Pulp Fiction Thursday: Blame it on Jude
Yeah, I know that I’ve been doing movies recently but Jude sent this to me and it tickled my funny bone: Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Blame it on Jude
Month: January 2013
Mom, Apple Pie…and AK-47s
From Album4 Whenever even the most modest of restrictions or regulations of guns is discussed you see counter arguments of this kind…yet, and sorry to be a bit ugly here, Nancy Lanza owned an assault rifle, but it did not assist at all in her personal defense. While I don’t own a gun myself, I’m more than willing to let people own guns…but when they start fetishizing and fantasizing about being ultimate vigilantes…then I have a problem. Movies like Dirty Harry or Death Wish are myths. But a significant segment of the public has taken these myths to heart. And … Continue reading Mom, Apple Pie…and AK-47s
Men Suck, And It’s Your Fault, Ladies, Because of Babies
You know what has been missing from our discussions about ladies in the workplace? The perspective of a middle-aged white man who thinks bitches be trippin’ to have menz babies: Look, most grown men are still 12-year-old boys inside. Most men still expect their working spouse to assume responsibility for the household chores. Most men turn immediately to their wives when their kid has the sniffles (“you don’t expectme to miss work, do you?”). Most men raise their eyebrows and give each other a nudge when a good-looking girl appears at a meeting. We check out the way they’re dressed. … Continue reading Men Suck, And It’s Your Fault, Ladies, Because of Babies
‘Be Courageous’
I already admired former Congreswoman Gabrielle Giffords but she is officially my new hero: I don’t cry very often but her guts and grace in speaking out so haltingly but eloquently made me cry a bloody river. What a broad. And her astronaut hubby is pretty awesome too. For some odd reason, thinking about the Tucson shooting and its best known victim gave me an earworm. I know. I’m weird like that. It put Killer’s Eyes by the Kinks in my head. Ray Davies was inspired to write this haunting song after seeing Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who tried … Continue reading ‘Be Courageous’
Culliver’s Travels
San Francisco 49ers player Chris Culliver is already running away from his imbecilic homophobic comments. Under pressure from his team and coaching staff, he issued an apology. One thing that struck me about his idiotic remarks was how he pretended that *he* had the power to ban gays from the Niners locker room. Who died and made you coach, asshole? Here’s how the story played out at the San Francisco Chronicle’s web site, SF Gate.com: 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh has, in the past, said that gay players would be welcome on his team, but a clip aired on the Artie … Continue reading Culliver’s Travels
‘Be Courageous’
I already admired former Congreswoman Gabrielle Giffords but she is officially my new hero: I don’t cry very often but her guts and grace in speaking out so haltingly but eloquently made me cry a bloody river. What a broad. And her astronaut hubby is pretty awesome too. For some odd reason, thinking about the Tucson shooting and its best known victim gave me an earworm. I know. I’m weird like that. It putKiller’s Eyes by the Kinks in my head. Ray Davies was inspired to write this haunting song after seeingMehmet Ali Agca, the man who tried to assassinate … Continue reading ‘Be Courageous’
Pulp Fiction Thursday: Blame it on Jude
Yeah, I know that I’ve been doing movies recently but Jude sent this to me and it tickled my funny bone: Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Blame it on Jude
Mom, Apple Pie…and AK-47s
FromAlbum4 Whenever even the most modest of restrictions or regulations of guns is discussed you seecounter arguments of thiskind…yet, and sorry to be a bit ugly here, Nancy Lanza owned an assault rifle, but it did not assist at all in her personal defense. While I don’t own a gun myself, I’m more than willing to let people own guns…but when they start fetishizing and fantasizing about being ultimate vigilantes…then I have a problem. Movies like Dirty Harry or Death Wish are myths. But a significant segment of the public has taken these myths to heart. And THAT’S the problem: … Continue reading Mom, Apple Pie…and AK-47s
Culliver’s Travels
San Francisco 49ers player Chris Culliver is already running away from hisimbecilic homophobic comments. Under pressure from his team and coaching staff, he issued an apology. One thing that struck me about his idiotic remarks was how he pretended that *he* had the power to ban gays from the Niners locker room. Who died and made you coach, asshole? Here’s how the story played out at theSan Francisco Chronicle’s web site, SF Gate.com: 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh has, in the past, said that gay players would be welcome on his team, but a clip aired on the Artie Lange show … Continue reading Culliver’s Travels
At least he’s consistent
