Pulp Fiction Thursday: Born To Kill

It’s film noir time at First Draft.Born To Kill is a personal favorite of mine. Lawrence Tierney is the chillingly heartless villain and Claire Trevor is awesome as the socialite femme fatale. It’s a must see, y’all. Great tag line and fabulous supporting cast; especially Walter Slezak as a sleazy PI and Elisha Cook Jr as Tierney’s toady. Another notable name in the credits is director Robert Wise. In 1947 when Born To Kill was released, and into the 1950’s, Wise specialized in hardboiled and dark filmic fare. He is now best known for <sigh> The Sound Of Music. The … Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Born To Kill

A Visit From The Ghost Of Wingnut Past

FromAlbum4 It’s fitting that on the same dayMitt doubles-down — and doubles-back — to the “Obama’s giving those people free stuff” excuse for why he lost, The Nation and James Carter IV offer definitive proof that Lee Atwater actally did utter the now infamous lines that are his sorry legacy: You start out in 1954 by saying, “Nigger, nigger, nigger.” By 1968 you can’t say “nigger”—that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, forced busing, states’ rights, and all that stuff, and you’re getting so abstract. Now, you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking … Continue reading A Visit From The Ghost Of Wingnut Past

Proud to Promote

Soon Allen West will be out of office, and we will not have to listen to his stupid comments anymore: In an e-mail to supporters on Monday, Representative Allen B. West, a Florida Republican, called the increase in food stamp use a “highly disturbing trend.” He said that he had noticed a sign outside a gas station in his district over the weekend alerting customers that food stamps were accepted. “This is not something we should be proud to promote,” he said. Yes. What we ought to do is keep secret all the locations where poor people can get food, … Continue reading Proud to Promote

It’s Always Good News For Republicans

Pardon my kvetch but Jesus, the media’s hand-wringing over the demise of the Republican Party is starting to annoy the shit out of me. Yes, it was amusing the first four days, but enough already. I’m really tired of every single news channel and cable program trotting out this or that Republican to discuss what’s wrong with their party, why they lost, how they can make a comeback, what they need to do, etc. You know what? I sure don’t remember Democrats dominating every news program when they lost the 2010 midterms, or when they lost in 2004. I really … Continue reading It’s Always Good News For Republicans

A Quick Thought

This picture has nothing to do with the post. It just cracks me up. I’m no political strategist, but telling people that they’re too stupid to understand why their lazy, mooching, female, “urban,” or entitled asses should vote for the party that has pledged to destroy the things that those people are supposedly dependent on is probably not a good plan to increase that party’s share of the vote totals. Discuss. Continue reading A Quick Thought

PBJ: Get Smart?

The GOP post-mortems are coming fast and furious. This unintentionally funny one comes from my rabidly ambitious erstwhileGovernor, Bobby Jindal: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Monday called on Republicans to “stop being the stupid party” and make a concerted effort to reach a broader swath of voters with an inclusive economic message that pre-empts efforts to caricature the GOP as the party of the rich. In his first interview since his party’s electoral thumping last week, Jindal urged Republicans to both reject anti-intellectualism and embrace a populist-tinged reform approach that he said would mitigate what exit polls show was one … Continue reading PBJ: Get Smart?

Obama’s Massive Victory Means Obama is Hosed

First, the credentials for the following stupidity: Walter Shapiro‘s Yahoo! News column examines what we know about the character and personalities of the 2012 candidates. Shapiro, who is covering his ninth presidential campaign, is also a special correspondent for the New Republic. Wow, what a pedigree. I bet he’s got some seriously interesting things to say about how Obama will govern: Dating back to Woodrow Wilson’s1919 failure to bring the United States into the League of Nations, second presidential terms have almost always been disappointing and sad. There have been successes: Ronald Reagan passing tax reform in 1986 and Bill … Continue reading Obama’s Massive Victory Means Obama is Hosed

A Quick Thought

This picture has nothing to do with the post. It just cracks me up. I’m no political strategist, but telling people that they’re too stupid to understand why their lazy, mooching, female, “urban,” or entitled assesshould vote for the party that has pledged to destroy the things that those people are supposedly dependent on is probably not a good plan to increase that party’s share of the vote totals. Discuss. Continue reading A Quick Thought

