezy and wheezy no matter what I take. Come on, good hard frost! A. Continue reading Weekend Question Thread
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
Here we have the anatomy of some bullshit, laid out in such a manner as to make clear that it is bullshit, yet laid out nonetheless, despite being utter bullshit: “The president’s view is one of larger government, there’s a tape that came out today where the president’s saying he likes redistribution,” said Romney during an interview with Fox News’ Neil Cavuto, the candidate’s first interview since the leaked videos showed Romney referring to 47 percent of the American people who feel “entitled” and who are “dependent” on government. “I disagree,” said Romney on the issue of redistribution. “I think … Continue reading Further Annals of the Passive Voice
The Saints are off to an abysmal start, which caused me to tweet the following bon mot: Maybe it’s time for the Saints to try an interim, interim, interim coach. The interim, interim dude is 0 and 2, after all. That is all. Continue reading Deep Gridiron Thought (Tweet?)
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
Thus spake D’Aneglo Barksdale in The Wire. It also applies to Kaspar, the King of Baton Rouge: Continue reading Friday Catblogging: The king stay the king
Thus spake D’Aneglo Barksdale in The Wire. It also applies to Kaspar, the King of Baton Rouge: Continue reading Friday Catblogging: The king stay the king
From Album4 Rachel Maddow noted Mitt’s engaged in somewhat unusual tactics for this late stage of the presidential campaign, mostly avoiding big rallies in swing states in favor of fundraisers in safely red ones. I dunno, maybe they need the money (sarcasm)…or maybe that’s just what makes them feel comfortable while avoiding any more embarrassing moments of Romney telling us what he really thinks. Continue reading The Mittistry of Silly Walks
This cover isn’t politcally correct but it’ *is* hilarious so here we go: Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Pulp Kinkiness
The “secret” Romney tape is starting to remind me of the Nixon White House tapes only without the f-bombs or anti-Semitic paranoia. There’s self-aggrandizement, self-pity and far too much self for my taste. And I’m not talking about Kansas Jayhawks hoops coach Bill Self… Now where was I?Oh yeah, my *current* favorite bit of the tape: All right, we have a potentially volatile situation but we sort of live with it, and we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it. We don’t go to war to try and resolve it … Continue reading Mitt Don’t Delve
And I’m awesome: So awesome. Continue reading Because I Can
All right, we’re nearing the midway point of the drive, which is usually when I have to remind everybody of what you can get when you generously donate to First Draft: That’s right. You get a ferret in an outfit. If we reach our goal by Friday, we’ll give you a Claire, or a Bucky, or maybe even a Chicken-Riot, in a hat. Or a hoodie. Or a fetching pair of earmuffs. Because that’s how we roll around here. Other websites may give you more trenchant observations on the human condition, or funnier cock jokes, but we pimp our pets … Continue reading First Draft Fundraising Day Four: The Bribery Begins
This cover isn’t politcally correct but it’ *is* hilarious so here we go: Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Pulp Kinkiness
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
FromAlbum4 Rachel Maddow noted Mitt’s engaged in somewhat unusual tactics for this late stage of the presidential campaign, mostly avoiding big rallies in swing states in favor of fundraisers in safely red ones. I dunno, maybe they need the money (sarcasm)…or maybe that’s just what makes them feel comfortable while avoiding any more embarrassing moments of Romney telling us what he really thinks. Continue reading The Mittistry of Silly Walks
All right, we’re nearing the midway point of the drive, which is usually when I have to remind everybody of what you can getwhen you generously donate to First Draft: That’s right. You get a ferret in an outfit. If we reach our goal by Friday, we’ll give you a Claire, or a Bucky, or maybe even a Chicken-Riot, in a hat. Or a hoodie. Or a fetching pair of earmuffs. Because that’s how we roll around here. Other websites may give you more trenchant observations on the human condition, or funnier cock jokes, but we pimp our pets for … Continue reading First Draft Fundraising Day Four: The Bribery Begins
The “secret” Romney tape is starting to remind me of the Nixon White House tapes only without the f-bombs or anti-Semitic paranoia. There’s self-aggrandizement, self-pity and far too much self for my taste. And I’m not talking about Kansas Jayhawks hoops coach Bill Self… Now where was I?Oh yeah, my *current* favorite bit of the tape: All right, we have a potentially volatile situation but we sort of live with it, and we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it. We don’t go to war to try and resolve it … Continue reading Mitt Don’t Delve
Never. Ever. As part of my job, I talked to a young man today who had recently been fired. He is 26 years old. We sent him to Iraq when he was 19 years old. Yes, “we.” You and I. Everyone who lives in the United States of America sent him there. And he got broken. Ruined. He has post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury that you and I are responsible for. He did not incur those injuries defending our freedoms, or securing weapons of mass destruction, or “fighting them there so we won’t have to fight them … Continue reading The War’s Never Over
