Archive for October, 2009
Happy Halloween
And no. That is not Tunch. I’m off to bed- I can’t keep my eyes open.
October 31, 2009
· 
John Cole · 
121 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Ratz takes a holiday
When you get right down to it, this (via NoMoreMisterNiceGuy) is ultimately more benign than uniting Christians for the coming holy war with Islam, though the apostrophe here makes the holiday look a little more Islamic: The Vatican issued the warning through its official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, in an article headlined “Hallowe’en’s Dangerous Messages”. The [...]
October 31, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 104 Comments
Posted in: General Stupidity
Open Thread: FTFY
I really wish Steve Gilliard were here to share his opinions on the Hoffman Surge in NY-23. There is a war between the native NYCers and the appleknockers cowhumpers upstaters with at least 200 years of history behind it, and the Ankh Morpork Big Apple team has all the good snarksters. I am not superstitious [...]
October 31, 2009
· Anne Laurie · 42 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Home at Last
Finally home with both animals back. Apparently I have the kids that can not behave outside of the home. Lily whined and was generally super needy the whole time I was gone, and according to Tammy, Tunch refused to use the litter boxes and in a fit of pique shit on her pumpkin table display. [...]
October 31, 2009
· John Cole · 73 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Pretty words
Why do all the kids in the At pack have to say things like this? Hoffman has harnessed several shoots of energy, including anti-incumbent sentiment, conservative opposition to liberal Republicans, and the iatropic excitement that’s generated when conservative activists suddenly coalesce around a candidate. Iatropic excitement?
October 31, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 141 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Media
24 hour party purge people
If Pete Sessions escapes with anything less than being publicly stoned with fake dog poop, he should consider himself lucky: Make no mistake about it, Pete Sessions and the NRCC must shoulder most of the blame and responsibility, with Michael Steele and the RNC coming right behind them. They did not listen. They would not [...]
October 31, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 69 Comments
Posted in: General Stupidity, Hoot-Smalley, Politics, We Are All Mayans Now
America’s next great pundit
Well, I’m sad to say that I was not selected as one of the ten finalists for the WaPo next great pundit competition. It’s probably just as well, because I wouldn’t want to spend the next six months living in a house with nine people I’ve never met before. Here are the winning essays. They’re [...]
October 31, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 24 Comments
Posted in: Media, Other
For the good times
It goes without saying that whatever happens in NY-23 on Tuesday, it will be good news for conservatives. If teabagger Hoffman wins, it will signal a profound political realignment, the likes of which have not been seen since the days of Ronaldus Magnus. If the Democrat Owens wins, it will still be amazing that Hoffman [...]
October 31, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 46 Comments
Posted in: Burkean bells, Politics, We Are All Mayans Now
Not Much Question What Will Happen Now
An earned day of rest and celebration for teabaggers, who claimed their first political scalp today. In a huge development in the NY-23 special election, Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava has announced that she is suspending her campaign, citing an inability to win in light of recent polls and a lack of money—leaving this race as [...]
October 31, 2009
· Tim F. · 47 Comments
Posted in: Starbursts, Teabagger Stupidity
Open Thread
Betsy, White Sands, NM. shoutingattherain, winter home. Email me a link to your one or two favorite pics on a photo site like Flickr (do not send the image itself please) and I will put up favorites in open threads. Send a short caption if you want one.
October 31, 2009
· Tim F. · 17 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread, Photo blogging
How They Do It In Chicago
As much as I love the professional climatologists who write RealClimate, they rarely let the anti-science crowd bait them into the kind of high dudgeon that makes PZ Myers or Tom Levenson so much fun to read. Part of the reason for their patient tone is that most denialists are either too limited (e.g., Inhofe) [...]
October 31, 2009
· Tim F. · 26 Comments
Posted in: Election 2008, Excellent Links, General Stupidity, Science and Technology
Saturday Morning Open Thread
Sort of been out of the loop for the last 24 hours. Sitting in the airport now, waiting for my plane to board.
October 31, 2009
· John Cole · 63 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Open Thread – Thursday Weekend Menu
A note from Bad Horse’s Filly: So it’s Friday and I totally forgot to send you the link for last night’s menu. It is one of my favorite recipes, Garlic, Garlic Chicken… I forgot yesterday was Thursday until I saw on my own blog this morning that it posted. On the board tonight: (1) Garlic, [...]
October 31, 2009
· Anne Laurie · 49 Comments
Posted in: Cooking, Open Thread
Because I can
Having fun with the new toy. Some of you guys have posted first-rate pics on my photo threads, so I will turn it over to you for a while. Email me a link to your one or two favorite pics on a photo site like Flickr (do not send the image itself please) and I [...]
October 30, 2009
· Tim F. · 120 Comments
Posted in: Photo blogging
Kaplan v. Public Option, continued
David Broder inveighs against Harry Reid with a tone normally reserved for politicians who have had sexual relations with interns: There is an air of desperate improvisation to Sen. Harry Reid’s scheme to pass a “public option” as part of health-care reform but at the same time provide an easy exemption for any state that [...]
October 30, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 83 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Media