Temper, Temper

Jeez, it would be better if this wingnutty woman was “shellshocked” instead of OTT loony.This, however, is funnier: An Arizona woman, in despair at the re-election of Democratic President Barack Obama, ran down her husband with the family car in suburban Phoenix on Saturday because he failed to vote in the election, police said on Monday. Holly Solomon, 28, was arrested after running over husband Daniel Solomon following a wild chase that left him pinned underneath the vehicle. Daniel Solomon, 36, was in critical condition at a local hospital, but is expected to survive, Gilbert police spokesman Sergeant Jesse Sanger … Continue reading Temper, Temper

Oops

I don’t think the tale of the bat-eared former General/CIA director and his hot, toned mistress is the most significant story around but it’s getting funnier by the minute. In the latest non-development, a teevee station aired a graphic with an addition to the Broadwell hagiography’s title: Continue reading Oops

Temper, Temper

Jeez, it would be better if this wingnutty woman was “shellshocked” instead of OTT loony.This, however, is funnier: An Arizona woman, in despair at the re-election of Democratic President Barack Obama, ran down her husband with the family car in suburban Phoenix on Saturday because he failed to vote in the election, police said on Monday. Holly Solomon, 28, was arrested after running over husband Daniel Solomon following a wild chase that left him pinned underneath the vehicle. Daniel Solomon, 36, was in critical condition at a local hospital, but is expected to survive, Gilbert police spokesman Sergeant Jesse Sanger … Continue reading Temper, Temper

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Great White Fail edition – Vol 2

Good morning, gentle people!

Well, Jude, Michael, Adrastos, Scout, Southern Beale, et.al. did yeoman’s work Sunday scrubbing the scorch-marks and Freeper cranial matter off the walls and ceiling – I thank you all.

OK – after the shock wears off a little, the Freeperati start the finger-pointing and wrong-conclusion-jumping we’ve been seeing everywhere, but only in Freeperville will you see them unleash their inner Joker.

I give you –Our only hope now is real economic collapse!

Vanity: Myths Destroyed


Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:07:58 AM by over3Owithabrain

Unskewed polls.com Nate Silver is clueless GOP vote
underestimated/DEM vote overestimated Anything Dick Morris says
Groundswell of anger at Obama Bradley effect Romney had momentum PA was
winnable WI was winnable

Anything else??

1
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:07:59 AM
by over3Owithabrain
To: over3Owithabrain

Nate Silver is clueless. He’d be happier if he slit his wrists

2
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:10:51 AM
by GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
You’re just sore because he predicted your ass-whuppin’ down to the last State. And I daresay that you’re the one who’d be happier if he slit his wrists, since you have to watch Nate Silver bask in the aprobation he’s so justly receiving.

To: over3Owithabrain

Nobody can predict what trojan horse can do, except G-d!

4
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:13:43 AM
by hamboy

And what’s with you nimrods leaving out God’s middle letter all the time? Does this automaticaly get you into Heaven or something? Or is it like not saying Voldemort’s name out loud, or only saying “Candyman” four times? Do you think that He’ll be so miffed by your typing “God” instead of “G-d” that he’ll manifest himself and smite you?

To: over3Owithabrain

I really hope people stop obsessively trying to discredit polls.
They aren’t gospel, but in the last two elections they have been fairly
accurate, and if anything, slightly republican leaning.

Go back and
check the RCP final poll average for the 2010 Senate races – 20 of 23
correctly senate seats picked correctly. Of the the 3 that were
incorrect, 2 dems won instead of the predicted republican, and the last
was Murkowski beating Miller in Alaska. And obviously, polls were better
than GOP cheerleaders this time as well.

The dumbest thing I hear around here is “no one polled me.”

5
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:14:06 AM
by MrShoop

Commie.

To: Mr. Jeeves; StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; cyborg; …
The GOP got killed among Asian-Americans, who logically should be strong GOP supporters. The GOP is not even asking itself why.

Can
somebody tell me why Asian-Americans vote for democRATS? You’re right,
Mr. Jeeves… logically they should be strong GOP supporters.

WHY do they vote for ‘RATs? I don’t understand this…

10
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:16:03 AM
by nutmeg

Let me refresh your memory:
“Yellow Peril”
“Gooks”
“Chinks”
“Slants”
Now do your think that Asian-Americans believe that Democrats are more likely to address them as such? Or Republicans?
(or, if that is too complicated for you – Mike Stivic, or Archie Bunker?)

To: over3Owithabrain

We didn’t understand why Obama won in 2008. We thought maybe
people wanted to give him a chance, he would be historic first black,
post partisan and all that hopey stuff. Then they’d get over it.