The Junior Senator from the Gret Stet of Louisiana has chimed in with his views on the current immigration debate: Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) slammed his colleague, Marco Rubio (R-FL), over his support for an immigration reform bill in a radio interview with Laura Ingraham. “I love and respect Marco, I think he’s just amazingly naïve on this issue,” Vitter said. “This is the same old formula that we’ve dealt with before… promises of enforcement never materialize, the amnesty happens immediately the millisecond the bill is signed into the law.” Vitter said that if Rubio, who appeared on the show … Continue reading At least he’s consistent
‘That Is How I First Came to the Senate’
Photo credit. John Kerry, delivering a blistering, fierce, loving, rambling, inspiring farewell address to the Senate today: I came to the National Mall in 1971 with fellow veterans who wanted only to talk to our leaders about the war. President Nixon tried to kick us off the Mall. We knocked on door after door on Capitol Hill, but too often couldn’t get an audience with our representatives. A precious few, including Ted Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey, came to where we were camped out and heard what we had to say. And I saw first-hand that our political process works only … Continue reading ‘That Is How I First Came to the Senate’
They’ll love this back in San Francisco
Niner player opens mouth, inserts foot at Super Bowl media day: San Francisco 49ers cornerbackChris Culliver has reportedly made inflammatory comments regarding homosexuality in football just a few days before Super Bowl XLVII. Shock jock Artie Lange revealed he had interviewed Culliver at media day Tuesday and aired a segment on his show that night, where the player insisted that any gay players would not be welcome on the team. I don’t do the gay guys man,” said Culliver, whose Niners play theBaltimore Ravens on Sunday. “I don’t do that. No, we don’t got no gay people on the team, … Continue reading They’ll love this back in San Francisco
Deep NOLA Cliches Thought
The visiting sports press corps has a limited knowledge of New Orleans so they constantly resort to the kind of cliches that make me want to gouge my eyeballs out and eat them. Not really, but they are pretty darn annoying. Anyway, Bradley Warshauer has complied an impressive list of cliches at his Tumblr thingamabob.Go over there, read them and weep. Now where did I put my Roger Goodell voodoo doll? Continue reading Deep NOLA Cliches Thought
Deep NOLA Cliches Thought
The visiting sports press corps has a limited knowledge of New Orleans so they constantly resort to the kind of cliches that make me want to gouge my eyeballs out and eat them. Not really, but they are pretty darn annoying. Anyway, Bradley Warshauer has complied an impressive list of cliches at his Tumblr thingamabob.Go over there, read them and weep. Now where did I put my Roger Goodell voodoo doll? Continue reading Deep NOLA Cliches Thought
Triple Dip
Triple dip may sound like a tower of yummy ice cream but it refers to what’s what with the British economy. They’re facing a triple dip recession because of the austerity policies of the Tory/Lib Dem Coalition government. The formerly center-left Lib Dems were supposed to restrain the Tory’s Thatcherite impulses but they joined hands and jumped off the cliff with them. Why am I banging on about this? Our conservative are big on cutting and austerity and it’s not gonna work viz Dean Baker in the Guardian: The news that the UK, with negative growth in the fourth quarter … Continue reading Triple Dip
CNN: End Of An Error
Hey gang, CNN might be getting palatable again! I say “might” because you never know what fuckery the bean counters have in mind, but it’s hard not to see the exit of Erick Erickson, Mary Matalin, and James Carville as a good sign. I gave up on CNN a long, long time ago. Shit like this would piss me off to no end. I’d check back with them on occasion, but they always seemed to be working hard at fashioning themselves as a Fox News Lite, down to the revolving door that saw CNN anchors and hosts leave for Fox: … Continue reading CNN: End Of An Error
Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – blinders full of women edition
Good morning, everyone!
The Freeperati have been forced lately to deal with actual women (not the cardboard caricatures that they prefer, but real ones), and the results haven’t been pretty.
For starters – it’s Wimmens In Da Foxholes!
(not to be confused with pumas in da cravices)
Panetta removes military ban on women in combat, opening thousands of front line positions.
Associated Press ^
| January 23, 2013
| Staff
Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:39:15 PM by AnAmericanAbroad
Panetta removes military ban on women in combat, opening thousands of front line positions.
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That’s the whole story so far, by the way…a bit of breaking news, so more to follow, no doubt.
No doubt.
To: AnAmericanAbroadinsanity
the US military is officially over, eventually
the GOPe will never, ever undo this
Well, they brought back Jim Crow, so one out of two ain’t bad.
To: AnAmericanAbroad
Well. I guess our days of “boots on the ground” are pretty much
gone.
It’s probably going to surprise you, but women combat troops are going to be wearing boots. They did a trial run with stillettos, but it didn’t work out.
