Month: December 2013

Stupid Republican Tricks, Tommy T4 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Stay classy, Freepers!

Morning, troopers! Kibitzer went to take the “Apartheid Forever” overflow filters out to be cleaned and sterilized, and never came back. I suspect that either FR enemy action, a “Red” Reddington hit squad, or his refusal to ask for directions is to blame. Anyway – the roof was bulging this morning when I checked up at the iso chamber. I hit the emergency vent controls, and this shot into the air: Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon and father of modern South Africa, dies CNN ^ | 12-05-2013 | By Faith Karimi Nelson Mandela, the revered statesman who emerged from prison after … Continue reading Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Stay classy, Freepers!

Athenae, Economy, Stupid Republican Tricks3 Comments

Yet They Want More

Allison Hantschel

Markwayne Mullin wants them all bloodied from the Comstock: It is true that, for several decades in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century, the Supreme Court misread the federal government’s power to “regulate commerce . . . among the several states” to strip the United States of its lawful authority to regulate mining, manufacturing, agriculture and other key elements of the nation’s economy. But it is difficult to understand why Mullin might choose to return to this era. Last year, for example, twenty coal miners died from work related injuries. Every one of these deaths was a tragedy, but … Continue reading Yet They Want More

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Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Back to Abby Normal edition

Peter Adrastos Athas

OK – pity party’s over – time to go back and open some older drums of Freeper toxic waste.

First up –Zimmerman or woman?

All-women jury chosen for George Zimmerman’s trialbreitbart ^ | 6/20/13

Posted on Thursday, June 20, 2013 3:34:23 PM by k4gypsyrose

A jury of six women, five of them white and the other a minority, was picked Thursday to decide the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who says he shot an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, in self-defense.

This should be interesting.
1 posted on Thursday, June 20, 2013 3:34:23 PM by k4gypsyrose
Exactly what I was thinking.

To: k4gypsyrose

They all are regular watchers of “The View”…Give Zimmerman a blindfold and a cigarette…

4 posted on Thursday, June 20, 2013 3:37:31 PM by traditional1 (Amerika…Providing public housing for the Mulatto Messiah)

Because that’s all those wimmens ever do, dontcha know. Sluts.

To: k4gypsyrose

Too interesting. Women often have trouble imagining that there is such a thing as resisting. Having been protected all their live by the labor and manners of others, some don’t understand that there are some who have no manners.

Apparently the compromise was Prosecution threw out all the white men, and Defense threw out the black men.

Good luck George!

5 posted on Thursday, June 20, 2013 3:37:39 PM by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, … now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)

Asshole
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To: Bubba_Leroy

A jury of one’s peers? Yikes. .all women.

6 posted on Thursday, June 20, 2013 2:21:54 PM by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)

Hey! You got your misogny in my facepalm!

To: Bubba_Leroy

All women? Really?????

O’Mara, you better know what the hell you’re doing.

17 posted on Thursday, June 20, 2013 2:35:16 PM by SoFloFreeper

To: k4gypsyrose

Women? Zimmerman is screwed.

7 posted on Thursday, June 20, 2013 3:38:47 PM by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark…www.siameserescue.org.)

Well, you guys were as right about that as you are about everything else.

To: Bubba_Leroy

All women? Zimmerman is screwed. Tayvon is better looking.

44 posted on Thursday, June 20, 2013 3:07:28 PM by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools will teach the difference between “lose” and “loose”)

And suddenly, one of the einsatzgruppen has a moment of clarity:

To: SpaceBar

Wow, I am really saddened to see this kind of sexism here.

Are you now?

As a conservative woman, I expected more.

Double dumbass on you!

Tell me how having 6 men gives him a better chance at being found not guilty?

16 posted on Thursday, June 20, 2013 3:42:18 PM by CityCenter (Pleading the 5th is just so 1972.)

Good question (if you’ve never actually read anything posted on Free Republic).

To: DannyTN

The court will use a lot less Kleenex with only 6 female jurors, once they start crying over Trayvon’s baby pictures.

18 posted on Thursday, June 20, 2013 3:45:32 PM by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (PRISON AT BENGHAZI?????)

