No More Mr. Nice Judge
Adrastos on the Kavanaugh-Guttenberg incident. Continue reading No More Mr. Nice Judge
Month: September 2018
Album Cover Art Wednesday: Era Vulgaris
I’m not a Queens of the Stone Age fan but I love the cover of 2007’s Era Vulgaris, which was inspired by product ads aimed at kids. These products are really, really bad for you. Here’s the cover from the … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Era Vulgaris
Appetite for No Destruction
Will this finally be the thing that ends him? The dramatic and previously untold scene is recounted in “Fear,” a forthcoming book by Bob Woodward that paints a harrowing portrait of the Trump presidency, based on in-depth interviews with administration officials and other principals. Nope. November. That’s all we have. Voting in November. So spare me another news cycle of Trump being horrible in slightly more detailed ways than we knew he was horrible. Spare me handing around these insider anecdotes like they mean the GOP will suddenly rediscover oversight. I actually find Trump’s horribleness boring by this point, compared … Continue reading Appetite for No Destruction
The Failure of the Ideas Festival
I’ve thought for a long time that our Thought Leader Idea Model Marketplace Week Festival Symposium was bullshit and broken, and not just when some whackjob promoting an all-meat diet and talking about lobsters became what passed for an intellectual. However, its bullshit-itude and broken-ness certainly reached an apotheosis with the 24-Hour Bannon Fiasco that is now how the New Yorker Festival will be known. (There were 600 different ways to NOT FUCK THIS CHICKEN, but there you were, New Yorker, lubing up and heading for the henhouse.) Workshopping a society by having a bunch of rich assholes talk to … Continue reading The Failure of the Ideas Festival
Billboard (Going Mobile)
The Insult Comedian’s twitter timeline is a treasure trove of contradictory statements. He blows with the wind, which is self-generated by his big bazoo. A group in Texas, with the help of Parkland kid David Hogg, is taking advantage of this … Continue reading Billboard (Going Mobile)
Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – class action edition
Morning, good people.
A lot has been said about John McCain since his death, but first impressions are always the truest. (composite thread)
John McCain, Veteran, Senator, GOP Maverick, Dies at 81
NBC Chicago ^ | 8/25/18Posted on 8/25/2018, 7:26:50 PM by markomalley
First response?
To: markomalley
To: markomalley
Comment #9 Removed by Moderator
Apparently, the quickly-yanked post was from someone called “bigbob”….
To: bigbob
Yeah! Let’s get to those classy posts, shall we?
To: markomalley
I did a big fart at the same time t was announced,
Poetic.
10 posted on 8/25/2018, 7:29:17 PM by WashingtonFire (President Trump – it’s like having your dad as President)
Poetic AND classy!
To: markomalley
You should always say good things about the dead.
John McCain is dead. Good!19 posted on 8/25/2018, 7:31:23 PM by Artemis Webb (Maxine Waters for House Minority Leader!!)
That one was GOOD and classy.
To: markomalleyOh happy day! 🍻🤣😂🤣😂
To: markomalley
I’m sensing a trend here….
To: Kaslin
I want to see the dead body before I believe it. And have it DNA tested by multiple unrelated, independent third parties.
Not letting this one escape the long arm of justice based on the say-so of his confidants. Let’s see the corpse.
34 posted on 8/25/2018, 8:50:10 PM by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 1)
Necrophiliacs unite!
To: All
Finally admitted it huh?
I guess the corpse was stinking up the place too much to continue to play “Weekend at Bernies”.
34 posted on 8/25/2018, 7:34:19 PM by LegendHasIt
SO much classy!
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And the classy champagne corks fly!
To: markomalley
Popping the champagne, just terrible to feel this way but I do!!! Couldn’t be happier BYE, BYE, ASSHAT!!!!
76 posted on 8/25/2018, 7:41:36 PM by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
Unbelievably classy!
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Much more Freeper humanity to come, so click on the classy link.
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Beto, Ted Cruz, and Weasel Voice
No sooner do I read this academic blog about “weasel voice” in journalism: The Economist took a look at how it’s not passive voice or active voice that creates the biggest problem for writers and readers. It’s “weasel voice” writing that does the most damage. The article makes several key points about clarity and information that you can use, even if you aren’t covering political insurgencies or violent insurrections. Consider what weasel voice does and what we can do to fix the problems: Weasel voice hides the identity of the person committing an action:Passive voice provides readers with a limited amount … Continue reading Beto, Ted Cruz, and Weasel Voice
Not Everything Sucks: Cate Blanchett Edition
I’ve been madly in love with her since Veronica Guerin (if you’re thinking a lot about press freedom these days, go watch that NOW), but between this and Ocean’s 8 it’s become very special recently: Like you, I have heard the gut-wrenching accounts. Stories of grave torture, of women brutally violated, people who have had their loved ones killed before their eyes. Children who have seen their grandparents locked in houses that were set alight. I am a mother, and I saw my children in the eyes of every single refugee child I met. I saw myself in every parent. … Continue reading Not Everything Sucks: Cate Blanchett Edition
Saturday Odds & Sods: Too Late To Turn Back Now
It was Katrinaversary week along the Gulf Coast. I wrote about that on the day itself. Nuff said. In related news, former Nagin henchman Greg Meffert aka Muppet crawled out from whatever stone he’s been hiding under since testifying against C Ray. He has a new book out, which I will be reviewing for the Bayou Brief next week. It’s bound to be unintentional comedy gold.
This week’s theme song, Too Late To Turn Back Now, was written by Eddie Cornelius. It was a monster hit in 1972 hitting #2 on the Billboard charts. It’s featured in the new Spike Lee joint; more about that later.
We have 2 versions for your listening pleasure. The original hit song by the Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose and a reggae-fied cover by the Chi-Lites.
It’s too late to turn back now, which is why we’re jumping to the break. Make that falling…
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