Women in the front lines is stupid — we’ve decided we aren’t going
to fight anymore.
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posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:41:58 PM
by ClearCase_guy
(Nothing will change until after the war.)
If you’re referring to WWI – WWII-type hand-to-hand fighting, we haven’t “fought” for a very long time, nor are we likely to. In related news, bayonet charges and trench warfare are unlikely as well.
To: GeronLFoxholes will look much nicer with better interior decorators.
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posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:42:59 PM
by TurboZamboni
(Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: TurboZamboniWhat the heck. Now America is going to put more of our young
ladies, sisters and mothers into war? I know the Israelis are big on
everyone stepping up to protect the country but does the USA really need
to do this?
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To: TurboZamboniYup. From fudgepackers to dykes.
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posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:44:37 PM
by max americana
(Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
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C’mon, Freeperati – can you please make some kind of factual arguments (either way) for women in combat?
To: AnAmericanAbroadOn the bright side, it would be great to see a bunch of badass
American chicks sending scores camel-effing islamatards off to the
hereafter.Tarantinoesque, with the right soundtrack.
Forget I asked.
To: GeronL
It was over when they allowed gays in. It’s no coincidence that
the man responsible for the greatest military security breach in US
history, Bradley Manning, is gay. Talk to any shrink and they will tell
you flat out
gay men have a bitchiness to them that straight men do not,
which to me makes them absolutely not qualified to serve in the
military. And what was the result of that bitchiness? Flat out treason.
And how did the Obama cabal respond after the arrest of Manning? By
immediately overturning DADT.
The FIENDS!! I guess pardoning Manning would have been a bit much…
Just another example that if it hurts the
USAhomophobic morons like me, liberals immediately want more of it.
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posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:48:56 PM
by GrandJediMasterYoda
(Someday our schools we will teach the difference between “lose” and “loose”)
FIFY.
To: max americanaYup. From fudgepackers to dykes.Kiss my ass. My 18 year
old daughter is going into the Marines in August and she is the farthest
thing from a dyke. I hate this announcement.
Ask her if she hates it. Go ahead – I’ll wait right here.
At least some of the Freeperati have this in proportion:
To: max americanaHudson: Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?
Vasquez: No. Have you?31
posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:55:57 PM
by ClearCase_guy
(Nothing will change until after the war.)
But most of them are like this one:
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
“It was over when they allowed gays in”
You’re right, because a fag is but a man that thinks he’s a woman.
And you is but a grade-school drop-out that thinks he’s a man.
How many fags wants want any part of combat. How many NORMAL women want
any part of combat? I was in combat, and I damn sure never wanted to be
there.
Welll then, you just answered your own questions, didn’t you?
There is a reason why women are called the weaker sex. Let muslim
soldiers show the US why. Hell, they are tired of raping men anyway,
might as well have the real thing. Obama, first with the fudgepackers,
now with the bull dykes, is absolutely destroying the military.
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Moar bull dykes and fudgepackers after the “Oh no you didn’t!”
Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – blinders full of women edition”
Republicans to Immigrants: We Love You Because We’re Losing
Republicans, admitting they’re for immigration reform not for the sake of reform, or immigrants, but to stay in power: No one better embodied the shifting politics on this issue than McCain, who led the 2007 immigration push with the late Ted Kennedy only to follow his party to the right and oppose even a bill granting a path to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants, the DREAM Act, in 2010. Now he’s on the side of reform once again, and publicly welcoming support from former opponent President Obama, who will deliver his own remarks on immigration reform Tuesday in Nevada. Asked … Continue reading Republicans to Immigrants: We Love You Because We’re Losing
Tuesday Night Music: Starfucker
Every once in awhile I have a quasi-embarrassing earworm. I found myself singing this ode to groupies, fellatio, Steve McQueen and feminine hygiene under my breath at the grocery store. I wish I could say that I was squeezing tomatoes but I did buy some pork shoulder steaks: Continue reading Tuesday Night Music: Starfucker
94-3
Big John Kerry confirmed as dude in charge of Foggy Bottom. Okie Inhofe and Texans Cruz and Cornyn voted nay. I think Cruz controls Cornyn since the latter is afraid of being primarried. I pronounce them man and malaka. Continue reading 94-3
Here’s Another Way To Fix Everything