Well, I’m so glad we cleared that up.
More after the linky thing…

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Current Affairs, Doc, Scott Walker's Horcruxes5 Comments

Just because you can, it doesn’t follow you should

docphd

On a day off this week, the family and I took a drive south from Washington, D.C. to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s restored plantation. The Missus had been desperate to see his gardens and I figured I’d have a chance to do some antiquing in another state. One of the three guided tours was a look at slavery on the plantation. I’m not opposed to tours of things that showcase some of the uglier moments in history. Mom was fortunate enough to be included in one of the first tours of the Holocaust Museum and she has also been to several … Continue reading Just because you can, it doesn’t follow you should

Athenae, Diary45 Comments

An Act of Reckless Optimism

I’m sure some of you have noticed my attention these days has seemed to be a bit … elsewheres, and that at times I’ve passed on potential projects I might have once jumped all over. I apologize, and hope this will explain why. The doctor kept asking me the same question. “Well? What do you think?” She had a big grin on her face. There was a picture, in her hand, of a tiny smudge on a sonogram. My husband sat next to me, chattering excitedly about the sound our baby’s heartbeat made: “Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.” He asked questions about … Continue reading An Act of Reckless Optimism

Adrastos, Law/Justice, Malakatude5 Comments

Malaka Of The Week: Don West

Peter Adrastos Athas

I’m taking this feature in a slightly different direction; at least for this week. My preference is to write long and fairly detailed malaka of the week posts but sometimes I feel lazy. What can I say? I do this for free. But there’s always a lot of malakatude in the world, so this week Imma keep it short. Don West is the designated dickhead of the George Zimmerman defense team. Today he violated the prime directive/first rule of practicing law:never piss off the judgeeven if you’re convinced that you’re right. Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: Don West

Athenae

Friday Ferretblogging: Awwwww Edition

Allison Hantschel

Neighbors intervene to help little kid whose pet ferrets were stolen: Stuart Bowes, 11, was featured in today’s (Tuesday, July 9) The Northern Echo after a mother ferret and her five babies, or kits, were taken from the family home’s backyard. Stuart has a sensory processing disorder and also struggles to deal with sudden change and was left heartbroken when the creatures were snatched from his Stockton home at the weekend. His story touched Craig Jenkins, who works at Newham Grange Leisure Farm at Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, and the animal-lover cleared it for the farm to replace the ferrets. When … Continue reading Friday Ferretblogging: Awwwww Edition

Adrastos, Congress, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks7 Comments

A new name for the Republican Party?

Peter Adrastos Athas

The deranged GOP majority in the House of Representatives has decided to torpedo immigration reform. They’ve decided that they don’t need any minority voters because they tend to represent lilly white districts that have been Gerrymandered to keep “those people” out. I’m not sure that they’ve considered the impact on moderate, white suburban voters who aren’t into bigotry. Of course, many of those swing voters have vaginas so the teabaggers only want them if they’re “pro-life.” On to the post title. I like to be helpful and I think it may be time for the GOP to change its name … Continue reading A new name for the Republican Party?

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Weekend Question Thread

Most expensive thing a pet or child has broken in your house. Go. Joey used to ruin every sweater I brought home, and Claire likes to chew stuff, but the prize has to go to Riot, who climbed up onto a windowsill we were sure there was NO WAY he could reach, and knocked a clock we’d gotten as a wedding gift off onto the floor. The worst part was how totally satisfied he looked afterwards. He was so proud of himself. “Look, guys! I did it!” A. Continue reading Weekend Question Thread

Adrastos, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks5 Comments

Maybe he should use his sweater vest as a gag

And I mean the kind of gag one inserts in one’s mouth, although Little Ricky Santorum *is* America’s running gag. His latest pearl of malakatude and stupiditydraws a parallel between Nelson Mandela’s fight against apartheid and the fight against the ACA: “He was fighting against some great injustice, and I would make the argument that we have a great injustice going on right now in this country with an ever-increasing size of government that is taking over and controlling people’s lives – and Obamacare is front and center in that.” So, let’s see, tying to provide health insurance for people … Continue reading Maybe he should use his sweater vest as a gag

Diary, Doc

“Top This.”

(Every week I critique our paper, offering the good, the bad and the ugly. It’s the usual mix of “Stop running stupid headlines” and “Hey, we nailed that lead!” This week, instead, I sent what’s below. If you ever wonder why it is I haven’t gone to a think-tank to crunch numbers for 10 times what I make here or why I stay in a system that has people fleeing like rats off a sinking ship, I hope this explains it. I removed the kids’ names so just in caseI accidentally do crack because I’m too drunk to avoid itorI … Continue reading “Top This.”