Maybe he won because they really wanted a leftist.

13
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:21:44 AM
by ari-freedom

And maybe he won because the majority of Americans just don’t like you, or what you stand for? YMMV.

To: over3Owithabrain

Our only hope now is real economic collapse (on a catastrophic

scale)
that will be so devastating that it will bring about
a huge revolt against the Democrats.

Or it might even bring a military coup.

20
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:32:15 AM
by NeverForgetBataan
(I am become Barry… destroyer of wealth)

Thought I was kidding, didn’t you?
And I love “NeverForgetBataan” chiming in on a discussion of why Asian-Americans don’t love the GOP.

To: over3Owithabrain

Myths:

Blacks won’t turn out. Only 80% will vote Obama.

PA was in play.

Ryan will bring a state or two. Not even WI was picked up.

Gender gap is gone.

Dick Morris. Clueless.

Poll watching will help.

29
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:43:41 AM
by TigerClaws

To: wardaddy

Spot on wardaddy. And we only 60% of the white vote. The answer
is not to kowtow to the Latino population and open borders and let the
country go socialist, but to more or less unify the white vote… well,
increase our white vote.

38
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 3:21:00 AM
by Hokestuk

Dumbass
.

To: over3Owithabrain

Myths: Ramussen is right, D+6 is delusional, sea of Romney lawn
signs, big R&R campaign rallies, Dick Morris, Michael Barone, [your
favorite state] is going Romney, incumbents can’t win with >7%
unemployment, the Bradley Effect, PA is winnable for the GOP, women like
white men, all those “left-leaning” polls are in the tank for Obama,
“fraud” won the election, John Roberts and Chris Christie are on our
side.

Reality: We are anachronistic outliers in a country we don’t
understand and that is going to leave us behind.
This type of thing
happens every century in many countries since the dawn of time. The US
is never going back to what it used to be. Obama will guarantee it.
There is nowhere to run.

52
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 4:42:20 AM
by BlueStateRightist

Ouch.
Rebuttal?

To: GVnana

Obama is black, that is the shift, any white guy with the same
record would have been booted from office. He is a brother by another
mother, and despite horrible job numbers and a looming financial
disaaster for blacks and hispanics they will always back a brother.

55
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 5:11:37 AM
by OldGoatCPO

That’s what I thought.
Well, there’s a lot more schaden-whatsis after the paradigm shift.
Snorkels are mandatory due to the water level from Freeper tears.

Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Great White Fail edition – Vol 2”

Call Me Ishmael, or, the Romney Fail Whale

Good CHRIST: The Romney high command had cloaked the system in secrecy to maintain what it hoped would be a true competitive turnout advantage. But by limiting the number of people with access to Orca, the campaign was not able to train its field operatives to use it or do the necessary beta-testing to work out the kinks that typically plague new software. “It did not work perfectly,” said Rich Beeson, the Romney campaign’s political director, in an interview.He acknowledged that Orca crashed in the morning on Election Day. At first the campaign thought the system had been hacked, he … Continue reading Call Me Ishmael, or, the Romney Fail Whale

Proud to Promote

Soon Allen West will be out of office, and we will not have to listen to his stupid comments anymore: In an e-mail to supporters on Monday, Representative Allen B. West, a Florida Republican, called the increase in food stamp use a “highly disturbing trend.” He said that he had noticed a sign outside a gas station in his district over the weekend alerting customers that food stamps were accepted. “This is not something we should be proud to promote,” he said. Yes. What we ought to do is keep secret all the locations where poor people can get food, … Continue reading Proud to Promote

It’s Always Good News For Republicans

Pardon my kvetch but Jesus, the media’s hand-wringing over the demise of the Republican Party is starting to annoy the shit out of me. Yes, it was amusing the first four days, but enough already. I’m really tired of every single news channel and cable program trotting out this or that Republican to discuss what’s wrong with their party, why they lost, how they can make a comeback, what they need to do, etc. You know what? I sure don’t remember Democrats dominating every news program when they lost the 2010 midterms, or when they lost in 2004. I really … Continue reading It’s Always Good News For Republicans