Goody, another “fuck the poor” act: North Carolinalawmakershave draftedlegislation that would ban welfare recipients and people in bankruptcy from buying lottery tickets in the state, according to several news reports. The bill draft would punish vendors for selling lottery tickets to someone who they know is on welfare or in bankruptcy, according to ABC 11 in Raleigh. The lawmakers behind it believe it’s counterproductive for the government to accept money from welfare recipients who are struggling to get by. “We’re giving them welfare to help them live, and yet by selling them a ticket, we’re taking away their money that … Continue reading Here’s Another Way To Fix Everything
Tuesday Night Music: Starfucker
Every once in awhile I have a quasi-embarrassing earworm. I found myself singing this ode to groupies, fellatio, Steve McQueen and feminine hygiene under my breath at the grocery store. I wish I could say that I was squeezing tomatoes but I did buy some pork shoulder steaks: Continue reading Tuesday Night Music: Starfucker
94-3
Big John Kerry confirmed as dude in charge of Foggy Bottom. Okie Inhofe and Texans Cruz and Cornyn voted nay. I think Cruz controls Cornyn since the latter is afraid of being primarried. I pronounce them man and malaka. Continue reading 94-3
Sunday Morning Video: Zappa/Mothers on Swedish Teevee in 1973
Yumpin’ yiminy, the music starts at the 1:45 mark with a stirring version of Cosmik Debris: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Zappa/Mothers on Swedish Teevee in 1973
CNN: End Of An Error
Hey gang, CNN might be getting palatable again! I say “might” because you never know what fuckery the bean counters have in mind, but it’s hard not to see the exit of Erick Erickson, Mary Matalin, and James Carville as a good sign. I gave up on CNN a long, long time ago. Shit likethis would piss me off to no end. I’d check back with them on occasion, but they always seemed to be working hard at fashioning themselves as a Fox News Lite, down to the revolving door that saw CNN anchors and hosts leave for Fox: Glenn … Continue reading CNN: End Of An Error
Triple Dip
Triple dip may sound like a tower of yummy ice cream but it refers to what’s what with the British economy. They’re facing a triple dip recession because of the austerity policies of the Tory/Lib Dem Coalition government. The formerly center-left Lib Dems were supposed to restrain the Tory’s Thatcherite impulses but they joined hands and jumped off the cliff with them. Why am I banging on about this? Our conservative are big on cutting and austerity and it’s not gonna workviz Dean Baker in the Guardian: The news that the UK, with negative growth in the fourth quarter of … Continue reading Triple Dip
Super Bowl Blues
New Orleans has hosted a shitload of Super Bowls in the past. This time, however, the powers that be have gone bat shit crazy in allowing the NFL and the teevee people to walk over them. They have turned Jackson Square into a glorified television studio and allowed the pukes at The Talk to literally desecrate/deface/brand the statue of General/President Andrew Jackson. To prove that I am not making this up, here’s a photo posted by my facebook friend Edward Cox: It’s a pity that Old Hickory isn’t around. He’d go Wayne LaPierre on their asses and fire when he … Continue reading Super Bowl Blues
Here’s Another Way To Fix Everything
Goody, another “fuck the poor” act: North Carolinalawmakershave draftedlegislation that would ban welfare recipients and people in bankruptcy from buying lottery tickets in the state, according to several news reports. The bill draft would punish vendors for selling lottery tickets to someone who they know is on welfare or in bankruptcy, according to ABC 11 in Raleigh. The lawmakers behind it believe it’s counterproductive for the government to accept money from welfare recipients who are struggling to get by. “We’re giving them welfare to help them live, and yet by selling them a ticket, we’re taking away their money that … Continue reading Here’s Another Way To Fix Everything
Republicans to Immigrants: We Love You Because We’re Losing
Republicans, admitting they’re for immigration reform not for the sake of reform, or immigrants, but to stay in power: No one better embodied the shifting politics on this issue than McCain, who led the 2007 immigration push with the late Ted Kennedy only to follow his party to the right and oppose even a billgranting a path to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants, the DREAM Act, in 2010. Now he’s on the side of reform once again, and publicly welcoming support from former opponent President Obama, who will deliver his own remarks on immigration reform Tuesday in Nevada. Asked why … Continue reading Republicans to Immigrants: We Love You Because We’re Losing
Chuck Hagel is the New Satan
A highlight from the Kerry confirmation hearing (which was FULL OF HIGHLIGHTS for those of us who loved John Kerry which I think is just me and Hillary at this point) last week: Let this serve as a lesson for every other Republican out there. No matter how long you’ve been a Republican, or what you’ve done as a Republican, or how you’ve refrained (mostly) from pointing out that your own party is bugfuck insane and who are these people and who let them in here anyway, the minute a Democrat says something nice about you, or gives you a … Continue reading Chuck Hagel is the New Satan