No, I’m not going to shut the site down and send the whole Internet home without its supper if we don’t get our way. That isn’t how this works. I can’t scare you with tales of server expenses and, I dunno, a new gas grill because mine got knocked over in the rain or something. What I can tell you is that your contributions are a vote of confidence in what we’re building here. An independent place for commentary, discussion, fun, and good. A place for people who don’t just want to bitch about stuff. A place for people who … Continue reading This Ain’t No Freepathon: First Draft Fundraising Day 3
If this is where you want to go, then go there already. But don’t keep blithering on about the importance of maintaining traditional media and your noble truth-telling. We’ve always had a partisan press. We’ve always had a cheap press, too. What’s new right now is a supposedly high-minded press wanting to claim all the privileges of saintly journalism while simultaneously selling out to the easiest possible option. But if you think for a second it’s going to buy your ass out of purgatory with the wingnuts, think again.This was the headline on Red State last night: Treat the Press … Continue reading Admit It Then
Posted at the Wapo’s web site. Some folks checked into the Mittbot’s claim that Obama voters are all moochers. It looks as if the electoral vote count of the states with the most non-taxpayers is Romney 95, Obama 5. But when the did the wingers ever let the facts interfere with their narratives? The dang thang has given me an earworm. Mercifully, it’s a good un: Continue reading Best graphic ever
Here we have the anatomy of some bullshit, laid out in such a manner as to make clear that it is bullshit, yet laid out nonetheless, despite being utter bullshit: “The president’s view is one of larger government, there’s a tape that came out today where the president’s saying he likes redistribution,” said Romney during an interview with Fox News’ Neil Cavuto, the candidate’s first interview since the leaked videos showed Romney referring to 47 percent of the American people who feel “entitled” and who are “dependent” on government. “I disagree,” said Romney on the issue of redistribution. “I think … Continue reading Further Annals of the Passive Voice
The title of Newman’s latest effort is inspired by his fellow Jew, Irving Berlin’s clasic holiday tune. The lyrics are inspired by teawads and malakas everywhere since they’re “dreaming of a white President” and what’s whiter than a stinking rich LDS Republican? Continue reading Randy Newman brings the satire
No, I’m not going to shut the site down and send the whole Internet home without its supper if we don’t get our way. That isn’t how this works. I can’t scare you with tales of server expenses and, I dunno, a new gas grill because mine got knocked over in the rain or something. What I can tell you is thatyour contributions are a vote of confidence in what we’re building here. An independent place for commentary, discussion, fun, and good. A place for people who don’t just want to bitch about stuff. A place for people who want … Continue reading This Ain’t No Freepathon: First Draft Fundraising Day 3
I’ve been meaning to blog Boardwalk Empire since season-1 but life kept getting in the way. I’m going to bitch slap life and tell her to get the hell out of the way. End of semi-useless introductory paragraph. Okey dokey, time for some random and discursive (do I make any other kind?) comments on the season-3 opener, Resolution. Viva NYE: Showrunner/auteur Terence Winter seems to love New Year’s Eve. This is the second time he’s opened a season with a party scene replete with folks drinking Nucky’s booze and getting paid off by him. This time there was an Egyptian … Continue reading Boardwalk Empire Thread: A fucking breadstick in a bow tie
Posted at the Wapo’s web site. Some folks checked into the Mittbot’s claim that Obama voters are all moochers. It looks as if the electoral vote count of the states with the most non-taxpayers isRomney 95, Obama 5. But when the did the wingers ever let the facts interfere with their narratives? The dang thang has given me an earworm. Mercifully, it’s a good un: Continue reading Best graphic ever
The title of Newman’s latest effort is inspired by his fellow Jew, Irving Berlin’s clasic holiday tune. The lyrics are inspired by teawads and malakas everywhere since they’re “dreaming of a white President” and what’s whiter than a stinking rich LDS Republican? Continue reading Randy Newman brings the satire
Look, I see where Miller’s going with this: My friend, a widely known pundit, wanted to tell me that he didn’t believe the poll, which was conducted by We Ask America. After some back and forth about what the pollster could’ve or should’ve asked, I finally told him that as an older, white person with no kids in the public school system, he’s not supposed to support the strike. The poll, taken after three full days of no school, found that a 52 percent majority of whites disapprove of the strike. Whites were the only ethnic group that expressed a … Continue reading ‘You’re Not Supposed to Support the Strike’