Call Me Ishmael, or, the Romney Fail Whale

Good CHRIST: The Romney high command had cloaked the system in secrecy to maintain what it hoped would be a true competitive turnout advantage. But by limiting the number of people with access to Orca, the campaign was not able to train its field operatives to use it or do the necessary beta-testing to work out the kinks that typically plague new software. “It did not work perfectly,” said Rich Beeson, the Romney campaign’s political director, in an interview.He acknowledged that Orca crashed in the morning on Election Day. At first the campaign thought the system had been hacked, he … Continue reading Call Me Ishmael, or, the Romney Fail Whale

NRSC Not Pro-Rape Enough

Republicans. Will they ever support rape enough? “The NRSC’s actions reflected its incompetent leadership,” Tyler told TPM Friday. “It’s hard to say if Akin could have won given how poorly the Republicans performed nationally. But there can be no question that their actions and comments kept the campaign from recovering after a misstep.” Right. It’s not that your candidate was a total dog anus. It’s that Republicans performed poorly nationally, so how could poor saintly Todd Akin possibly have won? Tyler, honey, Republicans could have won every other district and Senate seat ever and you still would have come up … Continue reading NRSC Not Pro-Rape Enough

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Great White Fail edition – Vol 2

Good morning, gentle people!

Well, Jude, Michael, Adrastos, Scout, Southern Beale, et.al. did yeoman’s work Sunday scrubbing the scorch-marks and Freeper cranial matter off the walls and ceiling – I thank you all.

OK – after the shock wears off a little, the Freeperati start the finger-pointing and wrong-conclusion-jumping we’ve been seeing everywhere, but only in Freeperville will you see them unleash their inner Joker.

I give you –Our only hope now is real economic collapse!

Vanity: Myths Destroyed

Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:07:58 AM byover3Owithabrain

Unskewed polls.com Nate Silver is clueless GOP vote
underestimated/DEM vote overestimated Anything Dick Morris says
Groundswell of anger at Obama Bradley effect Romney had momentum PA was
winnable WI was winnable

Anything else??

1
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:07:59 AM
byover3Owithabrain
To: over3Owithabrain

Nate Silver is clueless. He’d be happier if he slit his wrists

2
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:10:51 AM
byGeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
You’re just sore because he predicted your ass-whuppin’ down to the last State. And I daresay thatyou’re the one who’d be happier if he slit his wrists, since you have to watch Nate Silver bask in the aprobation he’s so justly receiving.
To: over3Owithabrain

Nobody can predict what trojan horse can do, except G-d!

4
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:13:43 AM
byhamboy
And what’s with you nimrods leaving out God’s middle letter all the time? Does this automatically get you into Heaven or something? Or is it like not saying Voldemort’s name out loud, or only saying “Candyman” four times? Do you think that He’ll be so miffed by your typing “God” instead of “G-d” that he’ll manifest himself and smite you?

To: over3Owithabrain

I really hope people stop obsessively trying to discredit polls.
They aren’t gospel, but in the last two elections they have been fairly
accurate, and if anything, slightly republican leaning.Go back and
check the RCP final poll average for the 2010 Senate races – 20 of 23
correctly senate seats picked correctly. Of the the 3 that were
incorrect, 2 dems won instead of the predicted republican, and the last
was Murkowski beating Miller in Alaska. And obviously, polls were better
than GOP cheerleaders this time as well.

The dumbest thing I hear around here is “no one polled me.”

5
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:14:06 AM
byMrShoop
Commie.
To: Mr. Jeeves; StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; cyborg; …
The GOP got killed among Asian-Americans, who logically should be strong GOP supporters. The GOP is not even asking itself why.Can
somebody tell me why Asian-Americans vote for democRATS? You’re right,
Mr. Jeeves… logically they should be strong GOP supporters.

WHY do they vote for ‘RATs? I don’t understand this…

10
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:16:03 AM
bynutmeg
Let me refresh your memory:
“Yellow Peril”
“Gooks”
“Chinks”
“Slants”
Now do your think that Asian-Americans believe that Democrats are more likely to address them as such? Or Republicans?
(or, if that is too complicated for you – Mike Stivic, or Archie Bunker?)
To: over3Owithabrain

We didn’t understand why Obama won in 2008. We thought maybe
people wanted to give him a chance, he would be historic first black,
post partisan and all that hopey stuff. Then they’d get over it.

Maybe he won because they really wanted a leftist.

13
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:21:44 AM
byari-freedom
And maybe he won because the majority of Americans just don’t like you, or what you stand for? YMMV.
To: over3Owithabrain

Our only hope now is real economic collapse (on a catastrophic

scale)
that will be so devastating that it will bring about

a huge revolt against the Democrats.