Athenae, Congress, So Called Liberal Media1 Comment

A Masterpiece of the False Equivalence Genre

Allison Hantschel

Take it away, NYT: Nominees at all levels of Washington’s bureaucracy — 117 of them in all, including cabinet secretaries, judges and members of obscure oversight boards — are facing delays. Just last week, the Senate confirmed David Medine, the president’s choice to lead the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. The time between his nomination and confirmation was 510 days. Every Republican voted no. The shrinking number of senators from both parties who are willing to cross the aisle and the growing appeal of adding a “no” vote on a presidential nominee to a political résuméhave contributed to the … Continue reading A Masterpiece of the False Equivalence Genre

Adrastos, Congress, Malakatude, Music, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks4 Comments

Malaka Of The Week: James Inhofe

Peter Adrastos Athas

Oklahoma is not okay with me. When I was still dealing with tourists in the Quarter, I could usually muster something positive to say about almost any place that they were from. There was one exception: Oklahoma. Other than being the birthplace of Will Rogers and Mickey Mantle, it’s the asshole of the universe as far as I can tell. I cannot be certain since I’ve never even wanted to go there. This may be irrational but considering the sort of politicians Oklahoma pukes up, it inspires a a great deal of irrationality. (Yeah, I know, Louisiana gave the world … Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: James Inhofe

Adrastos, Big Damn Heroes, Music, Political Crack, R.I.P.1 Comment

Nelson Mandela, R.I.P.

Peter Adrastos Athas

Nelson Mandela was a mythic figure when he was a political prisoner. Most mythic figures disappoint when they come out of whatever cocoon they were in. That was not the case with Mandela. When he was released from prison in 1990, I was wowed by his magnanimous spirit and utter lack of bitterness towards his oppressors. He was a remarkable man who will be greatly missed by his country and the rest of the civilized world. I’ll let the wonderful and courageous South African singer-songwriter, Johnny Clegg, have the last word with this song he wrote for Madiba who joined … Continue reading Nelson Mandela, R.I.P.

Adrastos, Kids Today, Of Interest, Weblogs1 Comment

Paragraph Of The Day: Hadley Freeman Edition

Hadley Freeman writes about fashion, popular culture, and whatever else strikes her fancy for the Guardian This graph comes from a piece calledThe Elan Gale internet hoax sums up all that is rotten about our online lives: Gale is a TV producer from Los Angeles. He is also the proud winner of “Most tragic display of attention-seeking neediness of the week”, beating evenKate Moss posing in Playboy with a pom-pom pinned to her rear end – so you’re already getting an idea of the depths of idiocy here. Last Thursday, while many Americans were trying to escape their families and … Continue reading Paragraph Of The Day: Hadley Freeman Edition

Adrastos, Diary, Film2 Comments

Pulp Fiction Thursday: Stakeout On Dope Street

This seems to be my year to catch everything and the wild temperature swings aren’t helping at all. Achoo. Anyway, I’d heard the great crime fiction writer James Ellroy rave aboutStakeout On Dope Street, recorded it on the trusty dvr and watched it yesterday. Except for the ending, I’m not quite sure what Ellroy sees in it, but it has a swell title: Here are some lobby cards featuring the young cast members. I suspect Warners hoped that one of them would be the next James Dean, Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood, or Dennis Hopper. It didn’t happen. Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Stakeout On Dope Street

Michael F7 Comments

World Targets In Megadeaths

FromAlbum 5 I’m sureRep. Hunter would correct me and insist not Megadeaths…maybe Kilodeaths, since he’s only advocating “tactical” nukes. Of course, his itching to use nuclear weapons in the first place should be all the proof you need that he’s bugfuck insane, not that our intrepid media will point that out (unless they can “balance” it with an allegedly outrageous quote from, say, Alan Grayson). Oh, and while I don’t know if Hunter gets conniptions about fluoridated water, he sure doesn’t mind some classic stereotyping, insisting that “in Middle Eastern Culture,” lying is “looked upon with high regard.” No word … Continue reading World Targets In Megadeaths

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Everyone Hates This Thing So It’s Awesome

Once again, the popular “this pisses off everybody so it must be good” editorial writes itself, this time at Crain’s Chicago Business: What we’ve seen so far of the pension bill expected to be offered lawmakers tomorrow looks like the surest bet to stopping the out-of-control pension debt that has grown to monstrous proportions in recent years. The anticipated bill lives up to the prediction we’ve been making for a year now: Nobody is going to be happy with it. Nobody should be. • The pension crisis developed because of years of irresponsible decisions that put politics before sound policy. … Continue reading Everyone Hates This Thing So It’s Awesome