Or it might even bring a military coup.

20
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:32:15 AM
byNeverForgetBataan
(I am become Barry… destroyer of wealth)
Thought I was kidding, didn’t you?
And I love “NeverForgetBataan” chiming in on a discussion of why Asian-Americans don’t love the GOP.
To: over3Owithabrain

Myths:

Blacks won’t turn out. Only 80% will vote Obama.

PA was in play.

Ryan will bring a state or two. Not even WI was picked up.

Gender gap is gone.

Dick Morris. Clueless.

Poll watching will help.

29
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:43:41 AM
byTigerClaws
To: wardaddy

Spot on wardaddy. And we only 60% of the white vote. The answer
is not to kowtow to the Latino population and open borders and let the
country go socialist, but to more or less unify the white vote… well,
increase our white vote.

38
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 3:21:00 AM
byHokestuk
Dumbass
.
To: over3Owithabrain

Myths: Ramussen is right, D+6 is delusional, sea of Romney lawn
signs, big R&R campaign rallies, Dick Morris, Michael Barone, [your
favorite state] is going Romney, incumbents can’t win with >7%
unemployment, the Bradley Effect, PA is winnable for the GOP, women like
white men, all those “left-leaning” polls are in the tank for Obama,
“fraud” won the election, John Roberts and Chris Christie are on our
side.

Reality: We are anachronistic outliers in a country we don’t
understand and that is going to leave us behind.
This type of thing
happens every century in many countries since the dawn of time. The US
is never going back to what it used to be. Obama will guarantee it.
There is nowhere to run.

52
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 4:42:20 AM
byBlueStateRightist
Ouch.
Rebuttal?
To: GVnana

Obama is black, that is the shift, any white guy with the same
record would have been booted from office. He is a brother by another
mother, and despite horrible job numbers and a looming financial
disaaster for blacks and hispanics they will always back a brother.

55
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 5:11:37 AM
byOldGoatCPO
That’s what I thought.
Well, there’s a lot more schaden-whatsis after the paradigm shift.
Snorkels are mandatory due to the water level from Freeper tears.

Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Great White Fail edition – Vol 2”

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “It’s TOO quiet” edition

Good morning, happy campers!

Freeperville has settled down quite a bit in the last couple of weeks. I guess they’re running out of garments to rend.

Well, I can’t keep posting immediately-post-election threads forever (although I have an entire outbuilding full of them still unopened)…

Ah – here’s something new –Two Girls, One Cupp!

What happened to Ann Coulter?

Tea Party Nation. ^

| 12/6/12
| Judson Phillips

Posted on Thursday, December 06, 2012 5:10:05 PM by Thad Lost

Ann Coulter used to be one of the shinning voices of the Conservative
movement. She could be counted on to verbally joust and destroy liberal
opponents.

Suddenly she isn’t doing this.

Suddenly she is saying we should give in to Obama.

What has happened to Ann Coulter?

1
posted on Thursday, December 06, 2012 5:10:09 PM
by Thad Lost

To: Thad Lost

You mean the Ann Coulter who thought Christie Kreme was the conservative man of the year before she thought Mitt was?

I think Ann’s relevance factor has slipped exponentially.

6
posted on Thursday, December 06, 2012 5:16:17 PM
by Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)

I daresay, (as that particular horse gets longer in the tooth), her appeal to the only head Freepers seem capable of thinking with has slipped exponentially.

To: Thad Lost

She reminds me of Dennis Miller, who virulently savaged Reagan
years ago, and then found out that there’s money to be made by tweaking
the conservative data base. No matter what anyone says, Miller, Coulter,
and bozos like O’Reilly have their conservative feedbag on and don’t
give a rat’s a$$ about the conservative cause.

For Coulter to have cheerleaded for Gov. Krispy Kreem and Romney into
a so-called Conservative base just showed where her allegiance lay. And
may she and the rest of her buddies go to hell.

8
posted on Thursday, December 06, 2012 5:21:41 PM
by laweeks

Of course, some of the Freeperati are still having that tingle running down their legs:

To: Thad Lost

I have nothing against Anne Coulter…but I wish I did.

12
posted on Thursday, December 06, 2012 5:25:56 PM
by capt. norm
(Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never run out of material. c)

To: Thad Lost

Not just Coulter.Last night O’REILLY and today Cavuto threw in
the towel. O’Reilly said he was tired of the issue and Cavuto was like
whatever
, it will hurt the economy but it won’t be a death blow.

21
posted on Thursday, December 06, 2012 5:37:15 PM
by Hound of the Baskervilles
(“Nonsense in the intellect draws evil after it.” C.S. Lewiscrate)

BunHim
.

To: laweeks

All these “conservative” talk show hosts and commentators make lots of money, and that is the name of the game.

Not that I envy their wealth, but let’s not put them on pedestals.

WSHF they will pack their bags and leave the country for a better place to live.
What, me American?

27
posted on Thursday, December 06, 2012 5:43:16 PM
by 353FMG

To: Thad Lost
Ironically from today’s Guyism. Even they root for the real right chick.

S.E.Cupp > Ann Coulter

30
posted on Thursday, December 06, 2012 5:46:22 PM
by mnehring

To: Thad Lost

Ann is 50, single, dates leftwingers, and loves homosexuals. Something’s not right there.

49
posted on Thursday, December 06, 2012 6:07:22 PM
by CatherineofAragon
(Support Christian white males—the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization)
To: Thad Lost

I think Bill Maher infected her with his demon seed.

56
posted on Thursday, December 06, 2012 6:17:09 PM
by TexasFreeper2009
(Obama lied .. the economy died.)
CouterLimbaugh
And, of course :

To: Thad Lost

RINOpause

13
posted on Thursday, December 06, 2012 5:26:59 PM
by Happy Rain
(“Obama, like Satan, would rather rule in (fascist) Hell than serve in (constitutional) Heaven.”)

More after the seasonal adjustment.

Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “It’s TOO quiet” edition”

Maggot Brain

I had a fleeting personal acquaintance with maggots in October, 2005. It happened when Dr. A and I snuck into NOLA from our Red Stick exile. I emptied our fridge and tried but failed miserably to clean it. Back to maggots, when I opened the freezer, flying maggots came zipping out. No longer larvae but living large and post-larval. I thought of the magggot swarm (band name?) when I saw this piece at Salon: Peter Morrison, treasurer of the Hardin County Republican Party in Texas, suggests in his newsletter that the state should have an “amicable divorce” from the “maggots” … Continue reading Maggot Brain

Watcha Gonna Do When the Money Runs Out?

I’ve said for years that Roger Ailes would have been a firebreathing liberal if there had ever been half a buck in it for him: Roger Ailes is as paranoid, hysterical and deluded as Jack Welch, but he does grasp that this is unsustainable. He fired Glenn Beck and replaced him with a dumb panel show because he knew Beck was going too far to be useful. “The Nightly Apocalyptic Death Cult Report” is decent for ratings and great for buzz but it doesn’t help Republicans win elections, or at least doesn’t help them remain able to win many elections … Continue reading Watcha Gonna Do When the Money Runs Out?

I Didn’t Fight For Your Freedom

A re-post from a couple of years ago that I hope, some day, never needs to be said again. Nope. No freedom being defended here. So it’s Veterans Day, which means that the US is awash with mostly obligatory tributes to military personnel. I hate this shit. I didn’t fight for your freedoms. In the six years I was in, I never once defended your right to vote, or to carry a gun, or to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure (that one doesn’t really apply anymore, anyway), or any of the other things you enjoy as a citizen … Continue reading I Didn’t Fight For Your Freedom

Maggot Brain

I had a fleeting personal acquaintance with maggots in October, 2005. It happened when Dr. A and I snuck into NOLA from our Red Stick exile. I emptied our fridge and tried but failed miserably to clean it. Back to maggots, when I opened the freezer, flying maggots came zipping out. No longer larvae but living large and post-larval. I thought of the magggot swarm (band name?) when I saw this piece at Salon: Peter Morrison, treasurer of the Hardin County Republican Party in Texas, suggests in his newsletter that the state should have an “amicable divorce” from the “maggots” … Continue reading Maggot Brain

Watcha Gonna Do When the Money Runs Out?

I’ve said for years that Roger Ailes would have been a firebreathing liberal if there had ever been half a buck in it for him: Roger Ailes is as paranoid, hysterical and deluded as Jack Welch, but he does grasp that this is unsustainable. He fired Glenn Beck and replaced him with a dumb panel show because he knew Beck was going too far to be useful. “The Nightly Apocalyptic Death Cult Report” is decent for ratings and great for buzz but it doesn’t help Republicans win elections, or at least doesn’t help them remain able to win many elections … Continue reading Watcha Gonna Do When the Money Runs Out?